Extraction programs

The dmap file, beeing a simple ASCII file, can be easely read by using any text editor. However, since the dmap library does not care about comments, it can be hard to understand, if not well formatted.

For the above reason, several extraction programs have been implemented:

To extract an element from a dmap file, dmapgetone should be used. This program reads the dmap file and writes on standard output the selected element.

Its syntax is:
dmapgetone GeoVmeMap dmap chain crate slot channel

where:

As an example, have a look at the following screen-shot: 

>dmapgetone gs_board.dat pcal.map 4 2 5 7
Board type: 1
Detector: 3
Module: 9
Plane: 3
Column: 2
Side: 2

On the other side, sometimes it is useful to find out a certain FEE address starting from the physical address. The following programs do exactly this, each for its own type of board:

Their syntax is:
dmapfindcal GeoVmeMap dmap detector module plane column side card
dmapfindqcal GeoVmeMap dmap detector module card
dmapfindchamb GeoVmeMap dmap layer wire

where:

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