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  171   Tue Mar 8 15:40:57 2016 TDTuesday 8 March
MSL type BB18(DS)-1000 serial 2998-22
Bias +200V, I_L +=6.705uA, ambient temperature +19.8 deg C
 
DSSSD - AIDA adaptor PCB cabling
 
4 off LH Coupler (Kapton PCB, 5cm), 2x 34-way Samtec ribbon cable (45cm), RH coupler(Kapton PCB, 10cm)
 + 3M 1245 1.4mil copper foil screen ribbon cables + RH coupler only (i.e. not LH coupler)
 + drain wires -> gold-plated Lemo-00 test input connectors 
 
nnaida 11 & 12 AIDA adaptor PCB rev B
nnaida 13 & 14 AIDA adaptor PCB rev C (LK1 fitted) 
ground links LK3 & LK7 fitted to nnaida11-14 AIDA adaptor PCBs

Heavy duty copper cable connects copper front end frames of FEE modules
Nitto 5011N conductive gasket between FEE module and front end frames
 
Standard ASIC settings
 nnaida 11 & 12 - negative input
 nnaida 13 & 14 - positive input
 
Pulser BNC PB-5 
Fall time 1.0ms
Rate 100Hz
Delay 250ns
Ampl 5.00000V
Polarity +
Pulse top Tail
Atten 10x
Clamp ON
- polarity via Cooknell SA1 Summing Amplifier
 
207Bi source, approx centred on DSSSD, approx 3cm from DSSSD

AIDA FEE firmware version 8

File R42
shaping time 8uS
slow comparator 10 (dec)
LEC/MEC fast comparator 14 (dec)
start: 15.35 stop: 09.45 9.3.16 (disk full c. 05.36)
spectra saved to disk 10.45 BST (sic)
Pulser OFF

Bias +200V, I_L +=6.210uA, ambient temperature +19.8 deg C
  767   Tue Nov 6 00:13:00 2018 CB. PJW, TD, OH, CATuesday 6 November
09:13 DAQ still running R18_1
      Merger and TapeServer OK
      System wide checks ok, except for nnaida7 ADC calibration failure
      Temperature OK (attachment 1)
      Bias and leakage current OK (attachment 2)
      Good event statistics OK (attachment 3)
      
11.20 1.8.W spectra - attachment 4 & 5

      analysis file Oct18/R18_1 - attachment 6


15:35 Inserted AIDA snout in BRIKEN. Lowered threshold to 100 keV. Rate looks OK.
      R19 pulser walkthrough 90 0000 ... 10 0000 (10 000 steps) - attach 7&8
      R21 pulser walkthrough 12 000 ... 2 000 (2 000 steps)
      Pulser back to 90 000. Frequency set to zero.
      R22 background run starts. 
      Rates OK (attach 9)

16.07 Raised slow comparator threshold to 100 from 10
      DAQ start (file R23)
      Merger and TapeServer ok, no error messages in terminal
      Good event statistics ok (attachment 10)
      System wide checks ok, except nnaida7 failing ADC calibration 
      FEE64 temperatures ok (attachment 11)
      bias/leakage currents ok (attachment 12)

16.58 Repeat pulser walkthroughs with additional ASIC check loads

      R25 pulser walkthrough 90 0000 ... 10 0000 (10 000 steps) - attach 7&8
      R26 pulser walkthrough 12 000 ... 2 000 (2 000 steps)


18.26 DAQ start - file Oct18/R27
      alpha background
      LEC/MEC slow comparator 0xa -> 0x64
      BNC PB-4 pulser OFF @ 18.29!

18.34 1.8.W spectra 20us FSR - see attachments 13 & 14
  636   Tue Jun 6 00:57:49 2017 PJW, TDTuesday 6 June 08.00-16.00
08.57 Stop DAQ
      AIDA file RIBF128/R6_24

09.00 BigRips starts run 3016
      BRIKEN starts run 16
      AIDA on file R6_25

09:23 biases and leakage currents recorded attachments 1 and 2

09.36 online spectra per DSSSD x versus y (HEC) - see attachment 3
      per DSSSD E_p versus E_n (HEC) - see attachment 4 

09.39 offline analysis RIBF128/R6_36

      ADC & disc data synchronised - see attachment 5

      rates

 *** DSSSD # 1 count:    475974 old count:    407247 dt:      1.04 s  LEC rate:  66335.14 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 2 count:    695537 old count:    595776 dt:      1.04 s  LEC rate:  96289.08 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 3 count:    284002 old count:    245156 dt:      1.04 s  LEC rate:  37494.07 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 4 count:    197428 old count:    169943 dt:      1.04 s  LEC rate:  26528.46 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 5 count:     58436 old count:     49831 dt:      1.04 s  LEC rate:   8305.53 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 6 count:    130742 old count:    111691 dt:      1.04 s  LEC rate:  18387.98 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 1 count:         2 old count:         2 dt:      1.04 s  HEC rate:      0.00 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 2 count:        92 old count:        82 dt:      1.04 s  HEC rate:      9.65 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 3 count:       387 old count:       332 dt:      1.04 s  HEC rate:     53.09 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 4 count:       281 old count:       251 dt:      1.04 s  HEC rate:     28.96 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 5 count:        37 old count:        31 dt:      1.04 s  HEC rate:      5.79 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 6 count:        36 old count:        33 dt:      1.04 s  HEC rate:      2.90 Hz

     all SortSas spectra and online histograms zero'd

09.48 analysis RIBF128/R6_35 deadtime <0.5%, zero ts timewarps, 2 MBS timewarps - see attachment 6

