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DAQ and ECS system for TPC commissioning at Point 2

DAQ and ECS system for TPC commissioning at Point 2. Klaus Schossmaier CERN PH-AID ALICE TPC Meeting 22 November 2005. Hardware installed. RCU. RCU. RCU. RCU. PC. SIU. SIU. SIU. SIU. SXL2. PC. RCU. RCU. 20 fibers tested: - Round-trip att. < 4 dB - one way 176 metres. SIU.

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DAQ and ECS system for TPC commissioning at Point 2

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  1. DAQ and ECS system for TPC commissioning at Point 2 Klaus Schossmaier CERN PH-AID ALICE TPC Meeting 22 November 2005

  2. Hardware installed RCU RCU RCU RCU PC SIU SIU SIU SIU SXL2 PC RCU RCU • 20 fibers tested: - Round-trip att. < 4 dB- one way 176 metres SIU SIU (Control) HLT Farm PX24/CR2 General Purpose Network (GPN) 4 x DRORC 2 x DRORC DRORC LDC LDC LDC Event Building Network (Gigabit Ethernet) PX24/CR1 Server GDC Gateway (DATE, ECS) TDS 2 TB Disk array (RAID 5) ALICE TPC meeting, 22 November 2005

  3. Software installed • Scientific Linux CERN (SLC3) • Kernel, drivers, services, accounts, … • DAQ software: DATE V5.12 • DDL readout with CDH processing (event ID, SOD/EOD events) • RCU control/configuration via DDL (FeC2 scripts) • Sub event-building (LDC), full event-building (GDC) • HLT interplay (copy data stream, handle decision/data stream) • Recording to local storage (support for raw and ROOT format) • Configuration via database, message logging, … • Experiment Control System (ECS) • Required for combined run with ≥2 systems (TRG, DAQ, DCS, HLT) • On-line Monitoring • Performance with the web-based tool AFFAIR • Data quality with the pad monitor MOOD the decoder can handle RCU zero-suppressed data files • User’s guide • Complete documentation for DATE, ECS, AFFAIR, MOOD • TPC contact person for the DAQ? ALICE TPC meeting, 22 November 2005

  4. PX24/CR1 DDL patch panel PDU Switch LDCs GDC Storage Gateway Server ALICE TPC meeting, 22 November 2005

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