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1. 2 HRC 2Kx2K Sg are assembled in a separate software module nociracg tad Special setups e g mosaics for specific instruments may require special software modules xxacg Frame Types User definable Frame Ty DIT STDEV HCYCLE intermediate results The types can be selected to be generated and or stored during an exposure can be set per f This E the number of frames of a certain type to be stored during the exposure The exposure terminates when all break conditions are met A zero value indicates to store as much as possible frames of that type until all other break conditions are met per frame type A zero value for the PENER nx ny indicates that the full frame will be requested from the acquisition process Data Formats Default data format is Binary Image Extension Data Cubes for Burst Mode or for fast data acquisitions Minimum overhead May require post processing One cube per frame type Single files For detector tests in the lab To optimize merging process start merging already before exposure is completed e g VISTA instrument Data Interface FITS Files Wait for exposure termination and read the generated FITS file s Direct connection to Acquisition Process e g RTD Retrieve the binary image data with just minimum header Information dimension type sequential number a Post Processing Call Back The control ser2. DET CLK MAP2 37 4 Mapping list Clock pattern definitions DET PAT1 NAME FrameStart DET PATI NSTAT 5 DET PATI CLKI ODO DET PATI CLK2Z OQU DET PATIL CLK3 O0O0O DET PATI CLK4A O0QO000T gt Convert DET PATL LKS KEE Start pulse DET PATL CLR6 DEM DST SST Ev EE Ee Ee Dwell Time vector DET PAT1 DIM TE 0 0 0 0 Dwell Time modification flags DET PAT2 NAME ReadPix DET PAT2 NSTAT 6 DET PATZ CLKL OGOLLL DET PATZ E LKZ LITO DET PATZ2 ECLKRao DEEM T DET PATZ2 CLRA OUDODOLO Convert DET PATZ ECLKS O00G00 Start pulse DET PAIZ CLR6G HEEM DET PATZ DIV Iro ror Pes es tae Dwell Time vector DET PAT2 DIM Milo deg de fe gp AE Dwell Time modification flags Up to ngcdcsSEQ MAX PAT 2048 clock patterns in this format Sequencer Programs The sequencer program defines the order of execution of the defined clock patterns The sequencer programs are fully driven by Setup Parameters e g DET DIT DET NDIT window parameters Support of Ar aluation TCL syntax to derive any ior arise parameter from the setup parameters and to compute attributes like exposure time estimations and minimum DIT Support of Sub R es and Incl to minimize the code length The program complexity can be scaled Simply do not USE any setup parameter Simply omit the SCRIPT part for arithmetic expression evaluation Sequencer Program Example PATTERN DECLARATIO
3. DET CON GUI ngcgui NGC System Configuration The le describes the physical NGC system architecture Defines the faces PCI boards Defines the Sequencer CLDC ADC and Shutter m in the system Defines the de for all modules e g number of clocks auto enable ADC operation mode NGC System Configuration Example Device DET DET DET DET DET DET DEV1 DEV DEVI DEVZ DEV2 DEV2 description NAME AOS ENV NAME HOST ENV CLDC modules CLDC1 DEVIDX CLDC1 ROUTE UET DEI DET DEL DEIT DEI DET DEL CELDA DET CLDCI CLDC1 MARGIN CLDC1 DCGN CLOCI CLAGH CLDC2 DEVIDX CLDC2 ROUTE Sequencers DET SEOL DEVIDX DET SEOL ROUTE ADC modules DET DEL DET DEI DET DET DET DET DET DET DET DET ADC1 ADC1 ADC1 ADC1 ADC1 ADC1 ADC2 ADC2 ADC2 ADC2 ADC2 ADC2 DEVIDA ROUTE NUM BL LES KEES PRICNI DEVIDX ROUTE NUM BLITELX ELSE sPRTCNI dey ngo0 com BROS TIT SRTAPENV gt dev ngel emt GHOST SRTAPENV 1 AUTOENA OL O le AUTOENA Ma 4 LO K We 1 1 Opa 3 325 L6 AR 0 4E Ho Ho SHE e He e Se HE 4E He He He SHE SHE Se de de de Se Se associated device name host where interface resides server environment name associated device name host where interface resides server environment name associated devi
