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ID Date Authordown Subject
  23   Fri Jan 25 09:54:12 2019 CA, TD, NH, VP25th January 2019
09.30: AIDA still running, not writing to file
       Still running ok
       No water leaks

09.45: FEE64 temperatures ok (attachment 1)
       Good event statistics ok (attachment 2)

10.00: Results of System Wide Checks
       ADC Calibration check (attachment 3)
       Clock Status (attachment 4)
       Sync error counter (attachment 5)
       White Rabbit Decoder status (attachment 7)
       Memory Information (attachment 8) 
       
10.30: Clock ReSync performed (attachment 6)
       Start writing to file TapeData/NULL/R7_0

11.50: DAQ stopped, TapeServer stopped
       
       TapeServer restarted, DAQ restarted

       Writing to file TapeData/NULL/R9_0 with Clock ReSync at start.

       Wasn't writing to disk, restarting (DAQ stop, TapeServer stop, TapeServer start TO DISK, DAQ Start)

       Writing to file TapeData/NULL/R10_0

12.04: DAQ stopped, TapeServer stopped, merger stopped
       FEE64 power relay switched off
       Raspberry PIs switched off and disconnected
       water cooler stopped
       Mains IEC cables removed from relay

       
        
  68   Wed Oct 30 08:06:49 2019 CA, TD, NHDSSSD 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
  69   Wed Oct 30 11:51:08 2019 CA, TD, NHDetector 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.
       
  70   Thu Oct 31 09:00:58 2019 CA, TD, NHThursday 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
  80   Fri Nov 1 10:46:13 2019 CA, TD, NHFriday 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
  82   Fri Nov 1 15:24:40 2019 CA, TD, NHSummary - 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
  83   Fri Nov 1 15:45:04 2019 CA, TD, NHSummary - 29.10-1.11.19
>
> 
> - 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.
  84   Fri Nov 1 18:09:03 2019 CA, TD, NHSummary - 29.10-1.11.19
> >
> > 
> > - 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.

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
  195   Sat Mar 13 07:08:52 2021 CA, TD, LSMarch 13th 08:00 - 17:00
ASIC settings 2019Dec19-16.19.51
      DSSSD#1 slow comparator 0xa
      DSSSD#2 slow comparator 0xa
      DSSSD#3 slow comparator 0xd

      BNC PB-5 Pulser 
      Amplitude1.0V
      Attenuation x1
      Frequency 2Hz
      tau_d 1ms
      - polarity
      Delay 250ns, tail pulse


08:09 System wide checks ok *except*

      aida09 fails clock check

      aida09 calibration failed

08:14 FEE64 temperatures ok - attachment 1

      good event statistics ok - attachment 2

      detector bias/leakage current ok - attachment 3

08:22 Merger 4.3M items/s

      Tapeserver 14 MB/s

08:24 DAQ ok, writing to file R43_45

08:39 rate spectra - attachment 4

      aida09 spectrum not showing, however continues to collect statistics ok

10:03 System wide checks ok *except*

      aida09 fails clock check

      aida09 calibration failed

      FEE64 temperatures ok - attachment 5

      good event statistics ok - attachment 6

      detector bias/leakage current ok - attachment 7

10:10 Merger 4.5M items/s

      Tapeserver 14 MB/s

      data forwarding to MBS ok

10:11 writing to file R43_91

12.00 (LS)
      System wide checks:
      FEE64 module aida09 global clocks failed, 6
      Clock status test result: Passed 11, Failed 1
      Understand status as follows
      Status bit 3 : firmware PLL that creates clocks from external clock not locked
      Status bit 2 : always logic '1' 
      Status bit 1 : LMK3200(2) PLL and clock distribution chip not locked to external clock
      Status bit 0 : LMK3200(1) PLL and clock distribution chip not locked to external clock
      If all these bits are not set then the operation of the firmware is unreliable

      
      FEE64 module aida09 failed
      Calibration test result: Passed 11, Failed 1
      If any modules fail calibration , check the clock status and open the FADC Align and Control browser page to rerun 
      calibration for that module

