Trigger Rack Configuration
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CAMAC
VXI-D
NIM 1
NIM 2
VME





Description of Trigger Electronics

Crates
Slot No
Modules
Brief functional description
CAMAC 1 BiRa 5408-1 8-ch 12-bit DAC; CC pretrigger thresholds
  2 LeCroy 2313 16 Channel Programmable Discriminator, ECL
  3 LeCroy 4413 16 Channel Programmable Discriminator, ECL
  4 LeCroy 4418 16 Channel Programmable Logic Delay 32 Fan-Out, ECL
  5 LeCroy 4413 16 Channel Programmable Discriminator, ECL
  7 LeCroy 2313 16 Channel Programmable Discriminator, ECL
  9 LeCroy 4516 16 Channel 3-Fold Programmable Logic Unit, ECL
  10 CAEN C207 16-ch Prog. Discriminator; LAC pretrigger thresholds
  11 CAEN C207 16-ch Prog. Discrim.; EC pretrig.thresholds (Sec.1) -> VXI-D (sl.2)
  12 CAEN C207 16-ch Prog. Discrim.; EC pretrig.thresholds (Sec.2) -> VXI-D (sl.3)
  13 CAEN C207 16-ch Prog. Discrim.; EC pretrig.thresholds (Sec.3) -> VXI-D (sl.4)
  14 CAEN C207 16-ch Prog. Discrim.; EC pretrig.thresholds (Sec.4) -> VXI-D (sl.5)
  15 CAEN C207 16-ch Prog. Discrim.; EC pretrig.thresholds (Sec.5) -> VXI-D (sl.6)
  16 CAEN C207 16-ch Prog. Discrim.; EC pretrig.thresholds (Sec.6) -> VXI-D (sl.7)
  17 Phillips 7120 Precision Charge/Time Generator; FC Calibration STOP and START
  18
  19 KineticSystems 3660 Programmable Clock Generator; Clock for Phillips 7120
  20 LeCroy 2313 16 Channel Programmable Discriminator, ECL
  21 LeCroy 2313 16 Channel Programmable Discriminator, ECL
  22 LeCroy 4418 16 Channel Programmable Logic Delay 32 Fan-Out, ECL
  23 LeCroy 4516 16 Channel 3-Fold Programmable Logic Unit, ECL
  24 KineticSystems 3922 Parallel Bus Crate Controller
  25

VXI-D 1 MVME 2306 Motorola's VME Processor Module
JLAB Clock Module High MHz Clock for Level 1 Log.Modules; Two cables -> VXI-D (sl.9)
  2 JLAB Logic Module (5 Inputs / 1 Output) Level 1, Sector 1
  3 JLAB Logic Module (5 Inputs / 1 Output) Level 1, Sector 2
  4 JLAB Logic Module (5 Inputs / 1 Output) Level 1, Sector 3
  5 JLAB Logic Module (5 Inputs / 1 Output) Level 1, Sector 4
  6 JLAB Logic Module (5 Inputs / 1 Output) Level 1, Sector 5
  7 JLAB Logic Module (5 Inputs / 1 Output) Level 1, Sector 6
  8 Event Processor 6 Input Channels collect Outputs from 6 Sectors of Level 1
  9 JLAB Clock Delay Two delay cables -> VXI-D (sl.1: Clock Module)
  10 OR Module 32 Input Channels (diffECL), VME Programmable
  11 JLAB RESET Board VME Module in VME/VXI Adapter
  12 JLAB TS Trigger Supervisor with 12 Independent Level-1 Inputs
  13 JLAB Converter NIM/seECL/NIM
JLAB Fan-out diffECL Fan-out of 12 PRESCALED from TS

NIM 1 1 Phillips 792 Delay Module; Delay for ADC GATE
  2 JLAB Delayed Fan-out L1 ACCEPT -> ADC GATE and TDC START
  3 JLAB Fan-out seECL -> 7 seECL; Fan-out of TDC START
  4 JLAB Fan-out seECL -> 8 diffECL; Fan-out of ADC GATE
  5 Phillips 757 (octal) Mixed Logic Unit; Inputs: EN, GO, BUSY from TS
  6 Phillips 726 TTL/NIM/ECL Level Translator; Not used
  7 Phillips 726 TTL/NIM/ECL Level Translator; for UNGATED Scaler
  8 LeCroy 4616 ECL/NIM/ECL Converter; for RUNGATED Scaler
  9 LeCroy 4616 ECL/NIM/ECL Converter; for LIVEGATED Scaler
  10 LeCroy 429A (4x4) Logic Fan In/Out; Inputs: Calib. STOP/START, OR Module BUSY
  11 Phillips 706 Leading Edge Discriminator; EC LASER, Helicity, Helicity-bar
  12 Phillips 757 (single) Mixed Logic Unit; Fan-out of Calib. STOP from 7120

