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eflumerf edited this page Feb 12, 2026 · 15 revisions

artdaq-demo

Prologue: if you just want to see something run, and you’re on a system which is artdaq-ready, execute these commands:

baseurl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/art-daq/artdaq-demo/refs/heads/develop/tools"
target=$(curl -s "$baseurl/quick-spack-start.sh") # Link to actual script

curl "$baseurl/$target" -o quick-spack-start.sh
chmod +x quick-spack-start.sh   
./quick-spack-start.sh        # get latest

OR

./quick-spack-start.sh --develop

Then

source setupARTDAQDEMO

  • to list versions: ls /cvmfs/fermilab.opensciencegrid.org/products/artdaq/spack_*

    • Each supported Spack version has its own directory containing product directories (e.g. spack_v0.28/artdaq-v4_05_00)
    • These (or local Spack areas) can be included using the --upstream argument to quick-spack-start.sh

  • check for and remove ~/.spack if there are problems or if you want to be proactive.

  • The install script creates two setup scripts: setupARTDAQDEMO gets your environment ready for running artdaq. To do Spack development tasks, use setup-env.sh, which does not set up the artdaq build envrionment.

…to execute the downloading, building, and the running of the demo; the total space taken will be about 9 GB. Installation on Fermilab hosts takes about 5 minutes, though on other systems this may take longer depending on connection speed. A few windows will pop up to show sample monitoring of the fake data produced during the demo; you can just close them manually when the demo’s done.

This project demonstrates how the toolkit comprised of the artdaq and artdaq-core packages can be used to build the DAQ software for an experiment by providing a simple example system. Attached at the bottom of the page is some useful but potentially dated documentation; for up-to-date information, use the following Wiki links, starting with “A description of the demo system” :

  1. A description of the demo system
  2. Installing and building the demo
  3. (Re)building the artdaq-demo package
  4. Running a sample artdaq-demo system
  5. A closer look - TRACEs and configuring
  6. How to write a fragment generator
  7. How to write an overlay class
  8. Filtering, analyzing, and presenting your raw events: a closer look at art modules
  9. [[Creating an art module which saves the build time and version of your package]]
  10. The artdaq-demo Examples
  11. Creating a new Fragment type
  12. artdaq in VM or container, etc.
  13. Requirements for artdaq Demo

Setting up an artdaq-demo development area with MRB
artdaq-demo Release Notes
artdaq-demo-hdf5

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