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  599   Thu May 25 02:11:04 2017 CB, TDThursday 25 May
10.10 DAQ continues OK 
      Current file May2017/R26_17

      Detector biases; leakage currents OK - see attachment 1
      FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 2
      good events; statistics OK - see attachment 3
      No warnings/errors reported by merger since DAQ GO - see attachment 4

      *all* system wide checks OK *except* ADC calibration of nnaida1, 21 and nnaida1 clock status (=6)
      

10.17 E17/F11 ambient temperature +24.2 deg C, RH 42.8%, d.p. +10.7 deg C
      Julabo FL11006 set point +20 deg C, actual +20.0 deg C, water level OK (c. 70%)

      Lights on B2 partially off - Alvaro TD reports this may imply beam tests being carried out. He also
reports spike of gamma counts in BRIKEN clover around 10:00.

10.18 DAQ stops OK
      Current file May2017/R26_17

      Zeroed histograms. Background alpha calibration long run ongoing.

      ASIC settings 2017Mar27-16.12.39 *except*
      slow comparator 0x64
      LEC/MEC fast comparator 0x20

      BNC PB-4 settings 
      Amplitude 90,000
      x5 attenuator IN
      t_r 50ns, tau_d 50us
      polarity -
      rate 250Hz range
      delay MIN, tail pulse

10.25 DAQ stars OK
      Current file may2017/R27

      ttyUSB7 (nnaida1) attached

10.50 Measured AIDA ac mains voltage with DMM. Voltage 100.4V rms L-N
      FL11006 chiller refilled (2 litres added) 

17.05 DAQ continues OK 
      Current file May2017/R26_17

      Detector biases; leakage currents OK - see attachment 6,7
      FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 8
      good events; statistics OK - see attachment 9
      No warnings/errors reported by merger since DAQ GO - see attachment 10

      *all* system wide checks OK *except* ADC calibration of nnaida1, 21 and nnaida1 clock status (=6)

17.07 E17/F11 ambient temperature +24.1 deg C, RH 39.8%, d.p. +9.5 deg C
      Julabo FL11006 set point +20 deg C, actual +20.0 deg C, water level OK (c. 95%)

      Left DAQ running on alpha background calibration run


      
  700   Fri Nov 17 10:03:25 2017 CB, TDFriday 17 November
19.03 DAQ started OK - data transfer not enabled

      BNC PB-4
      Amplitude 90,000
      x5 attenuator IN
      t_r 100ns tau_d 50us
      - polarity
      frequency range 25Hz
      delay MIN, tail pulse, INT ref

      ASIC settings 2017Oct23-14.38.03
      *all* FEE64s slow comparators 0xa

      Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 1
      FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 2
      DAQ statistics OK - see attachment 3
      *all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida7 fails ADC calibration
      Rate look OK. A few dropped channels. See attach 4
      Waveforms look OK. Noise at reasonable levels. See attach 5 & 6

19:15 Started run Nov17/R1
      Kbyte/sec written 2611
      Merger data rate 346210 items/sec

19:26 Observed increase in rate in asics nnaida13, 19 (>50 000)
      Noise profile looks typical. See waveforms - attach 7,8
      Increased FEE64 slow comparators for nnaida 13, 19 from 0xa to 0xc
      Rate decreases significantly. See attach 9

19.40 Beam on
      BigRIPS 115Nb setting
      WAS3ABI + YSO

      Good Event, merger and data rates OK - see attachments 10-12
      8x FEE64s <10k
      8x FEE64s 10-20k
      6x FEE64s 20-30k
      2x FEE64s 30-40k

19.57 per FEE64 1.8.W spectra (2ms FSR) - see attachments 14-15

20.06 per FEE64 1.8.L spectra - see attachments 16-17
      nnaida17 67 ch FWHM
      nnaida8  73 ch FWHM

20.50 DAQ starts

RIKEN run: 005
Wasabi Run: 4048
BigRIPS run: 2057
AIDA run R2_0
Listmode DLT file:171117_2050_115Nb_005.dlt

BRIKEN Rate (h:12): ~ 42 cps
F11 Rate (h:18): ~ 37 cps
CLOVERS Rate (h:15): ~ 33 cps
AIDA Veto Plastic Rate (h:19): ~ 23

      WAS3ABi in
      YSO removed
      AIDA inserted to HPGe clover cryostat position

      BigRIPS 115Nb setting
      Degrader 5mm Al

      BNC PB-4
      Amplitude 90,000
      x5 attenuator IN
      t_r 100ns tau_d 50us
      - polarity
      frequency range 25Hz
      delay MIN, tail pulse, INT ref

      ASIC settings 2017Oct23-14.38.03
      *all* FEE64s slow comparators 0xa *except* nnaida13 0xf, nnaida19 0xc, nnaida20-21 0xb

20.57 all spectra zero'd

      Good Event stats - see attachment 18
      7x FEE64s <10k
      5x FEE64s 10-20k
      4x FEE64s 20-30k
      4x FEE64s 30-40k
      3x FEE64s 40-50k
      1x FEE64 >50k (nnaida13 73k)



21.22 Not all ASICs settings restored from 2017Oct23-14.38.03
      Some p+n FEE64s Ibias LF feedback 0x8 *not* 0xf as expected - now changed manually
      AIDA data file Nov17/R2_5

      ASIC settings saved to 2017Nov17-21.24.47
      Updated options

21.33 New BigRIPS, BRIKEN, WAS3ABi files started
      AIDA continues from R2_6

Date: 17/11/017
Start: 2133
RIKEN run: 006
Wasabi Run: 4061
BigRIPS run: 2058
AIDA run R2_06
Listmode DLT file:171117_2132_115Nb_006.dlt

BRIKEN Rate (h:12): ~ 42 cps
F11 Rate (h:18): ~ 37 cps
CLOVERS Rate (h:15): ~ 33 cps
AIDA Veto Plastic Rate (h:19): ~ 23


21.40 Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 19 & 20
      FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 21
      DAQ statistics OK - see attachment 22
      *all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida7 fails ADC calibration

      per FEE64 1.8.* spectra (20ms FSR) see attachments 23 & 24
      p+n spectra now look OK with Ibias LF feedback changed from 0x8 to 0xf
      note 3kHz appears in nnaida19, 21 & 22

22.41 DAQ stop
      AIDA data file Nov17/R2_15

      *use R2_8 - R2_15* for offline analysis

22.50 AIDA withdrawn from BRIKEN
      YSO re-installed

23.10 Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 25 & 26
      FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 27
      DAQ statistics OK - see attachment 28
      7x FEE64s <10k
      4x FEE64s 10-20k
      8x FEE64s 20-30k
      2x FEE64s 30-40k
      2x FEE64s 40-50k
      1x FEE64 >50k (nnaida13 64k)
      *all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida7 fails ADC calibration

      per FEE64 1.8.W spectra (20ms FSR) - see attachments 29 & 30
      per FEE64 rate spectra linear and log scales - see attachments 31 & 32

23.30 all spectra zero'd
  703   Sat Nov 18 04:25:16 2017 CB, TDSaturday 18 November
13.27 Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 1 & 2
      FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 3
      DAQ statistics OK - see attachment 4
      7x FEE64s <10k
      4x FEE64s 10-20k
      6x FEE64s 20-30k
      4x FEE64s 30-40k
      2x FEE64s 40-50k
      1x FEE64 >50k (nnaida13 64k)
      *all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida7 fails ADC calibration


13.50 all spectra zero'd
      *all* ASIC slow comparator settings -> 0xa
      DAQ statistics - see attachment 5
       

