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5 5  = Introduction (user panel)
6 6   =
7 7  
8 -The MTCA based triggers have a jitter in the few ps range, the delay can be shifted in 9 ns steps, One can choose between 10 Hz triggers, Triggers connected to the (fast) FEL shutters,  frequencies locked to the pulses (e.g. 1MHz) and the actual bunch patterns. A detailed description can be found in [[x2Timer manual>>attach:x2Timer.pdf]] ([[Design Paper>>url:http://ttfinfo2.desy.de/doocs/Timing/CDRv2.2short.pdf||shape="rect"]]).
8 +The MTCA based triggers have a jitter in the few ps range, the delay can be shifted in 1 ns steps (over many ms), one can choose between 10 Hz triggers, frequencies locked to the pulses (e.g. 1MHz) and the actual bunch patterns. A detailed description can be found in [[x2Timer manual>>attach:x2Timer.pdf]].
9 9  
10 -In short:
10 +in short: the triggers are for low impedance (~~50 OHM terminated ?? ), 5V triggers with an adjustable width. The main control panel for the x2 timer has the control options for the 3 front modules (connected with a RJ45 cable - connecting to a "trigger box" with 2 trigger exits (Lemo) each) and 8 Lemo exits at the back of the crate. in the BL-beamline case these triggers are connected to the BNC (patch panel) ports at the rack.
11 11  
12 -* the triggers are for low impedance (~~50 Ohm )
13 -* signal level is + 5V - otherwise 0V (in the expert panel one can also invert the signal - base line is +5 V and trigger 0V)
14 -* The trigger are send to the MTCA several ms before the first FEL pulse (3.1 ms for the "standard" trigger, 23 ms for the "early" trigger).
15 -* The timer card can delay the trigger in 9 ns  steps for more than 100 ms (an option to shift the trigger in 1 ns steps is available in the expert panel)
16 -* The shown delay in µs is in respect to the //first// FEL pulse. negative delay: trigger comes before FEL, positive : trigger comes after the FEL.
17 -* The desired delay has to be entered in the "delay to be set" field and as second step pressing the "set delay" sends the delay value to the timer card. Then the trigger delay will be changed and the "actual delay" will be updated.
18 -* The trigger can be set to only provide a trigger signal if the FEL Fast shutter is open. One has to choose which FEL shutter to use.
19 -* The trigger  width can be adjusted from 9 ns to several ms in 9 ns steps
20 -* The timer card can in addition to the 10 Hz triggers also provide frequencies which are linked to the FEL repetition rate and the actual burst pattern of the FEL. For details how to set these modes see below
21 -* At the beamlines the triggers are provided with a  BNC patch panel
12 +The main control can be done with a simplified user panel which can handle the timing in respect to the FEL pulses and not in respect to some (arbitrary) reference time ( Event)[[~[~[image:url:http://hasfweb.desy.de/pub/Setup/TriggerHowto/Trigger_scheme.gif~|~|alt="Trigger_scheme.gif" width="800"~]~]>>attach:Trigger_scheme.gif]]
22 22  
23 -The main control can be done with a simplified user panel which can handle the timing in respect to the FEL pulses (and not in respect to some arbitrary event time)
24 24  
25 -
26 26  \\
27 27  
28 -[[image:attach:image2020-1-23_12-10-59.png||width="700"]]
17 += Different trigger events (starting points) =
29 29  
19 +one can configure each channel for an individual trigger event
20 +
21 +**FLASH1**
22 +
23 +(% class="wrapped" %)
24 +|(((
25 +trigger No
26 +)))|(((
27 +function
28 +)))
29 +|(((
30 +16
31 +)))|(((
32 +the MCA trigger 3.11 ms before the Flash1 pulses (same as A6 but more stable)
33 +)))
34 +|(((
35 +166
36 +)))|(((
37 +A6 event. still possible to use but less precise than 16
38 +)))
39 +|(((
40 +162
41 +)))|(((
42 +A2 event as earliest ( 24 ms before the FEL)
43 +)))
44 +|(((
45 +224
46 +)))|(((
47 +E0 event of the BL fast shutter ( 19 ms before the FEL)
