CODA

Starting Parity DAQ CODA

Figure 1 - Main CODA window when first started.

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Log in as apar@adaq1
In a terminal type startcoda
- 4 xterms will appear (red, orange, green and yellow) as well as the main CODA window (see Figure 1)
- CODA will automatically load the last configuration used. If you are ok with this then just go to Platform->Connect
To change the configuration, choose Configurations->Cool
- Select the desired configuration from the dropdown list (see Figure 2)
- Production running would be ALL_PREX
- Once you have loaded a configuration, some of the icons (see descriptions below) will change from grey to green
Press the configure icon
- Warnings about waiting for a roc can be ignored if it does not take too long to respond (~10s) and things are eventually successful
- Error messages should be taken seriously
  - You can try a reset and reconfigure
  - If that doesn't work - see DAQ Troubleshooting
Press the download icon

Numbered from the top left of the GUI window (see any of the Figures):

Configure (tools) - this opens a drop-down menu to choose the configuration
Download (floppy disk) - this loads the chosen configuration to the crates
Prestart () - this will prepare to start a run
Start (triangle with point to right) - this starts a run
End (square) - this ends a run
Fast Start (double-triangle pointing right) tries to go through all the steps (can be used as long as things aren't changing)
Reset (double-triangle pointing left) configured, but not downloaded (if you need to change configuration or GUI is wonky)
Pause (two vertical bars) - pauses a run (rarely used - to quote Paul Nothing good comes of this.)