The UCD
Nuclear Physics Group
FTPC PadMonitor Status/Future


Physics Department, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616

Current Status/Recent Updates

24-AUG-2000 NEW!!

  • The raw data format has been implemented. Please see below the first images of laser test data in the PadMonitor!

    • 17-AUG-2000

  • Major bug fixes have been implemented. In addition, the padmonitor can now read zero suppressed data as well as raw adc data. The implementation is hidden from the user. Three file types are currently allowed: .daq, .raw, .sup

    • 12-Jul-2000

  • Major improvements to the layout and functionality. The problems with the JVM and JNI have been solved - the PM no longer crashes. See the new screenshots and the change log for each of the source files for more info.

    • 02-Jul-1999

  • The code is still a bit clumsy - I'm currently working out some of this. In particular, at the moment most data members are static and only one instance of each display type is created. These are updated via static method calls. I would like to smooth some of this out and provide a more elegant implemenation.
  • I'm having some problems with the Java Virtual Machine and the Java Native Interface to the Format Reader. Currently, this randomly crashes when I try to read in more than one event in a single program execution. (Segmentation Violations and Stack Overflows) I'm working on it.

    • Screen Shots

    NEW!!

    24-Aug-2000
    Laser pulse!

    NEW!!

    24-Aug-2000
    Something bizarre
    02-Jun-1999
    General shot of old layout    		 12-Jul-2000
    General shot of new layout    		 12-Jul-2000
    File opener dialog box    		 12-Jul-2000
    Mock data displayed

    Future Plans

    12-Jul-2000

  • The online interface is the only one of the previous future plans not completed. Mark Allen (new undergraduate working with us) is currently working on programming a socket to connect us to the Event Pool server.
  • We would like to interface Holm's cluster finder to display clusters in a pop-up window.

    • 02-Jul-1999

  • Smooth out the problems outlined above.
  • Get the Format Reader to work with the GUI!


  • Keyboard selection of sector/pad/timebin
  • User ADC/TimeBin threshold selection
  • Intelligent color display scaling (fixed,data min/max, log/lin - user choice) - currently fixed scale only
  • FTPC Online Interface Controls

    • Last update: 24-AUG-2000.

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