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CERN ALICE AMORE SPD GUI 1
The ALICE AMORE SPD GUI
Marco van Woerden NIKHEF / University of Amsterdam / Leiden University CERN
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The ALICE AMORE SPD GUI Marco van Woerden NIKHEF / University of - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The ALICE AMORE SPD GUI Marco van Woerden NIKHEF / University of - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The ALICE AMORE SPD GUI Marco van Woerden NIKHEF / University of Amsterdam / Leiden University CERN CERN ALICE AMORE SPD GUI 1 The ALICE AMORE SPD GUI ALICE A L arge I on C ollider E xperiment SPD S ilicon P ixel D etector CERN ALICE
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ALICE SPD
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ALICE SPD
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- V. Manzari
ALICE Italia - Trieste 3/4 Maggio 2006 5
SPD in Numbers
240 sensors 1200 read out chips 120 MCMs 120 pixel buses 240 Bump bonded ladders
ALICE SPD 120 half-staves 10 sectors 2 half-barrels
120 power extenders (x2: pixel bus +MCM)
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The ALICE AMORE SPD GUI
ALICE
A Large Ion Collider Experiment
AMORE
Automatic MOnitoRing Environment
SPD
Silicon Pixel Detector
GUI
Graphical User Interface
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Motivation
for switching from “SPD Mood” to “AMORE SPD”
Amount of histograms
Problem: SPD Mood contains a lot (2000!) histograms. Solution: Automatic checks, less histograms.
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Motivation
for switching from “SPD Mood” to “AMORE SPD”
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Motivation
for switching from “SPD Mood” to “AMORE SPD”
Amount of histograms
Problem: SPD Mood contains a lot (2000!) histograms. Solution: Automatic checks, less histograms.
Adjustability
AMORE SPD is able to satisfy the requirements and it is easy to maintain.
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AMORE SPD 10
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AMORE SPD 12
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Data flow
ALICE SPD Other ALICE detectors MySQL Database AMORE SPD GUI Other GUIs datastream LDC LDC GDC AMORE
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When you are in shift you are bound to encounter problems, errors and other natural disasters. If that is the case, do not despair, but rather sing the following songs aloud. The problems will still be there, but you'll earn a lot of respect-points from the other detectors. (the louder the better)
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Conclusion
Goal of my Summer Student project is to improve the data monitoring software of the ALICE SPD. This involves programming, working with the shifters and keeping track of the physics requirements. Most of the improvements have now been implemented.
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Further reading
twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/AliceSPD aliceinfo.cern.ch/SPD alice-logbook.cern.ch/ (CERN account required)