Difference between revisions of "MCE firmware"
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Revision as of 11:13, 9 April 2013
Contents
Releases
All firmware can be downloaded from http://e-mode.phas.ubc.ca/mce/firmware/. Release notes for each firmware release can be found below:
- Clock Card firmware
- Readout Card firmware
- Bias Card firmware
- Address Card firmware
- PCI card firmware
- Sync Box Firmware
Obsolete firmware:
Loading firmware onto cards
There are two ways to load MCE firmware:
- Remote firmware update over the MCE fibre interface
- Using Altera-supplied Hardware/Software and MCE Front-panel Connector
Things to bear in mind:
- In v5+ firmware, if you update firmware on any readout card, the card doesn't reply to any command unless the Clock Card is also reprogrammed.
- Always cleanly reset the MCE after a power-up or a reconfiguration! If not, MCE communication with the PC or Sync Box may not work. On MAS prompt, type: mce_reset_clean
Special cases:
- Upgrading From 4.x.x To 5.x.x Firmware -- using SCUBA-2 as an example
MCE Firmware Bugs/ Features Under Development has been moved to the intmce:MCE bugs.
Implementation Details
- MCE Timing Diagram
- MCE Communication Protocols
- Monitoring MCE Status [DOC] (Nov. 9, 2006)
- MCE Command Description [PDF] (SC2-ELE-S580-515)
