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MRPC DAQ Data Flow Structure:
First three lines in each
file are:
a) comments,
and internal DAQ run#
b) Date
and time
c) Data
format: Hex or Decimal
Next words are as follows:
word |
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1 |
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#events in buffer, no
part of event word count |
Only beginning of
buffer, #events+0x8000 if buffer is not full |
1 |
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Wordcounts/event |
104 words for T963 |
12 |
ADC[0-11] |
MRPC1 |
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12 |
ADC[12-23] |
MRPC2 |
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4 |
ADC[24-27] |
TOF1 |
10x10cm Octagon |
8 |
ADC[28-35] |
Reserved1 |
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4 |
ADC[36-39] |
TOF2 |
10x10cm Octagon |
2 |
ADC[40-41] |
TOFBNL |
~3cmx3cm
scintillators |
1 |
ADC[42] |
Reserved2 |
|
1 |
ADC[43] |
Prescaled TOF1 trigger |
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2 |
ADC[44-45] |
Cherenkov1&2 |
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1 |
ADC[46] |
TOF1&TOF2 trigger |
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1 |
ADC[47] |
Pedestal Trigger |
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12 |
TDC[0-11] |
MRPC1 |
Need +TDC[31] |
12 |
TDC[12-23] |
MRPC2 |
Need +TDC[31] |
4 |
TDC[24-27] |
TOF1 |
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2 |
TDC[28-29] |
TOFBNL |
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1 |
TDC[30] |
Reserved3 |
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1 |
TDC[31] |
PreTrig Time2Gate |
MRPC TDC + PreTrig
|
4 |
TDC[32-35] |
TOF2 |
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2 |
TDC[36-37] |
Cherenkov1 & 2
|
N2 (e,muon, pion PID) |
2 |
TDC[38-39] |
Reserved4 |
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16 |
Scaler[0-15] |
See next tables
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1 |
FFFF |
End of buffer, not part
of event word counts |
Only exist at end of
buffer, no every event |
16
words are of scalers, first 12 clear each run, gated by spill,
1 |
Scaler[0] |
60Hz clock |
Reset each run |
1 |
Scaler[1] |
Gated (TOF1&2) trigger |
|
2 |
Scaler[2-3] |
Cherenkov1&2 |
|
1 |
Scaler[4] |
Trig2MWPC |
Was pedestal before
05/08 1PM |
1 |
Scaler[5] |
Gated Trigger2MRPCDAQ |
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1 |
Scaler[6] |
Gated Pedestal |
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1 |
Scaler[7] |
Gated FastClear |
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2 |
Scaler[8-9] |
MRPC2 [0-5] and [6-11]
noisy rate |
Pedestal runs: noisy
rate
With beam, hits+noise |
2 |
Scaler[10-11] |
MRPC1 [11] &[10] noisy
rate |
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1 |
Scaler[12] |
Phase of 60Hz |
1MHz clock reset by 60Hz |
1 |
Scaler[13] |
Begin of Spill
|
#Spill (05/07 3PM) |
1 |
Scaler[14] |
Prescaler |
TOF1/500 (05/07 3PM) |
1 |
Scaler[15] |
Reserved5 |
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