MCE firmware

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Critical Notes

  • 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
  • After an mce_reset, not all of the DAC outputs are set to zero. In addition, values written to RAM-based registers are not reset. A full reconfiguration is required for a proper reset. You may power-cycle the MCE remotely if the MCE is equipped with a PSA (UBC switching supply) by issuing mce_cmd -x rs psc cycle_pow 1 and then mce_reset_clean

Releases

All firmware can be downloaded here. Release notes for each firmware release can be found below:

Firmware Upgrade Methods

There are two ways to upgrade the MCE firmware:

  1. Remote firmware update over the MCE fibre interface
  2. Using Altera-supplied Hardware/Software and MCE Front-panel Connector

CVS Repository

  • Ask the "MCE team at UBC" for a username/password to be able to access the repository
  • Install a CVS client ( e.g. http://www.tortoisecvs.org/ )
  • CVS server info is:
    • server: e-mode.phas.ubc.ca
    • repository folder:/home/cvsroot/mce
    • module name: mce
    • protocol: pserver

MCE Features and How-To Guides

MCE Firmware Bugs/ Features Under Development has been moved to the Internal MCE Wiki Bug List.

Firmware Development Tools

MCE Scripting