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Date |
Author |
Subject |
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Fri Nov 1 18:09:03 2019 |
CA, TD, NH | Summary - 29.10-1.11.19 |
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> > - evidence of c. 1MHz extrinsic noise for most FEE64s
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> Is the 1MHz noise actually 1.58Mhz? as this is the frequency of observed noise at LYCCA.
Judge for yourself
https://elog.ph.ed.ac.uk/DESPEC/191031_125102/1350_18W.png
I would estimate c. 2.5 cycles in 2us => c. 1.2MHz … ?
Note that all of the waveforms are shown on an expanded scale c. 7000-9000 of 0-16383
so the amplitude is significantly less than that observed at LYCCA.
Tom |
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Fri Nov 1 15:45:04 2019 |
CA, TD, NH | Summary - 29.10-1.11.19 |
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> - evidence of c. 1MHz extrinsic noise for most FEE64s
Is the 1MHz noise actually 1.58Mhz? as this is the frequency of observed noise at LYCCA. |
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Fri Nov 1 15:24:40 2019 |
CA, TD, NH | Summary - 29.10-1.11.19 |
3x MSL type BB18(DS)-1000 installed
detector bias -160V, leakage current c. 1uA @ +21 deg C for all 3x DSSSDs
all FEE64 good event rates (slow comparator 0xa, LEC fast comparator 0xff) c. 120k, or less, typically 30-50k, overall merge rate c. 1.6M data item/s
See https://elog.ph.ed.ac.uk/DESPEC/70
Outstanding issues
- occasional loss of bits 48-63 of WR timestamp for aida09 - can be recovered by power cycle - replace HDMI cable?
- aida09 asic 1 not producing ADC or disc data - replace aida09?
ASIC Check works OK
aida09 asic temp c. 30deg C < other asic temps
- evidence of c. 1MHz extrinsic noise for most FEE64s
- acquisition of waveform data not robust - most ASIC channels do not produce data or quickly stop producing data - PJCS to review firmware rev for Jan/Feb 2020
- require spare DSSSDs, FEE64s, HDMI cables etc |
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Fri Nov 1 14:17:15 2019 |
Nic, Patrick | Reply: WR Timestamps |
> > All 12 FEEs have valid WR Timestamps
> > Had to powercycle aida09 once as before raw readout was displaying upper 12 bits of WR timestamp as 0. Unsure of other method.
> >
> > HDMI cables in aida09 checked and good.
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> The problem would be the cable , one end or the other.
> I think ( if I recall ) a setup would restart the WR decoder.
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> I notice you have set the WR info word rate to be quite high , 6123/sec typ, is this intentional ?
Cable will be replaced once a spare is available.
Setup did not restart the WR decoder when this problem occurred beforehand - Reset/Setup tried.
WR rate was chosen by Vic I believe, I am unsure of reasoning myself. |
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Fri Nov 1 10:46:13 2019 |
CA, TD, NH | Friday 1st November 2019 |
11.46 - attachments 1,2,3: bias/leakage currents, good event statistics and fee temperatures (respectively)
before removing aluminium foil upstream of AIDA
note - slow comparator threshold 0x64 (alpha background), LEC fast comparator threshold 0xff, pulser OFF
11.52 - attachments 4,5,6: bias/leakage currents, good event statistics and fee temperatures (respectively)
after removing aluminium foil upstream of AIDA
- base of AIDA snout has Mylar shielding |
79
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Fri Nov 1 09:30:17 2019 |
NH | Database error stopping run? |
Strange error about Database options appearing during run stop.
Does not seem to affect stopping/starting/data? |
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Thu Oct 31 19:02:42 2019 |
Patrick | WR Timestamps |
> All 12 FEEs have valid WR Timestamps
> Had to powercycle aida09 once as before raw readout was displaying upper 12 bits of WR timestamp as 0. Unsure of other method.
>
> HDMI cables in aida09 checked and good.
The problem would be the cable , one end or the other.
I think ( if I recall ) a setup would restart the WR decoder.
