The PIT FED Server Preliminary User Manual - Alice
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1. aceFileName execute_ace file Sends a command to the programmer to execute an ACE file Parameters aceFileName jtagSelector read_programmer_base_address Reads the value of the programmer register containing the base ram address Returns baseAddress read programmer lk division Reads the value of the JTAG programmer ck division register Returns clkDivision read programmer jtag_selector Reads the value of the JTAG programmer jtagSelector field Returns jtagSelector read programmer status 31 Reads the status of the programmer for the moment only logs the data Returns programmerStatus Status word of the JTAG programmer start_programmer Starts the execution of the ACE file to program the processing FPGA write_programmer_base_address Writes the value of the programmer base ram address field Parameters baseRamAddress write_programmer_clk_division Writes the value of the JTAG programmer Ok division register Parameters clkDivision write_programmer _jtag_selector Writes the value of the programmer jtagSelector field Parameters jtagSelector reset_qpll Command to reset the QPLL chip rate_measuring_settings Command to change set the rate measuring settings Parameters enable interval 32 read fo counter Command to read the fastor counter of a fastor channel channel Parameters sector side halfStave chipNumber read_word Command to read from a memory position Parameters addre2. boardNumber 26 is proc_prog done Command to check if the processing fpga is programmed or not Returns booleanValue read_proc_cmd Command to read the command register of the processing fpga Returns commandCode Last command executed read_proc_counter Command to read one counter output in the processing fpga Parameters outputCounterNumber 0 9 read_proc_gen_counter Command read a general purpose counter in the processing fpga Parameters counterNumber read _proc_ settings Command to read one settings register of the processing fpga Parameters settingRegisterNumber 0 9 read_proc_signature Command to read a signature register from processing fpga Parameters outputNumber 0 9 Returns 27 Signature read_proc_status Command to read the one of the status register of the processing fpga Parameters statusRegisterNumber read_proc_time_stamp Command to read a time stamp from the processing fpga Parameters timeStampNumber 0 2 read _trigger_mode Command to read the trigger mode for one output Parameters outputNumber Returns mode 0 3 read_proc_firmware_version Command to read the version register content reset_proc_fpga Resets the processing fpga not the configuration nor the parameters reset_proc_fpga_parameters Resets the configuration registers and ALL PARAMETERS of the processing fpga set_algorithm_parameter 28 Command to set one parameter for one algorith
3. Contains Logging information from the PIT FED the threshold can be configured using the 4 FED Command Line Interface Using the high level architecture of the FED server allows sending commands directly through a command line interface This feature is managed by the pit_keyboard class It uses the termios h and poll h unix C libraries to scan from the keyboard input without stopping the execution loop of the FED server It is able to perform normal tasks and commands from other sources at the same time while the operator types commands in the PIT FED console The command structure is the same as for the DIM commands feedback of the execution status is available by following one of the log channels of the FED The command line interface was extremely useful during the early commissioning phase for testing the hardware features and to perform bit error rate measurements on the system 5 List of FED Commands all_self_masking disable Command to clear the masking enable bits for all chips all_self_masking enable Command to set the masking enable bits for all chips assign_chip fomask Command to set or unset mask on a chip fastor channel Parameters sector side halfStave chipNumber maskValue_ 0 1 14 auto check pohases Command to auto check phases in all required locked links auto_configure_delays Command to auto configure delays in all required locked links reset_bus_ master Command to reset
