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1. SYSTEM IDENTFICATION and VARIOUS jn fpgaver jn fpgaver Returns a string containing FPGA details read only information from FPGA registers jn fwver jn fwver Returns a string containing the current firmware version running on the system jn led which value reset jn led which value Set front panels LEDs U1 U2 U3 U4 which to 4 value 0 or 1 Perform a board reset user_add lt username gt lt password gt user_del lt username gt lt password gt Add a new user to the local web server Delete a user from the local web server user_list List all users of the local web server ver Returns a string containing firmware and FPGA versions web_getuser web_getuser Returns text appearing in User page see web server section web_setuser lt text gt web_setuser text Sets text that appears in User page see web server section Lua only commands doevents Enable system control of Lua loop mE pause ms Wait for specified interval in ms a b bor a b Binary operators bxor a b mod a b AND a amp b OR alb bsl a b bsr a b KOR a b MOD a b BSL a b BSR a gt gt b NPO 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 Filename C111C_REV8 DOC Number of pages Page 44 37 Document type Users Manual Title Revision date Revision Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller
2. Table 6 5 Script usage examples In certain cases it may be safe to initialize inserted CAMAC target cards as soon as possible after power up Crate With ROB 1 the FLASH script performs the required initialization terminating after completion initialization jn led 1 1 turn LED Ul on run once init function somewhere else in the script jn led 1 0 turn LED U1 off After a run once initialization section an infinite loop is executed calling as often as possible the Automatic doevents function jn led 1 1 turn LED Ui on execution of run once init function somewhere else in the script monitoring while 1 do loop doevents run in loop function somewhere else in the script pause 100 wait 100 msec end jn led 1 1 t rn LED U1 on run once init function somewhere else in the script while 1 do COMBO doevents if nim _ testint 1 1 then servicing do something function somewhere else in the script nim_cack 1 end end NPO Filename Number of pages Page 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 28 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 7 Firmware Upgrade 7 1 NPO It is possible to upgrade section of FLASH memory contents in order to allow firmware upgrades on the field either to correct any problems that may show up during usage or to load application
3. Note that C111C requires the following voltages to be present in order to work properly 24V 6V 6V 24V On the bottom of the page results of the Crate Scan performed only at power up if the CSCAN flag is enabled see Startup Options section are shown in textual form Remember that if Crate Scan is problematic depending on which cards are inserted into the crate it can be disabled either by serial or control socket SNTP client Firmware Rev 2 10 and newer feature the SNTP client As the system is started the shell script app start is executed the firmware contains the command line sh data custom start Normally the shell script custom start is not present therefore the command execution is neglected The User can add the fore mentioned shell script in order to execute additional commands to be performed at system boot for example to update the system clok via SNTP server For example the shell script custom start can be created by typing at prompt Filename Number of pages Page 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 23 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 echo app msntp r I ram msntp pid P no 192 168 0 1 gt data custom start The SNTP client is hosted in the folder app the executable filename is msntp it is recommended to be used exclusively as a client The command line options are as follows msntp
4. bin 24 bit operation JENET reply F 0 7 JENET gt lt binary data gt JENET gt lt binary data gt JENET gt lt binary data gt HOST gt BLKSS lt F gt lt N gt lt A gt lt maxsize gt bin 16 bit operation same as above F 0 7 REPEAT mode reply see table on page 2 K Block Transfer buffer size timeout in seconds range 0 32767 ASCII read Notes HOST BLKFR F lt gt A maxsize timeout 24 bit operation JENET reply F 0 7 JENET gt hdr datal data2 data3 dataK JENET hdr datal data2 data3 dataK 42 Check for timeout possible reply from Jenet hdr JENET 000 datal data2 data3 dataK 3 NPO Filename Number of pages Page 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 39 Document type Title User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller Revision date Revision 03 12 2008 8 HOST BLKSR F N A maxsize timeout 16 bit operation same as above F 0 7 ASCII write Notes HOST gt BLKFR lt F gt lt N gt lt A gt lt maxsize gt lt timeout gt 24 bit operation JENET gt reply 16 27 HOST hdr datal data2 data3 dataK HOST hdr datal data2 data3 dataK HOST hdr datal data2 data3 dataK Check for timeout possible reply from C111C hdr JENET 0 actual datasize 3 HOST BLKSR lt gt N A maxsize timeout ce
5. update flash t v ram nfs jenet2 caen 2008 07 09 img 4 eeprom e APPDATAMOUNT yes reboot Procedure End NPO Filename Number of pages Page 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 30 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 8 NIM subsection Please note that on the present document the following notation is used for NIM signals LO No current flowing into load HI Current flowing into load corresponding to a 0 8 V voltage level across 50 ohm load This notation is maintained also on the NIM web page A command parameter equal to 1 means 8 1 Default button A DEFAULT pushbutton located on the front panel above the reset section allows immediate manual reload of a default configuration for the NIM I O subsection thus allowing a quick reconfiguration of the system The same settings are applied at power up and can be set through the control socket The green LED located just below the DEFAULT pushbutton is turned on when default settings are applied and turned off whenever any of the relevant settings is altered providing an immediate visual feedback of the validity of default settings The DEFAULT pushbutton can also generate a special interrupt request and notify the host computer through a dedicated socket connection on port 2002 This is a very powerful feature that allows the user to start different programs at ea
6. CCLWT CMD resp 1 BIN CCLWT bin emd 2 slot resp 2 ETX bin_cmd 3 delta ETX NPO 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 Filename C111C_REV8 DOC Number of pages Page 44 42 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 Command CTSTAT Response bin cmd 0 STX resp 0 STX bin 1 BIN CTSTAT CMD resp 1 BIN CTSTAT CMD bin emd 2 ETX resp 2 Q resp 3 X resp 4 ETX Command CLMR Response bin cmd 0 STX resp 0 STX bin 1 BIN CMD resp 1 BIN CLMR CMD bin emd 2 ETX resp 2 reg amp OxFF resp 3 reg gt gt 8 amp OxFF resp 4 reg gt gt 16 4 OxFF resp 5 reg gt gt 24 amp OxFF resp 6 delta ETX Command CSCAN Response bin_cmd 0 STX resp 0 STX bin cmd 1 BIN CSCAN CMD resp 1 BIN CSCAN CMD bin emd 2 ETX resp 2 bitmask amp OxFF resp 3 bitmask gt gt 8 amp OxFF resp 4 bitmask gt gt 16 amp OxFF resp 5 bitmask gt gt 24 amp OxFF resp 6 delta ETX Command LACK Response bin cmd 0 STX bin cmd 1 BIN LACK bin cmd 2 ETX bin 3 ETX Command NIM SETOUTS Response bin cmd 0 STX resp 0 STX bin 1 BIN NIM SETOUTS CMD resp 1 BIN NIM SETOUTS CMD bin emd 2 nimo resp 2 ETX bin 3 value bin cmd 4 delta RESPONSE bin cmd 5
7. addr lt 32 addr X CSSA slot SCAN FUNCTION fun addr 0 if X 1 slot_status slot 1 end_slot 1 if lend slot slot status slot 0 where SCAN FUNCTION is the following array 0 1 2 3 8 9 10 11 24 25 26 27 16 17 18 19 Jumper settings It is possible to force some startup options by placing or removing internal jumpers Only experienced personnel should perform this operation The operation is described in steps as follows SWitch off power from the crate remove the controller from the crate remove the lateral cover left side when looking on the front panel of the controller you should see the internal boards with components facing your side Filename Number of pages Page 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 10 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 locate the jumper block right behind the serial port connector pote that if all jumpers are removed default condition then the unit will perform in the standard mode insert jumpers only if you want to modify the standard setup according to the table Table 4 1 Available jumpers Insert jumper on to disable Notes Disable telnet to avoid system access to local JMP10 TELNET resources used only for performing a firmware upgrade or for debug Disable web server if HTTP access not required in order t
8. by typing telnet lt Jenet IP address gt 2000 TCP binary control socket A binary command subset is also available to increase speed and data transfer rate A TCP server for binary commands is available on port 2001 binary commands must be sent through that port only A dedicated C C library has been written to use these commands in a straightforward and transparent way with no need to know all the implementation details described here Users writing their host DAQ applications in C or C can skip this chapter See section C library for details In general the binary command has the following format byte 0 STX byte 1 CODE byte 2 databyte 0 byte 3 databyte 1 byte n databyte k 1 byte n 2 ETX byte n 1 REQ_RESPONSE where Filename Number of pages Page 13 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 5 3 NPO STX is the hexdecimal value 0x02 ETX is the hexdecimal value 0x04 CMD CODE may be one of the followings value BIN CFSA CMD 0x20 equivalent to the ascii command cfsa BIN CSSA 0x21 equivalent to the ascii command cssa BIN CCCZ CMD 0x22 equivalent to the ascii command cccc BIN CCCC CMD 0x23 equivalent to the ascii command ccci BIN CMD 0x24 equivalent to the ascii command ctci BIN CTCI CMD 0x