10.00 FEE64 temperatures OK - see attachment 7
      good events stats - see attachment 8
      merger - no error/warning messages - see attachment 9

      nnaida13 waveforms ASICS 1-4 100*20us = 2ms range - see attachments 10-13

10.00 Stop DAQ
      AIDA file RIBF128/R6_42

10.01 BigRips starts run 3017
      BRIKEN starts run 17
      AIDA on file R6_43

10.09 *all* system wide checks OK 

11:00 stop daq
      aida file r6_59

11.01 BigRips starts run 3018
      BRIKEN starts run 18
      AIDA on file R6_60

11:59 stop daq

      aida file R6_76

12:01 Bigrips starts run 3019
      BRIKEN starts run 19
      aida on file R6_77

12:59 stop daq
      aida file R6_94

13:01 Bigrips starts run 3020
      BRIKEN starts run 20
      aida on file R6_95

13.51 biases and leakage currents recorded attachments 15 & 16

14:00 stop daq
      aida file R6_112

14:03 Bigrips starts run 3021
      BRIKEN starts run 21
      aida on file R6_113

14:57 beam stopped

15:00 stop daq
      aida file R6_130
15:01 beam back

15:02 Bigrips starts run 3022
      BRIKEN starts run 22
      aida on file R6_130
  527   Tue Dec 6 02:20:29 2016 TDTuesday 6 December
11.20 DSSSD bias & leakage currents OK - see attachments 1 & 2
      FEE64 temperatures OK - see attachment 3
      Ambient temperature +24.8 deg C, d.p. +3.6 deg C, RH 25.4%

14.40 Latest version of leakage curent spreadsheet - see attachment 4
      https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12hgbrywB10hGsKt5uc2HnLfZymh8_uvM6cEASbbqnBE/edit#gid=1357176413

18.30 DSSSD bias OFF
      FEE64 power OFF
      AIDA withdrawn from BRIKEN (CH2)n moderator
      BNC PB-4 pulser OFF
      NIM bins OFF
      Julabo FL11006 chiller OFF
      3 phase ac power OFF
      ac power OFF and disconnected 
      USB-controlled ac mains relay removed for mod/update
  100   Mon May 4 18:09:42 2015 JA, TD, AE, CG & JLTTuesday 5 May 2015
02.09 R61 starts
      nnaida1, 2, 6, 10, 13 & 14 fast discs disabled

10.10 R61 ends
      background + pulser run
  828   Tue Jun 4 07:10:27 2019 TDTuesday 4 June
15.01 Julabo FL11006 chiller set point +20 deg C actual +20.0 deg C
      Water level c. 70% M-H markers - topup to 100% with 1x jugful water
      Temperature +25.8 deg C dew point +8.0 deg C RH 32.4%

      Access to F11 from 14.00 whilst F3 & F7 plastic scintillator and PPAC are replaced due to rad damage
during online experiment

      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 21x < 50k 24x <100k cf. 15x <20k, 21x < 50k, 24x < 100k yesterday evening

      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 75 ch FWHM, nnaida3 82 ch FWHM - cf. 95 & 99 ch FWHM respectively yesterday afternoon

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

      ADC data synchronised - attachment 11
  692   Tue Oct 31 00:34:10 2017 TD, OHTuesday 31 October
09.34 DAQ running 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 *except* nnaida13 0xe, nnaida19-22 0xc

      Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 1 & 2
      FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 3
      DAQ statistics OK - see attachment 4
      *all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida21 fails ADC calibration

15.02 Detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 5 & 6
      FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 7
      DAQ statistics OK - see attachment 8
      *all* system wide checks OK *except* nnaida21 fails ADC calibration
      Ambient temperature +24.3 deg C, d.p. -0.2 deg C, RH 19.8%
      Julabo FL11006 recirculating chiller set point +20 deg C, actual +20.0 deg C, water level OK c. mid-point
middle-upper marker
     
  262   Tue May 31 08:06:43 2016 TD, AE & CGTuesday 31 May 2016
Attachment 3 - AIDA discriminator with pulser ~5Hz
               standard ASIC settings (tau=8us, slow comparator 0x10, LEC/MEC comparator 0x9)

17.30 Added jumpers to the front/rear field plate connections (Lk 2/4 + 6/8) on all FEEs corresponding to DSSDs
1 and 6
      Saw significant reduction in size of noise peak in waveforms as well as in the fast discriminator rate
from all FEEs.

