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People,<br>
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Please find the notes below and at<br>
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-- Mark<br>
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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading">Private:Hall D
Staff Meeting, October 20, 2014</h1>
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<p>Present: Vladimir Berdnikov, Eugene Chudakov (chair),
Mark Dalton, Alexandre Deur, Hovanes Egiyan, Sergey
Furletov, Mark Ito, David Lawrence, Lubomir Pentchev, Yi
Qiang, Patrizia Rossi, Elton Smith, Steve Smith, Sascha
Somov, Simon Taylor, Beni Zihlmann<br>
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<br>
<h1><span class="mw-headline" id="Steve">Steve</span></h1>
<ul>
<li> section 32.10.T1 of the EH&S manual has changed
</li>
<li> modifications to work planning and control
</li>
<li> relevant when entering work into HDList or Atlis
</li>
<li> now need detail in task hazard analysis form
</li>
<li> think through step-by-step; plan appropriate hazard
mitigations
</li>
<li> assign risk codes, for example for
<ul>
<li> lock, tag, and try tasks
</li>
<li> machine tools use
</li>
<li> compressed gas
</li>
<li> lasers
</li>
<li> lead, silica, etc.
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> last page details specific changes
</li>
</ul>
<h1> <span class="mw-headline" id="Eugene">Eugene</span></h1>
<ul>
<li> foreign travel: we have good insurance for needed
hospital visits
</li>
<li> NSAC meeting: EIC moving toward review planning,
costs will be reviewed in Jan.
</li>
</ul>
<h1> <span class="mw-headline" id="Patrizia">Patrizia</span></h1>
<ul>
<li> EIC session at DNP meeting two weeks ago
<ul>
<li> physics w/ EIC, RHIC representative and Patrizia
</li>
<li> how to build the two versions
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> PANDA: additional delay, start in 2019 or 2020.
<ul>
<li> funding issues
</li>
<li> cost of civil construction higher than planned
</li>
<li> want to start with charmonium spectroscopy
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h1> <span class="mw-headline" id="Lubomir_.28DNP.29">Lubomir
(DNP)</span></h1>
<ul>
<li> 4 or 5 GlueX people in attendance
</li>
<li> talks from Paul Eugenio, Ryan Mitchell on XYZ
spectroscopy
<ul>
<li> new X analysis, molecule, ccbar
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> Lambda(1405): a chi-N resonance[?]
</li>
<li> new results from lattice QCD
<ul>
<li> resonances, form factors
</li>
<li> use N-pi state for Delta
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> BNL: spin of proton
<ul>
<li> gluonic contribution 0.3 +- 0.1
</li>
<li> orbital ang. mom. contribution small
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> Cobra[?] detector talk
</li>
</ul>
<h1> <span class="mw-headline" id="David">David</span></h1>
<ul>
<li> clean-up of gluon file system
<ul>
<li> not everything in the repository, should be
</li>
<li> .tcshrc should not be changed by shift-takers
</li>
<li> some use of directories not served from inside
counting house
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> RAID transfer to tape library
<ul>
<li> IT installed software to look in a specific
directory
</li>
<li> we needed scripts to write there
</li>
<li> auto-transfer tested, worked
</li>
<li> new tape volume request to be issued to Computer
Center
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> benchmarking monitoring plugins
<ul>
<li> CDC a memory hog
</li>
<li> speed looks good
<ul>
<li> exception: monitoring histograms
(reconstruction results)
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> can run ROOTSpy, grab macros
<ul>
<li> these encoded into plugins
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> running transition scripts
<ul>
<li> prestart, go, end
</li>
<li> create directory based on run number for data
<ul>
<li> 20 GB per file, 300 MB/s, 1 file/minute
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h1> <span class="mw-headline" id="Sergey_F.">Sergey F.</span></h1>
<ul>
<li> tested full chain from ROC to tape
</li>
<li> working space for shift, monitoring, rate monitoring
</li>
<li> calibration of flash system
</li>
<li> debugging F125 firmware problems
</li>
<li> Eugene: can we read out all crates? Sascha:
<ul>
<li> want to test trigger
</li>
<li> finalize configuration files
</li>
<li> BCAL, CDC crash after 1 minute at 500 Hz
</li>
<li> FDC, CDC F125 fails DMA read-out
<ul>
<li> could exclude certain boards
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h1> <span class="mw-headline" id="Alexandre">Alexandre</span></h1>
<ul>
<li> electron beam commissioning plan mainly done
<ul>
<li> some procedures to write
</li>
<li> consistent with ACC Atlis
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> need to implement rest of commissioning in run plan
</li>
<li> radiation monitors in tagger hall and Hall D in place
</li>
<li> beam delayed by at least 2 days, perhaps next week
</li>
<li> Yi and Alexandre will observe electron beam tuning
<ul>
<li> others are welcome to join
</li>
<li> volunteers sign up with Y. and A.
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h1> <span class="mw-headline" id="Mark_D.">Mark D.</span></h1>
<ul>
<li> BCAL monitoring plugin modified, discussions with
Paul Mattione and Kei Moriya
</li>
<li> work on discriminator rates to EPICS
</li>
<li> also FCAL rates from FADC
</li>
<li> Eugene: what about harp scans with pair spectrometer?