17:05 1.*.W spectra for front strips attached - see attach 6-17
      Layout 3 & 4 - see attach 18,19

nnaida1 Peak width =    79.68+/-  0.3080, Peak area =    189026.00+/-   434.77
nnaida2 Peak width =   126.52+/-  1.0035, Peak area =    180119.00+/-   426.09
nnaida5 Peak width =    79.16+/-  1.1547, Peak area =    189192.00+/-   434.96
nnaida6 Peak width =    78.30+/-  0.2948, Peak area =    189316.00+/-   435.10
nnaida9 Peak width =    77.54+/-  0.2578, Peak area =    189201.00+/-   434.97
nnaida10 Peak width =    88.96+/-  0.7201, Peak area =    189252.00+/-   435.03
nnaida13 Peak width =   225.44+/-  0.6773, Peak area =    178047.00+/-   421.96
nnaida14 Peak width =    81.43+/-  0.5754, Peak area =    188275.50+/-   435.05
nnaida17 Peak width =    74.42+/-  0.3670, Peak area =    189139.00+/-   434.90
nnaida18 Peak width =    78.13+/-  2.1601, Peak area =    188683.00+/-   436.03
nnaida21 Peak width =   155.44+/-  0.7619, Peak area =    183728.00+/-   428.64
nnaida22 Peak width =   120.95+/-  0.3604, Peak area =    184462.00+/-   429.49

nnaida3 Peak width =    80.08+/-  0.1346, Peak area =    190083.00+/-   435.99
nnaida4 Peak width =    82.15+/-  0.1403, Peak area =    190143.00+/-   436.0
nnaida7 Peak width =    87.46+/-  0.6821, Peak area =    190314.00+/-   436.25
nnaida8 Peak width =    69.86+/-  1.0958, Peak area =    189915.50+/-   437.33
nnaida11 Peak width =    99.95+/-  0.2553, Peak area =    188884.00+/-   436.10
nnaida12 Peak width =   101.40+/-  0.2937, Peak area =    188737.00+/-   436.02
nnaida15 Peak width =    78.17+/-  1.8691, Peak area =    188912.00+/-   436.61
nnaida16 Peak width =   107.16+/-  1.1332, Peak area =    190392.00+/-   436.34
nnaida19 Peak width =   137.14+/-  0.2579, Peak area =    186414.50+/-   432.426
nnaida20 Peak width =   128.06+/-  0.9060, Peak area =    185287.00+/-   437.16
nnaida23 Peak width =   103.67+/-  0.3636, Peak area =    190221.00+/-   436.14
nnaida24 Peak width =    99.72+/-  0.4577, Peak area =    189176.00+/-   436.85
  704   Sun Nov 19 01:46:10 2017 CB, TDSunday 19 November
10.45 Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 1
      FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 2
      DAQ statistics OK - note *all* slow comparators 0xa - see attachment 3
      7x FEE64s <10k
      4x FEE64s 10-20k
      4x FEE64s 20-30k
      4x FEE64s 30-40k
      1x FEE64s 40-50k
      4x FEE64 >50k
      *all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida7 fails ADC calibration

14.05 *all spectra zero'd

14.24 Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 4 & 5
      FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 6
      DAQ statistics OK - see attachment 7
      7x FEE64s <10k
      3x FEE64s 10-20k
      4x FEE64s 20-30k
      5x FEE64s 30-40k
      1x FEE64s 40-50k
      4x FEE64 >50k
      *all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida7 fails ADC calibration

      per FEE64 rate, 1.8.L and 1.8.W spectra (20ms FSR) - see attachments 8-13

14.48 MONLOCK monitor - see attachment 14
  833   Sat Jun 8 06:08:52 2019 CB, TDSaturday 8 June
14.14 Julabo FL11006 chiller set point +20 deg C actual +20.0 deg C
      Water level c. 70% M-H markers
      Temperature +25.3 deg C dew point +8.5 deg C RH 34.7%

      DAQ continues OK

      ASIC settings 2019May19-17.54.03
      slow comparator 0xa

      BNC PB-4 Pulser 
      Amplitude 90,000
      x5 attenuator IN
      Frequency 25Hz range
      t_r 100ns, tau_d 50us
      - polarity
      Delay MIN, tail pulse

      all system wide checks OK *except* nnaida7 fails ADC calibration

      detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 1 & 2

      FEE64 temperatures OK - see attachment 3

      good event statistics OK - see attachments 4
      13x <20k 22x < 50k 24x <100k cf. 13x <20k 21x < 50k 24x <100k yesterday afternoon
      Merger OK - see attachment 5
      TapeServer OK - see attachment 6

      p+n FEE64s 1.8.W spectra 20us FSR - attachment 7
      n+n FEE64s 1.8.W spectra 20us FSR - attachment 8
      1.8.L spectra - see attachments 9 & 10
      nnaida1 104 ch FWHM, nnaida3 111 ch FWHM - cf. 80 & 87 ch FWHM respectively yesterday aftenoon

      FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 11
      Check ASIC Control *all* FEE64s & ASICs x2
      FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 12 - some channels recovered

14.29 ADC data synchronised - attachment 13

14.31 zero all histograms
      zero DAQ stats
  632   Sun Jun 4 23:50:24 2017 CB, PW, DK, TDMonday 5 June 08:00 to 16:00
07:50  Leakage currents OK - attachment 1
       FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 2
       Good event statistics OK - attachment 3
       No new merger errors - attachment 4
       HEC x vs y plot OK - attachment 5
       Zero'd SortSas
       Sorted run RIBF148/R2_375. DSSD rates as follows
       Pulser still synchronised - attachment 6

 *** data items:   13911095 ( 120732.29 Hz)
 *** ADC events:    1173612 (  10185.60 Hz)
 *** time warps:          0 (      0.00 Hz)
 *** DSSSD # 1 count:    546264 old count:    529893 dt:     11.53 s  LEC rate:  47387.36 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 2 count:    811805 old count:    787055 dt:     11.53 s  LEC rate:  70422.54 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 3 count:    308448 old count:    297268 dt:     11.53 s  LEC rate:  26757.28 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 4 count:    246100 old count:    238286 dt:     11.53 s  LEC rate:  21348.71 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 5 count:    148961 old count:    143967 dt:     11.53 s  LEC rate:  12922.08 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 6 count:    240995 old count:    233066 dt:     11.53 s  LEC rate:  20905.86 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 1 count:         0 old count:         0 dt:     11.53 s  HEC rate:      0.00 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 2 count:        19 old count:        18 dt:     11.53 s  HEC rate:      1.65 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 3 count:         5 old count:         5 dt:     11.53 s  HEC rate:      0.43 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 4 count:        32 old count:        26 dt:     11.53 s  HEC rate:      2.78 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 5 count:        70 old count:        70 dt:     11.53 s  HEC rate:      6.07 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 6 count:      1403 old count:      1354 dt:     11.53 s  HEC rate:    121.71 Hz

       Analysed run R2_375. 6 MBS related errors messages, but no MBS timewarps. See attachment 7

08:01  BRIKEN and BigRIPS stopping run
       AIDA on run RIBF148/R2_378

08:03  BRIKEN starts run 25
       BigRIPS starts run 24
       AIDA on run RIBF148/R2_379

08:26 All system wide checks OK *except* nnaida1 clock status (6), ADC calibration for nnaida1, 21

08:26  BRIKEN and BigRIPS stopping run
       AIDA on run RIBF148/R2_387

08:26 Completely removing degraders

08:39  BRIKEN starts run 26
       BigRIPS starts run 25
       AIDA on run RIBF148/R2_388
    
       Zero'd SortSas

08:55  HEC x vs y plot - attachment 8

09:00  BRIKEN and BigRIPS stopping run
       AIDA on run RIBF148/R2_394
       Rare earths first run ends here.

09:01  Stopped DAQ

09:20  Rebuilt lead wall in front of AIDA
       T = 24.9C RH = 23.7% DP = 3.6C
       Julabo Chiller at 75%. Refilled.

11:13  Restarted DAQ
       Checkload x2 - All OK
       Current run /TapeServer/RIBF128/R1_1
       All OK

11:19 Starting run RIBF128/R2_1
      High-amplitude pulser walkthrough 90 000, 80 000 ... 10 000
      Frequency 250 Hz

11:31 Starting run RIBF128/R3_1
      Low-amplitude pulser walkthrough 12 000, 10 000 ... 2 000
      Frequency 250 Hz
      Set pulser amplitude back to 90 000, frequency to 25 Hz
      Stopped run

11:41 Starting new run RIBF128/R4_1
      Background run at present

13.56 Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 9 & 10
      FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 11
      good events statistics OK - see attachment 12
      No warnings/errors reported by merger since DAQ GO - see attachment 13

      *all* system wide checks OK *except* ADC calibration of nnaida1, 21 and nnaida1 clock status (status=6)

14.30 analysis of file RIBF128/R4_25 - dead time < 0.5% - see attachment 14

14.32 online analysis - ADC data synchronised - see attachment 15

15:08 Merger log shows repeated timewarps - attachment 16
      Seems to have stopped now.

