This tool serves as a client for building tailored firmware and gateware from M-Lab's servers and downloading the binaries in ready-to-flash format. It is necessary to have a valid subscription to AFWS to use it. Subscription also includes general helpdesk support and can be purchased or extended by contacting ``sales@``. One year of support is included with any Kasli carriers or crates containing them purchased from M-Labs. Additional one-time use is generally provided with purchase of additional cards to facilitate the system configuration change.
After receiving your credentials from M-Labs, it is recommended to change your password as soon as possible. It is your responsibility to set and remember a secure password. If necessary, passwords can be reset by contacting helpdesk@.
Compiles an experiment into a ELF file (or a TAR file if the experiment involves subkernels). It is primarily used to prepare binaries for the startup and idle kernels, loaded in non-volatile storage of the core device. Experiments compiled with this tool are not allowed to use RPCs, and their ``run`` entry point must be a kernel.
Compiles key/value pairs (e.g. configuration information) into a binary image suitable for flashing into the storage space of the core device. It can be used in combination with ``artiq_flash`` to configure the core device, but this is normally necessary at most to set the ``ip`` field; once the core device is reachable by network it is preferable to use ``artiq_coremgmt config``. Not applicable to ARTIQ-Zynq, where preconfiguration is better achieved by loading ``config.txt`` onto the SD card.
Allows for flashing and loading of various files onto the core device. Not applicable to ARTIQ-Zynq, where gateware and firmware should be loaded onto the core device with :mod:`~artiq.frontend.artiq_coremgmt`, directly copied onto the SD card, or (for developers) using the :ref:`ARTIQ netboot <zynq-jtag-boot>` utility.
The core management utility gives remote access to the core device logs, the :ref:`core device flash storage <core-device-flash-storage>`, and other management functions.
To use this tool, it is necessary to specify the IP address your core device can be contacted at. If no option is used, the utility will assume there is a file named ``device_db.py`` in the current directory containing the :ref:`device database <device-db>`; otherwise, a device database file can be provided with ``--device-db`` or an address directly with ``--device`` (see also below).
This tool generates a basic template for a :ref:`device database <device-db>` given the JSON description file(s) for the system. Entries for :ref:`controllers <environment-ctlrs>` are not generated.
This tool encodes the map of RTIO channel numbers to names in a format suitable for writing to the config key ``device_map``. See :ref:`config-rtiomap`.
This tool converts core device RTIO logs to VCD waveform files that are readable by third-party tools such as GtkWave. See :ref:`rtio-analyzer-example` for an example, or :mod:`artiq.test.coredevice.test_analyzer` for a relevant unit test. When using the ARTIQ dashboard, recorded data can be viewed or exported directly in the integrated waveform analyzer (the "Waveform" dock).
This tool allows for manipulation of a DRTIO routing table file, which can be transmitted to the core device using :mod:`artiq_coremgmt config write<artiq.frontend.artiq_coremgmt>`; see :ref:`drtio-routing`.
