Procedures to Make New Focal Planes in the MONSOON System

Currently, the configuration and setup of new focal plane in the MONSOON system has to be edit by a text editor. (As we write this page on November 30, 2006, UIUC group is preparing a python script to generate the focal plane configuration files.) The files we need for a focal plane are

• xxx.ini
• xxx.arr
• xxx_Config.csv
• xxx_DefaultSetup.mod
• ReadType1d_46.asm
• xxx_guiCategories.txt
• xxx_DefaultExp.mod
• xxx_DefaultIdp.mod
• xxx_DefaultSeq.ucd
• Makefile

Content

• Single CCD-Acquisition Board with Multiple CCD Chips in a DHE
• Multiple CCD-Acquisition Board in a DHE

Single CCD-Acquisition Board with Multiple CCD Chips in a DHE

MONSOON system uses shared memory in the PAN Linux kernel to transfer information/data between the PAN processes. The shared memory size is calculated based on the parameters in <focal_plane_name>.arr file. Here is the example of .arr file which we will use to calculate the minimum shared memory requirement in the Linux kernel:

      

	# Example acq1ch4.arr -- 1 CCDACQ board 4 ADC channel = 2 ccds  
	################################################################################
	# Monsoon Array Description File
	################################################################################
	################################################################################
	# Mosaic Description Section
	################################################################################
	arrayType = generic
	#arrayRows = 1 # obsolete 
	#arrayCols = 2 # obsolete variables
	mosaicRows = 1 # 
	mosaicCols = 2 #  2 ccd
	# largest number of rows which will be produced,  Include ref, pre and overscan
	pxlRows = 4196   # 4096 + 50x2
	# largest number of cols which will be produced,  Include ref, pre and overscan
	pxlCols = 2248   # 2048 + 50x2x2
	chnlsPerArr = 2  # how many outputs per ccd
	################################################################################
	# Memory Buffer section
	################################################################################
	bpRawPxl = 4    # bytes per pixel
	bpFinPxl = 4
	numRawBufs = 1
	numFinBufs = 1
      
    

The following files have to be modified,

1. xxx.arr
2. xxx.ini
3. xxx.csv
4. xxx.mod
5. xxx.ucd
6. xxx_guiCategories.txt

Multiple CCD-Acquisition Board in a DHE