9. delta ETX The server response to a non existing command is the following resp 0 STX resp 1 ERROR OxCE resp 2 If the command has the wring number of parameters or the wrong length the server response is the following resp 0 STX resp 1 PAR ERROR OxCF resp 2 NPO Filename Number of pages Page 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 43 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 12 Board Specifications 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 Table 12 1 Mod C111C Specifications Power Supply Required voltages on crate Ethernet interface 24 V 24V 6V 6V 100 mA 100 mA 100 mA 700 mA Settings 10 100 Mbit autonegotiating Default configuration Serial port IP address 192 168 0 98 subnet mask 255 255 255 0 default gateway 0 0 0 0 DHCP client 0 disabled default configuration can be changed through serial port Settings 38400 baud 8 N 1 no flow control Function CAMAC bus interface for configuration changes system settings startup options Compliance NIM interface to ANSI IEEE std 583 1982 Connectors CPU section SUHNER type Processor ARM7TDMI running at 44 MHz Operating System uClinux ver 2 4 17 FLASH 4 Mbytes SDRAM Filename C111C_REV8 DOC 16 Mbytes N
10. lt Nwords gt bin JENET reply JENET binary data JENET binary data JENET binary data 24 bit operation 0 7 HOST BLKSA lt gt Nstart Nwords bin 16 bit operation 0 7 NPO Filename 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC Number of pages Page 44 40 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 11 Binary commands reference In general the binary command has the following format byte 0 STX byte 1 CODE byte 2 databyte 0 byte 3 databyte 1 byte n databyte k byte n 1 REQ RESPONSE byte n 2 where STX is the hexdecimal value 0x02 ETX is the hexdecimal value 0 04 CMD_CODE may be one of the followings value BIN CFSA CMD 0x20 equivalent to the ascii command cfsa BIN CSSA 0x21 equivalent to the ascii command BIN CCCZ CMD 0x22 equivalent to the ascii command cccc BIN CCCC CMD 0x23 equivalent to the ascii command ccci BIN CMD 0x24 equivalent to the ascii command ctci BIN CTCI CMD 0x25 equivalent to the ascii command ctci BIN CTLM CMD 0x26 equivalent to the ascii command ctlm BIN CCLWT CMD 0x27 equivalent to the ascii command cclwt BIN LACK CMD 0x28 equivalent to the ascii command lack BIN CTSTAT CMD 0x29 equivalent
11. reverse polarity event counter vU reset event counter 6 2 1 Fig 5 4 NIM settings 5 9 1 Input section event counters IN 1 LO LO gt HI 26881 soft reset readout Enable counter select ede Fig 5 5 Input section settings two event counters can be enabled on inputs 1 and 3 independently by selecting the required triggering transition HI to LO or LO to HI in the drop down box 6 2 2 event counter on input 1 can be asynchronously reset by input 2 if the checkbox is flagged there is also a button on the page that allows a software reset of the counter NPO Filename Number of pages Page 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 20 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 event counter on input can be asynchronously reset by input 4 if the checkbox is flagged there is also a button on the page that allows a software reset of the counter 5 9 2 Output section enable pulse generator period 10240 width 2041 O reverse polarity Fig 5 6 Output section settings Output 1 can be set as a programmable pulse generator for which the period pulse width and polarity can be specified numerical entry of pulse generator period is automatically adjusted to fit the available resolution when the page is reloaded 5 9 3 COMBO sectio
12. 41 TABLE 12 1 MOD 11 85 2 22 22 2 00000000000000000000000000000000000 44 Filename Number of pages Page 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 1 REV8 DOC 44 5 Document type Title User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller Revision date Revision 03 12 2008 8 1 General description 1 1 Overview The CAEN Mod C111C is a complete CAMAC controller that allows advanced interaction by means of standard Ethernet services such as a local web server and TCP Socket based communication protocol The present document supports modules running Firmware Rev 2 07 and later The basic hardware architecture of C111 C is illustrated below CAMAC bus 10 100 bus Front panel control RJ45 LAM 3 32 bit RISC PROCESSOR uClinux OS 4 NIM in RH NIM Front panel input output serial port control 4 NIM i Voltage CRATE power monitoring supplies COMBO 1 COMBO 2 Fig 1 1 Mod C111C block diagram A local processor runs a version of Linux optimized for low memory footprint CAMAC bus control subsection handles all bus access operations and interactions and a separate NIM subsection manages l O signals located on the front panel Table 1 1 Summary of features CAMAC Full CAMAC bus control including LAM detection bus access Plugs into slots 24 and 25 4 outputs 4 inputs event counters 2 COMBO I O trigger busy mod
13. Must be called to clear lam LACK LAM acknowledge pending intenupts Commands NIM 1 0 Confiqurations Diagnostics CCCI lt value gt set clear dataway inhibit Z cycle command parameters Clear Log Commands quick reference 8 1 16 oo m Clear log entries clear 6 2 Fig 5 3 CAMAC commands window NPO Filename Number of pages Page 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 19 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 5 9 NIM page The NIM I O page is arranged like a real control panel in order to allow immediate interaction with the I O section available on the front panel of the unit In addition it is possible to retrieve default settings by pushing the DEFAULT front panel button just above the RESET button Default settings are stored with a specific socket command Note that not all interactions are allowed a fuller control is available from socket or scripting as browser access is considered unsafe from the remote control point of view Home Commands NIM I O Configurations Diagnostics User System event counters COMBO 3 BUSY LO gt HI 26881 reset reset COMBO 1 gt event 1 counter 0 reset reset event counter enable pulse generator COMBO 2 reset COMBO 2 period 1oz40 width 264ns
14. are jenet jenet Other usernames and passwords be added modified or deleted by means of the commands user user user list See the Command reference section for details Commands 1 0 Configurations Diagnostics Web Enabled The upper navigation CAMAC Crate sangete current page Controller Configuration amp Control Web Server support site at vvwvizpeng com jenet Fig 5 1 Web server page Note in order to trigger update operations in the optimal way it is best to click on the link available on the navigation bar instead of hitting the refresh button of the browser i e F5 on Internet Explorer This is due to the difference in HTTP requests that are sent by various web browsers when refreshing the page gt help Web interface to CAMAC commands gt Commands with local log capability Control panel for NIM section inputs HOME gt NIM I O outputs COMBO 1 0 counters pulse generator Currently not used for future gt Configurations releases Voltage monitoring Crate Scan Diagnostics result Application controlled content from gt User Lua or socket Read only settings for network and gt System hardware 6 1 Fig 5 2 Web server structure NPO Filename Number of pages Page 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 18 Document type
15. bit CAMAC command returns Q and data 16 bit CAMAC command returns Q and data NPO 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 CCCI lt value gt CCCI value Change Dataway Inhibit to specified value 0 or 1 Z Cycle GTC CICE CAMAC test Inhibit returns Oor 1 CTLM lt slot gt CTLM slot CAMAC test LAM on specified slot 1 23 CCLWT lt slot gt CCLWT slot CAMAC wait for LAM on specified slot only for Lua CLMR CLMR Returns current LAM register in hex LACK LACK LAM acknowledge CTSTAT 5 Returns and X values from last access on bus CSCAN Executes a Crate scan and returns a bit mask with bitn 1 if in the slot na CAMAC board is detected DIAGNOSTIC SECTION vn24 vn24 Returns the measured voltage on 24V power supply in float format vn12 vn12 Returns the measured voltage 12V power supply in float format vn6 vn6 Returns the measured voltage on 6V power supply in float format vp6 vp6 Returns the measured voltage Filename C111C_REV8 DOC on 6V power supply in float format Number of pages Page 44 34 Document type User s Manual MUT Title Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller Revision date 03 12 2008 8 Revision 12 12 Returns measured voltage on 12V power Supply in float format 24 24 Returns measured voltage on 24V power Supply in flo
16. ca Sees Woes ee e petere BIER e eet 19 IEUA DESCRIPTION ametatu TE ames annua Be 26 ADDITONAL FUNCTIONS EAR 27 LUASSOCKET COMMANDS eerte EFE EE EU 27 SCRIPT MANAGER COMMANDS ee 28 SCRIPT USAGE EXAMPLES 5 ence meten eenta tc ta 28 NIM INPUT SUBSEGTION va dre Grut a e ide in 31 NIM OUTPUT SUBSECTION c cccccccssssssececececeessnssaecececeesensnaececececsessaaececececeensaaecesececsesesaeeeeeens 32 COMBO T O SUBSECTION ee eheu p 33 COMBO I O SUBSECTION EXAMPLES 4 33 TCP CONTROL SOCKET LUA COMMANDS 34 TABLE 9 1 NPO 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 Filename C111C_REV8 DOC Number of pages Page 44 4 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 TABLE 10 1 BLOCK TRANSFER 8 20 0002 020000000000000000000000000000000 38 TABLE 10 2 BLOCK TRANSFER REPLIES eese nnne 38 TABLE 10 3 HDR POSSIBLE VALUES eer rere tet vessel 38 TABLE 10 4 BLOCK TRANSFER COMMANDS 39 TABLE 11 1 BINARY COMMANDS
17. connection from a remote client when a client connection is detected front panel LED status lights up it will remain on until there are active connection to the socket server the server accepts ASCII commands from the remote client see section Commands Reference return string is always in the following format Table 5 2 control socket format 1 Command exists but parameter format or number is wrong 2 Command does not exist 0 lt return value gt Command returns correctly the return value it may also be null note that more than one remote client can connect to the socket server it is up to the programmer to avoid conflicts when accessing the same resources as there is no built in protection for access conflicts in other words stick to one remote client only unless you really know what your are doing Multi client usage is useful especially during development and debug The socket server NEVER generates data autonomously in the special case when C111C needs to communicate to the host that a specific event has occurred analogously to an interrupt request it works through a separate communication channel IRQ port 2002 A complete reference of ASCII commands is available in section 10 On Windows 2000 XP it is possible to perform a quick test with the Hyperterminal application by specifying connection with TCP IP and port 2000 on linux hosts you can use the standard telnet client in raw mode
