https://clonwiki0.jlab.org/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Goetz 2026-04-12T20:53:16Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.42.1 https://clonwiki0.jlab.org/wiki/index.php?title=ADC_Pedestals_Measurement_Procedure&diff=3726 2008-12-16T16:17:55Z

<p>Goetz: </p> <hr /> <div>1. tsconnect to ec1, ec2, sc1 and lac1 crates and type following commands on VXWORKS prompt:<br /> <br /> netonhost<br /> proconhost <br /> <br /> to switch those crates to the pedestal measurement mode.<br /> <br /> 2. Take about 8k events with following DAQ conditions: CODA configuration is PEDS_ALL, trigger configuration file ''calib/peds_all.cfg''. File ''/raid/stage_in/peds_all_xxxxxx.A00'' will be created on Event Recorder's machine,<br /> where xxxxxx is run number.<br /> <br /> 3. Run command (/raid/stage_in is mounted on clondaq2)<br /> <br /> fdump /raid/stage_in/peds_all_xxxxxx.A00<br /> <br /> and make sure raw data banks EC12, RC13, RC14, RC15 and RC16 are there. Single event should look like following:<br /> <br /> key = 3 name = RUNEVENT numra = 55357 numrb = 3 icl = 20992<br /> hname numdb ncol nrow nwd format<br /> --------- ----- ---- ---- --- ---------------<br /> HEAD 0 8 1 8 I<br /> RC12 0 1 325 325 B32<br /> RC13 0 1 715 715 B32<br /> RC14 0 1 714 714 B32<br /> RC15 0 1 715 715 B32<br /> RC16 0 1 520 520 B32<br /> RC26 0 1 4 4 B32<br /> CC 1 3 36 54 B16<br /> CC 2 3 36 54 B16<br /> CC 3 3 36 54 B16<br /> CC 4 3 36 54 B16<br /> CC 5 3 36 54 B16<br /> CC 6 3 36 54 B16<br /> EC 1 3 216 324 B16<br /> EC 2 3 216 324 B16<br /> EC 3 3 216 324 B16<br /> EC 4 3 216 324 B16<br /> EC 5 3 216 324 B16<br /> EC 6 3 216 324 B16<br /> EC1 1 5 128 320 B16<br /> EC1 2 5 128 320 B16<br /> TGBI 0 5 1 5 B32<br /> SC 1 5 57 143 B16<br /> SC 2 5 57 143 B16<br /> SC 3 5 57 143 B16<br /> SC 4 5 57 143 B16<br /> SC 5 5 57 143 B16<br /> SC 6 5 57 143 B16<br /> DSTC 0 9 2 9 B16<br /> STN1 0 2 24 24 B16<br /> CALL 0 3 5 8 B16<br /> <br /> 4. Run command<br /> <br /> pedo /raid/stage_in/peds_all_xxxxxx.A00<br /> <br /> it will create following text files in ''$CLON_PARMS/pedman/archive'' directory:<br /> <br /> cc1_clasprod_xxxxxx.ped<br /> ec1_clasprod_xxxxxx.ped<br /> ec2_clasprod_xxxxxx.ped<br /> lac1_clasprod_xxxxxx.ped<br /> sc1_clasprod_xxxxxx.ped<br /> <br /> Look through those files to make sure they looks reasonable, for example:<br /> <br /> more /usr/local/clas/parms/pedman/archive/cc1_clasprod_055357.ped<br /> 6 0 538 4.104 20<br /> 6 1 597 9.255 20<br /> 6 2 523 3.424 20<br /> 6 3 550 4.939 20<br /> 6 4 564 6.095 20<br /> 6 5 564 5.576 20<br /> 6 6 669 2.679 20<br /> 6 7 581 2.841 20<br /> 6 8 594 2.825 20<br /> 6 9 577 2.799 20<br /> ....................<br /> <br /> Five columns means following: slot number, channel number, pedestal, pedestal's sigma, pedestal offset (pedestal+offset value will be used for ADC boards sparsification).<br /> <br /> Dead channels will be presented as following:<br /> <br /> 2 51 999 99.999 20<br /> <br /> Channels with big siagmas (significantly bigger then 10) must be investigated:<br /> <br /> 5 61 543 128.842 20<br /> <br /> At the same time following files will be created in ''$CLON_PARMS/pedman/Tfiles'' directory:<br /> <br /> cc.trans_clasprod_xxxxxx.txt<br /> ec.trans_clasprod_xxxxxx.txt<br /> lac.trans_clasprod_xxxxxx.txt<br /> pc.trans_clasprod_xxxxxx.txt<br /> ps.trans_clasprod_xxxxxx.txt<br /> sc.trans_clasprod_xxxxxx.txt<br /> st.trans_clasprod_xxxxxx.txt<br /> stn.trans_clasprod_xxxxxx.txt<br /> tac.trans_clasprod_xxxxxx.txt<br /> <br /> Those files contains the same information as files in ''$CLON_PARMS/pedman/archive'' directory, but it presented based on detectors, not crates-slots.<br /> <br /> 5. Run command<br /> <br /> pedman_links xxxxxx<br /> <br /> to create symbolic links to the latest pedestal files. Those links will be used by DAQ starting from following ''Download'' transition.<br /> <br /> 6. On tsconnect's to ec1, ec2, sc1 and lac1 crates, type following commands on VXWORKS prompt:<br /> <br /> netonpmc<br /> proconpmc <br /> <br /> to return those crates to the production mode.</div>

