2DBOCscan
A 2DBOCscan scans through the RxDelay and RxThreshold at the same time, picking the best values for both ... the scan is carried out in the DSP code on the ROD as follows: bestDelay = (points[worstSlice] + 9) ... counters for(fmt=0; fmt<FORMATTERS_PER_ROD; fmt++){ writeRegisterDirect(FMT_COUNT_CTRL(fmt),32,0,0); ... counters for(fmt=0; fmt<FORMATTERS_PER_ROD; fmt++){ writeRegisterDirect(FMT_GLOBAL_CNT(fmt),16,0,width); ... Start Counting for(fmt=0; fmt<FORMATTERS_PER_ROD; fmt++){ writeRegisterDirect(FMT_COUNT_CTRL(fmt),32,0,1); ...
4K - last updated 2008-08-07 20:10 UTC by
ASIC
The front end chips (ASICS) are called the ABCD3T. They have an analogue front-end, a comparitor which ... produces a binary hit/no-hit and digital pipeline and ...
1K - last updated 2005-03-18 17:37 UTC by
AcronymSoup
*[[CORBA]] *[[BOC]] *[[DAQ]] *[[DCS]] *[[DDC]] *[[DSP]] *[[IDL]] *[[ILU]] * OmniORB *[[ORB]] *[[POA]] ... *[[PVSS]] *[[ROD]] *[[SBC]] *[[TIM]] *[[VME]] ...
1K - last updated 2004-06-23 18:33 UTC by
AlanBarr
I have been working on various parts of SctRodDaq, including the AnalysisService, FittingService, ArchivingService ...
1K - last updated 2005-10-20 09:33 UTC by
AlanBarrToDo
== Top Priorities == * Comparisons of data should be to reference set rather than to "ideal case" * Monitoring ... * Online TIM monitoring - get going with ROD & BOC stuff. ----- * Histogramming robust against ... only output most serious defect on that chip. * Rod with no modules should not be an error. * Recovery ... goes to IS unchecked. ** What about the ROD temperature. ** Now going to be done through [[DCS]] ... lower priority == * Histogramming of Raw data on-rod ** Currently done with API. Very slow with many ...
4K - last updated 2006-07-07 22:25 UTC by
AllBarrels
There are 4 SCT Barrels: [[Barrel3]] [[Barrel4]] [[Barrel5]] [[Barrel6]] For the mapping file click on ... Bookkeeping] webpage. All barrels ...
1K - last updated 2007-10-04 08:51 UTC by
AnybodyToDo
== DAQUSER's WISHLIST == This is a list of things which if ANYBODY (who has time) did, would be very ... arbitrary meta-data, eg how the histogram was produced. Does it now, or do we have a different solution? ... insufficient? * Tim "OnePointGain" scan for off-rod calibration * Right click on module in "probe data" ... during running, things like timeout, overflows, rod busy) ** Mask off links that cause problems ** ... are configured, etc, clear link errors in ROD * There is some suspicion that the AnalysisService ...
8K - last updated 2008-08-20 14:19 UTC by
ArchivingService
Saves data for long-term retrieval. Primarily written by AlessandroTricoli. Ideas for updates in [[SctRodDaqRelease3]]: ...
1K - last updated 2003-11-24 17:06 UTC by
BOC
The BOC (or Back Of Crate) module is part of the SctHardware. It is the primary data and control interface ... to electrical form, and passes them to the [[ROD]] (Read Out Driver) modules. *It takes the electrical ... control signals form the ROD, converts them to Bi-Phase Mark encoded optical ... modules. *It takes the data stream from the ROD in parallel form, and provides the [[SLink]] path ...
1K - last updated 2005-08-10 11:19 UTC by
Barrel3Analysis
There are several people doing analysis of [[Barrel3]] on data taken during assembly, and during warm ... logbooks] * List of [[Barrel3Exceptions]] ... bookkeeping] page which allow ROOT ... data displays] now allow comparisons between SctRodDaq datasets for any test patameter === Notes and ... [http://www-pnp.physics.ox.ac.uk/~weidberg/production/Oxford_Test_Data/ here] ** Alan and Chris ...
2K - last updated 2005-05-04 12:17 UTC by
Barrel3Exceptions
==The definitive list of known exceptions== * lmt01 Z+6 20220330200024 ** No redundant TTC (from harness ... 722 had to be masked off in order to get the ROD to process its (analogue test) data. Looks as if ... 1148 had to be masked off in order to get the ROD to process its (analogue test) data. Looks as if ... which in theory could be suppressed on the ROD, but this hasn't been implemented. * Module 20220040200500, ...
5K - last updated 2006-03-28 08:38 UTC by
Barrel3HardwareConfig
Part of [[OxfordSetup]] Specific to the tests of Barrel 3, the crates have been cabled up according to ... Fan Fan Fan Fan PS PS PS PS PS PS CB CB CB CB CB ROD-0 Empty C-0 Dummy Empty Empty ROD-0 S-0 Empty C-4 ... C-1 C-5 PS S-1 C-2 Empty Empty Empty ROD-1 Empty Empty C-6 C-3 C-7 ROD-1 S = Sector Crate ... PS CB = Circuit Breaker Box, aka "Octopus" ROD = Readout Driver Crate </pre> In the ROD ... in RX and TX fibres from Z- to Z+. The lower ROD crate now contains: <pre> Slot / ROD# / BOC# ...
3K - last updated 2005-03-10 14:09 UTC by
Barrel4Analysis
=== Log books === * Electronic [http://www-pnp.physics.ox.ac.uk/~daquser/cgi-bin/sctroddaqsummary.cgi ... bookkeeping] page which allow ROOT ... data displays] now allow comparisons between SctRodDaq datasets for any test parameter === Notes === ...
1K - last updated 2005-08-10 13:10 UTC by
Barrel4Exceptions
LMT2 Z+4 Link 0 DEAD VCSEL 1/2 normal current (failure of ileda?) * was later replaced by modifed module ... link1 fails FBT at bin 7 - Chip S12 does not produce trailer properly as END. LMT40 Z-5 offset slope ...
1K - last updated 2009-08-11 12:58 UTC by
Barrel5Exceptions
Features on [[Barrel5]] ==Modules which were replaced== * LMT02 Z-4 20220380200044 has been replaced ... ==HV difficulties== * LMT06 Z+3 ** exhibits microdischarge above 360V. With patience, can successfully ...
1K - last updated 2006-03-31 15:42 UTC by
Barrel6Analysis
=== Log books === * Electronic [http://www-pnp.physics.ox.ac.uk/~daquser/cgi-bin/sctroddaqsummary.cgi ... bookkeeping] page which allow ROOT ... data displays] now allow comparisons between SctRodDaq datasets for any test patameter * For instructions ... this [http://www-pnp.physics.ox.ac.uk/~weidberg/production/Oxford_Test_Data/RX_threshold_stability.ps ...
3K - last updated 2005-08-12 15:42 UTC by
Barrel6ColdTest
A summary of [[Barrel6]] features applicable during the cold test... == B6 Z- ALONE == *NOT TESTED: ** ... causing the scan to abort for the associated ROD. The error log would suggest that the module has ... it gives the same error for every module on the ROD I'm not sure this is meaningful (PWP). In any case, ... ** 5779-5 NO completes despite errors, bin 13, ROD 18 sdsp 2 (LMT 27 or 28) ** 5779-6 DTN completes ... Z-6 *** Coincident with improved airflow in the ROD rack from ~4pm on 26/05, this module started to ...
6K - last updated 2005-10-04 15:21 UTC by
BarrelConfig
Part of [[OxfordSetup]] Here we describe the format of pre-defined files that are used in SCT DAQ. These ... and attributes, in the Barrel files. <pre> rod : ReadOut Driver in the crate, starts from 0. references ... MUR files. slot : Slot in the ROD crate tim : timing module </pre> An MUR file ... level. Trigger received (0 or 1) is group/4, ROD Slave DSP used (0...3) is group%4. rmodule id Position ... names are always 14 characters long where ss = production site with 04=US, 17=Japan, 33=UK, 38=Scandinavia ...
1K - last updated 2005-07-14 11:25 UTC by
BilgeDemirkoz
Bilge Demirkoz part time Atlas Optimist part time SctRodDaq shifter also known as [[Bilge]] ...
1K - last updated 2005-02-01 13:42 UTC by
BilgeToDo
== In Progress== ?? == DONE == Thesis Debugging ROS issues during physics running Get TDC/ADC setup to ... Tool arrange things on /atlasdata get [[SctRodDaqRelease4]] to work offline on pplxgen compiled ... SctRodDaqRelease4 on pplxgen ...
1K - last updated 2007-05-13 19:44 UTC by
BlankMergePage
(See also MergingPagesForOmniMigration) First * Freeze SctRodDaq_3_0_BRANCH ** Chris sent mail 5th November ... this part of the merge is complete. * Tag SctRodDaq_3_0_BRANCH in frozen state as MERGE_POINT_B2 ... || || || || Then * Tag HEAD once merge from SctRodDaq_3_0_BRANCH is complete as MERGE_POINT_C7 ** ...
1K - last updated 2005-02-16 19:02 UTC by
BoostOptional
Describe the new page here. <pre> gdb $SCT_DAQ_ROOT/installed/i686-slc3-gcc323-dbg/bin/CalibrationController ... manager=@0x36f8a8) at /var/pcce/userb/sctrod/lester/TDAQ14_BRANCH/SctRodDaq/SCTData/src/IO/Test ... manager=@0x0) at /var/pcce/userb/sctrod/lester/TDAQ14_BRANCH/SctRodDaq/SCTData/src/IO/Pipe ... Sct::File::IOManagerFile::read () at /usera/sctrod/lester/TDAQ14_BRANCH/SctRodDaq/include/Sct/IoExceptions.h:33 ... () from /usera/sctrod/lester/TDAQ14_BRANCH/SctRodDaq/installed/i686-slc3-gcc323-dbg/lib/libSct.so ...
2K - last updated 2005-12-06 13:49 UTC by
BruceGallopTodo
Most of this moved to SctApiToDo, what remains needs sorting. See also https://savannah.cern.ch/bugs/?group=atlassctroddaq, ... some of this has moved there. == Off-ROD modules == Still not there yet! There are several ... mids which strongly disagree with finding off-ROD ids (with channel >= 48). == Useful things == ... to get running (and make a bit more general). == RODBusy monitoring == See RODBusyMonitoring. === More ... there ** Also need to specify trigger source (ROD, TIM, TTC) ** Possibly make more similar to RunControl ...
3K - last updated 2007-04-17 16:05 UTC by
Bugs
Report bugs and tasks to https://savannah.cern.ch/bugs/?group=atlassctroddaq ( Also report bugs in the ...
1K - last updated 2008-08-05 14:49 UTC by pcphsctr06.cern.ch
BuildingARelease
Here are some instructions on building a new release of SctRodDaq: Before a release is built, please ... BRUCE know where they come from maybe /usera/sctrod/AlanWorking/sctroddaq/installed/confing/Images/RevE.... ... the SctTestApiData directory. Here is an ExampleRodFirmwareReadme file I. # Decide on branching/tagging ... that are used. The tag should be of the form !SctRodDaq_X_XX_Something. E.g. !SctRodDaq_3_0 or !SctRodDaq_3_01_Beta. ... Outside of the SctRodDaq files this only means the following four dirs ...
