From: Dan Edmunds <edmunds@pa.msu.edu>
Date: September 30, 2004 12:53:00 GMT-05:00
To: Iain Bertram <bertram@fnal.gov>
Cc: "Raymond L. Brock" <brock@pa.msu.edu>
Subject: Re: L1 pseudoterms

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Iain Bertram wrote:

> Dan,
>
> I need to have a presentation at the TB in the next couple of weeks
> on what capabilities are available in the new L1 pseudo-terms. In
> particular we need to know exactly which new features  will be
> available for use in Jan 2004 for the new V14 trigger list.
>
> If you are not available could you suggest an appropriate person to
> give this presentation.
>
> Iain Bertram


Hello Iain,

I will leave it to the managers who are coordinating all the
trigger work to decide whether or not I should take the time to
give this talk.  I have done this talk before.

Status:  the TFW hardware, TCC control software, COOR software are
all ready to support operation with Pseudo-Terms.  This has existed
for more than a year and has been tested.  One could use a Taker and
a Trigger Configuration File to define a L1 Trigger that includes a
Pseudo Terms and run with it right now today.

I'm not certain what you are asking about or need to know.  The Pseudo
Term system in the TFW is described in:

   www.pa.msu.edu/hep/d0/ftp/l1/framework/andor_terms/
                                    pseudo_term_functionality.txt

   www.pa.msu.edu/hep/d0/ftp/l1/framework/andor_terms/
                                   pseudo_term_implementation.txt

Your note mentioned, "the new L1 pseudo-terms".  We have made no
new Pseudo-Terms since the ones that  Ron Lipton asked for in early
June 2003.  Those Pseudo-Terms are described in the web files above
and were asked for by Ron when he was coordinating trigger
commissioning and wanted some  plausible Physics Pseudo Terms for
testing the system.

If the Trigger Boards wants some new Pseudo-Terms implemented
then please describe (at the bit level) what you need done.  It is
not hard for us to make new Pseudo-Terms but it does require:
some time, a firmware revision change, and testing.  The priority
given to that work is set by the the managers.

If you want Pseudo-Terms in V14 then the TFW and control software
part of this is ready for it.

      Dan