 Tue Jul 9 13:31:20 2019, CB, Tests with positive pulses 
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According to Carl U. the DPP-PSA software is not meant to be used with negative pulses, and some of the
functions that are currently not working may be recovered fixing this issue.
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Tue Jul 9 13:05:17 2019, CB, Jul 8
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Found VME crate yesterday reporting AC power failure. Workstation unresponsive.
Power cycled everything and restarted -> all OK.
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Fri Jun 28 18:01:09 2019, CB, Long run to test DAQ stability
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Left DAQ running with pulser signal to attempt to reproduce error leading loss of communication with VME crate.
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Wed Jun 26 17:04:07 2019, CB, New settings for internal CFD
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Tried using settings attached to enable internal CFD.
Restored / DAQ Go. No waveforms.
MIDAS lost connection with the VME crate. Stopped DAQ. Workstation froze few seconds later.
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Wed Jun 26 14:19:36 2019, CB, Analysis of R2
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Analysed first ~500 MB of R2_0 using sorting program
https://elog.ph.ed.ac.uk/EDI_PSA/2
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Wed Jun 26 14:15:43 2019, CB, Waves to histogram program
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Wrote simple program to convert from waves to amplitude/energy histogram.
Program uses semi-gaussian filtering with RC=RC, simple pole zero correction and baseline restoration.
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Tue Jun 25 11:51:00 2019, CB, Test run 4
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P9 3-alpha source
Hamamatsu Photodiode - bias = 15V
Cooknell preamplifier
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Mon Jun 10 06:17:51 2019, CB, RG, AK, 3-6 June - first DAQ tests
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Tested performance of DAQ with following equipment
Hamamatsu photodiode (S3590-09)
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Mon Jun 10 06:09:59 2019, CB, OH, Sorting program
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Sort program written by Oscar, adapted from the RIKEN AIDA sort.
EDIT 26 Jun 2019 by CB - C++11 dependencies removed for SL6 compatibility
EDIT 28 Jun 2019 by CB - added histogram program mode
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Mon Jun 10 03:26:41 2019, CB, DAQ setup, start & stop instructions 7x
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(Updated to 10/01/2020)
If recovering from a crash, turn off the VME crate and the workstation.
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