To check the presence and functioning of the connections between a READOUT/TRIGGER(LAYER1) 2TP-VME module and a Control-and-Switch-Box (CSB), three commands are available, one for each of the three CSBs (CSB_FCAL, CSB_BCAL and CSB_RCAL), which can be found in directory /zeus/transputer/tools/caldaq_csbtest:
At startup the user is asked whether he wants to test interactively. If he chooses to test interactively he will be asked to enter a crate number each time the program is ready to test the next crate. If he chooses not to test interactively all crates of the Calorimeter are tested automatically.
The program runs a check on the connections of the 2TP-VME module to the LKC, LKS, ARE and EVT boards inside the CSB. There is also a check on the connection of the TRIGGER transputer and a LAYER2 transputer; there is no check on the connection of the READOUT transputer to the LKB board; The checks of the LKS connections of the READOUT and TRIGGER transputers utilize the connections of the READOUT COLLECT transputer to the LKS board.
(The sources of the tests are in /zeus/transputer/tools/caldaq_csbtest/src.)
It should be noted that transputerlinks are not thoroughly tested here because only short messages are sent to see if the connection is at all there. For thorough link tests see the next chapter.