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Entry  Wed May 22 20:10:19 2024, NH, CC, HMA, MV, ZC, KZ, AIDA Snout Remounted 9x
AIDA and the Snout have been remounted in S4

I had a check of the AIDA connectors and all looked good, the kapton PCB connectors were sitting comfortably above the interstage and I saw no stressed/loose connectors.
Multimeter showed no continuity between snout or inter-stage and AIDA ground

We put a single layer of wide black tape inside the end-cap to improve the light seal and minimise reflections

After mounting the snout I managed to bias both DSSDs to 100 V with no issues. I had to raise the DSSD#1 (Ch0) limit to 40 uA because it rises quite high during ramp up (then settles).

It is very hot in S4 (28 C) and the roof is closed for high-radiation experiments, so I expect it to get hotter. DSSD leakage currents were similar to before (20 and 15 uA)

There is also the new Temp and Humidity monitor, which you can view on AnyDesk at 192.168.11.119 (I think), there is a firefox window open already 
Entry  Thu May 9 09:08:26 2024, TD, Current NewMerger install - aida-gsi 
[npg@aidas-gsi MIDAS]$ ls -l
total 524
drwxrwxr-x.  2 npg npg    156 Mar 17  2021 Aida
drwxrwxr-x.  2 npg npg   4096 Jul 13  2015 bin_Linux64
drwxrwxr-x.  4 npg npg     38 Jul  3  2018 config
drwxr-xr-x.  3 npg npg     22 Jan 23  2019 config_ORIG
drwxr-xr-x.  3 npg npg     17 Jan 23  2019 Data_Acq
drwxrwxr-x. 25 npg npg   4096 Aug 19  2020 DataPackage
drwxrwxr-x.  3 npg npg     25 Aug 29  2019 DB
drwxr-xr-x.  3 npg npg     25 Jan 23  2019 DB_ORIG
lrwxrwxrwx.  1 npg npg     14 May 30  2019 Embedded -> /home/Embedded
drwxrwxr-x.  2 npg npg   4096 Mar 17  2021 ISOL_Aida
drwxrwxr-x.  2 npg npg   4096 Nov 29  2018 ISOL_Aida_PreApr9
drwxrwxr-x.  7 npg npg     87 Jul  8  2009 lib
drwxrwxr-x.  2 npg npg   4096 Sep 19  2012 lib_Linux64
drwxr-xr-x.  5 npg npg     47 Jan 23  2019 Linux
drwxrwxr-x.  6 npg npg     58 Feb 22  2018 linux-ppc_4xx
drwxr-xr-x.  6 npg npg     58 Jan 23  2019 linux-ppc_4xx_ORIG
drwxrwxr-x.  3 npg npg     73 Feb 16  2022 log
-rwxrw-r--.  1 npg npg  12862 Jul  9  2009 midasicon.ico
-rwxrw-r--.  1 npg npg    773 Jul 23  2012 midasicon.png
-rwxrwxr-x.  1 npg npg    772 Jan 20  2019 MIDASNewGen_BuildAIDA.txt
-rwxrwxr--.  1 npg npg   2532 Jan 19  2019 MIDASNewGen_BuildCore.txt
drwxrwxr-x. 14 npg npg   4096 Feb 22  2018 MIDASpackages
drwxrwxr-x.  6 npg npg    124 May 14  2022 NewMerger
-rw-rw-r--.  1 npg npg 118873 Oct 18  2019 NewMergerdiff.log
-rw-rw-r--.  1 npg npg 118971 Oct 18  2019 NewMergerdiff.log~
drwxrwxr-x.  5 npg npg     52 Jan  8  2019 NewMerger_PreApr9
drwxrwxr-x.  6 npg npg    124 Mar 12  2020 NewMerger_PreMar21
drwxrwxr-x.  7 npg npg    104 Oct 17  2019 NewMerger_PreOct19
-rw-r--r--.  1 npg npg 230517 Mar 12  2020 NewMerger.tgz
drwxr-xr-x. 14 npg npg   4096 Jan 23  2019 OLD
drwxr-xr-x.  3 npg npg     17 Jan 23  2019 SOAP
drwxrwxrwx.  4 npg npg     67 Aug 19  2021 SpecData
drwxrwxr-x.  3 npg npg     21 Nov 15  2019 TapeServer
drwxr-xr-x.  3 npg npg     21 Jan 23  2019 TapeServer_PreFeb21
drwxrwxr-x.  3 npg npg     21 Nov 15  2019 TapeServer_PreMar21
drwxr-xr-x.  2 npg npg     44 Feb  2  2021 tcl
drwxr-xr-x. 12 npg npg    152 Jan 23  2019 TclHttpd
drwxrwxr-x. 11 npg npg    155 Oct 26  2017 TclTkpackages
lrwxrwxrwx.  1 npg npg     26 May 30  2019 XilinxLinux -> /home/Embedded/XilinxLinux

