RUN 2B L1CAL MEETING MINUTES
                   17 June, 2004

Present 
o Fermilab      M.Adams, J.Mitrevski, G.Pawloski, V.O'Dell, A.Stone, 
		W.Taylor, N.Varelas
o MSU           M.Abolins, J.Biel, D.Edmunds, P.Laurens
o Nevis         H.Evans, C.Johnson
o Northeastern	E.Barberis, D.Wood
o Rice		P.Padley
o Saclay        D.Calvet, E.Perez


Outlook from Fresno Workshop (H.Evans)
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o see slides linked off agenda

o Main points
  a) need to interact with new Trigger Boards
     - Standing Committee on Installation and Physics Commissioning
     - Trigger Steering Committee
  b) Ramp up work on simulation
     - new MC data sets and tools available
  c) Director's Review of Run IIb on July 15-16


Nevis: TAB/GAB (H.Evans)
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o TAB/GAB crate
  - custom backplane arrived from assembler
  - successfully installed in crate shell
    . alignment very good
    . found a short in one connector - being checked
  - no problems (other than short) seen in initial tests
  - now running long-term TAB --> GAB data transmission with cards in
    the crate 


Saclay: ADF/SCLD (D.Calvet)
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o writing documentation

o still waiting for SCLD board
  - should arrive in next few days
  - will test with ADF v1

o SCLD firmware
  - will be (largely) re-written by MSU
  - checking that ADF v2 is electrically compatible with SCLD


MSU: ADF (D.Edumnds)
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o continuing work on ADF v2 - no roadblocks

o MSU coordination with Nevis
  - continue this with email/documentation

o BLS signals in current system  *****action required now*****
  - these have been causing problems in Run IIa
    . single TTs occasionally have to be excluded
    . these are repairable - but requires access to collision hall
      and have to be careful not to break other things
  - no group has responsibility for this
    . need to do systematic and regular checks on these signals
  - we need to consider this in the IIb design
    a) monitoring these signals
       > beam data and pulser
       > hardware infrastructure exists but not used effectively in
         Run II 
       > this work can start on the Run IIa system ==> benefits now
    b) coordinating required accesses to fix things
       > several people are capable of fixing problems when identified
       > have to have a group at Fermilab for this



UIC: Cabling (A.Stone)
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o prototype design of BLS-ADF transition mainly done
  - Johnny ready to order parts

o will make a (1st) patch panel that can accomodate 2 ADFs
  - several designs being considered
  - still working on how these will fit in racks
  - main issue is how much slack there is in existing cables
    > Dan: ~10-20 feet of slack buried under the floor (under other
      things) 
  - plan to make a mock-up of a rack to check this


Northeastern: Simulation (E.Barberis)
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o to-do list generated at Fresno: working through that


Test Area
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o Tests to do in short-term
  -  need to have a small amount of down-time when Dan is at Fermilab
     to do these
  a) TAB --> L3 --> tape
  b) ADF --> TAB long-term tests
     - some TAB firmware has to be changed for this
       > ~1 day by Jovan