18. e de be TRAN 21 FIG 5 7 COMBO SECTION 85 2 22 10 00 01001000000000000000000000000000000000 0 21 pr 22 7 DIAGNOSTICS READOUT estere catt Ert rep n reU ORE 23 FIG 8 1 NIM INPUT SUBSECTION 1 2 1 2 2200000010100000000000000000000000000 31 FIG 8 2 NIM OUTPUT SUBSECTION DIAGRAM 1 10 1 1 0000 0 00010000000000000000000 00 32 FIG 8 3 COMBO I O SUBSECTION 2 2 2 21 0408000001000000000000000000000000 33 LIST OF TABLES SUMMARY OF FEATURES sssssssccececeesessscecececsesssseaecececeesesaaececeeseseeaececccsesesnaaecececeesesaaececsesenenseaeees 6 SERIAL PORT AVAILABLE 55 20 12 2 2 1000000000000000000 0000 9 11 REMOTE CONTROL AVAILABLE COMMANDS 4 12 CONTROL SOCKET FORMAT scettr E REG ERE RERO ER 13 Q LINEMEBANING teh ttp i ERI NEG HOT ERE RE REP REESE LE IE CHER EE EIER EFE SERERE NND 15 BLOCK TRANSFER AVAILABLE 8 4 4 2 2 22 40402 2000000000000000000000000000000000000 sitara 16 BLOCK TRANSFER POSSIBLE REPEIES 5 estere rete rie a dies e OE E iens bit 16 CEM VATE UES LM E Deere tv tete bns 17 COMMANDS TABEE rede cas oo
19. for both 16 bit and 24 bit access types in ASCII mode the data block is terminated by a r character in binary mode hdr and dataj are all 32 bit values in binary mode the data block is K 1 4 bytes if there are non significant data values if hdr lt K or hdr 0 data block size is always the same as above hdr can assume one of the following values Table 10 3 HDR possible values hdr notes datal actual datasize 0 End Ob block transfer data2 dataK non significant N gt 0 Number of data words If N lt K then dataN dataN 1 dataK are non i being transferred significant 3 Tbe Ser datal actual datasize data2 dataK non significant datal actual datasize ii Pioneer data2 dataK non significant NPO Filename Number of pages Page 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 38 Document type Title Users Manual MUT Mod 111 Ethernet Crate Controller 10 1 Block transfer abort Revision date Revision 03 12 2008 8 Any block read operation can be aborted by sending an arbitrary character to 111 C111C will answer with hdr 4 followed by actual datasize the number of datawords effectively transferred Any block write operation can be aborted by sending a data block with hdr 4 taking care to maintain data block formatting and size C111C will answer always in ASCII as it has returned to ordinary command mode with hdr 4 followed by actual datasi
20. getins j j 1 2 3 4 Set event counter on IN 3 to falling edge TCP socket commands Lua code snippet NPO Filename Number of pages Page 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 31 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 nim setievcnt 3 110 nim setievcnt 3 1 1 0 Enable async reset for counter on IN 1 TCP socket commands Lua code snippet nim 1 1 1 0 a b c nim_getievent 1 nim setievcnt 1 a b 1 8 3 Outputs The OUTPUT subsection implements four independent NIM output that can be independently set and reset in addition a programmable pulse generator that can be enabled on the first output Fig 8 2 NIM OUTPUT subsection diagram PULSE GENERATOR Period 186 2 us to 95325 2 us in 93 1 hs steps 10791 Hz base clock Width 88 ns to 616 ns HI Direct LO Output polarity HI Reverse LO Please note that duty cycle is never higher than 0 05 with reversed polarity flag disabled therefore it may be difficult in certain cases to see the pattern on a scope Table 8 2 NIM OUTPUT subsection Write to outputs Notes socket commands Lua code snippet Basic output control nim setout 11 1 1 nim setout 1 1 1 1 out 1 2 3 4 nim_setouts lt out gt lt val gt nim_setouts 2 0 val 0 1 Set pulse generator to
21. help h v V W r a P prompt lockfile c count e minerr E maxerr d delay x separation f savefile address es help h and all print the syntax of the command v indicates that diagnostic messages should be written to standard error and V requests more output for investigating apparently inconsistent timestamps W requests very verbose debugging output and will interfere with the timing when writing to the terminal because of line buffered output from C it is useful only when debugging the source Note that the times produced by V and W are the corrections needed and not the error in the local clock r indicates that the system clock should be reset by settimeofday Naturally this will work only if the user has enough privilege indicates that the system clock should be reset by adjtime Naturally this will work only if the user has enough privilege x indicates that the program should run as a daemon i e forever and allow for clock drift The default is to write the current date and time to the standard output in a format like 1996 Oct 15 20 17 25 123 4 567 0 089 secs indicating the estimated true local time and the error in the local clock In daemon mode it will add drift information in a format like 1 3 0 1 ppm and display this at roughly separation intervals minerr is the maximum ignorable variation betw
22. reset command An independent Event Counter is incremented at each LO to HI transition of the BUSY output providing an indication of the number of pulses The Event Counter can be reset by means of an explicit command through control socket or from the NIM I O web page Please note that in order to be ready to accept new events the COMBO section must be explicitly served by the user in one of the following ways with a script section that resets the relevant COMBO FF within the application running on host with a routine that in response to the COMBO event resets the relevant COMBO FF by clicking on the RESET button on the NIM I O web page Table 8 3 COMBO I O subsection COMBO LO Event Counter Incremented on BUSY output rising edge Trigger event TRIG input rising edge Dead Time Counter 1 92 67 usec to 65535 6 7 sec TRIG to BUSY response 35 ns Table 8 4 COMBO I O subsection examples Acknowledge COMBO 1 trigger Notes TCP socket commands Lua code snippet nim_cack 1 nim_cack 1 Wait for TRIG on 1 and then turn NIM outs 3 4 ON TCP socket commands Lua code snippet nim waitint 1 nim cack 1 Blocking mode wait not led 3 1 led 4 1 available on socket nim testint 1 repeat then if nim waitint 1 1 then Test mode nim cack 1 nim cack 1 jn led 3 1 jn led 4 1 jn led3 1 end jn led4 1 NPO Filename Number of pages Page 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C1
23. specific executables Internal FLASH is structured into two banks one for the operating system and one for the application the application bank includes all the executables related to C111C Note When using a NFS mapped disk please remember to add the following line nfs directory IP address JNTO01 5 rw all squash to the etc exports file on the computer where disk is located Firmware upgrade limited to the application bank is performed using a telnet connection to the unit as follows copy the new binary file on a known location on a network disk establish a telnet connection on default port 23 please note that depending on fw version it may be possible that the internal telnet server must be enabled by means of HW jumpers of course you must know the unit IP address type the following commands cd app sh flash host nfs directory jffs2 filename and wait until reprogramming completes reboot the unit either by pressing the RESET button on the front panel or by typing reboot from the telnet terminal window An example of a typical fw upgrade command line is the following sh flash 192 168 0 91 home jenet2 fwupgrade jenet2 img Firmware Upgrade for first generation modules First generation modules need a newer kernel file jenet2 kernel bin 1 available at http www caen it nuclear product php mod C111C page before firmware upgrading the upgrade procedure is therefore the foll
24. to the ascii command ctstat BIN CLMR CMD 0x2A equivalent to the ascii command clmr BIN CSCAN 0x2B equivalent to the ascii command cscan BIN NIM SETOUTS 0x30 equivalent to the ascii command nim setouts databyte 0 databyte k is of variable length according to the command code REQ RESPONSE may be NO BIN RESPONSE 0xa0 no response requested Any other value response requested If one of the databyte 0 databyte k contains 0x2 0 4 e 0x10 then the databyte must be converted in two bytes accordingly to the following rule a simple escape sequence to avoid out of sync transmissions if databyte n 0x2 gt converted in gt databyte n 0x10 databyte n 1 0x80 0x02 if databyte n 0 4 gt converted in gt databyte n 0x10 databyte n 1 0x80 0x04 if databyte n 0x10 gt converted in gt databyte n 0x10 databyte n 1 0x80 0x10 Table 11 1 Binary commands Command CFSA Response bin cmd 0 STX resp 0 STX bin cmd 1 BIN CFSA CMD resp 1 BIN CFSA CMD bin emd 2 F resp 2 Q bin 3 N resp 3 X bin emd 4 A resp 4 DATA amp OxFF bin cmd 5 DATA amp OxFF resp 5 DATA 8 amp OxFF bin cmd 6 DATA gt gt 8 6 OxFF 6 DATA gt gt 16 amp OxFF bin_cmd 7 DATA gt gt 16 amp OxFF resp 7 delta ETX bin_cmd 8 delta RESPONSE bin_cmd 9 delta ETX NPO F
25. 03 12 2008 8 10 Block transfer reference A brief summary of available commands follows Table 10 1 Block transfer commands Utility BLKBUFFS Block transfer buffer size set BLKBUFFG Block transfer buffer size get Q stop BLKSS Block transfer 16 bit Q stop mode BLKFS Block transfer 24 bit Q stop mode Q repeat BLKSR Block transfer 16 bit Q stop mode BLKFR Block transfer 24 bit Q repeat mode Address BLKSA Block transfer 16 bit address scan mode Scan BLKFA Block transfer 24 bit address scan mode In general the command is expressed as BLKsm where s S short F full m S Q stop R Q repeat A address scan Read or write mode is determined by the Function code passed as a parameter as follows F20 7 gt READ mode 16 27 gt WRITE mode All block transfer commands have the same behavior C111C replies to the command itself immediately after reception before executing the actual block transfer with one of the following possible replies compliant with the standard command response of the TCP control socket protocol Table 10 2 Block transfer replies Reply 0 OK operation in progress 1 error wrong parameters 2 error non existing command The general format of a data block is hdr data1 data2 dataK where K is the current buffer size in ASCII mode hdr is formatted as 03d in ASCII mode dataj is formatted as 06X
