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> Assumes 3-phase ac power (to Julabo FL11006 recirculating chiller) and single-phase ac power > (to AIDA NIM bins, PSUs, network switches, USB-controlled ac mains relay and Raspberry Pi) > is connected and switched on. > > > 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! > > > 1) Start Julabo FL11006 Recirculating Chiller > > See manual (page 19) http://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~td/AIDA/Information/Julabo%20FL11006.pdf > > Set point +20 deg C > > Check flow of coolant by inspecting the two flow indicators which are located on top of > the AIDA stand > > Do NOT proceed if the Julabo FL11006 Recirculating Chiller is not operating, or if there > is little, or no, flow in one, or both, flow indicators. > > 2) Start interface to USB-controlled ac mains relay to AIDA data acquisition servers > > On the AIDA Dell T410 Workstation aidas1 switch to Desktop 7 and start a Firefox web browser > > Enter URL http://nnrpi1:8015/AIDA/Rly16/ > > See attachment 1 > > Select 'Sequence ALL On' to powerup the AIDA data acquisition servers > > Check all relays Relay 1 to Relay 8 move from the 'Switch ON' to 'Switch OFF' row > > See attachment 2 > > Wait 10 minutes (yes - really!) before proceeding > > 3) Start Httpd Data Acquisition server > > See attachment 3 > > Switch to Desktop 1 and select the yellow MIDAS icon 'Httpd for DataAcquisition' which will start a terminal > to display server messages as follows > > System identified is CPU x86_64; Platform is unix; OS is Linux and Version is 2.6.32-504.8.1.el6.x86_64 > Environment selected is CPU x64_64; Platform unix; OS Linux64 and Operating System Linux64 > MIDASBASE = /MIDAS@aidas and MIDAS_LIBRARY = /MIDAS@aidas/TclHttpd/Linux64 > PATH = > /MIDAS@aidas/bin_Linux64:/MIDAS@aidas/TclHttpd/Linux64:/homes/npg/root/bin:/homes/npg/root/bin:/homes/npg/root/lib:/MIDAS/Linux/bin64:/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin > package limit is not available: can't find package limit > Running with default file descriptor limit > package setuid is not available: can't find package setuid > Could not change to user 50 group 50: not owner > /debug user "debug" password "jhi+u8jzdbpl" > httpd started on port 8015 > > Custom startup from /MIDAS@aidas/config/TclHttpd/aidas1@8015/startup.tcl > DefineMessage defined with server at http://elog.ph.ed.ac.uk:8015/MessageLoggerServer > /DataBaseAccessServer > /NetVarService > /SigTaskService > Loaded MemSasAccess > /SpectrumService > loading tcl/AIDARunControl.tcl for namespace :: > RunControlClient provided > RunControlClient loaded > Completed custom startup from /MIDAS@aidas/TclHttpd/Html/AIDA/RunControl/stats.defn.tcl > > See attachment 4 > > 4) Start web browser for interface to AIDA > > Switch to Desktop 1 and start Firefox web browser > > Enter URL localhost:8015 > > See attachment 5 > > 5) Commence startup of AIDA interface > > Select 'AIDA Experiment Control' > > See attachment 6 > > 6) From AIDA Experiment Control tab > > Select 'AIDA Hardware Control' > > See attachment 7 > > Select 'Data Acquisition Run Control' > > 7) Reset and setup all data acquisition servers > > From 'Data Acquisition Run Control' tab > > See attachment 8 > > Select 'Act On ALL Data Acquisition Servers' > > The web page will update (~20s) to show the status of all of the configured AIDA FEE64 > data acquisition servers which are named nnaida1, nnaida2 ... etc > > See attachment 9 > > Select 'Reset' > > Wait for update and check that the state of *all* data acquisition servers is 'reset' > > Select 'Setup' > > Wait for timestamp re-synchronisation pop-up > > See attachments 10-11 > > Usually all data acquisition servers (nnaida1, nnaida2 ... etc) will ReSYNC OK and you may proceed to step 8. > > Sometimes one, or more, data acquisition servers report ReSYNC not complete. > > Re-select the 'AIDA Experiment Control' tab and select 'AIDA Hardware Control' > > See attachments 12-13 > > From the 'AIDA Hardware Control' tab select 'Master Timestamp Control' > > From the 'Master Timestamp Control' tab > > Select 'Reload' > > Select FEE64 -> nnaida6 > > Select 'Perform ReSYNC' > > Wait for timestamp re-synchronisation pop-up. > All data acquisition servers 9Nnaida1, nnaoida2 .. etc) should ReSYNC OK - if they do not > please seek expert help > > 8) Start ASIC controls > > Re-select the 'AIDA Experiment Control' tab and select 'AIDA Hardware Control' > > See attachments 12-13 > > Select 'ASIC Control' > > See attachment 14 > > From 'ASIC Control' tab > select 'Act on ALL FEE64 modules' and await page update > select 'Act on ALL ASICs' and await page update > > See attachment 15 > > 9) Check FEE64 operating temperatures > > Re-select the 'AIDA Hardware Control' tab and select 'FEE Temperatures' > > See attachment 16 > > Check temperatures > > Virtex < 70 deg C > PSU < 45 deg C > ASIC < 70 deg C > > Note that the ASIC temperatures for some data acquisition servers sometimes read back as 0.0 > *If the temperature values above are exceeded switch off AIDA FEE64 electrical power* as follows > > Desktop 6 - Firefox web browser > > From 'Rly16 Control' select 'Switch ALL off' and *now* seek expert help > > 10) Perform system-wide diagnostic checks > > Re-select the 'AIDA Hardware Control' tab and select 'System Wide Checks' > > See attachments 17-18 > > 11) Start servers for data merging and output to disk > > Switch to Desktop 2 and start the 'Httpd for Merge/TapeServer', 'Merger' and 'TapeServer' servers > by selecting the three adjacent MIDAS in sequence > > See attachment 19 > > Three terminal sessions will pop-up to display server messages. These terminals should be moved to > left of the desktop and arranged as shown > > See attachment 20 > > This will enable you to simultaneously observe the latest messages from each server and the activity > spinners of the Merger and TapeServer servers > > 12) Start web interface to Merger and TapeServer > > Start Firefox web browser > > Enter URL localhost:8115 > > See attachment 21 > > 13) Open data file > > Select 'Tape Service' > > See attachment 22 > > In the 'TapeServer Service' tab complete the Volume Name, Run Name and Run Number fields. > Typically the volume name will the experiment ID (e.g. NP1234) and Run Name (R). > > See attachment 23 > > Select 'Go' > > See attachment 24 > > This will create an experiment directory if it does not already exist (e.g. /TapeData/NP1234) > and will open a data file within this directory with a filename concatenating the Run Name > and Run Number fields - if the selected file already exists a new filename (Run Number) will > be suggested > > 14) Setup merger > > Re-select the 'AIDA' tab and select 'MERGE Control' > > See attachment 25 > > Select 'Setup & Configure' > > See attachment 26 > > Select 'Go' > > See attachment 27 > > Select 'Toggle Merge Program Pause State' > > See attachment 28 > > 15) Enable histogramming and data transfer #1 links > > Switch to Desktop 1 and re-select 'Data Acquisition Run Control' tab > > Select Histogramming 'Enable All' and Data Transfer #1 'Enable All' > > 16) AIDA is now ready to commence collecting data > - you can proceed from step 5 of https://elog.ph.ed.ac.uk/AIDA/412
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