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[[Detector Control System (DCS) for ALICE Front-end electronics | Detector Control System]]<br />
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Since there are several packages required for a full DCS for Front-end electronics this page will accumulate versions which have been testet together. It's also reasonable to have only one place for downloading.<br />
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== FeeServer ==<br />
* [http://www.ift.uib.no/~kjeks/download/feeserver-0.9.1-rcu-0.9.2.tar.gz Version 0.9.1 with CE v 0.9.2 for RCU]<br />
** core updated to 0.9.1<br />
** Logging<br />
*** INFO log level removed from core default log level<br />
*** log level for initialization is 'Info', after init changed to 'Warning' <br />
** State Machines<br />
*** support for temporary states and guard structure added<br />
*** Handler for USER defined states added to dispatcher, dynamic transition handling implemented<br />
*** high-level commands CE_GET_TRANSITIONS, CE_GET_STATENAME, CE_GET_STATES, and CE_GET_STATE implemented for devices <br />
** MsgBuffer access encapsulated completely in separate class DCSCMsgBuffer<br />
*** check of msgBufferInterface driver and intelligent handling of failures <br />
** TPC/RCU<br />
*** MAIN state machine corrected according to the lates agreements<br />
*** ramping of FECs power on/off, FECs are switched with at least 1 second delay between each other<br />
*** apply final naming scheme for FECs if server name follows the naming rule TPC-FEE_x_y_z.<br />
*** ACTEL control device added <br />
** Commands<br />
*** command set version 4 and 5<br />
*** FEE_CONFIGURE improved: scanning of hardware address and printout, history of pending FEE_CONFIGURE commands <br />
** Misc<br />
*** CE_FORCE_CH_UPDATE updates all services beginning with specified string<br />
*** service update is stopped during command execution<br />
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* [http://www.ift.uib.no/~kjeks/download/feeserver-0.8-rcu-0.9.tar.gz Version 0.8.1 with CE v 0.9 for RCU]<br />
** core updated to 0.8.1<br />
** CE++ interface finnished, fully object oriented CE<br />
** TPC and PHOS CE converted to CE++<br />
** support and examples for TRD and FMD added<br />
** CE publishs also int and char channels<br />
** Sub-device handling implemented<br />
** ACTIONS can be send to all sub-device state machines<br />
** user defined states added to StateMachine, flexible translation scheme by CEStateMapper object<br />
** rpm support added<br />
** RCU CE<br />
*** detector flavors derive from RCU CE base class<br />
*** flexible branch layout<br />
*** detector specific FEC implementation inherits from FEC base class<br />
*** RCU registers published as int channels, currently AFL and ERRST<br />
*** switch for 5/8-bit SlowControl interface foreseen, 8-bit access has to be implemented<br />
* [http://www.ift.uib.no/~kjeks/download/feeserver-0.7-rcu-0.8.5.tar.gz Version 0.7.6 with CE v 0.8.5 for RCU]<br />
** conversion to feeserver core version 0.7.6<br />
** command set version 3: access commands for all RCU registers added<br />
** file descriptor leak in shell program execution fixed<br />
** benchmark output enabled by ''--enable-benchmark''<br />
** FEC simulation implemented, enabled by ''--enable-fecsim''<br />
** all probing for RCU firmware features and FEC configuration is disabled by default and can be enabled by ''--enable-auto-detection''<br />
* [http://www.ift.uib.no/~kjeks/download/feeserver-0.7-rcu-0.8.tar.gz Version 0.7.3 with CE v 0.8 for RCU]<br />
** CE converted to C++<br />
** base classes for state machines<br />
** FEE_CONFIGURATION commands implemented<br />
** high-level commands and actions implemented<br />
** FeeServer used in TPC commissioning from May 2006<br />
** CE log messages both printed to std channels and sent as DIM messages <br />
* [http://www.ift.uib.no/~kjeks/download/feeserver-0.7-rcu-0.6.2.tar.gz Version 0.7.3 with CE v 0.6.2 for RCU]<br />
** version of the DCS workshop March 06<br />
** '''Note:''' this version does not send any log messages from the ''ControlEngine'' through the DIM message channel (will be fixed in the next version).<br />
* [http://www.ift.uib.no/~kjeks/download/FeeServer-0.7-rcu-0.5.tar.gz Version 0.7.3 with CE v 0.5 for RCU]<br />
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== FeeClient ==<br />
* [http://www.ift.uib.no/~kjeks/download/feeclient-0.6.tar.gz Version 0.6]<br />