1K - last updated 2005-01-26 14:32 UTC by
BuildingSctRodDaq
We are currently using the tip of TDAQ14_BRANCH The setup script depends on the account you are using: ... * As sctroddq, setup script is /daqsoft/sct/setup_tadq14_branch_tip.sh ... SCTPIXEL_DAQ_ROOT=/daqsoft/sct/RodDaq == Compilation == * Source the setup script ... VmeInterface * make -C $SCT_DAQ_ROOT RodDaq * make -C $SCT_DAQ_ROOT RodUtils * cd $SCT_DAQ_ROOT ... to ensure all dependency files are gone for the RodDaq installation, eg rm `find $SCTPIXEL_DAQ_ROOT ...
3K - last updated 2007-03-16 10:44 UTC by
CalibrationController
Overall high-level responsibility for running the stages in a calibration is given to the CalibrationController. ... (cc requests) CALIBRATION -> Api (gets local ROD cache) ***** <b><i>could potentially ... optimisations would require copy primitive in ROD, see below ----- Other ConfigurationPerformanceImprovements ...
1K - last updated 2005-08-07 16:28 UTC by
Cambridge
== 20051215 == Up until yesterday Cambridge was using ~sctrod/lester/TDAQ14_BRANCH/camSetup.sh for tdaq-01-04-01 ... <pre> VmeInterface HEAD (tip) RodDaq/* lester-20051014a-for-TDAQ14_BRANCH-development ... RodDaq/RodCrate SCT_DSP_DEV_1 (tip) SctRodDaq TDAQ14_BRANCH ... updating to <pre> VmeInterface HEAD (tip) RodDaq/* SCT_DSP_DEV_1 (tip) RodDaq/RodCrate SCT_DSP_DEV_1 ... (tip) SctRodDaq TDAQ14_BRANCH (tip) </pre> and tagging ...
1K - last updated 2005-12-16 14:29 UTC by
ChipConfiguration
This is the ABCD config register, each number is a field in the register as below (number on the right ... master for instance is active low. From exampleRod.xml which I think I got right: readoutMode: (0-3) ...
1K - last updated 2008-03-03 13:27 UTC by
ChipCounterTest
Part of SctRodDaq The [[ASIC]], ABCD3T chip has 4 bits of Level1 counter and 8 bits of Bunch Crossing ...
2K - last updated 2005-07-15 10:07 UTC by
CodeDocumentation
The doxygen documentation of the SctRodDaq code can currently be found at [[Docs]] or alternatively at ...
1K - last updated 2004-07-08 11:31 UTC by
CombinedRunning
This page replaces the old [[Sr1Setup]] page, which is largely obsolete. BuildingSctRodDaq is some tips ... for updating SctRodDaq Partitions: * SCT standalone running: /daqsoft/combined/partitions/part_SCT_withCorboTDCQDCSegment.xml ... Password: [root@ctatsct01 sr1daq]# cp /home/sctroddq/examplefstab /etc/fstab cp: overwrite `/etc/fstab'? ... SimpleTBA $filename </pre> * Use the SctRodDaq tool in MiniUtils: <pre> eventStreamDecoder ... on [[eventStreamDecoder]] Here is a link for on-ROD histogramming: [[onRODhist]] ==Multiple FILARs== ...
2K - last updated 2006-06-21 14:38 UTC by
ConfGuiUsability
Edit ROD Info: * Text boxes too small * Should be slot not base address MUR editor: * Update when adding ... BOC configration * Update BOC fibre mappings ROD View: * Update when module added to MUR? Tree View: ... * Refresh all ** eg Module added to ROD when ROD doesn't know about modules Physical View: ...
1K - last updated 2004-05-17 15:37 UTC by
Configuration
== CORAL/COOL == OK, current next generation is CORAL/COOL, the main advantage being that the same database ... file given by the environment variable SCTDAQ_ROD_CONFIGURATION_PATH. For an example of such a file, ... in a directory. * Adding a set of modules to a ROD in a particular order. * (Re)arranging MUR numbers ... has been stored in an adhoc XML schema. For production purposes this is moving to an OKS based system. ...
1K - last updated 2006-08-22 09:30 UTC by
ConfigurationFileComments
==Config word== The ABCD chip configuration is stored directly in the configuration file. This looks ... in the event trailer and is used during internal ROD scans to abort the histogram. The value is a bitwise ...
1K - last updated 2009-09-11 13:45 UTC by
ConfigurationPerformanceImprovements
===First attempt=== [[Alan]] writes... So far I've done * SctApi keeps a cache of all ROD banks (lazy ... them up to date when people do modifyABCDVarROD * It keeps them up to date when people do setABCDModule ... if "api_config_cache" debug option is set, the ROD bank is also read out and compared to the API cache ... will not do a copy if it believes that the ROD bank is the same as the "normal" API configuration ... "normal" API cache, and replace it with the full ROD-bank cache. Here is the [http://www-pnp.physics.ox.ac.uk/~barra/WikiPlots/CacheDiffConfigs.txt ...
2K - last updated 2005-03-03 15:03 UTC by
CoolAccess
I am exploring the COOL api in SCT/[http://isscvs.cern.ch/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/detectors/SCT/SCT/COOL_Test/?cvsroot=atlastdaq ... My code is checked out here: file:///usera/sctrod/lester/TDAQ20/SctRodDaq/SCT/COOL_Test The SCT/[http://isscvs.cern.ch/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/detectors/SCT/CoolTools/?cvsroot=atlastdaq ...
5K - last updated 2009-04-27 15:33 UTC by pcfk.hep.phy.cam.ac.uk
DSP
This page is for discussing the Digital Signal Processing software on the ROD. See SortingOutRodDaq and ...
1K - last updated 2005-10-07 20:33 UTC by
DSP software
This page is for discussing matters pertaining to the Digital Signal Processor software on the ROD. ...
1K - last updated 2004-02-12 12:40 UTC by
DaqMeetingJune2005
For agreed actions see [[DaqMeetingJune2005ActionList]] ===Many-module "test" system(s)=== *Short-term: ... on the list: * TDAQ issues, esp xml files * RodCrateDaq issues - what do we actually need to do? ... todo?) suitable for test with B5@CERN? * Off-rod redundancy status * Off-crate redundancy * SctRodDaq ... * Database issues ** Configuration ** SctRodDaq data == Added during meeting == * Histogram ...
1K - last updated 2005-06-30 08:48 UTC by
DaqMeetingJune2005ActionList
==Available test systems== ====Short-term test systems==== * [[Barrel5]] - the afternoon and evening ... for the new TDAQ release (-01-01) ## then the RodCrateDaq implications ===Error Counting=== #[[Alan]] ... select 1 and so would benefit from a particular ROD mapping # Off-Rod redundancy ## "Written but not ... for sendABCDModule (singular) and modifyABCDVarROD (single module) ## proper testing requires fix ...
1K - last updated 2005-09-14 20:11 UTC by
DataDisplayer
The DataDisplayer is a complied program, linking to the SctRodDaq shared libraries which presents the ...
1K - last updated 2005-01-14 18:17 UTC by
DataModel
The data produced by the [[ROD]]s are primarily in the form of 2-D occupancy histograms, where the x-axis ... being changed. These raw data coming from the [[ROD]] are sent to [[IS]] by the SctApi using the ScanResultWriter. ...
1K - last updated 2004-07-23 11:41 UTC by
Docs
Please browse the pages starting at SctRodDaq for general documentation on using/running/debugging SctRodDaq. ... number of [[Theses]] to be found in SctRodDaqPaper. The docuemntation is supplied with the ...
4K - last updated 2008-05-29 09:41 UTC by
DoubleTriggerAnalysis
This page documents the preliminary analysis of DoubleTriggerNoise data from Barrel 3, 4 and 6 cold runs ... pickup of the event data being broadcast to the ROD, rather "1100110011". 1) we put the module in clock/2 ...
2K - last updated 2007-04-12 20:41 UTC by
Download
The files are available for download on the official [http://www.hep.phy.cam.ac.uk/atlas/macro-assembly/DAQ/welcome.html ... <a href="https://svnweb.cern.ch/cern/wsvn/sctroddaq">SVN repository may be browsed at WebSVN</a> ... or <a href="https://svnweb.cern.ch/trac/sctroddaq">in trac</a>. Check out from the SVN ... either of svn co svn+ssh://svn.cern.ch/reps/sctroddaq svn co https://svn.cern.ch/reps/sctroddaq The ... files in /afs/cern.ch/project/svn/reps/sctroddaq/conf by user libsctro@lxplus.cern.ch See also ...
1K - last updated 2009-06-05 08:55 UTC by pcfk.hep.phy.cam.ac.uk
DspCodeToDo
DspPrimitivesReview == Changes to DSP Code == Error handling: * Read out errorInfo structs * mask faulty ... primitive Check module configurations in ROD: * getABCDModule should be able to tell if a configuration ... is not in the ROD * Useful for configuration reloaded with fewer ... of configuration staying over DAQ reset (not ROD reset!) ...
1K - last updated 2006-02-08 10:28 UTC by
DspPrimitivesReview
Based on primParams.h Haven't looked at primParams_sct.h properly, maybe Alan would comment on the current ... only used parameter is the slave number. === SET_ROD_MODE === I think could be simplified, all we need ...
1K - last updated 2006-01-31 11:20 UTC by
EndcapC Combined run
== General == Please keep an eye on the module HVs, LVs and temperatures during the run. On SctGUI - ... 'rungui&' from console * on SctGUI, select 'ROD Crates' under 'Views' column in left hand selections ... type 'rungui&' from console * select 'ROD Crates' under 'Views' column in left hand selections ... Change: <obj class="Variable" id="SCTDAQ_ROD_CONFIGURATION_PATH"> <attr name="Name" type="string">"SCTDAQ_ROD_CONFIGURATION_PATH"</attr> ... to <obj class="Variable" id="SCTDAQ_ROD_CONFIGURATION_PATH"> <attr name="Name" type="string">"SCTDAQ_ROD_CONFIGURATION_PATH"</attr> ...
1K - last updated 2006-12-08 17:07 UTC by
ErrorEventDecoder
This page describes the output of the Error Event Decoder which has now been incorporated into the DSP ... code running on the SCT ROD. Note chip numbers reported by the MDSP are numbered ... 8 to 13. ==How are error events marked by the ROD?== As event data arrives on the ROD, the data receivers ... processing or to the slink and hence off the ROD. If an event trapped by a slave DSP is found to ... is the SctApiCrateServer log file. On most SctRodDaq installations at CERN you will be able to open ...
6K - last updated 2009-09-11 17:23 UTC by
ErrorMaskRegister
The errorMask is used to mask known problems in events, set for a fibre as a sum of the following: 0x1 ... Trailer For upto date information see the ROD operations manual. ...
1K - last updated 2009-09-11 13:45 UTC by
EventData
This is the InformationService server which contains the data which comes straight off of the [[ROD]], ...
1K - last updated 2004-07-22 20:53 UTC by
ExampleConfigurationFile
There are a few example configurations in the distribution: * sctConf/exampleRod.xml ** This also provides ... used by the ConfigurationService * config/rods/testRod.xml Currently the most flexible configuration ...