4. PATH opt dim linux export LD LIBRARY PATH LD LIBRARY PATH 1 0 src libs export LD LIBRARY PATH LD_ LIBRARY PATH export LD LIBRARY PATH LD LIBRARY PATH export LD LIBRARY PATH LD LIBRARY PATH home pixeltrigger log4cpp opt date rorc Linux opt date fec Linux usr local lib this is the path for the PitDbConfiguration shared library export LD LIBRARY PATH LD LIBRARY PATH home pixeltrigger eclipse workspace PitDbConfiguration Debug Oracle settings export LD LIBRARY PATH LD LIBRARY PATH home pixeltrigger bin oracle instantclient 10 2 export TNS ADMIN home pixeltrigger bin oracle instantclient 10 2 export ORACLE HOME home pixeltrigger bin oracle instantclient 10 2 PATH bin home pixeltrigger bin oracle instantclient 10 2 PATH 3 FED Server DIM interface 3 1 FED Commands 3 1 1 Standard FED Commands For the PIT FED a command structure was devised to be flexible capable of receiving a variable number of arguments to accurately display the status of the execution of all commands and to be capable of dealing with the fact that several instances can send commands at the same time A command channel in the PIT FED is composed of a DIM command and 4 status informations brought through DIM services e Command DIM command which is a white space separated string containing the command to be executed followed by all its paramete
5. load a new parameter database configuration 16 Parameters parameterVersionNumber save_link_conf_to_db Command to save a new link configuration version reads the hardware and if there is no change does not do anything save_parameter _conf_to db Command to save a new parameter configuration version reads the hardware and if there is no change does not do anything fastor_transmission_test Command to perform a number of Fast OR transmission loops returning the total number of bit errors Parameters numberRepetitions sleepTime fctl Command to write a front end control word to the DDL expert only find_noisy_chips Command to read all FastOr counters and find FastOr noisy chips Parameters minFastOrCounts Minimum number of FO counts for a chip to be shown in the log force_fo_channel Command to force value 1 or release value 0 a fastor channel setting or resetting the User Defined FO bit Parameters 17 sector side halfStave chipNumber value 0 1 get_parameter version Command that returns the processing firmware parameters version currently loaded from the database get_link_counters_auto_en Command to get the counters auto enablr Parameters sector side halfStave Returns autoEnableFlag link_pooling_ settings Command to set the link pooling settings Parameters enable Pooling false or true interval read_link_delay Command to read the delay from one optical link Param
6. ERS_SIDE_C Fastor Counters for Side C Big array containing alls 600 counters couters for side C Used by SPD FED server C during Fastor calibration scans 3 2 2 Output Status Services Output Status Services Comment SPD STATUS_OPTIOCODE TinDet Outputs Option Codes one dim service displaying an array with the ouput modes nomal toggle signature random PIT PROCESSING MODE_OUTPUT_ lt 0 9 gt Output Modes 10 dim services one per output displaying a string with the mode of the output PIT PROCESSING COUNTER_OUTPUT_ lt 0 9 gt Output Counter 10 dim services one per output containing the FPGA counter register from the last time that the stop counters command was sent PIT PROCESSING COUNTER_RATE_ lt 0 9 gt Output Counter 10 dim services one per output containing the output trigger rate in Hz from the last time that the stop counters command was sent PIT PROCESSING COUNTER_AVG_RATE_ lt 0 9 gt Output Counter 10 dim services one per output containing the output average rate in Hz counted since the last time the counter where started long time ago 12 PIT PROCESSING COUNTER_TOTAL_COUNTER lt 0 9 gt Output Total Counter 10 dim services one per output containing the counters in float values without the overflow of the FPGA PIT PROCESSING START_COUNTERS Start of the Counters One dim service displaying the last time the counters wh
7. Services ENN b etree Ehe EES deen EEN EE 13 3 2 Beie DIM SOR EE 13 4 FED Command Line Interface ousdeugeegeegNAEE ceca cos rt eensaleve odebei ee EEN Ed ENNEN 14 S LISHOL FED COMMaNS EE 14 The PIT FED Server The ALICE PIT Pixel Trigger FED Front End Device server is software developed to act as the driver layer of the PIT system It was developed in C to provide an interface to all hardware features and to be the first layer of control of the system it uses a ALICE DDL digital data link to communicate with the hardware It is able to receive commands from several computers over the network configuring the pixel rigger electronics providing hardware debugging tools performing calibration procedures and publishing status information on the system ensuring the trigger quality It runs in a Linux machine with SLC4 and ALICE Date distribution Fed server PVSS operator Linux o node Windows e Ainda 5 P d i i dg Trigger Crate CANbus 1 FED Software 1 1 Libraries Used The PIT FED server was developed on top of CERN standard libraries used in its communication layer and in the hardware access with the detector electronics PVSS Worker Node PIT Electronics DIM Developed at CERN stands for Distributed Information Management System It provides a network transparent inter process communication layer It is used by the SPD FED to publish status information and to receive commands from other comp
