The Rack Wizard, a graphical database interface for electronics configuration
Frank Glege · CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2003
A substantial amount of electronics is needed in CMS to provide the required running environment, digitize the detector information and forward it to the data acquisition system. The information concerning all aspects of this electronics needs to be kept in a data base. The layout of the electronics must fulfil certain constraints. Tracking the compliance of the layout with those constraints in an evolving setup is time consuming and non trivial. A tool has been developed, called “Rack Wizard”, which offers a graphical configuration of the electronics layout in a drag and drop style. That provides entry into an Oracle database. It automatically applies certain constraints and the visualization allows, for instance, the identification of hot spots.