NIM 2 1 Phillips 726 FE BUSY from FC (1-5) -> "OR" Module (VXI-D: "clastrig2")
HELICITY BITS (8&9) -> LD1 (14&15, VME: "scaler1")
LEV-2 SECTOR BITS (11-16) -> LD2 (0-5, VME: "scaler1")
  2 Phillips 794 (quad) Gate/Delay Generator; FAST CLEAR and L1 ACC from TS,
INHIBIT for TS and Delay for TDC START
  3 JLAB Converter NIM->seECL (2x4), seECL->NIM (2x4)
  4 Phillips 757 (octal) Mixed Logic Unit; Mostly for HELICITY
  5 Phillips 726 TTL/NIM/ECL; ECL Outputs: ASYNC.MOR.MISC -> FC Lev.3
  6 Phillips 794 (3) Gate/Delay Generator; Inverted HELICITY -> Counting Room
  7 JLAB Fan-out (12->A,B) A. PRESCALED from TS -> (0-11) V560E (sl.7, VME: "scaler1")
B. PRESCALED from TS -> (0-11) LD1 (sl.15, VME: "scaler1")
  8 JLAB Fan-out (12->A,B) Fan out of OR LEV-1 TRIG
  9 JLAB Clock Generator 1 MHz, 100KHz, 10KHz, 1KHz
  10 JLAB Dual Converter A. L1 ACCEPT, seECL -> diffECL
B. HELICITY, NIM -> diffECL
  11 JLAB Converter
seECL/diffECL (2x16)
OR LEV-1 TRIG, L1 ACCEPT and TS CLEAR -> "scaler1"
  12 JLAB Fan-out (seECL->8) 4 seECL outputs (TS CLEAR) -> Space Frame
4 diffECL outputs (TS CLEAR) -> FC: SC1, CC1, EC1, EC2

VME 1 MVME 2400 Motorola's VME Processor Module
  2 JLAB RESET Board Remote Power Reset
  3 JLAB TI Board VME Trigger Interface; BRANCH IN/OUT -> TS
  4 CAEN V560E 16 Channel Scaler; No VETO, UNGATED
  5 CAEN V560E 16 Channel Scaler; VETO = Inverted GO from TS, RUNGATED
  6 CAEN V560E 16 Channel Scaler; VETO = TS BUSY or TS EN1, LIVEGATED
  7 CAEN V560E 16 Channel Scaler; No VETO; (0-11) PRESCALED from TS,
(12) L1 ACCEPT, (13) OR LEV-1 TRIG
  8 CAEN V560E 16-ch Scaler; No VETO; (0) L2 FAIL, (1) L2 PASS [copies to TS]
(2) L2 START, (3) TS CLEAR, (4) L2 ACC, (5) L3 ACC [from TS]
(8-15) from MLU2 (outputs:8-15, sl.17)
  9 CAEN V560E 16-ch Scaler; No VETO; (0-15) from MLU1 (outputs:0-15, sl.14)
  10 FT Optic Board HELICITY, optic IN -> 2 NIM Outputs
  11 JLAB FLEXIO Not used
  12 JLAB Converter, 5 sec. Fan-out with Converter (seECL -> diffECL -> seECL)
  13 JLAB LF1 VME Latch FIFO; (0-15) In-1 <- LD1 (Out-1:0-15, sl.15)
                      (Daisy-chain) In-2 -> MLU1 (inputs:0-15, sl.14)
BUF <- L2 ACC, STB <- RDY1 from LD1 (sl.15)
  14 JLAB MLU1 VME Memory Lookup Unit; (0-15) Inputs <- LF1 (In-2, sl.13)
(0-15) Outputs -> Scaler CAEN V560E (sl.9)
ENA1 <- RDY2 from LD1 (sl.15)
  15 JLAB LD1 VME Latch Driver; (0-11) Inputs <- PRESCALED from TS
                               (14&15) Inputs <- HELICITY BITS
(0-15) Out-1 -> LF1 (In-1, sl.13)
 (0-9)  Out-2 -> MLU2 (inputs:6-15, sl.17)
RDY1 -> STB of LF1 (sl.13), RDY2 -> ENA1 of MLU1 (sl.14)
STB <- L1 ACC from TS, GTO1=GTIN (joined by jupmers)
  17 JLAB MLU2 VME Mem. Lookup Unit; (0-5) Inputs <- LD2 (Out-1:0-5, sl.18)
                                         (6-15) Inputs <- LD1 (Out-2:0-9, sl.15)
   (0)    Output  -> L2 FAIL to TS
   (1)    Output  -> L2 PASS to TS
 (4-7) Outputs -> LF2 (In-2:12-15, sl.20)
(8-15) Outputs -> Scaler CAEN V560E (inputs:8-15, sl.8)
ENA1 <- RDY1 from LD2 (sl.18), RDY2 -> STB of LF2 (sl.20)
  18 JLAB LD2 VME Latch Driver; (0-5) Inputs <- L2 SECT.BITS from Lev2 MLU
 (0-5)  Out-1 -> MLU2 (inputs:0-5, sl.17)
(0-11) Out-2 -> LF2 (In-2:0-11, sl.20)
RDY1 -> ENA1 of MLU2 (sl.17), GTIN <- L2 START from TS
  20 JLAB LF2 VME Latch FIFO;  (0-11) In-2 <- LD2 (Out-2:0-11, sl.18)
                                   (12-15) In-2 <- MLU2 (outputs:4-7, sl.17)
BUF <- L2 ACC, STB <- RDY2 from MLU2 (sl.17)


by Serguei A. Pozdniakov