[npg@aidas-gsi NewMerger]$ ls -lR
.:
total 32
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 15096 Apr 16  2019 Aida_ASICreadout.c
drwxrwxr-x. 3 npg npg    23 Oct 18  2019 Html
drwxrwxr-x. 2 npg npg   172 May 14  2022 include
drwxrwxr-x. 8 npg npg   256 May 14  2022 MergeServer
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 11048 Aug 29  2019 R3B_readout.c
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg   152 Oct 17  2019 README
drwxrwxr-x. 2 npg npg    34 Apr 29  2021 tcl

./Html:
total 0
drwxrwxr-x. 6 npg npg 187 Oct 13  2020 NewMerger

./Html/NewMerger:
total 60
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 npg npg    21 Oct 18  2019 Html -> /MIDAS/NewMerger/Html
drwxrwxr-x. 2 npg npg     6 Aug 26  2019 LinkRates
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  1210 Aug 26  2019 NewMerger.js
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  9417 Aug 29  2019 NewMerger.tcl
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  9332 Aug 26  2019 NewMerger.tcl~
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 13052 Aug 27  2019 NewMerger.tml
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 13851 Aug 26  2019 NewMerger.tml~
drwxrwxr-x. 2 npg npg    82 Oct 13  2020 Options
drwxrwxr-x. 2 npg npg   102 Oct 13  2020 RunControl
drwxrwxr-x. 2 npg npg   192 Aug 29  2019 Stats

./Html/NewMerger/LinkRates:
total 0

./Html/NewMerger/Options:
total 24
-rwxrwxr-x. 1 npg npg  725 Aug 26  2019 Options.js
-rwxrwxr-x. 1 npg npg 3934 Aug 26  2019 Options.tcl
-rwxrwxr-x. 1 npg npg 7864 Aug 27  2019 Options.tml
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 7864 Aug 27  2019 Options.tml~

./Html/NewMerger/RunControl:
total 44
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  4791 Aug 26  2019 implementation.tcl
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  1643 Aug 26  2019 stats.defn.tcl
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg   539 Aug 26  2019 stats.tcl
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 12328 Aug 29  2019 sys.tcl
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 12231 Aug 26  2019 sys.tcl~

./Html/NewMerger/Stats:
total 52
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 2880 Aug 26  2019 MergeStatsALL.tcl
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 1013 Aug 26  2019 MergeStats.js
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 1534 Aug 26  2019 MergeStatsSINGLE.tcl
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 4259 Aug 26  2019 MergeStats.tcl
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 8467 Aug 27  2019 MergeStats.tml
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 8338 Aug 26  2019 MergeStats.tml~
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 1829 Aug 29  2019 stats.defn.tcl
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 1943 Aug 29  2019 stats.defn.tcl~

./include:
total 52
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 1079 Apr 16  2019 buffer.h
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 4473 Apr 16  2019 common.h
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 1199 Jul 16  2019 merge.h
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 1273 Apr 16  2019 message.h
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 1273 Oct 17  2019 message.h~
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 5288 Aug 29  2019 netvar.h
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 5256 Apr 16  2019 netvar.h~
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  912 Apr 16  2019 services.h
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  886 Apr 18  2019 stats.h
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 2710 Apr 16  2019 transfer.h