      		         Base 		Current 	Difference
      aida07 fault 	 0x829e : 	 0x829f : 	 1  
      White Rabbit error counter test result: Passed 11, Failed 1
      Understand the status reports as follows:-
      Status bit 3 : White Rabbit decoder detected an error in the received data
      Status bit 2 : Firmware registered WR error, no reload of Timestamp
      Status bit 0 : White Rabbit decoder reports uncertain of Timestamp information from WR

      no FGPA timestamp errors all passed

      Statistics (attachment8)
      Spectra rate (attachment9), aida09 still does not show histogram, but on run control are enabled for all fees. still 
      showing good events and other information (temperatures etc)
      FEE temps (attachment10)
      Leakage currents written to sheets (attachment11)
      Merger~4.6M items/s
      Tapeserver~14MB/s

12.36 bunch of bad timestamp errors in the new merger terminal (attachment 12) around file R43_152
      this error is still occurring at 12.45 will continue to monitor, all other system checks are reporting as normal


13.50 beam down file R43_183
      beam back a couple of minutes later

14.00 System wide checks:
      FEE64 module aida09 global clocks failed, 6
      Clock status test result: Passed 11, Failed 1
      Understand status as follows
      Status bit 3 : firmware PLL that creates clocks from external clock not locked
      Status bit 2 : always logic '1' 
      Status bit 1 : LMK3200(2) PLL and clock distribution chip not locked to external clock
      Status bit 0 : LMK3200(1) PLL and clock distribution chip not locked to external clock
      If all these bits are not set then the operation of the firmware is unreliable

      
      FEE64 module aida09 failed
      Calibration test result: Passed 11, Failed 1
      If any modules fail calibration , check the clock status and open the FADC Align and Control browser page to rerun 
      calibration for that module

      no white rabbit or FPGA errors all passed

      Statistics (attachment13)
      Spectra rate (attachment14)
      FEE temps (attachment15)
      Leakage currents written to sheets (attachment16)
      Merger~4.6M items/s
      Tapeserver~14MB/s  
      Writing to MBS okay, still seeing bad timestamp errors in the new merger terminal continuing to monitor and update 
      statistics tab every 20 to 30 minutes 

14.12 Analysed files R43_185,186,187 from timestamp error in ucesb, but see no timewarps  

14.30 have not seen any bad timestamp errors in new merger terminal for a while, unsure if something has been changed which 
      has stopped them

15.25 beam down
15.53 beam back

16.00 moved back to writing to /media/SecondDrive which should last until the end of the experiment
      now writing R46

16.10 System wide checks okay except:
      FEE64 module aida09 global clocks failed, 6
      Clock status test result: Passed 11, Failed 1
      Understand status as follows
      Status bit 3 : firmware PLL that creates clocks from external clock not locked
      Status bit 2 : always logic '1' 
      Status bit 1 : LMK3200(2) PLL and clock distribution chip not locked to external clock
      Status bit 0 : LMK3200(1) PLL and clock distribution chip not locked to external clock
      If all these bits are not set then the operation of the firmware is unreliable

      
      FEE64 module aida09 failed
      Calibration test result: Passed 11, Failed 1
      If any modules fail calibration , check the clock status and open the FADC Align and Control browser page to rerun 
      calibration for that module

      Statistics (attachment17)
      Spectra rate (attachment18)
      FEE temps (attachment19)
      Leakage currents written to sheets (attachment20)
      Merger~4.7M items/s
      Tapeserver~14MB/s  
      Writing to MBS okay
  14   Mon Dec 10 11:09:53 2018 CA, TDScintillator pictures/system checks for 07.12.18
11.12 System wide checks ok (attachment 1)
      FEE temperatures ok (attachment 2)
      bias/leakage currents ok (attachment 3)

11.13 1.8.W spectra for naida 1,9,10,11,12 (attachment 4)
      1.8.W spectra expanded in Y direction (attachment 5)
      pulser peaks (attachment 6)
      
