OWG Meeting 16-Feb-2011

Agenda

• Announcements
• Review of minutes from 24-Nov-2010 meeting
• Coil test update - Elliott
• Getting ready for upcoming tests - all
  • Multi-crate trigger test in Electronics lab
  • UConn test in Hall B
  • FCAL beam test
  • FDC cosmic ray test
• IRMIS - Elliott
  • detector translation table
• Raw event format - Dave
• Event display - Elliott
  • event evio and danaevio input
• Electronics update - Chris
• Trigger update - Alex
• DAQ update - Dave A
• Other electronics, trigger and DAQ status reports - Fernando, Ben, Ed, Dave, William, Bryan

Time/Location

1:30 PM Wed 16-Feb-2011 CC F326

Next Meeting

1:30 PM Wed 2-Apr-2011 CC F326

Minutes

Present: Elliott W, Beni Z, Simon T, Dave L, Alex S, Elton S, Yi Q, Bryan M, Hovanes E, Dave A.

Coil Test Update

• Currently hunting down some vacuum leaks.
• Otherwise everything about ready to go.
• Expect faster cooldown, shorter testing period than with the first coil.

Upcoming Tests

• UConn
  • have what they need for microscope test, likely will run in the fall.
  • may need to redesign preamp.
  • Elliott will fine computer for active collimator test.

• High-speed multi-crate trigger/electronics test in Electronics lab
  • have begun collecting test equipment for use this spring.
  • Dave A will supply multi-core rack-mount computer, Elliott has monitor/keyboard/mouse.
  • firmware still under development, hardware mostly ok.
  • CODA3 eventually will be used, may use codaLite to get started.
  • will use Bryan and Dave's readout libraries in either case.
  • will use Linux rocs.

• FCAL test
  • little known about purpose, timing, schedule, etc.

• FDC test
  • Beni generated list of required hardware and timelines, test starts 6/2012 in EEL 126.
  • will NOT have new F1TDC's available, so must use old F1's.
  • Dave A located 23 old F1's in varying condition, Beni will select 8 good ones for use in the test.
  • need to develop a lot of software by then.
  • Elliott and Beni will generate note on requirements, timelines, milestones, etc.
  • need prototype system by Jan 2012.

IRMIS

• Elliott is having MIS group install IRMIS on a development machine.
• Developer used Glassfish, MIS uses JBoss, some incompatibilities noted.
• Will evaluate using controls information from the solenoid coil test.

Raw Event Format

• Dave L consulted with Carl T and Dave A on the EB output format.
• Goal is to generate simulated evio output in online format by the summer.
• Much discussion of event blocking, entangled events, where to unblock and disentangle, etc.

Event Display

• Needed for FDC test, may use Java version.
• Elliott needs to talk with Andrew about this.

ROC Evaluation

• Readout libs work with all three boards tested.
• DAQ group leaning towards GE board since it is the cheapest.
• GE board also allows addition of 10 GBit Ethernet mezzanine card, probably needed for high luminosity running.
• Board cost currently $3400 in small quantities, within our budget.
• Likely to get discount for large purchase, but don't want to buy most of them until we're about to start running.