Minutes from the 09/06/05 LCLS SLC IOC meeting:

(1) BSAC:

    Debbie to spend 2 days changing the header on the database lists back to
    the original SLC header.  The version will be removed and no more version
    check will be done.  This means that it is critical that all tasks that
    use database lists deallocate their database lists and restart on a
    SLC restart command (which is in our design anyway).  The byte counts in 
    the header will be converted to word counts and the count data type will
    be changed from 4 byte integer to 2 byte integer.  Debbie will change
    the database utilties and the BSAC code that uses database lists.  Steph
    will change CSTR/ASYNC as she does code review and regression test.

    Much code releasing in the last week by Debbie, Diane, and Steph for
    BSAC.  Single shot and start/stop acquisition working.  Bob Hall 
    created a development channel archiver and Debbie worked with Bob to get 
    test PVs into the archiver.

(2) Magnet:

    Kristi is finishing up requisitions and VME module studies and hopes
    to have a magnet design review on Sept 20.  She plans to prototype with
    mgntHdlr this week to get back into the groove.
    
(3) FECC:

    Ron Chestnut presented the plans for the FECC PC project.  His presentation
    is here:
    http://www.slac.stanford.edu/grp/lcls/controls/global/sw/slc_ioc/meeting/FECC-SAIOC.ppt

    Notes from Ron:
    The major issues seem to be:

    1) Controls is building the FECC; Eric is testing the hardware plus link 
    now, and all is working. Fuller recalls (as do I) that this has been 
    underway for at least 5 years now. (GLAST took 2 or so years out of the 
    project)

    2) The medium to long term goal of the LCLS is EPICS only, and VME only.

    3) The FECC could provide a bridge over the period where applications are 
    not yet ready or stuff is not yet moved off CAMAC.

    4) Modifying a VME CAMAC Branch driver to talk SLC CAMAC is certainly 
    doable.

    5) The last CAMAC stuff to be moved will probably be weird stuff. This 
    means that some support for old hardware should remain (and be supported 
    by new software = EPICS).

    6) We expect to test the FECC here with some small parts of the ported 
    iRMX code soon (months, i.e. this year). 

    7) Funding for wiring the star net of gigabit fibers to all current SLC 
    Micro locations is (Fuller and I think) not in place.

    8) Funding for building many FECCS is in a similar situation.

    9) Not impacting other LCLS development is very important.

    10) LCLS may well decide to not use the FECC idea at all. It is LCLS's 
    choice.

    11) We will keep talking. One interesting point is that the easiest way to 
    get a UDP broadcast of the PNET info (for the FECC-support PC) is proably 
    to get a clone of the VME PNET card, pare down Dayle's code, and echo the 
    broadcast via software.

    12) It may be the case that PEP will acquiesce to a test in PR02, in order 
    to get more CAMAC bandwidth.
    
(4) Updated Task Lists:

    Done Tasks					Who		When
    ------------------------------------------  --------------- ----------
    * BSAC reply msg for single shot acq	Debbie, Diane	Sep 02
    * Development Archiver			BobH, Debbie	Sep 02

    Major Tasks					Who		When
    ------------------------------------------  --------------- ----------
    * BSAC buffered acquisition			Debbie, Diane	Sep 13
    * BSAC async update, RTEMS testing		Diane, Debbie	Sep 20
    * Magnet design review	    		Kristi	     	Sep 20
    * Magnet code/test finished			Kristi		Oct
    * Change iocLogServer for CMLOG		Steph		Sept
    * Decide on SLC PNET timing diags support	Steph        	Sept
    * ESD - IOC naming and restrictions		Steph		Sept
    * ICD - EVR,BPM,GADCs,FBCK			All		Oct
    * Production SLC IOC test with PX00		Steph, Terri	Oct 04
    * BSAC integration test with EVR		D,D,S,Dayle	Oct
    * BSAC integration test with ADC		D,D,S,Till	Oct
    * SLC database for injector			K,S,Nancy	Nov
    * LCLS SLC modelling database setup, etc	Mark Woodley	Next year

    Loose End Tasks				Who		When
    ------------------------------------------	--------------	-----------
    * Update VDCT/database standards		Steph		Sep 13
    * Thread priorities				Steph   	Sep 20
    * iocsh dbupdate ALL* bug			Debbie		Sep 20
    * Change dblist header for FECC		Debbie		Sep 20
    * Timing of 10 sec update not right		Steph		Sep 20
    * slcExec to check CSTR CDSC bit for FECC	Diane/KenU	Sep 20
    * LCLS channel archiver			Sergei		Sept
    * LCLS channel watcher, setpoint restore	Kristi		Oct
    * slcCmlog change to honor stop flag	Steph   	Oct
    * Add how-to-add-an-slc-aware-ioc		Steph   	Sept
    * CSTR/ASYNC review and regression test	Steph		Sep 23
    * Wrong IPL time when not booted from SCP	Steph		Sep 23
    * slcCmlog error metering			Steph		Sept
    * Pulse ID in SCP correlation plots		MikeZ		Oct?
    * Update specs	 			All		As needed
    * Update record naming conventions		All		As needed

    TBD:
    * Increase max number of micros
    * Second production proxy?
    * Production "domain" split
    * MCC CA server change for controlling CAMAC power supplies (need estimate)

(5) Vacation:

    Kristi - Mid or Late Oct
    Steph  - Sept 26 to 30
    Tony   - gone until Oct
    Debbie - one week in November