2DBOCscan
A 2DBOCscan scans through the RxDelay and RxThreshold at the same time, picking the best values for both ... at the same time. It is a "super-fast" scan. The analysis of the ...
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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
ActionList
Following PhoneMeeting of 26 November 03 [[Alan]] will * discuss the new ArchivingService code with Alessandro. ... [[Matt]] will * attempt a fix on the time-out problem in the SctApi * attempt a fix on the ...
1K - last updated 2003-12-01 17:18 UTC by
AlanBarrDone
===Really finished=== * RxDelay based on sendid ** [[ChrisLester]] has done this *Cut-down version of ... * Check multi-dsp running. ** See [[Release3.0TimingTests]] *OccupancyPerEvent histogramming ** works ...
1K - last updated 2005-01-28 15:49 UTC by
AlanBarrToDo
== Top Priorities == * Comparisons of data should be to reference set rather than to "ideal case" * Monitoring ... to be regularly added to database! * Online TIM monitoring - get going with ROD & BOC stuff. ... the moment ==In Progress== * Running scans with Tim sequences. * Boc Setup Tests ** Previous bug may ... than one rise and fall == Really finished == * TimingInSCT - try with scintillator on H8 test box? ... still be tweaking these. * Update John Hill's TimModule changes in our CVS branch for TIM3C * What's ...
1K - last updated 2006-07-07 22:25 UTC by
AnybodyToDo
== DAQUSER's WISHLIST == This is a list of things which if ANYBODY (who has time) did, would be very ... FBT, has this been shown to be insufficient? * Tim "OnePointGain" scan for off-rod calibration * Right ... to do with them? BocMonitoringIdeas * Read out TIM parameters (inc FFTV counters) in physics mode ... the main GUI (useful during running, things like timeout, overflows, rod busy) ** Mask off links that ... is basically alive and can worry about true optimisation later. Along similar lines, we could have ...
7K - last updated 2008-08-20 14:19 UTC by
BOC
The BOC (or Back Of Crate) module is part of the SctHardware. It is the primary data and control interface ... of the clock signal as provided by the [[TIM]] module *timing comparison, threshold adjustment, ... for the received optical signals *masking, timing (TxDelay) and laser current adjustment functions ...
1K - last updated 2005-08-10 11:19 UTC by
Barrel3Exceptions
==The definitive list of known exceptions== * lmt01 Z+6 20220330200024 ** No redundant TTC (from harness ... does this mean for configuration files?== For optimum performance, four exceptions must be accomodated ...
4K - 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 ... LMT 17-24 12 / F43 / B018 / B3 Z- LMT 25-32 13 TIM 14 / F44 / B019 / B3 Z+ LMT 01-08 16 / F45 / C034 ...
3K - last updated 2005-03-10 14:09 UTC by
Barrel4ColdTest
<b>MoPS Exceptions</b> * LMT04 Z-2 VVCSEL 5.0V * LMT04 Z-3 VVCSEL 5.0V * LMT04 Z-4 VVCSEL ... point. </i> * 9497-0 STN with TX delays optimized (see TimingIn) * 9500-1 DTN with TX delays ... optimized <b>Known B4 noise anomalies</b> ...
1K - last updated 2005-09-12 10:13 UTC by
Barrel4Exceptions
LMT2 Z+4 Link 0 DEAD VCSEL 1/2 normal current (failure of ileda?) * was later replaced by modifed module ... set to 4.3V. LMT25 Z-6 20220170200422 nasty time structure in E13 in DoubleTriggerNoiseTest, which ...
3K - last updated 2009-08-11 12:58 UTC by
Barrel5Exceptions
Features on [[Barrel5]] ==Modules which were replaced== * LMT02 Z-4 20220380200044 has been replaced ... OK with RX threshold 80 ==Modules which, at the time of testing, had high IPIN== These were corrected ...
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Barrel6Analysis
=== Log books === * Electronic [http://www-pnp.physics.ox.ac.uk/~daquser/cgi-bin/sctroddaqsummary.cgi ... Sorry for the mistake and the consequent too optimistic result!). **Some of the largest shifts in ... and later plugged back in into the BOC in the time between the assembly and the cold tests, which ... -340). The yellow vertical bars indicate the time periods when the low voltage (Vcc) on crate 0 ...
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Barrel6ColdTest
A summary of [[Barrel6]] features applicable during the cold test... == B6 Z- ALONE == *NOT TESTED: ** ... **LMT11 Z+5 lk1 - S10 prone to errors. Sometimes would work OK, at other times it would not. Sometimes ... HR would help, sometimes it would not. We ended up switching this chip ... without errors but analysis fails due to IPC timeout. Offline, missing 3rd scan point. Archiving ...
3K - 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 ... read out. Modules are read out half a row at a time. This is the Minimum Unit of Readout, or [[MUR]]. ... MUR files. slot : Slot in the ROD crate tim : timing module </pre> An MUR file contains ... </pre> More information about delays and timing the modules in for physics running and cosmics ... running are now being compiled under [[TimingIn]]. The module configuration files mentioned ...
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 ... of electrical pickup figuring out how to time in modules. In progress at TimingIn wrote ChipCounterTest ...
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 ... and MERGE_POINT_B2 into HEAD, one package at a time. Keep a record of progress below: || package || ...
2K - last updated 2005-02-16 19:02 UTC by
BocMonitoringIdeas
Currently the BOC monitoring values are not read. They should be. Idea: If the pin current at the BOC ... (actually from the pixele) was discussed some time ago and I think we had to drop it. For the Pixel ...
