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1. 34 52 Suspen Window floated view er ED po DE 35 List of Tables Table 1 Available SYx527 System Channel Parameters 15 HV Board Series 12 Table 2 Available and Desktop Channel Parameters 0 0010000 sna rennes 14 Table 3 Available VME Channel Parameters 2 sisi ri enr ao pev hk ere aede Re p ka ey o sae ere pL ka Sosa e Eee ER eyed VERRE PSP Pre MER ania 14 Table 4 Available DT55xx Channel 00 000 111 nennen nennen nnne nn sensa nn tes ssa anni ssa sies ssa assess aan resa 14 UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies 4 CAEN Electronic Instrumentation 1 Introduction GECO2020 is a graphical application that allows to manage all the CAEN Power Supplies whatever their form factor Multichannel Power Supply System VME NIM Rack or Desktop Operation with V65xx VME Power Supplies requires the use of CAEN VME Bridges NDT DT R14xx NIM Desktop Rack Modules can be controlled via USB and Ethernet DT55xx Desktop Modules can be controlled via USB and Optical Link N14xx modules be2. 16 CiU 16 SS APTE TT TTE 16 OD TIONS NRI 20 viz 118 41 et 20 SEcunESaIT Di PLU 20 s Ei ca SN MU 21 IK se ce 21 he ccs 9 21 System GENERAL SIGNAL 0 22 0 0 0202 221220 1 sess a eset esses naa iners ssi 22 System RESET FLAG CONFIGURATION ce eva ren er ka bant ed ev ke liu ono ru Ee ex p Pla SE Echo Po RA 22 System TE CH INFO 24 Syste M SENE te 25 SYx527 System Advanced Features 26 System Advanced SRM OT Tm 26 System Advaliced LOBE INE FERE pU tub ab uu REDI EDO ar bra nodi dns 29 Boards PONE 30 Groups coli lipuratiOl oni Evae rd VER E 30
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5. n Electronic Instrumentation Tools for Discovery Eee RR 2121111911513 B B num HEEL EE EE E E ELE UM2463 2020 6 1 COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies Rev 8 3 April 2015 Purpose of this User Manual This User s Manual contains the full description of the GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies Change Document Record Date Rev Changes oan e Updated to rel 1 5 System RESET FLAG and DTSSxxparameters 00 Symbols abbreviated terms and notation T B D Reference Document T B D CAEN S p A Via Vetraia 11 55049 Viareggio LU ITALY Tel 39 0584 388 398 Fax 39 0584 388 959 info caen it www caen it CAEN SpA 2011 Disclaimer No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form or by any means electronic mechanical recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of CAEN SpA The information contained herein has been carefully checked and is believed to be accurate however no responsibility is assumed for inaccuracies CAEN SpA reserves the right to modify its products specifications without giving any notice for up to date information please visit www caen it CAEN n Electronic Instrumentation Index 1
6. DT55xx Ge CRAIE TECH SESSIONS MAP INFO GEN SIGN Fan 1680 Fani 1716 An Lonngure HVFanStat Fan2 Tv Fans 1573 4 0 Fan5b 0 SymbolicName 0 eres Fano 1752 PWFanStat Fani amp 1680 Fanz amp 1644 Fig 15 System settings The SYx527 SYSTEM Panel allows also to e Hv Fan Speed LO MD if foreseen and Symbolic name monitor HV Fan Status and Power Fan Status System bar Fig 16 System bar options This sub menu hosts two options System Disconnect It allows to disconnect from the System with VME systems it is possible to disconnect one or more boards per time System Configure This option allows to select which boards channels and parameters of the connected System will be displayed in the Channels Panel By clicking on Configure the following window opens Channels tab UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies 16 17 CAEN Q Electronic Instrumentation Fig 17 Boards configuration The order of the boards to be displayed into the Channels Panel can be selected by the User by dragging and dropping the icons with the mouse left button By clicking on the board icon pointer of the board this one is expanded with the channels numbers Fig 18 Channels configuration 0 2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies CAEN Q Electronic In
7. wait time Where time is expressed in ms Example 6 in order to wait 3s the script is wait 3000 The following figure shows an example to set VO on channel 0 1 2 3 of Board 2 to 500V then wait for 10s set VOSet 2 0 1 2 3 500 wait 10000 Ch S Fig 36 Script Example The save button allows to save the script as cas CAEN Action Script file in order to load it in a later time use the open button The Wizard button opens a tool that allows to create a script through a guided procedure Add Action Rem Action Clear Actions Actions Action SET Parameter 0Set Boards Channels Misc Value 5000 0 uA action WATT Fig 37 Script Wizard Pop up This option allows to create or retrieve a script that allows to perform one or more setting on a set of channels in the system For example we want to program the following sequence see Fig 37 1 set to 5000A the lOset parameter on channels 0 1 of the A1538D Board in slot 2 2 wait 12 seconds UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies CAEN Q Electronic Instrumentation It is necessary to add these actions to the script 1 choose Add action gt Action Set gt Parameter Iset gt Board Channels Misc select board and channels in the same way described by Configure option on page 16 gt Value write the desired value for example 5000A 2 click complete