1K - last updated 2005-11-18 23:14 UTC by
ExampleRodFirmwareReadme
This directory should contain 9 files concerning ROD firmware: README efb_v2Be.bin fmt_s20e.bin rcf_v1Ce.bin ... rodRun_sct.bin rtr_v21e.bin sdsp6713_IDRAM.bin sdsp6713_IPRAM.bin ... pccn.hep.phy.cam.ac.uk:/atlas/www/macro-assembly/ROD/November2004 on 14/01/2005 which correspond to ... (these being the files recommended ...
1K - last updated 2005-01-14 15:50 UTC by
FittingService
===Important Note=== Since [[Release4]] of the software FittingService needs arguments. These are supplied ... <pre> [SctRodDaq]$ FittingService -help -name <name> : ... in fitting may result in ModuleDefects being produced. On a technical level, the FittingService uses ...
1K - last updated 2005-02-12 22:26 UTC by
FittingServiceFunnies
== AnalysisService == [http://www-pnp.physics.ox.ac.uk/~barra/WikiPlots/3024.5.20220170100002_channelRC_1.ps ... stuck in a local minimum. Neither SCTDAQ nor SctRodDaq reported any errors for these. The question ...
1K - last updated 2005-02-28 17:37 UTC by
FullMode
In full mode, three consecutive time bins are read out. * These are histogrammed in three different histograms ... on the ROD ** Histogram-0 corresponds to buch crossing at ...
1K - last updated 2006-02-10 16:35 UTC by
GeneralDiscussion
TriggerFlow ---- I think I'll add a Oxford link or two to the UserStories [[Alan]] ---- This is a page ... flag in the Doxyfile_c++ in cvs, since that produces some useful information about undocumented ...
1K - last updated 2006-03-30 09:13 UTC by
HangingCalibrationController
== Mail of Wed, 1 Mar 2006 18:52:00 == <pre> Some Good News ! With some helpful suggestions from ... at foot of diffs. <pre> [pcff] /usera/sctrod/testing_4_3_RC5/SctRodDaq/CalibrationController ... cvs diff: Diffing test [pcff] /usera/sctrod/testing_4_3_RC5/SctRodDaq/CalibrationController ... though they are sent to stderr. They are produced BEFORE the TDAQ tries to shut the process down. ...
1K - last updated 2006-03-01 19:04 UTC by
HardwareProblems
You shouldnt need this if you follow instructions for SettingUpDaqHardware There are numerous things ... there's no space between the front panel of a ROD and lip of the crate. Some of the symptoms are ... be either due to the TIM or SBC (unless the RODs are there...) not being seated properly (check ... the TIM first) * A ROD doesn't appear in ScanVme at all (this is easy ... to diagnose!) * A ROD appears to be at VME address 0 (the lowest ROD ...
1K - last updated 2005-03-24 01:19 UTC by
Hardware reference
This page will hopefully expand to contain pointers to Hardware documents. ==ROD== The latest version ... of ROD Operations Manual can be found here: Main text: ... https://uimon.cern.ch/twiki/pub/Main/AtlasSiliconRodGroup/operationsManual_050606.pdf Appendix A: https://uimon.cern.ch/twiki/pub/Main/AtlasSiliconRodGroup/operationsManual_appA_050606.pdf ... https://uimon.cern.ch/twiki/pub/Main/AtlasSiliconRodGroup/operationsManual_appB_250506.pdf Additionally, ... the following wiki has a lot of useful ROD hardware resources: https://uimon.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/Main/AtlasSiliconRodGroup ...
1K - last updated 2008-02-06 21:07 UTC by
Help
If you have never used a Wiki before, here is a very quick introduction and some helpful links. You will ... pages that reference it. Try it out! For more introductory stuff please see these pages: * OddMuse:What_Is_A_Wiki ...
1K - last updated 2006-03-31 09:31 UTC by
HistogrammingProblemsInPhysicsMode
While trying to run the ( version 1.1.2.5 of ) physicsModeTimingScan.java in TDAQ14_BRANCH under SctApiIPC/scripts, ... we have ROD problems. Here is an example... We were running ... in steps of 3 (full mode). In the 3rd bin, the ROD went busy and stopped the triggers by going busy. ... Here is the ROD dump from this: /work/srsctdaq1/sr1daq/scratch/Dump_01538_00000 ... err on all links. The 0x0 after that says not ROD busy... strange. Here is the data: /work/srsctdaq1/sr1daq/saved_data/SctData::RawScanResult.2526.0.*.gz ...
1K - last updated 2006-05-05 14:35 UTC by
HomePage
==Overview== This Wiki is for discussing the SctRodDaq software. Although I see no reason why this couldn't ... [[DCS]] stuff too If you don't know what SctRodDaq is, then you probably shouldn't be here. Most ... Feel free to play in the SandBox. Read the introduction below if you've never used a Wiki before... ... ==Introduction== If you have never used a Wiki before, here ... is a very quick introduction and some helpful links. A Wiki is a collaborative ...
2K - last updated 2004-01-09 13:20 UTC by
HowTo
HowToAddANewTest [[HowToInstallSctRodDaq]] ...
1K - last updated 2007-06-26 10:18 UTC by
HowToCompile
== How to install and compile SctRodDaq == First read HowToInstallSctRodDaq if you don't have the code. ... to ensure all dependency files are gone for the RodDaq installation, eg rm `find $SCTPIXEL_DAQ_ROOT ... VmeInterface * make -C $SCT_DAQ_ROOT RodDaq * make -C $SCT_DAQ_ROOT RodUtils * cd $SCT_DAQ_ROOT ...
1K - last updated 2008-05-29 21:34 UTC by agrenoble-753-1-26-101.w90-27.abo.wanadoo.fr
HowToInstallSctRodDaq
See also HowToCompile. * Create an appropriate setup file with SCT_DAQ_ROOT=/xxxx/SctRodDaq * source ... * kinit <your_afs_id> * cvs co . * -- if RodDaq and VmeInterface are not present then DO -- ... * mkdir $SCT_DAQ_ROOT/../RodDaqStuff * cd $SCT_DAQ_ROOT/../RodDaqStuff * export ... * cvs co VmeInterface * cvs co -r SCT_DSP_DEV_1 RodDaq * make -C $SCT_DAQ_ROOT VmeInterface * make ... -C $SCT_DAQ_ROOT RodDaq * make -C $SCT_DAQ_ROOT RodUtils * -- end DO ...
1K - last updated 2008-07-31 18:11 UTC by pcphsctr06.cern.ch
HowToRunASystemTest
To run the system tests from a release file: # Set <code>SCTDAQ_ROD_CONFIGURATION_PATH</code> ... This is now the default if you ...
2K - last updated 2004-01-17 18:10 UTC by
IS
IS is short for Information Service. It is part of the Atlas OnlineSoftware, and is used for sharing ... ScanErrorData errorData; errorData.partition = rodLabel.partition; errorData.crate = rodLabel.crate; ... errorData.rod = rodLabel.rod; errorData.slaveDsp = slaveNumber; ...
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ISattributes
STATUS: With [[CDI]], we can put the TestData objects into the Lisbon database. (For those of you who ... file. The TestData object is defined in SctRodDaq/CalibrationController/data/ControlData.schema.xml ... this whereever we need to use this object in SctRodDaq. So still why no attributes? This schema file ...
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IpcRefFile
The IpcRefFile is the reference used by IPC to tell it how to look up the other Corba and IPC objects. ... file:/atlasdata/nfsroot73/home/daquser/dev/SctRodDaq/ipc.ref.file </pre> (2) start a general ...
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IssuesDuringOmniMigration
Problems and queries arrising during the migration to online-00-21-02 from online-00-19-01. ---- See ... the reason why the old SctApiServer.h overrode an old "freeable" method called destroy(ipcStatus ... where the gui makes a system call to "java productionDatabase blah blah blah" (or something similar) ...
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Jabber
Jabber is an open instant messaging system. * Users run client applications that connect to a server. ... We can also have group chats which are at: #!SctRodDaq@chat.amessage.info. #!SctRodDaq@private.jabber.org ...
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JanuaryTestingWeek
==Aim== To find out any remaining problems with SctRodDaq which could compromise our ability to do stand-alone ... repaired (Jo P) * Create at SR1 version of SctRodDaq updated to tip of TDAQ14 branch ** Done, setup ... tranfer of 32k blocks of trash data between ROD and host. *A second attempt has now been made. ... TIM busy logic correct? ** Are there remaining ROD busies? * L1ID and BCID correct during physics ... ** Not a problem. Log file is misleading as ROD bin count does not increment, but SctApi bin counter ...
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KnownBugsInDspCode
Note to self - see mail from Douglas on 25/26 may 2005 for replies. ==Bugs, buglets and problems to sort ... sent to modules at start of scan. <pre> RodDaq/Dsp/Sct/Code/masterTasks_sct.c:1034 has if (hc.scan->reset.moduleInit) ... Current maximum value is 3 when doing setvar on rod - Peter introduced. Need to set this to 15 (4 trim ...
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L1IDSetup
All you ever need to know about L1IDs, but were afraid to ask: * ATLAS TDAQ counts the "first trigger" ... after L1 reset as "0" * TIM sends L1ID values to ROD without modification * The ABCD chip counts the ... "first trigger" after L1 reset as "1" :-( * The ROD EFB adds one to the L1ID reported by TIM and compares ...
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LinkMaskMonitoring
(1) Check out latest versions of SctRodDaq/CoolTools, and SctRodDaq/SctApi (2) Recompile (3) In the OKS ...
2K - last updated 2009-04-27 16:24 UTC by pcfk.hep.phy.cam.ac.uk
Links
==Useful Pages== *<a href="http://www.hep.phy.cam.ac.uk/daq-bin/wiki.cgi?action=index">Index</a> ... http://sctpixel.home.cern.ch/sctpixel/SctPixelRodSoftware.html ==SCT Links== *Macro-assembly page: ...
1K - last updated 2006-03-29 12:04 UTC by
MUR
Acronym for Minimum Unit of Readout. This basically corresponds to a harness in both the Barrel and Endcap. ... directly to 6 outputs and 12 inputs on the BOC/ROD. This falls down for 4 modules on each Endcap. ...
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Meeting12October2005
===SCT DAQ Job List Following ID Week=== ====12th October 2005==== For SCT and Combined SCT/TRT running ... multiple time bins with DSP code Sct-Rod-1-12 – [[Peter]], [[Bruce]], [[Alan]] ** Sort ... and [[Peter]] will discuss ** Histogramming in ROD in physics mode – [[Bruce]] ** Investigate returning ... [[Peter]], [[Trevor]], [[Bruce]] ** Release Sct-Rod-1-12 compatibility code by end October - [[Peter]] ... ** Prepare Sct_Rod-1-20 for around end December – present progress ...
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Meeting30October2007
== DAQ Meeting in ID Control Room at 10am on 30th October == <pre> Phone conference: Phone: +41 ... (DSP) - Trevor, Tom, Bruce, Peter, John * On-rod histogramming - ditto * Calibration database - ...