./MergeServer:
total 60
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  2606 Apr 16  2019 alloc_data_area.c
drwxr-xr-x. 2 npg npg    69 Aug 27  2019 bin64
drwxrwxr-x. 2 npg npg   128 Apr  6  2021 bin64.BackUp
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 10510 Sep 19  2019 buffer.c
-rwxrwxr-x. 1 npg npg   305 Apr 16  2019 build
drwxrwxr-x. 3 npg npg   279 May 14  2022 link
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg   494 Apr 16  2019 Makefile
drwxrwxr-x. 3 npg npg   160 Apr  6  2021 master
drwxrwxr-x. 3 npg npg   143 Apr  6  2021 merge
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  3225 Sep 19  2019 message.c
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  3199 Sep 19  2019 netvar.c
-rwxrwxr-x. 1 npg npg   397 Aug 26  2019 run
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 15309 Sep 19  2019 signal.c
drwxrwxr-x. 3 npg npg   101 Sep 19  2019 statrate
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  1548 Sep 19  2019 stats.c
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg   593 Apr 16  2019 version.c

./MergeServer/bin64:
total 148
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 npg npg 51964 May 11  2021 link64
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 npg npg 33312 May 11  2021 master64
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 npg npg 36027 May 11  2021 merge64
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 npg npg 21370 May 11  2021 statrate64

./MergeServer/bin64.BackUp:
total 256
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 npg npg 51948 Mar 16  2021 link64
-rwxrwxr-x. 1 npg npg 33184 Apr  6  2021 master64
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 npg npg 33312 Mar 16  2021 master64.new
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 npg npg 36027 Mar 16  2021 merge64
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 npg npg 35368 Mar  9  2021 merge64.new
-rwxrwxr-x. 1 npg npg 35910 Mar  8  2021 merge64.orig
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 npg npg 21370 Mar 16  2021 statrate64

./MergeServer/link:
total 164
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 10216 Oct 18  2019 handle_buffer.c
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 24623 Sep 19  2019 link_server.c
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 24732 Oct 18  2019 link_server.c~
drwxrwxr-x. 2 npg npg   217 Oct 24  2019 Linux64
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  7051 Sep 19  2019 main.c
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  7029 Oct 18  2019 main.c~
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 14464 Sep 19  2019 processAIDADATAbuffer.c
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 14463 Oct 18  2019 processAIDADATAbuffer.c~
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 14950 Sep 19  2019 processR3BDATAbuffer.c
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 14925 Oct 18  2019 processR3BDATAbuffer.c~
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 15077 Aug 22  2019 processR3BDATAbuffer.c_PreAug22

./MergeServer/link/Linux64:
total 176
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  3088 Oct 24  2019 alloc_data_area.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  6216 Oct 24  2019 buffer.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 29840 Oct 24  2019 handle_buffer.o
-rwxrwxr-x. 1 npg npg 50660 Oct 24  2019 link64
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 24464 Oct 24  2019 link_server.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 14864 Oct 24  2019 main.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg   795 Aug 22  2019 Makefile
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg   776 Apr 16  2019 Makefile~
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  5264 Oct 24  2019 message.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 12848 Oct 24  2019 signal.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  3480 Oct 24  2019 stats.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  1864 Oct 24  2019 version.o

./MergeServer/master:
total 40
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 7850 Sep 18  2019 handle_signals.c
drwxrwxr-x. 2 npg npg  223 Oct 24  2019 Linux64
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 6952 Sep 19  2019 main.c
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 6973 Sep 19  2019 main.c~
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 1722 Aug 29  2019 start_link.c
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 1885 Aug 22  2019 start_link.c~
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 1372 Apr 16  2019 start_merge.c
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 1345 Apr 16  2019 start_statrate.c

./MergeServer/master/Linux64:
total 120
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  3408 Oct 24  2019 alloc_data_area.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  4168 Oct 24  2019 buffer.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 22840 Oct 24  2019 main.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg   793 Jul 16  2019 Makefile
-rwxrwxr-x. 1 npg npg 33184 Oct 24  2019 master64
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  5264 Oct 24  2019 message.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 14616 Oct 24  2019 signal.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  3408 Oct 24  2019 start_link.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  2904 Oct 24  2019 start_merge.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  2808 Oct 24  2019 start_statrate.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  3480 Oct 24  2019 stats.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  1864 Oct 24  2019 version.o

