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Structure of the list-mode-data written by MBS

(old version up to March 2010, latest version)

One List-Mode-Data readout event contains several trigger events. The number of these trigger events is adjustable by the v1495_trig_scal value of the V1495 FPGA Trigger Logic and can be 1 up to 32.
Each readout event consists of two subevents distinguishable by the processor ID: One subevent for the Plastic Scintillator Setup (ProcID=1) and one for the BaF2-Array (ProcID=2).

The sub events structure depends on the electronics schema used but consists of a number of 32 bit long data words. The type of word is identified by the 5 highest bit the so called GEO. Depending on this GEO the meaning of the different lower bits is shown in the list below.

An Example for a List-Mode-Data event can be found here.

The single Data words have the following bit-structure:

Time:

GEO = 0  
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 0/1 Time / 100 ms
Bit 26 is 0 for real time and 1 for live time
real and live time are written once only after the stop acquisition signal (trigger type 15) as an end of acquisition flag (this doesn't work in the multi branch setup because of a bug in MBS)

Time Flag:

GEO = 1  
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0 0 0 0 1 0/1 Time Flag / ms
Bit 26 is 0 for time flag from Plastic-Setup and 1 for time flag from BaF2-Array
the time flag is written as a header for the scaler data block and gives the time between each scaler readout

Scaler Values (SIS 3820 VME Scaler):

GEO = 2, 3, 4  
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0 0 0 1 0 Channel Resol. R Counts ( right shifted by R bits)
GEO is 2 for the Scaler of the Plastic-Setup and 3 and 4 for the BaF2-Array

Scaler ch

Scaler 2

Scaler 3

Scaler 4
0 Accelerator Coincidence Pl 1 BaF DAQ ch 0
1 FC CFD Coincidence Pl 2 BaF DAQ ch 1
2 Coincidence P l1 Coincidence Pl 3 BaF DAQ ch 2
3 Coincidence Pl 3 Coincidence Pl 4 BaF DAQ ch 3
4 HPGe Coincidence Pl 5 BaF DAQ ch 4
5 N.C. Coincidence Pl 6 BaF DAQ ch 5
6 N.C. N.C. BaF DAQ ch 6
7 N.C. N.C. BaF DAQ ch 7
8 N.C. Coincidence BaF 1 BaF DAQ ch 8
9 N.C. Coincidence BaF 2 BaF DAQ ch 9
10 N.C. Coincidence BaF 3 BaF DAQ ch 10
11 N.C. Coincidence BaF 4 BaF DAQ ch 11
12 ADC words Coincidence BaF 5 BaF DAQ ch 12
13 LMD words Coincidence BaF 6 BaF DAQ ch 13
14 TDC words Coincidence BaF 7 BaF DAQ ch 14
15 QDC words Coincidence BaF 8 BaF DAQ ch 15
16 Plastic DAQ ch 0 Coincidence BaF 9 BaF DAQ ch 16
17 Plastic DAQ ch 1 Coincidence BaF 10 BaF DAQ ch 17
18 Plastic DAQ ch 2 Coincidence BaF 11 BaF DAQ ch 18
19 Plastic DAQ ch 3 Coincidence BaF 12 BaF DAQ ch 19
20 Plastic DAQ ch 4 Coincidence BaF 13 BaF DAQ ch 20
21 Plastic DAQ ch 5 Coincidence BaF 14 BaF DAQ ch 21
22 Plastic DAQ ch 6 Coincidence BaF 15 BaF DAQ ch 22
23 Plastic DAQ ch 7 Coincidence BaF 16 BaF DAQ ch 23
24 Plastic DAQ ch 8 Plastic OR BaF DAQ ch 24
25 Plastic DAQ ch 9 BaF Majority BaF DAQ ch 25
26 Plastic DAQ ch 10 Global OR BaF DAQ ch 26
27 Plastic DAQ ch 11 Trigger BaF DAQ ch 27
28 Trigger downscaled Trigger BaF DAQ ch 28
29 Readout LMD words BaF DAQ ch 29
30 10 MHz-Pulser real 10 MHz-Pulser real BaF DAQ ch 30
31 10 MHz-Pulser live 10 MHz-Pulser live BaF DAQ ch 31
for the DAQ channels cf. cabeling scheme

