PickUp-ToF - Manual
Connect the 10MOhs resistor connector to the SHV feedthrough “MCP-F” first and then connect its
end to the “MCP-F” socket of the 19” HVPS (using one of the two 8m SHV cables).
Connect the SHV feedthrough “MCP-B” to the “MCP-B” socket of the 19” HVPS (using the other 8m
SHV cable).
Connect the small BNC noise filter element to the BNC feedthrough “SIG” first and then connect its
end to the input of the CFD using the short BNC cable.
Connect the output of the CFD to the TDC.
Connect the power cable to the main connector of the 19” HVPS and the TDC and use the USB
cable to connect the TDC to the PC. Do not use PC front panel USB connectors; they are often
restricted in performance.
Terminate the “HV Ref IN” socket of the 19” HVPS with the SHV termination plug (part of the
delivery).
The ““HV Ref IN” socket can also be used to apply a reference voltage to the detector operation
voltage later on.
See the manual for the high voltage power supply for more detailed information.
In cases that no reference voltage is applied to the HV Ref IN connector of the 19” HVPS, the
termination plug must be used to ground this potential. Otherwise this HV module is not
functioning as the reference potential is missing.
The exact operation voltage of the detector is given in the specification sheet. It is given in
reference to the
“
MCP-F” potential (which corresponds to the HV Ref IN potential).
See the manuals for the detector, the CFD, the TDC and for the 19” HVPS for more detailed
information.
To perform time measurements with respect to an external clock, provide start pulses to the start
input of the TDC. Use the corresponding BNC socket of the TDC (see the TDC manual for the specific
connection schema of the TDC).
3.2.3
Software Interface and Installation
All operation functions for data readout of the TDC are encapsulated in a dynamic linked library (scTDC1.dll).
Data processing and presentation on the PC is realized by a stand-alone application (TdcTimeHistsGUI) based
on Python 3, which needs to be installed to run the software.
The remote control of the 19” HVPS is realized via an Ethernet interface and a binary encoded TCP/IP
protocol. See the documentation of the SC_HV_binary_protocol for further details. There is also a java based
stand alone software for device control and voltage readout, which needs Java 8 to be installed.
The delivery package includes a storage medium with the TDC hardware driver, a SDK for the scTDC1.dll
library, and stand-alone applications based on Phyton and Java.
Insert the storage medium to your PC and install the hardware driver. See the Software Installation manual
for further details.
Read-out of the PickUp-ToF is done via the USB port of the TDC. The specific PC system requirements can be
found in the corresponding TDC manual.
For Linux Users, please see specific installation instructions on the storage device.
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