1K - last updated 2006-06-28 14:16 UTC by
BruceGallopTodo
Most of this moved to SctApiToDo, what remains needs sorting. See also https://savannah.cern.ch/bugs/?group=atlassctroddaq, ... module, signalling start of data taking. Timing, is there a way to record a timestamp for conditions ... ** Also need to specify trigger source (ROD, TIM, TTC) ** Possibly make more similar to RunControl ... scan type? ** ScanControl done for normal scans, TIM separate class ** Raw scans too? *** Raw scans ... and test reading and histogramming multiple time bins with DSP code Sct-Rod-1-12 – Peter, Bruce, ...
2K - last updated 2007-04-17 16:05 UTC by
BugsBunny
The Ultimate ATLAS Optimist ...
1K - last updated 2005-08-11 16:46 UTC by
CalibrationController
Overall high-level responsibility for running the stages in a calibration is given to the CalibrationController. ... * Should only do for each test * Other optimisations would require copy primitive in ROD, see ...
1K - last updated 2005-08-07 16:28 UTC by
CombinedRunning
This page replaces the old [[Sr1Setup]] page, which is largely obsolete. BuildingSctRodDaq is some tips ... -o 2 -p on BOC, SlinkTest -s11 </pre> == Timing Scans == From beanshell: <pre> .x expandedModeFormat.java ... .x anyHitMode.java .x physicsModeTimingScanCoarse.java </pre> root file is created ...
1K - last updated 2006-06-21 14:38 UTC by
CorbaExceptions
Most useful ones (including CORBA::TERMINATE) are defined in [http://www.hep.phy.cam.ac.uk/~atlasdaq/FilesForWikiDownload/CORBA_Exception.h ... and the immediate predecessors. The 30 second timeouts that tend to cause the above errors (when ... corba methods take longer than 30 secs to time out) have been tracked to the ipc package: lines ... like string IPCCore::timeout_ = getenv( "TDAQ_IPC_TIMEOUT" ) != 0 ? getenv("TDAQ_IPC_TIMEOUT" ... fixing the problem is to increase the TDAQ_IPC_TIMEOUT to a larger value (in miliseconds!). ----- ...
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DaqMeetingJune2005
For agreed actions see [[DaqMeetingJune2005ActionList]] ===Many-module "test" system(s)=== *Short-term: ... data == Added during meeting == * Histogram 3 timebins for timing in * passive histogramming for ... * ability to run any test synchronously * Timing in the opto electronics * "Suspend and continue" ...
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DaqMeetingJune2005ActionList
==Available test systems== ====Short-term test systems==== * [[Barrel5]] - the afternoon and evening ... (R4-updated). There is unlikely to be very much time for DAQ testing on B5 at SR1. * There may also ... is completed * Host institution tbd. * Time-scale - target of end of August for fully populated ... but not until after 9-disks are assembled * time-scale - April 2006? ==DAQ development effort== ... trigger?) #[[Alan]] to find out from Trevor timescale for implimenting changes === Redundancy === ...
2K - last updated 2005-09-14 20:11 UTC by
DoubleTriggerAnalysis
This page documents the preliminary analysis of DoubleTriggerNoise data from Barrel 3, 4 and 6 cold runs ... at Oxford, the ratio of max to pedestal and the time bin were not in the summary file, and therefore ... Ratio of Maximum to the Pedestal Occupancy * The time bin where the Maximum Occupancy Peak occurs The ... noise slope on chip S13. But still there is some time structure, and bad OPEs. Maybe electrical pickup? ... very large peak on Barrel 5. This is the first time we had the time to investigate such a big feature ...
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DspToDo
As of 26/7/2005: * Synch triggers with assembly - histogram output * OPE with assembly * lemo output ... setting * "FULL" histogramming (3 timebins to seperate histograms) plus * Error Task ...
1K - last updated 2005-07-26 16:06 UTC by
EndcapC Combined run
== General == Please keep an eye on the module HVs, LVs and temperatures during the run. On SctGUI - ... starting the run), type: 'runjava sctutils/SetTimTriggerDelay -d53' ...
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 ... might have to repeat the upwards search a few times to spot all the errors. ==That's not good enough. ... 11101 (?) ** event corruption, try opto tuning * timeout ** the link did not return any data ** look ...
3K - 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 ... BC ID 0x2 L1 ID 0x4 Timeout 0x8 May be incorrect 0x10 Buffer overflow 0x20-0x8000 ...
1K - last updated 2009-09-11 13:45 UTC by
FittingService
===Important Note=== Since [[Release4]] of the software FittingService needs arguments. These are supplied ... from which to receive data (can be used many times) -output <server name> : set IS server ...
2K - last updated 2005-02-12 22:26 UTC by
FullMode
In full mode, three consecutive time bins are read out. * These are histogrammed in three different histograms ... ** Histogram-0 corresponds to buch crossing at time 't-1' ** Histogram-1 corresponds to buch crossing ... at time 't' ** Histogram-2 corresponds to buch crossing ... at time 't+1' ...
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FunctionalOverview
Tests are written up in [http://hepwww.rl.ac.uk/atlas-sct/documents/pro/Electrical_Tests_338.pdf Peter's ... * DoubleTriggerNoise * SynchTriggerNoise * TimeWalkTest ---- To start a test click on the appropriate ...
1K - last updated 2005-09-14 17:14 UTC by
HangingCalibrationController
== Mail of Wed, 1 Mar 2006 18:52:00 == <pre> Some Good News ! With some helpful suggestions from ... IF YOU SEE THIS HAPPENING AGAIN (say in a weeks time after you think I have updated all the test scrips) ...
7K - last updated 2006-03-01 19:04 UTC by
HardwareProblems
You shouldnt need this if you follow instructions for SettingUpDaqHardware There are numerous things ... Many are diagnosed using ScanVme. * If the TIM doesn't appear this could 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 ...
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 ... http://www-eng.lbl.gov/~jmjoseph/Atlas-SiROD/ ===TIM=== see [[TIM]] ===TDAQ hardware=== The Local trigger ...