** enhanced documentation<br />
** basic structure: ''core,'' ''sample client'', ''utilities''<br />
** '''NOTE:''' The ''FeeClientLimImp'' class has been renamed to ''FeeSampleClient''<br />
** support for further CE commands added to ''feeserver-ctrl''<br />
** [http://www.ift.uib.no/~kjeks/download/feeclient-0.6-doc.tar.gz Documentation of Version 0.6]<br />
** [http://www.ift.uib.no/~kjeks/doc/feeclient Online Documentation of Version 0.6]<br />
* [http://www.ift.uib.no/~kjeks/download/feeclient-0.5.tar.gz Version 0.5]<br />
** Includes updated version of FeeClientLibImp, capable of communicating simultaneously with several FeeServers even if they respond in different order than called.<br />
** View README file on how to install package.<br />
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== InterComLayer ==<br />
* [http://www.ift.uib.no/~kjeks/download/interComLayer-0.5.tbz Version 0.5.0]<br />
** Note: there have been changes in the naming of the services, FeeServer versions 0.7-rcu-0.5 or later require at least version v0.4.3 of the InterComLayer<br />
* [http://www.ift.uib.no/~kjeks/download/interComLayer_v042.tar.gz Version 0.4.2]<br />
** this version of the InterComLayer works only with FeeServers 0.7-rcu-0.4<br />
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=== Tools ===<br />
* [http://www.ift.uib.no/~kjeks/download/startInterComLayer.tgz startInterComLayer]: helper script for startup and on-the-fly changes of a default configuration. Description can be found on the [[Setup of low-level DCS for TPC Front-end electronics#The Intercom Layer | TPC FEE setup]] page.<br />
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== ARM cross compiler ==<br />
* [http://www.ift.uib.no/~kjeks/download/arm-uclibc-3.3.1-toolchain.tar.bz2 precompiled package] to be unpacked to <i>/usr/local/arm</i><br />
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== DCS board software for TPC ==<br />
=== RCU shell ===<br />
To update the rcu shell on the DCS board unpack the corresponding tar file, e.g.<br />
#logon to dcs board<br />
cd /tmp<br />
wget http://www.ift.uib.no/~kjeks/download/rcu-sh-1.4.tar.gz<br />
tar xzvf rcu-sh-1.4.tar.gz -C /<br />
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* [http://www.ift.uib.no/~kjeks/download/rcu-sh-1.4.tar.gz rcu-sh version 1.4]<br />
** new DCS board firmware v2.2 supported<br />
*** writing of compressed data<br />
*** faster flash access<br />
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* [http://www.ift.uib.no/~dominik/files/rcu-sh-1.5.tar.gz rcu-sh 1.5]<br />
** requires driver version 0.6<br />
** lock functionality enhanced<br />
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==== Source code ====<br />
The source code of rcu-sh, drivers and additional RCU Flash memory tools.<br />
* [http://www.ift.uib.no/~kjeks/download/rculinux-1.5.tar.gz package version 1.5]<br />
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=== RCU bus driver ===<br />
To update the rcubus driver on the DCS board unpack the corresponding tar file, e.g.<br />
#logon to dcs board<br />
cd /tmp<br />
wget http://www.ift.uib.no/~kjeks/download/rcubus_driver_0.6-debug.tgz<br />
tar xzvf rcubus_driver_0.6-debug.tgz -C /<br />
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* [http://www.ift.uib.no/~kjeks/download/rcubus_driver_0.6-debug.tgz rcubus_driver version 0.6 debug]<br />
** enhanced and fixed lock functionality<br />
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=== DCS board scripts ===<br />
* [http://www.ift.uib.no/~kjeks/download/tpc-fecmonitor.sh.tgz tpc-fecmonitor.sh] - rcu-sh script generator for TPC Front-end card monitoring<br />
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== Network setup Tools ==<br />
=== Name server ===<br />
* [http://www.ift.uib.no/~kjeks/download/names-feenet.sh.tgz names-feenet.sh] - name server routing generator<br />
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== Download Archive ==<br />
Check the [[Download Archive]] if you are interested in ancient stuff.<br />
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== RCU Gui ==<br />
[http://cholm.web.cern.ch/cholm/alice/fee/#rcuxx The RCU Gui written by Christian H. Chritensen]<br />
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== FeeCom software ==<br />
The core FeeCom software can be found at<br />
* [https://www.ztt.fh-worms.de/download/alice/ FeeCom software] can be found at the ZTT (for login contact the ZTT).<br />
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== Further information and downloads for the ARM linux on the DCS board ==<br />
* [http://frodo.nt.fh-koeln.de/%7Etkrawuts/dcs.html Armlinux] for the DCS board by Tobias Krawutschke</div>Dfe002