18.50 R13 (AIDA) + BiCocal_run0012.lmd (EURICA)

      207Bi beta-gamma correlation test

      Standard ASIC settings (tau=8us, slow comparator 0x10, LEC/MEC comparator 0x9)

      BNC PB-4 pulser OFF

      Settings DB key 2016May31-18.55.42

      Attachment 4 - statistics AIDA discriminators

Attachments 6-7 - time correlation for 207Bi beta-gamma coincidences between EURICA Ge Or and
                  DSSSD#1 trigger ( .OR.X strips .AND. OR.Y strips )
  611   Mon May 29 16:02:21 2017 OH, TDTuesday 30th May
00:02 Bias and leakage currents ok - attachment one
      System wide check all ok
      FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 2
      good events; statistics OK - see attachment 3
      ASIC load check all ok
      Merger still running ok - attachment 4

00:15 Current AIDA file R34_126

00:24 Pb Wall is removed
      Variable degraders in place Current configuration
           1mm Al - Out
           1mm Al - Out
           1mm Al - Out

      Fixed Degrader in place 11m Al (8mm +3mm Plates)

00:40 Variable degraders were out of alignment.
      Have now been realigned.

01:06 Fixed degrader moved closer to F11 plastic.
      Moved from far side of Pb wall to side closest to F11 plastic.
      Fixed degrader thickness increased to 13mm Al (8mm + 3mm + 2mm plates)

      Current degrader configuration:

      Fixed Degrader in place 13m Al (8mm + 3mm + 2mm Plates)
      Variable degraders
           1mm Al - Out
           1mm Al - Out
           1mm Al - Out

01:36 Implant hit pattern for current Ni setting - attachment 5
      Looks as if we have a broken bond wire in DSSD6 FEE 8 (Missing horizontal band)
      Also maybe one in DSSD3 FEE 14 (Missing vertical band)

01:54 Degraders changed
      Current degrader configuration:

      Fixed Degrader in place 13m Al (8mm + 3mm + 2mm Plates)
      Variable degraders
           1mm Al - in
           1mm Al - in
           1mm Al - in
      Implant Hit spectra - attachment 6

01:59 Degraders changed
      Current degrader configuration:

      Fixed Degrader in place 13m Al (8mm + 3mm + 2mm Plates)
      Variable degraders
           1mm Al - in
           1mm Al - out
           1mm Al - out
      Implant Hit spectra - attachment 7

02:08 Start AIDA file R1_0 in directory RIBF127R1
      BNC PB-4
      Amplitude 90,000
      x5 attenuator IN
      t_r 100ns tau_d 50us
      - polarity
      frequency 25Hz range
      delay MIN, tail pulse, INT ref

      ASIC settings 2017Mar27-16.12.39

      Current degrader configuration:

      Fixed Degrader in place 13m Al (8mm + 3mm + 2mm Plates)
      Variable degraders
           1mm Al - in
           1mm Al - out
           1mm Al - out
      
02:11 Bias and leakages all ok - attachment 8#

02:26 Briken and BigRIPS start new runs
      Briken run 3
      BigRIPS run 1003
      Current AIDA file R1_4

02:42 MIDAS sort crashed, restarted and sorted R1_7 to get the implant rates:
 *** DSSSD # 1 count:    428279 old count:    369602 dt:      1.02 s  LEC rate:  57547.23 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 2 count:    523171 old count:    452321 dt:      1.02 s  LEC rate:  69485.85 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 3 count:    194416 old count:    168097 dt:      1.02 s  LEC rate:  25812.25 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 4 count:    181257 old count:    156583 dt:      1.02 s  LEC rate:  24198.93 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 5 count:     73675 old count:     63323 dt:      1.02 s  LEC rate:  10152.68 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 6 count:    130418 old count:    112563 dt:      1.02 s  LEC rate:  17511.22 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 1 count:        63 old count:        54 dt:      1.02 s  HEC rate:      8.83 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 2 count:       156 old count:       133 dt:      1.02 s  HEC rate:     22.56 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 3 count:       199 old count:       178 dt:      1.02 s  HEC rate:     20.60 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 4 count:       196 old count:       174 dt:      1.02 s  HEC rate:     21.58 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 5 count:       180 old count:       152 dt:      1.02 s  HEC rate:     27.46 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 6 count:        87 old count:        75 dt:      1.02 s  HEC rate:     11.77 Hz

02:59 BigRIPS and BRIKEN stopping the run
      Ni being implanted into detector 6 so will be increasing degrader
      AIDA current run R1_13

      Current degrader configuration:

      Fixed Degrader in place 13m Al (8mm + 3mm + 2mm Plates)
      Variable degraders
           1mm Al - in
           1mm Al - in
           1mm Al - out

03:03 BRIKEN start run 4
      BigRIPS start run 1004

03:16 Bias and leakage currents ok - attachment 9
      System wide checks all ok

