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DUNE DAQ Software Documentation Home

Welcome! The purpose of this website is to provide information on how to use the applications, plugins, base classes, etc. offered by the suite of DUNE DAQ packages. You can learn both how to run the DAQ as well as use various tools to extend its functionality.

If you're new to DUNE DAQ software, you'll want to start by reading the daq-buildtools documentation, which covers how to set up a development environment and build a package. Once you've done this, you'll likely want to learn about how to write DAQ modules in the appfwk documentation, units of code which are meant to perform specific tasks and can be combined to define the overall behavior of a running DAQ application. At some point you may also need to learn about how to create a package from scratch by reading the daq-cmake documentation; this documentation is also very useful for understanding how to get new source code files you've added to compile.

There are seven DUNE DAQ software packages which are used to aid developers in creating packages designed for the DAQ itself:

To learn how to build an existing software package, read the daq-buildtools documentation

To learn how to create a new package or modify the build of an existing one, read the daq-cmake documentation

To learn about the standard development workflow, read the daq-release documentation, in particular this page

To learn about the C++ coding guidelines which DUNE DAQ package developers should follow, read the styleguide

To learn how to run integration tests within our framework, go here

To learn about how to run even more comprehensive tests (particularly relevant during a DUNE DAQ release period), read about the daq-systemtest package

To learn how to keep track of assets (files, etc. which affect the behavior of the DAQ but aren't part of a standard software package), go here


For the other packages, please click on one of the links below. To learn how to edit a package's documentation, click here. Packages marked with an asterix don't yet have any official documentation; please see their Issues page to remedy this.

Core

appfwk home of daq_application and tools for writing DAQModules

cmdlib interfaces for commanded objects

ers fork of the ATLAS Error Reporting System

logging contains the functions DUNE DAQ packages use to output text

utilities a toolbox of classes and functions

Readout

daqdataformats DAQ data formats

detchannelmaps Channel maps for the detectors

detdataformats General-purpose data formats and related tools

dpdklibs Data Plane Development Kit software and utilities

dtpctrllibs DAQ modules for controlling Trigger Primitive generation firmware

dtpcontrols Python tools for control of the Trigger Primitive firmware

fddetdataformats Bitfields of far detector raw data and related tools

fdreadoutlibs Classes for working with far detector data (WIB, SSP, etc.)

flxlibs DAQModules, utilities, and scripts for Upstream FELIX Readout Software

lbrulibs DAQModules, utilities, and scripts for DUNE-ND Upstream DAQ Low Bandwidth Readout Unit

nddetdataformats Bitfields of near detector raw data and related tools

ndreadoutlibs Classes for working with near detector data (e.g. PACMAN)

readoutlibs Base classes for construction of readout-related DAQModules

readoutmodules DAQModules for constructing readout-focused processes

wibmod WIB configuration and monitoring interface

Control

appdal Schema for DAQ configuration of readout, dataflow and trigger applications

coredal A core schema for DAQ configuration

daqconf application to read out Felix data and store it in HDF5 files on disk

dbe A GUI interface for the OKS-based configuration design

nanorc Not ANOther Run Control

* rcif run control related

restcmd HTTP REST backend based CommandFacility

Dataflow (logical)

dfmessages dataflow messages

dfmodules dataflow applications

hdf5libs Support for reading/writing HDF5 data files

timing C++ interface to the timing firmware

timinglibs timing control and monitoring

trigger modules that make up the DUNE FD DAQ trigger system

Dataflow (physical)

iomanager simplified API for passing messages between DAQModules

ipm message passing between processes

serialization utilities for C++ object serialization/deserialization

Monitoring

dqm Data Quality Monitor

erskafka the erskafka plugin

kafkaopmon converts JSON objects into Kafka messages

opmonlib operational monitoring library

rawdatautils tools for looking at output files

Educational

listrev educational example of DAQModules for new developers


Mar-11-2021: For software coordinators only: how to make edits to this webpage