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This page describes how to compile and run the RCE teststand software at SLAC and CERN. Checking out the packages from SLAC CVS requires a SLAC Unix login account. Required steps are identical for the SLAC and CERN environment unless

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otherwise mentioned.

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Recommended host settings used in examples

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SLAC module setup:

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Cosmic Telescope (rce20)

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SLAC Lab1 Teststand (there is no known good module configuration available: M511958 can be used instead)

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A teststand can be booked here:

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https://pc-sct-www01.cern.ch/cgi-bin/workplan.cgi?cIndex=1

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Time slots are CERN time (CET or CEST).

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Setting the RCE development environment (C-Shell)

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source /reg/g/atlas/rcecalib/setup/setup_rce.csh

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To execute this setup at login the follwing lines should be

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added to $HOME/.cshrc

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if ( -r /reg/g/atlas/rcecalib/setup/setup_rce.csh ) then source /reg/g/atlas/rcecalib/setup/setup_rce.csh >& /dev/null endif

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Setup for Bourne-Shell

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source  /reg/g/atlas/rcecalib/setup/setup_rce.sh

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Or adding the

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following lines to $HOME/.bash_profile

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if [ ! -r /reg/g/atlas/rcecalib/setup/setup_rce.sh ]; then source /reg/g/atlas/rcecalib/setup/setup_rce.sh 2>&1 > /dev/null fi

Checking out 

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and setting up the RCE and STControl/PixLib packages into a directory. The setup scripts assume that top RCE release directory

Edit setup_rce.csh and set the RCE release path

is found in $HOME/rce. HOME should point to /reg/lab1/home/$USER. Several release installations should be managed by symbolic links.

[BUILD_HOST] mkdir $HOME/RCE
[BUILD_HOST] cd $HOME/RCE
[BUILD_HOST] cvs co -d rcecalib-CVS-HEAD release
[BUILD_HOST] cd $HOME
[BUILD_HOST] ln -s RCE/rcecalib-CVS-HEAD rce
[BUILD_HOST] cd rce
[BUILD_HOST] cvs co pixlib rce rceapp rceers rceowl rcecalib rceipc rceis rceoh rceusr

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Building the RCE and STControl/pixlib packages.

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Note: for  some RCE the code needs to be compiled  compiled with the RCE_INTERFACE=1. The default setting is RCE_INTERFACE=0 (see table above)

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[BUILD_HOST] make i386-linux
[BUILD_HOST] make ppc-rtems-rce405-opt RCE_INTERFACE=1
[BUILD_HOST] cd pixlib
[BUILD_HOST] make

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Running a threshold scan and retrieve S-Curve-Fit, Occpancy and ToT mean/sigma

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• Start ipc initial and 'rcetest' partition

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  [IPC_HOST] ipc_server & [IPC_HOST] ipc_server -p rcetest & [IPC_HOST} is_server -p rcetest -n RceIsServer &

• Download the calibration server application to the RCE.

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  host_bootloader -r rce31 -s cmdcalib.txt -i ~/ipc_root.ref -l ~/rce/build/rcecalib/mod/ppc-rtems-rce405-opt/calibservermod.1.0.prod.so

• cmdcalib.txt contains commands executed by host_bootloader. For example

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  reboot setenv TDAQ_PARTITION rcetest setenv TDAQ_IS_COMPRESSION_THRESHOLD 100000000 reboot

• Run the command line calibration client on the SLAC Lab1 teststand; the module is connected to channel 4.

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  [IPC_HOST] calibclient -p rcetest -c 4 -m /reg/g/atlas/rcecalib/moduleconfigs/M511958/configs/CosTel.cfg

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Running STcontrol

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• To start STcontrol

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  [IPC_HOST] STcontrol

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cd rcerel
make i386_linux
make ppc-rtems-rce405-opt
cd ..

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