ADC Header:

GEO = 5   1  
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0 0 1 0 1                       1 memorized
Ch. - 1		 Event Counter

ADC Data:

GEO = 5   0  
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0 0 1 0 1                       0 Channel Measurement

TDC Data:

GEO = 6, 7 1  
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0 0 1 1 0 1 Channel Measurement
GEO is 6 for the TDC of the Plastic-Setup and 7 for the BaF2-Array

TDC Channel

TDC 6

TDC 7
0 Trigger Trigger
1 ... 14 N.C. N.C.
15 Accelerator Accelerator
16 ... 22 N.C. N.C.
23 Fission Chamber N.C.
22 ... 30 N.C. N.C.
31 Veto end N.C.
32 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 0
33 ... 34 N.C. N.C.
35 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 1
36 ... 37 N.C. N.C.
38 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 2
39 ... 40 N.C. N.C.
41 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 3
42 ... 43 N.C. N.C.
44 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 4
45 ... 46 N.C. N.C.
47 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 5
48 ... 49 N.C. N.C.
50 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 6
51 ... 52 N.C. N.C.
53 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 7
54 ... 55 N.C. N.C.
56 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 8
57 ... 58 N.C. N.C.
59 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 9
60 ... 61 N.C. N.C.
62 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 10
63 N.C. N.C.
64 Plastic DAQ ch 0 N.C.
65 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 11
66 ... 67 N.C. N.C.
68 Plastic DAQ ch 1 BaF DAQ ch 12
69 ... 70 N.C. N.C.
71 Plastic DAQ ch 2 BaF DAQ ch 13
72 ... 73 N.C. N.C.
74 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 14
75 Plastic DAQ ch 3 N.C.
76 N.C. N.C.
77 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 15
78 Plastic DAQ ch 4 N.C.
79 N.C. N.C.
80 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 16
81 Plastic DAQ ch 5 N.C.
81 N.C. N.C.
83 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 17
84 Plastic DAQ ch 6 N.C.
85 N.C. N.C.
86 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 18
87 N.C. N.C.
88 Plastic DAQ ch 7 N.C.
89 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 19
90 N.C. N.C.
91 Plastic DAQ ch 8 N.C.
92 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 20
93 ... 94 N.C. N.C.
95 Plastic DAQ ch 9 BaF DAQ ch 21
96 ... 97 N.C. N.C.
98 Plastic DAQ ch 10 BaF DAQ ch 22
99 ... 100 N.C. N.C.
101 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 23
102 Plastic DAQ ch 11 N.C.
103 N.C. N.C.
104 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 24
105 ... 106 N.C. N.C.
107 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 25
108 ... 109 N.C. N.C.
110 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 26
111 ... 112 N.C. N.C.
113 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 27
114 ... 115 N.C. N.C.
116 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 28
117 ... 118 N.C. N.C.
119 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 29
120 ... 121 N.C. N.C.
122 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 30
123 ... 124 N.C. N.C.
125 N.C. BaF DAQ ch 31
126 ... 127 N.C. N.C.
for the DAQ channels cf. cabeling scheme

TDC Trailer:

GEO = 6, 7 0  
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0 0 1 1 0 0 Status               Word Counter

Trigger Time Tag:

GEO = 8, 9  
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0 1 0 0 0 Trigger Time / 800 ns

TAPS Header:

GEO = 11 ... 18, 22 ... 24 2  
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 Crate no.     memorized Ch.                
GEOs 22-24 are from Plastic-Setup and 11-18 from BaF2-Array

TAPS Data:

GEO = 11 ... 18, 22 ... 24 0  
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0     Channel     UN OV Measurement

ADC Output Channel

Data

  

