ast

NAME

ast - interactive tool for controlling an AST.

SYNOPSIS

ast [ -a24|-a32 ] [ -t ] [ -c ] [ -d ]

DESCRIPTION

Figure 3 shows the screen displayed when running ast. The following information is displayed:

• Settings: AST setting information: address, programmable FIFO-flag transition setting, preset counters, control token used.
• Data file: info on event data file read in: name, length in bytes, number of events in the data.
• 2TP status: dynamically updated value of the 2TP transputer's statusregister 0; see [4].
• AST status: dynamically updated status of AST registers, and translation of some of the bits into text: mode and FIFO status.
• Last cmd: shows last command given.
• Message: Space for error messages.
• Commands: a list of the commands that can be given (selection by a single decimal character).

 
Figure 3: The user interface screen of ast. 

OPTIONS

The following options are available:

 
-a24			 address the AST with A24 addresses (AMR=0x3d)

-a32			 address the AST with A32 addresses (AMR=0x09) (=default)

-t			 set the AST Transfer Counter to
		 (default: 256)

-c			 set the AST Circulate Counter to
		 (default: 1)

-d			 use control token  as the event
		end-marker (event delimiter) (default: 1)

FILES

On mic.nikhef.nl files can be found in directory /micro/n48/aorta/ast/operator:

ast.c

the C source code.

ast.h

include file with definitions concerning the AST module.

2tp.h

include file with 2TP-VME module specific definitions.