15:10 Analysed R4_38. 9 MBS timewarps.
      Other parameters as normal

15:14 Analysed R4_39. 4 MBS timewarps.
      Other parameters as normal.

15:19 ttyUSB18 (nnaida6) attached - attachment 17
      Log is extremely large and contains several repetitions of one error message

TCP transfer library version 3.12
TCP socket send buffer was 16384 - now 221184
TCP socket receive buffer was 87380 - now 221184
TCP socket created OK - now connecting to myserver port 11006
Transfer Error - : Connection refused
connect() failed:  
TCP transfer library version 3.12
TCP socket send buffer was 16384 - now 221184
TCP socket receive buffer was 87380 - now 221184
TCP socket created OK - now connecting to myserver port 11006
Transfer Error - : Connection refused
connect() failed:  
TCP transfer library version 3.12
TCP socket send buffer was 16384 - now 221184
TCP socket receive buffer was 87380 - now 221184
TCP socket created OK - now connecting to myserver port 11006
Transfer Error - : Connection refused
       

15:25 Merger crashed. Stopped merger. Stopped tape server.
      Merger shows all links bright green, except nnaida 2 - see attachment 20
      Statistics show a counting spike in nnaida 2 - see attachment 21

15:33 Cannot reset the DAQ - see attachment 22

15:40 System console log for nnaida2 attached - see attach 23

15:54 Power cycled FEEs
      Waited 10 minutes. nnaida13 did not mount /nfs - see attached log (attach 24)

16:07 Power cycled FEEs again. Managed to restart the DAQ.
  601   Fri May 26 02:20:42 2017 CB, OH, NNFriday 26 May
10.20 DAQ continues OK 
      Current file May2017/R27_22

      Detector biases; leakage currents OK - see attachment 1
      FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 2
      good events; statistics OK - see attachment 3
      No warnings/errors reported by merger since DAQ GO - see attachment 4

      *all* system wide checks OK *except* ADC calibration of nnaida1, 21 and nnaida1 clock status (=6)

10.30 E17/F11 ambient temperature +24.2 deg C, RH 39.7%, d.p. +9.7 deg C
      Julabo FL11006 set point +20 deg C, actual +20.0 deg C, water level OK (c. 75%)

      Left DAQ running on alpha background calibration run
      
      ttyUSB7 log (nnaida1) attached
      GUI got stuck while attempting to drag-and-drop ttyUSB7 to ELOG to upload. Terminal still working and
confirmed Merger working OK.
      Killed nautilus process to get GUI unstuck. Uploaded ttyUS7 via Browse -> Upload button on ELOG instead.

15.51 DAQ continues OK 
      Current file May2017/R27_28

      Detector biases; leakage currents OK - see attachment 6
      FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 7
      good events; statistics OK - see attachment 8
      No warnings/errors reported by merger since DAQ GO - see attachment 9

      *all* system wide checks OK *except* ADC calibration of nnaida1, 21 and nnaida1 clock status (=6)

15.53 E17/F11 ambient temperature +24.1 deg C, RH 40.1%, d.p. +9.8 deg C
      Julabo FL11006 set point +20 deg C, actual +20.0 deg C, water level OK (c. 75%)

      Left DAQ running on alpha background calibration run
      
      ttyUSB7 log (nnaida1) attached

19.20 DAQ continues OK 
      Current file May2017/R27_31

      Detector biases; leakage currents OK - see attachment 11 & 12
      FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 13
      good events; statistics OK - see attachment 14
      No warnings/errors reported by merger since DAQ GO - see attachment 15

      *all* system wide checks OK *except* ADC calibration of nnaida1, 21 and nnaida1 clock status (status=6)

19.30 E17/F11 ambient temperature +24.2 deg C, RH 38.5%, d.p. +9.2 deg C
  843   Sat Jun 15 16:53:22 2019 CB, OH, DK, MLSunday 16 June
00.30 AIDA file R2_26
      DTAS run 007
      BigRIPS run 2006

00:55
      Merger status - attachment 1
      TapeSever status - attachment 2

01:40
      Before zeroing stats - attachment 3
      Histos up to now saved in /homes/npg/spectra/specs-2019Jun16-01.46.50
      Before zeroing histos - XY attachment 4

02:22  Up to AIDA R2_41
      Stats - attachment 5
      XY implants - attachment 6

02:29 AIDA R2_42 
      DTAS run 011
      BigRIPS still 2006

04:08 Up to AIDA R2_55
      Temps - attachment 7
      Biases - attachment 8
      Stats - attachment 9
      XY implants - attachment 10

04:50 Did some major UI updates to merger /data02/2019data/dtas/scripts/parallelscript/runall_xe19_dev.sh
         If no parameters are passed, it asks to select each option one-by-one, showing available options
             For DTAS, if there is only one run for a given header, it automatically selects it
         After that, it checks that all the raw files actually exist
         Finally, it composes the command, asks the user if it looks OK, and then launches the script (or quits)
         (For experts, it can still take the original case where all 7 parameters are passed at the command line)
         There may still be some minor bugs, so for now we don't replace the original one until Alvaro can check

06:09 Stats - attachment 11
      XY implant profiles -- attachment 12

06:30 DTAS 018; AIDA R2_80; BigRIPS 2009

Things getting a bit noisier?
      Merger - attachment 13
      TapeServer - attachment 14
      Stats - attachment 15

   The FEEs corresponding to DSSSD1 are all showing factors 2 to 10 higher than just 30 min. ago

   F11 rates still near 180 cps, primary beam still around 130 pnA.

06:43 Before I can diagnose the high noise problem in DSSSD1, it goes back to normal
      Merger - attachment 16
      TapeServer - attachment 17
      Stats - attachment 18
   Maybe the issue was from looking at the details too often :)

07:46 Shift change.

      DAQ continues running OK.
      Statistics show  noisy DSSD #1 (100-200kHz) - see attach 19
      Tapeserver also shows higher than normal write to disk rate - see attach 20
      After a few seconds write to disk rate goes back to normal - see attach 21
      Data items rate looks OK (500k). This was checked after the rates in DSSD#1 went back to normal - see attach 22
      FEE64 temperatures OK - see attach 23
      Implants look OK - see attach 24

      System-wide checks OK except nnaida7 fails ADC calibration as usual.

      Reset Statistics
      Stats now OK - see attach 25

      Reset HEC implants

      Timewarp events appear to be very frequent, consistently every 3-5 seconds.
      This seems to have been happening ever since beam was put on target.
      Analysed R2_94 using analyser in Desktop 3. No timewarps reported. See attach 26.
      
08:32 AIDA: R2_100,
      DTAS: 21  ,
      BigRips: 2010   

08:41 Another noise spike from DSSD#1
      Observed up to 1,600k data items per second - see attach 27
      Write to disk ~10 MB/s as before.
      See LEC xy plot - attach 28
      HEC xy plot shows no hints of issues - see attach 29
      
      Rate seems manageable - see attach 30 for analysis of noisy run R2_103. 
      Note few seconds deadtime in some FEE64 and unequal number of Pause/Resume in nnaida 22      

09:45 Rate in DSSD#1 back to normal. Data rate 500k, Write to disk 5 Mb/s.

10:00 Started compressing R2_* files to save disk space.
      Used nice gzip to compress to avoid conflicts with the DAQ.
      Status of compression can be checked in ELOG desktop in the terminal window running ls -alth

10:32 DTAS and BigRIPS stop runs
      AIDA on file R2_128

      DTAS:24
      BigRIPS 2011

10:56 Lost beam. BigRIPS and DTAS DAQs continue running. Accelerator operators advise beam should be back in 10 minutes.

11:12 Beam is back. BigRIPS & DTAS continue running and did not stop. AIDA file R2_133.