03:23 Sorted file R1_16 - Current rates are:
 *** DSSSD # 1 count:    191573 old count:    124591 dt:      1.04 s  LEC rate:  64370.77 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 2 count:    232369 old count:    148461 dt:      1.04 s  LEC rate:  80636.92 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 3 count:     84277 old count:     53763 dt:      1.04 s  LEC rate:  29324.44 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 4 count:     78592 old count:     51020 dt:      1.04 s  LEC rate:  26497.13 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 5 count:     30254 old count:     19685 dt:      1.04 s  LEC rate:  10156.98 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 6 count:     55682 old count:     36607 dt:      1.04 s  LEC rate:  18331.38 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 1 count:        55 old count:        33 dt:      1.04 s  HEC rate:     21.14 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 2 count:       103 old count:        60 dt:      1.04 s  HEC rate:     41.32 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 3 count:        77 old count:        47 dt:      1.04 s  HEC rate:     28.83 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 4 count:        72 old count:        45 dt:      1.04 s  HEC rate:     25.95 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 5 count:        29 old count:        20 dt:      1.04 s  HEC rate:      8.65 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 6 count:         4 old count:         3 dt:      1.04 s  HEC rate:      0.96 Hz

04:01 BigRIPS and BRIKEN finish their runs
      AIDA run R1_28

04:04 BigRIPS run 1005
      BRIKEN run 5
      AIDA file R1_28

04:28 System wide checks all ok
      FEE temperatures ok

04:48 Implant hit spectra for the current degrader settings - attachment 10
      Current degrader configuration:

      Fixed Degrader in place 13m Al (8mm + 3mm + 2mm Plates)
      Variable degraders
           1mm Al - in
           1mm Al - in
           1mm Al - out

05:00 BigRIPS and BRIKEN stop their runs
      Current AIDA file R1_42

      ASIC load check all ok

05:01 BigRips starts run 1006
      BRIKEN run 6
      AIDA file R1_42

05:03 System wide checks all ok
      FEE temps ok - attachment 11
      Good Events - attachment 12
      leakages and bias ok - attachment 13

05:37 No beam

05:40 beam back (Interlock error caused beam to be lost)

05:59 Appears to be a broken wire in DSSD2 FEE2

06:00 BigRIPS and BRIKEN stopped their runs
      AIDA currently on file R1_56

06:02 BigRIPS starts run 1007
      BRIKEN starts run 7
      AIDA currently on file R1_57

06:06 System wide checks all ok
      FEE temperatures all ok

06:27 Leakage currents still rising but within acceptable range at the moment - attachment 14

06:48 Rates from R1_67
 *** DSSSD # 1 count:    229047 old count:    159366 dt:      1.02 s  LEC rate:  68643.03 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 2 count:    275255 old count:    189329 dt:      1.02 s  LEC rate:  84646.04 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 3 count:    102832 old count:     70928 dt:      1.02 s  LEC rate:  31428.76 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 4 count:     93609 old count:     66189 dt:      1.02 s  LEC rate:  27011.55 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 5 count:     37256 old count:     26588 dt:      1.02 s  LEC rate:  10509.09 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 6 count:     69611 old count:     50443 dt:      1.02 s  LEC rate:  18882.47 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 1 count:        84 old count:        61 dt:      1.02 s  HEC rate:     22.66 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 2 count:       132 old count:       106 dt:      1.02 s  HEC rate:     25.61 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 3 count:       105 old count:        77 dt:      1.02 s  HEC rate:     27.58 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 4 count:       102 old count:        76 dt:      1.02 s  HEC rate:     25.61 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 5 count:        44 old count:        32 dt:      1.02 s  HEC rate:     11.82 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 6 count:         8 old count:         5 dt:      1.02 s  HEC rate:      2.96 Hz

07:00 BigRips and BRIKEN stop their daqs
      AIDA currently on file R1_71
      ASIC load check all ok

07:02 BigRIPS and BRIKEN start
      BigRIPS run 1008
      BRIKEN  run 8
      
      System wide checks all ok
      AIDA    run R1_71

07:30 Bias and leakage currents ok - attachment 15
      Leakage currents decreasing again

07:37 Rates from R1_79
 *** DSSSD # 1 count:    168930 old count:    115510 dt:      1.04 s  LEC rate:  51415.14 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 2 count:    203546 old count:    141908 dt:      1.04 s  LEC rate:  59324.72 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 3 count:     74562 old count:     52397 dt:      1.04 s  LEC rate:  21333.14 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 4 count:     70487 old count:     47585 dt:      1.04 s  LEC rate:  22042.48 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 5 count:     26901 old count:     18574 dt:      1.04 s  LEC rate:   8014.49 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 6 count:     51567 old count:     34847 dt:      1.04 s  LEC rate:  16092.50 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 1 count:        56 old count:        34 dt:      1.04 s  HEC rate:     21.17 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 2 count:        84 old count:        51 dt:      1.04 s  HEC rate:     31.76 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 3 count:        83 old count:        52 dt:      1.04 s  HEC rate:     29.84 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 4 count:        85 old count:        50 dt:      1.04 s  HEC rate:     33.69 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 5 count:        27 old count:        16 dt:      1.04 s  HEC rate:     10.59 Hz
 *** DSSSD # 6 count:         9 old count:         8 dt:      1.04 s  HEC rate:      0.96 Hz