I notice you have set the WR info word rate to be quite high , 6123/sec typ, is this intentional ? |
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Thu Oct 31 17:13:54 2019 |
NH | Alpha Run |
Beginning Alpha run
Thresholds set to 100 (LEC/Slow) 255 (LEC/Fast) 2 (HEC)
Pulser is OFF
Recording to MIDAS: /TapeData/31Oct19/R1
Recording to MBS: /lustre/gamma/nhubbard/AIDA/Alphas311019_
Disk rate approximately 0 as expected.
01.11.19 19:11 CET: FEE10 Stat histogram was empty - performed a check/load and now rare events come in - Merger also emitted 10 blocks to storage quickly (presumably waiting on FEE10 data)
All FEEs now slowly showing alpha data |
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Thu Oct 31 16:43:03 2019 |
NH CA TD | Merger & MBS Performance |
Testing merger with 3 DSSDs connected, with thresholds of 10 (slow comparator), 2 (HEC) and 255 (fast discriminator)
Merger handling rate of 1.6 million events per second comfortably. Forwarding to MBS fine.
Network usage: 130 Mbps (AIDA network) and 20 Mbps (MBS network) |
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Thu Oct 31 15:24:35 2019 |
TD | waveform spectra issues? |
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Thu Oct 31 14:27:06 2019 |
NH | WR Timestamps |
All 12 FEEs have valid WR Timestamps
Had to powercycle aida09 once as before raw readout was displaying upper 12 bits of WR timestamp as 0. Unsure of other method.
HDMI cables in aida09 checked and good. |
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Thu Oct 31 14:23:37 2019 |
TD | aida09 asic 1 no data readout? |
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Thu Oct 31 10:33:34 2019 |
TD | [How To] Start TclHttpd server on Raspberry Pi |
1) Login to Raspberry Pi
ssh pi@nnrpi2
2) Kill any instances of the TclHttpd server
ps -ef | grep TclHttpd
kill -9 <pid>
3) Start server
/MIDAS/TclHttpd/linux-arm/TclHttpd-server & |
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Thu Oct 31 09:36:37 2019 |
TD | RIKEN LayOut directory |
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70
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Thu Oct 31 09:00:58 2019 |
CA, TD, NH | Thursday 31 October |
10.05 DSSSD # 1-3 detector biases & leakage currents OK - see attachment 1
Ambient temperature +21.2 deg C, d.p. +3.4 deg C, RH 31.2%
10.15 DSSSD stack as follows
DSSSD serial thickness depletion
# (um) voltage (V)
1 3208-7 1019 125 upstream
2 3208-13 1020 120
3 3208-14 1020 130 downstream
11.30 AIDA power relays sequenced on
DAQ start
system wide checks ok
11.33 attachment 2 - fee temperatures - ok
attachment 3 - good event statistics with slow comparator threshold = 100
attachment 4 - good event statistics with slow comparator threshold = 50
attachment 5 - good event statistics with slow comparator threshold = 20
attachment 6 - good event statistics with slow comparator threshold = 10
13.51 attachment 7 - Rates
- aida09 1 ASIC not working (no data)
attachment 8 - good event statistics
attachments 9/10 - 1.8.L spectra
- no peak observed in aida09
attachments 11/12 - 1.8.W spectra
- waveform only observed in naida 2,4,7,8,12
pulser peak widths - FEE width(ch)
1 71
2 96
3 66
4 79
5 74
6 96
7 89
8 83
9 no peak
10 82
11 153
12 120
17.26 FATIMA moved upstream around AIDA
attachment 13 - good event statistics
ASIC check-load performed
attachment 14 - good event statistics following checkload |
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Wed Oct 30 11:51:08 2019 |
CA, TD, NH | Detector biasing |
12.51 - detector bias and leakage currents - detector 3 has no current
- other detectors ok
13.13 - tried changing from HV3 cables to HV4 - still open circuit
- tried different permutations of moving HV-4 braid and core cables (high voltage to ground connections)
(dssd3)
(all directions defined as if looking upstream)
- core -> bottom, braid -> left open - circuit
- core -> top, braid -> right trips at 8V
- core -> bottom, braid -> right open - circuit
- core -> top, braid-> left trips at 8V
- removed jumpers - still trips
13.36 - testing continuity of bond wires on dsssd 3208-14 & 3208-15
- observe 20 ohm resistance on p+p and p+n bond wires
19:41 - dsssd 1 and 2 not biasing, 3 ok.