4. HW system configuration xxdcfg2 cfg DIRON SS ngcdcsEvh gt ngcacsEVh cam2 DRONAS oe ngcdes gt lt allas gt ngcdcs_cam2 D a OO NINA O e 1 974 DET CON SYSCFG NGCI RSW xxdcfgCam2 cfg NGC HW system configuration In the DATABASE db file define ngcdcsINSTANCE ngcdcs_caml i giereg co undef ngcdcsINSTANCE undef ngcdcsROOT define ngcdcsINSTANCE ngcdcs_cam2 AUC wt ae SCleS ele Commands State Switching STANDBY ONLINE OFF EXIT ROSA MOA J arume OTON AHE CON m STOPSIM System Setup Status me SETUP function lt parameter gt lt value gt B STATUS func DIT lt param eer gt Exposure Control m START WAIT wait until exposure completes m ABORT WAIT wait until exposure is aborted Hardware Control POD fo be ae PUDO e O O E CLDC enable ACUDE E d e KS User Interface ngcguiHw NGC HW W Control Panel wdcs File Mode Sequencer 1 3 Continuous Mode E sx lw 12a po sy NY 1024 Time Factor Time Add ome jsteegmeivltrnegce necdcs confiertest clk _Program ome jstegmei vilt necnecdcs config test seq E Run Ctrl Command 2 000 Volt ra ADC 1 z TE Delay ia SE Ee Monitor EE Pkt Size a Sim Numbers Monitor pl Pkt Cnt o E cyt y Cutz 1 Filter _ Clamp gl param HISTORY Offset Clock Voltages Offset Bias Voltagest 10 000 Volt clk 1 c
5. SX 1 NX 2048 Stop All Tma Add sv 1 Nv 2048 Low Set Val High Set Val Clock File EM COMMON CONF IGFILES NGCIRSW Hawaii2RG clk clk 1 clk1Lo FSYNCB clk 2 clk2Lo CLK r MON CONFIGFILES NGCIRSW Hawaii2RGDblCor pas hes es ee me Program awaii or seg clk 4 clk4Lo HCLK f clk 5 clk5Lo READEN DIT 1 0000000 s PS Run Ctrl clk 6 clk6Lo RESETEN clk 7 clk Lo MAINRESETB clk 8 clk8Lo BUFDISABLE ADC Module 2 Units 32 E SE clk 9 clkSLo FASTENPAD PT hai clk10Lo HODECTRLA SCH Mode clk 11 clk11Lo HODECTRL2 SEN RS A Monitori 1 cIk 12 clockiZLo C5B ae HEET cIk 13 clock13Lo Pkt Size 16 Sim Numbers monitorz 1 clk 14 clockidLo 1k 15 clock15L Pkt Cnt 0 W Cyvti IC J Filter _1 Clamp A 22922 9UwuUSOaUS gt O Soo oooSo gt S eco oocooooooooooo gt o 2000000000000 fen a df n A e n en d en n Aen a en n SO YU gt YU YU UU gt QU ol Y SOS Saga SO Ch ZC CIA A AA AA A A eS e So Soo ooo E E SO UN O UN ON O gt ol Ol O dr WEE IA ee Soo SOS m EC CC CN Abort Reset Clear Dump Application Specific ssues State Switching Call Backs The following call backs are provided when the server state changes i e upon reception of an ONL NE STANDBY or OFF command ccsCOMPL_STAT OnlineCB1 ccsCOMPL_STAT OnlineCB2 ccsCOMPL_STAT StandbyCB1 ccsCOMPL
6. C LLCU Via Installation scripts CcMIMCOpyY Ngcarch CA ngcarch src make all install fixed versions make update install latest versions ngcins software module contains a pkgin Iinstallation configuration for both NGC IR and OPT software Installation Procedure DIED WS Retrieve the driver module from the archive if not yet done m CmMmCopy ngcdrv Cp r ngcdrv tmp Login as root to continue the installation Attention use telnet or su to ensure proper root session cd tmp ngcdrv src make all install Now you can load unload the driver with usr local bin ngcdrv_ load a usr local bin ngcdrv_ unload Add the following line to the file etc rc local to load the driver at boot time usr local bin ngcdrv_load The device driver creates two independent devices a dev ngc lt i gt _com and dev ngc lt i gt _dma Configuration Startup Configuration Sets xxdcfg CONFIG cfg Server Startup Configuration xxdcfg cfg Server Command Line Options Voltages vi Files Overview pc Specifies Executes Reads System Configuration cfg IR Applications Clock Patterns clk Seq Programs seq Startup Procedure Startup tools ngcdcsStartServer lt configuration set name gt gui other options ngcdcsStopServer lt configuration set name gt ngcdcsStartGui lt configuration set name gt only GUI other option
