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Configuration Database Workshop
Contents and key messages
Eric van Herwijnen
September 21st 2005
Content of workshop
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The people working on the configuration db
What is the configuration db
How to use the configuration db
Examples of use in online
Subdetector requirements
Discussion
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Who?
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LHCb:
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Lana Abadie (doctoral student)
Thomas Johansen (technical student)
Eric van Herwijnen (supervisor)
Clara Gaspar
Beat Jost
JCOP:
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Piotr Golonka (IT-CO)
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What (Clara)?
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What is the configuration database?
Why do we need it
How will it be used by the ECS
Difference between configuration and conditions db
Information flow
Who will update it and when?
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How? (Lana)
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How does it work
What tools exist for you to enter data, visualise existing
data
Difference between static (hierarchy) and dynamic
(recipes) data
Impact of the config db on the design of your control
system, naming conventions
Status and ongoing developments
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Examples
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How the online group is using the config db in the TFC
(Richard) and DAQ (Niko)
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Subdetector requirements
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Questionnaire was given out with the following
questions:
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What kind of data
How much data
Hierarchy of devices
How often will it change, on what will changes depend (running mode,
threshold)
How will you test/calibrate your electronics and how long will this take
Special requirements
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