FASTER | INSTALLATION
Currently, five packages are available on the FASTER project. The first thing to do is to add the FASTER repository and then install the package you need.
UBUNTU INSTALLATION
Currently, FASTER can be installed on Ubuntu 20.04 or 22.04 LTS 64 bits distribution.
- Download this distribution 20.04 LTS (1.5 Go) or 22.04 LTS (4.6 Go)
- Follow these instructions to install it.
- Connect the computer to internet.
- Open a terminal and update the system (update-manager or sudo apt update).
The system is ready to install FASTER.
ADD NEW REPOSITORY
To install FASTER and its dependencies, you need to add the FASTER software repository :
- If you use a 22.04 LTS Ubuntu distribution
- sudo apt-add-repository ‘deb http://faster.in2p3.fr/distribution/fasterv2/ubuntu/ jammy non-free’
- If you use a 20.04 LTS Ubuntu distribution
- sudo apt-add-repository ‘deb http://faster.in2p3.fr/distribution/fasterv2/ubuntu/ focal non-free’
- sudo true && wget -O – http://faster.in2p3.fr/distribution/fasterv2/fasterv2_repo_pgp_pub_key.asc | sudo apt-key add –
- sudo apt update
FASTER V2 PACKAGE
Installation
sudo apt install fasterv2
Description
This package is the second version of the FASTER acquisition system. You can use the qdc-tdc, adc, rf, scaler, electrometer or decision module with this version.
Most important commands
- Setup command
- faster_setup_gui (Allow user to build or modify FASTER configuration files)
- DAQ commands
- faster_gui (Read the FASTER configuration files and launch the GUI of the DAQ)
FASTERac PACKAGE
Installation
- sudo apt install fasterac
Description
- Minimal analysis library in C for FASTER DAQ System. The library contains the data formats (qdc, adc, …), a file reader function and a buffer reader function. Different example codes show how to handle FASTER file, how to extract data or to create a Root tree.
- The « faster_disfast » program supplied with the library, displays data from a FASTER file on the console.
- « man faster_disfast » lists all information you need to know about this package.
Examples
- How to list all the data with the label 421 in the « data_tst.fast » file
- faster_disfast -l 421 data_tst.fast
- How to list all the data with the label 421 in the « data_tst.fast » file
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