COB RCE setup

Setup the firmware for cob:

         copy  /mnt/boot/fpga.bit from atlas-sm02/2/0/2 (cob1_dpm02)

Setup the drivers:

copy /bin/rce_driver.sh from atlas-sm02/2/0/2 

copy /bin/driver_v5p16p0_armv7hl from atlas-sm02/2/0/2 (referenced in rce_driver.sh)

Setup YARR - follow the instructions at RCE Readout to cross-compile on rddev111 (ARM32 option) and then copy over to the YARR board: 

source /opt/rce/setup.sh

export CENTOS7_ARM32_ROOT=/opt/rce/rootfs/centos7 #(points to cross installed CentOS7)

git clone --single-branch --branch YARR_master_v1p3p1_rogue_1  https://gitlab.cern.ch/YARR/YARR.git Yarr

cd Yarr

mkdir build

cd build

cmake3 .. -DYARR_CONTROLLERS_TO_BUILD="Spec;Emu;Rogue" -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../cmake/rce-arm32 # ARM32/Centos7 on RCE

make -j8 install

copy the files to rce 


 you cam also copy from rddev111:

/root/YARR_master_v1p3p1_rogue_1 in atlas-sm02/2/0/2


done !!!!

now you can do system tests!!!!


COB testing

(only one RTM can be used for COB+linkAgg (Pgp4) testing and RTM is in Epp lab

COB PlaceTesting statusDPM 00DPM 02DPM10DPM 12DPM 20DPM 22DPM 30DPM 32
COB 05Epp lab








COB 41Epp lab








COB 06Epp labfor data transmission







COB 11Epp labtesting now

YARR setup

ch1/ch0

YARR setup

ch2/ch3

YARR setup

ch4/ch5

YARR setup

ch6/ch7

YARR setup

ch8/ch9

YARR setup

ch10/ch11 (digital with errors)

YARR setup

ch12/ch13 (digital with errors)

YARR setup

ch14/ch15

(digital with errors)

DPM22 tested with other channels still have an issue running with digital scan

DPM30 tested with other channels still have an issue running with digital scan

DPM32 tested with other channels still have an issue running with digital scan

(Testing status can be also checked out in link)



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