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4x Optoboard V2.1 are housed in one Optobox. This Optobox is housed in a Test-Optopanel.
We have 2 FELIX servers in B84 EPP lab, felix (running Centos7) and felix2 (running Alma Linux). The felix server has older versions of the optoboard software, whereas felix2 is brought up with the latest software and firmware releases.
Interfaces:
Please refer to our the Bern Interface Document here. All the QC connectors of the Optoboard System is explained there.
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Optoboard system support:
We collect Bern collects support requests and general questions on our Mattermost channel Bern-Optoboard (invite link). Your contacts as of Aug. 2022 are Aaron O'Neill and Daniele del Santo.
Optoboard software for FELIX:
FELIX firmware:
- felix: firmware version 2221, recommended by Sasha on July 26, 2024 (CERNbox link)
- felix2: firmware git commit ae8a2460of master (supports channel bonding for triplets + triggers on Tx channels other than 0), compiled locally
FELIX software:
- felix:
- felix2: software git commit 73d2d72a of master (compatible with the latest firmware)
Microservices software for running optoboard, developed by Bern: https://gitlab.cern.ch/bat/optoboard_We created a repository with scripting software to easily configure the Optoboard: https://gitlab.cern.ch/bat/optoboard_felix. A lot is documented in the readme and wiki of the repository.We are using FELIX version 2221 as recommended by Sasha on July 26 2023, found at this CERNbox link.
The repository is located in the directory:
/home/itkpix/optoboard-system
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- Felix: optoboard_FELIX
- felix2: same as above, tag 1.0.37
Instructions for felix server:
In a first terminal felixcore:
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