I have therefore written a parser so that all the functions which appear on the various pushbutton menus are accessible via a command line. Command files can be executed with the EXEC command. In this way, we can write long kumac-style command files to run our tests.
The command line interface is itself a LabWindows program which accepts the commands listed below. It communicates to other programs via 3 16-bit registers, which are polled by the other programs. The first register contains the command code number, and the other two are used for (optional) arguments.
The table below lists the commands available to the command line interface of the MCM control software.
Eventually, this command line interface will be extended to cover all other LabWindows programs used for the MCM tests and the full chain test.
| table 1: MCM commands | |||
| code | command | arguments | function, comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | xilinx-receive | port channel | set xil port number and channel |
| 2 | serial-receive | port | set serial in port |
| 3 | serial-send | port | set serial out port |
| 4 | xilinx-file | filename | define xilinx file name |
| 5 | download | [n] | download n times, default 1 |
| 10 | data-pattern | 1/0 | force data packet to be 1,2,3,... |
| 11 | reset-enable | 1/0 | enable internal reset |
| 12 | select1 | 1/0 | - |
| 13 | select0 | 1/0 | - |
| 14 | raw-mode | 1/0 | 1 or 2 packets |
| 15 | cal-enable | 1/0 | internal cal pulse (should be tied to all AMU corr_sel bits) |
| 16 | ir1 | 1/0 | reset frequency |
| 17 | ir0 | 1/0 | reset frequency |
| 18 | sstring-file | filename | load string from file. Files can include 'all-0', 'all-1', 'test-1010' etc |
| 22 | vthresh | voltage | these are passed as int(V*1000 ) for example 4.234V is passed as 4234 |
| 23 | vmid | voltage | |
| 24 | vgate | voltage | |
| 25 | vfb | voltage | |
| 26 | vcal | voltage | |
| 30 | sum-disable | bit pattern | the 32-bit argument is split over 2 16-bit words |
| 31 | disc-tweak-a | bit pattern | |
| 32 | disc-tweak-b | bit pattern | |
| 33 | preamp-disable | bit pattern | |
| 34 | cal-channel | bit pattern | |
| 40 | spy | channel | this sets MUX-OE, MUX-HIZ, and addresses for both spy lines simultaneously. 0=off. |
| 41 | amu-vref | voltage | same as for AMU-ADC voltages |
| 42 | amu-vcorr | voltage | |
| 43 | amu-iref | current | |
| 50 | send | [n] | save, send and latch the serial string n times. Default 1 |
| 51 | lvl1 | [n] | send n triggers, default 1 |
| 52 | run-mode | 1/0 | set in run mode |
| 53 | mcm-reset | - | - |
| 54 | integr-reset | - | - |
| 55 | resynch-reset | - | - |
| 56 | init-reset | - | - |
| 57 | bench-cal | - | - |
| 58 | phenix-cal | - | - |
| 59 | extra | - | - |
| 63 | exit | - | - |
| 64 | dump-string | - | write out the serial string to the log/data file(s) |
| 65 | exec | filename | process commands in the given file |
Last update 17 Aug 98 Hubert van Hecke