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 otherwise mentioned.
Recommended host settings used in examples
| SLAC (Lab1) | SLAC (cosmic telescope) | CERN |
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[BUILD_HOST] | rddev101 | rddev101 | pcslac02a |
[IPC_HOST] | atca01 | rdcds105 | pcslac02a |
[RCE] | rce20 | rce22 | rce27 |
[RCE_INTERFACE] | 0 | 0 | 1 |
SLAC module setup:
Cosmic Telescope (rce20)
Module | Channel | TurboDAQ Configuration File |
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M511958 | 2 | /reg/g/atlas/rcecalib/moduleconfigs/M511958/configs/CosTel.cfg |
M512819 | 3 | /reg/g/atlas/rcecalib/moduleconfigs/M512819/configs/CosTel.cfg |
M512737 | 6 | /reg/g/atlas/rcecalib/moduleconfigs/M512737/configs/CosTel.cfg |
M512855 | 7 | /reg/g/atlas/rcecalib/moduleconfigs/M512855/configs/CosTel.cfg |
SLAC Lab1 Teststand (there is no known good module configuration available: M511958 can be used instead)
Module | Channel | TurboDAQ Configuration File |
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M12898 | 4 | /reg/g/atlas/rcecalib/moduleconfigs/M511958/configs/CosTel.cfg |
A teststand can be booked here:
https://pc-sct-www01.cern.ch/cgi-bin/workplan.cgi?cIndex=1
Time slots are CERN time (CET or CEST).
Setting the RCE development environment (C-Shell)
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source /reg/g/atlas/rcecalib/setup/setup_rce.csh |
To execute this setup at login the follwing lines should be 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 |
Setup for Bourne-Shell
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source /reg/g/atlas/rcecalib/setup/setup_rce.sh |
Or adding the 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 and setting up the RCE and STControl/PixLib packages into a directory. The setup scripts assume that top RCE release directory is found in $HOME/rce. HOME should point to /reg/lab1/home/$USER. Several release installations should be managed by symbolic links.
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[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 |
Building the RCE and STControl/pixlib packages.
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 |
Running a threshold scan and retrieve S-Curve-Fit, Occpancy and ToT mean/sigma
- Start ipc initial and 'rcetest' partition
Code Block [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.
Code Block 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
Code Block 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.
Code Block [IPC_HOST] calibclient -p rcetest -c 4 -m /reg/g/atlas/rcecalib/moduleconfigs/M511958/configs/CosTel.cfg
Running STcontrol
- To start STcontrol
Code Block [IPC_HOST] STcontrol