8. 3 select Add action Action wait and then type the delay value 12000msec 4 click complete 5 click ok At this point the new script will be shown in the create script pop up set I0Set 210 1 5000 wait 12000 Fig 38 Script Example Wizard outcome click Start and the script will be executed the state of the script will be shown at the bottom of the main menu acript Execution SET 0Set for 240 1 to 5000 OK WAIT 12000 ms OK Script successfully executed sy 10 0 752 Fig 39 Script Execution The execution can be Paused or Stopped with the relevant buttons stop pause play after a pause the script can be continued with the play button after a stop it must be restarted Save button allows to record the script as cas CAEN Action Script file and Open to retrieve it in a later moment UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies 28 CAEN n Electronic Instrumentation System Advanced Logging The Log option allows to create a Log file of the values of a certain parameter out of a set of channels in the system In order to do this click Log button the following dialog tab will open Board 4 Chan000 Chan001 Chan002 Chan003 Chan00 4 Chan005 Chan006 007 008 009 010 011 lo o o o o o o o Conndtat NrOfslot VMon Pw Status RUp RDWn
9. Trip Fig 40 Create Log file Pop up This tab allows to select the System board and channels parameters to be monitored Once selection is performed it is necessary to type Log Filename the file where the selected parameters will be tracked at this point click Logging wil be started by set Log to ON it will become RED see Fig 34 Log files look like this 2012 09 26T17 52 50 sy4527 live inserted removed board 2012 09 26T17 53 23 sy4527 live inserted removed board 2012 09 26T18 02 31 sy4527 live inserted removed board If for example we monitor VOset parameter of channel 0 of board slot 11 log file will be 2012 12 05T11 26 25 sy4527 bd 11 ch 0 par VOSet val 1000 2012 12 05T11 30 02 sy4527 bd 11 ch 0 par VOSet val 900 29 UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies CAEN Electronic Instrumentation Boards Panel The rightmost panel of the main tab see p 10 houses the list of the Boards in the system and the board parameters board serial number is between SYx527 NIM DESKTOP Rack VME BOARDS BOARDS VME V6534N V6534N A1535 N1471 Hodule Module Module VMax 6668 00 BdStatus 3183 00 uA HVMax 3618 00 Status emp 18 00 Control SwRelease 262 00 rm RTerm Alarm Board0s 1535 629 DT55xx A1535 BOARDS Module BdStatus
10. chanoo9 Chan010 011 Chan012 1 1 Fig 47 Custom View Channel selection It is possible to add channels to Custom View by clicking on them selected channels will be shown in the right column The order of the Systems Boards and Channel in the network is the same sequence used when they have been selected A this point click OK You will be re directed to Main Menu Now if you click the Custom View thumbnail in the Channel section only the selected parameters and channels will be shown System 08 000 System 08 001 System 08 002 Fig 48 Custom View Channel section Configuration files Configuration files of Custom view and System settings can be saved and retrieved by using Settings gt Save Load The following pop up will be shown it is possible to save the configuration of all connected systems or only a selection of these besides for example we decide to save the custom view setting 33 0 2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies CAEN Q Electronic Instrumentation Fig 49 Custom View Configuration file record The configuration file will be saved as csc file 0 My Computer Mame Type R Fil der plugi Fil der Fil der Fil der 6 bytes csc File session csc 18 bytes cscFile sessione csc 20 bytes csc File system csc 16 bytes csc File File name Files of typ
11. HVMax 3580 00 A Temp 21 00 Module Base Fw Rel 02 04 build d905 HV Fw Rel 01 00 Fig 41 System Boards panel Groups configuration The Groups Menu allows to create custom groups of channels containing a subset of the channels available In order to create a new group follow this procedure Groups Window New Group Groups Fig 42 Groups Menu Select Groups Groups entry on Menu bar New group Enter new Group Select parameter o thechannels tab will show boards and channels to add Add channels Selected items are listed in green de selected ones are gray UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies 30 31 CAEN Electronic Instrumentation a imi System 04 chanooo E chanoo1 v chanoo2 chanoo3 v chanoos v chanoos v chanoo7 08 008 Fig 43 Group selection In order to edit one settable parameter value select it for example VSet then click OK the parameter value will be boxed in red Fig 44 Group parameter setting Type the parameter value within the allowed range then click OK the value will be updated on all group channels unless VSet in some channels would exceed Software Max value in that case the parameter will be set equal to the programmed maximum on those channels Existing Groups can be retrieved
12. a 3 Parameter Function ON OFF Ramp UP DOWN OVV UNV OVC OVP MAXV TRIP OVT OFF KILL ILK CAL ERR PoeoWOr hgigedgemwenoN z Ramp Down UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies 14 15 VSet ISet Offset It is possible for the VSet and ISet parameters to either set directly the relevant value default or to add subtract an offset value option In order to access offset mode Right click on the parameter header T 01 000 01 001 01 003 01 004 01 005 CHANNELOO CHANNELO2 03 CHANNELO4 CHANNELOS CAEN Q Electronic Instrumentation 10000 0 uA 10000 0 uA 10000 0 uA 10000 0 uA 10000 0 uA 10000 0 uA ur 1200 00 V 1200 00 V 1200 00 V 1200 00 V Tag Offset by default the Absolute option is tagged o the bidirectional arrow icon will become green o The offset balue can be either positive or negative negative values require offsets do not need to be signed although sign is recognized Select the value to update for example subtract 300V to Channel 4 VOSet o selectthe relevant value and type 300 01 000 01 001 01 007 01 003 01 004 01 005 01 006 CHANNELOO CHANNELDZ CHANNEL CHANNEL0G CHANNELOO CHANNELOL CHANNELO CHANMELO3 CHANNELO4 05 10000 0 uA 100000 u
