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| - Before starting any DAQ loops, the mux backplane cards connected to the computer should be toggled to an OFF state, with none of the green backplane LEDs blinking | - Before starting any DAQ loops, the mux backplane cards connected to the computer should be toggled to an OFF state, with none of the green backplane LEDs blinking | ||
| - When ready to begin collecting data, the <Toggle Mux OFF/ON> button is clicked again, programming the strobe pulse to be issued after a short delay (~5 sec). This starts the muxes | - When ready to begin collecting data, the <Toggle Mux OFF/ON> button is clicked again, programming the strobe pulse to be issued after a short delay (~5 sec). This starts the muxes | ||
| - | - Click the <DAQ Start> buttons in the control clusters during the delay after the Toggle Mux button is clicked, but before the strobe occurs. | + | - Click the <DAQ Start> buttons in the control clusters during the delay after the Toggle Mux button is clicked, but before the strobe occurs. |
| + | - If the read process for a mux starts with a partial trigger packet at the front of the data read from the buffer, this is a framing error. The VetoDAQ application will detect this and correct it, but will display garbage in the counter displays for 2 seconds. The error should be detected on the first read, and a correction issued for the second read. From then on, it should be OK. | ||