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Dave Abbott and Chris Cuevas attended the conference a week or so ago.  See Chris' slides above.  Some hightlights:
 
Dave Abbott and Chris Cuevas attended the conference a week or so ago.  See Chris' slides above.  Some hightlights:
  
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* Very few Americans attended.
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* Chris attended an ATCA workshop before the conference, covered ATCA (up to 8U) and microTCA.
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* Emphasis on digital, little on analog processing.
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* -48 V only, all other voltages must be created on-board.
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* Planned for ITER, PANDA at FAIR, other places.
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* JLab only place reporting on VXS, many people interested to hear about this.
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* Chris and Dave presented papers on the Hall D trigger system and digitizer boards.
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* CMS using Java-based control system, extensive use of XML and DIM (for interprocess communication).
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* Phenix uses fast data compression in DAQ system, just before writing to disk.
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* Heard reports on SLHC, upgrade to LHC.
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* LHC not driving global networking despite massive data transfer requirements.
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'''EPICS Collaboration Meeting'''
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Elliott reported on Vancouver meeting, see agenda and talks on link above.
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* Half-day tutorial session interesting, but basic.  Full five-day EPICS training courses given on occasion, none recently or planned for the near future.
 
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Revision as of 09:54, 28 May 2009

Agenda

  • Announcements -
  • Review of minutes from 15-Apr-2009 meeting
  • Report from IEEE NPSS Real Time 2009 in Beijing - Dave A and Chris C
  • EPICS collaboration meeting - Elliott
  • Solenoid coil test update - Elliott
  • Electronics and trigger status reports - Fernando, Chris, Ben, Ed, Dave


Time/Location

Note slight change in time

2:00 PM Wed 15-Apr-2009 CC F326


Announcements

One-day Hall D trigger workshop tentatively scheduled for Wed 8-Jul-2009 at CNU.


Next Meeting

1:30 pm Wed 10-Jun-2009


New Action Items from this Meeting

Minutes

Attendees: Elliott W, Beni Z, Simon T, Dave A, Mark I, Chris C, Dave D, Vardan G, Alex S, Eugene C.


FADC125

From Fernando:

  • Final drawings going out this week.
  • With luck, on schedule to get boards back by end of June.


IEEE Real Time 2009 in Beijing

Dave Abbott and Chris Cuevas attended the conference a week or so ago. See Chris' slides above. Some hightlights:

  • Very few Americans attended.
  • Chris attended an ATCA workshop before the conference, covered ATCA (up to 8U) and microTCA.
  • Emphasis on digital, little on analog processing.
  • -48 V only, all other voltages must be created on-board.
  • Planned for ITER, PANDA at FAIR, other places.
  • JLab only place reporting on VXS, many people interested to hear about this.
  • Chris and Dave presented papers on the Hall D trigger system and digitizer boards.
  • CMS using Java-based control system, extensive use of XML and DIM (for interprocess communication).
  • Phenix uses fast data compression in DAQ system, just before writing to disk.
  • Heard reports on SLHC, upgrade to LHC.
  • LHC not driving global networking despite massive data transfer requirements.


EPICS Collaboration Meeting

Elliott reported on Vancouver meeting, see agenda and talks on link above.

  • Half-day tutorial session interesting, but basic. Full five-day EPICS training courses given on occasion, none recently or planned for the near future.