13. 0 6 19 CHANNELO3 300 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V SETTINGS CHANNELO4 200 0 uA 1000 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off CHANNELOS 200 0 uA 1000 V 0 0 uA 00 V Off ADVANCED FEATURES CHANNELO6 200 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off CHANNELO7 200 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 00 V Off CHANNELOS 200 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off CHANNELO9 200 0 uA 1000 V 0 0 uA 00 V Off ie sans CHANNELIO 200 0 uA 1000 V 0 0 uA 970 V On a CHANNELI1 200 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 100 0 V On s e CHANNEL12 300 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off SymbolicName 0 CHANNEL13 300 0 uA 1000 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off HvrenSpeed CHANNEL 4 300 0 uA 1000 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off 1 iae FIR CHANNELS 300 0 uA 1000 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off Fan2 1609 CHANNEL16 300 0 uA 1000 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V off CHANNEL17 300 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off CHANNELI8 300 0 uA 1000 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off CHANNEL19 300 0 uA 1000 V 0 0 uA 00 V Off Off Off System 10 0 6 19 Connected Fig 52 System Window floated view UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies Electronic Instrumentation Tools for Discovery CAEN SpA is acknowledged as the only company in the world providing a complete range of High Low Voltage Power Supply systems and Front End Data Acquisition modules which meet IEEE Standards for Nuclear and Particle Physics Extensive Research and Development capabilities have allowed CAEN SpA to play an important long term role in this field Our activities have al
14. 04 05 48 22 session Fil der 08 05 44 06 sessione 04 05 26 24 Lesc bytes csc File 12 09 18 15 session csc 18 bytes File 08 05 44 06 _ sessione csc 20 bytes File 04 05 26 24 Files of type CAEN System Configuration Files csc Fig 21 System Configuration file saving options Then it will be possible to retrieve it in a later moment by going to Settings Load Open My Computer Name Size Type Date Modified R Fi der 12 09 18 plugins Fl der 04 05 session Fil der 08 05 sessione 04 05 system Fi der 13 09 3 Lesc bytes File 12 09 session csc 18 bytes csc File 08 05 20 bytes File 04 05 16 bytes csc File 13 Files of type CAEN System Configuration Files csc Fig 22 System Configuration csc file load N B A retrieved configuration file works properly if the System layout board types and slots has remained the same UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies CAEN Q Electronic Instrumentation System Options SYx527 NIM DESKTOP RACK VME SESSIONS ALARM GENSIGN CFG Fig 23 System buttons Listed above are System buttons available for each system which allow to access the following options System KILL As Kill is selected the pop up window shown below will app
15. 10000 0 uA 10000 0 uA 10000 0 uA 1000040 uA The relevant value will be updated to 900V 10000 0 uA 10000 0 uA 10000 0 uA 10000 0 uA 10000 0 uA 10000 0 uA 120040 V 1200 00 V 1200 00 V 1200 00 V 120000 V 1200 00 V 1200 00 V 1200 00 V 1200 00 V 1200 00 V 1200 00 V 1200 00 V v Absolute 0 8 uA 1200 00 V 23 8 uA 34 4 uA 32 6 uA 27 2 uA 36 7 u 23 B uA HA uA 32 6 uA 21 2 uA 0 10000 26 8 uA 36 2 uA 24 8 uA 34 4 uA 32 6 uA 27 2 uA 25 8 uA 1189 80 V 1190 45 V 1194 10 V 1192 85 V 1191 60 V 1192 60 V 1189 75 V 1190 45 V 1194 10 V 1192 85 V 1191 60 V 1192 65 V 1189 80 V 1190 45 V 1194 10 V 1192 85 V 895 35 V 1192 60 V 1186 60 V u 5 5 5 5 4 5 sign positive 5 3 989 5 5 5 5 gt 5 5 29 5 5 Important note this feature is available for VOSet and lOSet parameters SYx527 and for VSet and ISet parameters other systems UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies CAEN Q Electronic Instrumentation System Panel The leftmost panel houses all the system settings see p 10 SYx527 NIM DESKTOP RACK VME Confiaure Confiaure Configure 5 VME HV Crate em p UNIVERSAL MULTICHANNEL Sup Power SUPPLY SYSTEM USB 0 10 0 6 19 SETTINGS Log M _ ds i ADVANCED FEATURES
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17. allows to enable the relevant reset condition If the corresponding flag is tagged it is enabled if it is not tagged it is disabled For example if front panel reset is not tagged a signal sent through the CPU front panel RESET Input connector if available does not reset the CPU CPU front panel RESET Input Signal if available must be compliant to the specifications described in the SYx527 User manual If more than one reset type is selected in the ResFlagCfg the system will be reset according to the occurrence of any of them Default settings are shown in the figure below UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies 22 23 CAEN Electronic Instrumentation v Front Panel Reset gt BP Reset 7 Front Panel Reset gt CPU Reset Fig 30 System Reset Flag Configuration dialog box UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies CAEN Electronic Instrumentation System TECH INFO This command allows to access to the following dialog tabs CPU and Power modules information provides some data about CPU and FPGA running firmware power supplies status Firmware Release 1 1 5alpha3 FPGA Release 0 05 build c928 Power Modules Status Good Primary Power Supply First Boost Power Supply Status Good Status Not Present Tawa 0 62A Model I LOSA I V 0 00A Ir 0 00 Second Boost Power Supply Third Boost Power Supply Status Not Present Sta