./MergeServer/merge:
total 48
drwxrwxr-x. 2 npg npg  228 Oct 24  2019 Linux64
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 5130 Sep 19  2019 main.c
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 4579 Oct 24  2019 mergeAIDA.c
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 4119 Oct 17  2019 #merge.c#
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 4148 Oct 21  2019 merge.c
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 3703 Sep 19  2019 mergeR3B.c
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 8060 Sep 17  2019 merge_server.c
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 2394 Sep 17  2019 storage.c

./MergeServer/merge/Linux64:
total 120
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  3088 Oct 24  2019 alloc_data_area.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  3872 Oct 24  2019 buffer.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 10944 Oct 24  2019 main.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg   789 Jul 16  2019 Makefile
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg   776 Apr 16  2019 Makefile~
-rwxrwxr-x. 1 npg npg 35910 Oct 24  2019 merge64
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  9064 Oct 24  2019 merge.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  8160 Oct 24  2019 merge_server.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  5264 Oct 24  2019 message.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 12744 Oct 24  2019 signal.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  3480 Oct 24  2019 stats.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  4048 Oct 24  2019 storage.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  1864 Oct 24  2019 version.o

./MergeServer/statrate:
total 16
drwxrwxr-x. 2 npg npg  161 Oct 24  2019 Linux64
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 1876 Sep 19  2019 main.c
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 1717 Sep 19  2019 main.c~
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 2645 Apr 16  2019 statrate_server.c
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 2645 Apr 16  2019 statrate_server.c~

./MergeServer/statrate/Linux64:
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-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  8880 Oct 24  2019 main.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg   725 Apr 16  2019 Makefile
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg   728 Apr 16  2019 Makefile~
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  5376 Oct 24  2019 message.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 10144 Oct 24  2019 signal.o
-rwxrwxr-x. 1 npg npg 21370 Oct 24  2019 statrate64
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  4664 Oct 24  2019 statrate_server.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  3480 Oct 24  2019 stats.o
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg  1872 Oct 24  2019 version.o

./tcl:
total 4
-rw-rw-r--. 1 npg npg 1775 Aug 26  2019 NewMergerControl.tcl
Entry  Tue May 7 13:25:00 2024, JB, CC, NH, HMA, Tuesday 6 May - dismount snout Screenshot_from_2024-05-07_14-25-52.pngScreenshot_from_2024-05-07_14-29-13.png

Status before dismount

14:26 DSSSD#1 119.99 V @ 17.968 uA

          DSSSD#2 119.95 V @ 11.212 uA

          Leakage currents slightly elevated from Monday.

S4 temperature at 26 °C.

14:30 Detectors being debiased. All relay channels turned off. Voltages and currents of both DSSSDs to 0.

Plan:

- Dismount snout.

- Open up and remove BB7 and Upstream bPlast - leave AIDA 1 and 2 in place if possible.

 

 

Entry  Mon May 6 07:10:26 2024, TD, Monday 6 May Capture.PNG
08.11 DSSSD#1 bias -120V leakage current -17.0uA
      DSSSD#2 bias -120V leakage current -10.5uA
      S4 temperature 25 deg C

      cf. 04.00 30.4.24 S4 temperature 25 deg C

      DSSSD#1 -21.9uA
      DSSSD#2 -13.0uA

      Leakage currents currently c. 80% of 30.4.24 values at same temperature 
Entry  Sun May 5 10:22:24 2024, TD, Sunday 5 May Capture.PNG
11.22 DSSSD#1 bias -120V leakage current -17.1uA
      DSSSD#2 bias -120V leakage current -10.6uA
      S4 temperature 25 deg C

      cf. 07.00 29.4.24 S4 temperature 25 deg C

      DSSSD#1 -21.8uA
      DSSSD#2 -12.8uA

      Leakage currents currently c. 80% of 29.4.24 values at same temperature 
Entry  Sat May 4 07:36:07 2024, TD, Saturday 4 May 11x
08.32 DSSSD bias & leakage currents - Grafana - attachments 1-2
      FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 3
      ADC, correlation scalers data item stats OK attachments 4-5
           11/16 <20k max aida16 174k
      per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachmnt 6


09.44 per p+n FEE64 1.8.L spectra - attachment 7
       aida09 pulser peak width 58 ch FWHM
      per FEE64 1.8.W spectra - attachments 8-10

