The prototype of DAQ-Middleware for MLF [4] consisted of a
DAQ unit. To adapt the experiments at MLF to a system using
hundreds of PSD detectors, a new XML schema for the DAQ
system configuration was implemented, along with the function
of remote booting for DAQ-Components. The improved XML
schema of configuration file includes ‘‘DAQ Group’’ elements
corresponding to DAQ units. We used the extended Internet
services daemon, ‘‘xinetd’’ of Linux. Each DAQ-Components is
bootable to send commands to PCs on which ‘‘xinetd’’ is running.