26. 1 ms period 440 ns width TCP socket commands Lua code snippet 11 93 1 1 024 ms nim_setpulse 11 5 0 nim_setpulse 11 5 0 5 88 440 ns Turn pulse generator off and activate outputs 1 3 TCP socket commands Lua code snippet nim_pulseoff nim pulseoff nim setouts 1 1 nim setouts 1 1 nim setouts 3 1 nim setouts 3 1 8 4 COMBO I O The COMBO subsection implements a commonly requested Trigger Busy functional block The diagram below details one of the two COMBO subsections NPO Filename Number of pages Page 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 32 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 TRIG in Q SET Q BUSY out front panel LED RESET t RESET DTC COUNT ENABLE 10 791 kHz DEAD TIME COUNTER a INTERRUPT REQUEST gt EVENT COUNTER RESET EVC Fig 8 3 subsection diagram Whenever LO to HI transition occurs on the TRIG input an internal Flip Flop is set to capture the event the Flip Flop output is connected to the BUSY output and its associated LED The Dead Time Counter starts counting at a 10 791 kHz rate and it is reset when the software application resets the Flip Flop therefore the Dead Time Counter provides an indication of the service time of the TRIG input It is automatically reset when BUSY is reset therefore it must be read before the BUSY
27. 111C and point to its IP address the default IP address is 192 168 0 98 From the web server pages you already have control over the NIM I O section and the possibility to perform individual commands on the CAMAC bus Filename Number of pages Page 7 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 CI11C REV8 DOC 44 Document type Users Manual MUT 2 1 NPO Title Mod C111C Ethernet Crate Controller Front Panel 4 s PD CREATE CONTROLLER I VIO gt Na lomzoo OOG 3 9 g 19109 ETHERNET ETHERNET CRATE 2 CONTROLLER T Fig 2 2 Mod C111C Front Panel Filename 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 CI11C REV8 DOC Revision date Revision 03 12 2008 8 Number of pages 44 Page 8 Document type Title User s Manual MUT Revision date Revision Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 3 Serial port control NPO 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 A serial port connector located on the front panel allows the user to modify system settings this procedure is required if current network parameters are incompatible with the local network It is also possible to modify startup options Default connection parameters are the following 38400 baud 8 N 1 no flow control Please notice that the baud rate can be modified by a dedicated command Echo is not enabled o
28. 11C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 Table 6 4 Script Manager commands jsm h displays program version and a list of allowed parameters jsm ip IP addr gt u lt filename ext gt uploads script text from specified file on host to C111C jsm ip IP addr gt run starts execution of current script jsm ip IP addr gt stop halts execution of current script jsm ip IP addr gt s stores current script on non volatile memory for Run on Boot option jsm ip IP addr gt rob value sets rob Run on Boot flag to specified value 0 or 1 jsm ip IP addr gt d lt filename ext gt downloads script text from C111C to specified file on host jsm ip IP addr gt d stdout downloads script text from C111C to stdout on host jsm ip IP addr gt e lt filename ext gt stores error message if any from C111C to specified file on host jsm ip IP addr gt e stdout stores error message if any from C111C to stdout on host jsm ip IP addr gt l lt filename ext gt stores log message if any from C111C to specified file on host jsm ip IP addr gt stdout stores log message if any from C111C to stdout on host The jsm application is available in both source and compiled form on the documentation section of the C111C web site http www caen it nuclear product php modz C1 110 it uses dedicated commands to transfer files Please check periodically for updates 6 2 4 Scripting on C111C A few usage examples follow
29. 11C_REV8 DOC 44 33 Document type User s Manual MUT Title Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller Revision date 03 12 2008 8 9 ASCII Commands reference A reference of available commands on both the TCP control socket server and the local Lua scripting language is detailed in this section Note that whenever possible TCP control commands are as short as possible in order to minimize Ethernet traffic on the other hand Lua commands are more descriptive Some general rules follow Control socket commands ALWAYS return an error code as first parameter it is equal to 0 if the commands executed with success 1 if command parameters are wrong 2 if the command is non existent in the table below this error code is NOT indicated when describing return values as it must be always 0 to yield a correct answer Revision TCP control sockets are not case sensitive while Lua commands are case sensitive this is a specific property of the language As much as possible all commands have the same name for Lua and for TCP control socket Table 9 1 TCP control socket Lua Commands reference TCP control socket Lua Description CAMAC bus control CCCZ CCCZ Generate Dataway Init CCCC CCCC Generate Crate Clear CFSA lt function gt lt slot gt lt addr gt lt data gt CSSA lt function gt lt slot gt lt addr gt lt data gt CFSA function slot a ddr data CSSA function slot a ddr data 24
30. 25 equivalent to the ascii command ctci BIN CTLM CMD 0x26 equivalent to the ascii command ctlm BIN CCLWT CMD 0x27 equivalent to the ascii command cclwt BIN LACK CMD 0x28 equivalent to the ascii command lack BIN CTSTAT CMD 0x29 equivalent to the ascii command ctstat BIN CLMR CMD 0x2A equivalent to the ascii command clmr BIN CSCAN CMD 0x2B equivalent to the ascii command cscan BIN NIM SETOUTS CMD 0x30 equivalent to the ascii command nim setouts databyte 0 databyte k is of variable length according to the command code REQ RESPONSE may be NO BIN RESPONSE 0 0 no response requested Any other value response requested If one of the databyte 0 databyte k contains 0x2 0 4 e 0x10 then the databyte must be converted in two bytes accordingly to the following rule if databyte n 0 2 gt converted in gt databyte n 0x10 databyte n 1 0x80 0x02 if databyte n 0x4 gt converted in gt databyte n 0x10 databyte n 1 0x80 0x04 if databyte n 0x10 gt converted gt databyte n 0x10 databyte n 1 0x80 0x10 A complete reference of binary commands is available in section 12 Interrupt handling 111 specific events can generate an interrupt IRQ that is notified to the host Being socket based the connection method is rather different from a bus based connection therefore interrupt are handled in a message based way There are three possible
31. 4 NIM I O SETTINGS FIG 5 8 SYSTEM SETTINGS TABLE 1 1 TABLE 3 1 TABLE 4 1 TABLE 5 1 TABLE 5 2 TABLE 5 3 TABLE 5 4 TABLE 5 5 TABLE 5 6 TABLE 5 1 TABLE 6 1 TABLE 6 2 TABLE 6 3 TABLE 6 4 TABLE 6 5 TABLE 8 1 TABLE 8 2 TABLE 8 3 TABLE 8 4 Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller Revision date Revision 03 12 2008 8 9 ASCII COMMANDS 34 10 BLOCK TRANSFER REFERENCE 1 21 2 0 38 10 1 BLOCK TRANSFER 01 00 60 00 001001000000000000000 0 39 11 BINARY COMMANDS REFERENCE 4 41 mM ERE AER 44 LIST OF FIGURES FIG 1 1 MOD C111C BLOCK DIAGRAM eene seen setate nass sess setate nans sss etna 6 FIG 2 FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTION beu e e ek be buh eu cuve e perte aee e eui ve toe 1 Fe 2 2 MOD CI C PRONT PA N E eene erede teer e IRES 8 FIG 5 1 REMOTE CONTROL WITH 3 SEPARATE 6 2000 0 entere nnns 15 AE EE E eia eit EEE TE E A E A O 18 S2 WEB SERVER STRUCTURE 18 FIG 5 3 CAMAC COMMANDS WINDOW 2 2212 000 001000000000000000000000000000000000000 0 19 eM MD EE AA E E CAE EENE Un rto ded 20 BIG 5 3 INPUT SECTION SETTING S iunea eia PUO EE 20 EIG 5 0 OUTPUT SECTION SETTINGS ordri e
32. Commands Reference A dedicated application that connects to the control socket server allows the user to load the script and control its execution The script is launched and executed directly in case of error the FAULT red LED on the front panel is lit and script execution is halted By issuing a stop command it is possible to restore the script engine to idle state The special function doevents has been added to deal with the single threaded nature of the scripting engine it allows the system to terminate execution of the script itself If this call is missing or called rarely then it may not be possible to halt execution of the current script The ROB Run On Boot dedicated flag is available on the local EEPROM to indicate whether the FLASH script should be executed at startup Note that there is no assumption of the temporal evolution coded into the script therefore many different uses may be made of the scripting capabilities Filename Number of pages Page 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 26 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 6 2 1 Bit manipulation extension As the base Lua library does not provide bit manipulation operands CAEN added some commands to allow binary operations an essential feature for any embedded system As an example the CLMR Camac function returns the current LAM mask and a binary AND operator is almost
33. IRQ sources LAM requests COMBO Triggers see COMBO I O chapter DEFAULT pushbutton pressure When an IRQ event is generated C111C sends a special string to the host computer through the dedicated TCP server at port 2002 The string format is a upper case letter followed by a 32 bit hex value in ascii LAM events L_ lt 00hhhhhh gt where hhhhhh is the ASCII representation of the LAM register content in hex 24 bit COMBO events lt bitmask gt where combo interrupt pending biti combo2 interrupt pending bit2 dtc combo1 interrupt pending bit3 dtc combo2 interrupt pending bit4 31 ignored Filename Number of pages Page 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 14 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 CRATE CRATE 5 4 NPO DEFAULT pushbutton pressure D defadefa On the host an IRQ dedicated client receives the messages and launches the proper IRQ service program For example if a LAM or COMBO generated IRQ is received the host can start a reading sequence of some modules The IRQ generated by a DEFAULT pushbutton pressure is a very powerful feature that allows the user to start different programs at each pressure of the button for example different module setups can be activated when the button is pressed and different actions can be performed Please refer to the C library documen