08:00 BigRIPS and BRIKEN stop their daqs
      AIDA file R1_85

08:02 BigRIPS and BRIKEN start DAQs
      BigRIPS run 1009
      BRIKEN run 9
      AIDA file R1_86

08:06 System wide checks all ok
      FEE temperatures ok

08:19 Bias and leakages ok - attachment 16
  754   Mon Oct 29 23:40:41 2018 TD, OH, CATuesday 30 October
08.40 DAQ continues OK - current file Oct18/R9_15

08.42 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 attachment 4
      nnaida2 rate due to one hot channel

      Merger OK - see attachment 5
      TapeServer OK - see attachment 6
      no errors or warnings shown by server terminal sessions 

      1.8.L spectra - see attachments 7 & 8
      1.8.W spectra 20us FSR - see attachments 9 & 10

14.43 system wide checks ok, except nnaida7 failing adc calibration

      detector bias/leakage currents all ok (attachment 11)

      FEE64 temperatures ok (attachment 12)

      good event statistics ok

      no errors or warnings in terminal for Merger and TapeServer

15.05 Stopped alpha run - file R9_18 at 14.50
      lowered slow comparator threshold from 100 to 10
      good event statistics were ok, but with FEE1 at 400k (attachment 13)
      did check on ASICs, stats were behaving ok (attachment 14)
      took waveforms, were not initially triggering on p+n side. Change threshold from 8000 to 8500 (attachment 15, 16)

15.12 start new file (alpha run, R10)
      changed threshold back to 100 from 10
      Merger and TapeServer ok
      

   
      
      
  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
  613   Tue May 30 00:58:10 2017 TD, CBTuesday 30 May - day shift
08.58 DAQ continues OK 
      File RIBF127R1/R1_99
      BigRIPS run 1009
      BRIKEN run 9

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

      ASIC settings 2017Mar27-16.12.39

08.59 *online* analysis - ADC & disc data synchronised - see attachment 1
      analysis of R1_99 OK - see attachment 2 - deadtime <0.5%

09.11 BigRIPS & BRIKEN DAQ stop

      
09.13 AIDA RIBF127R1/R1_103
      BRIKEN 10
      BigRIPS 1010

      Fixed Degrader in place 13m Al (8mm + 3mm + 2mm Plates)
      Variable degraders
           1mm Al - in
           1mm Al - in
           1mm Al - out

09.30 Detector biases; leakage currents OK - see attachments 3 & 4
      FEE64 Temperatures OK - see attachment 5
      good events; statistics OK - see attachment 6
      No warnings/errors reported by merger since DAQ GO - see attachment 7

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

09.50 layout 1-8 spectra - see attachments 8-17
      Note pulser amplitude drifting for + polarity

      *all* spectra zero'd

10.00 BigRIPS & BRIKEN DAQ stop
      AIDA RIBF127R1/R1_114

      Check ASIC control x2

10.03 AIDA RIBF127R1/R1_115
      DAQ start BRIKEN 11
      DAQ start BigRIPS 1011

11.12 Changing degraders (16 mm Al plate check?)
      E17/F11 ambient temperature +24.7 deg C, RH 38.7%, d.p. +9.7 deg C
      Julabo FL11006 set point +20 deg C, actual +20.0 deg C, water level OK (c. 70%)
      HEC plot attached - see attach 8 

11.17 AIDA RIBF127R1/R1_132
      DAQ start BRIKEN 12
      DAQ start BigRIPS 1012
      Attempted to start new run. Lost beam. BigRIPS re-optimising

11.40 Found beam

      Zero'd all histograms 
      Cleared online sorting histograms

      AIDA RIBF127R1/R1_139
      DAQ start BRIKEN 13
      DAQ start BigRIPS 1013

12.14 Machine is down on AIDA run RIBF127R1/R1_145
      HEC plot attached - see attach 9
      Implants moved one detector upstream

12.24 Check ASIC Control x2

12.30 Beam back
      
12.31 AIDA RIBF127R1/R1_149
      DAQ start BRIKEN 14
      DAQ start BigRIPS 1014

12.35 Detector biases; leakage currents OK - see attachments 22 & 23
      *online* analysis - ADC & disc data synchronised
      analysis of R1_149 OK - see attachment 24 - deadtime <0.5%

12.39 Beam off RIBF127R1/R1_151
      SRC cooling issues

13.55 Background run
      AIDA RIBF127R1/R1_170
      DAQ start BRIKEN 15, BigRIPS 1015

14.01 Beam still off

14.20 Stop background run
      AIDA RIBF127R1/R1_175

15.30 Beam still off
      DAQ continues OK
      FEE64 temperatures OK - attach 24
      Statistics OK - attach 25
      Leakage currents OK - attach 26
      No merger errors. No nnaida panics from USB console terminal.