7. ESO New General detector Claro SANEA Base Software And Infrared Detector Control Software 07 10 2008 J Stegmeier 4 ADC Sequencer el Be eer Ee Detector N ADC Sa Ey ye NGC LLCU Linux x Nee LLCU Linux BzszZerele Computing Architecture NGC LLCU Linux With the current Linux PC model we can achieve 200 Mbytes s sustained input data rate with co adding double correlated read out IWS Linux HP nstrument LAN Fast Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet NGC LLCU Linux The Processes Error System Log System FITS Files Command Reply Acquisition Process Driver nterface Process l l R Pre Processing Sorting PCI Bus I nterface NGC LLCU Commands Fiber Optic Link to NGC Front End open close read write loctl Software Modules dicNGC Dictionary both OPT IR nocarv Device Driver 1119 99 Driver Interface and Basic Routines Base SW 119 99 9 Pre Processing ngcdcs Control Software amp Server ngcgul Engineering amp IR GUI IRSW ngcrtd Engineering amp IR Real Time Display e EE nagciracq R Acquisition Processes ngarcon IR Control SW amp Server Je eieiei NGC LCU Interface SW IR for VLTI 205726 lines of code The modules will be part of the VLTSW Releases All modules contain Test Procedures for TAT automated testing Installation Procedure IWS and NG
8. N PARAMETER DECLARATION USE DET NDIT DET SEQ DIT DET DITDELAY DET NDITSKIP SUBROUTINE DECLARATION SUBRT RESET DELAY FRAME EVALUATE SCRIPT it ASsvar DET NDLT lt Dk 4 set svar DET NDIT 1 set tr expr time_r RESET 1000 0 set tf expr Stime_r FRAME 1000 0 set td expr Stime_r DELAY 1000 0 set svar DET SEQ MINDIT Stf set Cl expr svar DET NDIT Ssvar DET NDITSKIP set svar delFac expr Ssvar DET SEO DIT t Std set svar ditDelay expr Ssvar DET DITDELAY td irf Ssvar delFac lt OF set svar delFac O set svar DET SEQ DIT Ssvar DET SEO MINDIT E E set svar DET SEQ EXPTIME expr Stl Str Ssvar DET DITDELAY Psvar DET SEQ DIT t 1 SCRIPT_END EXECUTE LOOP INFINITE JSR RESET JSR DELAY ditDelay JSR FRAME JSR DELAY delFac JSR FRAME END RETURN SUBROUTINES RESET INCLUDE Hawaii2RGReset seq DELAY INCLUDE Hawaii2RGDelay seg FRAME INCLUDE Hawaii2RGFrame seg Sequencer Program Example Hawaii2RGFrame seq FPATTERN DECLARATION FRAME_START 1 ROW_START 2 PIXEL RESET DELAY TRIGGER 6 DUMMYPIXEL 7 PIXELRESET 8 VERTICALCLOCK 9 EN_UNBUF_B 10 MAINRESETB 11 PARAMETER DECLARATION EVALUATE EXECUTE readout of full frame EXEC TRIGGER 1 EXEC MAINRESETB 1 EXEC EN UNBUF_B 1 EXEC FRAME_START 1 LOOP 2048 EXEC ROW START 1 EXEC DUMMYPIXEL 2 EXEC PIXEL 64 EXEC DUMMYPIXEL 8 E
9. ND EXEC VERTICALCLOCK 1 RETURN Detector Voltage Setup Orreere DET EBDEELROFE 10 0 10 05 DET CEDE DODOER Clock Voltages DET CLDC CLRHINMT DET CLOC CLKHIL DET CLDE CLRATENI DET ELDC ECLRATRAL DET CLOC CERLONMA DEL ACL De Ck ER DET ChDC CURLOGNT DEI ChDC CHR LORAL Up to 16 clock DC Voltages DET LDC CNR DE TCL spe DET s CLDC DCGN L DET ChDC DCRA We A Ae Ig 32000 1 05 TT 0007 9 000 e deet Q 0007 LO MS UU SUL voltages like this PECL TS T 0007 ee VIe Ee 2 000 Up to 20 DC voltages like this Global clock voltage offset Global DC voltage offset Name setup value Gain optional Allowed range Name setup value Gain optional Allowed range Name setup value Gain optional Allowed range of this state until the arrival of an Example Clock mapping Mechanism is DET CLK MAP1 DET CLK MAP2 Clock pattern definitions NAME NSTAT Bengel ege CLR CLK4 CLERO LEO CUE DEN DIM DET DEE DEL DEL DET DET DET DET DEL DEE DET PAT PAT DAT PAT1 PAT1 PAT1 PAT1 PAT1 PAT PAT PAT External Synchronization can be inserted at any place in any clock pattern executed by the sequencer program i e set the wait for trigger bit in the particular state When reaching such a point the pattern execution IS suspended after the dwell time can be sp