48 +)))
49 +|(((
50 +225
51 +)))|(((
52 +E1 event of the PG fast shutter ( 19 ms before the FEL)
53 +)))
54 +|(((
55 +21
56 +)))|(((
57 +Trig16 + first bunch of FLASH1 - this trigger is shifted when FL1 starts later than "700"
58 +)))
59 +
30 30  \\
31 31  
32 32  \\
33 33  
34 -Choosing a FLASH1 trigger there are 2 options to be synchronized with the BL and the PG shutter :  [[image:attach:image2020-1-23_12-29-40.png||height="250"]]
64 +**FLASH2**
35 35  
36 -A yellow background indicates that the trigger is synchronized to a fast shutter:  [[image:attach:image2020-1-23_12-31-41.png||height="250"]] or:[[image:attach:image2020-1-23_12-32-20.png||height="250"]]
66 +(% class="wrapped" %)
67 +|(((
68 +trigger No
69 +)))|(((
70 +function
71 +)))
72 +|(((
73 +22
74 +)))|(((
75 +Trig116 + first bunch of FLASH2 - this trigger is shifted when FL2 starts at a different start time
76 +)))
77 +|(((
78 +181
79 +)))|(((
80 +shifts with the start time of FLASH2 as event 22 but comes 22 ms ! before the FEL
81 +)))
37 37  
38 -\\
83 +from this trigger as starting point one can shift the timing in 9 ns steps first and finally in 0.9 ns steps for fine adjustment.
39 39  
40 40  \\
41 41  
42 -\\
43 -
44 44  = Expert panels =
45 45  
46 46  \\
47 47  
48 -[[image:attach:image2020-1-23_12-28-6.png||height="250"]] [[image:attach:image2019-9-17_13-8-46.png||height="400"]]
91 +[[image:attach:image2019-9-17_13-10-56.png||height="250"]] [[image:attach:image2019-9-17_13-8-46.png||height="400"]]
49 49  
50 50  With the **"Expert overview"** one gets the overview over all channels available on the timing card and can configure the card. This is useful to look what channels are using clock settings or burst mode settings that one wants to change ... and using the other tabs one can set parameters for clocks and bursts (see below)
51 51  
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53 53  
54 54  For each trigger channel there is in addition an **"Expert panel"** to set the properties of THIS channel
55 55  
56 -[[image:attach:image2020-1-23_12-28-46.png||height="250"]] [[image:attach:image2019-9-17_13-15-38.png||width="550"]]
99 +[[image:attach:image2019-9-17_13-14-52.png||height="250"]] [[image:attach:image2019-9-17_13-15-38.png||width="550"]]
57 57  
58 58  \\
59 59  
60 60  \\
61 61  
105 +\\
106 +
62 62  = Set a constant frequency to a channel =
63 63  
64 64  =
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108 108  
109 109  \\
110 110  
111 -== General FLASH frequencies: ==
112 -
113 113  \\
114 114  
115 -(% class="relative-table wrapped" style="width: 19.422%;" %)
116 -|(% class="highlight-grey" title="Hintergrundfarbe : Grau" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(((
117 -(% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" title="" %)**Name          
118 -**
119 -)))|(% class="highlight-grey" title="Hintergrundfarbe : Grau" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(((
120 -(% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" title="" %)**Frequency                
121 -**
122 -)))|(% class="highlight-grey" title="Hintergrundfarbe : Grau" data-highlight-colour="grey" %)(((
123 -(% style="color: rgb(0,0,0);" title="" %)**Divider**
124 -)))
125 -|(((
126 -1.3 GHz
127 -)))|(((
128 -1300.000000 MHz
129 -)))|(((
130 130  \\
131 -)))
132 -|(((
133 -108 MHz
134 -)))|(((
135 -108.333333 MHz
136 -)))|(((
137 -12
138 -)))
139 -|(((
140 -9 MHz
141 -)))|(((
142 -9.02777777 MHz
143 -)))|(((
144 -144
145 -)))
146 -|(((
147 -4.5 MHz
148 -)))|(((
149 -4.513888 MHz
150 -)))|(((
151 -288
152 -)))
153 -|(((
154 -1 MHz
155 -)))|(((
156 -1.003086 MHz
157 -)))|(((
158 -1296
159 -)))
160 160  
161 161  \\
162 162  
163 163  Once a clock is configured with the right frequency one can choose in the "expert panel" of the according channel the "FPGA clock" in the "input source select"  chooser.
