CMS Ph2 ACF (Acquisition & Control Framework)
Contains:
- A middleware API layer, implemented in C++, which wraps the firmware calls and handshakes into abstracted functions
- A C++ object-based library describing the system components (CBCs, RD53, Hybrids, Boards) and their properties (values, status)
A short guide to write the GoldenImage to the SD card
- Connect the SD card
- Download the golden firmware from the cms-tracker-daq webpage
-
sudo fdisk -l
- find the name of the SD card (for example, /dev/mmcblk0) -
sudo chmod 744 /dev/sd_card_name
- to be able to play with it - Go to the folder were you saved the sdgoldenimage.img file
-
dd if=sdgoldenimage.img of=/dev/sd_card_name bs=512
- to write the image to the SD card. If the SD card is partitioned (formatted), pay attention to write on the block device (e.g./dev/mmcblk0
) and not inside the partition (e.g./dev/mmcblk0p1
) - Once the previous command is done, you can list the SD card:
./imgtool /dev/sd_card_name list
- there should be a GoldenImage.bin, with 20MB block size - Insert the SD card into the FC7
Alternatively, instead of the dd
command above, to only copy the needed bytes you can do:
imageName=sdgoldenimage.img
dd if=$imageName bs=512 iflag=count_bytes of=somefile_or_device count=$(ls -s --block-size=1 $imageName | awk '{print $1}')
If you installed the command pv
(sudo yum install -y pv
), then the best way is the following (replacing /dev/mmcblk0
with your target device):
pv sdgoldenimage.img | sudo dd of=/dev/mmcblk0
=x= Middleware for the Inner-Tracker (IT) system =x=
+ Last change made to this section: 20/03/2023
Suggested software and firmware versions:
- Software git branch / tag :
Dev
/v4-13
- Firmware tag:
v4-06
Important webpages and information:
- Mattermost forum:
cms-it-daq
- DAQ web page: https://cms-tracker-daq.web.cern.ch/cms-tracker-daq/
- Detailed description of the various calibrations: https://cernbox.cern.ch/index.php/s/O07UiVaX3wKiZ78
- Program to generate enable/injection patterns for x-talk studies:
pyUtilsIT/ManipulateITchipMask.py
- Mask converter from
Ph2_ACF
toAlki's
code:pyUtilsIT/ConvertPh2ACFMask2Alkis.py
FC7 setup:
- Install
wireshark
in order to figure out which is the MAC address of your FC7 board (sudo yum install wireshark
, then runsudo tshark -i ethernet_card
, whereethernet_card
is the name of the ethernet card of your PC to which the FC7 is connected to) - In
/etc/ethers
putmac_address fc7.board.1
and in/etc/hosts
put192.168.1.80 fc7.board.1
- Restart the network:
sudo /etc/init.d/network restart
- Install the rarpd daemon (version for CENTOS6 should work just fine even for CENTOS7):
sudo yum install rarp_file_name.rpm
from here - Start the rarpd daemon:
sudo systemctl start rarpd
orsudo rarp -e -A
(to start rarpd automatically after bootstrap:sudo systemctl enable rarpd
)
More details on the hardware needed to setup the system can be found here
Firmware setup:
- Check whether the DIP switches on FC7 board are setup for the use of a microSD card (
out-in-in-in-out-in-in-in
) - Insert a microSD card in the PC and run
/sbin/fdisk -l
to understand to which dev it's attached to (/dev/sd_card_name
) - Upload a golden firmware on the microSD card (read FC7 manual or run
dd if=sdgoldenimage.img of=/dev/sd_card_name bs=512
) - Download the proper IT firmware version from here
- Plug the microSD card in the FC7
- From Ph2_ACF use the command
fpgaconfig
to upload the proper IT firmware (see instructions:IT-DAQ setup and run
before running this command)
N.B.: a golden firmware is any stable firmware either from IT or OT, and it's needed just to initialize the IPbus
communication at bootstrap (in order to create and image of the microSD card you can use the command: dd if=/dev/sd_card_name conv=sync,noerror bs=128K | gzip -c > sdgoldenimage.img.gz
)
A golden firmware can be downloaded from the cms-tracker-daq webpage
