[Dsg-hallc_nps] [EXTERNAL] Re: NPS/DSG update

[Brad Sawatzky]

Hi Aaron,

Thanks very much!  There should be an NPS status meeting at 9am on
Thursday, Oct 20.  It would be good for the DSG to provide a summary/
update there too.


Follow-up on a couple questions/comments in the PPT file:
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HV / LV crates are ** now in use **
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  ** PLEASE NEGOTIATE ANY TESTS INVOLVING THOSE SYSTEMS WITH ME **
  - The 'free test' window has largely closed for hardware located
    in the EEL/108.

- The Wiener MPOD LV crate (nps-lv1.jlab.org) *is* in active use.
- The 1st CAEN HV crate (nps-hv1.jlab.ort     *is* in active use.

- The 2nd CAEN HV crate (nps-hv2.jlab.org) is not used at this time hv-nps2.

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Account questions:
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- 'cdsg' is the development sandbox for you folks.

- 'hccoda' will be the account we will use to run software developed by
  your group during the EEL/108 tests.  
  - Usernames and (rooted) pathnames should not be hardcoded in the
    software or config files though.  The software will need to be moved
    to more standard Hall C accounts in the spring.

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LED controls
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- Bryan Moffit and William Gu will support you on this.
- There was an email thread on the necessary drivers and software with
  those folks, Aaron, and me that seems to have stalled on Aug 22.
  - Any follow-up there?  (If so, please keep me in the loop.)

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LabVIEW questions
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- Can you confirm if this is Linux or Window-based LabVIEW?
  - It should be linux-based, but I want to double-check this
    requirement wasn't lost.


-- Brad

On Mon, 17 Oct 2022, Aaron Brown wrote:

> Hi Brad et al.,
> Attached please find the outcome of DSG discussion regarding Brad's email
> from 10/14/2022.
> Brad will be receiving follow up emails with further questions as they
> arise.
> Best,
> Aaron
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 

> From: Brad Sawatzky <brads at jlab.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 14, 2022 3:56 PM
> To: Aaron Brown <ambrown at jlab.org>
> Cc: Dsg-hallc_nps at jlab.org <dsg-hallc_nps at jlab.org>; Patrizia Rossi
> <rossi at jlab.org>
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Dsg-hallc_nps] NPS/DSG update
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> Aaron and I had a brief email exchange earlier in the week, but I also
> had some more general follow-up questions to the DSG group.  The NPS
> Collaboration is getting to the point where the controls noted below
> will be required, even after all of the delays associated with the PMT
> noise issue.
> 
> We will need working software within a few weeks to continue the
> program.  I understand that things are being worked on, but I'd like
> a rough, but meaningful, timetable for the development work noted below
> to help us plan on our end.
> 
> o Phoebus HV GUI isn't quite ready to go.
>   - The Instructions here aren't enough to run the GUI
> 
> https://wiki.jlab.org/cuawiki/index.php/NPS_Controls#Phoebus_HV_controls
>   - I presume that works from the cdsg account, but that is not the
>     account that we will use.
>     - Can you add instructions on how to install a copy of that software
>       in a different account (provide a tarball, etc.)
> 
> o Chiller controls: Please add documentation to the wiki on how to
>     configure and run the relevant software
>     https://wiki.jlab.org/cuawiki/index.php/NPS_Controls#Chiller
> 
> o Thermal Readbacks: Please add documentation to the wiki on how to
>     configure and run the relevant software
> 
> https://wiki.jlab.org/cuawiki/index.php/NPS_Controls#Thermal_Readbacks_.28Keysight.29
> 
> o Can you provide an ETA on the LV controls software?
>   - I had understood there was a GUI for the same Weiner MPOD system
>     running in Hall A associated with the GEMs.  Can that be adapated?
> 
> o Can you provide a status update on the LED controls
>   - Do you have a testbed established using the boards and drivers you
>     in your possession?
>   - Have you been able to take to the boards with the low level code
>     Bryan Moffit, William Gu, et al have provided?
> 
> All the best,
> -- Brad
> 
> On Mon, 10 Oct 2022, Aaron Brown wrote:
> 
> > Hi Brad,
> > Here's a quick update on the NPS items we're working on:
> >
> >   o The LV control GUI is still being developed (we have the base
> >     driver for EPICS, but have not be able to get much done beyond
> >     that, so the iSeg version is still the only working version)
> >   o Peter, Brian, and I are still working on the LED controls GUI
> >     (we have base level software but no real testing/implementation)
> >   o The humidity/thermocouple readback is being redone since the
> >     thermocouple connections have been changed (almost complete,
> >     needs to be retested)
> >   o The chiller controls are done
> >
> > Best,
> > Aaron
> 
-- 
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