10. _STAT StandbyCB2 ccsCOMPL_STAT OffCB1 ccSCOMPL_STAT OffCB2 The xxxCBl1 functions are called before the state changes the xxxCB2 functions are called after internal state switching Setup Status Call Backs The following call backs are provided upon reception of a SETUP command ccsCOMPL_STAT SetupCB1 char list viti NT32 size ccsCOMPL_STAT SetupCB2 The following call back is provided upon reception of a STATUS command int LookupCB const char name char value nfrared Setup The data taking is defined through Read out modes are d gt Seque running on the sequencer module s and By the corresponding Acquisit to be launched Read out modes are selected by Name Unique ID a 2 can be given nd Is done by evaluating the window gE Set within the sequencer program The read out modes and the voltage and clock pattern configuration files to be loaded when going ON LINE are defined in a ecto ration File This also defines the detector parameters size type name mosaic arrangement Infrared Exposures Sustained Detector Read Out and Video Display on the RTD display remains active during the Exposure Sustained Data Transfer between NGC LLCU and IWS for application specific Post Processing slow control loops e g secondary auto guiding Starting an Exposure basically means starting to transfer data to disk Burst Mode for fast r
11. aw data acquisition VLTI System PMC Interface for VLTI DownStream Commands amp Replies 4 Video Data NGCELCU Interface Software Software module We eieiei VxWork for the NGC PMC Interface card Sustain MA 64 Bit 33 MHz 128 MPixels s Teen Possibility to install a to minimize the latency min 4 us max 6 US depending on the configurable DMA BlocksizZe 32 512 Bytes Remote access from NGC LLCU to board registers Visualize data on RTD Check data Integrity Preview ntegration into VLTSW Release New Detectors Aquarius Control SW for Sidecar ASIC General procedure for Multiple Window Read Out Handling of the Guide Window for the HAWAII 2 RG array parallel exposures Acquisition processes for AO Applications Documentation VLT MAN ESO 13660 4510 VLT MAN ESO 13660 4085 VLT MAN ESO 13660 4086 VLT MAN ESO 13660 4560 VLT LIS ESO 13660 3907 VLT LIS ESO 13660 3908 NGC User Manual NGC Infrared DCS User Manual NGC Optical DCS User Manual NGC LCU Interface SW User Manual NGC Project Glossary NGC Project Acronyms
12. ce index route to module auto enable at online margin for voltage check in volts bias gain chock gain associated device index route to module auto enable at online associated device index route to module associated device index route to module number of enabled ADC units on board number of bits per pixel First in Chain packet routing length of packets from down link associated device index route to module number of enabled ADC units on board number of bits per pixel first in chain packet routing length of packets from down link Controller Programming The C can be defined both in Dox CIK RACE style and in a new ll nat xxx bDCIK output of the Gra ue The formats can be converted pi Ea i with external events e g trigger can be done after any state in any clock pattern A new Seque has been defined to make maximum use of the new HW capabilities all code is executed at the same speed level within the firmware File extension Is xxx seq ces within one system are supported The detector voltages are defined in a In Short Fl TS format xxx y The voltage configuration files can be loaded to any CLDC instance in the system Clock Pattern Generation Clock mapping can be spread over several lines This maps the clocks described below onto physical clock lines Mechanism is Phys clock line for logical clock n MAP n DET CLA MAPL RE Mapping list
