XROD - A Program for TOB Rod System Tests

by Juan Valls, CERN - CMS TOB Tracker Group

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TSC Menu	DCU Menu	FED Menu

 

APV Menu	OPTOHybrid Menu	DAQ Noise Scans (Frames Data)

 

DAQ Noise Scans (RMS Noise and Diff. Noise)	DAQ Gain Scans	DAQ Pulse Shape Scans

Hardware Needed

• PC computer running Linux

• 1 TSC card, 1 PMC-FEC card, and at least 1 FED-PMC card

• UTRI + CCUM cards (for single module setups)

• CCUM board + Rod (for Rod setup)

Functionality

• XROD accesses the different hardware DAQ cards (TSC, PMC-FEC, CCU, and PMC-FED) from a single interface GUI window. Registers can then be tested and programmed to desired values.
   

• XROD also accesses the write/read registers of the different front-end chips (PLL, MUX, APV, AOH, and DCU).
   

• XROD handles any readout device (single modules with any APV chip multiplicity, Rods with any number of modules and any APV chip multiplicities, etc...). The type of readout device to test is selected from the menu bar. XROD handles up to 3 PMC-FED cards without the MUX hardware. This means the readout of:
   

  • 8 modules of any APV multiplicity (4 or 6 APVs)

  • 1 single sided Rod with 6 modules of any APV chip multiplicity (4 or 6 APVs)

  • 1 double sided Rod with 12 modules (4 APVs)

  • 2 single sided Rods with 4 APV chip modules
     

• Perform and visualize different types of DAQ scans (raw data frames, pedestals, noise, gains, pulse shapes, FED timing, and optical characterization.)
   

• Runs also with external triggers (for beta source tests, cosmics,...)
   

• Data logging with ASCII  or ROOT format files.

Download Software

    XROD v1.2:  xrod_v12.tar.gz
   XROD v1.3:  xrod_v13.tar.gz
   XROD v1.4:  xrod_v14.tar.gz
   XROD v1.5:  xrod_v15.tar.gz
   XROD v1.6:  xrod_v16.tar.gz (current version)

   Additional software packages required to run XROD:

   - Basic DAQ CMS-like Lyon package (Daq_Cms_Like)

       CMS Inner Tracker Online Software Web Page
       http://cmsdoc.cern.ch/cms/cmt/System_aspects/Daq/

       DAQ Installation Guide
       http://cmsdoc.cern.ch/cms/cmt/System_aspects/Daq/Install/daqinstall.html

       Test Bench DAQ (old ?)
       ftp://lyoftp.in2p3.fr/cms/Daq/daq_guide.html

       Basic DAQ Installation Instructions (Antwerpen)
       http://hep.uia.ac.be/cms/testing/software/basicdaqinst.html#instpack

   - Gtk+ GUI Toolkit
       http://www.gtk.org/

   - GtkExtra+ GUI Toolkit
       http://gtkextra.sourceforge.net/

   - Glade Toolkit (only needed for development of XROD)
       http://glade.gnome.org

   - ROOT package 
       http://root.cern.ch

   Or get them directly from here
 

Installation

• Unzip the tar archive with: "gunzip xrod_vxx.tar.gz".

• Unpack the tar archive with: "tar xvf xrod_vxx.tar" in the directory where you want the program to be installed.

• Edit the Makefile to fit your platform needs.

• Type "make clean".

• Type "make".

• Define the environmental variable XROD_HOME to point to the main directory where XROD is installed, i.e.:
  > export XROD_HOME=$HOME/xrod_v13
  Download this simple script: xrod and place it on your home directory.

• Type "xrod" to start the program from any directory..

• Before accessing the devices make sure the configuration file has the correct hardware access values
  (all configuration files are kept in $XROD_HOME/conf)

Documentation

   Get the documentation manual in PDF format or MS word format
   (CMS Internal Note CMS IN 2003-026)