8. The PIT FED Server Preliminary User Manual Table of Contents The PIT TR EE 1 FED e ue E EN KR Beet E 1 2 Development Environment 1 3 Project Dep ene ee EE 1 4 Bee rscideccseces ciccsanctsa tinea dc ieeadsainecscebeacesasindadcalayPackan cee sandaacania 2 RR ee a eer ere er cee ee ree ner renee et errr eee er ren ee 2 1 Software Dependencies uk 2 1 1 Log cpp Stel GO E 2 1 2 Oracle Instant Client Installation 2513 DIM EE E RE 2 2 Installing the e ue 2 2 1 Moving the software ssssssssssissrssrssrterisrierinnrttrttntartarin rnn rnn trenn nnt 2 2 2 Compiling the software sssssssssssrssrssrrsrrsrrsrnssnrsnnsrenrrinrerrnrrnsrerrnnt 2 2 3 PIT FEDAL Eege deene gees gege T r TAa EER IEA 2 2 5 PIT Coordinates file format sssesessssisrrsrrrrrrsrisrisrrerierrrrrnrrerrerrnnt 2 2 6 Link Configuration file format eerste ges geeekeeie egen eegne eer es 2 2 7 Example of the bashrc nie 3 FED Server DIM WEN ocecu 2eidscpeaesareanesseswneucseuaiasecbosnbeeniereenstanwaadiaeeenng es 3 1 FED COMMANA Sii rtean aaa EE EAKATE ENEN dink 3 1 1 Standard FED CoMmmMmandS ssssssssssrsssssrierierrrrrrrerrrnrnnrnnnnrnrerrrnrennt 3 1 2 CTP TINDET COMMONS ugdseanseee ees raegeiuegtegd Seu ENER egeeee EE NEEN E Status Servi CES ssrarrueriii rR E EaI A EEE EA neue Ei EREE A 3 2 1 Link Status Services oo ee cececcecececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeaeaeeeeaeaeeeeansnenneuaennens 11 3 2 2 Output Status Services EE 12 3 2 3 Fastor Calibration
9. and to start fastor counters for one spd fed server used in fastor calibrations scans Parameters side Select the side spdFed A or C stop_all_counters Command to stop ALL PIT counters stop _focounters for fed Command to stop fastor counters for one spd fed server updates the service with fastor counters automaticaly Parameters side Select the side spdFed A or C strd Command to read from a status word from DDL expert only test_ttcrx_access Launches a test of write read accesses to the TTCRx register Parameters numRepetitions registerNumber read_ttcrx_finedelay Reads the value of the Fine Delay 1 register of the TTCR 35 Returns FineDelayValue read_ttcrx_delay Reads the value of the Fine Delay 1 register of the TTCRx converts to integer steps and absolute delay Returns stepValue read_ttcrx_register Reads the value of a TTCRx register Parameters registerNumber Returns registerValue reset_ttcrx_pin Command to reset the TTCRx chip scan_ttcrx_address Scan the I2C bus to find the I2C address of the TTCRX chip Data members are set automatically write_ttcrx_finedelay Writes a value to the Fine Delay 1 register of the TTCRx Parameters NewFineDelayValue write_ttcrx_delay Write the proper value to the Fine Delay 1 register of the TTCRx calculated from the delay parameter expressed in number of steps 36 Parameters stepValue write_ttcrx_register Write a val
10. at the FED uses to the file tnsnames ora you can start by copying the one from the DFS path G Aplications Oracle ADMIN to the instant client folder This contains all CERN Oracle servers maintained by the IT department just check if your server exists there if not add it yourself e Configure the environment variables You will need to create 2 new environment variables TNS ADMIN with the path where you have put the tnsnames ora file and the ORACLE HOME with the path where you installed the oracle instant client You will need also to add the path where the oracle instant client was installed to the PATH and to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variables e If it is a development machine please unzip the SDK to the instant client path and add the correct include and library paths to the Eclipse projects configuration 2 1 3 DIM DIM comes installed by default in a DATE machine You just need to configure the correct dim DNS by editing the DIM_DNS_NODE environment variable Configure Eclipse with the includes and the libs paths if it is a development machine 2 1 4 Fee2Rorc Fee2Rorc comes also with the standard DATE distribution You will only need to check the include files for the Eclipse IDE 6 2 2 Installing the Software 2 2 1 Moving the software If you are sure that the machine where you want to install the FED server is running SLC4 with the same DATE distribution as the development machine at the DSF then you just need to copy the softwa
