August 15, 2012 online meeting minutes
present: Sergey Boyarinov, Sergey Pozdnyakov, Hovanes, Stepan, Scott, Ben, Valery, Hai, Chris, Pasyuk
1. New CTP delivery by summer 2014, it will be modified GTP. HPS trigger algorithm will be upgraded with cluster multiplicity, and better energy calibration procedure must be developed. If new CTP is not ready in time, HPS can use existing GTP, cost estimate $8000 per board, plus manpower for FPGA programming. Discriminators/TDCs will be used as for now, FADCs will have independent timing measurements, as well as scalers. EPICS info must be in datastream. Event header should be in datastream. VME slot number will be used in FPGA programming instead of payload number.
New firmware for FADC is needed to add TDC measurement and utilize full speed for all 4 lines.
2. JInventory: waiting for quotation for barcode readers, will decide on naming convension and order barcode sheets, next week will talk about inventory database.