Frontend/Trigger/DAQ Upgrade Workshop (Aug 21 - 23, 1996)
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At              University of Michigan
Hosted by       Myron Campbell, Jay Chapman, Dan Amidei
 
 
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** At the end of workshop, one of the following should be done for Charges **
**   - Decisions made, short notes summarizing (compile relevant documents)**
**   - Task list made with names and schedules attached                    **
**   - Request list made (to the CDF collaboration or managements)         **
**              <<< ALL SHOULD BE IN WRITING >>>                           **
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                        DRAFT AGENDA
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8/21
 9:00 - 11:30 general session
        Introduction            10 min          Jay Chapmann
        Goal & scope of upgrade 30 min          Upgrade Project Managers
        Goal of WG1             30 min          Bill Foster
        Goal of WG3             30 min          Myron Campbell
        Goal of WG2             30 min          Jim Patrick
 
 
11:30 -  1:00  lunch
 
 1:00 -  3:30 Overview summary of infrastructure progress
        System Clock                    20 min
        Crate/controller                30 min
        TSI protocols                   30 min
        Online software                 30 min
        Plans for vertical slice test   30 min
 
 3:30 -  5:30  individual working groups meet
 
 
8/22
 9:00 - 10:30  merged session I
10:40 - 12:00  individual working groups meet
 
12:00 -  1:30  lunch
 
 
 1:30 -  3:30  merged session II
 
 3:50 -  5:30  merged session III
 
 
8/23
 9:00 - 11:30  individual working groups meet
11:30 -  1:00  lunch
 
 1:00 - 3:30 Summary reports
        Plans for Level 3       30 min
        Summary from WG2        30 min
        Summary from WG3        30 min
        Summary from WG1        30 min
        Overall concerns        30 min
 
 3:30 - 4:00  Wrap-up
 
 
 
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                WORKING GROUPS & CHARGES
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* WG1  Frontend Electronics
coordinators:
  Foster, Lindgren/Nelson, Shepard/Barsotti, Chapman, LeCompte, Pitts
  (overall, calorimeter,       SVX,           trkTDC,   muon,    COT  )
 
  - Summary of signals to trigger systems
  - Go over detector/frontend grounding plans
  - Finalize data format, data size
  - List of plans for calibration
  - Scenario for calibration data-base size & handling
  - Workout debugging scenario of each system
  - Compile plans for online monitoring
  - Compile     startup/reset scenarios
                type of errors, detection and recovery
                timing diagrams
 
 
 
* WG2 (a) Infrastructure (Protocols...)
      (b) Online DAQ Software and Online Monitoring
      (c) Level3
coordinators:
  Patrick,     Shaw,      Schmidt,      Paris
(overall, infrastructure, TSI,    LV3 & DAQ network )
 
  - Iron out protocols
  - Sign-off specs for address format, ID prom format
  - Compile list of what else needs to be specified for infrastructure
  - Compile     startup/reset scenarios
                type of errors, detection and recovery
  - Go over online software issues (structure/language)
  - Plans for online database
  - Plans of online monitors
  - Basic plan & structures of Level3
  - Sort out manpower, schedule, milestone for Level3/DAQ
 
 
 
 
* WG3 Trigger
coordinators:
  Campbell, Wilson,   Feild/Lewis,    James, Freeman/Hughes, Risorti/Culbertson)
(overall, calorimeter, trg-tbl/simulation, muon,   XFT,            SVT)
 
 
  - Run II strawman trigger table and crosssections
  - Compile list of Detector/Physics Simulations need to be used as
    input to the trigger simulation.
  - Trigger simulation package
  - Compile system by system trigger algorithms
  - Compile a map of trigger data flow (cabling plan & data format from
    one system to next)
  - Workout debugging scenario of each system
  - Compile plans for online monitoring
  - Compile     startup/reset scenarios
                type of errors, detection and recovery
                timing diagrams
 
 
 
* for all GROUPS
 
  - Compile current versions of Design documents and technical notes
  - Compile list of future tests & goals (testbeam, vertical slice)