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Merge-C0-C3
(See also MergingPagesForOmniMigration) == Begin with merge of ONLINE21_BRANCH == First * Small team ... ** Done. == Then proceed with merge of SctRodDaq_3_0_BRANCH ... ...
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Merge-C4-C5
(See also MergingPagesForOmniMigration) First * Freeze SctRodDaq_3_0_BRANCH ** Chris sent mail 13th August ... this part of the merge is complete. * Tag SctRodDaq_3_0_BRANCH in frozen state as MERGE_POINT_B1 ... MERGE_POINT_C4 ** Done * Tag point at which SctRodDaq_3_0_BRANCH split from HEAD as MERGE_POINT_C1 ... || Done 0|| || more onl21 changes should be introduced into this example script, though || || ||exampleSetup.sh|| ... || Done 0|| || more onl21 changes should be introduced into this example script, though || || ||FittingService|| ...
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Merge-C6-C7
(See also MergingPagesForOmniMigration) First * Freeze SctRodDaq_3_0_BRANCH ** Chris sent mail 5th November ... this part of the merge is complete. * Tag SctRodDaq_3_0_BRANCH in frozen state as MERGE_POINT_B2 ... frozen state as MERGE_POINT_C6 ** Done * SctRodDaq_3_0_BRANCH unfrozen. ** Done. Chris sent mail ... || || || || Then * Tag HEAD once merge from SctRodDaq_3_0_BRANCH is complete as MERGE_POINT_C7 ** ...
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Merge-C8-C9
(See also MergingPagesForOmniMigration) First * Freeze SctRodDaq_3_0_BRANCH ** Haz been frozen since ... 2005 when Release 3.2.RC1 was made. * Tag SctRodDaq_3_0_BRANCH in frozen state as MERGE_POINT_B3 ... a thought-to-be-good state (a little post SctRodDaq_4_1_1) as MERGE_POINT_C8 and am looking at the ... package are to be merged! There were bugs introduced at the end of B3 macro assembly that we do ... "if(redundantValid == true && redundantOnRod == false) {". Don't know why. Some printout was ...
5K - last updated 2005-11-02 10:37 UTC by
MergedBocScanErrors
The fist sign of trouble: Histogram polling timeout grep -a -A10 -B10 "olling timeout" /usera/sctrod/logs/SCT/sctrod/SctApiServer.out ... ----- ^@[MDSP: rodConfiguration.c, 735]:: Configuring ROD: calibration ... task scan point count 40 Next bin 1+162 on ROD (0, 0, 0) Next bin 2+358 on ROD (0, 0, 0) Histogram ... polling timeout Expecting: 39 400 ROD (0, 0, 0): Event 358 Bin 2 Event errors reported ... length 0x52000 -- Next event 33446 (bin 0) on ROD (0, 0, 0) Next event 39961 (bin 0) on ROD (0, 0, ...
2K - last updated 2004-12-03 18:41 UTC by
MergingPageForNewPrimitives
9th May 2005 * New primitives working with c-code and assembler * Some problems with work-arounds KnownBugsInDspCode ... into BARR_NEW_PRIM_MERGE_POINT_B N.B. RodDaq code and 11 April SDSP and MDSP binaries are ...
1K - last updated 2005-05-09 11:26 UTC by
MergingPagesForOmniMigration
(See also OmniMigration) Summary Picture: http://www.hep.phy.cam.ac.uk/~atlasdaq/images/MergePic.multicrate.png ... == Then proceed with the first merge of SctRodDaq_3_0_BRANCH ... == Described in [[Merge-C4-C5]] ... == Then proceed with the second merge of SctRodDaq_3_0_BRANCH ... (November 2004) == Described ... with the third and supposedly final merge of SctRodDaq_3_0_BRANCH incorporating all changes introduced ...
1K - last updated 2005-03-09 16:49 UTC by
ModuleDiagnostics
No response # Is the module power on? # Is Icc above 100mA? If not, no module is connected. # Is Idd ... (alternative - Scope) tools->SctApiGui->RodDiagnostics->set link to front panel to RX channel. ... confirmed by running any standard scan with on ROD scan control, such as an NMask test. If any chip ...
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MultiCrateTips
Mail from Chris to Bilge 14th Oct 2005 <pre> > I am nearly finished with writing the cosmics ... goes: Partitions contain Crates which contain Rods. The so-called "multi crate" use of SctRodDaq ...
6K - last updated 2007-04-23 09:21 UTC by
NPtGainProblems
[[Bilge]] reported 2nd Dec 2004 22:48:55 <pre> Hello Alan. Fitting failed on the Noise Occ test ... ...
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NewFeatures
New features of SctRodDaq. Mostly, in need of testing. * Check MiniUtils for new commands that have been ... utility from Bruce: Resolve xml includes in sctroddaq-generated config files, Eg: $SCT_DAQ_ROOT/sctConf/unIncludeXml ...
1K - last updated 2007-06-01 15:33 UTC by
NoiseOccupancyTest
The purpose of this test is to measure the noise occupancy at different thresholds. A plot of log(noise ... occ) vs threshold^2 is produced, (which is a straight line at high threshold ... at each point, both of which are different in SctRodDaq compared to SCTDAQ. On the other hand the noise ...
1K - last updated 2004-11-15 12:23 UTC by
OPEAnalysis
Part of [[Barrel3Analysis]] OPEAnalysis analyses data from the [[OccupancyPerEvent]] Data using [[OPETool]]. ... ... test data and cold test data from module production sites revealed that s-curve dicontinuities ... data errors on this run as well. This was not reproducible. RawScanResult.5852.4.20220170200878.gz : ... The test was repeated and the bad OPE was not reproducible. == Barrel 4 summary == 9459.7.20220170200659 ...
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OccupancyPerEvent
Helpful in trying to get a handle on common-mode noise pickup. The [[ROD]] [[DSP]]s can record the number ... value on the y-axis is shipped off the [[ROD]] with the RawScanResult. The [[ROD]] histograms ...
1K - last updated 2005-05-26 16:58 UTC by
OffRodRedundancyHandling
This page describes the handling of modules that are attached to two different RODs. This may occur when ... service. Here it checks for the "Off-ROD" condition and then puts the module in to an (SctApi ... internal) list attached to each ROD. In the ROD with the redundant connection, it is ... This number is constructed and stored in the offRODTTC list. The on-ROD configuration has the rTTC ... member set to OFF_ROD_TTC to signify this to the ROD. The off-ROD configuration ...
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OksSchemaDevelopment
Possibly misnamed, this also applies to any additions to any other kind of configuration. What needs ... weren't before. For instance: * Trigger types in ROD and TIM (per ROD/crate, global, or from RunConfig?) ... from the LTP configuration) * BC offset, TIM or ROD * Other TIM parameters? * Which BOC parameters ... or by methods: * Whether to trap TIM, TTC or ROD triggers * Formatters in expanded, edge mode etc. ...
2K - last updated 2005-12-09 09:02 UTC by
OmniMigration
This is the page for all topics related to the OmniMigration programme which aims to move to online-00-21-02 ... Oxford Online Bookkeeping] ...
1K - last updated 2005-01-12 16:57 UTC by
OmniORB
OmniORB is a [[CORBA]] implementation created by Omni. The [http://omniorb.sourceforge.net/ OmniORB homepage]. ... to generate python stubs back as user "sctrod" in the following way: #/atlas/lester/usr/local/bin/omniidl ... #Later I moved /tmp/usr to ~sctroddq/lester/usr and so now need export PYTHONPATH=PythonStubs:$HOME/lester/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages:/afs/cern.ch/atlas/project/tdaq/cmt/tdaq-01-09-00/installed/i686-slc4-gcc34-opt/lib:/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages ...
1K - last updated 2008-08-08 14:03 UTC by pcphsctr06.cern.ch
OnasicRecipes
[https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/Atlas/AtlasTDAQDataBaseONASIC Onasic documentation] == ! IMPORTANT ... "share/data/RODBusyModule/schema/RODBusy_is.schema.xml" "share/data/ROSCore/ROSCoreInfo.schema.xml" ...
8K - last updated 2008-08-05 14:02 UTC by pcatsct06.cern.ch
OnePointGain
Suggestion: * Single threshold scan with 2fC input charge? * Check for trimming and input noise... * ... Start with ROD scan? (Tim harder) ...
1K - last updated 2006-07-10 13:20 UTC by
OnlineHistogramming
== What is it? == This page refers to histograms built in the ROD, using event data captured using triggers ...
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OpticalConfig
Part of [[OxfordSetup]] For the Fibre-optic communications there are some conventions. The fibres which ... 8 half-rows. Each BOC card has a corresponding [[ROD]] (Readout Driver) card on the front side of the ... crate. The ROD crate has a computer on it which controls the full ...
1K - last updated 2005-03-23 11:51 UTC by
Overview
This Wiki is mostly out of date, see the SCT TWiki pages for more up to date info. Still most important ... * [[ProbeData]] * [[SctOnlineMonitoring]] * [[SctRodDaqPaper]] * [[Point 1 Setup]] * [[SR1 Setup]] * ... ==Overview== The purpose of the SctRodDaq software is to calibrate the front-end electronics ... issues. Currently the main topics are the SctRodDaq software and some hardware/VME issues. Although ... relating to VME interfaces, SBCs, DSPs etc. ==SctRodDaq software== The SoftwareDevelopers are the ones ...
1K - last updated 2009-01-14 14:12 UTC by
OxfordSetup
For information about the 4 barrels, see AllBarrels For [[Barrel3]] testing, we used SctRodDaq version ... and [[Barrel5]] testing, we are using SctRodDaq version 4. During assembly shifts, [http://www-pnp.physics.ox.ac.uk/~demirkoz/ShiftChecklist_v2_2.doc ...
1K - last updated 2005-05-06 17:14 UTC by
ParallelBuildIdeas
Things we might like to be able to do with a unified build system. (In what follows, CalibrationController ... and just use direct includion from $SCT_ROD_DAQ root or via symbolic links of Package/Package ...
1K - last updated 2007-06-26 16:27 UTC by
PhaseMeasurement
This page documents how to make the phase measurement of the cosmic trigger with respect to the 40Mhz ... Digital Converter, [http://www.caen.it/nuclear/product.php?mod=V775 CAEN V775], has 12 bit resolution ... Digital Converter, [http://www.caen.it/nuclear/product.php?mod=V792 CAEN V792], is a charge integrating ... 1 30000 15 vmeconfig -a ~sr1daq/temp.cfg === SctRodDaq === What is needed from the SctRodDaq point ... from the Corbo segment is from TCP and of RODfragment type. It does not let us send this directly ...
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PhoneMeeting
== Agenda == Current state of [[SctRodDaqRelease2.1]] * progress with [[Doug]] and [[Bruce]] * documentation ... for [[DSP]] code? Features for [[SctRodDaqRelease3]] Any action required to be added to ... some fixes to save raws and fits as they are produced, with communication from [[Alan]]. * In threshold ... List of known issues also to be placed in [[SctRodDaqRelease2.1]]. ** Driven by need to test the NoiseOccupancy ... by the 8th December. * By start of January [[SctRodDaqRelease3]] to be a version good enough MacroAssembly. ...