11. d you should see something like this Data Base conString DEVDB10 user ALICE DCS_SPDTRG passwd pixel456 HEPHHEPHHEPHHEH ELINK Coordinates Areadttt HHH Eee t FFE EEE HEHE HH HE HH this changes how the links in the optin boards are assigned to sector side halfstave Coordinates table fromDataBase false tells if we load the coordinate table from the database or not if the fromDataBase is set to false then here we can specify a coordinate table file configurationFile src coordinatesTable txt link configuration fromDataBase false tells if we load the coordinate table from the database or not dbVersionNumber 1 if the fromDataBase is set to true then which version in the db to use if the fromDataBase is set to false then here we can specify a coordinate table file configurationFile src linkConfiguration txt Table with the available categories and settings conString Connection string defines a Oracle database server Look at tnsnames ora file to find out about available connection strings User User name for the database connection Passwd Database password for the corresponding user fromDatabase If true then loads the coordinates lookup table from the database if false then loads then from a file configurationFile Defines the file from where to load the coordinates fromDatabase If true then loads the link settings from the database if false then loa
12. ds then from a file DbVersionNumber Defines which link database version to load at the start of the fed ConfigurationFile If the fromDatabase is equal to false them this defines which file to load the link settings from 2 2 5 PIT Coordinates file format This file is used as a lookup table for the hardware to get from hardware coordinates board link to the detector coordinates sector side halfstave Its a white space separated table with each line containing board link sector side halfstave settings for one link ex coordinate file table board link sector side halfstave 0 0 0 A 0 0 1 0 A 1 2 2 6 Link Configuration file format Its a file used to configure the link settings on the initialization of the FED server Its a white space separated file with each line containing sector side halfstave required fastors link delay ex required fastors file table sector side halfstave requiredFO link delays 0 A 0 1100000001 0 0 A 1 0000000000 0 in the required fastor setting its a 10 bit binary number the left most value corresponds to chip 0 for example 1100000000 means that only chip 0 and chip 1 are active for triggering in this channel 2 2 7 Example of the bashrc file Here is an example for the bashrc file to make the PIT fed server run Here you can find the definition of all environment variables export DIM DNS NODE spdfed0 cern ch export DIMDIR opt dim export LD LIBRARY
13. endencies in the PIT FED software PitDbConfiguration pixeltrigger 1 4 Library Versions Library Comment Version Gcc Gnu Compiler Collection 3 04 00006 Dim Dim communication layer version 17 01 Oracle Instant Client Oracle interface 10 2 0 1 Log4cpp Logging library 1 0 0 2 FED Installation 2 1 Software Dependencies To install the SPD FED server in a machine please make sure to install the following software first with all environment variables correctly defined 2 1 1 Log4cpp Installation Usually log4cpp comes with DATE installation if it is not there you can ask DATE support to install it You can also try to install it yourself even without root permissions by following the instruction in the following web site http log4cpp sourceforge net 2 1 2 Oracle Instant Client Installation For the SPD FED server we will need Oracle instant client version 10 2 xx xx If you have root access in this machine you can try to get an rpm which will do most of the work for you If you do not have root permissions or the rpm does not work perform the following steps e download Instant Client from the Oracle web site http www oracle com technology software tech oci instantclient htdoc s linuxsoft Atml The recommended version is 10 2 04 e Unzip the instant client to a known location ex home pixeltrigger bin oracle instantclient_10 2 e Add the database servers th
14. ere started Useful for trigger rate assessment PIT PROCESSING COSMIC_ALGORITHM Cosmic Algorithm Mode Displays the selected mode for the cosmic algorithm output 9 PIT FO_COUNTERS_SIDE_A Fastor Counters for Side A Big array containing all 600 counters for side A Used by SPD FED server A during Fastor calibration scans PIT FO_COUNTERS_SIDE_C Fastor Counters for Side C Big array containing alls 600 counters couters for side C Used by SPD FED server C during Fastor calibration scans 3 2 3 Fastor Calibration Services FO Calibration Status Services Comment PIT FO_COUNTERS_SIDE_A Fastor Counters for Side A Big array containing all 600 counters for side A Used by SPD FED server A during Fastor calibration scans PIT FO_COUNTERS_SIDE_C Fastor Counters for Side C Big array containing alls 600 counters couters for side C Used by SPD FED server C during Fastor calibration scans PITICMD_STATUS_FED_A Command Status FED Server A Dedicated command status for FED server A to be used during fastor Calibration runs PITICMD_STATUS_FED_C Command Status FED Server C Dedicated command status for FED server C to be used during fastor Calibration runs 3 2 4 Log DIM Service The PIT Fed Server sends logging information to the PVSS supervision layer or any other system through the dim service PIT LOG LOG Service Name Comment 13 PIT LOG Pit Log Dim service