34. O interrupt it returns only when COMBO is busy blocking call ch 2 1 2 or 3 both nim waitdtc ch Wait for DTC interrupt it returns only when DTC has crossed the threshold blocking call 1 2 or 3 both nim testcombo ch nim testcombo ch Test COMBO interrupt it immediately returns current values 1 if COMBO busy 0 otherwise ch 1 2 or 3 both nim testdtc ch nim testdtc ch Test DTC interrupt it immediately returns current value 1 if DTC has crossed the threshold 0 otherwise ch 1 2 or 3 both Control socket only commands lua_setfile Lua related command enables direct transfer of script file lua_store Lua related command stores transferred filew into non volatile memory lua_getfile Lua related command enables direct retrieval of script file lua_getrun Lua related command returns 0 if script is stopped 1 if running 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 Filename C111C_REV8 DOC Number of pages Page 44 36 Document type User s Manual MUT Title Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller Revision date 03 12 2008 8 Revision lua setrun value Lua related command lt value gt 1 runs the script lt value gt 0 stops the script lua geterr Lua related command returns last Lua error message lua getlog Lua related command returns log file in place of stdout
35. T eerte eu eR eeu teni Ne reete ines 23 6 LOCAL SCRIPTING 4 in edocet eee e ec ee eee ec e Ri eet 26 6 1 eee le eere Uer 26 6 2 EUAENGINEIN 20 6 2 1 manipulation extension 27 6 2 2 Socket commands for Lua control 000 27 6 2 35 Script Man ger nen het toe e e e 27 62 4 Scripting on CLIC aussehen edm eit e stalin Ev aet Ae fees 28 72 JHRMWARE UPGRADDE 29 7 1 UPGRADE TO FIRMWARE REV 2 09 4 2 22 2 2 141 11 6 29 8 31 Sil BUTTON i268 Beth Rees i iE 31 9 21 i e EON Re eM eee e Pe eed 31 RN 32 4 COMBO TO 32 NPO Filename 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC Number of pages Page 44 3 Document type Title User s Manual MUT 12 BOARD SPECIFICATIONS Fic 5 1 WEB SERVER PAGE 5
36. Technical Information Manual Revision n 8 3 December 2008 MOD C111 C ETHERNET CRATE CONTROLLER MANUAL REV 8 NPO 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 CAEN will repair or replace any product within the guarantee period if the Guarantor declares that the product is defective due to workmanship or materials and has not been caused by mishandling negligence on behalf of the User accident or any abnormal conditions or operations CAEN declines all responsibility for damages or injuries caused by an improper use of the Modules due to negligence on behalf of the User It is strongly recommended to read thoroughly the CAEN User s Manual before any kind of operation 4 CAEN reserves the right to change partially or entirely the contents of this Manual at any time and without giving any notice Disposal of the Product The product must never be dumped in the Municipal Waste Please check your local regulations for disposal of electronics products Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 T GENERAL DESCRIPTION aede ete eet e ete eee ec eed eee ee eee deese ce ced 6 IL IOVXBRVIEWZ Inest einen teens er Behind Batt Ue i Eee 6 AS PARTING URS Lene eset ae 7 2 1 FRONT PAN D oc a Oves 8 2 SERIAL PORT CONTROL eerte eet heec
37. Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 5 8 Commands page The local web server contains a page dedicated to CAMAC commands in order to allow immediate testing of crate functions There is a log capability currently limited to actions performed on the web page A drop down selection box allows the choice of one of 7 CAMAC commands on the entry box the relevant parameters have to be entered when pressing the EXECUTE button the commands will be executed For read functions the result is available on the data field of the log section for testing functions the result is available in the data section with values O or 1 Please remember that in the current implementation logging is enabled only for commands executed from this web page Logging is ten events deep it is also possible to clear the log directly on the web page Table 5 1 Commands table response in Q execute CAMAC command with function 0 31 16 bit data slot 1 23 subaddr 0 15 CSSA function slot lt subaddr gt data response in Q function 0 31 slot 1 23 subaddr 0 15 CCCC generate dataway initialize command with function slot lt subaddr gt data A 24 bit data value 0 reset value 1 set CTCI test dataway inhibit response in Q field CTLM lt which gt testLAM Q field which 1 23
38. an ESONE like abstraction to the socket protocol including multiple crate support Documentation specific to the C library is on a separate document available on the C111C support web site The C library is compatible with compilers like 0 Please note that the C library on host is provided as is in source code form without any form of warranty of support You are allowed to modify it freely but under any circumstance you are responsible for its use misuse 5 6 Remote Reset An hardware reset can be given either by pressing the RESET pushbutton on the front panel or by remote closing an external switch connected to the RESET input on the front panel A remote reset can also be sent from the network From a socket connection on port 2000 send the command reset If working from a terminal window just type reset 6 From a telnet connection port 23 type reboot NPO Filename Number of pages Page 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 17 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 5 7 Local web server The local web server is a dynamic server in the sense that gathers relevant data and information directly from the machine therefore depending on page contents page refresh may be slower than expected if compared to a fully static web site A username and a password are required to access the local web server Default values
39. at format 33 Returns measured voltage on 3 3V power Supply in float format vp5 Returns the measured voltage on 5 power supply in float format SYSTEM PARAMETERS stored in EEPROM ee getcomspeed Returns the speed of the RS232 COM port ee setcomspeed lt baudrate gt Sets the speed of the RS232 COM port ee getcoscan Returns current Crate Scan flag value 0 or 1 ee getdhcp ee getdhop Returns 0 if DHCP client is not enabled 1 otherwise ee getdns ee get ns Returns current DNS in dotted notation ee getgw ee getgw Returns current Gateway in dotted notation ee getip ee getip Returns current IP address in dotted notation ec getmac ee getmac Returns current MAC address in hex format with delimiters like in 00 50 2 26 0 ee getmask ee getmask Returns current IP mask in dotted notation ee getname ee getrob Returns current Crate Name as it appears in the local web pages Returns current Run on Boot flag value 0 or 1 ee getserial Returns C111C serial number ee setcscan Sets Crate Scan flag to specified value 0 or 1 Setname name string Sets the Crate Name shown in the local web pages ee setrob value Sets Run on Boot flag to specified value 0 or 1 ee storeconf Stores current NIM section configuration into EEPROM default se
40. atted as 03X in ASCII mode dataj is formatted as 06X for both 16 bit and 24 bit access types in ASCII mode the data block is terminated by r character in binary mode hdr and dataj are all 32 bit values Filename Number of pages Page 1 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 in binary mode the data block is K 1 4 bytes if there non significant data values if cmd or cmd 0 data block size is always the same as above hdr is a header that can assume one of the following values Table 5 6 Cmd values hdr notes datal actual datasize 9 End of lock data2 dataK non significant N 0 Number of data words being If N K then dataN dataN 1 dataK transferred are non Significant 3 Since datal actual datasize data2 dataK non significant datal actual datasize data2 dataK Significant complete reference of block transfer commands is available 10 5 5 C library Although the host programs can be written in any language a C library is available to simplify code generation host clients IRQ handling and binary commands can be handled in a very easy and transparent way that releases the programmer from taking care of low level details The C library is an ANSI C library delivered in source form providing
41. ch pulse width Generates a pulse event on a selected output with specified width in multiples of 20 ms See section Outputs for details nim setpulse period width polarity nim setpulse period wi dth polarity Sets Pulse Generator values in decimal lt period gt 1 1023 lt width gt 1 7 lt polarity gt 0 or 1 See section Outputs for details nim_getpulse nim getpulse Returns Pulse Generator settings nim pulseoff nim pulseoff Disables Pulse Generator nim setcthr which value nim setcthr which value Sets threshold value for COMBO section which 1or2 nim getcthr which nim getcthr which Returns current threshold value for COMBO section which lor2 nim getcdtc which nim getcdtc which Returns current COMBO Dead Time Counter value which 12 nim cack which nim cack which Acknowledges COMBO event which 1 or 2 reset DTC and FF nim getcev which nim getcev which Returns current COMBO Event Counter value which 1 2 nim resetcev which nim resetcev which Reset specified COMBO Event Counter which 1 or 2 nim enablecombo which value nim enablecombo which value nim waitcombo ch Enables or disables specified COMBO section preventing unwanted triggering which 1 2 value 0 enable l disable Wait for COMB
42. ch pressure of the button for example different module setups can be activated when the button is pressed and different actions can be performed 8 2 Inputs The NIM INPUT subsection implements four independent NIM inputs that may be read asynchronously to retrieve input status or configured to perform event counting more specifically inputs 1 and 3 can be set as event counter triggering on rising or falling transition Counter reset is performed either with a dedicated control command or with an external reset derived from input 2 for counter on input 1 and from input 4 for counter on input 3 Note that external reset capability must be enabled with the proper commands External reset is active when relevant input is while counter is kept to zero and will not count further NIM in 1 C gt ex EVENT COUNTER NIM in 2 O gt 5 4 LO to HI trigger vv INPUTS NIM in 3 o gt EVENT COUNTER A NIM in 4 OR Viv Y RESET vv HI to LO trigger INPUTS Fig 8 1 NIM INPUT subsection diagram Table 8 1 NIM INPUT subsection Read from inputs Notes TCP socket commands Lua code snippet Basic reading of input nim getin A nim getin values nim getin j B nim
