Online Software Status

TileCal Cable Test SW

ROD Crate DAQ

Databases

Monitoring

Next Steps

Murrough Landon

15 March 2006

TileCal Cable Test Software

Currently reading PPM via VME

Complex format, differs from final ROD readout

Few events, but may be better with ROD crate DAQ

Decoding, histograms, analysis, checks by Florian

Now also monitoring from Victor

Next Steps

Test improved checks when TileCal tests restart

Run with ROD Crate DAQ controller

Migrate checks to cope with ROD readout

Better control of multistep runs

ROD Crate DAQ Progress

Further small steps in a long saga

We have intended for a long time to migrate our crate controller to the ROD Crate DAQ skeleton

This includes more integrated handling of readout and other monitoring streams than our custom controller

All aspects of this now tested and work in principle

Though new changes in how we treat some of our readout data have been proposed...

Next Steps

Discuss and decide any changes to module services API and handling of monitoring and readout streams

Just make the migration finally

Databases: Overview

Configuration database

Current hardware setup

Current connectivity

Calibration and other settings for the next run

Conditions database

Settings used in previous runs

Archive of all calibrations (even if never used)

Data archive

Detailed data from calibrations, monitoring data

Description/control of (sets of) multistep runs

DCS configuration and conditions

Trigger menu

Databases: Progress

Used CMM calibration as testbed

Detailed results (histograms) stored as ROOT files

Summary of required settings stored in COOL

Started to look at tools/queries for trend studies

NB not using pure COOL API (limited queries)

Instead using underlying “RAL” software to look in COOL tables behind the back of the API

Next steps

Load settings from DB to HW via run controller

Extend to other modules: PPM is worst case

Worry about use of COOL in ATHENA (performance issues with too many separate channels?)

Compare with experience elsewhere in ATLAS

Monitoring

Lot of activity recently (see next talks)

Started to implement monitoring in GNAM

Bytestream decoding of ROD and PPM/VME

Simple histograms, more to come...

Work started on PPM monitoring incl rate/spectra

Activity at CERN, QMUL, Heidelberg, Stockholm

Next steps

So far concentration on online monitoring

We will also want to look at offline data in ATHENA

Next Steps, Whats Missing

Databases

Lot of work to do: configuration, connectivity, multistep run “plans”, migration to new trigger DB, etc

Not so many people to do it

Monitoring

Lot of people (and work), needs organising

Support for integration/commissioning

Tile/LAr integration and cable testing with RODs

Integration with ROS, CTP, RoIB

Eternal migrations

New TDAQ, new LCG, ROD crate DAQ(!)

Documentation (as ever)

Murrough Landon

2006-01-28T11:35:15