11.20 pulser peak widths:
      
      Aida10 -> 98.82

      Aida09 -> 109.17

      Aida11 -> 71.72

      Aida12 -> 92.82

      Aida01 -> 24.05

11.23 hit rates (attachment 7)

11.41 pictures of setup with scintillator mounted (attachment 8-14)
  38   Mon Apr 1 08:50:35 2019 CA, TDMonday April 1st 2019 - BEAM START
09.28 System wide checks - aida06 global clock failure (check clock status)

                         - aida02 , aida04, aida06 fail calibration (ADC calibration)

                         - SYNC error counter ok

                         - SYNC pulse check ok

                         - 'collect memory information from FEE64 Linux' still returns scripting error

                         - WR decoder test passes

09.33 good event statistics ok, except aida09, aida10 running hot. (attachment 1)

      FEE temperatures ok (attachment 2)

      detector bias/leakage current ok (attachment 3)

09.38 screenshots of NewMerger tab, Merger/Tape HTTPd and NewMerger terminal (attachments 4, 5, 6)

10.05 1.8.L pulser peak spectra (attachment 7)

10.13 1.8.W waveform spectra (attachment 8)

21.13 Beam on

      AIDA DAQ running - writing to file R9 in directory 290319

      System wide checks - same as above

      good event statistics ok - although rates on 9,10,11,12 have dropped (attachment 10)

      ASIC check load performed

      FEE temperatures ok (attachment 9)

      detector bias leakage currents ok (attachment 11)

      Scintillator 41 -> approx 1000 ions/s, 11 second super cycle (beam on 10s, beam off 1s)
      c. 130-150MeV/u 107Ag ions incident on plastic scintillator + AIDA DSSSD

21.36 High energy spectra for aida09 - (attachment 12)

      High energy spectra for aida11 - (attachment 13)

      Low energy spectra - (attachment 14)

      1D hit pattern - (attachment 15)

21.53 ASIC control settings - see for slow comparator threshold, fast comparator threshold (HEC) and fast
      comparator threshold (LEC) (attachment 16)

      NewMerger screenshot - working (attachment 17)

22.00 ASIC options - including directory path to saved ASIC settings (attachment 18)

22.09 beam stop
      TapeServer stopped, restarted not writing to storage
      one complete file produced R9_0 (2.0 GB)
      plus R9_1 (154 MB)

*NOTE FROM 02/04/19 - DEGRADER in front of detector, silver beam not observed, just unidentified light ions.
  45   Wed Apr 3 15:24:06 2019 CA, TDreport - low inquire save state
On Save/Restore Module Settings Tab - "inquire save state" returns an error. See attachment 1.
  180   Mon Mar 8 09:45:20 2021 CA, TDAnalysis R7_20 (new version of NewMerger with min info code 4 & 5 data items)
An analysis of file R6_70 can be found at https://elog.ph.ed.ac.uk/DESPEC/177 attachment 19
We observe c. 80M ADC data items per 2Gb file and c. 160M info code 4 & 5 data items.

This am NH switched NewMerger for a new version which minimises the number of info code 4 & 5
data items. The analysis of one of these data files (R7_20) is appended - attachment 1. We
observe c. 2M ADC data items per 2Gb file. The number of info code 4 data items is significantly
reduced as expected but info code 5 data items are not observed.

Info code 4 & 5 data items will increment every (2^28 * 1e-9) 0.268s and (2^48 * 1e-9) 3.26d.