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PhoneMeeting2
16/3/2004 Issues: == How to proceed when a module dosen't behave well (e.g. LV trip) == note : Requires ... Current status probably insufficient. # API produces dummy RawScanResult with some sort of status ... remove analysis of test if final Raw is not produced) ** Otherwise continue as usual. * Behavour ...
2K - last updated 2004-03-16 14:47 UTC by ppnt164.physics.ox.ac.uk
Point 1 Setup
see also PointOneDcs == Introduction == All DAQ related servers, SBCs and ROSs are in USA15. We have ... for endcapA DAQ. For the physical layout of the ROD crates, SBCs, servers, and associated ROSs, see ... the sections below. == Barrel ROD crates == The shows which crates service which ... pc-sct-mon-05 ----- </pre> == EndCap ROD crates == The shows which crates service which ... ROS pc-sct-ros-eca-01| ROS pc-sct-ros-ecc-01 12 RODs | 11 RODs ROBid 0x2301nn | ROBid 0x2401nn ----- ...
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PreparationsForFullBarrel
* MultiCrateRunning using RodCrateDaq ** Perhaps ChrisLester can take this over? * BinaryOverVme ** did ...
2K - last updated 2005-02-15 09:59 UTC by
ProblemWithInitialPowerOn
Note: Possible bug? Failure to initialise crate or vme on first occasion since power on ... This note ... is an extension of that in [[TestingSctRodDaq_4_1]] It seems there may be a bug of unknown ... origin causing ROD initialisation to occur on the first (and only ... lester: 5 second pause (10:57:43) lester: "ROD initialissed" (10:57:46) lester: 5 second pause ... is a sample: TEXTBUFF_ARRIVE DIAGNOSTIC [MDSP: rodConfiguration.c, 735]::Configuring ROD: initialization ...
2K - last updated 2005-02-21 17:07 UTC by
ProblemsWithTextBuffers
List of problems with text buffers == Transfer buffer full == This occurs when the VME crate boots and ... if it is possible to remove the double read in RodModule wrt the text buffer handling -- depends on ... version of RodDaq being used. *** I've not managed to find this... ...
2K - last updated 2006-06-30 08:44 UTC by
RCC
My best guess is that this means Rod Crate Controller. Which means in practice a single board 6-U [[VME]] ...
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ROD
The Read-Out Device is responsible for decoding the data from the modules and off-loading event data ... * The Router * Master DSP * 4 Slave DSPs The [[ROD]] can be debugged at a low level using the RodTest ... software. Link to more rod-related information: https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/Main/AtlasSiliconRodGroup ... line debugging is also possible using the RodUtils suite. ScanVme is also a very useful program. ...
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RODBusyMonitoring
Disorganised thoughts... To start with: My [Bruce] original email During running it's quite likely a ... ROD will go busy at some point. It happened earlier ... occurs? I think RCD has a system for masking a ROD from a crate when it exerts busy, but we should ... be able to find which link on a ROD to do something with. #) SBC polls TIM busy mask ... and investigates the registers on any ROD that stays busy (read the latch register and the ...
1K - last updated 2006-08-03 16:23 UTC by
RawScanResult
This is the c++ class which wraps the data coming off of the [[ROD]] and allows it to be interpreted ...
1K - last updated 2004-07-22 20:55 UTC by
RegisterErrors
First we have the following: part 1 Initialise module 20220170100053 at 0, 0, 0, 1 LESTERSPOON 3 START ... /var/pcce/userb/sctrod/AlanWorking/SctRodDaq/SctApi/SctApi.cxx 269 pTTC ... = 0 LESTERSPOON 3 NORMAL-STOP /var/pcce/userb/sctrod/AlanWorking/SctRodDaq/SctApi/SctApi.cxx 524 which ... 0) 0 LESTERSPOON 1 START /var/pcce/userb/sctrod/AlanWorking/SctRodDaq/SctApi/SctApiMConf.cxx 241 ... LESTERSPOON 2 /var/pcce/userb/sctrod/AlanWorking/SctRodDaq/SctApi/SctApiMConf.cxx 246 ...
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ReleaseSchedule
The preliminary ReleaseSchedule is as follows: ||Release||Date||More information|| ||4.0||Good question!||[[SctRodDaqRelease4]]|| ... ||3.0||Mid-end February||[[SctRodDaqRelease3]]|| ||2.1||Current version||[[SctRodDaqRelease2.1]]|| ... ||2.01||Out and obsolete||[[SctRodDaqRelease2]]|| ...
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Releases
The current release of SctRodDaq is probably a version just off the top of the list below. *[[SctRodDaqRelease4.3]] ... -- in creation *[[SctRodDaqRelease4.2]] -- (16th Sept 2005) Release 4.2 ... test and associated analysis work. It was produced mainly for institues working on the SCT end ... caps. *[[SctRodDaqRelease4.1.1]] -- (21st Feb 2005) A bug-fix release ... expected to be useful to non-developers. *[[SctRodDaqRelease4.1]] -- (10th Feb 2005) *[[SctRodDaqRelease4.0]] ...
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RodModule
This page is for discussion matters pertaining to the RodModule software. ...
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RodModule software
This page is for discussing matters pertaining to the RodModule software. ...
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RodTest
Used for debugging the [[ROD]] at a low level. Runs on the [[SBC]]. === Download === In the sctpixel ... there is a package: Applications/Common/RodTest. CVSROOT = /afs/cern.ch/user/s/sctpixel/private/cvsroot ... === Description === From README FILE: RODtest is a linux GUI-oriented application created ... help on the DAQ development of the ATLAS Pixels ROD. The project is maintained in the standard CERN ... DAQ collaboration, notably VmeInterface, RodModule, and Module Analysis. The Project Doxygen ...
1K - last updated 2003-12-01 17:56 UTC by
RunNumber
Since tdaq-01-07 we are required to use some kind of fancy spangled run-number server. See RunNumberOwnServer ... that <pre> rn_ls -l -c oracle://atlas_oksprod/r -w atlas_oks_tdaq </pre> should also generate ... tdaq > rn_ls -l -c oracle://atlas_oksprod/r -w atlas_oks_tdaq CORAL exception: Connection ... string "oracle://atlas_oksprod/r" is not known to the service ( CORAL : "IAuthenticationService::credentials" ... [pcfk] /var/pcfl/usera/lester > ssh sctrod@pcei.hep.phy.cam.ac.uk 'source lester-SLC4/camSetup.sh ...
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RunNumberOwnServer
This page says how to run your own stand alone run-number server. See also the general RunNumber information ... * TNS_ADMIN="/sw/oracle/admin" * CORAL_AUTH_PATH="/db/.adm/coral" ...
1K - last updated 2007-04-02 15:35 UTC by
RxThresholdBasedOnConfigRegisterTest
==The method of this test is as follows:== * Configure modules to return the content of the ConfigurationRegister. ... i<n, i++) *** send L1A *** trap raw event in ROD's input FIFO *** read it out in software *** histogram ...
3K - last updated 2006-07-05 15:35 UTC by
RxThresholdTest
This test is now deprecated replaced by the RxThresholdBasedOnConfigRegisterTest The RxThresholdTest ... modules are configured to return clock/2. This produces the tartan pattern when summed on subsequent ...
1K - last updated 2004-12-14 19:39 UTC by
SR1 Setup
== Status of Machines == All machines boot to SLC4 * pcphsctr04 in rack * pcphsctr03 in rack * srsrctdaq1 ... in control room (not DAQ) * ctatsct01 SBC in ROD crate * lnxpool17 SBC in TTC crate ...
1K - last updated 2007-11-29 10:14 UTC by
Scan
A series of Histograms. # A chip variable is modified according to a list of values. # For each value ... The hits on each channel are accumulated in the ROD Defined by (C++) <CDoc SctApi::Scan > and ... can change the struct directly, but I've also introduced a "ScanBuilder" which can change the struct ... >> I have tried running the script onlineRODOccupancyGUI again and it >> complains. Before ...
1K - last updated 2009-04-27 10:53 UTC by pcfk.hep.phy.cam.ac.uk
ScanResultWriter
The raw data coming from the [[ROD]] are serialised to [[IS]] by the class <CDoc SctData::ScanResultWriter>, ... which allows different internal [[ROD]] data histogram formats to be published into the ... service, [[IS]]. This separates the internal ROD format of the raw data from that of the analysis ... data fitting from the FittingService onto the [[ROD]] then a new <CDoc SctData::ScanDataWriter> ...
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ScanVme
"scanvme" is included in the dataflow software, so it should be in the path after setting up SctRodDaq. ... of addresses. These should correspond to the RODs and TIM in the crate. The RODs have lots of addresses. ... If this program doesn't find the ROD then its probably not correctly seated in the crate. ...
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SctApi
SctApi is the API used to communicate directly with the SCT modules. The [[TApi]] is used for low level ... does things like: * Handling primitives to RODs * Histogramming modules It configures itself using ... management for primitive lists. * Multiple RODs (untested) * Refactor for unit testing * Crate ... becomes threaded primitive executer. For [[SctRodDaqRelease3]]: * DSP code (Rev E) integration * ... Multiple RODs (coding and testing) * TIM (for synchronous triggers) ...
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SctApiGUI
SctApiGUI brings up a button panel which gives mainly diagnostic/debug access to SctApi. == Probe View ... B means there was one BC reset (1010010) == ROD Diagnostics == From here, MDSP memory blocks can ... the BOC directly to the LEMO connector on the ROD front panel. == DDC Diagnostics == From here a ...
1K - last updated 2004-01-12 12:44 UTC by
SctApiOptions
Defined in SctApiDebug.[cxx|h] String representation is lower case: * DIAG Print some extra things to ... version of out list * PRINT_CALIB Print the ROD configuration at various points * PRINT_RAW When ... Turn on DSP pulse pause mode * SCAN_ROD_MODE_BITS Tell the DSP to use the mode bits stored ... in the ROD Some new options: * SCAN_USE_CCODE * TIM_SCAN_STATUS ...
1K - last updated 2006-01-31 10:05 UTC by
SctApiSplit
== Methods at Crate level only == Mostly debug or access to low-level features not used in normal Calibration ... sequence. Direct ROD access (Debug only): short dspBlockDump(in unsigned ... in unsigned long crate, in unsigned long rod, in long dspStart, in long numWords, in long dspNumber); ... in unsigned long crate, in unsigned long rod, in long dspStart, in long numWords, in long dspNumber); ... in unsigned long crate, in unsigned long rod, in DataBlock buffer, in unsigned long dspAddress, ...
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SctApiTests
Things to test at least before a release. Not all these things work yet, but it should be known what ... Triggers (TIM) * Redundancy chains * Multiple RODs * Modules in multple groups * Dual triggers * ...
1K - last updated 2004-07-15 17:15 UTC by
SctApiToDo
See SctApiTests for things that should be checked every time. Add Slave single write to RODDiagnostics. ... https://savannah.cern.ch/bugs/?group=atlassctrod == High Priority == Timeouts: * With more modules ... and multiple rods and crates more requests timeout ** setABCDModules ... sendABCDModules ** reloadModuleConfiguration Off ROD redundancy (Someone with access to off-ROD setup): ... * See OffRodRedundancyHandling * Redundant tx and rx fibres ...
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SctGui
SctGui is the primary user interface for SctRodDaq. It provides a graphical representation of the physical ...