43. ckets if not Acceptable values are from 1 to 1440 a day and the default is 300 lockfile may be used in an update mode to ensure that there is only one copy of msntp running at once The default is installation dependent but will usually be etc msntp pid savefile may be used in daemon mode to store a record of previous packets which may speed up recalculating the drift after msntp has to be restarted e g because of network or server outages The default is installation dependent but will usually be etc msntp state Note that there is no locking of this file and using it twice may cause chaos address is the DNS name or IP number of a host to poll if no name is given the program waits for broadcasts Note that a single component numeric address is not allowed NPO Filename Number of pages Page 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 25 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 6 Local scripting 6 1 6 2 NPO Lua scripting language An on board script interpreter is available allowing complex interactions with the CAMAC bus and local NIM I O section The scripting language is Lua extended with a TCP IP library and with specific commands that allow management of the underlying hardware Lua is a powerful lightweight programming language designed for extending applications frequently used as a general purpose stand a
44. d in streaming mode C111C does not wait for the whole block data set to begin writing A brief summary of available commands follows Table 5 4 Block transfer available commands Utility BLKBUFFS Block transfer buffer size set BLKBUFFG Block transfer buffer size get Q stop BLKSS Block transfer 16 bit Q stop mode BLKFS Block transfer 24 bit Q stop mode Q repeat BLKSR Block transfer 16 bit Q stop mode BLKFR Block transfer 24 bit Q repeat mode Address BLKSA Block transfer 16 bit address scan mode BLKFA Block transfer 24 bit address scan mode In general the command is expressed as BLKsm where s S short F full m S Q stop R Q repeat A address scan Read or write mode is determined by the Function code passed as a parameter as follows 7 9 READ mode F 16 27 gt WRITE mode All block transfer commands have the same behavior C111C replies to the command itself immediately after reception before executing the actual block transfer with one of the following possible replies compliant with the standard command response of the TCP control socket protocol Table 5 5 Block transfer possible replies Reply 0 OK operation in progress 1 error wrong parameters 2 error existing command The general format of a data block is hdr data1 data2 dataK where K is the current buffer size in ASCII mode is form
45. een the clocks Acceptable values are from 0 001 to 1 and the default is 0 1 if address is specified and 0 5 otherwise maxerr is the maximum value of various delays that are deemed acceptable Acceptable values are from 1 to 60 and the default is 5 It should sometimes be increased if there are problems with the network NTP server or system clock but take care prompt is the maximum clock change that will be made automatically Acceptable values are from 1 to 3600 and the default is 30 If the program is being run interactively larger values will cause a prompt The value may also be no and the change will be made without prompting NPO Filename Number of pages Page 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 24 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 count is the maximum number of NTP packets to require Acceptable values are from 1 to 25 if address is specified and x is not and from 5 to 25 otherwise the default is 5 If the maximum isn t enough you need a better consistency algorithm than this program uses Don t increase it delay is a rough limit on the total running time in seconds Acceptable values are from 1 to 3600 and the default is 15 if address is specified and 300 otherwise separation is the time to wait between calls to the server in minutes if address is specified and the minimum time between broadcast pa
46. eway and DHCP enable flag can be modified from the serial port console see Serial Port Control section or form the control socket take into account that these settings are effective only after rebooting If DHCP 1 then the local DHCP client is enabled Please refer to your system administrator for additional information relevant to these settings Note that wrong or conflicting IP address settings are the most typical issue that creates connection problem when first using the system Before connecting a board with static IP DHCP 0 you can perform an additional check by issuing a PING command to verify that the IP address on the unit is really available If another system is answering at the same address you may experience intermittent failure i e the web page sometimes does not reload and all other communications will fail Filename Number of pages Page 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 22 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 5 11 Diagnostics page Home Commands NIM I O Configurations Diagnostics ser System 5 12 NPO CAMAC Power Supplies Local Power Supplies Update Voltages Crate Scan Result detected cards in the following slots 6 18 Fig 5 9 Diagnostics readout This page shows current voltage readouts divided into crate power supplies and local digital only power supplies
47. g system boot It might require a longer time depending on your network configuration especially DHCP f default network settings are not suitable for your network environment connect a terminal to the front panel serial port and make the necessary variations see Serial port control section After that reboot either by cycling the main power or by pressing the RESET front panel button and wait about 20 seconds Note if you connect directly an PC with the module i e a point to point connection you MUST use a cross cable this is a typical requirement for LAN devices NIM output 1 can be set as a pulse generator Power supply presence indicators I7 NIM outputs LEDs are ON when output is active SS Status of X and Q signals LS NN A J C b last access e G User LEDs controllable from Lua and socket COMBO trigger busy sections LEDs are ON when 5 output is BUSY FAULT LED s Connect status LED ON when a socket connection is active NIM inputs Restores default NIM 4 IN 1 and 3 can set I O configuration and as event counters generates IRQ 34 IN 2 and 4 can be si enabled as external 1 1 reset for event Pushbutton and E counter or external SYSTEM COMBO sections RESET Fig 2 1 Front Panel description Please open your browser on a host connected to the same LAN used by C
48. ilename Number of pages Page 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 41 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 Command CSSA Response bin cmd 0 STX resp 0 STX bin_cmd 1 BIN_CSSA_CMD resp 1 BIN_CSSA_CMD bin_cmd 2 F resp 2 Q bin cmd 3 N resp 3 X bin emd 4 A resp 4 DATA amp OxFF bin emd 5 DATA amp OxFF resp 5 DATA 8 amp OxFF cmd 6 DATA gt gt 8 amp OXFF resp 6 delta ETX cmd 7 delta RESPONSE bin cmd 8 delta ETX Command CCCZ Response bin cmd 0 STX resp 0 STX bin emd 1 BIN CCCZ CMD resp 1 BIN CCCZ CMD bin 2 RESPONSE resp 2 ETX bin 3 ETX Command CCCC Response bin cmd 0 STX resp 0 STX bin cmd I BIN bin cmd 2 ETX bin cmd 3 Command CCCI Response bin emd 0 STX bin BIN bin cmd 2 ETX bin cmd 3 bin cmd 4 ETX Command CTCI Response bin cmd 0 STX resp 0 STX bin_cmd 1 BIN_CTCI_CMD resp 1 BIN CMD bin emd 2 ETX resp 2 test res resp 3 ETX Command CTLM Response bin cmd 0 STX resp 0 STX bin_cmd 1 BIN_CTLM_CMD resp 1 BIN CMD bin emd 2 slot resp 2 test res bin cmd 3 delta ETX resp 3 ETX Command CCLWT Response bin cmd 0 STX resp 0 STX bin emd 1 BIN
49. l socket for details and section ASCII commands reference for a complete list of the ASCII commands The command set of C111C is composed of simple ASCII strings Moreover a command subset is also available in binary format to improve speed performances Port 2001 is dedicated to this function See section TCP binary control socket for details A telnet server is also available on port 23 Typing telnet jenet IP addr gt the user can access the 111 internal filesystem It is recommended for expert users only 111 can also notify the host computer that some asynchronous external events LAM COMBO trigger and DEFAULT button pressure have occurred The TCP port 2002 is dedicated to this function See section Interrupt handling for details The internal software architecture is designed to allow control of multiple crates It must be considered that when using an Ethernet based CAMAC controller the distinction between crates is implicit as every crate is identified by a different IP address Therefore the crate number is typically not a parameter in many command definitions Filename Number of pages Page 1 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 5 1 TCP ASCII control socket 5 2 NPO Remote control is organized as follows the local firmware opens a TCP socket server on port 2000 and waits for
50. list username and pwd are ascii string of any length Note The front panel connector requires a straight serial cable pin 2 to pin 2 pin 3 to pin 3 only RX TX and GND are required The new firmware release 2 05 or greater provides an additional feature that when enabled takes control over the serial port and allocates a TCP socket to serial converter A TCP socket server is activated on port 2003 any terminal like application can connect as a TCP client and interact remotely with the serial port To enable the TCP socket server see 4 2 To modify serial port settings when in TCP server mode see within the System Parameters see 9 Please notice that when the TCP server is enabled the above protocol is not implemented Therefore TCP communication allows to write read commands through the 111 Serial Port This feature is extremely useful if a serial controlled device is located near the crate i e a serial LCD display a remote data acquisition or I O expander a local PLC Filename Number of pages Page C111C_REV8 DOC 44 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 4 Startup options 4 1 4 2 NPO C111C startup options can be tuned in order to provide a fine control over performance and connectivity There are some settings stored in nonvolatile memory that can be changed with the control socket or fro
