Control software for the TOTEM DAQ

The TOTEM DAQ has been upgraded for the LHC’s Run 2 with the Scalable Readout System (SRS), a scalable, multi-channel and general-purpose readout platform. The upgraded DAQ has increased the experiment’s trigger rate up to 100 kHz in stand-alone mode. Fur- thermore, the new system allows the TOTEM and CMS collaborations to perform common data taking during combined measurements campaigns. For my Summer Student project at CERN I have developed a new software application to control and monitor the upgraded DAQ platform in a distributed environment. The new software, named SRSController, is necessary to operate the SRS within the CMS DAQ infrastructure during common data taking. The purpose of this report is to explain the design of the SRSController and to serve as additional documentation for future users and developers.