2K - last updated 2006-08-30 10:08 UTC by
SctHardware
The elements of the hardware are: * The SctModule is the active hardware inside ATLAS, together with ... one per crate, * The readout driver or [[ROD]] which controls up to 48 [[SctModule]]s * The ... optical interface between the modules and the [[ROD]] * The [[TIM]] module, can initiate simultaneous ... triggers over many [[ROD]]s. * SctHv cards provide the bias voltage for ...
1K - last updated 2003-11-27 17:56 UTC by
SctOnlineMonitoring
===Context=== The cosmics run with the barrel at SR1 has taught us more about the sorts of information ... if not by default, then upon request. ie. ROD/Barrel occupancy/error rates. ** AJB - suggestion ...
2K - last updated 2006-07-13 11:10 UTC by
SctRodDaq
SctRodDaq is the configuration, calibration, readout and analysis package for the ATLAS SCT. Please see ... UsefulPrograms may be of some help to you. SctRodDaq consists of the following components: * ConfigurationService ... for information on how to get the most out of SctRodDaq The whole lot is held together by the Atlas ...
1K - last updated 2006-02-12 13:47 UTC by
SctRodDaqPaper
List of exisiting resources & links == Official papers == * The Data Acquisition and Calibration ...
3K - last updated 2008-07-28 09:07 UTC by
SctRodDaqRelease2
SctRodDaq was released as version 2.00 on Tuesday 18 November. This was the first public release. A minor ... is set correctly # Run it! If you have a real ROD, you will need to set it up by creating a configuration ... to the ones in $SCT_DAQ_ROOT/installed/config/rods. You choose which file by setting the environment ... variable $SCTDAQ_ROD_CONFIGURATION_PATH You may also want to change/edit ... Information=== Here is the output of !SctRodDaqVersion -l which prints out much information ...
2K - last updated 2003-12-09 17:54 UTC by
SctRodDaqRelease2.1
SctRodDaq Release 2.1 has one primary new feature over [[SctRodDaqRelease2]]: it includes the new DSP ... gives small errors, which are not reproducible. They manifest themselves as an apparent ...
1K - last updated 2004-02-16 18:58 UTC by pplxgen.physics.ox.ac.uk
SctRodDaqRelease3
Release 3 is now available as [[SctRodDaqRelease3.01]] from [[Download]]. See also [[SctRodDaqRelease3.0]]. ... about old release candidates such as [[SctRodDaqRelease3RC]] may still be viewed. A new release ... is being prepared -- see details on [[SctRodDaqRelease3.2]]. ==Binary Version== Here is the ... output from "!SctRodDaqVersion -l" for the release candidate [[SctRodDaqRelease3.0]]: ... VersionString:SctRodDaq_3_0 MajorVersion: 3 Minor Version: 0 Modifier: ...
3K - last updated 2005-01-11 14:02 UTC by
SctRodDaqRelease3.0
The first public release of [[SctRodDaqRelease3]]. == Known issues with version 3.0 == * See [[SctRodDaqRelease3]] ...
1K - last updated 2004-07-29 11:18 UTC by
SctRodDaqRelease3.01
This page has not yet been written. In the mean time you had best look at the [[SctRodDaqRelease3.0]] ... (or mostly all) contributed new code (since [[SctRodDaqRelease3.0]]) to this release. * There is an ...
1K - last updated 2006-01-19 14:31 UTC by
SctRodDaqRelease3.2
You are strongly encouraged to upgrade to preferrably the latest (or at the least a post September 2004) ... version of the ROD firmware in order to be able to use [[SctRodDaqRelease3.2]]. ... Status of [[SctRodDaqReleaseCandidatesFor3.2]]. ...
1K - last updated 2005-01-15 00:03 UTC by
SctRodDaqRelease3RC
First pre-release of [[SctRodDaqRelease3]]. Outstanding issues: * Has someone checked the SummaryPlots ... I've never seen more than a few graphs from SctRodDaq but SctDaq goes on for pages ** I have added ...
2K - last updated 2004-04-07 12:48 UTC by ugps02.ph.bham.ac.uk
SctRodDaqRelease4
This release is the second major release for MacroAssembly and the [[SRBuilding]]. Lessons learned from ... [[Alan]]''' Some of this will now move to [[SctRodDaqRelease5]] The focus should be the archiving ... ** Alternative is to migrate some code to the ROD *** Currently long term, though fitting has been ...
2K - last updated 2005-02-14 12:09 UTC by
SctRodDaqRelease4.0
See [[SctRodDaqRelease4]] for issues related to release 4 in general. SctServiceGui and sctGui are known ...
1K - last updated 2006-03-30 11:12 UTC by
SctRodDaqRelease4.1
See [[SctRodDaqRelease4]] for issues related to release 4 in general. SctRodDaqRelease4.1.1 fixes bug ... in SctRodDaqRelease4.1 SctServiceGui and sctGui are now thought ... to be in working order (compare [[SctRodDaqRelease4.0]]) though still not all changes made ... power on. See note at the foot of [[TestingSctRodDaq_4_1]]. Just noticed while running at Cambridge ... first rather than the second trigger - bug introduced during merge from Release3 to Release4 Fix: ...
1K - last updated 2005-05-09 17:03 UTC by
SctRodDaqRelease4.1.1
Bug fix release for [[SctRodDaqRelease4.1]]. [[SctRodDaqRelease4.1.1]] fixes a bug in [[SctRodDaqRelease4.1]] ... parser. For other information relating to [[SctRodDaqRelease4.1.1]] see [[SctRodDaqRelease4.1]]. ...
1K - last updated 2005-02-14 17:50 UTC by
SctRodDaqRelease4.2
It is expected that this release may not successfully run SynchTriggerNoise test with a Tim of revision ...
1K - last updated 2005-09-16 17:35 UTC by
SctRodDaqRelease4.3
== RELEASE CANDIDATE 1 == * Release notes ** [[SctRodDaqRelease4.3.RC1]] * Testing notes ** [[TestingSctRodDaq_4_3_RC1]] ... RELEASE CANDIDATE 2 == * Release notes ** [[SctRodDaqRelease4.3.RC2]] * Testing notes ** [[TestingSctRodDaq_4_3_RC2]] ... RELEASE CANDIDATE 3 == * Release notes ** [[SctRodDaqRelease4.3.RC3]] * Testing notes ** [[TestingSctRodDaq_4_3_RC3]] ...
1K - last updated 2005-12-23 09:24 UTC by
SctRodDaqRelease4.3.RC1
See also [[SctRodDaqRelease4.3]]. == HOW CREATED == [[SctRodDaqRelease4.3.RC1]] was created on 15th Dec ... <pre> Package BranchTag VmeInterface HEAD RodDaq SCT_DSP_DEV_1 SctRodDaq TDAQ14_BRANCH </pre> ... release was recorded with a single CVS tag: "SctRodDaq_4_3_RC1". == KNOWN PROBLEMS == *exampleSetup.sh ... tdaq-01-04-01. This is fixed in CVS and in [[SctRodDaqRelease4.3.RC2]] and in later releases. * SctApi: ... a non functioning intermediate version. See [[SctRodDaqRelease4.3.RC2]] for the corrected DSP code. ...
7K - last updated 2005-12-19 11:21 UTC by
SctRodDaqRelease4.3.RC2
See also [[SctRodDaqRelease4.3]] and [[SctRodDaqRelease4.3.RC1]]. == HOW CREATED == [[SctRodDaqRelease4.3.RC2]] ... <pre> Package BranchTag VmeInterface HEAD RodDaq SCT_DSP_DEV_1 SctRodDaq TDAQ14_BRANCH </pre> ... release was recorded with a single CVS tag: "SctRodDaq_4_3_RC2". == GENEALOGY == [[SctRodDaqRelease4.3.RC2]] ... is basically [[SctRodDaqRelease4.3.RC1]] plus some bug fixes. Only the ... (and known genuinely good features) see [[SctRodDaqRelease4.3.RC1]]. == BUGS FIXED SINCE SctRodDaqRelease4.3.RC1 ...
1K - last updated 2005-12-19 11:15 UTC by
SctRodDaqRelease4.3.RC3
See also [[SctRodDaqRelease4.3]] and [[SctRodDaqRelease4.3.RC2]]. == HOW CREATED == [[SctRodDaqRelease4.3.RC3]] ... <pre> Package BranchTag VmeInterface HEAD RodDaq SCT_DSP_DEV_1 SctRodDaq TDAQ14_BRANCH </pre> ... is used above as neither masterTasks_sct.c in RodDaq/Dsp/Sct/Code nor DBTranfer.cpp in Archiving/src/db/test ... were updated relative to their [[SctRodDaqRelease4.3.RC2]] versions as their authors had ... release were marked with a single CVS tag: "SctRodDaq_4_3_RC3". == GENEALOGY == [[SctRodDaqRelease4.3.RC3]] ...
1K - last updated 2005-12-23 09:36 UTC by
SctRodDaqReleaseCandidatesFor3.2
Oxford had many local modifications to their code as a result of barrel 3 assembly. Before integration ... 3.1 with 3.01. 3_0_BRANCH was tagged as SctRodDaq_3_2_RC1. Am trying to create a test release ... on the based on SctRodDaq_3_2_RC1 based on instructions in BuildingARelease. ... a log of tweaks needed to make it run on [[SctRodDaqReleaseCandidatesFor3.2Testing]]. ...
1K - last updated 2005-01-17 10:49 UTC by
SctRodDaqReleaseCandidatesFor3.2Testing
I tested 3.2.RC1 in pcei.hep.phy.cam.ac.uk:/usera/sctrod/testing_3_2_RC1 <a href="http://www.hep.phy.cam.ac.uk/atlas/macro-assembly/DAQ/release3.2.RC1/BinaryRelease_SctRodDaq_3_2_RC1.tar.gz">This ... and thus we will need SCT_DAQ_ROOT=/usera/sctrod/testing_3_2_RC1/SctRodDaq For the testing of 3.2.RC1 ... ... ... camSetup.sh</a> ...
2K - last updated 2005-02-10 18:02 UTC by
SctRodDaqResponsibilities
For bug reports, comments etc, on any aspect of the SctRodDaq system, please contact the relevant expert(s) ... Alan Barr, Peter Phillips, Chris Lester * ROD DSP Code - Peter Phillips, Trevor Vickey * ROD ...
1K - last updated 2007-04-26 13:33 UTC by
SctRodDaqVersion
Program which prints out or checks version information about the SctRodDaq system. Usage: <pre> ... Usage: SctRodDaqVersion <options> Possible options are: ... Example: <pre> [daquser@ppatlas1 SctRodDaq]$ SctRodDaqVersion -l VersionString:SctRodDaq_3_0 ... BuildDate: 17:16:13 14 Jul 2004 RodDaq Version: SctRodDaq_3_0 CmtConfig: i686-rh73-gcc32 ... </pre> <pre> [daquser@ppatlas1 SctRodDaq]$ SctRodDaqVersion -c SctRodDaqVersion: Checked ...
