=== Installing POS with XDAQ15 on Centos 7 === Prerequisits sudo yum install centos-release-scl sudo yum install devtoolset-8 sudo yum install git cmake3 gcc-c++ gcc binutils \ libX11-devel libXpm-devel libXft-devel libXext-devel openssl-devel sudo yum install gcc-gfortran pcre-devel \ mesa-libGL-devel mesa-libGLU-devel glew-devel ftgl-devel mysql-devel \ fftw-devel cfitsio-devel graphviz-devel \ avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel openldap-devel python-devel \ libxml2-devel gsl-devel Install ROOT from source and compile with gcc8 scl enable devtoolset-8 bash mkdir ROOT cd ROOT git clone --branch v6-24-00-patches https://github.com/root-project/root.git root_src mkdir build install cd build cmake3 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../install ../root_src cmake3 --build . -j8 --target install cd .. source install/bin/thisroot.sh Configure repositories sudo cat > /etc/yum.repos.d/xdaq.repo < /etc/yum.repos.d/amc13-sw.repo < /etc/yum.repos.d/ipbus-sw.repo < local.sh < to these two header files: TriDAS_lea/pixel/PixelUtilities/PixelRootUtilities/include/PixelHistoThreadFrame.h TriDAS_lea/pixel/PixelUtilities/PixelRootUtilities/include/PixelHistoThreadFrameWithArgs.h === Installation of network card on Centos7 === get name of new network card bash ifconfig -a gives **enp4s5** for this network card, yours could be different create file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-enp4s5 (choose the right name for your card) with this content: HWADDR=90:E2:BA:F7:6B:F7 TYPE=Ethernet PROXY_METHOD=none BROWSER_ONLY=no BOOTPROTO=none DEFROUTE=no IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=no IPV6INIT=yes IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes IPV6_DEFROUTE=no IPV6_FAILURE_FATAL=no IPV6_ADDR_GEN_MODE=stable-privacy NAME="enp4s5" UUID=8c87de7c-ab31-3faa-8480-3c9571cad2af ONBOOT=yes AUTOCONNECT_PRIORITY=-999 IPADDR=192.168.0.1 PREFIX=23 GATEWAY=192.168.0.1 (change the HWADDR, the NAME and the UUID to fit your network card) restart the network service sudo systemctl restart network.service check the ip address change ifconfig -a the network card should now have the ip address 192.168.0.1 with the netmask 255.255.254.0 install the dhcp daemon and wireshark sudo yum install dhcpd wireshark install the rarp daemon using the instructions from https://wiki.physik.uzh.ch/cms/nanocrate:nanocrate bash #!/bin/bash sudo wget http://download-ib01.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/Packages/r/rarpd-ss981107-42.el6.x86_64.rpm sudo yum install rarpd-ss981107-42.el6.x86_64.rpm cat < /tmp/rarpd.service [Unit] Description=Reverse Address Resolution Protocol Requests Server Documentation=man.rarpd(8) Requires=network.target After=network.target [Service] Type=forking User=root #EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/rarpd ExecStart=/usr/sbin/rarpd -a -e -v [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target EOF sudo cp /tmp/rarpd.service /etc/systemd/system restart daemons and rarpdaemon sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl restart rarpd this script already is stored at **~/internalhdd/install_scripts/install_rarpd.sh** copy the **/etc/hosts** and the **/etc/ethers** files from the old mtca PC **/etc/hosts** contains: 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4 ::1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6 192.168.0.41 mch 192.168.0.157 bpixamc13T1 192.168.0.156 bpixamc13T2 192.168.0.31 bpixtkfec 192.168.0.32 bpixpxfec 192.168.0.34 bpixfed1 192.168.0.35 bpixfed2 192.168.0.36 bpixfed3 only copy the lines starting with **192.168.0.** **/etc/ethers** contains: # copied from old slc6 mtca PC # see man ethers for syntax # ETHERS for BPIX CRATE # ##################### 08:00:30:F3:01:d7 bpixamc13T1 08:00:30:F3:01:97 bpixamc13T2 08:00:30:00:23:31 bpixtkfec 08:00:30:00:22:f2 bpixpxfec 08:00:30:00:23:1e bpixfed1 08:00:30:00:23:34 bpixfed2 08:00:30:00:23:13 bpixfed4 copy all lines try to ping the devices in the **/etc/hosts** file ping mch ping bpixamc13T1 ping bpixamc13T2 ping bpixtkfec ping bpixpxfec ping bpixfed1 ping bpixfed2 ping bpixfed3