09.47 bias cycle - off and then on
      no significant change in leakage current

09.57 FEE64 power OFF
      DSSSD bias ON
Entry  Thu May 2 23:08:43 2024, TD, Friday 3 May 
00.05 FEE64 temperatures OK
      ADC data item stats OK

09.31 FEE64 temperatures OK
      ADC data item stats OK

13.15 FEE64 temperatures OK
      ADC data item stats OK
       9/16 <20k max aida16 164k

20.15 FEE64 temperatures OK
      ADC data item stats
       aida02 & aida03 no data - DAQ reset
       9/16 <20k max aida16 158k

23.15 FEE64 temperatures OK
      ADC data item stats
       aida03 no data - DAQ reset
       10/16 <20k max aida16 153k
Entry  Thu May 2 00:16:22 2024, TD, NH, Thursday 2 May Screenshot_from_2024-05-02_13-21-07.pngScreenshot_from_2024-05-02_13-22-16.pngScreenshot_from_2024-05-02_13-22-43.png
01.15 FEE64 temperatures OK
      ADC data item stats
       aida02 & aida04 no data
       6/16 < 20k


10.25 FEE64 temperatures OK
      ADC data item stats
       aida02 & aida04 restarted
       7/16 < 20k, max 220k aida16

      all histograms zero'd

13.20 per p+n FEE64 1.8.L spectra - attachment 1
       aida09 pulser peak width 59 ch FWHM
      FEE64 temperatures OK
      ADC data item stats
       aida04 no data
       5/16 < 20k, max 332k aida08 

14.37
  Moved Time Machine delayed scaler from aida04 to aida07
  aida04 no data
  Reset merger etc 
  aida05 no data
  Reset merger etc 
  All FEEs with data again

  S4 Ambient Environment: 26.6 C / 30.4% RH / Td=7.8 C

17.26 FEE64 temperatures OK
      ADC data item stats OK

19.28 FEE64 temperatures OK
      ADC data item stats 
       aida02 no data - DAQ reset
      
Entry  Wed May 1 08:59:15 2024, TD, Wednesday 1 May Capture.PNG
04.55 FEE64 temperatures OK
      ADC data item stats OK *except* aida04 no data
      TapeServer no storage mode

09.55 FEE64 temperatures OK
      ADC data item stats OK *except* aida02 & aida04 no data
      DSSSD bias and leakage current - Grafana - attachment 1

19.28 FEE64 temperatures OK
      ADC data item stats
       aida02 & aida04 no data
       noted increase in rates for aid08 and aida16
       5/16 < 20k
Entry  Tue Apr 30 09:06:45 2024, TD, NH, Tuesday 30 April 7x
10.00 DSSSD bias & leakasge current - Grafana - attachments 1-2

      FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 3

      ADC data item stats - attachment 4
       9/16 FEE64s < 20k 

      per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 5

      Merger etc - attachments 6-7
       aida02, aida04 inactive

11.20 DAQ restarted
      aida02 and aida04 now producing data


11.30 analysis data file R22_313
      all deadtimes <1%
      no timewarps
      HEC data item rate 560Hz (all from one channel of aida08 asic #3)
      aida03 & aida04 MBS rates c. 24kHz


14.32 FEE64 temperatures OK
      ADC data item stats OK
       all FEE64s producing data

14.43 all histograms & stats zero'd

[NH checks here]

21.26 aida04 stopped forwarding to merger
 the "quick fix" (stop merger, rerun) worked

MBS is having huge issues on DESPEC side, AIDA not included
Decide to stop taking data to disk for now (no storage mode on)
Keeping running (incl. to AIDA FDR MBS) just to get an idea of stability

System Wide Checks
 clocks PASSED
 ADC IGNORED
 WR:
		 Base 		Current 	Difference
aida02 fault 	 0xe4d8 : 	 0x65c0 : 	 -32536  
aida03 fault 	 0x2371 : 	 0x2380 : 	 15  
aida04 fault 	 0xa210 : 	 0xaf58 : 	 3400  
aida06 fault 	 0x3624 : 	 0x3626 : 	 2  
White Rabbit error counter test result: Passed 12, Failed 4

FPGA: 
	