1K - last updated 2004-11-03 13:52 UTC by
SctTest
This page descibes the SctTest package which is the primary way of testing the system. It is split into ... interface (or replace the default files: $SCT_ROD_DAQ/installed/config/!TestConfig/!ModuleData.txt ... and $SCT_ROD_DAQ/installed/config/!TestConfig/!XmlSummary.txt). ... SctRodDaq ships with 1 set of data and appropriate configuration ... files in $SCT_ROD_DAQ/installed/config/!TestConfig for running with ...
1K - last updated 2004-01-17 17:47 UTC by
SctWeekTechnicalMeetingDec2003
I am proposing a technical meeting amongst the developers to discuss in detail what needs to be done ... for [[SctRodDaqRelease3]]. I propose looking at the components ... free to add or change things -- [[Matt]] === SctRodDaqRelease 2.1 === See also [[SctRodDaqRelease2.1]] ... IPC class - runtime debug control, status etc: RodCrateDAQ? Bruce and Matt will investigate .. if ...
2K - last updated 2003-12-08 17:29 UTC by
SettingUpDaqHardware
Instructions from JohnHill... There have been several occasions over the last couple of years where during ... the initial set up of a [[ROD]] crate there have been problems, which often end ... up with a [[ROD]] having corrupted flash. As a recent such incident ... and most importantly - if you have installed a ROD and it does not behave as expected, it is '''ALMOST ... accessing other modules (a recent case had the [[ROD]] at [[VME]] addresses which implied it was in ...
2K - last updated 2005-03-24 01:22 UTC by
SlopesOnBarrelThree
The NPtGainTest produces noise, offset and gain channel by channel. Looking for systematic slopes across ...
3K - last updated 2005-02-12 23:43 UTC by
SoftwareDevelopers
The people responsible for the SctRodDaq software are (in no particular order): * JanetCarter * PeterPhillips ...
1K - last updated 2006-02-11 21:11 UTC by
SoftwareTests
This is a list of the test systems and so on used to test the software. ===SystemTests=== SystemTests ... and small comparison programs that use the SctRodDaq software and tests to automatically run system-wide ...
2K - last updated 2004-07-02 16:11 UTC by
SortingOutDspCode
Mail from PeterPhillips 2005-10-07 <pre> Hi Trevor, Alan, Last time I looked at rod-sct-1-20, I ... See also ProblemsSeenInCurrentCode and SortingOutRodDaq ...
1K - last updated 2005-10-07 20:35 UTC by
SortingOutRodDaq
I'm trying to put together a consistent set of RodDaq software to develop both the [[DSP]] and SctApi ... against ===RodDaq/Dsp=== The SCT [[DSP]] code development under ... RodDaq/Dsp is currently in a branch called Rod-Sct-1-20. ... binaries built from this source exactly.) ===RodDaq/CommonWithDsp=== Unfortunately Rod-Sct-1-20 ... is used as a NON BRANCH TAG in RodDaq/CommonWithDsp. This means that while Rod-Sct-1-20 ...
4K - last updated 2005-10-07 19:46 UTC by
SortingOutRodDaqCommonWithDsp
Part of SortingOutRodDaq Differences between CommonWithDsp point tag Rod-Sct-1-20 and HEAD as of 6/10/2005: ... /afs/cern.ch/user/s/sctpixel/private/cvsroot/RodDaq/CommonWithDsp/registerIndices.h,v retrieving ...
1K - last updated 2005-10-06 19:55 UTC by
SortingOutRodDaqRodCrate
All part of SortingOutRodDaq. Differences between the Oxford dev4/ version of RodCrate (also now used ... at SR1) and the SctRodDaq_3_0_BRANCH, from which it developed. NOT YET ... IN CVS. <pre> [pcphsctr05] /home/sctroddq/sctsw/RodDaq > cvs diff RodCrate/ cvs diff: ... Diffing RodCrate Index: RodCrate/BocAddresses.h ===== RCS file: ... /afs/cern.ch/user/s/sctpixel/private/cvsroot/RodDaq/RodCrate/BocAddresses.h,v retrieving revision ...
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SortingOutRodDaqRodUtils
Part of SortingOutRodDaq Differences between SctRodDaq_3_0_BRANCH and oxford dev4 (now SR1) local copy ... <pre> [pcphsctr05] /home/sctroddq/sctsw/RodDaq > cvs diff RodUtils cvs diff: ... Diffing RodUtils Index: RodUtils/BocTest.cxx ===== RCS file: ... /afs/cern.ch/user/s/sctpixel/private/cvsroot/RodDaq/RodUtils/BocTest.cxx,v retrieving revision 1.2.2.2 ... </pre> <pre> Index: RodUtils/FlashLoad.cxx ===== RCS file: /afs/cern.ch/user/s/sctpixel/private/cvsroot/RodDaq/RodUtils/FlashLoad.cxx,v ...
2K - last updated 2005-10-06 19:36 UTC by
SourceID
In the ROD header, the SourceID is supposed to contain 0x 00 DD MMMM where DD for the SCT is between ... 0x20 and 0x24 and the MMMM is supposed to be the ROD ID. The ROD manual reveals that this is register ...
1K - last updated 2006-03-29 17:23 UTC by
Sr1Setup
==Overview== There are currently two main test systems in SR1: * H8 test box setup. Host machine srsctdaq1, ... is pcatl-idsrv01, which is used to host the SctRodDaq installations and the tdaq software. For the ... to run with TDAQ14_BRANCH We currently have 12 ROD/BOCs in the main daq crate in racks. The ROD in ... connected to the ROS machine pcphsctr01. The ROD in slots 10/11 is used for H8 box calibration tests. ... cd /daqsoft/sct source setup_RC43.sh cd RodDaq/RodUtils </pre> ==Combined Running=== ...
4K - last updated 2006-03-22 16:09 UTC by
StatusOfOmniMigration
See also OmniMigration for related topics. The following table should (approximately) represent the current ... got compiled first... BruceGallop || || RodDaq || - || NA || - || - || should be unaffected ... [[Bruce]] et al || builds || - || - || make run produces errors || || TestGUI || ? || builds || - || ...
1K - last updated 2004-07-13 13:02 UTC by
Stradling
Newcomer to the SCT/Pixel ROD DSP Software effort as of May 2005 ...
1K - last updated 2005-07-05 15:55 UTC by
SynchTriggerNoise
In the SynchTriggerNoise test, a trigger is sent at the same time to modules. An analysis for this data ... daquser]$ grep -an modifyABCDVarROD SctApiCrateServer0.out 146492:modifyABCDVarROD ... bank 1 148759:modifyABCDVarROD bank 1 152305:modifyABCDVarROD bank 1 153737:modifyABCDVarROD ... bank 1 155169:modifyABCDVarROD bank 1 </pre> Seems to have been broken between ... Trigger counter The trigger counters on the ROD seem to be working correctly for both cal and non-cal ...
6K - last updated 2005-09-15 22:21 UTC by
SynchTriggerNoiseDebugging
==Alan's findings as of 12/7/05== One's TIM needs to be set up as described in http://www.hep.ucl.ac.uk/atlas/sct/tim/. ... Barrel5 LMT02->05 Z-, upper crate (atlassbc2) Rod SN F77, slot 6, order 02->05. TIM 2B s/n 212. ... appropriate mask when looking for headers # The Rod Buffer seems to fill up so that after a certain ... what we expect. # The L1 counter from the ROD seems to be stuck at 9. # The BC counter on the ... ROD does not correspond to that on the modules. ## ...
4K - last updated 2005-07-12 16:36 UTC by
SystemPerformance
This page describes how to get the most out of SctRodDaq.... ==General Setup== Typically, all processes ... in a normal SctRodDaq configuration are CPU bound. This means that ... * Data readout from to the SBC from the RODs takes about 0.8s/module for a large (eg NMask) ... scan takes about 6 minutes for a fully populated ROD including module setup time (which is about 3 minutes). ... too). * Longer term, remove ROOT (see [[SctRodDaqRelease4]]), perform more optimisation. ==Computer ...
1K - last updated 2005-01-04 11:10 UTC by
SystemSetup
How to set the system up. Please add to this if you are knowledgeable about this! ===Quick description=== ... # Get some hardware (minimum of SBC, ROD, BOC, harness, module, power supply, ...) # Set ... some things that might go wrong when running a ROD in a crate for the first time... HardwareProblems. ...
1K - last updated 2004-07-20 16:42 UTC by
SystemTests
This is a list of comments/notes from my testing of SctRodDaq using the SystemTests stuff. * Using the ...
6K - last updated 2007-12-14 15:52 UTC by
TApi
A ROOT library providing access to the SctApi. This is by far the easiest way to do low level debugging. ... 0, 0); // Assuming on the first ROD tapi.doScan(scan); tapi.standardRegisterDump(0, ...
1K - last updated 2004-07-28 15:09 UTC by
TApiMacros
There are lots of TApi macros: init.cxx and destroy.cxx are to be used as rootlogon and rootlogoff. Functs.cxx ... for nmask Some macros duplicate some of the RodUtils programs: LedTest.cxx DspDump.cxx Echo2Test.cxx ...
1K - last updated 2004-07-28 15:29 UTC by
TIM
The TIM (TTC Interface Module) is the interface between the SCT off-detector electronics and the ATLAS ... Level-1 trigger. Each crate of [[ROD]] (Read-Out Driver) modules contains a TIM, which ... and transmits the required information to the RODs via a custom backplane. The TIM is also capable ...
1K - last updated 2004-07-16 12:10 UTC by
TdaqOneSixNotes
Issues that have cropped up moving to tdaq-01-06-00. == Getting things to compile == The main thing we've ... * Recompile ADC/TDC stuff: * ssh sctroddq@pcatl-idsrv01 (need access to /home/trtdaq for ...
1K - last updated 2006-10-05 09:25 UTC by
Test
Various different tests are be applied to sct modules during assembly, macro-construction and at CERN. ... to be done by the SctApi. * each module produces one <CDoc SctData::RawScanResult> object ... which may be fitted by the FittingService to produce a <CDoc SctData::FitScanResult>. * the ...
1K - last updated 2008-05-26 12:45 UTC by
Testing-2005-11-02
Part of [[AlansSr1Tests]] <pre> (16:11:22) Alan: Ok what do you want me to test? (16:11:54) PeterP: ... </pre> Testing run 1058, /daqsoft/sct/SctRodDaq_0104, /daqsoft/sct/oks/srsctdaq1/SctPartition.data.xml ... high a data rate? [srsctdaq1] /daqsoft/sct/SctRodDaq_0104 > less ~//SctApiCrateServer0_ctatsct01_srsctdaq1.cern.ch_10590_15.out ... remains lit even when no slink is attached and ROD has been hardware reset * GUI problems communicating ...
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Testing-2005-11-03
Part of [[AlansSr1Tests]] ==To Test== Peters error code was tested yesterday without errors - all ok. ... <pre> /daqsoft/sct/SctRodDaq_0104 > MdspFlashLoad -s10 Enter binary file ... <pre> Got some text: crate: UCID:0.0 rod slot: 10 Text TRANSFER : 264 [SDSP 1: rodRun.c, ... Got some text: crate: UCID:0.0 rod slot: 10 Text INFO : 176 [MDSP: masterTasks_sct.c, ... code 5: n_errors 3152 Next event 106 (bin 10) on ROD (0, 0, 0) Next bin 0+0 on ROD (0, 0, 0) Got some ...