18. the Menu Bar see page 10 File connect The log in form will be shown Power Supply Name Power Supply Name DT5533 Power Supply Type Power Supply Type DT55XX HV M Connection Type Connection Type PCI OPTICAL LINK Connection Parameters Connection Parameters USB Optical Link Connection 0 USB Optical Link Connection 4 Fig 7 DT55xx Log in form Select Power Supply and Connection type then enter USB or Optical Link Connection Parameters check PC control panel o If USB is used enter port number o If OPTICAL LINK is used enter PCI slot and Link number Power supply name User defined click on OK and the Main Menu will be shown UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies CAEN Electronic Instrumentation 4 GECO2020 configuration IMenu bar 1 GECO2020 File Settings Groups Window Help Fig 8 GECO2020 Menu bar The Menu bar has the following options A File allows to connect quit the system Autosave allows to store the present Panels layout menu settings Settings allows Custom view design see page 5 allows to load save a configuration file see page 16 Groups allows to manage Groups see page 30 Window allows to set the layout of panels and main menu see page 35 Help contains software revision info Main Window CHANNELOO 900 00 uA 1000 V 0 10 uA 0 0 V Off peg auc ceo 01 900 00 uA 1000 V 0 1
19. 0 0 V Off J 200 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off CHANNELOS 200 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off 200 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off CHANNEL1O 200 0 uA 0 0 uA 97 0 V On 08 0 11 200 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 100 0 V n CHANNEL12 300 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off 08 E CHANNEL13 300 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off 300 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off CHANNEL15 300 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off CHANNEL16 300 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off CHANNEL17 300 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off CHANNELS 300 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off 08 019 CHANNEL19 300 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off CHANNEL20 300 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off 21 300 0 uA 100 0 V 0 5 uA 0 0 V Off 08 022 CHAMNEL22 300 0 uA 100 0 V 0 5 uA 0 0 V Off 18 023 CHANNEL23 300 0 uA 100 0 V 0 5 uA 0 0 V Off d Fig 11 Channel Parameters panel Channel Parameters Columns All parameters and alarm messages from the Power Supply boards are listed in the Channel Parameters Columns see p 10 these parameters allow for channel parameter setting and for status control of the channels and of the boards inserted into the crate the leftmost column indicates slot and channel number The scroll bars allows to display all the rows and columns Channel rows are highlighted in red if alarm status is detected By left clicking on the item name it is possible to drag and drop rows and columns this is a volatile setting
20. 00000000 0 00002002 Ox 00000000 Ox 00000000 Ox 00000000 0x 00000000 0x 00000000 Ox 00000000 00000000 Ox 00000000 0x 00000000 Fig 12 and TripExt items Different SYx527 System Board Series may have a different set of Channel Parameters UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies 12 13 CAEN Q Electronic Instrumentation This tool allows to link one or more channels to just one trip line both in sense and propagation mode in order to do this e select one line the selection mark will be shown e click on the Line column next to one or more channels the box will show number and color of the Trip line This procedure can be repeated to link other lines to other channels The following setting links Channel 0 and 1 to Internal Trip Line O and Channel 5 6 7 to Internal Trip Line 2 ES erc n Fig 13 Graphical setting This means that ChO will trip as Ch1 is tripping and vice versa Ch5 will trip as either Ch6 or Ch7 or both trip etc Please note that if the Trip parameter is already set with some channels linked to more than just one trip line by changing settings with the graphical tool some links may be lost For example if Channel 0 is set manually to 0x00000043 sense on lines 0 1 propagation on line 0 then as it is modified with the graphical tool as shown in figure above the Channel will b
21. 5 uA Off CHANNELO2 900 00 uA 1000 V 0 00 uA 0 0 V Off SETTINGS CHANNELO3 900 00 uA 1000 V 0 20 uA Off 04 900 00 uA 1000 V 0 10 uA 0 0 V off CHANNELOS 900 00 uA 1000 V 0 10 uA 0 0 V Off 06 1000 V 0 05 uA 06 0 V Off 1000 V 0 00 uA Off 100 0 V 0 10 uA 0 0 V Off 1000 V 0 15 uA Off 100 0 V 0 00 uA 0 0 V Off 1000 V 0 15 uA 0 0 V Off CHANNEL12 1000 V 0 10 uA 0 0 V Off CHANNELI3 30 00 uA 1000 V 0 00 uA Off Off Off Off Off Off System 10 0 7 5 Connected Fig 9 Main Window panels The Main Window is split into three panels System Panel left see p 15 Channels Panel middle see p 11 and Boards Panel right see p 30 The buttons in the upper right corner enabled by clicking the lock icon see figure allows to view e All panels e Channel panel only e System panel Channels panel only e Channels panel Boards panel only T Fig 10 View buttons UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies 10 CAEN Electronic Instrumentation Channels Panel 08 000 CHANNELOO 300 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off CHANNELOL 300 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off 2 300 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off CHAMNELO3 300 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off 200 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off 08 005 B CHANNELO5 200 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off 06 200 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA
22. IS KEV Vas 19 Pis dade Brel 20 SCCM B Me ofa ora P recs TT 20 25 System Clear Alarm dialog SITUE DU PCI P ceri VEU EO E UIN 20 25 5ystem Crate Map dialog i ris Co UE a i aiaia 21 DP Sy SUM OS COI Nt 21 28 System Session dialog M 21 29 System GEN signal Configuration dialog DOX ccccccssssccccesseccecaesecceecseeeececsuesecessueseceeeuaeceesueseeeeeseeeceeseuasecessuaseeessageeessaages 22 30 System Reset Flag Configuration dialog 23 31 System CPU and Power supplies info eeeesssssseesssseeeennneenen nennen nennen nennen nnn nhan nnne nnns sensns assess nanus 24 32 System CPU front panel info 22 S 25 S SOL uiii Ino ERI T Em 25 Advanced TE mcm 26 uo 1 26 A AA AA SAA T m 27 37 CPi Wizard POP
23. and it is not saved in the configuration file In order to update one settable parameter simply left click on it and type the desired value within the allowed range then press Enter If one parameter has discrete allowed options such as PW On Off double click on the current value to view all options then left click to select space bar can be used as well for this purpose Left click on a column header set parameters allow to select all the values in the column the column will become light green and the set value will be written to all channels it is furthermore possible to select more channels with either combination lt ctrl gt lt left click or lt shift gt lt left click NOTICE THE TYPES OF PARAMETERS AND ALARM MESSAGES DISPLAYED IN THE CHANNELS WINDOW DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF BOARD USED The combo box in the upper left corner allows to select between Custom Full and Minimal Tab custom is the Tab with the settings programmed as explained by System Configure section page 16 full Tab shows all channel and parameters and minimal Tab only a factory programmed subset of parameters This option is not available when Custom View is used in that mode the Tab is always custom The parameters displayed in the Channels Window for each channel of each power supply type are UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies CAEN Q Electronic Instrumentation Table 1 Available SYx527 Sys
24. and edited by clicking the Groups entry on menu bar select by group name see figure below New Group Groups Fig 45 Open Existing Group UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies CAEN Electronic Instrumentation 5 Custom View GECO2020 allows to display a set of channel and parameters among those in the controlled system network in order to do this go to on Menu Bar Settings Custom View As the Custom View pop up windows opens select parameters tab and add items to be displayed by clicking on them they will be hi lighted Check uncheck parameters you want to show hide Check all parameters Fig 46 Custom View parameter selection The enabled parameters will be displayed in dark grey the bottom row shows the enabled parameters by left clicking on the item it is possible to drag and drop it along the row this allows to select the column order in the Channels panel When you are ready select Channels tab Then select by clicking the system and or board to be customized UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies 32 CAEN Q Electronic Instrumentation 000 001 Ly 04 ter Chan002 Board0S im 2 Chan003 chano yste 023 Q 001 002 Chan003 Qi Chando 00 chanoos 006 chanoo7 008
25. ate Map dialog box System LOG The Log option available for the NIM DESKTOP RACK DT55xx and VME systems allows to create a Log file of the values of VMon and IMon parameters In order to do this set Log button to ON Fig 27 System Log Option The CAENGECO2020 log file will be created in the User Documents destination folder and will look like this example of VMon logging 2015 01 09T09 59 18 ss bd 0 ch 0 par VMon val 200 03 2015 01 09T09 59 19 ss bd 0 ch 0 par VMon val 200 04 2015 01 09T09 59 21 ss bd 0 ch 0 par VMon val 200 03 System SESSION The Session Window displays all the users Username presently connected to the system and gives information about their Access Level as Guest User or Administrator Level the Communication Line Comm Line they are using Login Time the time day month hour year at which they started the connection and the IP Address used User Level Communication Login Time Ip Address asd admin TCP IP Mon Mar 12 13 00 26 2012 10 0 16 2 asd admin TCP IP Mon Mar 12 13 03 11 2012 10 0 7 15 Fig 28 System Session dialog box UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies CAEN Electronic Instrumentation System GENERAL SIGNAL CONFIGURATION This command allows to define the condition to assert the GEN signal and light up the relevant LED The relevant pop up window contains a list of quantities which allow to define
