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  = Introduction (user panel)
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--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 at the[[ N.A.T. webpage >>url:https://nateurope.com/product/namc-pstimer/||shape="rect"]].
++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]] ([[Design Paper>>url:http://ttfinfo2.desy.de/doocs/Timing/CDRv2.2short.pdf||shape="rect"]]).
--In short:
++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.
--* the triggers are for low impedance (~~50 Ohm )
--* signal level is:
--** + 3 V to + 4.5V  for high (actual trigger)  and  0V for low (baseline) at 50 Ohm
--** + 6 V to + 9V  for high  and  0V for low at 1 MOhm
--** one can also invert the signal in the expert panel ( thus the base line is + (3-5) V and the actual trigger signal is  0V)
--* The trigger are send to the MTCA several ms before the first FEL pulse (3.1 ms for the "standard" trigger, 21.5 ms for the "early" trigger).
--* 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)
--* 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.
--* 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.
--* 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.
--* The trigger  width can be adjusted from 9 ns to several ms in 9 ns steps
--* 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
--* At the beamlines the triggers are provided with a  BNC patch panel
++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)
--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)
++[[image:attach:Trigger_scheme.gif]]
++\\
++= Different trigger events (starting points) =
--\\
++one can configure each channel for an individual trigger event
--[[image:attach:image2020-1-23_12-10-59.png||width="700"]]
++**FLASH1**
++(% class="wrapped" %)
++|(((
++trigger No
++)))|(((
++function
++)))
++|(((
++16
++)))|(((
++the MCA trigger 3.11 ms before the Flash1 pulses (same as A6 but more stable)
++)))
++|(((
++166
++)))|(((
++A6 event. still possible to use but less precise than 16
++)))
++|(((
++162
++)))|(((
++A2 event as earliest ( 24 ms before the FEL)
++)))
++|(((
++224
++)))|(((
++E0 event of the BL fast shutter ( 19 ms before the FEL)
++)))
++|(((
++225
++)))|(((
++E1 event of the PG fast shutter ( 19 ms before the FEL)
++)))
++|(((
++21
++)))|(((
++Trig16 + first bunch of FLASH1 - this trigger is shifted when FL1 starts later than "700"
++)))
++
  \\
  \\
--Choosing a FLASH1 trigger there are 2 options to be synchronized with the BL and the PG shutter :
++**FLASH2**
-- [[image:attach:image2020-1-23_12-29-40.png||height="250"]]
++(% class="wrapped" %)
++|(((
++trigger No
++)))|(((
++function
++)))
++|(((
++22
++)))|(((
++Trig116 + first bunch of FLASH2 - this trigger is shifted when FL2 starts at a different start time
++)))
++|(((
++181
++)))|(((
++shifts with the start time of FLASH2 as event 22 but comes 22 ms ! before the FEL
++)))
--A yellow background indicates that the trigger is synchronized to a fast shutter:
++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.
--[[image:attach:image2020-1-23_12-31-41.png||height="250"]]  or:[[image:attach:image2020-1-23_12-32-20.png||height="250"]]
--
  \\
--\\
--
--\\
--
  = Expert panels =
  \\
--[[image:attach:image2020-1-23_12-28-6.png||height="250"]]    [[image:attach:image2019-9-17_13-8-46.png||height="400"]]
++[[image:attach:image2019-9-17_13-10-56.png||height="250"]]    [[image:attach:image2019-9-17_13-8-46.png||height="400"]]
  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)
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  For each trigger channel there is in addition an **"Expert panel"** to set the properties of THIS channel
--[[image:attach:image2020-1-23_12-28-46.png||height="250"]]  [[image:attach:image2019-9-17_13-15-38.png||width="550"]]
++[[image:attach:image2019-9-17_13-14-52.png||height="250"]]  [[image:attach:image2019-9-17_13-15-38.png||width="550"]]
  \\
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--= Different trigger events (starting points) =
--
--one can configure each channel for an individual trigger event
--
--**FLASH1**
--
--(% class="wrapped" %)
--|(((
--trigger No
--)))|(((
--function
--)))
--|(% colspan="1" %)(((
--21
--)))|(% colspan="1" %)(((
--Trig16 + first bunch of FLASH1 - this trigger is shifted when FL1 starts later than "700"
--)))
--|(% colspan="1" %)(((
--180
--)))|(% colspan="1" %)(((
--shifts with the start time of FLASH1 as event 21 but comes 23 ms  before the FEL
--)))
--|(((
--16
--)))|(((
--the MCA trigger 3.11 ms before the Flash1 pulses (same as A6 but more stable)
--)))
--|(((
--166
--)))|(((
--A6 event. still possible to use but less precise than 16
--)))
--|(((
--162
--)))|(((
--A2 event as earliest ( 24 ms before the FEL)
--)))
--|(((
--224
--)))|(((
--E0 event of the BL fast shutter ( 19 ms before the FEL) - to be switched off in 2020
--)))
--|(((
--225
--)))|(((
--E1 event of the PG fast shutter ( 19 ms before the FEL) - to be switched off in 2020
--)))
--
  \\
  \\
--**FLASH2**
--
--(% class="wrapped" %)
--|(((
--trigger No
--)))|(((
--function
--)))
--|(((
--22
--)))|(((
--Trig116 + first bunch of FLASH2 - this trigger is shifted when FL2 starts at a different start time
--)))
--|(((
--181
--)))|(((
--shifts with the start time of FLASH2 as event 22 but comes 23 ms  before the FEL
--)))
--
--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.
--
  \\
  \\
--= Info about the Fast shutter trigger =
--
--Since Jan 2020 the fast shutter trigger at FLASH1 is generated via local inhibit at the EXP1 and EXP2 crate and not via E0 and E1 events anymore
--
--for details see [[doc:FLASH.Fast Shutter trigger inhibit system]]
--
  \\
--== Special trigger options for the fast shutter: ==
--
--=== Fast shutter inhibit signal ===
--
--It is possible to have the fast shutter inhibit signal (the signal coming from the fast shutter to the inhibit boxes connected to the X2 cards) directly available for users. For this one can select the output source as 2nd channel:
--
--[[image:attach:image2020-2-5_10-59-41.png||height="250"]]
--
  \\
--
--=== Inverse fast shutter trigger ===
--
--If one wants to have an inverse fast shutter trigger (10 Hz signal that comes only if the fast shutter is** CLOSED**) one can use a T and a small Lemo cable to double the input from the fast shutter  to another input at the inhibit box.
--
--In the FL2 case input1 is the regular fast shutter channel and input2 is usually not used. for this additional input one can set the input configuration to **inverse:**
--
--[[image:attach:image2020-2-5_14-11-55.png||height="400"]]
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