164 164  
164 +\\
165 +
166 +\\
167 +
168 +\\
169 +
165 165  One has to set the delay to values less than the repetition rate ... (so for 1 MHz between 0 and 990 µs)  and the trigger width also less than the rep rate ...
166 166  
167 -This results in a continuous train of pulses with the set trigger width.
172 +\\
168 168  
174 +\\
175 +
176 +\\
177 +
178 +This results in a continuous train of pulses with the set trigger width :
179 +
169 169  = Creating an (own) burst trigger =
170 170  
171 171  One can use now a SECOND trigger channel which is set to a regular 10 Hz trigger  and gate the clock output to create a burst with defined start point and length,
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197 197  
198 198  There are 6 different bunch pattern "channels" one can configure. Typically only 2 are needed ... And in each one there are 6 selectors to choose sources . We only need one - it does not matter in which one is used.
199 199  
200 -[[~[~[image:attach:image2019-9-17_14-51-28.png~|~|height="250"~]~]>>attach:image2019-9-17_14-51-28.png]][[image:attach:image2019-9-17_14-47-15.png||thumbnail="true" height="199"]]
211 +[[image:attach:image2019-9-17_14-51-28.png||height="250"]][[image:attach:image2019-9-17_14-47-15.png||thumbnail="true" height="199"]]
201 201  
202 202  \\
203 203  
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207 207  
208 208  \\
209 209  
210 -[[image:attach:image2019-9-17_15-4-47.png||height="250"]][[image:attach:image2019-9-17_14-52-40.png||height="250"]]
221 +[[image:attach:image2019-9-17_14-52-27.png||height="248"]][[image:attach:image2019-9-17_14-52-40.png||height="250"]]
211 211  
212 212  \\
213 213  
214 214  \\
215 215  
216 -= Different trigger events (starting points) =
217 -
218 -one can configure each channel for an individual trigger event
219 -
220 -**FLASH1**
221 -
222 -(% class="wrapped" %)
223 -|(((
224 -trigger No
225 -)))|(((
226 -function
227 -)))
228 -|(% colspan="1" %)(((
229 -21
230 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(((
231 -Trig16 + first bunch of FLASH1 - this trigger is shifted when FL1 starts later than "700"
232 -)))
233 -|(% colspan="1" %)(((
234 -180
235 -)))|(% colspan="1" %)(((
236 -shifts with the start time of FLASH1 as event 21 but comes 23 ms  before the FEL
237 -)))
238 -|(((
239 -16
240 -)))|(((
241 -the MCA trigger 3.11 ms before the Flash1 pulses (same as A6 but more stable)
242 -)))
243 -|(((
244 -166
245 -)))|(((
246 -A6 event. still possible to use but less precise than 16
247 -)))
248 -|(((
249 -162
250 -)))|(((
251 -A2 event as earliest ( 24 ms before the FEL)
252 -)))
253 -|(((
254 -224
255 -)))|(((
256 -E0 event of the BL fast shutter ( 19 ms before the FEL) - to be switched off in 2020
257 -)))
258 -|(((
259 -225
260 -)))|(((
261 -E1 event of the PG fast shutter ( 19 ms before the FEL) - to be switched off in 2020
262 -)))
263 -
264 264  \\
265 265  
266 266  \\
267 267  
268 -**FLASH2**
269 -
270 -(% class="wrapped" %)
271 -|(((
272 -trigger No
273 -)))|(((
274 -function
275 -)))
276 -|(((
277 -22
278 -)))|(((
279 -Trig116 + first bunch of FLASH2 - this trigger is shifted when FL2 starts at a different start time
280 -)))
281 -|(((
282 -181
283 -)))|(((
284 -shifts with the start time of FLASH2 as event 22 but comes 23 ms  before the FEL
285 -)))
286 -
287 -from this trigger as starting point one can shift the timing in 9 ns steps first and finally in 0.9 ns steps for fine adjustment.
288 -
289 289  \\
290 290  
291 291  \\
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293 293  \\
294 294  
295 295  \\
296 -
297 -\\
298 -
299 -\\
300 -
301 -\\
302 -
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304 -
305 -\\