NPS DAQ in Hall C

Official guide to NPS DAQ at https://hallcweb.jlab.org/wiki/index.php/Hall_C_DAQ

Startup

• login: coda@cdaql6 vnc: coda@cdaql6 :6
• in fresh xterm:

startCoda

- xterms (ROCs and PEB) and RCGUI should open

• Restart the components without closing the xterms

restartStuff

• Kill all components and xterms

kcoda

Environment Setup

• The CODA environment is setup using coda_scripts
• User Defined CODA environment variables
  • CODA for ROC/VTP

setenv CODA ${HOME}/coda_3.10_devel
setenv CODA_SCRIPTS ${CODA}/coda_scripts

• CODA for Platform/PEB

setenv CODA ${HOME}/coda/3.10_devel
setenv CODA_SCRIPTS ${HOME}/coda/coda_scripts

• CODA Session and EXPID

setenv SESSION NPS
setenv EXPID NPS

• source the coda scripts setup

source ${CODA_SCRIPTS}/setupCODA3.tcsh

VME ROC

• CODA environment loaded from .tcshrc from setup script:

hccoda@nps-vme1:~/setup_nps-vme_3.10

• Other environment settings
  • LINUXVME

setenv LINUXVME ${HOME}/nps-vme/linuxvme
setenv LINUXVME_INC $LINUXVME/include
setenv LINUXVME_LIB $LINUXVME/$MACHINE/lib
setenv LINUXVME_BIN $LINUXVME/$MACHINE/bin

setenv PATH ${LINUXVME_BIN}:$PATH
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH ${LINUXVME_LIB}:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}

VTP ROC

• CODA environment loaded from .tcshrc from setup script:

hccoda@nps-vtp1:~/setup_nps-vtp_3.10

Platform / PEB

• CODA environment loaded from .cshrc from setup script:

coda@cdaql6:~/bin/nps_coda_user_setup

• Other environment settings

setenv JAVA_HOME ${HOME}/coda/jdk1.8.0_152
setenv COOL_HOME ${HOME}/coda/cool

VME Module Configuration

FADC250 Configuration

hccoda@nps-vme2:~/nps-vme/cfg/nps-vme2.cfg

VME Readout Lists

hccoda@nps-vme2:~/nps-vme/rol/

nps_vme_list.c

• readout of TI and fadc250
• compiles as

nps_vme_master_list.so   
nps_vme_slave_list.so    # Uses fiber 1 for TS connection (HMS)
nps_vme_slave5_list.so   # Uses fiber 5 for TS connection (NPS)

• master configured for triggers from TSINPUTS: TS#1, TS#2
• fadc250 configuration file read from "User Configuration file"
• ti configuration read from "User String"
  • vtp - adds VTP as slave ROC
  • npsvmeN, N=[2,5] - adds npsvmeN as a slave ROC

ti_list.c

• readout of TI
• compiles as

ti_master_list.so
ti_slave_list.so

• master configured for triggers from TSINPUTS: TS#1, TS#2
• ti configuration read from "User String"
  • vtp - adds VTP as slave ROC
  • npsvmeN, N=[2,5] - adds npsvmeN as a slave ROC

event_list.crl

• Required for user events from VME ROC.
• compiles as

event_list.so

CODA Configurations

Component priorities

These must be set to ensure the correct order of ROCs for the configuration and synchronization of serial links. The pattern: Trigger Supervisor has highest priority, VME are next. VTP have the least priority.

Component	Priority
npsvme1	1210
npsvme2	1110
npsvme3	1110
npsvme4	1110
npsvme5	1110
npsvtp1	1010
npsvtp2	1010
npsvtp3	1010
npsvtp4	1010
npsvtp5	1010

Readout Lists, User Strings, User Config

This section defines the field contents for the ROC components. The NPS configuration uses the fields as shown below. The NPS_5crate configuration has the npsvtp{1,2,3,4,5} ROCs removed, with the vtp parameter removed from the ROL1 User String

npsvme1

ROL1: /home/hccoda/nps-vme/rol/nps_vme_master_list.so
ROL1 User String: vtp,npsvme2,npsvme3,npsvme4,npsvme5

ROL2: /home/hccoda/nps-vme/rol/event_list.so
ROL2 User String: undefined

User Config: /home/hccoda/nps-vme/cfg/nps-vme1.cfg

npsvme{2,3,4,5}

ROL1: /home/hccoda/nps-vme/rol/nps_vme_slave5_list.so
ROL1 User String: vtp

ROL2: /home/hccoda/nps-vme/rol/event_list.so
ROL2 User String: undefined

User Config: /home/hccoda/nps-vme/cfg/nps-vme{2,3,4,5}.cfg

npsvtp{1,2,3,4,5}

ROL1: /home/hccoda/nps-vtp/rol/nps_vtp_list.so
ROL1 User String: undefined

ROL2: 
ROL2 User String: undefined

User Config: /home/hccoda/nps-vtp/cfg/nps-vtp{1,2,3,4,5}.cfg

VTP uBoot configuration

port	vtp
2001	nps-vtp1
2002	nps-vtp2
2003	nps-vtp3
2004	nps-vtp4
2005	nps-vtp5

• Access to VTP boot parameters is through the NPS portserver.

telnet nps-ps1 <port>

• NPS VTP Serial Connection