OWG meeting 14-Mar-2008

Agenda

• Announcements
• Review of minutes from 29-Feb-2008 meeting
• Status report on online-related R&D and PED work not covered below - various people
• Introduction to Allen-Bradley PLC's - Steve Lassiter
• Latest trigger drawings - Chris C.
• Other electronics issues - Fernando B.
  • Trigger System Diagrams
  • Signal Distribution (Global, VXS, Clock, Trigger, etc.)
  • Signal Distribution (SD) Module
  • Trigger Interface (TI) Module
  • Energy Sum (ES) Module
  • Energy Sum Processor (ESP)
  • SubSystem Processor (SSP)
  • Tagger Energy Processor (TEP)
  • Global Trigger Processor (GTP)
  • Track Subsystem Processor (TSP)
  • Global Trigger Crate
  • Software Support & CODA
  • Test Strategies

Time/Location

1pm Fri 14-Mar-2008 CC F326

Next Meeting

Fri 28-mar-2008 2pm CC F326

Minutes

Attendees: Fernando B, Ed J, Alex S, Carl T, Vardan G, Dave A, Elke A, Dave D, Ben R, Elliott W.

PED and R&D

• Dave A mentioned that the DAQ group is collecting documentation on a number of items. Graham will present the latest on the EMU (Event Management Unit, in this case the event builder) a the next OWG meeting.
• Much of the meeting was devoted to progress on trigger and electronics, see below.

PLC's in Hall C and Hall D

Steve Lassiter is an engineer working in the Physics Division on controls systems using PLC's. He helped set up the Hall C magnet power supply PLC.

Trigger and Electronics

Trigger Distribution Board