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

Tue Oct 18 13:36:35 EDT 2022

Hi Brad,

Since it will need to be under another account I guess you can install Phoebus in a more common area?

https://controlssoftware.sns.ornl.gov/css_phoebus/nightly/phoebus-linux.zip

I've attached an archive of the current screens. I suspect there will be tweaks to them at some point once they're used more often and we get some feedback.

> On Oct 18, 2022, at 12:39 PM, Brad Sawatzky via Dsg-hallc_nps <dsg-hallc_nps at jlab.org> wrote:
>
> 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:
> -------------------
> HV / LV crates are ** now in use **
> -------------------
>  ** 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.
>
> -------------------
> Account questions:
> -------------------
> - '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.
>
> -------------------
> LED controls
> -------------------
> - 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.)
>
> -------------------
> LabVIEW questions
> -------------------
> - 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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