13. lk 2 clk 3 clk 4 clk 5 clk5Lo clk 6 clkBLo clk 7 clk Lo clk 8 clk8Lo clkiLo clk2Lo clk3Lo clk4Lo E A A E Enable Action History command to command to t command ta command to command to command to ngcdcsEvh ngedcsEvh ngcdcsEvh ngcdcsEvh ngedcesEvh ngcdcsEvh SETUP SETUP SETUP SETUP SETUP SETUP function function function function function function DET CLOC1 CRSHITEA 2 DET CLIC1 DIODE DET DC1 OFFSET 2 5 DET ADC1 MON1 2 DET ADCA DELAY 1 DET CLDC1 CESHITEA 2 DET CLOCA DIODE 2 1 clk 9 clk 101 clk 111 clk 12 clk 131 clk 141 clk 15 clk 161 clk 171 clk3Lo clki Lo clkliLo clki2Lo clki3Lo clki4Lo not connected clkibLo CLOCK_17_LO NGC Infrared Software Error System Log System FITS Files Command Reply Acquisition Process Driver nterface Process l l R Pre Processing Sorting PCI Bus I nterface NGC LLCU Commands Fiber Optic Link to NGC Front End Data Acquisiton Processes The pre processing framework for the multi threaded has been taken over from RACE software module ngcop Currently this is required mainly for the data pre processing in IR applications have been developed which are an easy to use and stand alone tool to visualize NGC raw data on the RTD The acquisition processes for the HAWAII 1Kx1K HAWAII
14. lude ngcdcs db The basic structure of the database is as follows O lt allas gt lt ngcdcsl NSTANCE gt o system NGC system parameters o exposure exposure parameters o mode read out mode parameters o guiding guiding parameters o chopper chopper interface o seq lt i gt Sequencer parameters o cldc_ lt i gt CLDC parameters o adc_ lt i gt ADC module parameters E 0 acq_ lt i gt acquisition module parameters The branches for the Sequencer CLDC ADC and Acquisition modules are indexed One branch will be created per module Database Multiple Instances Define the instance in the Startup Configuration File m Control server name DET CON SERVER ngcdcsEvh Database point DET CON DATABASE ngcdcs Instance label for server and OLDB DARCAN aa aE ae In the DATABASE db file define nogcdesiNSTANCE nge dcs my lnst E fiidetude ngedeski do You get the following interface Database lt alias gt ngcdcs mylnst Server Process ngcdcsEvh_mylnst Database Example for a 2 Camera System xxdcfgCONFI G cfg CONFI G SET1 NAME CAMI CONFIG SET1 FILE1 xxdcfg1 cfg CONFIG SET2 NAME CAM2 CONFIG SET2 FILE1 xxdcfg2 cfg xxdcfg1 cfg DARON ASS ngcdcsEvh gt ngcacsEvh_camil DET CON DATABASE ngcdcs gt lt allas gt ngcdcs cami DIKENANI eaa lee DET COON SSC NGCI RSW xxdcfgCaml cfg NGC
15. read over several lines This maps the clocks described below onto physical clock lines Phys AE EN a cae clock line for logical clock n MAP n Mapping list Mapping list A A aaa E ramestattoyno 3 x 5 00000 00000 00000 90000 jon 00110 00800 10000 2 2 2 212 yr Oe OU Wait for Trigger Convert Start pulse gt yne Dwell Time vector Dwell Time modification flags NGC DCS Control Server The controller interface provides cts for for interfacing to the and for the software module ngcacs These objects can be assembled in the ge ver in an arbitrary way to reflect all functionality of any NGC hardware configuration i e of Sequencer CLDC ADC modules and any number of Acquisition Processes The module configuration is done through the The control server can be used as of the NGCOSW That is the maximum degree of communality as the same compiled and linked object Is used by both applications to access the HW It can be for the one or the other purpose Error System Log System Config Files Command Reply Infrared Applications DER The file ngcdcs db contains the database branch definition for the control server This file has to be included in the DATABASE db file of the CCS environment The following macros can be defined before each inclusion a Ffdefine ngcdcsi NSTANCE ngcdcs_mylnstance a a inc
