Run Controllers (2)

Specifications

• Draft document on our run controller(s) in preparation
• Details of the actions required for each state transition for each crate and module
• Normal physics runs and (eventually) all types of calibration runs

State Transition Overview

• Follow recommendations from the Online group:
• Initial$\rightarrow$Loaded: read database, establish network connections
• Loaded$\rightarrow$Configured: configure hardware (run type independent) and software (start threaads, processes)
• Configured$\rightarrow$Running: run type dependent stuff
• Note that the run parameters, eg run type (normal or calibration) can be changed in the Configured state, so hardware settings which may depend on the run type should only be done at the transition into the Running state