			 Base 		Current 		Difference
aida02 fault 	 0xaa3b : 	 0xc455 : 	 6682  
aida04 fault 	 0x5a4 : 	 0x6ba : 	 278  
aida06 fault 	 0x0 : 	 0x1 : 	 1  
FPGA Timestamp error counter test result: Passed 13, Failed 3
If any of these counts are reported as in error
The ASIC readout system has detected a timeslip.
That is the timestamp read from the time FIFO is not younger than the last

Module aida04 LMK PLL channel 1 lock transition counter has incremented
Module aida04 LMK PLL channel 2 lock transition counter has incremented
PLL lock counter test result: Passed 15, Failed 1

Baselines reset

22.50 FEE64 temps ok
      merger ok
       all links active
      ADC data item stats ok
Entry  Mon Apr 29 08:11:16 2024, TD, Monday 29 April 41x
08.52 Beam off

09.11 New data file R22
      Monitor accumulated implanted activity in bPlas and DSSSDs

      ASIC settings 2024Apr26-01.29.53

      DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachments 1-3

      FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 4

      ADC data item stats - attachment 5

      per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 6

      Merger etc - attachment 7

      analysis data file R22_19 - attachment 8
       all deadtimes 0.3%, or less
       no timewarps
       HEC data item rate 390Hz

   
10.00 all histograms & stats zero'd


13.24 DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachments 9-10

      FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 11

      ADC data item stats - attachment 12

      per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 13

      per p+n FEE64 1.8.L spectra - attachments 14-16
       common x/y axes - peak height proxy for width
       aida09 pulser peak width 58 ch FWHM (~41keV FWHM)  cf. https://elog.ph.ed.ac.uk/DESPEC/585 attachment 38
       electronic noise today very similar to electronic noise Monday 22 April

      per FEE64 1.8.W spectra - 20us FSR - attachments 17-19

      Merger etc - attachment 20

      analysis data file R22_60 - attachment 21
       max deadtime 1.7% (aida11), all others <1% 
       no timewarps
       HEC data item rate 710Hz

14.13 ucesb - attachment 22

14.15 aida04 not producing data

14.33 DAQ reset per Elog 618 https://elog.ph.ed.ac.uk/DESPEC/618

15.27 *all* FEE64s stop producing data - reason unknown

16.15 DAQ reset per Elog 618 https://elog.ph.ed.ac.uk/DESPEC/618


16.29 DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachments 23-24

      FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 25

      ADC data item stats - attachment 26

      per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 27

      Merger etc - attachment 28


20.45 DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachments 29-30

      FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 32

      ADC data item stats - attachment 31

      per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 33

      Merger etc - attachment 34

20.54  analysis data file R22_145 - attachment 35
       max deadtime 1.5% (aida11), all others <1% 
       no timewarps
       HEC data item rate 775Hz



03.45 DSSSD bias & leakage current OK - attachments 36-37

      FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 38

      ADC data item stats - attachment 39

      per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 40

      Merger etc - attachment 41
Entry  Sun Apr 28 22:52:06 2024, Marc, 0:00-08:00 Monday 29 April  7x

Just another manic magic Monday, ....

Taking over Betool's AIDA shift. All is good.

This shift's first hour has been eventless. Temperatures, Rates, bias, all look good.

01:15: AIDA04 is down again. DAQ shift crew informed.

01:27: AIDA04 is back and shift crew has been informed.

01:30 Checks:

     Bias and leakage current - Attachment 1-2

     Temperatures - Attachment 3

     ADC Data item - Attachment 4

     Rate Spectra - Attachment 5

     UCESB - Attachment  6

     Timestamp checks - Attachement 7

06:00 It has run very smoothly.   