      
  352   Tue Aug 30 08:26:33 2016 TDTuesday 30 August
16.18 R10 stops

      ASIC settings 2016Aug20-15.34.53
      Discriminator masks -> 0x0
      From Correlation Status & Control tab change Trigger delay 0x5

      BNC PB-4 Pulser
      Amplitude 90,000
      x5 attenuator IN
      t_r 50ns tau_d 50us 
      - polarity
      INT ref, delay MIN, tail pulse
      External (random) trigger from EG&G Ortec 462 Start output (Range 81.92us) - frequency c. 120Hz

      B2F/F11 temp +25.1 deg C, d.p. +14.1 deg C, RH 51.6%

      DSSSD bias/leakage current OK - see attachments 1-2
      FEE64 temperatures OK - see attachment 3

      Some error messages observed for merger - see attachment 4-10
      All related to Q5 (nnaida6)

      System-wide checks OK - see attachments 11-16

      AIDA SYNC, PAUSE, RESUME, Correlation L, SYNC time warp, Good Events, nnaida6, nnaida5 & nnaida20
statistics - see attachments
17-25

      Analysis of R10_272 shows data synchronised - see attachment 26

      FEE # versus timestamp (0.1ms / channel)

      nnaida1 - nnaid24 (stat) hit patterns - see attachments 27-28

aidas1> ./analyser2 /TapeData/Aug2016/R10_272
 *** GREAT format 3.2.0 analyser - TD - May 2014
 *** FEE64 discriminator: block: 15670 ptr:  2407 data: 0x81640080 module:  1 information type:  6 information
field: 0x00040080 ts: 0x000007BD800000A0 OLD: ts: 0x000007BD9000009E tag: 2 type: 6
 *** ERROR: READ I/O error:       5002
                   blocks:      24294
          ADC data format:   57829496 (  296793.6 Hz)
        Other data format:  140380504 (  720463.4 Hz)
 Sample trace data format:          0 (       0.0 Hz)
         Undefined format:          0 (       0.0 Hz)
   Other data format type:      PAUSE:         59 (       0.3 Hz)
                               RESUME:         59 (       0.3 Hz)
                              SYNC100:    1783050 (    9151.0 Hz)
                           FEE64 disc:  138570073 (  711171.8 Hz)
                             MBS info:      27263 (     139.9 Hz)
                           Other info:          0 (       0.0 Hz)

   ADC data range bit set:       9410 (      48.3 Hz)

                Timewarps:        ADC:          0 (       0.0 Hz)
                                PAUSE:          0 (       0.0 Hz)
                               RESUME:          0 (       0.0 Hz)
                              SYNC100:          0 (       0.0 Hz)
                           FEE64 disc:          1 (       0.0 Hz)
                             MBS info:          0 (       0.0 Hz)
                            Undefined:          0 (       0.0 Hz)
                         Sample trace:          0 (       0.0 Hz)

 Timestamp elapsed time:      194.848 s
 FEE module #:   1 elapsed dead time       0.210 s
 FEE module #:   2 elapsed dead time       0.261 s
 FEE module #:   3 elapsed dead time       0.000 s
 FEE module #:   4 elapsed dead time       0.000 s
 FEE module #:   5 elapsed dead time       0.206 s
 FEE module #:   6 elapsed dead time       0.857 s
 FEE module #:   7 elapsed dead time       0.000 s
 FEE module #:   8 elapsed dead time       0.000 s
 FEE module #:   9 elapsed dead time       0.000 s
 FEE module #:  10 elapsed dead time       0.000 s
 FEE module #:  11 elapsed dead time       0.000 s
 FEE module #:  12 elapsed dead time       0.000 s
 FEE module #:  13 elapsed dead time       0.000 s
 FEE module #:  14 elapsed dead time       0.055 s
 FEE module #:  15 elapsed dead time       0.000 s
 FEE module #:  16 elapsed dead time       0.000 s
 FEE module #:  17 elapsed dead time       0.027 s
 FEE module #:  18 elapsed dead time       0.000 s
 FEE module #:  19 elapsed dead time       0.000 s
 FEE module #:  20 elapsed dead time       0.000 s
 FEE module #:  21 elapsed dead time       0.000 s
 FEE module #:  22 elapsed dead time       0.013 s
 FEE module #:  23 elapsed dead time       0.000 s
 FEE module #:  24 elapsed dead time       0.000 s
 FEE module #:  25 elapsed dead time       0.000 s
 FEE module #:  26 elapsed dead time       0.000 s
 FEE module #:  27 elapsed dead time       0.000 s
 FEE module #:  28 elapsed dead time       0.000 s
 FEE module #:  29 elapsed dead time       0.000 s
 FEE module #:  30 elapsed dead time       0.000 s
 FEE module #:  31 elapsed dead time       0.000 s
 FEE module #:  32 elapsed dead time       0.000 s

 *** Program elapsed time:   11.883s ( 2044.465 blocks/s, 127.779 Mb/s)
  897   Tue Oct 3 09:14:59 2023 TDTuesday 3 October
09.45 Power up

