Hardware

Details on HELIOS Digital DAQ Hardware

Below is information on the types and configurations of the hardware components used in the system. This info should be kept up to date in case of hardware failures.

Construction (To Do List)

Keep a list of things to do for construction and optimization of the the acquisition.

- Modify power supply on VME crates (x2)

- Take data with just digitizer (no trigger)

- Install cable for PC diagnostics

- Install pulse generator module

- Setup trigger boards and trigger system

- Move forward with Trigger IOC readout

- Determine data storage plan

- Determine online/offline sorting options

Input/Output Controllers (IOCs) [MVME5500]

Seven (7) IOCs, model type MVME5500, were purchased for the HELIOS acquisition. A full list of the HELIOS IOCs and their current settings can be found here HELIOS IOC Settings.

Due to an updated ethernet part on the board they required an updated board support package (BSP) from 1.2/1 -> 1.2/3. This was completed (after an additional update of VxWorks from 5.5 -> 5.5.2 (??)) by Andrew Johnson of APS. ADDITIONAL DETAILS ARE REQUIRED

One of these new IOCs has been flashed with the new BSP/VxWorks. The rest must be flashed. The flashing procedure is below.

Flashing IOC

- Ensure that Flash JUMPER is set to FLASH1 on the IOC you wish to flash.

- Login to the IOC you wish to flash

telnet ts <location>

where location is typically 20## from 0 - 99.

- Load the new bootrom of choice, currently (June 2015) we are using

tftpGet -d/dev/enet1 -c192.168.1.20 -s192.168.1.2     -g192.168.1.1 -fdgs2/bootrom.mv5500

you should see the following

Network Loading from: /dev/enet1
Loading File: dgs2/bootrom.mv5500
Load Address: 00695000
Download Buffer Size = 00200000
Client IP Address      = 192.168.1.20
Server IP Address      = 192.168.1.2
Gateway IP Address     = 192.168.1.1
Subnet IP Address Mask = 255.255.255.0
Network File Load in Progress...
Bytes Received =&589520, Bytes Loaded =&589520
Bytes/Second   =&589520, Elapsed Time =1 Second(s)

This should take only a few seconds.

- Ensure that you are flashing the memory you are not booted to by executing flashShow and seeing

flashShow
Device-Name  Base-Address,Size  Device-Size,Count  Boot  Type
/dev/flash0  F2000000,02000000  01000000,00000002  No    Intel 28F128
/dev/flash1  FF800000,00800000  00400000,00000002  Yes   Intel 28F320

NEVER FLASH THE MEMORY YOU ARE BOOTING FROM!!!

- Flash the new bootrom

flashProgram -d/dev/flash0 -o01f00100 -nfff00 -v

The following should appear.

Source Starting/Ending Addresses      =00695000/00794EFF
Destination Starting/Ending Addresses =F3F00100/F3FFFFFF
Number of Effective Bytes             =000FFF00 (&1048320)
Program Flash Memory (Y/N)? Y
Virtual-Device-Number    =00
Manufacturer-Identifier  =89
Device-Identifier        =18
Virtual-Device-Number    =01
Manufacturer-Identifier  =89
Device-Identifier        =18
Address-Mask             =FE000000

- Switch jumper to newly flashed FLASH0

- Need to set a bunch of parameters and paths ?? Which of the below have to be unique ?? To set a value, ctrl-x to start reboot, then press any key. Type p to show the parameter settings as below. To modify these type c then for each line you wish to change type a . then type c again and make the appropriate change.

boot device          : gei
unit number          : 0 
processor number     : 0 
host name            : helios1
file name            : /global/devel/boot/mvme5500/vxWorks
inet on ethernet (e) : 192.168.1.20:ffffff00
host inet (h)        : 192.168.1.2
user (u)             : dgs
ftp password (pw)    : ###########
flags (f)            : 0x0 
target name (tn)     : ioc1
startup script (s)   : /global/devel/gretTop/9-22/dgsIoc/iocBoot/iocArray/vme01.HELIOS.cmd

A full list of the HELIOS IOCs and their current settings can be found here HELIOS IOC Settings.

- Check to make sure that the new BSP is loaded (ctrl-x to autoboot)

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IOC Errors and Issues

At end of boot a lot of cannot save errors seem to pop up. Must figure out how to get this corrected. Is it simply permissions?

At end of boot usually get the following wierdness...why??

numMonitoredChans 5 firstMonitorCount 1 assignCount 7 firstConnectCount 3
numMonitoredChans 5 firstMonitorCount 1 assignCount 7 firstConnectCount 3
numMonitoredChans 5 firstMonitorCount 1 assignCount 7 firstConnectCount 3
numMonitoredChans 5 firstMonitorCount 1 assignCount 7 firstConnectCount 3
numMonitoredChans 31 firstMonitorCount 23 assignCount 39 firstConnectCount 31
numMonitoredChans 31 firstMonitorCount 23 assignCount 39 firstConnectCount 31
numMonitoredChans 31 firstMonitorCount 23 assignCount 39 firstConnectCount 31
numMonitoredChans 31 firstMonitorCount 23 assignCount 39 firstConnectCount 31
numMonitoredChans 31 firstMonitorCount 23 assignCount 39 firstConnectCount 31
numMonitoredChans 31 firstMonitorCount 23 assignCount 39 firstConnectCount 31
numMonitoredChans 31 firstMonitorCount 23 assignCount 39 firstConnectCount 31
numMonitoredChans 31 firstMonitorCount 23 assignCount 39 firstConnectCount 31

VME

Power supply polarities need to be switched to accommodate additional power of new digitizers!

Digitizers

Firmware documentation can be found here File:ANL Firmware for LBL Digitizer June 2015.pdf, this is from the hep/digital gs svn (rev 4129); see DGS SVN Repo for the latest version. This svn repo requires authentication; contact John Anderson for access.

-LOG- 3/1/2015 - 16 Digitizers were delivered by HEP.

S/N:
 1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    10   11   12
D8D, D8C, D8B, D90, D98, D97, D96, D95, D86, D8A, D8F, D8E, + 4 in Digios

5/18/2015 - 4 Digitizers were installed in DigiOS

5/21/2015 - 4 Digitizers were borrowed by DFMA

S/N D86, D8A, D8F, D8E

6/17/2015 - 3 Digitizers and 2 IOC cables borrowed by DGS/X-Array

S/N D90, D86, D8B