A detailed manual about the firmware can be found here
IT-DAQ setup and run:
- Folow instructions below to install all needed software packages (like
pugixml
,boost
,python
. etc ...) mkdir choose_a_name
cp settings/RD53Files/CMSIT_RD53A/B.txt choose_a_name
cp settings/CMSIT_RD53A/B.xml choose_a_name
cd choose_a_name
- Edit the file
CMSIT_RD53A/B.xml
in case you want to change some parameters needed for the calibrations or for configuring the chip - Run the command:
CMSITminiDAQ -f CMSIT_RD53A/B.xml -r
to reset the FC7 (just once) - Run the command:
CMSITminiDAQ -f CMSIT_RD53A/B.xml -c name_of_the_calibration
(orCMSITminiDAQ --help
for help)
N.B.: to speed up the IPbus
communication you can implement this trick
Basic list of commands for the fpgaconfig
program (run from the choose_a_name
directory):
- Run the command:
fpgaconfig -c CMSIT_RD53A/B.xml -l
to check which firmware is on the microSD card - Run the command:
fpgaconfig -c CMSIT_RD53A/B.xml -f firmware_file_name_on_the_PC -i firmware_file_name_on_the_microSD
to upload a new firmware to the microSD card - Run the command:
fpgaconfig -c CMSIT_RD53A/B.xml -i firmware_file_name_on_the_microSD
to load a new firmware from the microSD card to the FPGA - Run the command:
fpgaconfig --help
for help
The program CMSITminiDAQ
is the portal for all calibrations and for data taking.
Through CMSITminiDAQ
, and with the right command line option, you can run the following scans/ calibrations/ operation mode:
1. Latency scan
2. PixelAlive
3. Noise scan
4. SCurve and cross-talk scan
5. Gain scan
6. Threshold equalization
7. Gain optimization
8. Threshold minimization
9. Threshold adjustment
10. Injection delay scan
11. Clock delay scan
12. Bit Error Rate test
13. Data read back optimisation
14. Chip internal voltage tuning
15. Generic DAC-DAC scan
16. Physics
It might be useful to create one CMSIT.xml
file for each "set" of calibrations, for instance noise
, gain
, and "the rest".
=x= End of Inner-Tracker section =x=
Setup
Firmware for the FC7 can be found in /firmware. Since the "old" FMC flavour is deprecated, only new FMCs (both connectors on the same side) are supported. You'll need Xilinx Vivado and a Xilinx Platform Cable USB II (http://uk.farnell.com/xilinx/hw-usb-ii-g/platform-cable-configuration-prog/dp/1649384). For more information on the firmware, please check the doc directory of https://gitlab.cern.ch/cms_tk_ph2/d19c-firmware
Gitlab CI setup for Developers (required to submit merge requests!!!)
- Enable shared Runners (if not enabled)
i. from
settings > CI/CD
expand theRunners
section ii. click theAllow shared Runners
button
Setup on CentOs7
- Install devtoolset 10
sudo yum install -y centos-release-scl-rh
sudo yum install -y devtoolset-10
- On CC7 you also need to install boost v1.53 headers (default on this system) and pugixml as they don't ship with uHAL any more:
sudo yum install -y boost-devel pugixml-devel json-devel
-
Install uHAL. SW tested with uHAL version up to 2.7.1
Follow instructions from https://ipbus.web.cern.ch/ipbus/doc/user/html/software/install/yum.html
-
Install CERN ROOT
sudo yum install -y root
sudo yum install -y root-net-http root-net-httpsniff root-graf3d-gl root-physics root-montecarlo-eg root-graf3d-eve root-geom libusb-devel xorg-x11-xauth.x86_64
- Install CMAKE3 > 3.0:
sudo yum install -y cmake3
- Install python3
sudo yum install -y python3 python3-devel
-
Install protobuf:
Follow instructions from https://gitlab.cern.ch/cms_tk_ph2/MessageUtils/-/blob/master/README.md
-
Install pybind11 (if installed in the same directoory when you plan to install the Ph2_ACF, the setup.sh will point to the correct location)
wget https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/archive/refs/tags/v2.9.2.tar.gz
tar zxvf v2.9.2.tar.gz
Run in docker container
Docker container are provided to facilitate users and developers in setting up the framework.