15. eters sector side 18 halfStave read_error_counter Command to read the error counter from one optical link Parameters sector side halfStave read fo mask Command to get the fastor mask of one optical link Parameters sector side halfStave read_link_phase Command to read the phase modulo 4 of the communication stream of one optical link Parameters sector side halfStave read_proc_timer_period Command to read the timer period Returns Period Pit timer period in number of BCs read_self_masking 19 Command to read the masking enable bits from one optical link Parameters sector side halfStave read_link_time_stamp Command to read one of the time stamp registers of an optical link Parameters sector side halfStave timeStampReg Number of timestamp register 0 2 range read_udf_enable Command to read the user defined fastor enable bit of one optical link Parameters sector side halfStave refresh_link_status Command to refresh status services and internal data members of one optical link channel Parameters sector side halfStave set_link_counters_auto_en 20 Command to set the counters auto enablr Parameters sector side halfStave auto_enable 0 1 start_link_counters Command to start link counters Parameters sector side halfStave stop_link_counters Command to stop link counters Parameters sector side halfStave write_link_delay Comma
16. m Parameters algorithmNumber 0 9 parameterNumber 0 2 parameterValue set_all_algorithm_parameters Command to set all 3 parameters for one algorithm Parameters algorithmNumber 0 9 parO Parameter 0 value parl Parameter 1 value par2 Parameter 2 value set_cosmic_algorithm Command to set the algorithm for the cosmic output output 9 OSCO Parameters algorithmNumber 0 5 set_proc_timer_enable Command to set the timer enable bit Parameters value 0 1 start_proc_counter Command to start a counter in the processing fpga stop_proc_counter Command to stop a counter in the processing fpga 29 unmask_optin Command to unmask one optin board from the read out of the processing fpga Parameters boardNumber write_proc_cmd Command to write in the command register of the processing fpga Parameters commandCode write_proc_settings Command to write one of the settings register of the processing fpga Parameters settingRegisterNumber 0 9 value write_proc_timer_period Command to write the timer period in the fpga Parameters timerPeriod write_trigger_mode Command to write the trigger mode for one output Parameters outputNumber 0 9 mode normal toggle signature random write_trigger_mode_num Command to write the trigger mode for one output 30 Parameters outputNumber 0 9 mode 0 3 program_proc fpga Programs the the processing FPGA using a ACE file Parameters
17. nature of all the 10 output PIT outputs 3 2 Status Services Connecting the SPD hardware to the rest of the world the SPD FED server has to work also as one information hub of the system Data that are relevant to the overall stability of the system need to be constantly monitored and passed quickly to the PVSS supervision layer for monitoring purposes and Alarm generation So in addition of the data that can be retrieved trough commands both SPD FED servers publish a list of several parallel DIM Services displaying extra information of the system 3 2 1 Link Status Services 11 Link Status Services Comment PIT SIDE_ lt A C gt SECTOR_ lt 0 9 gt HALFSTAVE lt 0 6 gt REQUIRED Link Required 120 DIM services one per half stave Displaying if there is at least one fastor required in this channel PIT SIDE_ lt A C gt SECTOR_ lt 0 9 gt HALFSTAVE lt 0 6 gt LOCKED Link Locked 120 DIM services one per half stave displaying if the HP deserializer is locked or not if there is some light coming out of the GOL chip PIT SIDE_ lt A C gt SECTOR_ lt 0 9 gt HALFSTAVE lt 0 6 gt ERROR Link Error 120 DIM services one per half stave displaying if the fastor rate for this channel is between the normal thresholds or not PIT FO_COUNTERS_SIDE_A Fastor Counters for Side A Big array containing all 600 counters for side A Used by SPD FED server A during Fastor calibration scans PIT FO_COUNT
