Specifications

74 MDR User Guide
10.3 MDR system configuration file (mdr.ini)
Below is a list of the parameters found in mdr.ini.
[MainInfo]
This section contains the main information the MDR Server needs to know.
MdrModelName
Model name of the MDR system. The valid model names are MDR-250 (MIDAS-250
board), MDR-220 (MIDAS-220 board). This item is required by the MDR Server and
must be defined.
SharedMemoryDataVmeBaseAdrs
This item specifies the VME base address of the Shared Memory Data structure. For
further information on the supported PMCs, see Appendix F: Supported PMCs
Documentation.
If the MDR Server cannot find the
SharedMemoryDataVmeBaseAdrs item, then no
structure will be mapped to the VMEbus during a recording. This mode is then
disabled.
If the
SharedMemoryDataVmeBaseAdrs item equals to a value that is located in an
existing VME Universe slave image, then the MDR Server will display an error
message during the initialization phase and the VME mapping will be disabled.
The shared memory data contains some information on the MDR Server program
(signature, version numbers and MDR model name) and some addresses which
indicate where to read the monitor and control data structures on the VMEbus.
Therefore, during a recording, reading the
SHARED_MEMORY_HEADER structure on the
VMEbus at the SharedMemoryDataVmeBaseAdrs will provide the recording progress
indication data.
For example, to read this structure on the VMEbus at the address 0x06000000, set up
the SharedMemoryDataVmeBaseAdrs to 0x06000000.
Verbose
This item defines the verbose level for the MDR Shell and can have the following
values specifying how detailed error messages should be printed out:
•
NORMAL: Normal mode. One single line of error message every time a command
fails.
•
DETAILED: Detailed mode. Prints out more detailed information about the error.
This error message should clearly identify the problem/error.
•
DEBUG: Debug mode. Prints out all possible error messages in order to identify
(and trace) the problem. This mode should be used only when debugging.
If the
Verbose item is omitted from the mdr.ini file then the verbose level is set
by default to NORMAL.
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