16. s for maintenance ST Garg etc or for overriding the keywords defined in the The control server startup WE EN IS Z it C by a unique name configuration set name The lt name gt refers to the name of a CL On which is defined in the main configuration file I NS_ROOT SYSTEM COMMON CONFI GFI LES xxdcfgCONFI G cfg The Sta f t describes the some administrative options CONFI G SET1 NAME KMDCS CONFI G SET1 DICT NGCCON CONFIG SETI1 FILE1 kmdcfg cfg CONFIG SET1 PERM1 664 all CONFI G SET 1 BACKUP T CONFI G SET 1 LOG d The Startup Configuration File defines the server startup options e g auto online auto start database point if not default server instance and the controller electronics system configuration file 1 e HW configuration to be loaded at startup Startup Procedure Startup Configuration File Control server name DET CON SERVER ngcdcsEvh Database point DET CON DATABASE ngcdcs Instance label for server and OLDB D at OO NAG od O cena HW system configuration file DET CON SYSCFG NGCIRSW my_ngc cfg Startup mode NORMAL HW SIM LCU SIM DET CON DFEMODE HW SIM Go online after start DAMON AGO NINA oe Auto start at online DET CON AUTOSTRT F Enable sub system status polling DIMCONA 0 E n Detector system index DE TI XXX DET COON DEIIDS QU Dictionaries to load for this detector system DET CON DICT NGCDCS GUI name
17. uccessful operation a ngcbFAI LURE Failure add an error string to the error stack E ngcbSKI P Successful operation but skip all further actions on the frame no storage to file p Graphical User Interface ngcgu 2 NGC Control Panel wdcs y oj xj File Mode Online Help ONLINE idle Mode HW SIM Detector Configuration Hawaii2RG Read Mode Double Exposure Start Abort End Naming Scheme request Reset i PARAM FRAME HISTORY Name nge Acquisition Module Format extension W File History CLEAR Status success All Multiple Files E Extended Header DIT M Generate J Store 00 00 05 EE Full Frame Break 0 Countdown 00 00 03 a Voltage File Common CONFIGFILES NGCIRSU Hawaiisra y HEET acquisition 1 start stop AC Status enabled CLDC Disable Save Restore All Voltages CLDC Status running _ Continuous Mode Performance Monitor Bias DC1 VDD Telemetry Burst Ip Transfer 3 3000 Skip E np 3 Guiding AS a Seen RS All 3 0000 3 7000 Process Statistics set 3 300 Telemetry 3 301 Clear Mon 1 1 Mon 2 1 BE TS Diode 0 SX 2048 Sequencer 1 Start Stop Break Continuous Mode e z g 1 Trigger Mode Status runn gt Read out Window d Start All Command A Time Factor 20
18. ver calls a user defined procedure before the frame is stored 7 z L n 8 oe A a T a a Ca Pa iar i Real time Test Camera rtd NGC E Attached x 181 0 Y 2544 00 Value o ot IT 7 o Low 9 05311 High 2036 11 Auto Set Cut Levels scale ee el Z ZS H a store fix pattern A _j Rapid Frame Autocut region Post Processing Call Back The post processing call back is executed whenever a new data frame is received by the data acquisition thread of the control server E int PostProcCB void buffer ngcdcs finfo t finfo eccsERROR error The ngcacs_finfo_tstructure fnfo contains all information for the buffer int type Unique frame type char name 64 Unigue frame name rc Lew Frame counter inte A er actor Scaling factor to be applied to normalize FCIS ee P ae Das CEET pike nas derind in the K IS andar woe Sx RA L Et Ca sen reetlom m ER Lower left comit s y direcmren ee Zus Dime mee On age x al rection NT AY Damens onpm y dT reet ion deu Ferebpia Reference pixel in x direction double arpa Reference pixel in y direction np det Pax Detector Lode x loko ay PS SxpGne Exposure counter for this type ero lame 482 4 Time when frame was ready in the pre processor no e des CUBE ran Be Data cubelobTecte ke Pe us d foBistoring to aleube The post processing call back may return one of the following values E ngcbSUCCESS S
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