If we examine the verbose output (attachment 2) we observe that each data block only contains
c. 60 ADC data items - a small fraction of the capacity of each data block.  
  311   Thu May 13 07:10:17 2021 CA, TDMay 13th 08:00 - 16:00 shift
08:10 all system wide checks ok *except*

      all FEE64 modules fail ADC calibration

      WR decoder status:

      Base 		Current 	Difference
aida01 fault 	 0xf932 : 	 0xf933 : 	 1  
aida02 fault 	 0x62ec : 	 0x62ed : 	 1  
aida03 fault 	 0x8679 : 	 0x867a : 	 1  
aida04 fault 	 0xf0e4 : 	 0xf0e5 : 	 1  
aida05 fault 	 0x9db8 : 	 0x9db9 : 	 1  
aida06 fault 	 0x7f18 : 	 0x7f19 : 	 1  
aida07 fault 	 0xdd2c : 	 0xdd2d : 	 1  
aida08 fault 	 0x1557 : 	 0x1558 : 	 1  
White Rabbit error counter test result: Passed 8, Failed 8

Understand the status reports as follows:-
Status bit 3 : White Rabbit decoder detected an error in the received data
Status bit 2 : Firmware registered WR error, no reload of Timestamp
Status bit 0 : White Rabbit decoder reports uncertain of Timestamp information from WR

08:16 attempt to recalibrate ADCs using FADC align and control - unsuccessful on all

08:18 FEE64 temps ok - attachment 1

      bias/leakage currents ok - attachment 2

      statistics - attachments 3-8

10:13 all system wide checks ok *except*

      all FEE64 modules fail ADC calibration

      WR decoder status:

		 Base 		Current 	Difference
aida01 fault 	 0xf932 : 	 0xf933 : 	 1  
aida02 fault 	 0x62ec : 	 0x62ed : 	 1  
aida03 fault 	 0x8679 : 	 0x867a : 	 1  
aida04 fault 	 0xf0e4 : 	 0xf0e5 : 	 1  
aida05 fault 	 0x9db8 : 	 0x9db9 : 	 1  
aida06 fault 	 0x7f18 : 	 0x7f19 : 	 1  
aida07 fault 	 0xdd2c : 	 0xdd2d : 	 1  
aida08 fault 	 0x1557 : 	 0x1558 : 	 1  
White Rabbit error counter test result: Passed 8, Failed 8

Understand the status reports as follows:-
Status bit 3 : White Rabbit decoder detected an error in the received data
Status bit 2 : Firmware registered WR error, no reload of Timestamp
Status bit 0 : White Rabbit decoder reports uncertain of Timestamp information from WR

10:16 FEE64 temps ok - attachment 9

      bias/leakage currents ok - attachment 10

      statistics - attachments 11-16

12:16 all system wide checks ok *except*

      all FEE64 modules fail ADC calibration

      WR decoder status:

		 Base 		Current 	Difference
aida01 fault 	 0xf932 : 	 0xf933 : 	 1  
aida02 fault 	 0x62ec : 	 0x62ed : 	 1  
aida03 fault 	 0x8679 : 	 0x867a : 	 1  
aida04 fault 	 0xf0e4 : 	 0xf0e5 : 	 1  
aida05 fault 	 0x9db8 : 	 0x9dba : 	 2  
aida06 fault 	 0x7f18 : 	 0x7f19 : 	 1  
aida07 fault 	 0xdd2c : 	 0xdd2d : 	 1  
aida08 fault 	 0x1557 : 	 0x1558 : 	 1  
White Rabbit error counter test result: Passed 8, Failed 8

Understand the status reports as follows:-
Status bit 3 : White Rabbit decoder detected an error in the received data
Status bit 2 : Firmware registered WR error, no reload of Timestamp
Status bit 0 : White Rabbit decoder reports uncertain of Timestamp information from WR

12:16 FEE64 temps ok - attachment 17

      bias/leakage currents ok - attachment 18

      statistics - attachments 19-25

14:08 all system wide checks ok *except*

      all FEE64 modules fail ADC calibration

      WR decoder status:

		 Base 		Current 	Difference
aida01 fault 	 0xf932 : 	 0xf933 : 	 1  
aida02 fault 	 0x62ec : 	 0x62ed : 	 1  
aida03 fault 	 0x8679 : 	 0x867a : 	 1  
aida04 fault 	 0xf0e4 : 	 0xf0e5 : 	 1  
aida05 fault 	 0x9db8 : 	 0x9dba : 	 2  
aida06 fault 	 0x7f18 : 	 0x7f19 : 	 1  
aida07 fault 	 0xdd2c : 	 0xdd2d : 	 1  
aida08 fault 	 0x1557 : 	 0x1558 : 	 1  
White Rabbit error counter test result: Passed 8, Failed 8

