CODA Readout Language (CRL) Configuration File

This appendix gives a summary of the data acquisition statements (CODA Readout Lan-guage or crl) used to build readout lists for the supported FASTBUS and VME and CAMAC ROC's (readout controllers) as well as the format of the files containing these lists. (Details on the ROCs functions as well as the ROC and readout list architecture can be found elsewhere.) The crl files must be compiled with the makelist utility, and the name of the compiled files are passed to the ROC by an entry in a run configuration table of the Run Control database. Finally, the CODA crl compiler (ccrl) may be used independently of the makelist utility to generate resulting c code from the crl file. The readout language is designed to be complete enough for most experimenters, and hides many of the board specific implementation details.