 

Entry  Sun Apr 28 20:35:57 2024, Betool Alayed, 16:0-00:00 28 April 2024 10x

21:30 screenshots

and

23:24 screenshots

Entry  Sun Apr 28 16:26:47 2024, Betool Alayed, 16:00-00:00 Sunday 28 April 10x

19:24 pm screenshots

and

17:18 pm screenshots

Entry  Sun Apr 28 16:07:59 2024, TD, [How To] Recover DAQ when one FEE64 stops sending data - short(er) version 
0) Please infrom the 'on shift' crew that you need to restart the AIDA DAQ

1) STOP DAQ [workspace 2, display 1, browser tab 'Run Control']
   all FEE64s should change status from 'going' to 'stopped' *except* whichever FEE64(s) have a problem - typically their status is 'going' or 'error'

2) Restart Merger by selecting the Merger icon [workspace 3, display 2]
    terminal window showing the startup will popup

3) Setup Merger by selecting 'SETUP' [workspace 3, display 1, browser tab 'NewMerger Control']

4) Start Merger by selecting 'GO' [workspace 3, display 1, browser tab 'NewMerger Control']
     all data links will be inactive (red)

5)   Disable data transfer by selecting 'Data transfer Disable #1 all' [workspace 2, display 1, browser tab 'Run Control']

6) Start DAQ

    Start DAQ by selecting 'GO' [workspace 2, display 1, browser tab 'Run Control']
     check that DAQ is *actually* going - if not repeat 'GO'

7) Check WR timestamps by selecting 'Collect all timestamps' [workspace 2, display 1, browser tab 'GSI White Rabbit Control']
     readout times will be displayed for each FEE64
     check that the readout times are monotonically increasing as you read down the list of readout times - if not, contact expert support

8) Stop DAQ 

    Start DAQ by selecting 'STOP' [workspace 2, display 1, browser tab 'Run Control']
     check that DAQ has *actually* stopped - if not repeat 'STOP

9) Enable data transfer to Merger and TapeServer and start DAQ

    Enable data transfer by selecting 'Enable data transfer Enable #1 All' [workspace 2, display 1, browser tab 'Run Control']

    Start DAQ by selecting 'GO' [workspace 2, display 1, browser tab 'Run Control']
     check that DAQ is *actually* going - if not repeat 'GO'

10) Check data is being transferred to Merger and TapeServer

    Select 'Reload' [workspace 3, display 1, browser tab 'NewMerger Control']
     you should see a non-zero 'current merged data rate' and all links should show as green at least some of the time (requires observation over several reloads)

    Select 'Reload' [workspace 3, display 1, browser tab 'TapeServer']
     you should see 'Blocks written' and 'kb written' counters increase

11) Check AIDA data is being forwarded from the TapeServer to MBS [workspace 3, display 2, command terminal]

12) Restart should now have been successfully completed. Please inform the 'on shift' crew' that AIDA is forwarding data.

    If not, please request expert assistance.
Entry  Sun Apr 28 15:49:58 2024, TD, DAQ restart short(er) cut 
16.45 aida04 stopped producing data

      DAQ STOP (workspace 2, display 1, browser 'Run Control' tab)

       aida04 did not stop, all other FEE64s stopped

      restart Merger (workspace 3, display 2, select 'NewMerger' icon)

      SETUP Merger (workspace 3, display 1, browser 'NewMerger' tab)
      GO Merger (workspace 3, display 1, browser 'NewMerger' tab)

       aida04 now stops

      disable *all* #1 data transfer 

      DAQ GO (workspace 2, display 1, browser 'Run Control' tab)
      check WR timestamps OK (workspace 2, display 1, GSI WR Timestamp Control)

      DAQ STOP (workspace 2, display 1, browser 'Run Control' tab)
      enable *all* #1 data transfer
      DAQ GO (workspace 2, display 1, browser 'Run Control' tab)


      No reboot or power cycle required. Just clear the Merger data links, restart DAQ.
      
Entry  Sun Apr 28 15:09:34 2024, Betool Alayed, 16:0-00:00 28 April 2024 R21_668.txt

16:00 aida04 not producing data

          power cycle all FEE64s to recover DAQ

16.20 analysis data file R21_668

         max deadtime 17% (aida04), 9% (aida02), 2% (aida06) all others < 1%

         no timewarps

         HEC data item rate 1.9kHz

 

Entry  Sun Apr 28 06:57:59 2024, Magda Satrazani, 08:00-16:00 Sunday 28 April 36x

Took over the shift from Marc.

 

 

10.51 Added screenshots to illustrate erroneous data from Grafana (AIDA) - attachments 18-19

          Compare to the CAEN HV control terminal (attachment 15) which shows the expected values. Have email'd Nic & Helena. TD

10.55 Noticed that the CAEN HV control terminal is showing the corerct data but on the wrong line of the display (attachment 15). Enter commands q (quit) and d (display) to restart display - the correct data now appears on the correct line (attachment 20).

