Online telecon notes for January 22, 2003

Attending:

• Connie Houchens (GSFC/ACD)
• Sharon Orsborne (GSFC/ACD)
• Byron Leas (NRL/CAL)
• Luca Baldini (INFN Pisa/TKR)
• Mike Huffer (SLAC/ELX)
• Larry Wai (SLAC/I&T-IFCT)
• Selim Tuvi (SLAC/I&T-Online), minutes author
• Ric Claus (SLAC/I&T-Online)

Topics:

• Core (Ric, Selim)
• Working on housekeeping/monitoring GUI and event parsing
• Alicia: Back to working full-time on the configuration GUI after RunControl and Message Logger GUIs
• Post meeting note: Will be distributing VS.NET to the remote test stands by CD

• ACD (Connie)
• Working with engineers on external trigger, pulse generation
• VS.Net runtime DLL missing.
• Selim: Should be copied to the system once Hippodraw is installed.
• Sharon's legal concern with switching from non-commercial Qt to commercial Qt.
• Qt apps can be developed under Linux or Windows.

• CAL (Byron)
• Haven’t upgraded to P00-11-00 or the new Qt/PyQt yet – No time
• In runControl, while event data collection is going on, he cannot open any windows. Could be a yield problem or a Windows scheduler quirk
• Draft of software requirements document

• TKR (Luca B.)
• Have a fully working system
• An MCM arrived in Pisa. Expect 6-7 more in ~2 weeks
• Installed the new release
• Working with HippoDraw
• Johann left this morning and expected at SLAC tomorrow.
• Larry: When will the mini-tower arrive at SLAC?
• Probably end of February

• I&T/IFCT (Larry)
• Asked Navneet (newish grad student) to use/exercise RunControl
• Want to add TEM power off/on GUI button
• Really means Front End Electronics power, not TEM
• Charge injection scans
• Test report generation

• ELX (Mike)
• Shipping 2^nd test stand to CAL in the next couple of days – will send e-mail when it leaves SLAC
• Shipping two test jigs to Byron.
• VME crate & additional cables NRL's responsibility on Gunther's request.
• OK with Mike if CAL wants to extend GASU cable by splicing provided cable
• ACD memo sent to Dave Thompson – Up to him how to disseminate it, but ACD I&T folk should probably get a hold of the “ACD Test-Stand Architecture” document
• Middle of February for ACD v2 release
• 4 blank GARC/GAFE tester boards arrived at SLAC. In the process of getting them loaded.