1K - last updated 2008-02-06 21:07 UTC by
HistogrammingProblemsInPhysicsMode
While trying to run the ( version 1.1.2.5 of ) physicsModeTimingScan.java in TDAQ14_BRANCH under SctApiIPC/scripts, ... This test was done with 4 modules from ...
1K - last updated 2006-05-05 14:35 UTC by
IS
IS is short for Information Service. It is part of the Atlas OnlineSoftware, and is used for sharing ... that should should not always do "checkin". SOmetimes you should update or remove etc. ...
1K - last updated 2008-07-17 12:50 UTC by
IssuesDuringOmniMigration
Problems and queries arrising during the migration to online-00-21-02 from online-00-19-01. ---- See ... remains untested. ** Update: at run time, pmg_sync routines need an env variable PMG_SYNC_FILE ... or sync files are set up and this leads to run time errors that presumably mean that sometimes processes ... and tolerate error messages at expense of run-time stability. * RunControl needs to be fixed in sctConf ... in some cases the length can be known at compile time (eg mask and trim arrays in SctApi modify methods). ...
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JanuaryTestingWeek
==Aim== To find out any remaining problems with SctRodDaq which could compromise our ability to do stand-alone ... ***<i> This test fails about 30% of the time at bin 20, when the input masks are first changed. ... ***<I> Was broken by tim enables setting in setRunMode command. Fixed by ... setting tim register 0x18 to 0x600</I> - Alan **SynchDoubleTriggerNoiseTest ... *** Used to fail after any scans with TIM triggers, in fact this was due to the failure of ...
5K - last updated 2006-03-31 11:28 UTC by
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 ROD EFB adds one to the L1ID reported by TIM and compares the modules' L1IDs with this :-) * ... flagged when ** (module L1ID) is not equal to (TIM L1ID + 1) * The header of each event fragment reports ... the L1ID exactly as recieved by TIM. * No further mechanism to offset the L1ID should ...
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Meeting12October2005
===SCT DAQ Job List Following ID Week=== ====12th October 2005==== For SCT and Combined SCT/TRT running ... talk page 17 – Chris ** Complete tests of run-time test modifications – [[Alan]] ** Test synchronous ... modules – [[Alan]], [[Dave]] ** Sort out [[TIM]] fixed frequency trigger veto with synchronous ... and test reading and histogramming multiple time bins with DSP code Sct-Rod-1-12 – [[Peter]], ... in Athena – [[Luca]] + [[Shaun]] 11. TIM and firmware – [[Alan]] and [[Matt]] ** Don’t ...
1K - last updated 2005-11-09 15:48 UTC by
Merge-C0-C3
(See also MergingPagesForOmniMigration) == Begin with merge of ONLINE21_BRANCH == First * Small team ... and MERGE_POINT_A1 into HEAD, one package at a time. Keep a record of progress below: || package || ...
3K - last updated 2004-11-06 17:35 UTC by
Merge-C4-C5
(See also MergingPagesForOmniMigration) First * Freeze SctRodDaq_3_0_BRANCH ** Chris sent mail 13th August ... and MERGE_POINT_B1 into HEAD, one package at a time. Keep a record of progress below: || package || ...
2K - last updated 2004-11-06 19:26 UTC by
Merge-C6-C7
(See also MergingPagesForOmniMigration) First * Freeze SctRodDaq_3_0_BRANCH ** Chris sent mail 5th November ... and MERGE_POINT_B2 into HEAD, one package at a time. Keep a record of progress below: || package || ... despite the fact that they were deleted some time ago .. will try to ensure they die this time.|| ... files, (c) files it stubbs from idl files. Sometimes you have to make clean,them make, or even scrub ...
1K - last updated 2004-11-10 11:31 UTC by
Merge-C8-C9
(See also MergingPagesForOmniMigration) First * Freeze SctRodDaq_3_0_BRANCH ** Haz been frozen since ... and MERGE_POINT_B3 into HEAD, one package at a time. Keep a record of progress below: || package || ...
7K - 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 ... 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 at time: Fri Nov 19 18:10:29 2004 to 0xbf3ff848 pollHistogramming ... 24464 (bin 0) on ROD (0, 0, 0) Histogram polling timeout Expecting: 20 1000 ROD (0, 0, 0): Event 24464 ... Bin 0 Event errors reported at time: Fri Nov 19 18:21:57 2004 to 0xbf3ff848 pollHistogramming ...
2K - last updated 2004-12-03 18:41 UTC by
MissingLinks
This page aims to give the definitive overview of known faults with the optolinks for all barrels. For ... sick” - the light output has a slow risetime. This link was OK during warm running but no error-free ...
4K - last updated 2009-08-11 13:18 UTC by
MissingLinksAtOxford
This page aims to give the definitive overview of known faults with the optolinks for all barrels at ... sick” - the light output has a slow risetime. This link was OK during warm running but no error-free ...
2K - last updated 2007-03-18 18:07 UTC by
ModuleConfig
Part of [[BarrelConfig]] The module configuration files are downloaded by the command getDBfiles, which ... turned on. ffffffff = 32 channels, repeated 4 times: 128 channels. </pre> Be careful here with ... chip config used on the endcap may not be optimal </pre> Bit descriptions: * Edge detect: ...
1K - last updated 2008-09-16 10:23 UTC by pcatsct06.cern.ch
ModuleDataFile
This file lists the location of SCTDAQ root data for various tests and module serial numbers. The format ... 582 53 20220330200015 Timewalk /d05/silicon/sctdaq/data/pcef 582 55 In Cambridge ...
