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= About =
= Introduction =


MIDAS is a modern data acquisition system developed at [http://www.psi.ch PSI] and [http://www.triumf.ca TRIUMF]. Supported hardware includes VME, Fastbus, CAMAC, RS232, GPIB, USB, ethernet, fiber optic and MSCB attached data acquisition devices. MIDAS is written in C/C++ and runs on Linux, MacOS and MS Windows. It is licensed under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU Public License].
MIDAS is a modern data acquisition system developed at [http://www.psi.ch PSI] and [http://www.triumf.ca TRIUMF]. Supported hardware includes VME, Fastbus, CAMAC, RS232, GPIB, USB, ethernet, fiber optic and MSCB attached data acquisition devices. MIDAS is written in C/C++ and runs on Linux, MacOS and MS Windows. It is licensed under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU Public License].
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* [[Midas documentation| Main Documentation]]
* [[Midas documentation| Main Documentation]]
* [[Installation | Installation Instructions]]
* [https://daq.triumf.ca/~daqweb/doc/midas-devel/html/modules.html <i>Doxygen</i>] Code structure, functions, etc...
* [https://daq.triumf.ca/~daqweb/doc/midas-devel/html/modules.html <i>Doxygen</i>] Code structure, functions, etc...
* [[Installation | Installation Instructions]]
= Download =
All MIDAS programs are under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU Public License]
The [https://bitbucket.org/tmidas/midas GIT tree] is available via a web interface.
Using this interface, the most recent file versions can be obtained.
Alternatively, the files can be directly obtained via GIT by entering:
<pre>
git clone https://bitbucket.org/tmidas/midas
git clone https://bitbucket.org/tmidas/mscb
git clone https://bitbucket.org/tmidas/mxml
cd midas
make
</pre>
Supported operating systems are:
* primary: MacOS, RHEL/SL/SLC/CentOS Linux
* secondary: MS Windows, Ubuntu Linux, Fedora Linux, FreeBSD, VxWorks, others (see Makefile)
The bitbucket repository is mirrored nightly to TRIUMF at http://ladd00.triumf.ca/~daqweb/git. Please use this mirror to install stable releases of MIDAS. To follow the latest development version, please clone from bitbucket.


= News and Support=
= News and Support=
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Another source of information is the [https://bitbucket.com/tmidas/midas Bitbucket Repository] of MIDAS, where one can see the latest changes to the software.
Another source of information is the [https://bitbucket.com/tmidas/midas Bitbucket Repository] of MIDAS, where one can see the latest changes to the software.


[[Features | New Features]] : documented features to be incorporated in the documentation.
Finally, you can read presentations from the [https://indico.psi.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?ovw=True&confId=3793 2015 MIDAS Workshop] and [https://indico.triumf.ca/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=2342 2017 MIDAS Workshop].
 
= Links =
 
* https://bitbucket.org/tmidas/midas - MIDAS GIT Repository
* [[MIDAS around the world|MIDAS users around the world]]
* [[Notes | Miscelleneous notes]] : Notes that need to be incorporated in the documentation.


= Related packages =
= Related packages =

Revision as of 09:59, 3 January 2018

Introduction

MIDAS is a modern data acquisition system developed at PSI and TRIUMF. Supported hardware includes VME, Fastbus, CAMAC, RS232, GPIB, USB, ethernet, fiber optic and MSCB attached data acquisition devices. MIDAS is written in C/C++ and runs on Linux, MacOS and MS Windows. It is licensed under the GNU Public License.

Documentation

News and Support

News about bug fixes and new releases of Midas can be obtained from the Midas news group located at TRIUMF which uses the ELOG system. Users can register in this system to be notified automatically via E-mail when new entries are submitted.

Another source of information is the Bitbucket Repository of MIDAS, where one can see the latest changes to the software.

Finally, you can read presentations from the 2015 MIDAS Workshop and 2017 MIDAS Workshop.

Related packages

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