1K - last updated 2005-11-03 18:11 UTC by
TestingSchedule
Notes on things that need testing, and results thereof. == Endcap cosmics == * Possibly try Coral backend ... in which the tx timing changes, and using off-ROD triggers ** Unreliable *** Possibly reading out ... What kind of timing scans? fine/coarse tx? With ROD busy override? * Auto configure times out ** Why? ... Seems OK for 5 RODs with modules powered off ** Powered on, no errors, ... is expected ** Other thing is skipping read of ROD with no modules ** Probably done for Raws, may ...
1K - last updated 2006-11-03 15:07 UTC by
TestingSctRodDaq 4 1
I tested SctRodDaq_4_1 in pcei.hep.phy.cam.ac.uk:/usera/sctrod/testing_4_1 This <a href="http://www.hep.phy.cam.ac.uk/atlas/macro-assembly/DAQ/SctRodDaq_4_1/BinaryRelease.tar.gz">BinaryRelease</a> ... and thus we will need SCT_DAQ_ROOT=/usera/sctrod/testing_4_1/SctRodDaq For the testing of SctRodDaq_4_1 ... ... ... camSetup.sh</a> ...
5K - last updated 2005-02-21 16:38 UTC by
TestingSctRodDaq 4 2 RC1
I tested SctRodDaq_4_2_RC1 in pcei.hep.phy.cam.ac.uk:/usera/sctrod/testing_4_2_RC1 The binary release ... and thus we will need SCT_DAQ_ROOT=/usera/sctrod/testing_4_2_RC1/SctRodDaq For the testing of SctRodDaq_4_2_RC1 ... ... ... camSetup.sh</a> ...
6K - last updated 2007-04-23 09:22 UTC by
TestingSctRodDaq 4 3 RC1
See also [[SctRodDaqRelease4.3]] and [[TestingSctRodDaq_4_3_RC2]]. ----- I tested SctRodDaq_4_3_RC1 in ... pcei.hep.phy.cam.ac.uk:/usera/sctrod/testing_4_3_RC1 Note to self: DON'T SOURCE ANY ... and thus we will need SCT_DAQ_ROOT=/usera/sctrod/testing_4_3_RC1/SctRodDaq. For the testing of SctRodDaq_4_3_RC1 ... ... ...
7K - last updated 2007-04-23 09:22 UTC by
TestingSctRodDaq 4 3 RC2
See also [[SctRodDaqRelease4.3]] and [[TestingSctRodDaq_4_3_RC1]]. == TESTING == Installed source release ... SCT_DAQ_ROOT at /daqsoft/sct/Release43/SctRodDaq Compilation: <pre> Note, in setup file, ... $SCT_DAQ_ROOT VmeInterface make -C $SCT_DAQ_ROOT RodDaq make -C $SCT_DAQ_ROOT RodUtils cd $SCT_DAQ_ROOT ... need training at error spotting): <pre> ROD (0, 0, 0): Event 24464 Bin 8 You are about to get ... being reported in [/daqsoft/sct/Release43/SctRodDaq/SctApi/SctApiHisto.cxx] at line [2226]. This ...
1K - last updated 2005-12-19 14:03 UTC by
TestingSctRodDaq 4 3 RC3
== January 10th 2006 == Testing RC4_3ish at CERN. Differences to "official RC3": * new dsp code designed ... Modules per group 2/2/2/1 Return to [[SctRodDaqRelease4.3]]. ...
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TestsForBarrelSix
==Barrel 6 Routine Assembly Tests== General - 16 bit histograms would speed up r/o time for most of these. ... copy primitive, and setting the mask etc on the ROD, which is not possible at the moment either [[BJG]] ...
1K - last updated 2005-02-23 14:26 UTC by
Theses
See SctRodDaqPaper. ...
1K - last updated 2008-05-29 09:36 UTC by
TimingInSCT
This page is closely related to TimingIn == TimingScan GUI == The TrimingScan gui allows you to scan ... scans TX coarse delay for each module) or in rod histogramming mode (the scan is performed by the ... TimingScan startDelay endDelay binSize <rod histogramming option> eg TimingScan 0 31 3 - ... timing scan from 0 to 31 with binsize 3 with rod histigramming TimingScan 0 31 3 -norod - starts ... timing scan as above with no rod histogramming </pre> The source code is in ...
1K - last updated 2006-05-05 13:26 UTC by
TomBarber
Thinking about ParallelBuildIdeas I have put together a small test of the parallel build structure and ... I have added a copy of this test to the SctRodDaq CVS under the following directory: <pre> ...
1K - last updated 2007-06-11 09:54 UTC by
Topical Discussions
Topical Discussion pages: * [[DraftConfigurationQuestionnaireAnswers]] * [[PreparationsForFullBarrel]] ... topic at HardwareProblems * [[DSP software]] * [[RodModule software]] * [[TestBench software]] * OmniMigration ...
1K - last updated 2006-06-06 09:08 UTC by
TriggerFlow
We need to trace the L1ID through the trigger chain, and then up the data chain. A central piece of software ... using SctApi code (than can easily show TIM and ROD status) and then manually check registers up- and ... || ||ROD - receiving from TIM || || ||ROD - counting?|| ... || ||ROD - received from modules|| || ||ROD - sending up ...
1K - last updated 2006-04-26 15:25 UTC by
TriggerType
What Bruce knows about trigger types. And some of what MattW knows too TIM has a register for trigger ... TIM is programmed with the TType to send to the RODs (12 bits). In Run-Mode TIM gets 8 bits from the ... configuable data) to make the the TType sent to RODs. == ROD Registers == Registers in the ROD that ... refer to trigger type. The ROD event traps can select ATLAS, TIM or ROD specific ...
1K - last updated 2006-04-26 15:23 UTC by
UsefulPhoneNumbers
|| ID Control Room, SCT, CERN || +41 22 76 70946 || || Alan's office, CERN (B.104) || +44 22 76 75145 ... || || SR1 Clean Room, CERN [http://sct-sr1-sctroddaq.web.cern.ch/sct-sr1-sctroddaq/cgi-bin/sr1webcams.cgi?camindex=0 ... cam1] [http://sct-sr1-sctroddaq.web.cern.ch/sct-sr1-sctroddaq/cgi-bin/sr1webcams.cgi?camindex=1 ...
1K - last updated 2008-08-08 10:53 UTC by pcphsctr06.cern.ch
UsefulPrograms
Useful programs which dynamically link to the SctRodDaq libraries include: * DataDisplayer for viewing ... data (e.g. after LV trip or abort) * SctRodDaqVersion for checking the version of the software ... pointed to by the environment variable SCTDAQ_ROD_CONFIGURATION_PATH * LasersOff does what it says ... give the VME module contents of a crate * ResetRod does what it says on the tin * $SCT_DAQ_ROOT/sctConf/powerDump ... reads the config file $SCTDAQ_ROD_CONFIGURATION_PATH and then generates text files ...
1K - last updated 2005-02-16 22:36 UTC by
config server
From Bruce: <pre> At the moment config_server thinks it's a run controller. I presume running as ... part of SctRodDaq should start it properly. For running stand ... to account for changes in TDAQ14_BRANCH introduced last week to get the dcs/nodcs/ttcvi segment ...
1K - last updated 2005-11-02 10:39 UTC by
eventStreamDecoder
The eventStreamDecoder resides under miniUtils. It reads a file containing EventFragments and decodes ... Name of xml-configuration (default $SCTDAQ_ROD_CONFIGURATION_PATH) input_file Name of input_file ... to read ROD fragment data from Description: An event stream ...
1K - last updated 2005-12-13 22:40 UTC by
getDBfiles
From DaveRobinson 's e-mail: The full list of options for 'java ProdDatabase/getDBfiles' is listed at ... ProdDatabase/getDBfiles 20220170200723 -xml -t KEK -warm ... -o <output_dir> Syntax is java ProdDatabase/getDBfiles followed by: * Compulsory parameters: ...
2K - last updated 2005-03-31 10:51 UTC by
onRODhist
This page describes how to run on-ROD histograms in physics mode. From Bruce: <pre> First run tapi. ... like: tapi.timRegLoad(0x18, 0x603); 6) Setup the ROD with things like: (first do .L Functs.cxx) writeRegister(0x1a4, ...
1K - last updated 2005-12-06 13:50 UTC by
runInPmgEnvFromIS
This is a MiniUtils (TM) utility for running a program (if necessary in gdb or valgrind) in the environment ... <pre> [pcatsct06] /work/srsctdaq1/SctRodDaq/detectors/SCT/MiniUtils > ./runInPmgEnvFromIS ... ] Running: bin: /det/sct/tdaq-01-07-00/SctRodDaq_0107_010607/installed/i686-slc3-gcc323-opt/bin/CalibrationController ... arglist: ['/det/sct/tdaq-01-07-00/SctRodDaq_0107_010607/installed/i686-slc3-gcc323-opt/bin/CalibrationController', ... ...
3K - last updated 2007-06-01 15:38 UTC by
sctConfGUI
A partially complete configuration GUI. == The Main Panel == This has several buttons which provide access ... those that are unused (ie not attached to a [[ROD]]). "Save configuration" saves a configuration ... views: == Tree view == This is a view from the RODs perspective. Use the right mouse button on items ... to get more options. From here you can: * Add a ROD to a crate * Display the ROD view * Add an empty ... [[MUR]] to a ROD * Add an unmapped Module to an MUR * Display a ...
1K - last updated 2004-01-06 15:56 UTC by
tdaq-01-04-00
Installation instructions for tdaq-01-04-00 * Go to http://atddoc.cern.ch/cmt/releases/ and following ... instructions * download SctRodDaq from TDAQ14_BRANCH: * mkdir SctRodDaq * cd SctRodDaq ... TDAQ14_BRANCH if already installed) * checkout RodDaq and VmeInterface * export CVSROOT=/afs/cern.ch/user/s/sctpixel/private/cvsroot ... lester-20051014a-for-TDAQ14_BRANCH-development RodDaq . * modify exampleSetup.sh in SctRodDaq directory ... to ensure all dependency files are gone for the RodDaq installation, eg rm `find $SCTPIXEL_DAQ_ROOT ...
1K - last updated 2005-10-21 08:33 UTC by
xml2COOL
part of [[SctDatabases]] http://cool.cvs.cern.ch/cgi-bin/cool.cgi/cool/contrib/XmlCool/ [http://lcgapp.cern.ch/project/CondDB/snapshot/gettingStartedCOOL.html ... The standalone SCT system used to upload to CMCPROD, which can be viewed at http://atldbdev01.cern.ch:9243/?dbname=SCT-CMC&folder=/SCT/auxiliaryInfo ... SCT standalone and SCT/TRT combined) are to COMPROD, viewable at: http://atldbdev01.cern.ch:9243/?dbname=SCT-COMPROD&folder=/SCT/auxiliaryInfo ... "oracle://atlas_coolprod;schema=atlas_cool_sct;user=ATLAS_COOL_sct_w;password=thepassword;dbname=CMCPROD" ... "oracle://atlas_coolprod;schema=atlas_cool_sct;user=ATLAS_COOL_sct_w;password=WCOOL4SCT10;dbname=COMPROD" ...
3K - last updated 2006-06-19 22:33 UTC by