All docker containers can be found here: https://gitlab.cern.ch/cms_tk_ph2/docker_exploration/container_registry
Do run using one of the container, use the command:
docker run --rm -ti -v $PWD:$PWD -w $PWD <image>
Suggested images are:
- For users (comes with Ph2_ACF of Dev branch installed):
gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cms_tk_ph2/docker_exploration/cmstkph2_user_c7:latest
- For developers (no Ph2_ACF, just environment and libraries):
gitlab-registry.cern.ch/cms_tk_ph2/docker_exploration/cmstkph2_udaq_c7:latest
Specific tags can be pulled substituting latest
with ph2_acf_<Ph2_ACF tag>
(i.e. ph2_acf_v4-05
)
clang-format (required to submit merge requests!!!)
- install 7.0 llvm toolset:
yum install centos-release-scl
yum install llvm-toolset-7.0
- if you already sourced the environment, you should be able to run the command to format the Ph2_ACF (to be done before each merge request!!!):
formatAll
The Ph2_ACF software
Follow these instructions to install and compile the libraries (provided you installed the latest version of gcc, µHal, mentioned above):
- Clone the GitHub repo and run cmake
git clone --recurse-submodules https://gitlab.cern.ch/cms_tk_ph2/Ph2_ACF.git # N.B. to syncrhonize only the submodule: `git submodule sync; git submodule update --init --recursive --remote`
cd Ph2_ACF
source setup.sh
mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. # add -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug if you plan to use gdb for debugging, if you yum-instanlled `cmake3`, you might need to tall it `cmake3 ..`
-
Do a
make -jN
in the build/ directory or alternatively domake -C build/ -jN
in the Ph2_ACF root directory. -
Don't forget to
source setup.sh
to set all the environment variables correctly. -
Launch
systemtest --help
to test the parsing of the HWDescription.xml file.
- Launch
datatest --help
to test if you can correctly read data
- Launch
calibrate --help
to calibrate a hybrid,
hybridtest --help
to test a hybird's I2C registers and input channel connectivity
cmtest --help
to run the CM noise study
pulseshape --help
to measure the analog pulseshape of the cbc
configure --help
to apply a configuration to the CBCs
- Launch
commission --help
to do latency & threshold scans
- Launch
fpgaconfig --help
to upload a new FW image to the GLIB
- Launch
miniDAQ --help
to save binary data from the GLIB to file
- Launch
miniDQM --help
to run the DQM code from the June '15 beamtest
Setup on CentOs8 (deprecated)
The following procedure will install (in order):
- the
boost
andpugixml
libraries - the
cactus
libraries for ipBus (using these instructions) -
root
with all its needed libraries -
cmake
, tools for clang, includingclang-format
andgit-extras
Libraries needed by Ph2_ACF
sudo yum install -y boost-devel pugixml-devel json-devel
uHAL libraries (cactus)
sudo curl https://ipbus.web.cern.ch/doc/user/html/_downloads/ipbus-sw.centos8.x86_64.repo \
-o /etc/yum.repos.d/ipbus-sw.repo
sudo yum-config-manager --enable powertools
sudo yum clean all
sudo yum groupinstall uhal
ROOT
sudo yum install -y root root-net-http root-net-httpsniff root-graf3d-gl root-physics \
root-montecarlo-eg root-graf3d-eve root-geom libusb-devel xorg-x11-xauth.x86_64
Build tools and some nice git extras
sudo yum install -y cmake3
sudo yum install -y clang-tools-extra
sudo yum install -y git-extras
Install devtoolset 10
sudo yum makecache --refresh
sudo yum -y install gcc-toolset-10
Install python3
sudo yum install -y python3 python3-devel
Install protobuf:
Follow instructions to install protobuf from (Just install section is needed) https://gitlab.cern.ch/cms_tk_ph2/MessageUtils/-/blob/master/README.md