ADC Output Channel

Data
8 LGS 1   18 TAC 3
9 SGS 1   19 TAC 4
10 LG 1   20 LGS 3
11 SG 1   21 SGS 3
12 LGS 2   22 LG 3
13 SGS 2   23 SG 3
14 LG 2   24 LGS 4
15 SG 2   25 SGS 4
16 TAC 1   26 LG 4
17 TAC 2   27 SG 4
LGS ... long Gate, high gain; SGS ... short Gate, high gain; LG ... long Gate; SG ... short Gate;
the numbers name the coresponding ADC Input Channel (see below)

ADC Input Ch

GEO

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

22

23

24
1 BaF 0 BaF 4 BaF 8 BaF 12 BaF 16 BaF 20 BaF 24 BaF 28 Pl 0 Pl 4 Pl 8
2 BaF 1 BaF 5 BaF 9 BaF 13 BaF 17 BaF 21 BaF 25 BaF 29 Pl 1 Pl 5 Pl 9
3 BaF 2 BaF 6 BaF 10 BaF 14 BaF 18 BaF 22 BaF 26 BaF 30 Pl 2 Pl 6 Pl 10
4 BaF 3 BaF 7 BaF 11 BaF 15 BaF 19 BaF 23 BaF 27 BaF 31 Pl 3 Pl 7 Pl 11
BaF/Pl # means the BaF/Plastic DAQ channel # (cf. cabeling scheme)

TAPS Trailer:

GEO = 11 ... 18, 22 ... 24 4  
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 Event Counter

OPC Data:

GEO = 26  
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
1 1 0 1 0 N = number of OPC data words following
Subsequent to this single data word N further words are following. Each word contains only one 32 bit value. Note, that the order of the bytes of these words has to be swapped. The meaning of each value is as follows:

consecutive number

Value

Formula

value = f(word content)
1 LA1-RC.01 content * 12.5E-3 keV
4 LA1-RC.11 content * 12.5E-3 keV
7 I-Cath content * 1 uA
10 Macropulse Duration content * 4E-2 us
13 Macropulse Period content * 1E-1 ms
16 CW Operation content / 0xffff
19 BPM04 - X content * 1 um
22 BPM04 - Y content * 1 um
25 BPM04 - I content * 1 uA
28 I-NL-MD.02 content * (-6E-5) A
31 I-NL-MD.03 content * (-6E-5) A
34 Shutter 123 Pos 1 content / 0xffff
37 Shutter 123 Pos 2 content / 0xffff
40 Shutter 123 Pos 3 content / 0xffff
43 Shutter 123 Pos 4 content / 0xffff
46 Shutter 123 Pos 5 content / 0xffff
49 Shutter 111c Open content / 0xffff
52 Shutter 111c Closed content / 0xffff
55 DCM13 - I content * 1 uA
57 Collimator Status
Bit 7   Shutter 111c closed
Bit 6   Shutter 111c open
Bit 5   Movement blocked by user
Bit 4   Shutter 123 Pos 5
Bit 3   Shutter 123 Pos 4
Bit 2   Shutter 123 Pos 3
Bit 1   Shutter 123 Pos 2
Bit 0   Shutter 123 Pos 1
After each of the words described in the table above, two words are following, containing the update time of each value.

Absorber Change Flag:

GEO = 27  
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
1 1 0 1 1                                                 new Absorber

Target Change Flag:

GEO = 28  
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
1 1 1 0 0                                                 new Target

Veto Header:

GEO = 29  
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
1 1 0 1 1 N = number of Veto length values follwing
Subsequent to this single data word N further words are following. Each word contains only one 32 bit value. Note, that the order of the bytes of these words has to be swapped. The meaning of each value is the length in units of 25 ns of the following signals:

consecutive number

Signal
1 Event header (0xa8000000)
2 ... 9 BaF TAPS 1 ... 8 Busy
10... 12 Plastic TAPS 1 ... 3 Busy
13 ADC Busy
14 Plastic branch total dead time
15 BaF2 branch total dead time
16 Trigger feed back
17 Global total dead time

Test Data:

GEO = 30  
31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
1 1 0 1 1 Global Event Counter