11:25 System-wide checks OK except nnaida7 fails ADC calibration as usual.
      Stats OK, but nnaida19 is a bit more noisy than befor (80k) - see attach 31
      Temperatures OK - see attach 32
      TapeServer & Merger OK - see attach 33, 34 - rates have been low since 10 am
      HEC xy plot OK - see attach 35

      Reset online spectra

      Leakage current OK - attach 36
     
  775   Sun Nov 11 21:35:42 2018 CB, OH, CA, LSMonday 12 November
06:35 DAQ Continues ok
      Stats ok - attachment 1
      FEE Temps ok - attachment 2
      Bias and leakage currents ok - attachment 3
      System wide checks all ok
      Chiller refilled

07:57 DAQ continues OK
      Stats OK - attachment 4
      FEE temperatures OK - attachment 5
      Bias and leakage currents OK - attachment 6
      System-wide checks OK *except* nnaida7 fails ADC calibration

10:06 DAQ continues OK
      Stats OK - attachment 7
      FEE temperatures OK - attachment 8
      Bias and leakage currents OK - attachment 9
      System-wide checks OK *except* nnaida7 fails ADC calibration
      Workstation occasionally feels sluggish. See iostat 5 (attach 10) & top -a (attach 11)

12:08 DAQ continues OK
      Stats OK - attachment 12
      FEE temperatures OK - attachment 13
      Bias and leakage currents OK - attachment 14
      System-wide checks OK *except* nnaida7 fails ADC calibration
      

15:40 DAQ continues OK
      Stats OK - attachment 15
      FEE temperatures OK - attachment 16
      Bias and leakage currents OK - attachment 17
      System-wide checks OK *except* nnaida7 fails ADC calibration


16:58 DAQ continues OK
      Stats OK - attachment 18
      FEE temperatures OK - attachment 19
      Bias and leakage currents OK - attachment 20
      System-wide checks OK *except* nnaida7 fails ADC calibration
  579   Sat May 20 02:39:06 2017 CB, OHSaturday 20 May
10.35 DAQ continues OK 
      Current file May2017/R16

      ASIC settings 2017Mar27-16.12.39 *except*
      slow comparator 0x0a
      LEC/MEC fast comparator 0xff

      Detector biases; leakage currents OK - see attachment 1
      FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 2
      good events; statistics OK - see attachment 3
      No warnings/errors reported by merger since DAQ GO - see attachment 4

      *all* system wide checks OK *except* ADC calibration of nnaida7

10.45 E17/F11 ambient temperature +24.8 deg C, RH 39.9%, d.p. +10.0 deg C
      Julabo FL11006 set point +20 deg C, actual +20.0 deg C, water level OK (c. 50%)

11.00 DAQ stops OK
      Current file May2017/R16

      ASIC settings 2017Mar27-16.12.39 *except*
      slow comparator 0x0a
      LEC/MEC fast comparator 0xff

      BNC PB-4 settings 
      Amplitude 90,000
      x5 attenuator IN
      t_r 50ns, tau_d 50us
      polarity -
      rate 250Hz range
      delay MIN, tail pulse

      Check ASIC Control x2
      Zero all spectra

11.10 DAQ starts
      File May2017/R17

16.30 DAQ continues OK 
      Current file May2017/R17

      ASIC settings 2017Mar27-16.12.39 *except*
      slow comparator 0x0a
      LEC/MEC fast comparator 0xff

      Detector biases; leakage currents OK - see attachment 5
      FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 6
      good events; statistics OK - see attachment 7
      No warnings/errors reported by merger since DAQ GO - see attachment 8

      *all* system wide checks OK *except* ADC calibration of nnaida7

16.45 E17/F11 ambient temperature +24.3 deg C, RH 39.1%, d.p. +9.5 deg C
      Julabo FL11006 set point +20 deg C, actual +20.0 deg C, water level OK (c. 50%)

16.50 DAQ stops OK
      Current file May2017/R17

      ASIC settings 2017Mar27-16.12.39 *except*
      slow comparator 0x0a
      LEC/MEC fast comparator 0xff

      BNC PB-4 settings 
      Amplitude 90,000
      x5 attenuator IN
      t_r 50ns, tau_d 50us
      polarity -
      rate 250Hz range
      delay MIN, tail pulse

      Check ASIC Control x2
      Zero all spectra

16.54 DAQ starts
      File May2017/R18
      Attached Ras Pi system console log for USB0
  614   Tue May 30 07:56:05 2017 CB, NN, OH, AETuesday 30 May - evening shift
16.00   Still no beam  
        Current run /RIBF127R1/R1_197
        Found dropped channels on nnaida1, ASIC4 - see attach 1
        Check ASIC control x2
        No effects
        
17.08   FEE's temperature normal
        statistics normal
        system wide checks ok 
        leakage current and bias ok
        merger and tapeserver ok

        still no beam

17.20   Beam is back

        AIDA RIBF127R1/R1_216
        DAQ start BRIKEN 16
        DAQ start BigRIPS 1016

17.25   Almost all implants in DSSSD#6 - see attach 2
        Beam stopped on AIDA run RIBF127R1/R1_217
        Increasing degrader thickness.

17.30   New degrader: 11m Al plate
        Zero'd all histograms
        Deleted online SortSas

        AIDA RIBF127R1/R1_21
        DAQ start BRIKEN 17
        DAQ start BigRIPS 1017

17.44   Most implants still in #5,6. Adjusted degrader: 14mm Al
        
        Implants now in dets #4,5 preferentially.
        Zero'd all histograms
        Deleted online SortSas

        AIDA RIBF127R1/R1_221
        DAQ continues running in BRIKEN 17
        DAQ start BigRIPS 1018    
       
18.05   Beam lost on AIDA run RIBF127R1/R1_226

18.35   Beam is back

        Zero'd all histograms
        Deleted online SortSas
        
        AIDA RIBF127R1/R1_233
        DAQ start BRIKEN 18
        DAQ start BigRIPS 1019 

19:10   DSSD Rates from R1_239
 *** DSSSD # 1 count:    164076 old count:    109857 dt:      1.02 s  LEC rate:  53189.47 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 2 count:    211989 old count:    140492 dt:      1.02 s  LEC rate:  70139.39 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 3 count:     76697 old count:     49676 dt:      1.02 s  LEC rate:  26507.92 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 4 count:     72050 old count:     47860 dt:      1.02 s  LEC rate:  23730.67 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 5 count:     27482 old count:     17785 dt:      1.02 s  LEC rate:   9512.87 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 6 count:     51983 old count:     34674 dt:      1.02 s  LEC rate:  16980.33 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 1 count:        37 old count:        21 dt:      1.02 s  HEC rate:     15.70 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 2 count:        89 old count:        59 dt:      1.02 s  HEC rate:     29.43 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 3 count:       124 old count:        83 dt:      1.02 s  HEC rate:     40.22 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 4 count:       104 old count:        66 dt:      1.02 s  HEC rate:     37.28 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 5 count:        75 old count:        47 dt:      1.02 s  HEC rate:     27.47 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 6 count:        45 old count:        33 dt:      1.02 s  HEC rate:     11.77 Hz

19:23   FEE's temperature normal
        statistics normal
        system wide checks ok 
        leakage current and bias ok see attachment 4
        merger and tapeserver ok
        current AIDA file R1_244
   
20:01   BigRIPS and BRIKEN stopping the run
        AIDA RIBF127R1/R1_253

20:08   BigRIPS and BRIKEN start
        DAQ start BRIKEN 19
        DAQ start BigRIPS 1020
        AIDA RIBF127R1/R1_254

20:19  FEE's temperature normal
        statistics normal
        system wide checks ok 
        leakage current and bias ok see attachment 5
        merger and tapeserver ok
        current AIDA file R1_258

20.51   Beam and DAQ continue OK
        HEC x vs. y look OK - see attach 6  

21:03   BigRIPS and BRIKEN stopping the run
        AIDA RIBF127R1/R1_268

21.05   Beam lost while changing runs

21.07   Beam is back.
        DAQ start BRIKEN 20
        DAQ start BigRIPS 1021
        AIDA RIBF127R1/R1_270

22:01   FEE's temperature normal
        statistics normal
        system wide checks ok 
        leakage current and bias ok
        merger and tapeserver ok
        current AIDA file R1_282

