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<h1 class="title">To Install NSCL DAQ</h1>


<div id="outline-container-sec-1" class="outline-2">
<h2 id="sec-1">Prerequisites</h2>
<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-1">
</div><div id="outline-container-sec-1-1" class="outline-3">
<h3 id="sec-1-1">General</h3>
<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-1-1">
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>build-essential
</li>
<li>openssh-server
</li>
<li>magit
</li>
<li>libgsl0-dev
</li>
<li>subversion
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>

<div id="outline-container-sec-1-2" class="outline-3">
<h3 id="sec-1-2">nscldaq</h3>
<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-1-2">
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>swig2.0 (swig in debian)
</li>
<li>gengetopt
</li>
<li>tcl8.5-dev         # defaults to tcl8.6 in ubuntu
</li>
<li>tk8.5-dev          # defaults to tk8.6 in ubuntu
</li>
<li>libtk    (tklib in debian)     # these give runtime errors if not present
</li>
<li>libtcl   (tcllib in debian)
</li>
<li>libcppunit-dev  # no errors in configure about this but it's needed!
</li>
<li>ftpd
</li>
<li>rsh-server
</li>
<li>rsh-client
</li>
<li>libusb-dev
</li>
<li>tcllib
</li>
<li>tklib
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div id="outline-container-sec-1-3" class="outline-3">
<h3 id="sec-1-3">spectcl</h3>
<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-1-3">
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>libmotif-dev  (liblestif2-dev in debian)
</li>
<li>imagemagick
</li>
<li>libgd-dev  (libgd2-xpm-dev in debian)
</li>
<li>byacc           # build error about yacc
</li>
<li>flex
</li>
<li>bison
</li>
<li>gri
</li>
<li>libtk-img-dev
</li>
<li>itcl3-dev
</li>
<li>itk3-dev
</li>
<li>iwidgets4
</li>
<li>bwidget
</li>
<li>blt-dev
</li>
<li>libxt-dev
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
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<h2 id="sec-2">General</h2>
<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-2">
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>Install in <code>/usr/opt/</code>
</li>
<li><b>DO NOT TRY ANYTHING ELSE!</b> There are some hard coded references
in the code to this directory so it's just not worth your
trouble&#x2026;
</li>
<li>Build everything as root
<ul class="org-ul">
<li><code>sudo su -</code>
</li>
<li><code>cd /usr/src/</code>
</li>
<li><code>mkdir NSCLDAQ</code>
</li>
<li><code>mkdir SpecTcl</code>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div id="outline-container-sec-3" class="outline-2">
<h2 id="sec-3">For NSCLDAQ</h2>
<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-3">
<ul class="org-ul">
<li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/nscldaq/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/nscldaq/</a>
</li>
<li>I'm using Version 10.2.108
</li>
<li>By the way, if you screw up in here, make sure you <code>make clean</code>
and remove any installed files before trying again!
</li>
<li>Download to <code>NSCLDAQ</code> directory and untar (<code>tar -xzvf</code>
    <code>nscldaq-10.2-108.tar.gz</code>)
</li>
<li><code>cd nscldaq-10.2-108</code>
</li>
<li>Compile
<ul class="org-ul">
<li><code>./configure --prefix=/usr/opt/nscldaq/nscldaq-10.2-108 --enable-usb</code>
</li>
<li><code>make</code>
</li>
<li><code>make install</code>
</li>
<li><code>ln -s /usr/opt/nscldaq /usr/opt/daq</code>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div id="outline-container-sec-4" class="outline-2">
<h2 id="sec-4">For SpecTcl</h2>
<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-4">
<ul class="org-ul">
<li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/nsclspectcl/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/nsclspectcl/</a>
</li>
<li>I'm using Version SpecTcl-3.3-016
</li>
<li>Download to <code>NSCLDAQ</code> directory and untar (<code>tar -xzvf</code>
    <code>SpecTcl-3.3-016.tar.gz</code>)
</li>
<li><code>cd SpecTcl-3.3-016</code>
</li>
<li><code>./configure --prefix=/usr/opt/spectcl/SpecTcl-3.3-016</code><br  />
    <code>--with-tcl-libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/</code>
</li>
<li><code>make</code>
</li>
<li>Touch some files to avoid errors in documentation
<ul class="org-ul">
<li><code>touch ccusb/dummy.html</code>
</li>
<li><code>touch vmusb/dummy.html</code>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><code>make install</code>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
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<h2 id="sec-5">Set up some "current" links</h2>
<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-5">
<ul class="org-ul">
<li><code>ln -s /usr/opt/nscldaq/nscldaq-10.2-108 /usr/opt/nscldaq/current</code>
</li>
<li><code>ln -s /usr/opt/spectcl/SpecTcl-3.3-016/ /usr/opt/spectcl/current</code>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>

