0.2 FEE Integration and Maintenance

0.2.1 Expected Deliverables from the Project

Boards: CFEB, AFEB, ALCT, LVDB, LVMB

Cables: CSC-CFEB CSC-AFEB AFEB-ALCT

Boards: DMB,TMB,CCB,RIM(Rpc interface module)

Cables: CFEB-DMB CFEB-TMB LVMB-DMB RPC-RIM

ALCT-TMB LVDB-CFEB LVDB-ALCT

Fiber: CCB-TTC TMB-Trigger

Peripheral VME Crates with custom back-planes, power, cooling, magnetic shielding, with external interface for monitoring and controlling voltages.

Crate controller for interfacing DCS to VME boards.

Boards: VME Crate Controller

Fiber: Ethernet

Boards: DDU, DCC

Fiber: DAQMB-DDU

Counting House VME Crates with back-planes, power, cooling, and external interface for monitoring and controlling voltages. Crate controller for interfacing DCS to DDU boards.

Boards: VME Crate Controller (Bit3)

Local DAQ Computer Farm (surface or counting house) with gigabit ethernet PCI card.

Fiber: DDU-PC

DCS computer with interface card to Peripheral crate VME controller and interface card to Local Trigger Controller board.

Cable: ethernet-VME controller, additional hubs and switches envisioned,

coax connection to LTC

Accounting of cables, including optical fiber, and spares. Cable data base accounting for delivered cables. Testers for Skew Clear cables are available at CERN.
Accounting for electronics boards and spare boards. Accounting for spare components for each board. Equipment data base accounting for delivered electronics boards including repair history.

0.2.2 Overall Goals and Major Deliverables

System & Installation Issues FE:

Develop power on/off procedures
Address system integration issues
Address noise and ground loop issues
Determine optimal AFEB thresholds, CFEB trigger primitive thresholds and trigger mode
Develop methods to time in electronics, Determine optimal timing constants.
Setup procedures for tracking and modify firmware.
Develop beam off software for monitoring and diagnosing AFEB, CFEB, ALCT defining performance parameters and standards
Develop spy data monitoring software

System & Installation Issues Peripheral Crate:

Develop VME crate power on/off procedures
Address system integration issues
Develop methods to time in electronics, Determine optimal timing constants
Setup procedures for tracking and modify firmware.
Develop beam off software for monitor and diagnosing CLCT, CCB, and DMB defining performance parameters and standards.
Develop spy data software which emulates ALCT/CLCT triggers to monitor trigger electronics performance.
Setup ethernet web (switches, hubs,…) for VME crate controllers.
Integrate RPC’s into CLCT trigger

System & Installation Issues Counting House:

Develop error monitoring software to track buffer overflows and communication errors.
Develop SEU reset and monitoring procedures.
Determine scaling of spy data.
Develop software to monitor trigger rates.

Maintenance FE Electronics:

Organize and provide service to AFEB, CFEB, LVDB, LVMB, and ALCT and FE cables on disks

Develop test stand to debug AFEB, CFEB, LVDB, LVMB, and ALCT boards (CERN or USA) and FE cables.
Set up equipment for fixing boards, chip replacement,… (CERN or USA)
Maintain CERN stockroom for FEE replacement boards and replacement cables
Maintain stock of replacement chips for board repair (CERN or USA)

Maintenance Peripheral Crate Electronics

Organize and provide service to VME crate, VME Controller, CLCT, CCB, and DMB and peripheral crate cables on disks

Develop test stand to debug VME Controller, CLCT, CCB, and DMB boards (CERN or USA)
Set up equipment for fixing boards, chip replacement,… (CERN or USA)
Maintain CERN stockroom for peripheral crate replacement boards and replacement cables
Maintain stock of replacement chips for board repair (CERN or USA
Service and repair CCB interface to TTC system.
Service and repair VME controller ethernet system (ethernet hubs, ethernet switches)
Service and repair of Linux slow control computer. Maintain low level driver to VME controller.

Maintenance Counting House Electronics

Provide service to VME crate, VME controller, DDU and DCC boards.
Service and repair Linux DDU control computer.
Service and repair 18 Linux PC computers. Maintain low level gigabit ethernet driver.
System management of local computers. Software upgrades, backup, data-storage, account management.
Service and repair optical fiber links.

Coordinate “geographical” nomenclature for FE, Peripheral crate, and Counting house electronics. Maintain map between board and geographical address.

0.2.3 Major Milestones