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| ====== Data Acquisition System ====== | ====== Data Acquisition System ====== |
| ===== DAQ Overview===== | ===== DAQ Overview===== |
| Signals from the proportional tubes making up the Veto Shield are conditioned by preamp cards on the ends of the tubes. Conditioned pulses from 32 preamps are sent via Low Voltage Differential Signaling (LVDS) to a Pulse Stretcher card in a crate in a corner rack. Each crate has a backplane mux that reads up to 8 stretcher cards, or 256 preamp channels. An IRIG time code is distributed to a Symmetricomm timing card in each DAQ computer, which generates clock signals synchronizing timing registers on the mux backplanes connected in its rack. Each time a tube triggers, a timestamped data packet is formed in the mux and transmitted via a multi-pin PCI cable to an NI PCI-6534 digital I/O card in the DAQ computer. The data is written immediately to disk. The disk files from the four computers are later read and the data collected in a database for post-processing. | Signals from the proportional tubes making up the Veto Shield are conditioned by preamp cards on the ends of the tubes. Conditioned pulses from 16 preamp cards (32 channels) are sent via a Low Voltage Differential Signaling (LVDS) ribbon to a Pulse Stretcher card in a crate in a corner rack. Each crate has a backplane mux that reads up to 8 stretcher cards, or 256 preamp channels. An IRIG time code is distributed to a Symmetricomm timing card in each DAQ computer which generates clock signals, synchronizing timing registers on the mux backplanes connected in its rack. Each time a tube triggers, a timestamped data packet is formed in the mux and transmitted via a multiconductor cable to a National Instruments PCI-6534 digital I/O card in the DAQ computer. Each computer monitors up to three mux crates. The data is written immediately to disk. The disk files from the four computers are later read and the data collected in a database for post-processing. |
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| *Optional trigger rate high limit with automatic write inhibit. | *Optional trigger rate high limit with automatic write inhibit. |
| *Counter background color indicates limit status, blue for 0, red for hi limit | *Counter background color indicates limit status, blue for 0, red for hi limit |
| | *automatic detection/correction of data framing errors |
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| [[Vetoshield:daq:VetoDAQ Quick Start|Quick Start Instructions]] | [[Vetoshield:daq:VetoDAQ Quick Start|Quick Start Instructions]] |
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| [[Vetoshield:daq:datafiles|Data Files]] | [[Vetoshield:daq:datafiles|Data Files]] |
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| ===Front Panel Descriptions=== | ===Front Panel Descriptions=== |
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| | ==Symmetricom Labview Drivers== |
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| | The Labview driver vi's used in the apps above were sent to us by Jim Kline at Symmetricom on 4/3/2012. Symmetricom **does not support** any of these at this time, and were provided free of charge for us to use as best we can. They used in testing at Symmetricom, are better than the ones available for download on the website (in our opinion), and they utilize the Labview error cluster. |
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| | {{vetodaq:bc637pci_LV.zip|bc637pci_LV.zip}} |
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| | They were written in Labview 2008 and the file, when unzipped should create a directory of vi's with the same name. This should be copied into ...\LAbview20xx\instr.lib, then mass compiled (Tools|Advanced|Mass Compile) for use under the current version. When Labview is restarted, vi's in the instr.lib and user.lib subdirectories of Labview 20xx will show up in the function palettes. |
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| | The following demo vi is useful for experimenting with the card when the IRIG time signal is not available. It will unzip to a Labview LLB compressed library file which contains all called subvis, so it can be run without installing the driver library above. |
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| | {{vetodaq:sync_card_to_labview_time_01.zip|Sync Card to Labview Time 01.zip}} |
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| ===== Hardware ===== | ===== Hardware ===== |
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| ==== Overview ==== | ==== Overview ==== |
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| | ====Timing Distribution==== |
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| | {{:vetoshield:datasheet_bc635pcie.pdf|Symmetricomm bc635 datasheet}} |
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| | {{:vetoshield:bc635_637pci_v2_users_guide.pdf|Symmetricomm bc635 user guide}} |
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| | {{:vetodaq:symcomm_breakout_sch.pdf|UMN breakout cable schematic}} |
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| | {{:vetodaq:bom_sycomm_breakout_cable.pdf|UMN breakout cable parts list}} |
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| | [[http://www.symmetricom.com/products/bus-level-timing/sdks-drivers-downloads/|drivers for Symmetricom card (.dll and timing program)]] |
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| ==== Pulse Stretchers ==== | ==== Pulse Stretchers ==== |
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