HADES RPC Threshold Control - Status

Running

• we have a running system!

Code

IOC

• /u/scs/epics_apps/EtraxTest
  • tar ball May 15, 2008
• startup script for EPICS
• startup script generator

GUI

• /u/scs/operator/rpc_*.{adl,gif}
  • tar ball May 15, 2008

How to ...

• Have a look at: How to run ETRAX based Threshold Control

Last changes

GUIs

• rpc_v2.adl (e.g. tkdiff rpc_v2.adl attic/rpc_v2_9.adl)
  • call it cosmetics, I changed the column pictures
  • I changed the preset displays of every cell row, to display the content of the preset table
  • I changed the freeze button due to an different record schematic to overcome the possibility to bypass the freeze feature (now it writes its values also to a freeze table instead of setting DISA directly)
  • I changed the colors for frozen channels from red to yellow
• rpc_sparechan.adl (e.g. tkdiff rpc_sparechan.adl attic/rpc_sparechan_2.adl)
  • ... in fact I had to redo it completely. The diff will show it.
  • $(TRB) has been removed

• add description format description for (TRB MBO ...)

IOC

• TRB for spare channels removed
• concept freeze table implemented
• concept preset table implemented
• created shell script to generate cmd files for different SubEvtId - SxTRBy combinations
• Dump function

• implemented new SPI4 version based on DMA by Radek
  • Radek's redesign of the spi interface and redesign it and modularize it
    • rpc_thr.c
    • spi.c (include spi-interface.h)
    • spi-interface.h (new)
    • spi-interface.c (new)
    • Makefile
    • Radek
• DBO Input vs. DAC notation introduced
  • both values are used and checked
    • correct DBO_number vs. DAC asymmetry (DBO=MAXDAC(TRB)-DAC)
      • rpc_thr.c
        • function which gives back the correct value depending on TRB number
      • .templates
        • provide TRB number to subroutine record calls
      • modified Database DESC instead of "TRB MBO DAC DAC_CHANNEL" now "TRB MBO DBO DBO_INPUT" where DBO_INPUT = CHANNEL mod 4 * rpc_threshold.perl, *.templates
• TRB 3, ignore DBOs larger than 2 when reading in the database (file) since we agreed that only mini mambos are connected to TRB 3;

Hardware

• This you (Alex Gilz) should know better than me ...
  • The non working channel was ignored, since it affected the not very often used type of threshold
  • Maybe the new SPI4 version has cured the problem

TODO

GUI

• Correct implementation of burt tools (q.v. mdchvmainfull2.adl)
  • base directory: /misc/hadesrpc/Epics/Thresholds/config
• convince/force Diego to run medm as hadesrpc not as scs

IOC

• request to Radek to provide SubEvtId as environment variable on the ETRAX
  • st.cmd and ETRAX
• remove SxTRBy naming scheme part from .cmd and .db files
  • rpc_threshold.perl
• create automatically .req files for burt
  • rpc_threshold.perl or make system (grep)
• create automatically alarm handler files
  • rpc_threshold.perl or make system (grep)
• calibration parameter ASLO and AOFF in ai/ao records instead of hard coding it in the code
  • rpc_thr.c
  • .templates
• prepare ASG (access security groups)
  • .templates
• IOC Error Handling
  • rpc_thr.c
• move init function of SPI into init function of subRoutine record (singleton) and check on connectivity
  • rpc_thr.c
• generate rpc_thr.h
• find compiler switches for c99 compability when compiling the code

anything else ....

• ???