L1 RPC Trigger Offline Software

Complete:

Introduction

Usage

Packages

RPCTrigger-specific Packages:

• DataFormats/RPCDigi
• L1Trigger/RPCTrigger
• L1TriggerConfig/RPCTriggerConfig

Other packages including code used by RPCTrigger:

• CondFormats/L1TObjects
• CondFormats/RPCObjects
• CondFormats/DataRecord

Other relevant packages for RPCTrigger:

• http://cmssw.cvs.cern.ch/cgi-bin/cmssw.cgi/CMSSW/Validation/L1Trigger/

Configuration

RPCTrigger

RPCTriggerConfig

• RPCHwConfig_cff.py - configuration of hardware. Controls lists of disabled PAC chips and data ORing between different BX (if RPC trigger is produced from chamber data coming from one or more consecutive BXs)
• RPCConeDefinition_cff.py - definitions needed for building logic cones (data structures combining geometry info with information about fired strips).
• L1RPCConfig_cff.py - Loads RPC trigger patterns (LUTs). filedir parameter defines where xml files with patterns are stored. PACsPerTower defines internal symmetry used to generate patterns (valid values are 1/12/144 - this defines number of xml files per tower).

Coding Rules

RPCTrigger specific coding rules:

Information sources

• RPC Trigger wiki page

Review status

Responsible: Tomasz Frueboes