The FTPC data aquisition system is tied in with the main STAR DAQ. From the receivers onward, all hardware components are identical. The software for the electronics channel mapping is committed to the STAR cvs repository $CVSROOT/online/ftpc/MapFtpcElectronicsToDaq

The signals from the FTPC electronics are sent to DAQ where each 
readout board,mezzanine card,asic is mapped to an FTPC sector,daqrow,daqpad. 

HARDWARE:

       2 identical FTPCs - Ftpc West = 1, Ftpc East = 2
       5 rings/FTPC
       2 padrows/ring
      10 padrows/FTPC
       6 sectors/padrow
     6 sectors/padrow x 10 padrows/FTPC = 60 hardware sectors/FTPC
     160 pads/sector
    9600 pads/padrow
  = 19200 electronics channels for both FTPCs

ELECTRONICS:
      20 readout boards (RDOs)
      10 RDOs/FTPC
       3 mezzanine cards/RDO
  =   3 mezzaanine cards/RDO x 10 RDOs/FTPC = 30 electronic sectors/FTPC 

DAQ: 
    The signals from the FTPC electronics are mapped to the hardware with the FTPC_PADKEY.h file. 

   DAQ notation:
             30 daqsectors/FTPC (Ftpc West 1-30, FtpcEast 31-60)
              2 daqrows/daqsector
            320 daqpads/daqsector = 2 x 160 daqpads/daqrow
            
     Ftpc  Ring   Padrow  Sector   daqrow  daqpads
      1      1      1,2    1,7       1,2    1-160
                           2,8       1,2  161-320
                           3,9       1,2  321-480
                           4,10      1,2  481-640
                           5,11      1,2  641-800
                           6,12      1,2  801-960
             2      3,4   13,19      1,2    1-160
                          14,20      1,2  161-320
                          15,21      1,2  321-480
                          16,22      1,2  481-640
                          17,23      1,2  641-800
                          18,24      1,2  801-960
             3      5,6   25,31      1,2    1-160
                          26,32      1,2  161-320
                          27,33      1,2  321-480
                          28,34      1,2  481-640
                          29,35      1,2  641-800
                          30,36      1,2  801-960
             4      7,8   37,43      1,2    1-160
                          38,44      1,2  161-320
                          39,45      1,2  321-480
                          40,46      1,2  481-640
                          41,47      1,2  641-800
                          42,48      1,2  801-960
             5      9,10  49,55      1,2    1-160
                          50,56      1,2  161-320
                          51,57      1,2  321-480
                          52,58      1,2  481-640
                          53,59      1,2  641-800
                          54,60      1,2  801-960
      2      1      1,2    6,12      1,2    1-160
                           5,11      1,2  161-320
                           4,10      1,2  321-480
                           3,9       1,2  481-640
                           2,8       1,2  641-800
                           1,7       1,2  801-960
             2      3,4   18,24      1,2    1-160
                          17,23      1,2  161-320
                          16,22      1,2  321-480
                          15,21      1,2  481-640
                          14,20      1,2  641-800
                          13,19      1,2  801-960
             3      5,6   30,36      1,2    1-160
                          29,35      1,2  161-320
                          28,34      1,2  321-480
                          27,33      1,2  481-640
                          26,32      1,2  641-800
                          35,31      1,2  801-960
             4      7,8   42,48      1,2    1-160
                          41,47      1,2  161-320
                          40,46      1,2  321-480
                          39,45      1,2  481-640
                          38,44      1,2  641-800
                          37,43      1,2  801-960
             5      9,10  54,60      1,2    1-160
                          53,59      1,2  161-320
                          52,58      1,2  321-480
                          51,57      1,2  481-640
                          50,56      1,2  641-800
                          49,55      1,2  801-960