22:02   BigRIPS and BRIKEN stopping the run
        AIDA RIBF127R1/R1_282

22:03   BigRIPS and BRIKEN start
        DAQ start BRIKEN 21
        DAQ start BigRIPS 1022
        AIDA RIBF127R1/R1_283

23:02   BigRIPS and BRIKEN stopping the run
        AIDA RIBF127R1/R1_296

23:04   BigRIPS and BRIKEN start
        DAQ start BRIKEN 22
        DAQ start BigRIPS 1023
        AIDA RIBF127R1/R1_297

23:40   FEE's temperature normal
        statistics normal
        system wide checks ok 
        leakage current and bias ok see attchment 7
        merger and tapeserver ok
        current AIDA file R1_306
  851   Mon Jun 17 16:01:27 2019 CB, CG, OH, TDTuesday 18 June 00:00 - 16:00
00:00 New day. The DAQ continues OK

      Beam setting 2 for enhanced yield of Sn100
      No degrader

      Statistics OK - see attach 1
      FEE64 temps OK - see attach 2
      Merger & Tape server OK - see attach 3 & 4
      Bias OK - see attach 5
      All system-wide checks OK, except nnaida7 fails ADC calibration

00:19 AIDA R2_473
      DTAS  82
      BigRIPS 2036

01:50 FEE temps and bias/leakage currents OK
      Data rate continues at ~620k items/s and ~5.1MB/s
      ASIC check performed successfully
      
02:29 DTAS run 85
      BigRIPS run 2037
      AIDA ~1.5GB into R2_492

02:30 DTAS reset correlation scaler at start of R2_493
      Confirmed by change in value in Correlation status & control @ aidas1 window.

02:36 DTAS run 86 started
      BigRIPS run 2038
      AIDA file R2_494

04:38 DTAS run 88 stopped. AIDA run R2_512.
      DTAS run 89 started.
      BigRIPS run 2039
      AIDA run R2_512 (1.8GB)

      Temps + bias/leakage currents still ok
      Data rate still ~600k items/s and ~5MB/s
      Individual Good data rates remain roughly constant (see attachment 6)
      All system-wide checks passed, except nnaida7 fails ADC calibration

05:48 Stats and histograms zeroed

06:28 DTAS run 91 stopped. AIDA run R2_528 at the time.

      DTAS run 92 started
      BigRIPS run 2040
      AIDA run R2_528

07:50 Made some basic observations with the first file merged after the setting change
      Attachment 7 shows implant x:y plots for each DSSD
      Attachment 8 show PID for second setting with 100Sn highlighted in red and 96Ag in magenta

08:21 PID per DSSD Attachment 9
      Sn100 per DSSD attachment 10
      Sn100 Velocity against DSSD 11
      Sn100 Velocity against DSSD Energy attachment 12

08:29 DTAS and BigRIPS stop
      AIDA on file R2_546

      DTAS starts file 95
      BigRIPS run 2041
      AIDA on file R2_547

08:53 Stats ok - attachment 13
      Temps ok - attachment 14
      System wide checks ok
      ASIC check ok
      Bias and leakage still ok though DSSD3 continues to rise - attachment 15
      Merger continues with data rate around 700k - attachment 16

09:43 With the new implantation profile depositing most of the Sn100 in DSSD2 but some in the 3rd the
      plan is to put in place a 200 micron degrader to bring the deposition into the centre of detector
      2

10:15 Overnight MIDAS analysis has been completed.
      Spectra have been exported to: /homes/npg/spectra/specs-2019Jun18-10.14.36
      MIDAS will be switched to online mode with the change in degrader setting

10.33 DAQ stop
      AIDA file RIBF147/R2_566

      OH/AA/SN add 0.3mm Al degrader to Pb wall immediately upstream of the (CH2)n shield

10.35 Julabo FL11006 chiller set point +20 deg C actual +20.0 deg C
      Water level c. 50% M-H markers
      Temperature +24.1 deg C dew point +9.7 deg C RH 39.8%

10.39 DTAS starts file 98
      BigRIPS run 2042
      AIDA on file R2_567

11:06 Implantation events for the 2nd setting with 0,3mm Al plate - attachments 17-19

      FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 20
      FEE64 HitRate spectra - attachment 21

      1.8.L spectra - see attachments 22-25
      nnaida1 73 ch FWHM, nnaida3 77 ch FWHM - cf. 73 & 78 ch FWHM respectively 10.41 yesterday
      1.8.H spectra - see attcahments 26-27
      p+n FEE64s 1.8.W spectra 20us FSR - attachment 28
      n+n FEE64s 1.8.W spectra 20us FSR - attachment 29

11.30 Check ASIC Control *all* FEE64s & ASICs

      zero *all* histograms
      zero DAQ stats

11.50 analysis of RIBF147/R2_576 
      deadtime *all* FEE64s <<1%
      no timewarps

11.57 ADC data synchronised - attachment 30
      per FEE64 ADC data / 20.48us - attachment 31

12:39 DTAS and BigRIPS stop runs
      AIDA on file R2_585

      DTAS file 101
      BigRIPS run 2043
      AIDA on File R2_585

13:23 System wide checks ok

14:38 DTAS and BigRIPS stop runs
      AIDA on file R2_683

      OH offline analysis of BigRIPS-implant correlations for previous 2h indicates >90% of 100Sn are
      now in DSSSD#2 with small d=fraction remaining in DSSSD#3 

      100Sn setting, 0.3mm Al degrader

      ASIC settings 2019Jun13-08.56.35
      DSSSD#1 slow comparator 0xa -> 0x1d
      DSSSD#2 slow comparator 0xa -> 0x8
      DSSSD#3 slow comparator 0x8 -> 0xa

      DAQ stats before & after chn age of slow comparator thresholds above - see attachments 33 & 34
      before 11x <20k 21x <50k 24x <100k cf after 11x <20k 22x <50k 23x <100k
      merger 664k items/s cf 560k data items/s

      BNC PB-4 Pulser 
      Amplitude 90,000
      x5 attenuator IN
      Frequency 25Hz range, variable min. c. 2.5Hz
      t_r 100ns, tau_d 50us
      - polarity
      Delay MIN, tail pulse

15.03 DAQ start
      AIDA file R2_606
      DTAS file 104
      BigRIPS run 2044

      
  554   Thu Apr 13 15:08:31 2017 CBCard test

I tested the FWHM of a BNC PB-5 pulser signal as a function of shaping time using the first produced ISOL FEE64 card in Daresbury Labs.

Find attached four representative spectra per ASIC taken with 8, 5 and 0.5 us shaping time values. Run times are different.

Also find attached a plot of the FWHM as a function of the shaping time for the first channel in each ASIC. There appears to be a maximum of the FWHM at around 4 us. This may indicate the main source of noise is external, and at ~4 us the band pass lets most of the noise in.

Unlike the FEE cards employed in RIKEN, this card is grounded to the metal base plate through the screws. In order to investigate the effect of this ground on the noise level of the ADCs in the card, the card was disconnected from the metal plate base. An additional layer of insuating material was placed between the base and the FEE64 card. Nylon screws rather than metal screws were employed to affix the card to the base, and the same tests as before were repeated. See plot below. Overall, the same trend is recovered but suprisingly the FWHM is larger than before for ASICs #1,2 and #3. ASIC #4 has a lower FWHM than before. The reason for the change is not obvious, and may need further investigation.

