ICARUS Noise Measurement (Interim DAQ interface and online monitoring)

DAQ and online monitoring

The DAQ and online monitor environment have been set up in two tmux sessions. All you have to do is to access to the tmux sessions. If the tmux session is lost, you can find how to set it up at [DAQ setup] and [Online monitor setup].

1. Open two terminals, and for each log in the icarus-gateway01 machine, and then the icarus-vst01 machine, with the icarus account.\

ssh -KY icarus@icarus-gateway01.fnal.gov
ssh -KY icarus-vst01.fnal.gov

2. At one terminal, attach the tmux session,\

tmux a -t daq

This is for data taking.

3. At the other terminal, attach the tmux session for online monitor,\

tmux a -t om

4. At the DAQ session, start data taking:\

./run

It will take a while to boot all the processes and to configure the readout boards. When everything is ready and a run starts, it will show "running."
You will see the output file location,\

Info: DataLogger1 writes data files into /scratch/data

and the run number\

Fri Jul 19 17:16:56 CDT 2019: START transition complete for run 27

on the screen. You can thereby find the output data files at\

ls /scratch/data/data_dl1_run27_*

There should be 100 events in each file.

5. When a DAQ run starts, run the online monitoring process at the online monitor session,\

lar -c dispatcher.fcl

Once the process starts, you can find the metrics at
https://sbn-online.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/icarus-minargon/icarus-minargon.wsgi/online_group/tpc_channel
Note that it takes a while to process the metrics. You can choose the metric from the list in Display Options.

6. The waveform displays can be found in the "Waveform" tab, or
https://sbn-online.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/icarus-minargon/icarus-minargon.wsgi/channel_snapshot

7. Stop a run\

./stop

It will also take a while to end a run. Also, the online monitor process should be stopped automatically. If it doesn't, you can do ctrl+c.

8. Detach the tmux session: ctrl+b then d

Run online monitoring analysis on the files on disk

1. Open a terminal, and log in the icarus-gateway01 machine, and then the icarus-vst01 machine, with the icarus account.\

ssh -KY icarus@icarus-gateway01.fnal.gov
ssh -KY icarus-vst01.fnal.gov

2. Attach the tmux session for online monitor,\

tmux a -t om

3. Run the offline analysis,\

lar -c decoder_and_analysisIcarus.fcl -s <your input file>

The metrics and waveforms are shown in the same url as the online monitoring,
https://sbn-online.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/icarus-minargon/icarus-minargon.wsgi/online_group/tpc_channel
https://sbn-online.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/icarus-minargon/icarus-minargon.wsgi/channel_snapshot

4. When you finish, detach the tmux session: ctrl+b then d

Set up DAQ from scratch

Normally you should use the daq tmux session, in which the environment has been set up. You only have to look at this instruction when you lose your daq tmux session and have to set it back.

1. Open a tmux session\

tmux new -s daq

2. Go to the DAQ interface directory\

cd DAQ_Running_VST/srcs/sbndaq/sbn-fd/DAQInterface

3. Set up the environment\

source ./setup_daqinterface.sh

4. Check whether a DAQInterface instance already exists,\

listdaqinterfaces.sh

5. If so, kill it\

kill_daqinterface_on_partition.sh <number you saw from the list>

6. Launch a DAQInterface\

DAQInterface &

7. You can start taking data as what you do normally.

Set up the online monitor from scratch

Normally you should use the om tmux session, in which the environment has been set up. You only have to look at this instruction when you lose your om tmux session and have to set it back.

1. Open a tmux session\

tmux new -s om

2. Go to the OM directory\

cd /home/nfs/icarus/Online_monitoring/sbndqm_VST_Nov2019

3. Set up the environment\

source /software/products/setup
setup mrb
source localProducts_sbndqm_v0_03_01_e17_prof_s83/setup
mrbslp
export FHICL_FILE_PATH=./:$FHICL_FILE_PATH

4. You can start taking data and running online monitor as what you do normally.