26. controlled via USB and Ethernet if CAEN NIM8301 Crate is used The Multichannel Power Supply Systems can be controlled via Ethernet or Wi Fi Mainframe Board and Channel and parameters related to the 5 4527 SY5527 Power Supply Systems and to the VME NIM Rack and Desktop Programmable HV Power Supplies can be easily monitored and programmed from the speed of the rack cooling fans to the channel HV ramp rates Additional features include channel groups management custom channel configuration System requirements The host PC shall run Windows or Linux OS 5 UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies CAEN Electronic Instrumentation 2 Installation Download and launch the GECO2020 setup file supported by your OS and follow the installation wizard instructions Click on the shortcut icon and Welcome Window appears as shown below n CO2Z020 File Settings Groups Window Help 2 neral ntrol software Fig 1 Welcome Window GECO2020 enhancement activation GECO2020 functionality enhancement is available for SYx527 Multichannel Power Supply System upon purchase If you have purchased the SW4536 SY4527 SY5527 Control software functionality enhancement activation code ordering code WSW4536XAAAA prior to installation of the GECO2020 you have to access the System via the Web configurator see SY4527 User s manual as admin e go to Setting menu License Manager the foll
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28. e CAEN System Configuration File csc Fig 50 Custom View Configuration file saving options Then it will be possible to retrieve it in a later moment by going to Settings Load Open Look in i I OOOO My Computer Type Date Modified R Fi der 12 09 18 15 27 02 21 55 plugins Fi der 04 05 48 22 session Fil der 08 05 Fil der 04 05 26 2 13 09 di sessione system 1 tes File 12 09 18 csc File session csc 8 bytes File sessione csc ytes File _ system csc 10 bytes cse File Files of type CAEN System Configuration Files csc Fig 51 Custom View Configuration file load Once selected the desired file a dialog box will allow to select the configurations for the used systems if it is necessary to connect to one or more selected items connection parameters must be entered UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies 34 CAEN Electronic Instrumentation 6 Window settings 35 Window option allows to set the visualization of the channles tab by selecting Window in the upper Menu bar three options are available Tabbed Tiled or Floated File Settings Groups Window Help 23 neral trol software System CHANNELO2 300 0 uA 100 0 V 0 0 uA 0 0 V Off 10
29. e updated to 0x00000041 sense link to line 1 will be lost This tool allows to perform External Trip settings in the same way with the following setting Ch2 of the selected board will sense and propagate the Trip status on Line 2 of the System External Trip bus une 1 Fig 14 Graphical TripExt setting UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies CAEN Electronic Instrumentation Table 2 Available Rack and Desktop Channel Parameters Parameter Function ON OFF Ramp UP DOWN OVV UNV OVC OVP MAXV TRIP OVT OFF KILL ILK CAL ERR Trip Max time overcurrent allowed to last 1000 S Imon Range Current Monitor Zoom High or Low Table 3 Available VME Channel Parameters 20 o 315 79 9 2 33 3 919 zs ab Parameter Function current Monitored value when mon ange A Current Monitored value when Imon Range is set to LOW u J o 5 79 a 3 3 3 SS 9 a5 ON OFF Ramp UP DOWN OVV UNV OVC OVP MAXV TRIP OVT OFF ILK CAL ERR Current timit programmed Absolute maximum High Voltage level thatthe channels alowed torean Us MamumHghwotgemcemerne WeimumWghVoagederemerte i Trip Max time overcurrent allowed to last 1000 S Imon Range Current Monitor Zoom High or Low Table 4 Available DT55xx Channel Parameters 20 3
30. ear if you want to forward the KILL command select the YES button You are sending kill signal to system Y4527 Are you sure Fig 24 System KILL dialog box System CLEAR ALARM The Clear Alarm command allows to remove all the alarm conditions which appeared in the Channel Status column of the Channel Window This operation automatically resets the alarm conditions without requiring the power on of the channels Moreover it sets the TRIP counter again to its initial programmed value so that the TRIP counter will start again from the programmed TRIP value as soon as another Over Current condition occurs You are sending Clear Alarm signal to system 544527 Are you sure Fig 25 System Clear Alarm dialog box UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies 20 CAEN Q Electronic Instrumentation System CRATE MAP Crate Map shows what types of boards are inserted into the crate and in which slot they are plugged into The Crate Map Window is shown below the first column on the left indicates the number of the Slot depending on the crate together with the model of the board inserted into the slot if any A short description of the board with its features and serial number follows the board model Last column shows the firmware release SlotNr Board Model Board Description Board Serial Number Board FW Release A1535 24 Ch Neg 3 5KV 3mA 03 02 C Fig 26 System Cr
31. min Password Model IP Address SN HiVoCS 1 5 45271 10 0 7 52 23 124 125 2 5 4527 10 0 24 1 0071 124 124 L2 Fig 4 SYx527 Log in form with detected systems e By double clicking on one of the available systems row its IP address will be copied into the Connection options e By clicking on Close button the Autodetect field will be hidden This feature works only with SYx527 Systems running firmware rel 1 3 0 and later IMPORTANT NOTICE Systems outside the local network must also have Gateway set in order to be detected the connection with Systems outside the local network requires the Host PC network properly set same network as the system to be achieved 7 UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies CAEN Electronic Instrumentation NIM and NIM Desktop Rack Board Log in In order to access the NIM and NIM Desktop Rack HV boards click on on the Menu Bar see page 10 File gt connect The log in form will be shown USB or TCP IP Dem x to 5 Power Supply Name NDT Power Supply Name Power Supply Type NIM DESKTOP HV X Power Supply Type Connection Type vep USB Connection Type Connection Parameters Connection Parameters Port COM1 Data D C Fig 5 NIM and Rack Desktop Log in form Select Power Sup