Install pybind11
(if installed in the same directoory when you plan to install the Ph2_ACF, the setup.sh will point to the correct location)
wget https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/archive/refs/tags/v2.9.2.tar.gz
tar zxvf v2.9.2.tar.gz
Setup on RHEL 9.1 or AlmaLinux 9.1
The following procedure will install (in order):
- complete the
cern
installation - when installing
rarpd
use the version forFedora
- the
boost
andpugixml
libraries -
erlang
(using these instructions) - the
cactus
libraries for ipBus (using these instructions) -
root
with all its needed libraries -
cmake
, tools for clang, includingclang-format
andgit-extras
Complete the CERN installation
Make sure that the CERN installation is complete by running
sudo dnf --repofrompath=cern9el,http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/internal/repos/cern9el-stable/x86_64/os --repo=cern9el install cern-release
Libraries needed by Ph2_ACF
sudo yum install -y boost-devel pugixml-devel json-devel
Erlang (needed by uHAL)
This installs erlang
from a specific rpm. It would be nice if in the future, the correct version
of erlang
could be made available via the CERN repository
wget https://github.com/rabbitmq/erlang-rpm/releases/download/v25.1.2/erlang-25.1.2-1.el9.x86_64.rpm
sudo yum -y install erlang-25.1.2-1.el9.x86_64.rpm
uHAL libraries (cactus)
sudo curl https://ipbus.web.cern.ch/doc/user/html/_downloads/ipbus-sw.el9.repo -o /etc/yum.repos.d/ipbus-sw.repo
sudo yum clean all
sudo yum groupinstall -y uhal controlhub
ROOT
sudo yum install -y root root-net-http root-net-httpsniff root-graf3d-gl root-physics \
root-montecarlo-eg root-graf3d-eve root-geom libusb-devel xorg-x11-xauth.x86_64
Build tools and some nice git extras
sudo yum install -y cmake3 clang-tools-extra git-extras
devtoolset 12
sudo yum makecache --refresh
sudo yum -y install gcc-toolset-12
python3
sudo yum install -y python3 python3-devel
protobuf Follow instructions to install protobuf from (Just install section is needed) https://gitlab.cern.ch/cms_tk_ph2/MessageUtils/-/blob/master/README.md
pybind11 (if installed in the same directoory when you plan to install the Ph2_ACF, the setup.sh will point to the correct location)
wget https://github.com/pybind/pybind11/archive/refs/tags/v2.9.2.tar.gz
tar zxvf v2.9.2.tar.gz
Nota Bene
When you write a register in the Glib or the Cbc, the corresponding map of the HWDescription object in memory is also updated, so that you always have an exact replica of the HW Status in the memory.
Register values are:
- 8-bit unsigend integers for the CBCs that should be edited in hex notation, i.e. '0xFF'
- 32-bit unsigned integers for the GLIB: decimal values
For debugging purpose, you can activate DEV_FLAG in the sources or in the Makefile and also activate the uHal log in RegManager.cc.
External clock and trigger
Please see the D19C FW documentation for instructions on how to use external clock and trigger with the various FMCs (DIO5 and CBC3 FMC)
Known issues
uHAL exceptions and UDP timeouts when reading larger packet sizes from the GLIB board: this can happen for some users (cause not yet identified) but can be circumvented by changing the line
ipbusudp-2.0://192.168.000.175:50001
in the connections.xml file to
chtcp-2.0://localhost:10203?target=192.168.000.175:50001
and then launching the CACTUS control hub by the command:
/opt/cactus/bin/controlhub_start
This uses TCP protocol instead of UDP which accounts for packet loss but decreases the performance.
Support, suggestions?
For any support/suggestions, mail to fabio.raveraSPAMNOT@cern.ch, mauro.dinardoSPAMNOT@cern.ch