A signal server software architecture

This paper describes the conceptual structure of a signal server written to operate in both ATLAS test environments and non-ATLAS (e.g., C/C++, LabWindows, etc.) environments. The signal server, along with associated run-time utilities, is fully capable of dynamically processing all modifiers and structures (such as CNX pin lists) required by the typical ATLAS statement. Drivers which operate in the ATLAS environment may also interface to an ATLAS-like structure provided by a C/C++ program. Therefore the net result is ATLAS-like source code operating in a non-ATLAS environment, providing the signal structure advantages of ATLAS without the overhead costs of an ATLAS compiler. This makes possible extension ATLAS language advantages into the evolving commercial tools.