1K - last updated 2004-01-17 18:02 UTC by
MultiCrateTips
Mail from Chris to Bilge 14th Oct 2005 <pre> > I am nearly finished with writing the cosmics ... <attr name="InitTimeout" type="u32">15</attr> <attr name="CommTimeout" ... as run on the relevant machine. Sometimes this is the fully qualified name (as above) and ... sometimes this is the short form (eg "vme4"). You will ... <attr name="InitTimeout" type="u32">15</attr> <attr name="CommTimeout" ...
2K - last updated 2007-04-23 09:21 UTC by
NoiseOccupancyTest
The purpose of this test is to measure the noise occupancy at different thresholds. A plot of log(noise ... the test, otherwise it will take a very long time to run the first stage (900000 triggers). ===Noise ... It's in general rather difficult to get a good estimate of the noise from the noise occupancy scan, ...
1K - last updated 2004-11-15 12:23 UTC by
Nuno
Also known as Nuno Barros Spends time working on [[CDItesting]] [http://nfiuza.home.cern.ch/nfiuza/ Homepage] ...
1K - last updated 2005-11-09 16:38 UTC by
OffRodRedundancyHandling
This page describes the handling of modules that are attached to two different RODs. This may occur when ... itself with the ROD receiving the data. TIM scans should be fine. (this can't be fixed, it ...
1K - last updated 2005-01-26 15:50 UTC by
OksSchemaDevelopment
Possibly misnamed, this also applies to any additions to any other kind of configuration. What needs ... before. For instance: * Trigger types in ROD and TIM (per ROD/crate, global, or from RunConfig?) * Trigger ... enables in TIM ** Different for cosmics and physics running and ... this from the LTP configuration) * BC offset, TIM or ROD * Other TIM parameters? * Which BOC parameters ... by a scan or by methods: * Whether to trap TIM, TTC or ROD triggers * Formatters in expanded, ...
2K - last updated 2005-12-09 09:02 UTC by
OmniORB
OmniORB is a [[CORBA]] implementation created by Omni. The [http://omniorb.sourceforge.net/ OmniORB homepage]. ... when you checked-out the package and later each time when you change version of CMT, version of the ...
3K - last updated 2008-08-08 14:03 UTC by pcphsctr06.cern.ch
OnasicNaughtinesses
In /afs/cern.ch/atlas/project/tdaq/cmt/tdaq-01-09-00/onasic/src/onasic_is2okscore.cpp we see <pre> ... long)RNLB)); o->SetAttributeValue("__OKS2COOL_TIMESTAMP__",&d); //WARN("Assigning RunLB: "+toString(10000*run_number+lumi_block)); ...
1K - last updated 2008-07-25 13:52 UTC by srsctdaq1.cern.ch
OnasicRecipes
[https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/Atlas/AtlasTDAQDataBaseONASIC Onasic documentation] == ! IMPORTANT ... make the IS type descriptions available at run-time one has to setup properly the IS meta-information ... like this: <pre> <attr name="__OKS2COOL_TIMESTAMP__" type="string">"2008/08/01 16:52:19.076000"</attr> ... <attr name="__IS_TIMESTAMP__" type="string">"TimeStamp"</attr> ... type="u32">0</attr> <attr name="startTime" type="time">"1/8/08 14:46:10"</attr> ...
2K - 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 ... number of triggers from an external source. The tim option is set to 1 and the trigger source is set ... to TIM_EXTERNAL. # Use an asynchronous scan, this histograms ... start a scan using method 1) that watches the TIM for 10 events which get histogrammed in each of ... work around a problem, this asserts busy on the TIM while the bin is changed. [ Strangely this doesn't ...
1K - last updated 2006-04-10 17:16 UTC by
OpticalConfig
Part of [[OxfordSetup]] For the Fibre-optic communications there are some conventions. The fibres which ... called TX for "transmitter", also called TTC sometimes. The fibres which receive back data from the ... it which controls the full crate as well as a [[TIM]] (Timing Interface Module) card which has to be ... slot 13 (the middle slot in the crate), due to timing constraints. In the control room, in the bottom ...
1K - last updated 2005-03-23 11:51 UTC by
POA
[[POA]] = Portable Object Adaptor A Portable Object Adaptor ([[POA]]) is an intermediary between the ... an old [[CORBA]] idea which disappeared a long time ago.) Here is an [http://info.borland.com/techpubs/bes/v6/html_books/vbcpp_dg/poa.html#8155 ...
1K - last updated 2004-06-23 18:57 UTC by
ParallelBuildIdeas
Things we might like to be able to do with a unified build system. (In what follows, CalibrationController ... (2) The whole exercise is a waste of time if we are unable to make maximum use of the "keep ... but it might be relevant to consider at the same time. Do we want to be able to build the software in ...
1K - last updated 2007-06-26 16:27 UTC by
PeterPhillips
I'm mostly tied up with other things, but from time to time I pop up to provide input on matters related ...
1K - last updated 2004-02-05 10:26 UTC by
PhaseMeasurement
This page documents how to make the phase measurement of the cosmic trigger with respect to the 40Mhz ... LTP], the Local Timing Processor provides the L1 and BC signals. * ... used as a counter for L1s and the busy. * TDC, Time to Digital Converter, [http://www.caen.it/nuclear/product.php?mod=V775 ... 8 bit resolution. This means that the smallest time difference we can measure with this TDC is 35 ... RCD. This distribution is now on /daqsoft/sct/TimingInfo/detectors/Tile/ You have to be on the SBC ...
5K - last updated 2006-10-17 12:53 UTC by
PhoneMeeting
== Agenda == Current state of [[SctRodDaqRelease2.1]] * progress with [[Doug]] and [[Bruce]] * documentation ... [[DSP]] communication. ** Try bug fix - double timeout and try again - to be done at Cambridge. * ... be released with fix to NoiseOccupancy and Api timeout if possible, with detailed release notes as ... requirement of supporting multiple [[ROD]] and [[TIM]] for MacroConstruction was again noted. Also the ...