Understand the status reports as follows:-
Status bit 3 : White Rabbit decoder detected an error in the received data
Status bit 2 : Firmware registered WR error, no reload of Timestamp
Status bit 0 : White Rabbit decoder reports uncertain of Timestamp information from WR

FEE64 temps ok - attachment 16

      bias/leakage currents ok - attachment 27

      statistics - attachments 28-35
  49   Thu Apr 11 15:28:10 2019 CA, OH, CB, TDOffline analysis of 290319 files R13 and R16
X projection of high energy channel ADC hits from R13 (attachment 1)

XY hit pattern from R13 (attachment 2)
    -discontinuity observed
    -possible timing issues or issues with Event Clustering

X projection of high energy channel ADC hits from R16 (attachment 3)

XY hit pattern from R16 (attachment 4)
    -Beam was being diffused at this point, and tpcs were being calibrated.
    -Gap between Y strips ~ 23 -> 30

High Energy Ey vs Ex plots from R13 and R16 (attachments 5 and 6 respectively)
  150   Fri Mar 13 23:06:39 2020 CA, OHSaturday 14th March 00:00 - 08:00
ASIC settings 2019Oct31-13.24.23
     slow comparator 0xa

BNC PB-5 pulser
     amplitude 1.0V , attenuator x1
     frequency 2Hz
     decay time 1ms

00.00 DAQ momentarily set to NoStorage
      OH changes symbolic link such that AIDA is writing directly to mounted hard-drives ("SecondDrive" and "ThirdDrive")

00.02 DAQ now writing to file again - /media/SecondDrive/TapeData/S480/R12_0

00.30 all system wide checks ok

      FEE64 temperatures ok - attachment 1

      good event statistics ok - attachment 2

      detector bias and leakage currents ok - attachment 3
 
00:43 merger ok - writing at ~ 3 million items/s

      TapeServer ok - writing at ~ 27 Mb/s

      Data forwarding to MBS ok

02:14 all system wide checks ok

      FEE64 temperatures ok - attachment 4

      good event statistics ok - attachment 5

      detector bias and leakage currents ok - attachment 6

02:17 Merger ok  ~ 2.7 million items/s

      TapeServer ok  ~ 27 Mb/s

      Data forwarding to MBS ok

02:18 currently writing to file /media/SecondDrive/TapeData/S480/R12_110

02:57 attachments 7 & 8 - high energy channel spectra

      attachment 9 - hit rate spectra

04:21  FEE64 temperatures ok - attachment 10

      good event statistics ok - attachment 11

      detector bias and leakage currents ok - attachment 12

      system wide checks ok - except WR decoder status (see attachment 13)

04:26 check ASIC control

04:30 system functions -> select required function -> collect all WhiteRabbit status error counters for baseline
      WR decoder status check now ok

04:50 Merger ok  ~ 3 million items/s

      TapeServer ok  ~ 25 Mb/s

      Data forwarding to MBS ok

04:52 currently writing to file /media/SecondDrive/TapeData/S480/R12_231
 
06:11 all system wide checks ok

      FEE64 temperatures ok - attachment 14

      good event statistics ok - attachment 15

      detector bias and leakage currents ok - attachment 16


06:41 Merger ok  ~ 3.3 million items/s

      TapeServer ok  ~ 25 Mb/s

      Data forwarding to MBS ok

06:42 currently writing to file /media/SecondDrive/TapeData/S480/R12_315

07:25 hit-rate spectra - attachment 17

07:36 low energy channel spectra (1.8.L) - attachments 18 & 19



 


      
  173   Fri Mar 5 23:21:59 2021 CA, OHMarch 6th 2021 00:00 - 08:00 shift
00:23 206Hg setting - No beam in AIDA yet

      AIDA not writing to file

      Data being forwarded to MBS

      Fragments expected tonight (?)

