To generate the configurations of the AMCs, one can use tdemodules_gen.py to create the detector connections, segment and session for the tde readout.

Generating configurations

Run to generate the tde-testcrate configuration (default):

[bash]

tdemodules_gen.py

Run to genetate the full np02 tde configuration:

[bash]

tdemodules_gen.py -f tde

Note that the starting source ID (source ID of the first CRP) can be changed (defaults to 8)

[bash]

tdemodules_gen.py -s <some-integer>

The host for the dpdk receiver can also be changed (this will also be the host used for the readout application)

[bash]

tdemodules_gen.py -d <np0x-server-name>

The host for communicating with the AMCs can also be changed

[bash]

tdemodules_gen.py -C <np0x-server-name>

and the det_id can be changed if needed

[bash]

tdemodules_gen.py -D <det-id>

What to do after

Once a configuration is generated, you will see a file made:

<detector-name>-det-connections.data.xml

Which is kept in ehn1-daqconfigs/hw/. Update the include paths in the three respective files.

A few objects need to be created:

DPDKPortConfiguration
DPDKReceiver
NetworkDevice
ProcessingResource (lcores)
TDEAMCModuleConf
TDECrateApplication" Then the DPDKReceiver needs to be added to the DetectorToDAQConnections. Next, the Network recievers need to be geenerated, whhich requires the ip and MAC addresses for the NICs. These are found by checking the NICs registered on the server in LanDB. The PCIe address can be inferred through lspci and searching for the device name: @icode [bash] lspci -vv -m | grep -Ew "Device:|NUMANode:"'

(note it is easier to use get_pcie_map.py from performancetest to do this)

Then, the isolated cpus need to be assigned as lcores. The isolated cpus can be found by doing:

[bash]

sudo cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/isolated

to check for any errors in the configuration files, you can run

[bash]

oks_dump --files-only <xml-file>