         Grafana (AIDA) is now reporting data correctly too (attachment 21).

          Summary - CAEN HV terminal display issue ( c. 10.05 - 10.55 )

                             Note the correct data/values continued to be shown. Leakage current shown correctly by both Grafana and CAEN HV control throughout.

                             Conclude this was a display issue - not a change in the operating parameters of the CAEN N1419ET.. Data should be OK.

 

14.45 analysis data file R21_500 - attachment 36

         max deadtime 22% (aida11), 16% (aida04), 7% (aida02), 6% (aida08), 6% (aida06) , all others < 1%

         no timewarps

         HEC data item rate 2.7kHz

 

Entry  Sat Apr 27 23:04:42 2024, Marc, 00:00-08:00 Sunday 28 April 12x

Encore un matin, un matin pour ..... a shift !!!ramping up again ! S4 temperature not really going down either: 25C

0:40 AIDA04 is down. I informed the DAQ shift crew and attempting to restart AIDA04.

After rebooting AIDA04 all seemed going until I reached the merger check. No data was being merged.

I realise then that AIDA01 data transfer was not active. I did not spot it when I enabled the data transfer for all.

I stopped the daq and rebooted AIDA01 following all the instructions in the ELOG and this worked.

We are now back in business with AIDA back in main DAQ at  01:40

01:45 full checks:

           Bias: AIDA-Graphana - Attachment 1

               Leakage current ramping up again ! S4 temperaturenot really going down either: 25C

      FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 2

      ADC data item stats - attachment 3

      per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 4

      Merger etc - attachment 5

      ucesb - attachment 6

03:00 full checks

          No change to be highlighted. All pretty much the same as during previous full checks.

05:00 full checks

Expt still running very smoothly.

           Bias: AIDA-Graphana - Attachment 7-8

               Leakage current going down slightly

      FEE64 temperatures OK - attachment 9

      ADC data item stats - attachment 10
ramping up again ! S4 temperaturenot really going down either: 25C
      per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 11

      Merger etc - attachment 12

      ucesb - attachment 13

07:15 all running smoothly.

07:20 Spoke too fast AIDA DAQ is down. DAQ shift crew informed.

07:40: AIDA10 was rebooted successfully and AIDA is now back in the main DAQ.

 

Entry  Sat Apr 27 15:13:06 2024, Norah, 16:00 - 00:00 Saturday 27 April  15x

14:50 Checks

Leakage current  is 20.021 and HV status is Max Voltages ! Is it normal ? - attachments 1

It is quite warm at GSI today and this may be a temperature effect. Hopefully will go down latter in the day (Marc). Any way let's kep an eye it. The current threshold is set to 30uA.

18:15 Checks

Everything appears to be going smoothly 

Grafana - DSSSD bias  and leakage current - attachments 2 and 3

FEE64 temperatures  - It appears okay, nothing strange , attachment 4

ADC data item stats - attachment 5

Per FEE64 Rate spectra - attachment 6

 ucesb - attachment 7

Merger Link Data Rates  - attachment 8

 

18:16

The temperature for aida07 gave us No response - attachment 9 , I had emailed Tom to fix.

18:20  it came back to work normally

............................

20:00 Checks

Nothing new to report. All is well.

20:33 Aida02 showed as not reading - attachment 10

20:34 it resumed reading and returned to normal operation.

21:08 Aida02 was  not reading - attachment 11 , had to emailed Tom to fix it .

The shift crew have restarted ucesb and AIDA  is now showing OK - attachment 12

so Tom guess the problem really was at their end . They may still have a problem with the FRS DAQ.

ADC data item stats and Merger etc  appear to be going smoothly - attachments 13 and 14

...........................................

22:00 Checks

Still running smoothly.

DSSD bias and  leakage current - ok

FEE64 temperatures - ok

Per FEE64 Rate spectra - ok

ADC data item stats - ok

Ucesb - ok

.................................

23:00 Checks

 Nothing new to report. Everything is going well , and I have captured screenshots of each one

Leakage currents dropped a bit See attachment 15

.............................

23:50 Checks

All seems smooth.

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