10.15 Bias +60V +5.95uA

10.22 Bias +60V +5.60uA

10.21 Bias +100V +21.1uA unstable

10.27 Bias +80V +10.1uA unstable

10.37 Bias + 60V +5.70uA stable

11.02 Bias +60V +5.78uA stable

11.22 CAEN N1419ET floating output ( internal LK removed )
      Bias +100V +6.35uA

11.26 Bias +100V +10.59uA slowly increasing

11.39 Bias +100V +10.39uA unstable

      Slow comparator 0x64 observe high ADC data item stats for aida10 & aida12 - attachment 1 - expected rate 25Hz x 64 = 1600 - problem with this wafer and/or adaptor PCBs?  
      N.B. aida04 asic #1 is u/s and running at very high rates 
      N.B. rates in aida10 & aida12 dominated by a few hot channels ( not the usual suspects ) - attachment 2

12.00 Bias +100V +13.0uA unstable

12.20 Bias +100V 12.535uA unstable
  198   Tue May 3 07:51:04 2016 TDTuesday 3 May 2016
32x FEE64 re-programmed from version 7 to version 8 per instructions 

https://elog.ph.ed.ac.uk/AIDA/183

See attachments 1-3 

PJCS What is the significance of 125 / 126 in the response from each FEE64?
  736   Tue Jul 3 02:24:45 2018 OHTuesday 3 July
10:23 Bias and leakage currents ok - attachment 1
      Fee temperatures ok - attachment 2
      System wide checks ok

14:07 Bias and leakage currents ok - attachment 3
      FEE temperatures ok
      System wide checks ok

      Have been unable to recover ASIC 2 in nnaida29. Have checked removing the detector cabling and can still
not recover the ASIC
      Also noise in DSSD1 and 2 is still high - attachment 4
      However in DSSD3-8 it is very good

      Humidity 44.7%, Temperature 25.5C, D.P +13C

15:57 FEE modules turned off via rly16
      DSSD bias removed

      AIDA has been put in a safe state.
  494   Mon Nov 28 18:07:14 2016 CG, TD, AE, DKTuesday 29 November
01:39 : Attachment 26 (R30_70to72) shows a gradual change in the hit pattern for DSSD2 (at the lower left
corner) which may indicate the noise level was increasing.

02.23 BigRIPS data file 1066

03.05 Beam stopped due to problem with LINAC RF.
      Stopped at 1GB through R30_90.
      Bias and leakage currents ok (attachments 1+2). Temps ok (attachment 3).

03.15 R30 stopped.

03.22 BigRIPS data file 1067

03.24 Beam returned and R31 started.

04.25 BigRIPS data file 1068

05.29 BigRIPS data file 1069

06.26 Stop R31 in anticipation of LN2 fill.
      Run stopped at R31_56.

06.31 BigRIPS data file 1070

07.18 R32 started successfully after LN2 fill.

07.24 DAQ crashed. SYNC errors.
      R32 closed.
      Cannot soft reset. Unable to contact nnaida9+19.

07.33 BigRIPS data file 1071
      
07.49 R33 started after FEE power cycle.
      Running quite fast, but seems to be stable. F11 rate still 30cps.

08.26 /home full.
         aidas1> du -sh /home/data/
         811G	/home/data/

         aidas1> du -sh /home/data/*
         3.4M	/home/data/bkg_r97.root
         253G	/home/data/NP1306.rootfiles
         27G	/home/data/NP1512.rootfiles
         190G	/home/data/npg
         311G	/home/data/online
         2.0G	/home/data/R97_0
         2.0G	/home/data/R97_1
         2.0G	/home/data/R97_10
         2.0G	/home/data/R97_11
         1.8G	/home/data/R97_12
         2.0G	/home/data/R97_2
         2.0G	/home/data/R97_3
         2.0G	/home/data/R97_4
         2.0G	/home/data/R97_5
         2.0G	/home/data/R97_6
         2.0G	/home/data/R97_7
         2.0G	/home/data/R97_8
         2.0G	/home/data/R97_9
         7.4G	/home/data/rootFiles
         4.0K	/home/data/rsync.sh
         4.0K	/home/data/rsync.sh~
         4.0K	/home/data/ttt.txt

08.36 BigRIPS data file 1072

09.16 Beam stopped for stripper foil change.
      R33 stopped.
      GK, RG and SN will install repaired clover (G7).

09.28 Beam returned and R34 started.
      BigRIPS data file 1073

10.32 BigRIPS data file 1074

11.00 DSSSD bias & leakage currents OK - see attachments 4 & 5
      FEE64 temperatures OK - see attachment 6
      Merge statistics OK - see attachments 7-12
      System wide checks OK *except* fails for clock status (bit 2 always set) and ADC calibration - see
attachments 13-14

11.20 Visual scaler - see attachment 15

11.25 Analysis of R30_25 - see attachment 16

11.39 BigRIPS data file 1075

13.11 BigRIPS data file 1076

14.10 11.50-14.10 Spectra Rate, HitRate, 1.8.L, 1.8.H, 1.8.W - see attachments 17-24
      1.8.W spectra show some evidence of increased 100kHz noise for nnaida17, 18 & 19
      statistics good events - nnaida17, 18 & 19 > 100k data item/s - see attachment 25