1K - last updated 2003-11-28 15:03 UTC by
PointOneDcs
==Point 1 DCS== ==PVSS Systems== SCS Host System Number System Name KVM Channel Status PCATLSCTSCS 20 ... The cursor left/right key may be pressed several times in quick succession to skip multiple channels. ... the required LCS projects are running ## For the time being, it's probably best to connect to each PC ...
2K - last updated 2007-01-31 16:07 UTC by
Point 1 Setup
see also PointOneDcs == Introduction == All DAQ related servers, SBCs and ROSs are in USA15. We have ... boot. Then try to ssh to the machine(s). If, sometime after booting, there is still no response from ...
4K - last updated 2008-09-19 08:18 UTC by
PreparationsForFullBarrel
* MultiCrateRunning using RodCrateDaq ** Perhaps ChrisLester can take this over? * BinaryOverVme ** did ... histogram error decoding *** Doing this in "real time" would take some work, unless request triggers, ... configurations *** By geometry, DAQ, DCS and time ** Kamil, Jorgen, Paul, Shaun working on this ... ** a major issue for reducing wasted time ** requires SctApi and [[DSP]] coding * TriggerLogic ...
1K - 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 ... to occur on the first (and only the first) time since crate power-on: (10:55:01) lester: I have ... then something corba (or IPC) (10:58:33) lester: times out on a CORBA transient Further to the above, ...
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 ... messages" *** anything that may be multiplied n-times, eg once per module or once per channel if it ... than ASM for histogramming, repeated multiple times *** otherwise keep as much as possible. Not sure ...
1K - last updated 2006-06-30 08:44 UTC by
RODBusyMonitoring
Disorganised thoughts... To start with: My [Bruce] original email During running it's quite likely a ... link on a ROD to do something with. #) SBC polls TIM busy mask and investigates the registers on any ... Maybe both SBC and MDSP should poll, as the TIM latch register will show up brief ROD busies and ... to see what happened (and clear them for next time). ...
1K - last updated 2006-08-03 16:23 UTC by
Release3.0TimingTests
Done at Oxford by [[Alan]], using ~daquser/Release3_branch on 28/7/2004. ----- Both modules in group ...
1K - last updated 2004-07-28 12:59 UTC by
Release4.0ToDo
* Dave's GUI's refresh-after-run-cycle issue. ** fixed ... at least with work around? * TDAQ_IPC_TIMEOUT ... fails to start (I have to restart the daq 2 or 3 times before it comes alive) - if the daq is taken ...
1K - last updated 2005-02-10 17:41 UTC by
RunController
An OnlineSoftware interface allowing hierarchical control and movement between the run states. * Initial ... and will propogate this up, but this will take time. # When we move to multiple crates, part of SctApi ...
1K - last updated 2003-12-08 18:14 UTC by
RunNumberOwnServer
This page says how to run your own stand alone run-number server. See also the general RunNumber information ... empty table as result of output. 5) Set right runtime environment for LCG software. 6) Integrate RN ... (2) When the SCT is running at CERN, we somtimes do tests outside the Point 1 network, and sometimes ...
2K - 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. ... " " * The best threshold * New: The risetime of the light output of the VCSEL. Long risetime ...
2K - last updated 2006-07-05 15:35 UTC by
Scan
A series of Histograms. # A chip variable is modified according to a list of values. # For each value ... >> scan.setOption(Sct_SctApi.ScanOptions.tim,1); This line gets replaced by something like: ... builder.setOption(holder, "tim", 1); scan = holder.value; And then you have to ...
1K - last updated 2009-04-27 10:53 UTC by pcfk.hep.phy.cam.ac.uk
ScanVme
"scanvme" is included in the dataflow software, so it should be in the path after setting up SctRodDaq. ... These should correspond to the RODs and TIM in the crate. The RODs have lots of addresses. ...
1K - last updated 2003-12-08 11:52 UTC by
SctApi
SctApi is the API used to communicate directly with the SCT modules. The [[TApi]] is used for low level ... Future (SctApiToDo): * Synchronous triggers (TIM) * Separate interface from primitive builder. Done: ... * Multiple RODs (coding and testing) * TIM (for synchronous triggers) ** TIM trigger definitions ...
1K - last updated 2004-07-26 12:43 UTC by
SctApiOptions
Defined in SctApiDebug.[cxx|h] String representation is lower case: * DIAG Print some extra things to ... in the ROD Some new options: * SCAN_USE_CCODE * TIM_SCAN_STATUS * API_CONFIG_CACHE_CHECK * API_CONFIG_CACHE_SEND ...
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 ... level trigger. There's a different method for a TIM level trigger, which would be at a higher level. ... giving different crates access to them, sometimes is right thing to do. Would need locking on module ... in string dpeName, // out long dpeValue); // Put timeout in here? void ddcSetSingleTimeout(in short ... timeout); short ddcGetSingleTimeout(); void ddcSetMultipleTimeout(in ...
9K - last updated 2005-02-25 12:53 UTC by
SctApiTests
Things to test at least before a release. Not all these things work yet, but it should be known what ... and even numbers of bins. * "Full" scan (all 3 time bins) * Auto Configure * Synchronous Triggers ... (TIM) * Redundancy chains * Multiple RODs * Modules ...
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. ... == High Priority == Timeouts: * With more modules and multiple rods and ... crates more requests timeout ** setABCDModules ** sendABCDModules ** reloadModuleConfiguration ... What happens if only one module! Redundancy loop timings: * When have a redundancy loop can find relative ... timings by BOC scans ** This is an inter-module analysis ...