00:45 GSI DAQ restart

      FEE64 Temps ok - attachment 1

      All system wide checks ok

01:00 Good event statistics - attachment 2

01:48 detector biases/ leakage currents - ok - attachment 3

02:10 beam on, plug removed

      beam delivered to AIDA

      rates spectra - attachment 4

      peaks at ~ 10 counts/channel in DSSD1 c.2000Hz

02:20 beam stop

02:26 beam restart - rate spectra - attachment 5

02:43 high energy channel spectra - attachment 6

      saved the high energy spectra to layout 2 in spectrum browser

03:00 beam stop

03:08 temperatures ok - attachment 7

      statistics ok - attachment 8

      bias/leakage currents ok - attachment 9

      NewMerger ok - ~4.5M data items merge rate

      Tape service ok - ~46MB/s, NoStorage

      Data forwarding to MBS ok

      all system wide checks ok

04:24 beam is back

      rate spectra - attachment 10

04:51 206Hg implanting in DSSD2

      Rate spectra - attachment 11

      HEC spectra - attachment 12

05:08 temperatures ok - attachment 13

      statistics ok - attachment 14

      detector bias/leakage currents ok - attachment 15

      All system wide checks ok

      NewMerger ok - ~4.5M data items merge rate

      Tape service ok - ~46MB/s, NoStorage

      Data forwarding to MBS ok 

05:45 beam stopped

05:50 beam back

06:45 beam running, but no implants in AIDA

      possible issues with beam delivery to S4

      NewMerger ok - ~4.5M data items merge rate

      Tape service ok - ~46MB/s, NoStorage

      Data forwarding to MBS ok

07:10 temperatures ok - attachment 16

      statistics ok - attachment 17

      detector bias/leakage currents ok - attachment 18

      all system wide checks OK














      

      

      
  39   Mon Apr 1 10:14:09 2019 CA, NH, TDFriday 29th March 2019
16:30 good event statistics ok, with 9,10,11,12 running faster (detector FEE64s) (attachment 1)

      FEE temperatures ok (attachment 2)

      detector bias/leakage currents ok (attachment 3)

      system wide checks ok *except* FEE64 Linux memory information check causes script error,
                                     WR decoder status returns errors

      DAQ & Merger running ok

      slow comparator threshold raised to 0x64

   
  40   Mon Apr 1 10:20:20 2019 CA, NH, TDMBS Relay startup
To start the MBS Data Relay, click on the top rightmost of the MIDAS icons (MBS relay, Data Relay => MBS) in
Desktop 3. (attachment 1)

This will bring up the Data Relay MBS terminal.

Ensure the path defined in the datarelaymbs is set to the correct directory (shown in attachment 2) 
  96   Wed Nov 13 09:10:37 2019 CA, NH, OH13th November 2019
10:10 moved HV cables from 11 and 12 to 10 and 9 - all detectors biased in same configuration

      lowered slow comparator threshold to 0xa
   
      DAQ start

      pulser on

      zero'd histograms

pulser peak widths:
                   FEE      width (ch)

                   aida01 - 130

                   aida02 - 168
             
                   aida03 - 83

                   aida04 - 83

                   aida05 - 200

                   aida06 - 148

                   aida07 - 250

                   aida08 - 81

                   aida09 - 134

                   aida10 - 190

                   aida11 - 333

                   aida12 - 149

For comparison, peak widths from yesterday's measurement:

                   pulser peak widths -   FEE         width(ch)
                                           1             128
                                           2             145
                                           3             84
                                           4             74
                                           5             207
                                           6             125
                                           7             172
                                           8             80
                                           9             193
                                           10            183
                                           11            238
                                           12            138

Attachments 1 & 2 : pulser peak spectra

Attachment 3 - good event statistics

Attachment 4 - detector bias/ leakage currents

                   
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