32. owing window will open Main Menu Setting Menu Upgrade Menu System Add On License Manager System Add On Insert the key a15125c15245h 10040300 Save Wi Fi Add On Save Insert the key 4 Return to index Fig 2 Add On License Manager of Web Configurator tool Type the enhancement activation code you received into the Insert key field than select save Install GECO2020 as described above the Advanced Features see page 25 will work UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies CAEN n Electronic Instrumentation 3 Log in SYx527 Log in In order to access the SYx527 Multichannel Power Supply System system click on on the Menu Bar see page 10 File connect The log in form will be shown Power Supply Name system test Power Supply Type SY4527 515527 Connection Type TCP IP Connection Parameters IP Address 10 Username admin Password Fig 3 SYx527 Log in form Select Power Supply and Connection type then enter System IP address of your local network System name User defined User name admin default Password admin default click on OK and the Main Menu will be shown by clicking the Autodetect button all the available systems will be listed Power Supply Name system test Power Supply Type 5 4527 SY5527 Connection Type TCP IP Connection Parameters IP Address 10 Username ad
33. ply and Connection type then enter Connection Parameters check PC control panel Power supply name User defined click on OK and the Main Menu will be shown VME Board Log in In order to access the VME HV Power Supplies click on on the Menu Bar see page 10 File connect The log in form will be shown Power Supply Name system Power Supply Type VME HV Connection Type PCI OPTICAL LINK Connection Parameters V6533 USB Optical Link Connection 0 Ox 0000 V6521 j Ox 0000 Fig 6 VME Log in form Select Power Supply and Connection type USB or Optical Link depending on used bridge then enter Connection Parameters o If USB is used enter port number o If OPTICAL LINK is used enter PCI slot and Link number VME HV Board Base Address Power supply name i e the name of the VME Crate User defined the present release supports connection with daisy chained modules only with N14xx NIM Power Supplies this feature will be in the future extended also to NDT14xx units UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies CAEN Q Electronic Instrumentation Board name User defined A Click on button to add other VME HV Boards one or more to connect with A Click on to remove relevant board Click on OK and the Main Menu will be shown DT55xx Desktop Board Log in In order to access the DT55xx HV boards click on on
34. script that allows to perform one or more setting on a set of channels in the system The syntax to perform one setting is as follows action parameter channel list value Possible actions are set wait e set allows to set one settable parameter see Table 1 e wait wait a programmed time interval expressed in ms e parameter one settable parameter see Table 1 e channel list board chanl chanl board chanl chanl indicates either all boards or channels e value parameter set value refer to Table 1 for units Example 1 in order to set VO to 400V to channel 0 1 2 of board 9 and to channel 4 5 10 of board 7 the script is set VOSet 9 0 1 2 7 5 10 4 400 Example 2 in order to set VO to 400V to channel 0 1 2 3 of all boards the script is set VOSet 0 1 2 3 400 Example 3 in order to set VO to 400 to all channels of board 5 and board 8 the script is set VOSet 5 8 400 UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies 26 27 CAEN Q Electronic Instrumentation Example 4 in order to set VO to 400V to all channels of all boards the script is set VOSet 400 In order to set a Boolean parameter the value is 0 for the OFFSTATE and 1 for the ONSTATE see Table 1 the values can be also acknowledged by the Channels Panel parameters tool tips Example 5 in order to turn Off board 6 the script is set Pw 6 0 The syntax to forward a wait command is
35. sed by a TRIP condition If the KILL option is selected the relevant channel will be switched off at the maximum rate available If the RAMP option is selected the voltage will drop to zero at a rate determined by the value of the Ramp Down parameter programmed for that channel onstate Ramp offstate Kill 2N bit word Dec 0 2 2N 1 maximum 16 lines where is the number of the board s Internal Trip Bus lines Bits O N 1 allow the channel to sense the trip status from the corresponding lines when set to one in the same way bits N 2N 1 allow the channel to propagate the trip status over the Trip Bus bit N on line O and so on see SY4527 User s manual Please check also the Board User s Manual since some boards provide a decimal TripInt parameter while other boards provide hexadecimal Must be set in the 0 255 range Bits 0 3 allow the channel to sense the trip status from the corresponding lines when set to one in the same way bits 4 7 allow the channel to propagate the trip status over the trip bus bit 4 on line O and so on see SY4527 User s manual Please check also the Board User s Manual since some boards provide a decimal TripExt parameter while other boards provide a hexadecimal TripExt Graphical Trip configuration By clicking on the wrench icon next to the Trip items it is possible to access a simplified configuration tool for the Internal and External Trip parameters Ox 00000000
