MCS to HPS

The interface from the MCS to the HPS is largely in the form of communication between Tango devices running on either side.

The interface also currently consists of low-level SSH calls from the MCS to the Talon-DX boards, which are used to copy FPGA bitstreams and Tango device server binaries to the boards and start the HPS Master process. This functionality may be moved in the future, but for now it is implemented in the TalonDxComponentManager Class, which is instantiated by the CbfController.

MCS and HPS Master DS

The interface between the MCS and the HPS Master device server is primarily made up of the configure command sent from the MCS to the HPS master, which programs the FPGA and spawns the remaining HPS device servers. Before this command can be run, it is expected that the MCS has already copied the necessary bitstreams and binaries to the board and the HPS master has obviously been started. This is all handled automatically as part of the MCS On Command.

The configure command has one argument, which is a JSON-formatted string. An example of its contents can be seen below.

{
    "description": "Configures Talon DX to run VCC firmware and devices.",
    "target": "talon1",
    "ip_address": "169.254.100.1",
    "ds_hps_master_fqdn": "talondx-001/hpsmaster/hps-1",
    "fpga_path": "/lib/firmware",
    "fpga_dtb_name": "vcc3_2ch4.dtb",
    "fpga_rbf_name": "vcc3_2ch4.core.rbf",
    "fpga_label": "base",
    "ds_path": "/lib/firmware/hps_software/vcc_test",
    "server_instance": "talon1_test",
    "devices": [
        "dscircuitswitch",
        "dsdct",
        "dsfinechannelizer",
        "dstalondxrdma",
        "dsvcc"
    ]
}

MCS On Command

The following diagram shows the CbfController On command sequence and how it integrates with other components in the Mid.CBF system. The steps are outlined in detail in the Engineering Console.

From a MCS perspective, the On command sequence consists of the following steps:

• Arrows 4-7: Power on the Talon-DX boards

• Arrow 9: Attempt to connect to each board over SSH (see TalonDxComponentManager Class)

• Arrows 8-9: Copy the relevant binaries and bitstreams to each board

• Arrow 10: Start up the HPS Master on each board

• Arrow 12: Send the configure to each HPS Master device server

MCS On Command Sequence

Command Sequence

Off Sequence

The sequence diagram below shows the main sequence of calls in MCS when the Off command is called. Return calls are not shown.

InitSysParam Sequence

The sequence diagram below shows the main sequence of calls in MCS to initialize the system parameters.

Configure Scan Sequence

The sequence diagram below shows the main sequence of calls in MCS to configure a correlation scan. Return calls are not shown.

The sequence diagram below shows additional detail for configuration of the VCC for a correlation scan.

The sequence diagram below shows details of calls to configure a FSP for a correlation scan.

Abort Sequence

The sequence diagram below shows the main sequence of calls in MCS to Abort from a correlation scan. Return calls are not shown.

ObsReset Sequence

The sequence diagram below shows the main sequence of calls in MCS to return to IDLE via the ObsReset command for a correlation scan. Return calls are not shown.

Restart Sequence

The sequence diagram below shows the main sequence of calls in MCS to return to EMPTY via the Restart command for a correlation scan. Return calls are not shown.