Upgrade GPM currently serves as a generic program for graphically viewing continuously collected AGS data and can be modified to collect and display RHIC data. It also has the ability to save these setups for later recall and the capability to log the data collected. It is envisioned that an upgrade to GPM will satisfy the requirements geared towards continuous data collection and display - specifically the requirement that any ADO parameter can be collected and displayed at a rate up to 15 Hz. A number of modifications need to be made to the GPM program to upgrade it for RHIC usage. Modifications needed for the GPM upgrade are shown below along with the time needed to complete each task.
Estimates are in uninterrupted days.
For a summary of the needed GPM work and a timetable for its completion see the section titled Effort Estimates and Timetable . Total time estimate is about 6 weeks. At this point, mechanisms for setting data reporting rates and for assuring data correlation have not been resolved. The DigitalScope program is currently designed to setup, collect and display buffered data from MADC systems. AGS MADC systems are currently supported.