ch.psi.fda.fdaq/ch.psi.fda.fdaq/Readme.md

Overview

This software is used to readout the FDAQ box developed at X10SA. On The FDAQ box there are 2 socket servers, one for retrieving the data and one for resetting the socket server for data retrieval.

The fdaq code provides exactly 2 functionalities. It can query on the data socket for data (need to specifying how many data point to read), and it can send a reset request on the reset channel.

Usage

To acquire data into a file use:

fdaq acquire <file>

Send stop/reset request (to abort an data collection)

fdaq stop

This will take the default connections settings:

• Hostname: mchip015.psi.ch
• Port: 2233
• Kill Port: 2234
• Number Of Elements: Integer.MAX_VALUE/2