Point 1 DCS
PVSS Systems
SCS Host System Number System Name KVM Channel Status PCATLSCTSCS 20 ATLSCTSCS US-7 Installed LCS Host System Number System Name KVM Channel Status PCATLSCTUSBPS1 22 ATLSCTUSBPS1 US-1 Installed PCATLSCTUSBPS2 23 ATLSCTUSBPS2 US-2 Installed PCATLSCTLCS03 24 ATLSCTUSABPS1 USA-1 Installed PCATLSCTUSABPS2 25 ATLSCTUSABPS2 USA-2 Installed PCATLSCTUSENV 28 ATLSCTUSENV US-8 Installed PCATLSCTDCS01 29 ATLSCTUSAENV USA-8 Installed PCATLSCTUSEPS1 172 ATLSCTUSEPS1 US-3 (February) PCATLSCTUSEPS2 173 ATLSCTUSEPS2 US-4 (February) PCATLSCTUSAEPS1 174 ATLSCTUSAEPS1 USA-3 (February) PCATLSCTUSAEPS2 175 ATLSCTUSAEPS2 USA-4 (February)
The console in USA15 is located to the left of the printer. The console in US15 is located in the main DCS rack. To move between systems connected to the KVM switch, press "SCROLL LOCK" twice in quick succession, followed by cursor left or cursor right. The cursor left/right key may be pressed several times in quick succession to skip multiple channels.
From any system on the pit network, you may open a remote desktop connection to any of the above systems using the normal user account "sctdcs", but if you wish to open a connection from the main CERN network you will first need to connect to the terminal server "cerntsatldcs01" using your own personal NICE account. This will only work if your account has been added to the list of administrators for the ATLAS SCT DCS NLC. (TLA overload?)
How to drive the system
- check that all the PS crates you require are powered
- Make sure that all the power switches in the distribution frame in the back of each rack are on. Is the turbine now running? If not, maybe the rack has tripped. Contact the control room for assistance.
- At the front of each rack, ensure that the Artesyn power packs, located behind the 6U hinged panel, are powered.
- In the CBB, verify that the three circuit breakers corresponding to each of the required crates are turned on.
- check that each of the required LCS projects are running
- For the time being, it's probably best to connect to each PC in turn in order to verify this.
- Check that the SCS is running
From the SCS you have two choices: you can drive through the FSM, or you can use the familiar "diagniostic interface". Most of the panels have been modifed to work from the SCS across the distributed system, but you may come across the odd one which does not work. If you have an urgent need for a given panel to work, or for new functionality to be provided, contact PWP.
Hints&Tips
- From the diagnostic panel, channels may only be masked on if the system thinks there were masked off first (and vice-versa)
- From the "mask transition" panel in the top left, you may mask on/off a group of channels as follows "barrel|channel|0xHL|20" where H is a nibble representing the desired state of the HV mask, and L is a nibble representing the desired state of the LV mask. For both H and L, 0 - off, 1 - on, 2 - am I bovvered? Barrel and channel are numbers.
- From the "state transition" panel in the top left, you may move a group of channels OFF/STANDBY/ON as follows: "barrel|channel|state|20" where state 0 - off, 1 - on, 2 - standby. There are other options, but you probably won't need to know more than this. Barrel and channel are numbers.
- For both of the above cases, you may also uise aliases as follows:
- state transition "alias|Barrel03*|1"
- turns ON barrel 3
- state transition "alias|Barrel04.Row03*|0"
- turns OFF row 3 of barrel 4
- state transition "alias|Barrel03*|1"
Future
Most of the above detail will eventaully disappear within the FSM. Although this has not yet been fully debugged, lots of useful stuff already exists, especially display panels. In the framework navigator, right click on an FSM node and click "view" to explore. Enjoy!