5K - last updated 2007-04-17 16:33 UTC by
SctConfigurationCORAL
SCT configuration based on database access by CORAL and COOL. See also: https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/Atlas/SCTCoralConfigurationThoughts ... used to connect to the DB -t number Specify a time === createCool === Used to create the COOL part ... Within a DB, make the data that applied at the time given by -t apply now. This copies only the COOL ... the CORAL data, as copyConf would. === coralTagTime === Tag a configuration within the DB. Give a ... name to a particular time. === coralGetTagTime === Retrieve a list of tags, ...
1K - last updated 2009-03-27 11:29 UTC by wwwcache2.rl.ac.uk
SctDaqHowto
* make sure you have all the necessary software and a working mySetup.csh. * If you start a new shell, ... Scans Done=1 : Last scan: 173.0.20220380200003 : Timing. I/O time: 0.19 Scan time: 0.15 Approx average ... time/scan/thread: 0.34 : strategy is: NagFitStrategy ...
1K - last updated 2004-12-10 14:24 UTC by ppatlas3.physics.ox.ac.uk
SctHardware
The elements of the hardware are: * The SctModule is the active hardware inside ATLAS, together with ... between the modules and the [[ROD]] * The [[TIM]] module, can initiate simultaneous triggers over ...
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 ... into the online information service. * provide time-line information about variations in occupancy ... rate/efficiency histograms for some short time period in the past (e.g. the last 10 seconds or ...
1K - last updated 2006-07-13 11:10 UTC by
SctRodDaqRelease2
SctRodDaq was released as version 2.00 on Tuesday 18 November. This was the first public release. A minor ... with [[DSP]] code. The method awaitResponse sometimes times out, causing the equivalent of a hang. ... this) * Due to lack of PMG synchronisation, sometimes not all the processes are ready when the system ... of version in C++ code * There is a bug in the timewalk test (fixed in 2.1) ...
1K - 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 ... Delay cut off at 32. * The strobe delay and timewalk scans occasionally fail to work. We believe ...
1K - last updated 2004-02-16 18:58 UTC by pplxgen.physics.ox.ac.uk
SctRodDaqRelease3.01
This page has not yet been written. In the mean time you had best look at the [[SctRodDaqRelease3.0]] ... it which of the n triggers to histogram * The tim option on a scan selects between different feedback ...
1K - last updated 2006-01-19 14:31 UTC by
SctRodDaqRelease3RC
First pre-release of [[SctRodDaqRelease3]]. Outstanding issues: * Has someone checked the SummaryPlots ... information *** sn, run number, scan number, time, test type... * Configuration propagation between ...
1K - 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 ... above 50% and histogram 1 trigger per bin? Time between bin will vary with number of modules though... ... run a scan like this, unless it requires a fixed time between triggers * DutyCycleTest - measure duty ...
1K - last updated 2005-02-14 12:09 UTC by
SctRodDaqRelease4.2
It is expected that this release may not successfully run SynchTriggerNoise test with a Tim of revision ... Vetor (FFTV). This release was tested with a 3B Tim. ...
1K - last updated 2005-09-16 17:35 UTC by
SctRodDaqRelease4.3.RC1
See also [[SctRodDaqRelease4.3]]. == HOW CREATED == [[SctRodDaqRelease4.3.RC1]] was created on 15th Dec ... The state of each of the above branches at the time of the release was recorded with a single CVS ... seems to be an IGUI bug that prevents it sometimes sending the correct RunType to IS in the first ... or whether ddc_ct has a bug of its own. Sometimes it seg faults, sometimes it gives an invalid ... in "-O3" mode, though lower levels of optimisation are OK. By default, releases are built in ...
5K - 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]] ... The state of each of the above branches at the time of the release was recorded with a single CVS ...
1K - last updated 2005-12-19 11:15 UTC by
SctService
Many of the services have the following remit: # listen for new data from [[IS]] # do something time-consuming ... with that data. # at the same time be able to respond to other data & status ... listener thread of the program can be freed from time-consuming computation, and can react to further ...
1K - last updated 2003-11-21 18:03 UTC by
SctTest
This page descibes the SctTest package which is the primary way of testing the system. It is split into ... for SctApi (which should not be run at the same time), but instead of talking to hardware, it emulates ... * XmlSummaryFile (only used at run-time by the high-level system) * ConfigurationService ...
2K - 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 ... uploaded === System === * Common IPC class - runtime debug control, status etc: RodCrateDAQ? Bruce ... MRS messages and Java reporting...if anyone has time, a job for someone here! * File locations: Temporary ... Debug files go in TDAQ_LOGS_PATH * Object lifetime: Alessandro will investigate how much time it ... * Integration with IGUI: Do this, but only if time * Configuration display and editing: Would be ...
1K - 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 ... module! An alternative to the ROD is to use a [[TIM]], which as far as VME is concerned is a set of ... that you are talking to the memory module or TIM correctly before moving on to installing RODs. ... with 0xnn000000 for a ROD in slot nn (and the TIM at 0x0d000000). Then the "RodUtils" tools should ...
1K - last updated 2005-03-24 01:22 UTC by
SortingOutDspCode
Mail from PeterPhillips 2005-10-07 <pre> Hi Trevor, Alan, Last time I looked at rod-sct-1-20, I ...
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 ... SortingOutRodDaqRodCrate. The exceptions are TimDefine.h, TimModule.h and TimModule.cxx, for we ... HEAD, because we wanted the updates for the TIM 3C. ===RodDaq/RodUtils=== Similar to RodCrate. ...