18. nd to read maximum fastor counts from an optin board Parameters sector side halfStave layer chip read_min_fastor_counts Command to read minimum fastor counts from an optin board Parameters sector side halfStave layer chip refresh_optin_status Refreshes the status of one optin board channel Parameters sector side halfStave reset_optin 24 Resets one OPTIN board Parameters boardNumber reset_optin_all Resets all OPTIN boards reset_optin_parameters Resets the setting registers of optin board Parameters boardNumber start_optin_counters Command to start counters of all links in one optin board Parameters boardNumber stop_optin_counters Command to stop counters of all links in one optin board Parameters boardNumber write_max_fastor_counts Command to write the maximum fastor counts to an optin board Parameters sector side halfStave layer chip 25 value write_min_fastor_counts Command to write the min fastor counts to an optin board Parameters sector side halfStave layer chip value get_algorithm_parameter Command to get one parameter for one algorithm Parameters algorithmNumber 0 9 parameterNumber 0 2 Returns parameterValue get_cosmic_algorithm Command to read the algorithm executed for the cosmic output Returns cosmicAlgorithm 0 5 mask_optin Command to mask one optin board from the read out of the processing fpga Parameters
19. nd to write the delay for one optical link Parameters sector side halfStave delay Delay value modulo 4 0 3 write_fo_mask 21 Command to write the fastor mask of one optical link Parameters sector side halfStave maskValue Oorl write_self_masking Command to write the masking enable bits of one optical link Parameters sector side halfStave maskingEnableBits HEX 0x 10 bits one per chip 0 OFF 1 ON write_udf_enable Command to write the user defined fastor status enable bit in the optical link Parameters sector side halfstave value Oorl load_file_to_ctri_sram Loads a binary file to the control fpga sram Parameters fileName baseAddress WARNING baseAddress is presently IGNORED memory_access test 22 Command to perform a number of read write loops returning the total number of bit errors Parameters blockLength initialAddress finalAddress addressIncrement numberRepetitions check_board_plugged Command to check if a board is plugged or not maybe not needed but left it there Parameters sector side halfStave is optin_prog done Command to check if a optin board is being programmed or not Parameters sector side halfStave Returns booleanValue read_aux_time_stamp Command to read one of the aux time stamp registers from an optin board Parameters sector 23 side halfStave auxTimeStampNumber Auxiliar time stamp register 0 2 read_max_fastor_counts Comma
20. re if not its better to compile the software instead In order to do so compile a version of the PIT FED go to the Eclipse workspace path and get the following files e pixeltrigger Debug pixeltrigger the pixeltrigger executable e pixeltrigger src coordinatesTable txt Coordinates lookup table file e pixeltrigger src linkConfiguration txt link configuration file e PitDbConfiguration Debug libPitDbConfiguration so The pixel trigger database configuration library copy these files to a known location Add the path to where you ve copied the libPitDbConfiguration so file to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH Finally edit pit_configuration ini with the correct settings and the other configuration files if needed And that s it try to run the executable to see if it is working 2 2 2 Compiling the software To compile the software in the destination machine instead of just moving it to the following e Go to the Eclipse workspace path and copy the source folders and the output folders of both pixeltrigger and PitDbConfiguration projects ex pixeltrigger src pixeltrigger Debug e Go to where you copied the output folders of both projects and in each one of them run the following commands make clean make all e Add the path where the libPitDbConfiguration so is located to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH 2 2 3 PIT FED Ini File After moving the FED server you now need to configure some generic settings in the ini file Open the pit_configuration ini file an
21. rs command arg arg2 argN ex write_register 0x18000 OxDEADBEEF e Command Status DIM service with a string publishing the execution status of the command possible values are FINISHED EXECUTING FAILED e Command Return DIM service an integer containing the return value of the command if any If the command would be reading a 10 register this service would contain after finishing the command the actual register value e Command ID DIM service integer containing an unique id for the current command being executed useful if several instances send commands at the same time Command DIM Commands Comment PIT COMMAND Command name A string identifying the command to be executed Command DIM Services Comment PIT CMD_RETURN Data Out Integer service with the return value fo the last command sent to the FED PIT CMD_STATUS Command Status Dim service displaying the execution status of the FED commands EXECUTING FINISHED FAILED PIT CMD_ID Command ID Displays the id of the command being executed its incremented on the start of each command 3 1 2 CTP TINDET Commands The CTP Central Trigger Processor during testing procedures needs to have a handle on the pixel trigger output modes In order to do so there is a special DIM command called SPD SET_OPTIONCODE where it can set directly the mode normal toggler random sig