Goetz https://clonwiki0.jlab.org/wiki/index.php?title=ADC_Pedestals_Measurement_Procedure&diff=3725 2008-12-16T16:12:27Z

<p>Goetz: </p> <hr /> <div>1. tsconnect to ec1, ec2, sc1 and lac1 crates and type following commands on VXWORKS prompt:<br /> <br /> netonhost<br /> proconhost <br /> <br /> to switch those crates to the pedestal measurement mode.<br /> <br /> 2. Take about 8k events with following DAQ conditions: CODA configuration is PEDS_ALL, trigger configuration file ''calib/peds_all.cfg''. File ''/raid/stage_in/peds_all_xxxxxx.A00'' will be created on Event Recorder's machine,<br /> where xxxxxx is run number.<br /> <br /> 3. Run command (/raid/stage_in is mounted on clondaq2)<br /> <br /> fdump /raid/stage_in/peds_all_xxxxxx.A00<br /> <br /> and make sure raw data banks EC12, RC13, RC14, RC15 and RC16 are there. Single event should look like following:<br /> <br /> key = 3 name = RUNEVENT numra = 55357 numrb = 3 icl = 20992<br /> hname numdb ncol nrow nwd format<br /> --------- ----- ---- ---- --- ---------------<br /> HEAD 0 8 1 8 I<br /> RC12 0 1 325 325 B32<br /> RC13 0 1 715 715 B32<br /> RC14 0 1 714 714 B32<br /> RC15 0 1 715 715 B32<br /> RC16 0 1 520 520 B32<br /> RC26 0 1 4 4 B32<br /> CC 1 3 36 54 B16<br /> CC 2 3 36 54 B16<br /> CC 3 3 36 54 B16<br /> CC 4 3 36 54 B16<br /> CC 5 3 36 54 B16<br /> CC 6 3 36 54 B16<br /> EC 1 3 216 324 B16<br /> EC 2 3 216 324 B16<br /> EC 3 3 216 324 B16<br /> EC 4 3 216 324 B16<br /> EC 5 3 216 324 B16<br /> EC 6 3 216 324 B16<br /> EC1 1 5 128 320 B16<br /> EC1 2 5 128 320 B16<br /> TGBI 0 5 1 5 B32<br /> SC 1 5 57 143 B16<br /> SC 2 5 57 143 B16<br /> SC 3 5 57 143 B16<br /> SC 4 5 57 143 B16<br /> SC 5 5 57 143 B16<br /> SC 6 5 57 143 B16<br /> DSTC 0 9 2 9 B16<br /> STN1 0 2 24 24 B16<br /> CALL 0 3 5 8 B16<br /> <br /> 4. Run command<br /> <br /> pedo /raid/stage_in/peds_all_xxxxxx.A00<br /> <br /> it will create following text files in ''$CLON_PARMS/pedman/archive'' directory:<br /> <br /> cc1_clasprod_xxxxxx.ped<br /> ec1_clasprod_xxxxxx.ped<br /> ec2_clasprod_xxxxxx.ped<br /> lac1_clasprod_xxxxxx.ped<br /> sc1_clasprod_xxxxxx.ped<br /> <br /> Look through those files to make sure they looks reasonable, for example:<br /> <br /> more /usr/local/clas/parms/pedman/archive/cc1_clasprod_055357.ped<br /> 6 0 538 4.104 20<br /> 6 1 597 9.255 20<br /> 6 2 523 3.424 20<br /> 6 3 550 4.939 20<br /> 6 4 564 6.095 20<br /> 6 5 564 5.576 20<br /> 6 6 669 2.679 20<br /> 6 7 581 2.841 20<br /> 6 8 594 2.825 20<br /> 6 9 577 2.799 20<br /> ....................<br /> <br /> Five columns means following: slot number, channel number, pedestal, pedestal's sigma, pedestal offset (pedestal+offset value will be used for ADC boards sparsification).<br /> <br /> Dead channels will be presented as following:<br /> <br /> 2 51 999 99.999 20<br /> <br /> Channels with big pedestals (significantly bigger then 10) must be investigated:<br /> <br /> 5 61 543 128.842 20<br /> <br /> At the same time following files will be created in ''$CLON_PARMS/pedman/Tfiles'' directory:<br /> <br /> cc.trans_clasprod_xxxxxx.txt<br /> ec.trans_clasprod_xxxxxx.txt<br /> lac.trans_clasprod_xxxxxx.txt<br /> pc.trans_clasprod_xxxxxx.txt<br /> ps.trans_clasprod_xxxxxx.txt<br /> sc.trans_clasprod_xxxxxx.txt<br /> st.trans_clasprod_xxxxxx.txt<br /> stn.trans_clasprod_xxxxxx.txt<br /> tac.trans_clasprod_xxxxxx.txt<br /> <br /> Those files contains the same information as files in ''$CLON_PARMS/pedman/archive'' directory, but it presented based on detectors, not crates-slots.<br /> <br /> 5. Run command<br /> <br /> pedman_links xxxxxx<br /> <br /> to create symbolic links to the latest pedestal files. Those links will be used by DAQ starting from following ''Download'' transition.<br /> <br /> 6. On tsconnect's to ec1, ec2, sc1 and lac1 crates, type following commands on VXWORKS prompt:<br /> <br /> netonpmc<br /> proconpmc <br /> <br /> to return those crates to the production mode.</div>

Goetz