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python scripts/wave8LoadFpga.py --l 5 --mcs /cds/home/c/cpo/junk/Wave8DigitizerPgp4_6Gbps-0x02020000-20211210145222-ruckman-4592987.mcs

Running the Wave8 at 1 MHz in SRCF

wave8_config.py was kludged up to avoid the need for an IOC.  PV interactions were commented out.  Rogue interactions were added to modulate the BlowOff bit and set some register values.

Initially we couldn't get any timing frames to come through (phase2s).  Matt determined that this was due to the wave8 Rogue Top object instantiation "stealing" the datastream VC away from the DAQ.  Since there is no vcMask parameter to Top() yet, we modified the code to replace the datadev VC1 with the one for simulation.  After this, we saw timing frames go through the DAQ.

Matt notes, "All the buffering is in the Wave8.  The KCU does no timing for wave8.  You do have to consider how the wave8 is configured.  By default, it has 8 raw waveforms with 256 samples at 2 bytes per sample plus some processed data (about 100 bytes).  That is >4kB per event.  At 1MHz , that's 4GB/second, while the PGP link is only 6Gb/s."

Running the wave8 DRP with some ADCs disabled causes it to seg fault.

With RawBuffers.BuffLen set to 32 (samples, I'm guessing), a 1 MHz run with 0 deadtime succeeded.  Also Disable went through.

RIX Mono Encoder

See Chris Ford's page here:  UDP Encoder Interface (rix Mono Encoder)

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