This chapter gives an overview of the system architecture for CODA. Operating instructions for each component of the system will be given in the next chapter.
The system can be broken down as follows:
1. trigger system
2. front end crates (digitizers, etc.)
3. event builder
4. on-line processing
5. event logging
6. host computer and X-windows displays
This chapter will discuss first the data flow from trigger to disk. Next an overview of the run control architecture will be given (how a user controls data acquisition), and finally the set of offline data analysis/monitoring tools will be described