3K - last updated 2005-10-07 19:46 UTC by
Sr1Setup
==Overview== There are currently two main test systems in SR1: * H8 test box setup. Host machine srsctdaq1, ... SI.getSctApi().timWriteRegister(0,0,(short)0x18,(short)0x62f) To avoid ... need to send a soft reset that goes through the TIM, the best way to do this is from the LTP. If this ... isn't possible, it can be sent directly by the TIM: SI.getSctApi().timWriteRegister(0,0,(short)2,(short)4) ... SI.getSctApi().timWriteRegister(0,0,(short)2,(short)0) SI.getSctApi().timWriteRegister(0,0,(short)2,(short)8) ...
2K - last updated 2006-03-22 16:09 UTC by
SynchTriggerNoise
In the SynchTriggerNoise test, a trigger is sent at the same time to modules. An analysis for this data ... now being implemented. Triggers are sent by the TIM at 100kHz (this is the default value, if not set ... the y-axis "Null Variable" represent, readout in time while the x-axis is the number of hits recorded ... || || ||CalibrationController || || ||TIM hardware || Running B6 with R3 (ok) R4-updated ... (not ok) || ||TIM firmware || Running B6 with R3 (ok) R4-updated ...
5K - last updated 2005-09-15 22:21 UTC by
SynchTriggerNoiseAnalysis
Analysis of the SynchTriggerNoise == Analysis of SynchTriggerNoise data from Alan Phillips: == The Following ... unlikely, should be the same for both cases. 2) time since turn on of modules. It is well known that ... the noise goes down and eventually settles with time after turning on the HV. 9497.0 was at a later ... time from HV turn on. For [[Barrel5]], the data was ...
1K - last updated 2005-10-11 15:16 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/. ... counter (bussed) problem. In at least one TIM 3B, the switch logic was upside down. Observations ... (before fixing tim with upside down logic in switches) * With 2 modules ... HV at 20 V (i.e. relatively high occupancy) scan.tim=1, scan.nth=15, single L1A, Qth=0.8fC **100 kHz ... events: 0 Histogram status: 0x0 Bin err: 0 proc time: 15 Events recvd: 136666 Checking TIM scan complete ...
5K - 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 ... for a fully populated ROD including module setup time (which is about 3 minutes). * If there is no fitting ... Make sure the software has been compiled with optimisations on (this is the case for the binary releases). ... quickly. *** Otherwise, probably not worth optimising too much, as new system in future. * Buy more ... ROOT (see [[SctRodDaqRelease4]]), perform more optimisation. ==Computer Specifications== Some hints ...
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=== ... when running a ROD in a crate for the first time... HardwareProblems. # If the software appears ...
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 ... is done again using the ArchivingService. This time its retrieval arm is pointed at the EventData ...
2K - last updated 2007-12-14 15:52 UTC by
TApiMacros
There are lots of TApi macros: init.cxx and destroy.cxx are to be used as rootlogon and rootlogoff. Functs.cxx ... Strobe delay * <b>synchNoise</b>: TIM triggers, noise * <b>synchTrigs</b>: ... TIM triggers * <b>synchTrigsTest</b>: Manually ... set up TIM triggers * <b>threshold</b>: Threshold ... scan * <b>timeFull</b>: Template for timings * <b>timewalk</b>: ...
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 ... of [[ROD]] (Read-Out Driver) modules contains a TIM, which receives the TTC (Timing, Trigger and Control) ... to the RODs via a custom backplane. The TIM is also capable of stand-alone operation, generating ... See http://www.hep.ucl.ac.uk/atlas/sct/tim/ for further details ...
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 ... .ordinal() afterwards. This is done a couple of times in sctGUI. One could be removed, but the other ... * cd /daqsoft/sct * cd TimingInfo16/detectors/Tile (TimingInfo16 includes ...
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. ... the result of the test, including any new optimised parameters which can be set. * <CDoc Sct::Streamer> ... SctCalibrationController::Ipc::TestRequestImpl> a script-like object detailing what actions ... SctCalibrationController::Ipc::TestRequestImpl> of the correct type, and creates one or more ...
1K - last updated 2008-05-26 12:45 UTC by
TestData
TestData is a class defined as part of ControlData and has the following [[ISattributes]] <pre> ... : "Yes" description : "" ----- name : "startTime" type : "string" range : "" is multi value : "No" ... is direct : "Yes" description : "The UTC time the Test started in ISO format" ----- name : "endTime" ... : "No" is direct : "Yes" description : "The UTC time the Test ended in ISO format" ----- name : "modules" ...
1K - last updated 2005-11-01 23:05 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: ... 200-ish events ok. FFT veto? NO - this is a TIM2. </pre> ==New DSP CODE== 18h00 Reflashed ...
2K - last updated 2005-11-03 15:08 UTC by
Testing-2005-11-03
Part of [[AlansSr1Tests]] ==To Test== Peters error code was tested yesterday without errors - all ok. ... INFO : 176 [MDSP: masterTasks_sct.c, 2769]:: Timeout in Trigger Loop cnt 0000eefe efbCnt 00000000 ... then carry on. If have to send HR more than 10 times, abort scan. (19:03:12) Alan: ok (19:03:24) PeterP: ... code - attempts to recover each error event 10 times. NO overall limt as to # times this process repeated. ...
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 ... * Check dual port configuration sending * Timing scans ** ie scans in which the tx timing changes, ... errors before 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 ... file *** No results appear in GUI (presumably timed out, but GUI didn't check) * Group -1 issues ...
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> ... after being confused for a long while by a scan-time error message saying "No modules to scan". I have ... to occur on the first (and only the first) time since crate power-on: (10:55:01) lester: I have ... then something corba (or IPC) (10:58:33) lester: times out on a CORBA transient The above thread (problems ...
1K - 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 ... after being confused for a long while by a scan-time error message saying "No modules to scan". I have ... run on that computer. That means that SOMETIMES you need the FQDN and sometimes you just need ... to occur on the first (and only the first) time since crate power-on: (10:55:01) lester: I have ... then something corba (or IPC) (10:58:33) lester: times out on a CORBA transient The above thread (problems ...