36. strumentation In order to remove one channel or board from the Channels Panel see page 11 click on the relevant name the item name will become gray and the relevant rows in the Channels Panel will be removed background By opening the Parameters tab the following window opens E 12VPw5 SerNum NSamples Fig 19 Parameters configuration In order to remove one parameter from the Channels Panel click on the relevant box the item box will become gray and the relevant column in the Channels Panel will be removed The enabled parameters will be displayed lit up the bottom row shows the enabled parameters by left clicking on the item it is possible to drag and drop it along the row this allows to select the column order in the Channels Panel Once these settings are done the Channels Panel will display the updated configuration only selected channels and parameters are shown the configuration can be saved and retrieved it in a later moment by using on the Menu Bar Settings Save Load The following pop up will be shown Fig 20 Configuration file record Click on OK then select the configuration file name csc file type for example system csc and path UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies 18 19 CAEN Q Electronic Instrumentation Type Date Modified R 1 Fi der 12 09 18 15 plugins
37. tem Channel Parameters A15XX HV Board Series CHANNEL NAME settable VOSET settable IOSET settable 15 settable I1SET settable RUp settable RDWn settable TRIP settable SVMAX settable VMON monitor IMON monitor STATUS monitor PW ON OFF POn EN DIS PDwn Kill Ramp Descritpion the maximum voltage value programmable for the channel If the value set as SVMAX is less than the current value of the VOSET V1SET parameter the latter will automatically decrease to the SVMAX value monitored voltage value monitored current value it displays the channel status the Power parameter shows the ON OFF channel status As this parameter is set ON the channel is switched on if the INTERLOCK is not active and if the channel is enabled either locally or remotely highlighted in green when channel ON onstate ON offstate OFF Power On option which can be enabled or disabled If this option is enabled at Power On or after a Restart each channel is restored in the same condition defined by the Power parameter it was before the Power Off or Reset If this option is disabled at Power On or after a Restart all the channels are off independently from the condition in which they were before the Power Off or Reset onstate Enabled offstate Disabled Power Down option which can be set as KILL or RAMP It affects the way the channels react at a Power Off command cau
38. the condition for asserting the GEN signal according to the following relation GEN ENABLE OVC v OVV v UNV v TRIP v ALWAYS To select any of these quantities flag the relevant field then select OK ENABLE corresponds to enable the GEN signal generation and consequently must be always selected in order to assert the GEN signal OVC OVV UNV TRIP are signals for system status monitoring If one or more of them are selected and the ENABLE is selected too the GEN signal is asserted TRUE at the occurrence of any of the selected conditions ALWAYS allows to assert the GEN signal TRUE anyway If it is selected and the ENABLE is selected too it asserts the GEN signal TRUE anyway independently from the status of the other signals mentioned above OVC OVV UNV and TRIP Gen Sign EN 7 Always Over Voltage Over Current E Under Voltage Fig 29 System GEN signal Configuration dialog box System RESET FLAG CONFIGURATION The SYx527 system allows to configure different reset conditions in order to set the system behavior after reset signals Such settings can be performed by accessing the ResFlagCfg as follows e backplane reset due to CPU failure system cannot recover after CPU error board section backplane is reset backplane reset due to front panel reset input signal pushbutton or logic level e CPU reset due to front panel reset input signal pushbutton or logic level This setting
39. tus Not Present Model Model Iran 0 00 0 00 Voltages Fig 31 System CPU and Power supplies info UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies 24 25 CAEN Q Electronic Instrumentation Front panel tab provides the status of the CPU front panel monitors and allows to set CPU front panel output signals levels NIM or TTL selected level is signalled by relevant front panel led on Front Panel Front Panel Output Over Current Channel on Under Voltage Fan Failure Over Voltage Front Panel Input Interlock Enable NIM TTL Fig 32 System CPU front panel info System Settings The Settings options allows to access the SY4527 Web configurator described in the UM2462 SY4527 User Manual SETTINGS Fig 33 Settings Button UM2463 GECO2020 GEneral COntrol Software for CAEN HV Power Supplies CAEN Electronic Instrumentation 5 527 System Advanced Features IMPORTANT Advanced Features are available only if SY4527 SY5527 GECO2020 functionality enhancement is INSTALLED on the A4528 CPU and ACTIVATED see page 7 The Advanced Features option allows to e Create a script e Create a log file ADVANCED FEATURES Fig 34 Advanced Features button System Advanced Scripting By clicking on Advanced Features Script the following dialog window opens Fig 35 Script Create Pop up This option allows to create or retrieve a
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