Changeset 14998 for trunk

Timestamp:

03/09/13 11:07:02 (12 years ago)

Author:

tbretz

Message:

Worked around the problem that sometimes (reason still to be found) obj['status'] is undefined; wait for the Rate control to really get to Idle afte a DRS calibration; throw an error rather than printing an error message. we are not yet there that we do not have to alarm the shifters by a red exception message; slightly increased the timeout after a STOP has been sent to the drive (it seems 3s was not enough, although I do not understand why it could take 4.2s, but it did); added Ramping state to the list of allowed states. That's not ideal, but it is pretty unlikely that the system is errornously in Ramping. This can only happen if somebody manually interacts with the system

File:

• trunk/FACT++/scripts/Main.js (modified) (7 diffs)

trunk/FACT++/scripts/Main.js

@@ -89 +89 @@
 service_con.onchange = function(evt)
 {
+    // This happens, but why?
+    if (!evt.obj['status'])
+        return;
+
     this.reset = [ ];
 
@@ -247 +251 @@
 
     dim.send("RATE_CONTROL/STOP"); // get out of GlobalThresholdSet
+    dim.wait("RATE_CONTROL", "Connected", 3000);
 
     console.out("  DRS cal: end");
@@ -425 +430 @@
 if (!checkStates(table, 10000))
 {
-    console.out("Something unexpected has happened. Although the startup-",
+    throw new Error"Something unexpected has happened. Although the startup-",
             "procedure has finished, not all servers are in the state",
             "in which they ought to be. Please, try to find out what",
             "happened...");
-    exit();
 }
 
@@ -620 +624 @@
     case "RATESCAN":
         console.out("  RATESCAN  ");
-       
+
         dim.send("DRIVE_CONTROL/STOP");
-        dim.wait("DRIVE_CONTROL", "Armed", 3000);
-        
+        dim.wait("DRIVE_CONTROL", "Armed", 5000);
+
         if (obs.source != undefined)
             dim.send("DRIVE_CONTROL/TRACK_ON", obs.source);
@@ -637 +641 @@
         // this part might be simply wrong here, since I should be able to expect
         // the system to be able for data taking. And if not, then it is not here,
-        // to bring the system into a better state, correct?  
+        // to bring the system into a better state, correct?
+
+        // [TB] Either here the system have to be brought to the correct state, or
+        //      it has to be ensured that the previous code brought the system to a correct
+        //      state. In this case checkStates could be used (but is a bit of obsolete)
+        //      Doing non-throwing checks without checking the return value does not make
+        //      sense at all.
         dim.wait("FEEDBACK", "CurrentControl", -100);
         dim.wait("BIAS_CONTROL", "VoltageOn", -100);
@@ -672 +682 @@
     // ------------------------------------------------------------
 
+    // Checking for 'Ramping' in the BIAS_CONTROL is not ideal, but at the moment
+    // it is not possible to distinguish between a real ramping and the short
+    // ramping which takes place whenever the feedback updated the voltages.
+
     console.out("  Checking states [mainloop]");
     var table =
@@ -680 +694 @@
          [ "SMART_FACT"    ],
          [ "DATA_LOGGER",     [ "NightlyFileOpen", "WaitForRun", "Logging" ] ],
-         [ "FSC_CONTROL",     [ "Connected"                    ] ],
-         [ "MCP",             [ "Idle"                         ] ],
-         [ "TIME_CHECK",      [ "Valid"                        ] ],
-         [ "PWR_CONTROL",     [ "SystemOn"                     ] ],
-         [ "AGILENT_CONTROL", [ "VoltageOn"                    ] ],
-         [ "BIAS_CONTROL",    [ "VoltageOff", "VoltageOn"                   ] ],
-         [ "FEEDBACK",        [ "CurrentCtrlIdle", "CurrentControl" ] ],
-         [ "RATE_SCAN",       [ "Connected"                    ] ],
-         [ "RATE_CONTROL",    [ "Connected", "InProgress"                    ] ],
-         [ "LID_CONTROL",     [ "Open", "Closed"               ] ],
-         [ "DRIVE_CONTROL",   [ "Armed", "Tracking", "OnTrack" ] ],
-         [ "FTM_CONTROL",     [ "Idle", "TriggerOn"            ] ],
-         [ "FAD_CONTROL",     [ "Connected", "WritingData"     ] ],
+         [ "FSC_CONTROL",     [ "Connected"                                ] ],
+         [ "MCP",             [ "Idle"                                     ] ],
+         [ "TIME_CHECK",      [ "Valid"                                    ] ],
+         [ "PWR_CONTROL",     [ "SystemOn"                                 ] ],
+         [ "AGILENT_CONTROL", [ "VoltageOn"                                ] ],
+         [ "BIAS_CONTROL",    [ "VoltageOff", "VoltageOn", "Ramping"       ] ],
+         [ "FEEDBACK",        [ "CurrentCtrlIdle", "CurrentControl"        ] ],
+         [ "RATE_SCAN",       [ "Connected"                                ] ],
+         [ "RATE_CONTROL",    [ "Connected", "InProgress"                  ] ],
+         [ "LID_CONTROL",     [ "Open", "Closed"                           ] ],
+         [ "DRIVE_CONTROL",   [ "Armed", "Tracking", "OnTrack"             ] ],
+         [ "FTM_CONTROL",     [ "Idle", "TriggerOn"                        ] ],
+         [ "FAD_CONTROL",     [ "Connected", "WritingData"                 ] ],
         ];
 
     if (!checkStates(table))
     {
-        throw new Error("Something unexpected has happened. One of the servers"+
-                        "is in a state in which it should not be. Please,"+
+        //dim.alarm("System inconsistent");
+        //dim.alarm();
+        throw new Error("Something unexpected has happened. One of the servers "+
+                        "is in a state in which it should not be. Please, "+
                         "try to find out what happened...");
     }