Trying to start the AIDA DAQ now that the RI beam is (nearly) ready.  However, we cannot get merging to work.  But the merger status has "Merge State = GOing     :    paused     :    xfer enabled     :    want first SYNC"  but the last part ought to show "output paused" or after merge begins, "ready for SYNC".  We restarted the DAQ according to the procedure several times but this aspect of the messaging does not change, and the merging does not go live.