14.16 BigRIPS data file 1077

14.54 BigRIPS data file 1078

15.19 BigRIPS data file 1079

16.14 BigRIPS data file 1080
16.16 BigRIPS data file 1081

17.17 BigRIPS data file 1082

18.18 BigRIPS data file 1083

19.03 BigRIPS data file 1084

18.26 DAQ stopped OK (RIBF03R1/R34_137)

      Clover HPGe LN2 refill

18.30 Beam off - for primary user calibration & stripper foil change

18.45 Ambient temperature +25.5 deg C, d.p. -5.0 deg C, RH 12.%
      DSSSD bias & leakage currents OK - see attachments 27 & 28
      FEE64 temperatures OK - see attachment 29

19.03 BigRIPS data file 1084

19.12 Statistics good events - see attachment 30
      All FEE64s < 100k data items/s, nnaida17, 18 & 19 < 50k data items/s
      Note - nothing has been changed/touched

19.40 Degraders unchanged
      (8mm Al) Fixed + ( 1mm W/1mm Al, 0.3mm W/1mm Al) variable

19.46 DAQ starts (RIBF0R1/R35)

19.50 SyncCheck OK

19.51 BRIKEN data file 155

19.53 Statistics - good events - see attachment 31
      All FEE64s < 100k data items/s, nnaida17, 18 & 19 < 50k data items/s
      Visual scalers - see attachment 32

20.00 BigRIPS data file 1085

20.08 Offline analysis R35_1 - ADc & disc data synchronised - see attachments 33 & 34

20.58 BigRIPS data file 1086

21.15 Rate, HitRate, 1.8.L, 1.8.H, 1.8.W spectra - see attachments 35-42

21.35 Found nnaida17 HEC fast comparator 0x3 *not* 0x2 
      Corrected and saved ASIC settings etc with new DB key 2016Nov29-21.38.02
      Current AIDA data file R35_22











       


      
 
  76   Tue Apr 28 06:25:13 2015 JA, LHB, TD, AE & CGTuesday 28th April progress

28/04/15

1420: Carried out ASIC optimisation tests to find best shaping time. Chose system wide shaping time of 0x6.

           Waveforms of example FEEs/channels attachments 1-6.

 

20.34 Pulser walkthough - data file /TapeData/May2015/R14_0

 

           BNC PB_4 settings

           90,000 - 10,0000 @ 10,000 step

           t_r = 50ns, tau_d = 50us

          - polarity

          x10 attenuator in

         tail pulse, delay min, int ref

        frequency 250Hz

  538   Tue Mar 28 01:28:12 2017 TD, CG, OH, DKTuesday 28 March
09.13 DAQ run R3 ends OK (final file R3_9)
      
      ASIC settings 2017Mar27-16.12.39
      slow comparator 100 (dec)
      LEC/MEC fast comparator 255 (dec)
      BNC PB-4 pulser OFF

09.20 Biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 1 & 2
      Ambient temperature +23.8 deg C, d.p. -3.5 deg C, RH 15.7%
      Julabo FL11006 set point +20 deg C actual +20.0 deg C

09.32 FEE64 temperatures OK - see attachment 3

09.39 System-wide checks OK except
      ADC calibration fails nnaida21 & 23
      SYNC errors not counted since baseline
      SYNC pulses received
      see attachments 4-8

13.36 PE16/R1

      Pulser walkthough 

      BNC PB-4 settings 
      Amplitude 90,000 - 10,000 @ 10,000 step
      x5 attenuator IN
      t_r 50ns, tau_d 50us
      polarity -
      rate ~250Hz 
      delay MIN, tail pulse

      ASIC settings 2017Mar27-16.12.39

      see attachment 9

13.52 PE16/R2

      Pulser walkthough 

      BNC PB-4 settings 
      Amplitude 10,000 - 2,000 @ 2,000 step

      see attachment 10

14.03 PE16/R3

      Pulser walkthough 

      BNC PB-4 settings 
      Amplitude 2,000 - 8,000 @ 2,000 step, 10,000 - 50,000 @ 10,000 step

      see attachment 11

20.30 System-wide checks
      All OK *except* clock status - nnaida1 global clocks failed 6 - see attachment 12

20.35 PE16/R4

      Background

      BNC PB-4 OFF

      ASIC settings 2017Mar27-16.12.39

      MACB master mode 5 (external 50MHz clock from Tektronix AFG3102C)

20.40 Biases & leakage currents OK - see attachments 13 & 14
      Ambient temperature +23.6 deg C, d.p. -3.2 deg C, RH 16.6%
      Julabo FL11006 set point +20 deg C actual +20.0 deg C
      FEE64 temperatures OK - see attachment 15

20.50 PE16/R4 ends OK
  726   Tue Jun 26 05:44:44 2018 OHTuesday 26 June
04:12 TD found the nnaida14 appeared to have become noisy at some point. Biases/;eakages/temps ok
      ASIC check load appears to have fixed problem
      Noise appears to affect R9_0 to R9_51

13:45 Biases and leakages all ok - attachment 1
      FEE temperatures ok
      System wide checks ok
      T = 25.1C H = 35.7% DP 8.4C
      Currently up to file R9_54

21:53 Biases and leakages all ok - attachment 2
      FEE Temps ok
      System wide checks ok
      Currently up to file R9_56
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