The NSCL uses the Tcl/Tk scripting language to provide user interfaces and high level logic when speed is not critical. This chapter descdribes a Tcl loadable package that provides access to VME crates attached to data takings systems via the SBS fiber optic interface.
This chapter is divided into the following sections.
Describes the environnment variables and script additions you must make to use the VME Tcl package.
Provides some samples that illustrate the use of the VME tcl package.
For detailed reference information on the Vme Tcl package start with the vmetcl manpage.
In order to describe this for laboratories that have made different installation choices than the NSCL, we will assume the existence of an environment variable DAQROOT which points to the top of the installation tree for nscldaq. Consult with your local experts/installers for the value that must be given this variable.
The Tcl scripting language supports lodable packages. This support
includes support for a directory search path to satisfy a package
load request. This search path can be set either via the
TCLLIBPATH environment variable, which is a
space separated list of directories to search, or by manipulating the
auto_path script global variable.
The following bash shell script fragment appends the NSCLDAQ Tcl package repository to any existing TCLLIBPATH definition.
Example 5-1. Appending the NSCLDAQ Tcl Package repository to Tcl's search path
export TCLLIBPATH="$TCLLIBPATH $DAQROOT/TclLibs"
This can also be done at the script level:
Example 5-2. Appending NSLCDAQ's TclPackage repository to Tcl's search path
global env # Needed if in a proc.
lappend auto_path [file join $env(DAQROOT) TclLibs]
Regardless of the method you use to add the NSCDAQ Tcl package repostory to the Tcl package search list, you must explicitly request the package from your script as follows: