Murrough Landon - 16 March 2002 http://www.hep.ph.qmul.ac.uk/landon/talks
Overview
Packages
Test vectors
Next steps
External requirements
Timescale?
Packages (1)
HDMC
No major changes (but see under Module Services)
Parts files developed for CMM, CPM
New parts for PP system...
...still require VME driver for homebrew CPU
Module Services
HDMC parts file syntax extended to support submodules
New developments (nearly) documented
Example code used to develop module services for the CPM
Packages (2)
Databases
Standard online configuration database extended to include
classes for our modules
Also recently extended to allow description of connections
between modules (single cables or groups)
Trigger menu (without editor) has existed for some time,
but integration with CTP led developments will be needed
Preliminary calibration database currently being extended
More work is still required to bring all the above together
for simple use by module services objects
Integrated GUI
The main run control GUI (the Online IGUI package)
has been extended to include panels to show and set
the above IS variables
Packages (3)
Run Control
Little change to run controllers
Interface to database hived off so it can be used by
other programs
Still required: start processes (eg DSS ``kicker''
or calibration/test sequencer)
Information Service
Classes using the Online IS package defined to store our
dynamic configuration data, eg L1Calo specific run parameters,
module parameters that it mgiht be useful to change quickly
(without editing the database)
NB this is done via the Online database package with C++
and Java being generated automatically from the schema
Packages (4)
Simulation
Core simulation package complete
Full reference documentation and user guide available:
http://www.hep.ph.qmul.ac.uk/l1calo/doc/pdf/Simulation.pdfhttp://www.ep.ph.bham.ac.uk/user/hillier/level1/simulation/simref.pdf
CPM and (CP) backplane simulation complete (with fake PPM)
But readout needs changing to proposed L1A scheme
CMM simulation still required
JEM simulation in progress?
Extension to PPM being considered?
Packages (5)
Test Vectors
Test vectors(?) and pulse library for PP system exists
Test vector generation for CPM is fairly complete(?)
Still need code to generate test vectors for CMM
Also for JEP system?
Overall scheme for organising test vectors and running
tests agreed (pulling together work on databases, run
control, test vector generation and simulation)
...but still needs to be implemented
And test vectors for larger diverse systems required
Packages (6)
Organisation
Several packages are now using CMT as the tool
to build them (this is now the official ATLAS tool)
Working model basically copied from the Online group
CMT looks to be very useful in organising collections
of many packages developed by different people
Scripts
Package of scripts created to include CMT related
utilities (and some existing scripts)
Test Vector Organisation
Not just organisation of the test vectors, but also
the calibrations, trigger menu and other settings
required for simulating the system
(roughly the domain of the System Test package on
our package diagram)
Need to be able to run named tests, on varying hardware
configurations, and have the system loaded correctly
and the correct expected outputs available
Would like to quickly reuse previous simulations
and also easily and automatically generate new ones
Recent brainstorming meeting came up with proposals:
http://www.hep.ph.qmul.ac.uk/l1calo/sweb/meetings/2002/testvectors.html
Next Steps (CP Subsystem Tests)
Complete work on database, fix APIs [urgent!]
Complete CMM, CPM module services using database objects
Develop CMM simulation
Implement ideas on organising test vectors
Integration(s) of existing modular components
System management to get updated systems at RAL and Bham
Integrations
Integration of CP simulation with the extended configuration
database successfully made during the recent ATLAS week.
But now need to link configuration to test vector inputs...
First integration of HDMC and module services with run
control (and configuration database) last year was partially
successful. Since then there have been new developments and
improvements. Try again when Bruce gets back.
Complete CMM, CPM module services using database objects
Implement ideas on organising test vectors
Integration(s) of existing modular components
Try on new hardware (but not too soon!)
Remaining Work
Try more of the Online software (eg Event Dump, Event Monitoring,
Histogram transport, Online Bookkeeper?)
Calibration/setup procedures (may collect events via Monitoring)
Hardware monitoring (reporting of link errors etc to IGUI)
More documentation, user guides, design descriptions, etc.
NB for most packages some reference documentation is already
automatically generated via Doxygen or Javadoc, see:
http://www.hep.ph.qmul.ac.uk/l1calo/sweb/packages
Extension to the other subsystems...
External Requirements
Just a reminder...
Readout of the CMM requires new ROD firmware
Also readout of the JEM requires new ROD firmware
Effective operation of tests requires DSS firmware modifications
(wraparound, pause after bursts of triggers)
Access to the hardware is required to test the software
(as well as the hardware itself)
