Requirements for the Beam Monitor Data Channelling Process.

Brett Viren
Brookhaven National Lab

August 20, 2004

Abstract: This document lists the current understanding of and requirements for the process which will channel the beam monitoring data into the offline. It defines what data is to be collected, how it will be processed and dispatched.

• Table of Contents
• Overview
• Data Source
  • XML-RPC overview
• Data Source Configuration
• Data Acquisition Methods
  • A Note on Security
• Timing of Data Acquisition
• Data Output
  • Details of Raw Data Format
  • Block IDs
• Non Requirements
• Open Questions

This document was translated from L^AT_EX by H^EV^EA and H^AC^HA.