1K - 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 ... run on that computer. That means that SOMETIMES you need the FQDN and sometimes you just need ... from 4_3_RC1 as that gets uploaded at run time. Formatter code etc is "as was" saved to ~sctrod/testing_4_3_RC1/RodDaq/RodUtils/TEST/*) ...
1K - 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 ... stalled)' message. Histogram polling timeout being reported in [/daqsoft/sct/Release43/SctRodDaq/SctApi/SctApiHisto.cxx] ... scan7 bin8 event24464 Event errors reported at time: Mon Dec 19 14:27:44 2005 to /tmp/SctApi.ScanErrors.txt ...
1K - last updated 2005-12-19 14:03 UTC by
TestsForBarrelSix
==Barrel 6 Routine Assembly Tests== General - 16 bit histograms would speed up r/o time for most of these. ...
3K - last updated 2005-02-23 14:26 UTC by
TimDiagnostics
A panel in the SctApiGui. ...
1K - last updated 2004-07-27 10:39 UTC by
TimingIn
To measure the phase of the 40Mhz clock with respect to the cosmic trigger look at this page: PhaseMeasurement ... not "as" synchronous as they might be since the time it takes for a trigger to travel to BOC to module ... BOC_Timing_Overview.pdf] has some ...
1K - last updated 2008-09-11 16:16 UTC by
TimingInSCT
This page is closely related to TimingIn == TimingScan GUI == The TrimingScan gui allows you to scan ... the current TX delay in the trigger word (TIM register offset 0x16, bits 0 to 7) and also maintains ... a TestData object is published similar to Alans TimingScan beanshell script). Running the gui <pre> ... Start a run,then: TimingScan startDelay endDelay binSize <rod histogramming ... option> eg TimingScan 0 31 3 - starts timing scan from 0 to 31 ...
1K - last updated 2006-05-05 13:26 UTC by
TriggerFlow
We need to trace the L1ID through the trigger chain, and then up the data chain. A central piece of software ... run using SctApi code (than can easily show TIM and ROD status) and then manually check registers ... || ||TTCrx|| Generates IDs from L1A/ECR/BCR. Use TIM 0x2C to peek and poke TTXrx 8bit registers BCID:25,24 ... L1ID:28,27,26 || ||TIM|| D16 Peeks at L1ID:0x10,12 TTCrx-BCID:0x2A, BCID+offset:0x14 ... TIM can also see *some* of the ID data from the TTCvi ...
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 ... type for triggers sent from TIM. In Stand-Alone mode TIM is programmed with the ... TType to send to the RODs (12 bits). In Run-Mode TIM gets 8 bits from the TTC (via the front-panel opto-fibre) ... type. The ROD event traps can select ATLAS, TIM or ROD specific events. The Router also has the ...
1K - last updated 2006-04-26 15:23 UTC by
TrimDac
One-per-channel digitial-to-analogue converters, which allow fine-tuning of the threshold across a particular ... 7, 10, or 14 mV per step. The TrimDac s can be optimised using the TrimRange test. ...
1K - last updated 2003-11-25 10:13 UTC by
TxDelay
The BOC has two TxDelay registers for keeping the phase of the Tx signal wrt to the 25ns clock: Fine ... delay. The maximum delay is hence 0x1f7f. See TimingIn ...
1K - last updated 2005-08-10 11:02 UTC by
VmeConfiguration
=== Creating a config file === The VME configuration is achieved using the vmeconfig program in the DataFlow ... different DataFlow software version (up to 10 at time of writing) _seems to_ correctly configure the ...
1K - last updated 2004-11-29 17:09 UTC by
geometryDump
Useful for those wanting to find out what module was where without having the full xml parsing and config ... #DATE/TIME PARSED: 2005-Feb-03 14:17:26 #sn barrel row number ...
1K - last updated 2005-02-03 14:18 UTC by
getDBfiles
From DaveRobinson 's e-mail: The full list of options for 'java ProdDatabase/getDBfiles' is listed at ... - Trim ** 7 - ResponseCurve ** 8 - Noise ** 9 - TimeWalk ** 10 - LongTerm ** 11 - IVscan ...
1K - 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. ... a) TScanDef noise; // Create a scan b) noise.tim = 1; // Set up the traps for external triggers ... a tapi.changeRunMode(0); 5) Do the necessary TIM setup with things like: tapi.timRegLoad(0x18, 0x603); ...
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 ... 'TDAQ_ERS_DEBUG_LEVEL': '0', 'TDAQ_IPC_TIMEOUT': '150000'} Configuration backend: 'IPC' registered ... Making a note of a TestRequest called [TimeWalk] at line 10 of /work/srsctdaq1/SctRodDaq/detectors/SCT/CalibrationController/src/TestLibraryImpl.cpp ...
1K - 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 ... Crate and Card level Power parameters * BOC and TIM Card level configuration ...
1K - last updated 2004-01-06 15:56 UTC by
setup pvss2 v3.0.1SP1.sh
<pre> # setup_pvss2_v3.0.1SP1.sh bash script suitable for sourcing in Cambridge on 20060117 export ... " start_pvss2" echo </pre> Actually, at time of writing (20060117) I don't have the necessary ...
1K - last updated 2006-01-17 11:25 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 ... file (becomes mytest.xml) * secong arg is the time (ns since 1970... NaN defaults to NOW) * third ... for IOV from 21 to 30 and then retrieving for time = 25, I was able to confirm that additional objects ... 31 (i.e. with the IOV stop time missing) I created entries which were valid from ... SCRAM_ARCH=slc3_ia32_gcc323 eval `scram runtime -sh` </pre> ...
1K - last updated 2006-06-19 22:33 UTC by