RUN 2B L1CAL MEETING MINUTES
                 01 November, 2005

Present 
o Fermilab      E.Aguilo, L.Bagby, J.Benitez, C.Fantasia, S.Lammers,
                M.Mulhearn, A.Roe, A.Stone, D.Wood
o FSU           T.Adams
o Indiana       H.Evans
o MSU           C.Brock, D.Edmunds, P.Laurens
o Northeastern  E.Barberis
o UIC           N.Varelas

(apologies to those I couldn't see)


Test Stand Status
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1) Communications Crate is now installed on the sidewalk (P.Laurens)
   see notes posted on agenda
   - TCC connection available (D0TCC3)
     . account requested for this machine (using d0l1 for now)
     . have left old Bit3 card
   - 2 more ADF crates have been added
     . including VI cards
     . so now have 4 ADF crates - but one is being used for cable
       testing 
   - connection b/w ADF crate and Linux TCC tested
     . testing going well
   - connection to TAB/GAB crate
     . testing going well
   - have now started a run going using the new TCC including ADF and
     TAB cards
   - use TCC test program to check that correct data is being written
     to the SBC
   - Questions
     . Final ADF crate assignment
       > Alan will think about this
     . How much longer will the cable testing take / when will people
       want the 4th crate ?
       > could bring the MSU crate if necessary

2) TAB/GAB final crate
   - rods are now here --> all mechanics in place
     . need to do load testing
     . and build fuse panels
   - still need ORC
     . should be able to finish this in a few weeks
   - all TABs and new GAB are now here
     . haven't had a chance to look at them yet

3) Transition System
   - now have 60 complete sets
   - waiting for 40 PPCs + ATCs

4) Timing adjustments
   - ADF-to-TAB-to-GAB now completely timed in
   - "minimal" ADF timing now in place
     . change to SCLD
   - TAB latency also tuned to bare minimum
   - GAB latency measured
     . 6 BC's before current L1Accept time
   - Sabine has got us permanent and/or terms in TFW
     . we have taken over the 16 FPS terms

5) TAB L2/L3 Buffers
   - changes now made in firmware - documentation will follow
   - GAB L2/L3 is next in line

6) Cal-Track Latency
   - measurement now made with minimal timing for ADF and TAB
   - latency = L1Muon + 2.1 BCs (3491 ns)
             = 1.45 BC's after current L1Accept
   - easily w/in 3 BC's after current L1Accept
   - robustness tests of the system
     . scope pictures of ADF signals look good
     . have run for ~1 hour to Cal-Track ==> BER < 1e-12
   - need to decide which ADF features that were given up for this
     change can be bought back


Response to TRR Report
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o Zero-difference in had TT energies
  - note: this is in Run IIa system
  - will check that pedestal subtraction does not affect this

o No hardware mod's to VTM are necessary
  - increasing initialization time sorts out the problem

o Should we ask for a Fermilab engineer again here
  - probably not