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-# scouting-es
-Simple set of classes and scripts to collect data from scouting prototype and save to files.
+# SCDAQ
+Rudimentary data taking application for the CMS L1 scouting demonstrator
 
-## Build
+An RPM is built automatically by the CI pipeline and is stored as artifact of the build stage. **Important:** Once installed, the SCDAQ config file needs to be modified as described in the section below.
 
-~~**Compile with**~~ 
+The RPM installs a systemd service that can be started with
 
-~~g++ -std=c++0x -g -ltbb -lboost_thread -lcurl \*.cc~~
+```bash
+$ sudo systemctl start runSCdaq
+```
 
-**Use supplied Makefile:**
+if SCDAQ should be automatically started at boot it can be enabled with
+
+```bash
+$ sudo systemctl enable runSCdaq
+```
+
+## Manual operation
+
+### Build manually
+
+**Use supplied Makefile to build:**
 
 ```
 $ cd src
 $ make
 ```
 
-## Run
-
-1. Start the Vivado reset server on `scoutsrv`:
-    ```
-    $ cd scripts/vivado
-    $ ./reset_server.sh
-    ```
+### Run manually
 
-2. Start the file mover on `bu`:
-    ```
-    $ cd scripts
-    $ ./fileMover.py
-    ```
-
-3. Start the run control on `scoutdaq`:
+1. Start the run control on `scoutdaq`:
     ```
     $ cd scripts
     $ ./runControl.py
     ```
 
-4. Start the data taking application on `scoutdaq`:
+1. Start the data taking application on `scoutdaq`:
     ```
     $ cd scripts
-    $ ./run.sh
+    $ ./runSCdaq.sh
     ```
 
 ## Configuration
 
+By default the configuration file in `/etc/scdaq/scdaq.conf` is used. Examples of configuration files for various systems can be found in `/opt/scdaq/test/config/`.
+
 #### example conf in scdaq.conf:
 
 ```