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<h2 id="sec-6">Post-install</h2>
<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-6">
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>Log out of root
<ul class="org-ul">
<li><code>exit</code>
</li>
<li><code>cd</code>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Do "the ssh trick"
<ul class="org-ul">
<li><code>ssh localhost</code>
</li>
<li>Answer "yes"
</li>
<li>Enter password to log in, then <code>exit</code> to log out
</li>
<li><code>ssh-keygen</code> and don't use a password (choose all defaults)
</li>
<li><code>cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub &gt;&gt; ~/.ssh/authorized_keys</code>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Find the nscldaq file in the source directory
<ul class="org-ul">
<li><code>mkdir -p /home/daq/Live</code>
</li>
<li><code>cp /usr/src/NSCLDAQ/nscldaq-10.2-108/nscldaq ~/NSCLDAQ</code>
</li>
<li>Edit the nscldaq file (This has all been done and the file is in
      <code>/home/daq/NSCLDAQ/PostInstallFiles</code>)
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>Make <code>DAQHOME=/usr/opt/nscldaq/current</code>
</li>
<li>Fix the bash script to make <code>==</code> into <code>=</code>
</li>
<li>Make <code>PIDFILEDIR=/home/daq/Live</code>
</li>
<li>Make sure ~PORTMGRSWITCHES=""~
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Make it executable: <code>chmod u+x nscldaq</code>
</li>
<li><code>sudo ./nscldaq start</code>
</li>
<li><code>sudo ./nscldaq status</code>
</li>
<li><code>sudo ./nscldaq stop</code>
</li>
<li><code>sudo ./nscldaq status</code>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Copy this file into <code>/etc/init.d/</code>
</li>
<li>Link in runlevels so that it starts on boot<br  />
    <code>sudo update-rc.d nscldaq defaults</code>
</li>
<li><code>ls /etc/rc2.d/</code> (You should see it in there somewhere)
</li>
<li>Reboot and check if it's running<br  />
    <code>sudo /etc/init.d/nscldaq status</code><br  />
    or<br  />
    <code>ps aux | grep DaqPortManager</code><br  />
    <code>ps aux | grep RingMaster</code>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>

<div id="outline-container-sec-7" class="outline-2">
<h2 id="sec-7">Environment</h2>
<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-7">
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>In .bashrc put the following (my version is in PostInstallFiles)
<ul class="org-ul">
<li><code>export HOMEDIR=$HOME</code>
</li>
<li><code>export NSCLBASE=$HOME</code>
</li>
<li><code>export DISTDIR=/usr/opt/applications</code>
</li>
<li><code>export BinDir=$HOMEDIR/bin</code>
</li>
<li><code>export DAQHOST=localhost</code>
</li>
<li><code>export SSHTARGET=localhost</code>
</li>
<li><code>export INSTROOT=/usr/opt/nscldaq/current</code>
</li>
<li>~export TCLLIBPATH="$TCLLIBPATH $INSTROOT/lib $INSTROOT/Scripts $INSTROOT/TclLibs"~
</li>
<li><code>export PATH=$PATH:/usr/opt/nscldaq/current/bin:/usr/opt/spectcl/current/bin:~/bin</code>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>There are some files needed in <code>~/bin</code>. I'll put these in <code>/home/daq/NSCLDAQ/PostInstallFiles/bin</code>
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>Menu
</li>
<li>startCfd
</li>
<li>startReadout
</li>
<li>startScaler
</li>
<li>startSpecTcl
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Put the Menu application in <code>/usr/opt/applications</code>.<br  />
    I've put it in <code>/home/daq/NSCLDAQ/PostInstallFiles/menu</code>
<ul class="org-ul">
<li><code>sudo mkdir /usr/opt/applications</code>
</li>
<li><code>sudo cp -r /home/daq/NSCLDAQ/PostInstallFiles/menu /usr/opt/applications/</code>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Make an event directory and link it
<ul class="org-ul">
<li><code>mkdir ~/events</code>
</li>
<li><code>ln -s ~/events ~/stagearea</code>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>

