Outer Detector DAQ Online Documentation

last update: 2/14/97, RJW (GMC,HGB)

Clickable map of OD DAQ hardware elements here !

1. Help! Trouble-shooting manual for shift workers running the OD DAQ at SuperKam.
2. Troubleshooting Guide for oddaq, by Ken Young (to be expanded).
3. New! Graph of trigger rate vs threshold mV for LE trigger [postscript file; 1/28/97].
   
4. Overall DAQ documentation page for Outer Detector. [update: 25 March/96].
   This page contains hyperlinks to the subsystem manuals listed below.
5. Documentation for U. of Washington electronics boards and modules:
   • Manual for the Fastbus power supplies. [12 Dec./96] ( postcript file).
6. Memos describing revision history for OD DAQ custom electronics boards made at UWa.
7. Cabling diagrams:
   • fastbus crate,
   • VME crate,
   • Interconnection diagram for the Quadrant Hut OD DAQ electronics.
   • Table of cables for OD-DAQ.
8. Description of ODDAQ Test Stand at the SuperK site.
9. Plan for Progress on OD-DAQ, including Rules of Engagement.
10. Procedure for performing I-V tests on PMTs, by Hans Berns.
11. A list of IP addresses for ethernet nodes used by the OD DAQ system.
12. email message logs from UWa group to document ODDAQ development issues.
13. Jeff George's home page, with lots of info on the collector and other DAQ software.
14. Report on performance tests on Lecroy 1877 TDCs at UWa, also available in a ps version.
15. Manual for the VME to HOST software. [in prep.].
    The programs are located at sukant/online/src/skod/collector.c, etc. You can view this from the guest account on sukant.
16. Manual for shift workers running the OD DAQ at SuperKam. [15 March/96]
17. Description of the BU Discriminator/QTC modules.
18. Manual for the Fast Bus to VME dual port memory. [prelim version on 20 March/96]
    • backup copies at UW (Seattle) and mochi (Japan) available.
19. FSCC Data Taking Program Package User Manual [12/03/96, backup copy]

Hyperlinks to data sheets of purchased industrial modules for the OD DAQ:

• BiRa model 9101: Fastbus Smart Crate Controller (FSCC)
• BiRa model FBA-771: Fastbus RS485 auxiliary interface
• BiRa model 7700-SCB: NIM high-powered crate
• Bit3 model 467-1: VME controller intrface to sun sparcstation
• CAEN model V533: 32-channel VME Fifo pipeline unit
• Fermilab: DART data aquisition project
  • DART hardware documentation:
    • DC2 and DM115
    • FSCC hardware
  • DART Software Documents:
    • FSCC software (postscript)
    • VxWorks
• LeCroy TDC 1877: 96-channel Fastbus time-to-digital converter
• LeCroy Series 1450: Modular high voltage system
• LeCroy series 9360: 2.5GS/s digital storage oscilloscope
• MicroMemory model MM6390: 32 MByte VME/VSB Dual Ported Memory (DPM)
• Stanford Research Systems model DG535: 4-channel digital delay and pulse generator
• Struck model STR137 (now BATECH STR137): 128-channel Fastbus latch module
• Sun Microsystems SPARCstation 20: Desktop workstation
• TrueTime VMEbus modules: VME interface cards for GPS time
• TrueTime mod. XL-DC 602: GPS time and frequency receiver