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Current status and testing instructions for L2 boards

[Board Status] [Testing Instructions] [Useful References]

Board status as of 02/06/03

• See UCLA tracklist status page for more details about XTRPlist and SVTlist boards.
• Make sure PROM in the spare you are inserting are the same as those of the board you are removing
• Make sure to set dip switches on the RECES boards when you swap boards in and to check the fuse on the panel for RECES in case of problems
  

• Step 1: Before testing a new board, it is a good idea to verify that you are starting with a working crate stuffed with tested boards. In order to do this, perform a baseline L2_TORTURE run. The parameters for such a run can be found in Parameters -> Run parameters -> Ace on the run control GUI. While all of the parameters should be set to the right values, it is a good idea to check L2AutoAccept (which should be zero unless you start getting errors), SvtMode (should say "hw=stephen4"), and Extra 1 (which should be set to 1 to get fake tracks from XTRP). The crates necessary for baseline testing are central CAL, L1 & L2 calorimeter crates (for clustering), L1 global crate, SVT crates 6 & 7, XTRP, and of course the L2 crate. It is also useful to have scalers. While running, do a minicom to the alpha (telnet b0dap10, minicom b0l2pr04) to look for error messages. Check TrigMon plots (see next step).

• Step 2: If you are checking a run in progress, open TrigMon's window by setting up the offline environment in the usual way (source ~cdfsoft/cdf2.cshrc, setup cdfsoft2 development, setup cdfsoftb0) and typing "HistoDisplayMain &". Then select "Socket Connection", go to Connection->Status, and select TrigMon there. (Note: that if TrigMon is not running, start it with runTrigMon partition_number). If you are not checking a run in progress, the TrigMon root files can be found as follows. The files from recent runs are located on /data1/consumer/results/TrigMon. After 24 hours, they are copied to /cdf/cdf-cf-data1/cdf_cf/results/TrigMon. In order to run TrigMon on an existing root file, open a TrigMon window as described above and select "Other ROOT file", type in the name of the file (e.g., /data1/consumer/results/TrigMon/TrigMon145775aa.root), and click "Open". The following histograms should be looked at:
  • Slides:
  • CLIST_canvas (should be diagonal)
  • CLIST_energy_canvas (anything on the plot is an error)
  • ISOLIST_sideshow_canvas (should be diagonal)
  • L2_Magic_Bus (explanations are on the histogram)
  • L2_Tracklist (should be diagonal)
  • TrigMon:
  • In L2TriggerMonitor:
    • Isolist monitor (Non-expert plots)
    • L1 Interface monitor (Non-expert plots)
  • In TL2DMonitor:
    • Diagnostic words
    • SVT Track Interface (go through the mismatch plots)
    • XTRP Track Interface (look at mismatch and track match plots)
    • XCES Interfaces (ADC distribution)

• Generic L2 documentation
• L2 monitoring
• TrigMon