Timing Working Group: Minutes
 

Meeting Subject
15 April 1999 First meeting 
  • Selection of the Working Group secretary 
  • Introductory remarks from Paul PROUDLOCK 
  • Introduction of each member and a brief statement of their timing interests 
  • Discussion of the mandate 
  • Proposal of the time interval and contents of future meetings. 
30 April 1999 Second meeting 
  • Mandate, all 
  • Web page, Etienne CARLIER 
  • SL/PO requirements for LHC. John PETT (SL/PO) 
  • SL/BT requirements for LHC, Etienne CARLIER (SL/BT)
12 May 1999 3th meeting 
  • CMS test beam timing requirements. Emmanuel TSESMELIS
  • SPS Master Timing Generator requirements. Michel JONKER (SL/CO)
28 May 1999 4th meeting 
  • RF SPS timing requirements. Philippe BAUDRENGHIEN (SL/HRF) 
  • Slow timing requirements. Adriaan RIJLLART 
11 June 1999 5th meeting 
  • Beam Instrumentation: slow and fast  requirements. Jean-Jacques SAVIOZ (SL/BI)
  • PS requirements for LHC. Julian LEWIS (PS/CO)
25 June 1999 6th meeting 
  • Timing Policy for Electricity Control. Arthur SWIFT 
  • Timing Requirements for the Experimental Areas. Guy BARIBAUD (SL/BI) 
09 July 1999 7th meeting 
  • Timing transmission over the WorldFIP bus. Quentin KING (SL/PO) & Raymond BRUN (SL/LRF) 
20 August 1999 8th meeting 
  • Review of the different timing requirements and locations
  • LHC timing events based on absolute time. Quentin KING (SL/PO)
27 August 1999 9th meeting 
  • Timing requirements for machine operation. Michel JONKER (SL/CO) & Mike LAMONT (SL/OP)
  • Computer synchronization. Pal ANDERSSEN (SL/CO)
24 September 1999 10th meeting 
  • Fast timing distribution through fiber optics. Bruce TAYLOR (EP/CMD)
  • Preliminary discussion on report to PLC. Gary BEETHAM (SL/CO)
30 June 2000 11th meeting 
  • GPS update. Gary BEETHAM (SL/CO)
  • WorldFip jitter measurements. Quentin KING (SL/PO)
  • IRIG-B tests at LEP. Andy BUTTERWORTH (SL/LRF) 
14 July 2000 12th meeting 
  • TTC Test Beam results. Bruce TAYLOR (EP/CMD)
  • BI progress with TTC. Jean-Jacques SAVIOZ (SL/BI)
  • GPS IRIG-B measurements. Christian ANTFOLK (SL/CO)
1 September 2000 13th meeting
  • BI progress with TTC. Jean-Jacques SAVIOZ (SL/BI)
  • 10MHz distribution. Gary BEETHAM (SL/CO)
  • LHC slow timing possibilities. Michel JONKER (SL/CO)
24 October 2000 14th meeting
  • SPS timing in LHC, Gary BEETHAM
  • IRIG-B norms, Christoph KNAUPP
  • Time of day standards, GARY BEETHAM
  • List of slow timing requirements, Mike LAMONT
1 November 2000 15th meeting
  • Review of timing distribution, Gary BEETHAM
  • TTC costs and availability, Bruce TAYLOR
  • Fast and slow timing over TTC, Jean-Jacques SAVIOZ
  • No timing network, Julian LEWIS
  • Implication of timing distribution over common purpose network, Michel JONKER
1 December 2000 16th meeting
  • Progress on RF timing requirements, Philippe BAUDRENGHIEN
  • SLTC presentation, Gary BEETHAM
20 April 2001 17th meeting
  • Location of TTC transmitters
  • New BI requirements
  • UTC saga
16 August 2001 18th meeting
  • Accuracy requirements of the 40MHz and frev signals for the experiments
  • Slow timing transmission and distribution
  • Functional specification