- changed bias configuration -> HV core 1 & 2 now on top, braid on right
- ribbon cables for DSSSD #1 & #2 p+n junction strips down were misaligned
- all detectors biased succesfully
HV cable configuration (looking upstream): HV-1 Core -> top-inner (FEE 1)
HV-2 Core -> top-middle (FEE 5)
HV-3 Core -> bottom-outer (FEE 11)
HV-1 Braid -> right-inner (FEE 2)
HV-2 Braid -> right-middle (FEE 6)
HV-3 Braid -> left-outer (FEE 12)
Attachment 3 - rough sketch of HV cable configuration, looking upstream.
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Wed Oct 30 08:06:49 2019 |
CA, TD, NH | DSSSD stack |
Ribbon cables fitted with kapton PCB couplers -> 3 isolated + 1 non-isolated for each cable length/DSSSD
Ribbon cable lengths:
without kapton PCB coupler (cm) - 40, 47, 51.5
with kapton PCB coupler (cm) - 50.5, 57.5, 62
gap between plastic and dsssd - 15 mm
length between top of snout and dsssd - 5cm |
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Mon Oct 28 17:02:11 2019 |
TD | AIDA @ DESPEC cable length estimates |
AIDA snout length 37cm (from end of AIDA snout support assembly)
downstream scintillator (assembly depth 1cm) 36cm
downstream dsssd (#1) 35.2cm
(#2) 34.3cm
(#3) 33.4cm
upstream dsssd (#4) 32.5cm
upstream scintillator (assembly depth 1cm) 31.7cm
Cable lengths required are therefore
downstream dsssd (#1) 35.2 - 10.5 + 2.15 + 5 + 22.5 = 54.35cm 21.4"
(#2) 34.3 - 10.5 + 2.15 + 5 + 16.5 = 47.45cm 18.7"
(#3) 33.4 - 10.5 + 2.15 + 5 + 10.5 = 40.55cm 16.0"
upstream dsssd (#4) 32.5 - 10.5 + 2.15 + 5 + 4.5 = 33.65cm 13.2"
length of RH Kapton PCB coupler = 10.5cm (Carlo can you check please?)
turning the corner at the base of the AIDA snout support assembly 2.15+5=7.15cm
(see Peter's drawing)
distances to FEE64s 4.5, 10.5, 16.5 and 22.5cm
(see Peter's drawing)
f we use 3x DSSSDs then the cable lengths required will be as follows:
downstream dsssd (#1) 35.2 - 10.5 + 2.15 + 5 + 16.5 = 48.35cm 19.0"
(#2) 34.3 - 10.5 + 2.15 + 5 + 10.5 = 41.45cm 16.3"
upstream dsssd (#3) 33.4 - 10.5 + 2.15 + 5 + 4.5 = 34.55cm 13.6" |
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Mon Sep 16 12:24:46 2019 |
NH | AIDA Monitoring |
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fZBybHodSvacUdKpDM_VKznqTrh49CKnqKVQVMEDWGs/edit?usp=sharing
A spreadsheet of ambient conditions and water temperature in S4 for AIDA.
Will show the distance to danger points (interlock shutdown and condensation on the pipes) |
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Fri Aug 16 15:09:05 2019 |
NH | Aida Waves (All FEEs) |
Included waves for all 12 FEEs
FEES 1, 5, 9 all show this HF noise on it, and are all located at the top of the AIDA mount.
Connections: HV from DSSD (-ve) is in FEE9
Pulser input is in FEE9 (non-inverted)
Resistance between FEE cooling plate and LEMO connector for all 3 FEEs is a few Ohms, as is resistance between copper braid on DSSD cable and the LEMO connector.
All FEEs show some noise but mainly those 3 and all four with DSSD. Will try to check DSSD connections in case something is messed up.
FEE layout for reference: (Beam's perspective)
FEE9
FEE5
FEE1
FEE10 FEE6 FEE2 FEE4 FEE8 FEE12
FEE3
FEE7
FEE11 |