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<h2 id="sec-8">Bin files</h2>
<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-8">
<p>
These files are all found in <code>/home/daq/NSCLDAQ/PostInstallFiles/bin/</code>
</p>
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>Menu
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>A simple bash script to run the menu application
</li>
<li><code>wish $DISTDIR/menu/Menu.ui.tcl &amp;</code>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>startReadout
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>Make sure this points at
</li>
<li><code>/usr/opt/nscldaq/current/bin/ReadoutShell</code>
</li>
<li>with <code>-host=localhost</code>
</li>
<li>and <code>-path=/usr/opt/nscldaq/current/bin/VMUSBReadout</code>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>startScalers
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>Make sure this points at
</li>
<li><code>/usr/opt/nscldaq/current/bin/ScalerDisplay</code>
</li>
<li>Read the settings from <code>/config/scalerConfig.tcl</code>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>startSpecTcl
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>This one points at SpecTcl run file
</li>
<li>cd into the script directory<br  />
      <code>cd ~/config</code>
</li>
<li><code>exec /usr/opt/spectcl/current/bin/VMUSBSpecTcl &lt;/dev/null &amp;</code>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>

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<h2 id="sec-9">Setup Experiment</h2>
<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-9">
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>The setup is in <code>~/config</code>
</li>
<li>Copy this from  <code>/home/daq/NSCLDAQ/PostInstallFiles/config/</code>
</li>
<li>Do the same for the <code>spectcl</code> directory
<ul class="org-ul">
<li><code>cp /home/daq/NSCLDAQ/PostInstallFiles/spectcl /home/daq/</code>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
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<h2 id="sec-10">Running with USB</h2>
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<ul class="org-ul">
<li>Users need access to the USB device. If you get an error that
looks like<br  />
    <code>CTheApplication caught a string exception: usb_get_string_simple failed in CVMUSBusb::serialNo</code><br  />
</li>
</ul>
<p>
It's probably because the user does not have USB access.
</p>
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>First check that the VM-USB card is found by:
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>Run <code>tail -f /var/log/syslog</code>
</li>
<li>Unplug and replug the USB cable
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Some udev rules need to be set
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>Edit <code>/etc/udev/rules.d/90-usb.rules</code>
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<pre class="src src-sh"><span style="color: #eedd82;">SUBSYSTEM</span>==<span style="color: #ffa07a;">"usb"</span>, ENV{DEVTYPE}==<span style="color: #ffa07a;">"usb_device"</span>,   <span style="color: #eedd82;">MODE</span>=<span style="color: #ffa07a;">"0666"</span>
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</li>
<li><b>NOTE:</b> This is slightly different from the <code>usb_device</code>
subsystem used in previous versions
</li>
<li>This will allow users to read and write to the usb device
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><b>If this doesn't work</b>
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>First try changing 90 to 95 in the filename above. No need to
reboot, just unplug and replug the USB cable
</li>
<li>here are some useful testing utilities
</li>
<li>Find the device (not simply <code>/dev/usb0</code> as in old linux kernels)
<ul class="org-ul">
<li>In Ubuntu, do the following. In debian, you need to figure
out which device to use some other way!
</li>
<li><code>less /var/log/udev</code>
</li>
<li>Look for VM-USB
</li>
<li>eg. <code>DEVNAME=/dev/bus/usb/002/004</code>
</li>
<li>Use this <code>DEVNAME</code> in the commands below
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Read all of the attributes of this device with<br  />
      <code>udevadm info -a -n /dev/bus/usb/002/004</code>
</li>
<li>Test the udev rules as you edit them with<br  />
      <code>udevadm test $(udevadm info -q path -n /dev/bus/usb/002/004) 2&gt;&amp;1</code>
</li>
<li>You should see the <code>/etc/udev/rules.d/90-usb.rules</code> get sourced
and the permissions of the device get set to "0666"
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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<p class="date">Date: 2014-10-03 Fri</p>
<p class="author">Author: Richard Longland and John Kelley</p>
<p class="date">Created: 2015-10-30 Fri 10:32</p>
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