 

Carlo

 

BNC PB-5 parameters

Delay 250 ns

Rate 100 Hz

Polarity POS

Pulse Top TAIL

Amplitude 0.5 V

 

  625   Fri Jun 2 16:02:37 2017 CBSaturday 3 June 00:00-08:00
00:02  Noise in nnaida 1 and 2 appears to be reduced.
       However, some channels in nnaida1, ASIC4 and nnaida2, ASIC 1 have been dropped. See attachment 1

00:05  Analysed RIBF127R1/R1_1314 - see attachment 2
       No timewarps, SYNC100 OK, dead time negligible
       No mismatches between dead time and idle time

00:07  Sorted RIBF127R1/R1_1314 - rates OK

 *** DSSSD # 1 count:     35064 old count:         0 dt:      1.00 s  LEC rate:  35055.03 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 2 count:     49092 old count:         0 dt:      1.00 s  LEC rate:  49079.44 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 3 count:     16520 old count:         0 dt:      1.00 s  LEC rate:  16515.77 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 4 count:     14753 old count:         0 dt:      1.00 s  LEC rate:  14749.23 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 5 count:      7128 old count:         0 dt:      1.00 s  LEC rate:   7126.18 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 6 count:     13937 old count:         0 dt:      1.00 s  LEC rate:  13933.43 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 1 count:        19 old count:         0 dt:      1.00 s  HEC rate:     19.00 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 2 count:        36 old count:         0 dt:      1.00 s  HEC rate:     35.99 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 3 count:        44 old count:         0 dt:      1.00 s  HEC rate:     43.99 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 4 count:        39 old count:         0 dt:      1.00 s  HEC rate:     38.99 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 5 count:        17 old count:         0 dt:      1.00 s  HEC rate:     17.00 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 6 count:         2 old count:         0 dt:      1.00 s  HEC rate:      2.00 Hz
    
       Zero'd all histogram and SortSas

00:10 System console log ttyUSB7 (nnaida1) attached - 3

00:22  BigRIPS & BRIKEN stop runs
       AIDA on file R1_1318

00:26  BigRIPS starts run 1103
       BRIKEN starts run 92
       AIDA on file R1_1319
       Zero'd all SortSas

01:18  DAQ continues OK
       FEE64 temperatures - OK
       Good event statistics - OK
       System wide checks - OK except clock status for nnaida1 (status=6), and ADC calibration for nnaida 1, 21
       No new Merger error messages
       HEC x vs y plot OK - attachment 4

01:26  BigRIPS & BRIKEN stop runs
       AIDA on file R1_1333

01:30  BigRIPS starts run 1104
       BRIKEN starts run 93
       AIDA on file R1_1334

02:06  Finished compressing RIBF127R1/R1_6* and R1_7*
       Beginning compression of RIBF127R1/R1_8* and R1_9*

Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/vg_aidas1-lv_root
                       50G   43G  3.9G  92% /
tmpfs                 3.9G  1.1G  2.9G  27% /dev/shm
/dev/sda1             477M   77M  376M  17% /boot
/dev/mapper/vg_aidas1-lv_home
                      860G  580G  236G  72% /home
/dev/mapper/Data1-data10
                      7.7T  6.6T  824G  89% /data10
/dev/sdg2             7.3T  3.7T  3.7T  50% /ntfs

02:25  BigRIPS & BRIKEN stop runs
       AIDA on file R1_1346

02:27  BigRIPS starts run 1105
       BRIKEN starts run 94
       AIDA on file R1_1347
       
02:31  DAQ continues OK
       Sorted R1_1347. DSSSD rates are

 *** data items:    1044352 (  89746.26 Hz)
 *** ADC events:     125937 (  10822.38 Hz)
 *** time warps:          0 (      0.00 Hz)
 *** DSSSD # 1 count:     36971 old count:     33324 dt:      1.11 s  LEC rate:  33252.59 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 2 count:     49630 old count:     45531 dt:      1.11 s  LEC rate:  44638.40 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 3 count:     16611 old count:     15180 dt:      1.11 s  LEC rate:  14940.33 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 4 count:     16456 old count:     15001 dt:      1.11 s  LEC rate:  14800.92 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 5 count:      7463 old count:      6781 dt:      1.11 s  LEC rate:   6712.40 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 6 count:     15199 old count:     13737 dt:      1.11 s  LEC rate:  13670.34 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 1 count:        23 old count:        19 dt:      1.11 s  HEC rate:     20.69 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 2 count:        53 old count:        45 dt:      1.11 s  HEC rate:     47.67 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 3 count:        45 old count:        43 dt:      1.11 s  HEC rate:     40.47 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 4 count:        41 old count:        36 dt:      1.11 s  HEC rate:     36.88 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 5 count:        20 old count:        18 dt:      1.11 s  HEC rate:     17.99 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 6 count:         3 old count:         1 dt:      1.11 s  HEC rate:      2.70 Hz

      HEC x vs y plot OK - cleared SortSas

02:40 Leakage currents OK - attachment 5
      FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 6
      Good events statistics OK - attachment 7
      No new merger errors - attachment 8

03:28 Analysed RIBF127R1/R1_1359 - see attachment 9
      No timewarps, SYNC100 OK
      Dead time OK

03:29  BigRIPS & BRIKEN stop runs
       AIDA on file R1_1360

03:31  BigRIPS starts run 1106
       BRIKEN starts run 95
       AIDA on file R1_1361  

03:48 HEC x vs y plot OK. Cleared SortSas.

04:04 DAQ continues OK
      All system-wide checks OK, *except* nnaida1 clock status (=6) and nnaida1, 21 ADC time calibration

04:30  BigRIPS & BRIKEN stop runs
       AIDA on file R1_1374

04:32  BigRIPS starts run 1107
       BRIKEN starts run 96
       AIDA on file R1_1375

04:34  Sorted R1_1375. DSSSD rates are as follows

 *** data items:    1101465 (  93446.58 Hz)
 *** ADC events:     125547 (  10651.21 Hz)
 *** time warps:          0 (      0.00 Hz)
 *** DSSSD # 1 count:     44101 old count:     39716 dt:      1.12 s  LEC rate:  39211.50 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 2 count:     64123 old count:     57044 dt:      1.12 s  LEC rate:  57013.65 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 3 count:     18735 old count:     16851 dt:      1.12 s  LEC rate:  16657.84 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 4 count:     18739 old count:     16870 dt:      1.12 s  LEC rate:  16661.40 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 5 count:      7490 old count:      6811 dt:      1.12 s  LEC rate:   6659.58 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 6 count:     15970 old count:     14515 dt:      1.12 s  LEC rate:  14199.40 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 1 count:        26 old count:        24 dt:      1.12 s  HEC rate:     23.12 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 2 count:        43 old count:        39 dt:      1.12 s  HEC rate:     38.23 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 3 count:        50 old count:        46 dt:      1.12 s  HEC rate:     44.46 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 4 count:        40 old count:        36 dt:      1.12 s  HEC rate:     35.57 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 5 count:        17 old count:        16 dt:      1.12 s  HEC rate:     15.12 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 6 count:         7 old count:         6 dt:      1.12 s  HEC rate:      6.22 Hz
  
04:36 Leakage currents OK - attachment 10
      FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 11
      Good events statistics OK - attachment 12
      No new merger errors - attachment 13

05:09 DAQ continues OK. Analysed RIBF127R1/R1_1383 - see attachment 14
      No timewarps, SYNC100 OK
      Dead time OK
      
      Hit pattern OK - see attachment 15

05:28 Beam lost. BRIKEN & BigRIPS stopping run.
      AIDA on run RIBF127R1/R1_1387

05:31 Beam is back. Issue unclear.
      BigRIPS starts run 1108
      BRIKEN starts run 97
      AIDA on run R1_1388

05:37 Lost beam again. It appears to be an issue with "power"
      AIDA on run RIBF127R1/R1_1389
      BRIKEN & BigRIPS still running.
 
05:39 BigRIPS no longer sending signal: lost synchronisation.

05:43 Beam is back. Synchronisation is back.
      BRIKEN & BigRIPS stopping run.

05:47 BigRIPS starts run 1109
      BRIKEN starts run 98
      AIDA on run R1_1391

05:53 Analysed R1_1391 - see attachment 16
      No timewarps, SYNC100 OK
      Dead time OK
      
      DAQ continues OK

06:05 Sorted R1_1395. DSSSD rates as follows

 *** data items:    1158578 ( 105681.80 Hz)
 *** ADC events:     120781 (  11017.26 Hz)
 *** time warps:          0 (      0.00 Hz)
 *** DSSSD # 1 count:     54590 old count:     48655 dt:      1.12 s  LEC rate:  48746.42 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 2 count:     79085 old count:     70259 dt:      1.12 s  LEC rate:  70619.36 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 3 count:     24651 old count:     21385 dt:      1.12 s  LEC rate:  22012.24 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 4 count:     20753 old count:     18595 dt:      1.12 s  LEC rate:  18531.50 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 5 count:      8376 old count:      7452 dt:      1.12 s  LEC rate:   7479.39 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 6 count:     17321 old count:     15715 dt:      1.12 s  LEC rate:  15466.88 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 1 count:        27 old count:        24 dt:      1.12 s  HEC rate:     24.11 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 2 count:        43 old count:        38 dt:      1.12 s  HEC rate:     38.40 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 3 count:        41 old count:        35 dt:      1.12 s  HEC rate:     36.61 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 4 count:        38 old count:        33 dt:      1.12 s  HEC rate:     33.93 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 5 count:        14 old count:        14 dt:      1.12 s  HEC rate:     12.50 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 6 count:         1 old count:         1 dt:      1.12 s  HEC rate:      0.89 Hz

06:19 Leakage currents OK - attachment 17
      FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 18
      Good events statistics OK - attachment 19
      No new merger errors - attachment 20

06:23 HEC x vs y plot OK - attachment 21
      Zero'd all SortSas
      
06:27 Lost the beam. AIDA on run R1_1401. 
      Same "power-related" issue as before. Expected 2-3 minutes shutdown.
      Lost synchronisation.