51. lone language More information is available at www lua org Please take not that while being free software it is property of Tecgraf http www tecgraf puc rio br of which we acknowledge the excellent work A brief description of the scripting engine and its extensions follows Table 6 1 Lua description This is the base scripting engine It has been conceived as an Lua Mau efficient compact add on scripting library for various applications Extension Lua 4 0 developed Diego Nehab that adds Luasocket library 14 TCP and UDP functionality to the Lua scripting language Bit manipulation Added by CAEN srl to offer bit wise AND OR XOR extension functions NIM IO extension Added by CAEN srl to offer full control of the local NIM I O section System extension Added by CAEN srl to offer full control of system functions CAMAC extension 2 Added by CAEN srl to offer full control over CAMAC commands and functions Note that a complete reference of Lua is available on www lua org and on the C111C support site courtesy of the Lua community at http www caen it nuclear product php modz C1 11C Lua engine in C111C One of the desirable features of Lua is that the language can be easily extended with new commands this technique has been applied to allow full control of C111C from a script A detailed reference of available extension commands is presented in chapter 9
52. m the serial port and some options that require placement or removal of jumpers inside the unit Startup flags Two flags are available for startup fine tuning Lua script Run On Boot flag Crate Scan Enable flag Both are stored in the local EEPROM and can be modified with dedicated commands on the serial port getrob setrob getcscan setcscan or from the control socket The Lua Run On Boot flag when enabled tells the system to run the stored Lua script after starting up the application its main usage is for automated crate initialization and for unattended control Crate Scan is a function available on C111C to allow automatic detection of cards inserted into the crate It is a quick way of verifying the presence of cards that may be required by the acquisition code either within the Lua script or on the host application Being a heuristic approach to card detection there is no formal way of detecting a card when inserted into the crate the Crate Scan function may interfere with specific CAMAC cards it is thus possible to disable the Crate Scan function Note that Crate Scan is executed only at startup in order to avoid possible interaction with ongoing script or actions from host if the feature is disabled it will not be possible even from socket A description in pseudo code of the Crate Scan function follows for slot 1 slot lt 23 slot end slot 0 for fun 0 fun lt sizeoffSCAN FUNCTION fun for addr 0
53. mandatory to allow individual bit testing The following additional functions are provided all with two operands and one result Table 6 2 Lua additional functions function Description C equivalent band a b 32 bit binary AND a amp b bor 32 bit binary OR alb bxor 32 bit binary XOR exclusive OR a b bmod binary module a b bsl binary shift left a lt lt b bsr binary shift right a gt gt b 6 2 2 Socket commands for Lua control A subset of control socket commands is dedicated to management of the local Lua interpreter engine these commands are used by the jsm application C111C Script Manager see below Note that these socket commands are the only messages to violate the principle to have one command per line The following commands are available Table 6 3 Lua Socket commands lua setfile It transfers a script from host to C111C the file is placed in RAM and can be saved on FLASH with the store command The following procedure is required host sends control socket following lua lt filesize gt where filesize is expressed in bytes control sockets answers with host sends the file directly control socket answers with lua getfile It transfers a script from C111C to host the following procedure is required host sends to control socket the following command lua getfile control sockets answers with file
54. n COMBO 1 BUSY sesetCOMBO 1 event 1 counter reset event counter Fig 5 7 COMBO section settings COMBO input 1 can be reset with the dedicated button the usual way to reset a COMBO input would be from software COMBO input 2 can be reset with the dedicated button the usual way to reset a COMBO input would be from software Dead Time Counter for both COMBO inputs is not shown on web page as it has relevant meaning only immediately before resetting the COMBO input NPO Filename Number of pages Page 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 21 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 System settings Home Commands NIM I O Configurations Diagnostics User System NPO Network Parameters MAC address 00 50 C2 26 E0 0D IP address 192 168 0 93 255 255 255 0 default gateway 0 0 0 0 System Identification serial number 00000100 FPGA version 02 03 30 12 2003 Fig 5 8 System settings This is a read only page that displays relevant network settings and local ID details please always check that your documentation is referring to the same firmware version release date is NOT relevant The MAC address is a read only property that cannot be changed in any way it may be useful in certain network environments the local IP address subnet mask default gat
55. n the serial port so please enable character echo on your serial terminal The following commands are available Table 3 1 Serial port available commands help Provides a quick list of commands on terminal setip new IP addr gt sets a new IP address to be written in the format aaa bbb ccc ddd setmask new mask sets a new IP mask setgw new gw addr sets a new gateway IP address setdhcp lt 011 gt if set to 1 enables the local DHCP client getip getmask getgw getdhcp getmac Allows retrieval of current network settings and of the internal MAC address setrob lt 011 gt if set to 1 enables the Lua Run On Boot option setcscan lt 011 gt if set to 1 enables the Crate Scan function executed at startup only setcspeed lt baudarate gt getrob Allows retrieval of current startup settings Lua Run On Boot and Crate getcscan Scan Allows retrieval of current board serial number Sets gets current COM speed getcspeed Allowed speeds 50 75 110 134 150 200 300 600 1200 1800 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 115200 230400 if the baudrate value is not allowed speed defaults to 38400 baud getname setname name string Sets gets current name displayed on the web server index page string name can be up to 16 characters listuser adduser lt username pwd gt deluser username pwd Manage current authorized web users
56. o obtain maximum JMP9 WEB SERVER performance note that it cannot run if application is also disabled APPLICATION Disable application if the system hangs after powerup 1 after failing a firmware upgrade Disable serial port application if the system JMP7 COM SERVER keeps hanging after powerup it may also be used to prevent local access to critical parameters i e network settings Please notice that on C111C TELNET is an insecure method to control the unit no password and no encryption are provided Therefore if the application requires it it may be safer to disable telnet access NPO Filename Number of pages Page 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 11 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 5 Remote control NPO The unit has been designed to allow full control from a remote location taking advantage of the available high speed Ethernet interface A summary of the implemented TCP IP services is detailed Table 5 1 Remote control available commands Service Port Notes HTTP server 80 Dynamic Web Server it serves up to 5 client browsers at the same time TCP server 2000 TCP control socket for ASCII commands up to 2 different clients are allowed at the same time see TCP ASCII control socket section TCP server 2001 TCP control socket for binary commands only see TCP binary con
57. owing Procedure Start Connect to the Unit via TELNET module IP port 23 the following text will be displayed BusyBox v0 60 3 2003 03 19 17 07 0000 Built in shell msh Enter help for a list of built in commands Now at the prompt type Is the following text will be displayed BusyBox v0 60 3 2003 03 19 17 07 0000 Built in shell msh Enter help for a list of built in commands Is data etc lib nfs usr bin Filename Number of pages Page 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 29 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 dev htdocs mnt proc sbin www If the www directory does not appear but instead the directory appears then the module is a new generationn C111C and therefore it is not necessary to update the kernel prior to update the firmware that can be done by following the instructions at 7 The presence of the www directory indicates that the module is a first generation C111C and it is therefore necessary to continue the procedure to upgrade the kernel at the prompt type mount t nfs o nolock nfs shared folder nfs eraseall dev mtd 1 eraseall dev mtd 4 update flash t v ram nfs jenet2 kernel bin 1 reboot Wait for the reboot the telnet connection will end automatically Reconnect with telnet at the prompt type mount t nfs o nolock nfs shared folder nfs
58. s Same above 16 bit operation 16 27 Notes HOST BLKFR lt gt lt N gt A maxsize timeout bin JENET reply JENET binary data JENET binary data JENET binary data HOST BLKSR F N A maxsize timeout bin 24 bit operation 0 7 Check for timeout possible reply from C111C hdr 3 16 bit operation EIE same as above F 0 7 ADDRESS SCAN mode reply see table on page 2 K Block Transfer buffer size Nstart station from which address scan begins Nwords maximum size of data block to transfer ASCII read Notes 24 bit operation HOST gt BLKFA lt F gt lt Nstart gt lt Nwords gt F 0 7 JENET gt reply JENET gt hdr datal data2 data3 dataK JENET hdr datal data2 data3 dataK JENET 000 datal data2 data3 dataK HOST BLKSA F Nstart lt Nwords gt 16 bit operation same as above F 0 7 ASCII write Notes HOST gt BLKFA lt F gt lt Nstart gt lt Nwords gt 24 bit operation JENET gt reply 16 27 HOST hdr datal data2 data3 dataK HOST hdr datal data2 data3 dataK HOST hdr datal data2 data3 dataK JENET 0 actual datasize 16 bit operation HOST BLKSA lt gt Nstart lt Nwords gt F 16 27 same as above BINARY read Notes HOST BLKFA F lt Nstart gt
