DOOCS is documented by several means and methods. Currently the various information on DOOCS  is being revised. It is recommended to start from here to stay up to date with the most current changes.

Manuals

How to install DOOCS software if you do not have access to a DESY accelerator control system node:

DOOCS Installation Manual

The graphical user interface to DOOCS - the Java DOOCS Data Display (JDDD) - is explained here:

JDDD Manual

The most central documentation for developing applications with DOOCS can be found in the following manual:

DOOCS Developer Manual

An initial and short guide on how to create a DOOCS server application is shown here:

DOOCS Server Development

The Doxygen-based reference for the most important libraries is linked here:

Libraries Reference

Management of all DOOCS-related source code is done using Git and specifically GitLab. 

Code Management

The DOOCS Application Manual describes the most basic and common tools and applications for DOOCS:

DOOCS Application Manual

Releases

Here one can find the newest release information and its change log. 

DOOCS Release

Lectures and Tutorials

The DOOCS lectures and tutorials - A series of sessions introducing DOOCS, its concepts, developing with its framework, as well as using it:

DOOCS Lectures and Tutorials

Mailing List

The mailing list for discussing DOOCS-related questions on how to use DOOCS and develop applications with it is the DOOCS mailing list. Subscribe to

doocs@desy.de

by sending an email to the following address: sympa@desy.de and the subject only: subscribe doocs

Logbook

The electronic logbook for DOOCS - More used for communication of activities for the DOOCS infrastructure within MCS.

DOOCS Logbook

References

DOOCS Home Page (external visitors):

https://doocs.desy.de

Current and general overview of the accelerator control system as implemented at the European XFEL:

T. Wilksen et. al., “The control system for the linear accelerator at the European XFEL - Status and first experiences”, in Proc. 16th Int. Conf. on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control System (ICALEPCS’17), Barcelona, Spain, Oct. 2017, pp. 1-5, paper MOAPL01
http://icalepcs2017.vrws.de/papers/moapl01.pdf

Paper on the accelerator data acquisition system as used at the European XFEL:

T. Wilksen et. al., "A bunch-synchronized data acquisition system for the European XFEL accelerator”, in Proc. 16th Int. Conf. on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control System (ICALEPCS’17), Barcelona, Spain, Oct. 2017, pp. 958-961, paperTUPHA210
http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/icalepcs2017/papers/tupha210.pdf

Paper on high-level controls as implemented at the European XFEL:

L. Fröhlich et. al., “High level controls for the European XFEL”, in Proc. 15th Int. Conf. on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control System (ICALEPCS’15), Melbourne, Australia, Oct. 2015, paper MOPGF101
https://accelconf.web.cern.ch/ICALEPCS2015/papers/mopgf101.pdf

Paper on virtual XFEL based on the DOOCS DAQ:

W. Decking et al., “The Virtual European XFEL Accelerator”, in Proc. 15th Int. Conf. on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control System (ICALEPCS’15), Melbourne, Australia, Oct. 2015, paper TUD3O04.
https://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/ICALEPCS2015/papers/tud3o04.pdf

Short overview on tools for DAQ data retrieval (slightly out-of-date): 

V.Rybnikov et al.,“FLASH DAQ data management and access tools”, PCaPAC’10, Saskatoon, Canada (2010), pp. 195–197.
https://accelconf.web.cern.ch/pcapac2010/papers/frcoma02.pdf

Paper on the implementation of the inner workings of the DOOCS DAQ (slightly out-of-date): 

V. Rybnikov et al., “Buffer Manager Implementation for the FLASH Data Acquisition System”, PCaPAC 2008, Ljubljana, SloveniaOctober 2008 
https://accelconf.web.cern.ch/pc08/papers/tup010.pdf

Original paper of the overall DAQ concept (slightly out-of-date): 

A. Aghababyan et al., “Multi-Processor Based Fast Data Acquisition for a Free Electron Laser and Experiments”, in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 55, No. 1, pp. 256-260, February 2008.
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4382853

Old overview paper for the Beam Dynamics Letter on Control Systems (slightly out-of-date): 

A. Aghababyan et al., "Control Systems - The Accelerator Control System at DESY”, in ICFA Beam Dynamics Newsletter No. 47, December 2008, edited by In Soo Ko (Postech, Korea), pp. 139 - 167, http://www.icfa-bd.org/Newsletter47.pdf


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