06:32 Beam is back. Synchronisation is back.
      BRIKEN & BigRIPS stopping run.

06:33 BigRIPS starts run 1110
      BRIKEN starts run 99
      AIDA on run R1_1402

06:58 DAQ continues OK
      HEC x vs y plot OK - attachment 22
      Zero'd all SortSas
      
      Analysed R1_1407 - attachment 23
      No timewarps, SYNC100 OK
      Dead time OK

07:06 Sorted R1_1407. Pulser events are still synchronised - attachment 24

07:30 BRIKEN & BigRIPS stopping run.
      AIDA on run R1_1415

07:33 BigRIPS starts run 1111
      BRIKEN starts run 100
      AIDA on run R1_1416

07:35 Leakage currents OK - attachment 25
      FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 26
      Good events statistics OK - attachment 27
      No new merger errors - attachment 28
      HEC x vs y plot OK
      Zero'd SortSas
  699   Fri Nov 17 03:32:31 2017 CBJulabo FL11006 recirculating chiller refilled

12:32 Chiller found almost empty & still working at 20C. Refilled to overflow.

  854   Tue Jun 18 23:58:46 2019 CBWed Jun 19 8:00-16:00
08:00 Shift change
      No change in settings

      DAQ continues running OK
      Good events rate OK - see attach 1
      FEE64 temperature OK - see attach 2
      Merger & Tape server OK - see 3 & 4
      Leakage currents OK - see attach 5
      
      Online HEC xy plot OK, most implants in DSSD2 - see attach 6
      Zeroed online histograms

09:29 DTAS DAQ stops on run 135
      AIDA on run R2_787

09:32 DTAS DAQ restarts on run 136
      AIDA on run R2_787
      BigRIPS on run 2053

09:33 DAQ continues OK
      Good events rate OK - see attach 7
      Merger ~ 700k items/s
      Tape ~ 5400 Kbytes/s
      Leakage currents OK - see attach 8

      Online HEC xy plot OK - see attach 9

10:31 Good event rate in nnaida 19, 24 steadily creeping up. See attach 10.
      Currently 160k and 120k
      Merger ~ 710 k items/s
      Tape ~ 5689 kbytes/s
      All system-wide checks OK, except nnaida7 fails ADC calibration as usual

11:20 Good event rate stable - see attach 11
      FEE64 temperatures OK - see attach 12
      Merger ~700k items/s
      Tape server ~ 5500 Kbytes/s
      Leakage currents OK - see attach 13 & 14

11:30  DTAS stops DAQ on run 139
       BigRIPS on run 2053
       AIDA on run R2_806
       
11:32  DTAS restarts on run 140
       BigRIPS 2053
       AIDA R2_807

13:14  DAQ continues OK
       Good statistics events stable - see attach 15
       Merger ~ 730k items/s
       Tape server ~ 5500 KBytes/s
       Leakage current OK - see attach 16

13:34  DTAS stops DAQ on AIDA R2_826

13:37  DTAS restarts DAQ on run 144
       BigRIPS run 2055
       AIDA run 827

15:10  DTAS DAQ reports 20% drop in F11 counting rate
       AIDA plastic unchanged, beam current unchanged. Focusing issue?

       Reset online histograms to check we are still implanting. We are.

       Acquisition continues uninterrupted.

15:17  Good statistics OK - see attach 17
       FEE64 temperature OK - see attach 18
       Merger ~ 700k items/s
       TapeServer ~ 5500 Kbytes/s
       Detector leakage current OK - see attach 19

15:30  DTAS stops DAQ on AIDA run R2_845

15:33  DTAS restarts DAQ on run 147
       BigRIPS run 2056
       AIDA run R2_846 
       
  788   Thu Nov 15 22:55:38 2018 CA, TD, OH, LSFriday 16th November 08.00 - 16.00
07.56 DAQ continues - AIDA file RIBF148/R5_822
      165Pm BigRIPS setting + 2.8mm Al degrader

08.13 zeroed xy hit pattern on online analysis and MIDASsort

08.30 system wide checks ok, except nnaida7 ADC calibration failure
      FEE64 temperatures ok (attachment 1)
      good event statistics ok (attachment 2)
      detector bias/leakage currents ok (attachment 3)

08.34 Merger and TapeServer ok, no error messages in terminal (attachments 4/5)

08.40 zeroed all spectra on online analysis and MIDASsort

08.44 BRIKEN and BigRIPS stop
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_830

08.45 BigRIPS starts run 1087
      BRIKEN starts run 102
      AIDA on file RIBF148/R5_830

09.13 n vs p multiplicity (attachment 6)
      xy hit pattern (*deleted, took wrong screenshot, sorry! -CA@12.16*)
      Energy X vs Energy Y plot (*deleted, took wrong screenshot, sorry! -CA@12.16*)

12.17 see elog entry for 15th November 2018 00.00-08.00 (attachments 9 and 10) for screenshots of the above before
      degrader change
      
09.17 BRIKEN and BigRIPS stop
      AIDA on file RIBF148/R5_836
      beam stop to change Al degrader thickness to 3.3mm

09.23 chiller refilled while access available
      humidity, temperature, dew point measurements obtained

09.25 detector bias/ leakage currents ok (attachment 7)

09.30 zeroed all spectra in online analysis and MIDASsort

09.31 beam back on
      BRIKEN and BigRIPS start
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_838
      BRIKEN run 103
      BigRIPS run 1088

10.32 BRIKEN and BigRIPS stop
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_848

10.33 BRIKEN and BigRIPS start
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_848
      BRIKEN run 104
      BigRIPS run 1089

10.45 system wide checks ok, except nnaida7 ADC calibration failure
      FEE64 temperatures ok (attachment 8)
      good event statistics ok (attachment 10)
      detector bias/leakage currents ok (attachment 9)

11.20 ran analyser on file R5_847 - attachment 11
      no timewarps observed
      dead time in nnaida19 at ~1s out of 355.283s (~0.3%)
      rest at zero, except nnaida20 at ~0.6s and nnaida21 at ~0.1s

11.33 BRIKEN and BigRIPS stop
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_859

11.34 BRIKEN and BigRIPS start
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_859
      BRIKEN run 105
      BigRIPS run 1090

12.05 n vs p multiplicity (attachment 12)
      xy hit pattern (attachment 13)
      Energy X vs Energy Y plot (attachment 14)
      this is after change of Al degrader thickness to 3.3mm

12.36 BRIKEN and BigRIPS stop
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_869

12.36 BRIKEN and BigRIPS start
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_869
      BRIKEN run 106
      BigRIPS run 1091

12.40 online histograms
      per FEE64 Rate - attachment 15
      per FEE64 HitRate - attachment 16
      1.8.L spectra - attachments 17-20
       nnaida1 pulser peak width 70ch FWHM
      1.8.H spectra - attachments 21-22
      1.8.W spectra - attachments 23-24

12.47 beam off
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_870

12.54 BRIKEN and BigRIPS stop
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_871

13.10 MIDASsort analysis RIBF148/R5_871 - all ADC data synchronised - attachments 25-26

13.16 correlation analysis decay plots for each detector with the Al degrader thickness at 3.3mm (attachment 23)
      see elog entry November 15th 2018 00:00-08:00 (attachments 16-18) for same plots with previous degrader
      thickness.