59. size expressed in bytes host sends control socket sends the file directly store It saves the current script on FLASH getrun It returns the current execution state of the script interpreter setrun It changes the executionstate setrun value where 1 run 0 stop geterr It returns the error message if any returned by the script interpreter being a multi line string it follows the same protocol of lua getfile getlog It returns the stdout log file returned by the script interpreter it s useful as a debugging aid as print messages are sent to the log Being a multi line output it follows the same protocol of lua getfile WARNING using print on Lua may crash the system if the log file gets too long Please use it only for debug 7 2 3 You can review the JSM source code to gain more insight into script file transfers Please note that JSM is provided in source code form as is without support or guarantee 6 2 3 C111C Script Manager It is a dedicated application available for Windows and Linux that allows full control over all operations related to script management all operations are specified with command line parameters The following syntax is implemented version 1 0 NPO Filename Number of pages Page 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 27 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C1
60. tation for further details In the following diagram a typical scenario with 2 separate crates is shown C111C CAMAC CRATE CONTROLLER 192 168 0 98 HOST 2001 binary socket socket client server CRATE 1 gt TCP IRQ 2002 gt TCP IRQ socket Socket client gt a server CRATE 1 m lt C111C pae O CAMAC CRATE CONTROLEER 192 168 0 99 E Un 2 binary 2001 p TCP binary socket socket client server CRATE 2 TCP IRQ 2002 gt TCPIRQ socket socket client server CRATE 2 e Fig 5 1 Remote control with 3 separate crates Block transfers The C111C TCP protocol has been expanded with block transfer commands Care has been put in optimizing performance while the whole protocol on TCP has been designed to be as simple and intuitive as possible block transfer commands are not following this approach The following block transfer modes are implemented Address Scan mode Repeat mode Stop mode Following the IEEE standard the Q line assumes different meanings depending on the selected type of block transfer Table 5 3 Q line meaning Reply Address Scan mode Repeat mode Stop mode 0 1 Register is present Register is ready Continue block transfer Q 0 Register is missing Register is not ready End block transfer Some remarks follow on our solution
61. teure eee a E 9 4 SSTARITUP OPTIONS attenuata en od oho ees 10 4l SIARTUPBELAGS uere sro dete eese ie ehe e 10 42 JUMPBERSELTIINGS rer orte rette rmt metiri mrt 10 52 JREMOTE CONTROL trt rete bee tee ie ete te deese eer ete ete EG 12 5 1 TCP ASCII CONTROL SOCKET n n nen nennen nnn nnn n n 13 5 2 TCEBINARY CONTROL SOCKET n een nennen nnn nn n nnn n 13 3 3 t INTERRUPT HANDLING 5 eet t E HERE ER EE EFE GIORNI 14 34 BEOCKATRANSEERS 15 3 9 2904 46 17 35 06 REMOTERESET ERE ERE E 17 18 58 COMMANDS PAGE 25 462 68 eee eite tee 19 5 9 2255055 E REEF PERENNE E PIENE 20 5 9 1 Input section 2 RS ea te hk a eate ibo ee IS Res 20 59 22 i aid ede a es 21 5 9 3 COMBO gt i ES 21 23310 htt teuer 22 DIAGNOSTICS PAGE RENTEN NNI E NN 23 9 121 SNEP CEIEN
62. to block transfer Filename Number of pages Page 1 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 C111C_REV8 DOC 44 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 NPO Block data is transferred on the same TCP socket connection used for commands During a block transfer no other commands can be sent over the socket connection therefore block transfer must be completed before other commands can be sent The user must take care of this limit as any command can cause a block transfer abort If multiple clients connect to the same TCP control socket server on C111C they might violate the condition detailed above As already mentioned on the User s Manual don t use multiple clients unless you are debugging or you really know what you re doing To allow transfer of large block data in read operations local buffering is implemented Read data are transferred to the host in buffers every time the local buffer is filled Buffer size is programmable to adapt different requirements and calibrate the tradeoff between optimal transfer efficiency and response time Read operations are available in ASCII and binary mode ASCII mode is perfect for quick debugging and verification while binary mode offers higher performance at the cost of increased protocol complexity being a mixed ASCII binary protocol Write operations are only available in in ASCII mode Write operations are consume
63. trol socket section TCP server 2002 TCP socket server for interrupt management see Interrupt handling section TCP server 2003 TCP socket server for socket to serial link see Jumper settings section Telnet server 23 System telnet server it is used mainly for firmware updates and may be disabled by the user see Startup options section Please note that the telnet connection is unsafe no password protected access no encryption The local web server allows an easy and quick access to CAMAC commands test and monitoring functions Simple CAMAC operations can be easily performed by means of a user friendly web interface with no need of programming or learning manuals This very useful especially when performing quick lab tests on CAMAC modules See section Local Web Server for details The socket connection is the main control method for general applications the host computer opens a TCP connection to the C111C IP address at port 2000 and then starts sending commands A command is a simple ASCII string Command can be sent by host computers through a specific DAQ application or manually using a terminal program like telnet for Unix Linux or HyperTerminal for Windows For example a socket connection can be manually opened from a Linux host by typing telnet lt jenet addr gt 2000 As soon as the connection is established C111C is ready to accept commands from the host keyboard See section TCP ASCII contro
64. ttings NIM I O SECTION nim getin nim getin Returns NIM input values it returns 1 2 3 a 4 where a n 0 or 1 nim_getins lt which gt nim_getins which Returns a single NIM input value 0 or 1 lt which gt 1 2 3 or 4 nim setievcnt which en Xpol ext reset nim setievcnt which en pol ext reset Sets Input Event Counter which 1 3 lt gt 0 1 lt pol gt 0 1 ext reset gt 0 1 nim getievcnt which nim geticnt which nim getievcnt which nim geticnt which Returns Input Event Counter settings Returns current Input Event Counter value nim reseticnt which nim reseticnt which Reset specified Input Event Counter which 1 or 3 NPO 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 Filename C111C_REV8 DOC Number of pages Page 44 35 Document type User s Manual MUT Title Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller Revision date 03 12 2008 8 Revision nim getouts which nim getouts which Returns current value of specified output which 1 4 nim getout nim getout Returns current value of all outputs nim setouts which value nim setouts which valu Sets value of specified output e which 1 4 nim setout vl v2 v3 v4 nim setout vl v2 v3 v4 Sets current value of all output which 1 4 nim setoutp whi
65. ules Local programmable pulse generators NIM Section input event counters NIM default settings can be reloaded with front panel button ANSI C remote control library derived from the ESONE standard with extensions to control local resources Remote control of all functions through TCP socket Dynamic local web server allows advanced monitoring and control without the Remote Control Library NPO 00108 04 C111C MUTx 08 Local Web Server Advanced Scripting Engine Front Panel Indicators Filename C111C_REV8 DOC 44 need to install dedicated software perfect for crate setup and maintenance User page with results from script Embedded script interpreter allows local execution of C like code with full control on CAMAC and NIM functions No need to install cross compilation toolchains X and Q signals on last access 4 user LEDs controllable from script Fault connection status and NIM default indicators Number of pages Page 6 Document type Title Revision date Revision User s Manual MUT Mod C111C Ethernet CAMAC Crate Controller 03 12 2008 8 2 Starting up NPO Please insert the controller into slots 24 and 25 ONLY of a standard CAMAC crate rightmost when looking the crate from the front side if default network settings are compatible with your setup connect a LAN cable to the front panel RJ45 socket Power up the CAMAC crate Wait about 20 seconds to allow completion of operatin
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67. ze the number of datawords effectively transferred Note please take care to avoid multiple clients connected to the control socket server as any command sent by other clients will abort the data transfer currently ongoing Table 10 4 Block transfer commands Buffer size get set only for read operations Default buffer size is 16 Buffer size is expressed in terms of data values not in bytes command Reply by C111C Notes BLKBUFFG 0 buffsize Get current buffer size BLKBUFFS buffsize 0 Set buffer size valid range is 1 256 STOP mode reply see table on page 2 K Block Transfer buffer size ASCII read Notes HOST BLKFS F N A maxsize 24 bit operation JENET reply 0 7 JENET hdr datal data2 data3 dataK JENET hdr datal data2 data3 dataK JENET 000 datal data2 data3 dataK HOST BLKSS F N A maxsize 16 bit operation same as above F 0 7 ASCII write Notes HOST gt BLKFS lt F gt lt N gt lt A gt lt maxsize gt 24 bit operation JENET gt reply F 16 27 HOST gt hdr datal data2 data3 dataK HOST hdr datal data2 data3 dataK HOST hdr datal data2 data3 dataK JENET 0 actual datasize HOST BLKSS F lt N gt lt A gt lt maxsize gt 16 bit operation same as above 16 27 BINARY read Notes HOST BLKFS F lt N gt A maxsize

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