mjkramer/morcs

Mx2x2 Overall Run Control Software

Mx2x2 Overall Run Control Software

Requirements

On AL9 run dnf install python3-devel krb5-devel. Kerberos is needed for the SSH connection to the CRS DAQ server.

Installing

Do this on e.g. acd-ops01 as the acdaq user.

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/mjkramer/MORCS.git
cd MORCS
python -m venv morcs.venv
source morcs.venv/bin/activate
pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
pip install -e .

Loading

source /path/to/MORCS/morcs.venv/bin/activate

It may be necessary to set up a pair of SSH tunnels to the MINERvA DAQ, e.g.:

ssh -L 1090:localhost:1090 -R 9998:localhost:9998 acd-mnv03

Configuring

Edit morcs.toml under [crs] to specify the hostname of the CRS DAQ server (e.g. acd-daq02) and the paths to crs_daq, its virtual environment, and the output and log directories. Likewise, under [lrs] the host should be set appropriately.

Starting and stopping a run

morcs start-run

morcs stop-run

Run database

Run information is stored in morcs.sqlite. Currently only the run number, start time, and end time are stored. Run numbers are generated automatically, starting from zero.

Current status

The CRS and LRS controllers have been tested. The MINERvA controller needs to be updated following recent changes to DaqController, and the run number needs to be propagated.