13.26 system wide checks ok, except nnaida7 ADC calibration failure
      FEE64 temperatures ok (attachment 24)
      good event statistics ok (attachment 25)
      detector bias/leakage currents ok (attachment 26)

15.04 see other elog entries for correlation analysis and high energy Ex vs Ey plots compared between different Al
degrader thicknesses.

15.38 system wide checks ok, except nnaida7 ADC calibration failure
      FEE64 temperatures ok (attachment 28)
      good event statistics ok (attachment 27)
      detector bias/leakage currents ok (attachment 29)

15.55 BRIKEN start background measurement
      BRIKEN not writing to file
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_896
      Online histograms available

16.00 BRIKEN start writing to file
      AIDA file RIBF/R5_897
      BRIKEN run 107

17.18 DAQ stop AIDA file RIBF148/R5_907

      End of run RIBF148 due to accelerator problems requiring ~3-4 days to fix
      'low' mass BigRIPS setting postponed 

      ASIC check load

      all onine histograms zero'd

17.22 DAQ start AIDA file RIBF148/R6
      Pulser walkthrough
      BNC PB-4 amplitudes 90,000 - 10,000 @ 10,000 step
      x5 attenuator IN
      Frequency 25Hz range
      Delay MIN
      Polarity -
      Tail pulse

17.37 DAQ trop AIDA file RIBF148/R6_2
      1.8.L spectra - see attachments 30 & 31
 

17.40 DAQ start AIDA file RIBF148/R7
      Pulser walkthrough
      BNC PB-4 amplitudes 1,200 - 1,000 @ 1,000 step
      x5 attenuator IN
      Frequency 25Hz range
      Delay MIN
      Polarity -
      Tail pulse

17.50 DAQ stop AIDA file RIBF148/R7_1
      1.8.L spectra - see attachments 32 & 33

17.54 DAQ start AIDA file RIBF148/R8
      background
      BNC PB-4 pulser OFF

18.00 detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 34 & 35

      FEE64 temperatures OK - see attachment 36
      good event statistics OK - see attachments 37

      Merger OK - see attachment 38
      TapeServer OK - see attachment 39
      no error or warning messages terminal server sesssions reported

      per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 40

      1.8.W spectra 20ms FSR - attachments 41 & 42

18.10 DAQ stop AIDA file RIBF148/R8_2

      Detector bias OFF
      FEE64 power OFF

18.12 Ambient temperature +25.5 deg C, d.p. +2.2 deg C, RH 21.5%

18.15 Withdraw AIDA from BRIKEN - done

      2x NIM bin OFF
      1x NIM bin fan tray OFF
      1x USB ac mains relay OFF
      Julabo FL11006 chiller OFF front panel/rear panel/wall-mounted 3ph outlet
      2x network cables disconnected and coiled/cable-tied to stairwell railings
      disconnect coorelation scaler trigger & reset inputs to root MACB front panel
      disconnect 50MHz TTL clock root MACB rear panel
      disconnect AIDA plastic veto
      discopnnect 2x ac mains cabnles from ac mains distribution box

      remove AIDA support assembly nose support
19.00 raise AIDA support assembly feet/lower AIDA support assembly wheels from/to F11 floor


       











 








      
      












      



      



      


  
     
      






 
  780   Tue Nov 13 07:35:37 2018 CA, TD, OHTuesday 13 November 16:00 - 00:00
16.36 DAQ continues ok
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_198
      BRIKEN file 37
      BigRIPS file 1022

16.38 system wide checks ok, except nnaida7 ADC calibration failure

16.40 FEE64 temperatures ok (attachment 1)

16.42 good event statistics ok (attachment 2)

16.43 detector bias/leakage currents ok (attachment 3)

16.44 Merger and TapeServer ok, no error messages in terminals (attachments 4 and 5)

16.51 BRIKEN stop
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_200

17.00 Al Degrader thickness changed from 2.3mm to 2.8mm
      The 2.3mm plate was previously assumed to be 2.5mm, but this has been corrected by measuring individual Al
      plates with digital micrometer.

17.02 BRIKEN start
      BRIKEN file 38
      BigRIPS file 1023
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_202

18.01 BRIKEN stop
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_211

18.03 BRIKEN start
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_212
      BRIKEN file 39
      BigRIPS file 1024
 
18.08 system wide checks ok, except nnaida7 ADC calibration failure
      FEE64 temperatures ok (attachment 6)
      good event statistics ok (attachment 8)
      detector bias/leakage currents ok (attachment 7)

18.11 Merger and TapeServer ok, no error messages in terminal

19.00 BRIKEN stop
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_221

19.02 BRIKEN start
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_221
      BRIKEN file 40
      BigRIPS file 1025

19.57 system wide checks ok, except nnaida7 ADC calibration failure
      FEE64 temperatures ok (attachment 9)
      good event statistics ok (attachment 10)
      detector bias/leakage current ok (attachment 11)

20.01 BRIKEN stop
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_231

20.03 BRIKEN start
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_231
      BRIKEN file 41
      BigRIPS file 1026

21.01 BRIKEN stop
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_240

21.03 BRIKEN start
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_240
      BRIKEN file 42
      BigRIPS file 1027
      
21:18 system wide checks ok - except nnaida7 ADC calibration failure
      FEE64 temperatures ok (attachment 12)
      good event statistics ok (attachment 13)
      detector bias/leakage current ok (attachment 14)

22:01 BRIKEN stop
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_250

22:03 BRIKEN start
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_250
      BRIKEN file 43
      BigRIPS file 1028

22:10 system wide checks ok - except nnaida7 ADC calibration failure
      FEE64 temperatures ok (attachment 15)
      good event statistics ok (attachment 16)
      detector bias/leakage current ok (attachment 17)
      Merger and TapeServer ok, no error messages in terminal

23:01 BRIKEN stop
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_260

23:03 BRIKEN start
      AIDA file RIBF148/R5_260
      BRIKEN file 44
      BigRIPS file 1029

23.05 system wide checks ok - except nnaida7 ADC calibration failure
      FEE64 temperatures ok (attachment 18)
      good event statistics ok (attachment 20)
      detector bias/leakage current ok (attachment 19)
      Merger and TapeServer ok, no error messages in terminal





      

      
      
  789   Fri Nov 16 04:47:39 2018 CA, TD, OHCorrelation analysis at different degrader Al thickness
13.53 Correlation analysis plot of all detectors with 3.3mm Al degrader thickness (attachment 1)
 
13.54 Correlation analysis plot of detectors 1 and 2 with 3mm, 2.3mm and 2.8mm degrader thickness (attachment 2)
      Correlation analysis plot of detectors 3 and 4 with 3mm, 2.3mm and 2.8mm degrader thickness (attachment 3)
      Correlation analysis plot of detectors 5 and 6 with 3mm, 2.3mm and 2.8mm degrader thickness (attachment 4)

14.02 Plots made over first 200ms of data
  795   Mon May 13 03:23:58 2019 CA, TD, OHMonday 13 May
09.55 all system wide checks OK *except* nnaida7 fails ADC calibration

      FEE64 temperatures OK - see attachment 1

      good event statistics OK - see attachment 2
      all FEE64s <100k, 11x < 20k

      1.8.L spectra - see attachments 3 & 4
      nnaida1 70ch FWHM, nnaida3 80 ch FWHM

      detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 5 & 6

      1.8.W spectra 20us FSR - see attachments 7 & 8

      nnaida1 Options, Local Controls, Data Redaout, Discriminator Controls - see attachment 9-13

      Lost Activity Monitor -see attachment 14

18.01 DAQ found stopped

      This was caused by a chnage to the AIDA external clock frequency - see https://elog.ph.ed.ac.uk/AIDA/798

      Following change of AIDA external clock frequency to 50MHz

      DAQ RESET
      DAQ SETUP

      Sync all ASIC clocks using Resync
      
      all system wide checks OK *except* nnaida7 fails ADC calibration

      zero all histograms

      DAQ GO

18.31 FEE64 temperatures OK - see attachment 15

      good event statistics OK - see attachment 16
      all FEE64s <100k, 10x < 20k

      detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 17 & 18
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