Starting and using TDUControl » History » Version 6
Thomas Dealtry, 01/30/2015 04:18 AM
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2 | 1 | Kurt Biery | |
3 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | h1. Getting help |
4 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | |
5 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | Email Tom Dealtry - thomas.dealtry@physics.ox.ac.uk |
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7 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | h1. Overview |
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9 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | The following are instructions on how to communicate with the NOvA timing distrubution unit (TDU). The TDU distributes timing information throughout the system, handles synchronisation between boards, and includes automatic propagation delay calculation & compensation. |
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11 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | There are various ways to communicate: |
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13 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | * Through lbnerc & daqinterface (coming soon) |
14 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | * Booting up an xmlrpc server & commuicating through this |
15 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | * Communicating with the TDU directly |
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17 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | h1. List of commands (to be expanded) |
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19 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | All 'get', 'do', and 'read' commands return an error code with a common numbering scheme. |
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21 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | h2. 'get' commands |
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23 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | * <code>get_status()</code> |
24 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | Returns [error_code, ready_to_do]. When ready_to_do is True, the control register can be modified (i.e. a 'do' command can be performed) |
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26 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | h2. 'do' commands |
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28 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | * <code>do_ping()</code> |
29 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | ping the TDU |
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31 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | * <code>do_time_sync()</code> |
32 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | Perform a time synchronisation (this calls <code>get_status()</code> internally) |
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34 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | * <code>do_delay_calc()</code> |
35 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | Perform a propagation delay calculation (this calls <code>get_status()</code> internally) |
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37 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | * <code>do_send_sync_pulse()</code> |
38 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | Send a sync pulse (this calls <code>get_status()</code> internally) |
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40 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | * <code>debug_do_write_control_reg(data_to_or)</code> |
41 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | Write the control register to perform a none standard operation (this calls <code>get_status()</code> internally) |
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43 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | h2. 'read' commands |
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45 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | * <code>read_tdu_id()</code> |
46 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | Read out the TDU version & ID numbers |
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48 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | * <code>read_tdu_status()</code> |
49 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | Read out the TDU's current operating conditions (current, voltage, temperature, fan status, FPGA status) |
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51 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | * <code>read_gps_status()</code> |
52 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | Read out the GPS status (faults, timeouts, sat count, etc. + current UTC time) |
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54 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | * <code>read_error_registers()</code> |
55 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | Read out the error registers |
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57 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | * <code>read_control_reg()</code> |
58 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | Read out the control register |
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60 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | * <code>debug_read_all_registers()</code> |
61 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | Read out all the registers. Also comes with some hints on what the 'default' for normal operating conditions is. |
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63 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | h2. Other commands |
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65 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | * <code>close_socket()</code> |
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67 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | * print_log |
68 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | Will be made private |
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70 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | h2. Error codes |
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72 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | 100-120 |
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74 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | h1. List of TDU IP addresses (to be expanded) |
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76 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | * Master: 192.168.100.201 |
77 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | * Slave: 192.168.100.202 |
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79 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | h1. Using the NOvA GUI (TDUControl) - OLD & BROKEN |
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81 | 1 | Kurt Biery | To start TDUControl, use the following steps: |
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83 | 5 | Thomas Dealtry | # log into the <code>lbnedaq</code> account on <code>lbne35t-gateway01</code> |
84 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | # <code>source /data/lbnedaq/novadaq/setup/setup_novadaq_nt1.sh</code> |
85 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | # <code>TDUControl -m</code> |
86 | 5 | Thomas Dealtry | # enter the IP address of the Master TDU into the GUI (192.168.100.201) |
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88 | 6 | Thomas Dealtry | Alternatively for steps 3 & 4, you can run <code>TDUControl -m -t 192.168.100.201</code> |