[Dsg-halld_plc] Fwd: [Dsg-hallb_magnets] magnet work/meetings

[Hovanes Egiyan]

Hi Amrit,

We appreciate the help DSG provides in support of our solenoid PXI 
system which is an important part of the solenoid,
and I personally am very satisfied with the help Brian Eng provides us 
with the solenoid and other controls components.
We in Hall D assume that Brian Eng is the primary person supporting the 
PXI DAQ for Hall D
which requires being available for calls 24/7 during running if there is 
a problem. That is a requirement
for almost all of our components, especially for solenoid considering 
its importance for the experiment.
When we have a problem, we (myself, Tim Whitlatch, or Beni Zihlmann) 
call that person in charge and not a large group
of people for help, especially if it is at night or during weekend. I am 
not sure what the content of the e-mail you are
requesting should be as I may not have received any e-mail from Patrizia 
since November of 2017.
Please, let me know what information you would like me to provide you 
regarding Brian's work.

I just checked that Amanda, Pablo, and Tyler are already on the list of 
invited people in the Zimbra for the bi-weekly slow controls
meetings in Hall D, and I just added Peter to the list (he was not on 
it).  I can confirm that we do hold meetings every other Thursday,
but sometimes we skip them if there are circumstances that make the 
meeting impossible or ineffective. When
that happens, I cancel that meeting on the JLAB calendar. For instance, 
we should have one this Thursday, but we will skip
it because of the GlueX collaboration meeting from February 22 to 
February 24.

I am not sure if I am the right person to make official requests for 
help for manpower, but I know that we do need an
National Instruments Labview expert to support our PXI, and, if needed, 
based on our past experience we can estimate the amount
of effort in terms of FTE that is roughly expected for this. Again, my 
assumption is that there was an understanding reached a couple of years
ago that the primary person for PXI will be Brian Eng, that is he is the 
person we contact when we need help with PXI. If Brian was not or
is not anymore the primary contact person in charge of Hall D solenoid 
PXI, please let me, and more importantly Eugene, know so that we
find an acceptable solution.

Best regards,
             Hovanes


On 2/21/2018 8:17 PM, Amrit Yegneswaran wrote:
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From: *"Amrit Yegneswaran" <yeg at jlab.org>
> *To: *"dsg-hallb magnets" <dsg-hallb_magnets at jlab.org>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, February 21, 2018 7:28:44 PM
> *Subject: *[Dsg-hallb_magnets] magnet work/meetings
>
> hello hovanes,
> i heard from brian that you requested him to work on the PXI system a 
> while ago, on a weekend.
> I heard from patrizia that despite her e-mail to you, elton, chudkov, 
> (when she was in italy) to inform me, none of you took the time to 
> e-mail me.
> this is unacceptable.
>
> recently, i heard brian had a meeting regarding PXI work.
> i suggest that for such meetings you invite pete, tyler, pablo, and 
> amanda as well.
> This is because as the group leader for the dsg, i want all my staff, 
> who support the hall d magnet, to be on the same page.
> also, i don't think its right that halld gets to pick and choose 
> people from dsg without my consent.
>
> i was under the mistaken impression that you were holding regular 
> monthly slow controls meetings, apparently i'm informed that this 
> isn't the case anymore.
> well be that as it may, i suggest that in future when Hall d requires 
> help from a dsg staff member, i be kept in the loop.
> i guess one would all this request, common courtesy.
> amrit
>
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