CMS HCAL DCS Documents:

• The requirements of the HCAL DCS system were presented in detail during CMS DCS Workshop in 1999 ( PDF file, , 50 KB)
• The overall strategy for the HCAL DCS development was presented during CMS DCS Workshop in 2000( PDF file, 186 KB).
• An overview of tasks and responsibilities as proposed by John Elias in November 2000.

• The general principles of implementation of custom software interfaces were discussed in detail in February 2001.

• The recommendations and priorities for the HCAL DCS development are presented in S. Sergueev's talk given at CMS HCAL Technical meeting on March 4th, 2001 (PDF file, 1.1 MB).

• Useful information on readout box control, monitoring, fieldbus etc was presented by John Elias during RBX PRR on March 2nd, 2001 (PDF file, 82 KB).

• A fairly complete overview of HCAL DCS status and plans was presented by D. Lazic in a talk given at CMS DCS working group meeting on April 25th, 2001 (PDF file, 101 KB).

• During CMS HCAL meeting held on June 15th, 2001 S. Sergueev presented status report on high voltage system and HCAL tree, as well as some ideas on how to create "parts" database ( PDF file, 180 KB).

• During September 2001 CMS week a regular HCAL DCS meeting was held where important part of the agenda was discussion about a possibility of common approach to HCAL and EMU DCS tasks: you can read minutes, as well as S.Sergueev's presentation on HCAL DCS ( PDF file, 426 KB).

• On October 19-20th, 2001 HCAL community held a meeting in Rochester. S. Sergueev presented an overview of HCAL DCS ( PDF file, 320 KB) with an emphasis on a proposal to use cheap and simple serial communication links arhitecture ( PDF file, 48 KB). D. Lazic presented a list of tasks for 2002 test beam preparation including DCS ( PDF file, 465 KB).

• During December 2001 CMS week a regular HCAL DCS meeting was held where S. Sergueev reported on new developments ( PDF file, 570 KB).

• During a CMS DCS Workshop on March 1st 2002 J. Rolhf gave an overview of HCAL DCS status and new developments ( PDF file, 5.2 MB).