Plot show the card from top side, i.e. the side with connectors. a cross section of the kapton cable, where each cable/connector has 32 channels. 0-15 (in black) to chip on top side 0-15 (in red) to chip on bottom side The extra number on ALTRO chip is the chipnumber chipnumber chip 0 IC35 1 IC36 2 IC16 3 IC35 4 IC17 5 IC34 6 IC18 7 IC33 chips labelled in black is on top side, red italic on bottom side. readout channel number = FEC number * 128 + chipnumber * 16 + channel number the connector on front end card with numbering: 0-15 (in black) to chip on top side 0-15 (in red) to chip on bottom side cable number connector 0 J5 1 J6 2 J7 3 J8