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
datahandlinglibs Tools for constructing readout-focused processes
detchannelmaps Channel maps for the detectors
detdataformats General-purpose data formats and related tools
dpdklibs Data Plane Development Kit software and utilities
fddetdataformats Bitfields of far detector raw data and related tools
fdreadoutlibs Classes for working with far detector data (WIB, SSP, etc.)
fdreadoutmodules Readout plugin collection for the far detector
flxlibs DAQModules, utilities, and scripts for Upstream FELIX Readout Software
hermesmodules Modules for the Hermes core
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)
wibmod WIB configuration and monitoring interface
Control
appmodel Schema for DAQ configuration of readout, dataflow and trigger applications
confmodel 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
drunc Run control infrastructure for a distributed DAQ system
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
tpglibs Processes raw waveforms and returns the generated trigger primitives
trgtools trigger emulation and analysis tools
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
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
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