22. ss Address in the PIT address space refresh_clk_status Command to refresh the DIM services showing status of QPLL TTCRx and clock locked refresh_fo_status Command to refresh services and menbers of one fastor channel channel Parameters sector side halfStave chipNumber refresh_fo_counters Command to refresh both dim services with the fastor counters refresh_global_status Command to refresh all status services and internal members of the pit driver 33 release To channel Command to release a fastor channel resets the User defined FO bit Parameters sector side halfStave chipNumber scan_clock_delay Command to scan the clock delay and measure phases Parameters referenceLink Reference link the phase of which is used as reference in the report firstTtcrxDelay First value to set in the TTCRx Delay register finalTtcrxDelay Last value to set in the TTCRx Delay register delayStep Difference between consecutive delay values set_dim_log threshold Command to set the logging level of the logging dim appender logging Parameters threshold debug info notice warn error crit alert fatal set file log threshold Command to set the logging level of the logging file appender logging Parameters threshold debug info notice warn error crit alert fatal reset_siu Command to reset the SIU card in case of problems 34 Start all Counters Command to start ALL PIT counters start_focounters for fed Comm
23. the bus master interface in the control fpga clear_chip_fomask Command to clear the mask on a chip fastor channel Parameters sector side halfStave chipNumber create_trigger_conditions file Command to create the file to be exported to offline Parameters runNumber The file generated contains the run number received from the DCS export_trigger_conditions file Command to export to the file exchange server if no file name is supplied it will defaul to pit_dumpFile txt Parameters runNumber fileName 15 get Trmware version Command that returns the processing firmware version currently loaded from the database get_link_conf_version Command that returns the link configuration version currently loaded from the database load_firmware_db_conf Command to load a new database configuration for the processing FPGA Parameters firmwareVersionNumber The version of the firmware to retrieve from the database load_link_coordinate file Command to load the link coordinate file Parameters filename load_link_db_conf Command to load a new link database configuration Parameters linkVersionNumber The number of the links configuration to retrieve from the database load_link_settings file Command that makes the pit configuration layer load the masking and delays for all links from a file if used without filename it will reload the current defaul configuration aram filename load_parameter_db_conf Command to
24. ue to a register of the TTCRx Parameters registerNumber registerValue write_word Command to write to a memory position Parameters address Address in the PIT address space value Value to write 37
25. uters through the network Clara Gaspar DIM http dim web cern ch dim OCCI Oracle C Call Interface OCCI is a high performance and comprehensive object oriented API to access the Oracle databases It is used by the FED to access the DCS configuration database OCCI Oracle C Call Interface http www oracle com technology tech oci occi index html Log4cpp Is a library of C classes for flexible logging to files syslog IDSA and other destinations It is modelled after the Log4j Java library profiting of their API as much as possible It is used for the extensive logging that exists in all operations of the FED Fee2Rorc Developed at CERN part of the standard ALICE Data Acquisition and Test Environment DATE distribution is a thin wrapper over the RORC driver libraries and is used by the lower level of the software to access the hardware using the DDL SIU interface Log4cpp source forge http log4cpp sourceforge net 1 2 Development Environment The PIT FED server was developed using IDE It is a workspace composed by 2 projects pixeltrigger Top level project containing the DIM interface to PVSS This project parses all FED commands and contains references of all classes PitDbConfiguration Project containing database access abstraction classes Contains classes to manage the PIT configuration Manages all database tables with versioning 1 3 Project Dependencies Here is the diagram of the projects dep
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