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> All AIDA operations are controlled from the Dell T410 Workstation aidas1 using web browsers. > > AIDA has multiple, independent data acquisition servers connected by an Ethernet network. > > Response times to commands, information updates etc are ~10-60s - please be patient! > > > > How To Start Run > > 1) Workspace 1 - Firefox web browser - Run Control tab > > Select 'Update' > > Check DAQ stopped (green 'GO' button displayed) > > Check state of *all* data acquisition servers is 'stopped' > Check histogramming and data transfer #1 is enabled for *all* data acquisition servers as indicated by 'H X' tags > > See attachment 1 > > 2) Workspace 2 - Firefox web browser - TapeServer tab > > Select 'Reload' > > Check TapeServer stopped and disk file closed (green GO button displayed) > > See attachment 2 > > 3) Workspace 2 - Firefox web browser - MERGE tab > > Select 'Reload' > > Check Merge Program paused - see banner > > Merge State = GOing : paused : xfer enabled : output paused > > If not paused select 'Toggle Merge Program Pause State' > > See attachment 3 > > 4) Workspace 1 - Firefox web browser - ASIC Control tab > > Select 'Reload' > > Check 'Act on ALL FEE64 modules?' selected > > Check 'Act on ALL ASICs' selected > > Select 'Select required function' -> 'Check ASIC Control' > > After ~60s a pop-up will appear showing the response from each ASIC of each data acquisition server. > Check all ASICs are OK and status = 0x001F0000. > Dismiss pop-up by selecting OK > > See attachments 4-5 > > 5) Workspace 1 - Firefox web browser - Run Control tab > > Start DAQ - select green GO button > > Wait (~60s) until state of all data acquisition servers (nnaida1, nnaida2 ... etc) updates > > Check state of *all* data acquisition servers is 'going' > Check histogramming and data transfer #1 is enabled for *all* data acquisition servers as indicated by 'H X' tags > > See attachment 6 > > 6) Workspace 2 - Firefox web browser - MERGE tab > > Select 'Reload' several times and check *all* enabled data links (0-23) are active > bright green = active, olive green = inactive, red = disabled > > N.B. If some data links are inactive call for expert help and do NOT proceed! > > Observe active spinner in MERGER server terminal window > > See attachment 7 > > 7) Workspace 2 - Firefox web browser - TapeServer tab > > Check 'Volume Name' and 'File Name' > > Start TapeServer and open disk file - select green 'GO' button > > See attachment 8 > > 8) Workspace 2 - Firefox web browser - MERGE tab > > Select 'Reload' several times and check all enabled data links (0-23) are always active > bright green = active, olive green = inactive, red = disabled > > N.B. If some data links are *always* inactive call for expert help and do NOT proceed! > > Select 'Toggle Merge Program Pause State' to enable data merging > > Select 'Reload' to observe merge rate (~ 9000 data items/s) > > Observe active spinners in MERGE and TapeServer server terminal windows adjacent to web browser > > See attachment 9 > > 9) Workspace 1 - Firefox web browser - Run Control tab > > Select 'Start ASIC Data Readout' > > See attachment 10 > > 10) Workspace 2 - Firefox web browser - MERGE tab > > Select Reload several times and check all enabled data links (0-23) are active > bright green = active, olive green = inactive, red = disabled > > N.B. If some data links are *never* active call for expert help and do NOT proceed! > > Select 'Reload' to observe merge rate (~ 0.5-2M data items/s) > > See attachment 11 > > 11) Workspace 2 - Firefox web browser - TapeServer tab > > Select 'Reload' and observe number of blocks written to disk increasing > > See attachment 12 > > 12) Workspace 1 - Firefox web browser - Control tab > > Select 'Save/Restore Settings' > > From 'Save/Restore Module Settings' tab > > select 'Reload' > > select 'Module Names' whose settings should be saved (usually all) > > select 'Generate new DB key' and make a note of the DB key generated > the DB key will have the format YYYYMMMDD-HH.MM.SS > > The DB key will be used to name a directory to store AIDA settings > and is created uid: npg, gid: npgstaff, perms 755. However, its > contents are written uid: nfsnobody, gid nfsnobody. The default > directory (DB Key) permissions do not work - change the permissions > to 777 - before attempting to save data to this directory (DB Key). > > launch a terminal and change the permissions of the DB key directory using the command > > chmod 777 /MIDAS/DB/EXPERIMENTS/AIDA/[YYYYMMMDD-HH.MM.SS] > > select 'Save Settings' to save AIDA ASIC, LED and waveform settings to > the directory (DB key) > > 11) Update BRIKEN Elog with the following information > > AIDA > run filename (e.g. R99) > [# data blocks] > start date & time > [stop date & time] > ASIC settings DB key > additional comments > your name > > Complete run sheet for written logbook
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