Hovanes:
<ul>
<li> can record 70 variables, CTP coincidences a
candidate for EPICS availability
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h1> <span class="mw-headline" id="Vladimir">Vladimir</span></h1>
<ul>
<li> pedestals set for BCAL, looks good
</li>
<li> FDC, CDC calibrated 5 of 6 cells[?]
<ul>
<li> cell 4: 1 channel bad, electronics, always 0
</li>
<li> fix by introducing noise by hand
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h1> <span class="mw-headline" id="Sascha">Sascha</span></h1>
<ul>
<li> BCAL trigger was working
<ul>
<li> cosmic trigger too
</li>
<li> can select coincidence of modules
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> FCAL trigger working
<ul>
<li> latency screwed in some crates
</li>
<li> problem receiving synch
</li>
<li> will change CTP on 2 crates
</li>
<li> can start and end run
<ul>
<li> can read-out, robust, data could be crap
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> LED FCAL trigger, cosmic self-trigger working
</li>
<li> pair spectrometer trigger
<ul>
<li> use course PS counters, GTP, CTP
</li>
<li> test with external pulser, 5 kHz with no problems
</li>
<li> CTP scalers had problems, Hai Dong fixed it with
firmware upgrade
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> problem with optical link PS and start counter
</li>
<li> implemented start counter self-trigger
</li>
<li> working on BCAL+FCAL trigger
</li>
<li> format for config. files for CDC, FDC for booting
decided
</li>
<li> pair spectrometer ready to go, buttoned up
</li>
</ul>
<h1> <span class="mw-headline" id="Lubomir_.28FDC.29">Lubomir
(FDC)</span></h1>
<ul>
<li> operation of F125 a concern
<ul>
<li> problems depending on firmware and rate
</li>
<li> different versions tried
</li>
<li> have list of modules reporting errors
</li>
<li> will try to exclude from read-out
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> good agreement between raw and calculated data
</li>
<li> pedestal calibration depends on more than one channel
working; not always the case
</li>
<li> Simon implementing histograms
</li>
</ul>
<h1> <span class="mw-headline" id="Mark">Mark</span></h1>
<ul>
<li> offline
<ul>
<li> simulating pure EM background with commissioning
geometry
</li>
<li> Kei pushing online histogram regeneration in
offline jobs
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> alarm system
<ul>
<li> alarm limits for non-voltage systems set
</li>
<li> system for version control of alarm configuration
implemented
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> TOF and start counter both have self-trigger thanks
to Sascha
<ul>
<li> configuration files a confusing area
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h1> <span class="mw-headline" id="Simon">Simon</span></h1>
<ul>
<li> sim-recon: adding pair spectrometer hooks
</li>
<li> integrating TOF event viewer from Aristeidis Tsaris
</li>
<li> integrating start counter event viewer from Eric
Pooser
</li>
<li> need display for pair spectrometer, both tagger
systems
</li>
</ul>
<h1> <span class="mw-headline" id="Elton">Elton</span></h1>
<ul>
<li> BCAL experiencing stable running
</li>
<li> processed 300 people through the Hall D Safety
Walk-Through!
</li>
<li> Interface Control Document
<ul>
<li> near done
</li>
<li> comments from Arne to incorporate
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> have PDUs to remotely cycle power in crates with
ISEG[?] modules
</li>
</ul>
<h1> <span class="mw-headline" id="Beni">Beni</span></h1>
<ul>
<li> shares Lubomir's concern about F125s
<ul>
<li> cannot tell if it is hardware or firmware
</li>
<li> some boards cause read-out failure, but not
crash: want to reset these and go on
</li>
<li> some boards cause crash: nothing to be done
</li>
<li> spares: first article at end of month, main
shipment in December
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> trigger time fed to TDCs
<ul>
<li> took front-panel ECL signal into ROCFDC1
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h1> <span class="mw-headline" id="Yi">Yi</span></h1>
<ul>
<li> documentation, instructions: working with Alexandre
</li>
<li> solenoid
<ul>
<li> received 2 spare daughter cards for power supply,
will not swap them in
</li>
<li> cryogroup wants to replace filter for cold box
water
</li>
<li> will not replace valve for vapor-cooled lead
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> active collimator
<ul>
<li> IOC for high-speed data working
</li>
<li> some data loss, perhaps due to network latency,
not a fundamental problem (timestamps exist)
</li>
<li> turned the system over to UConn
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h1> <span class="mw-headline" id="Hovanes">Hovanes</span></h1>
<ul>
<li> work on motorized scan GUI
<ul>
<li> tagger hall and Hall D
</li>
<li> move, stop, count, repeat
</li>
<li> same set-up as test of goniometer
</li>
<li> GUIs are ready
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> beam profiler GUIs almost ready
</li>
<li> finished scripts for HV alarm generation
<ul>
<li> tagger, FCAL missing right now
</li>
<li> implemented persistency for alarm levels
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> working with Manuel on FCAL voltage control
<ul>
<li> Anagate devices are flaky
</li>
<li> so are some bases
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> general overview GUI ready: motor positions, magnet
setting, counting rates, etc.
</li>
<li> Eugene: what about access to MCC GUIs?
<ul>
<li> MCC now using JTabs
</li>
<li> available via ssh to MCC machine
</li>
<li> Monticello also still available
</li>
<li> access scheme may change in December, firewall
will be erected
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h1> <span class="mw-headline" id="Eugene_2">Eugene</span></h1>
<ul>
<li> please send plots for upcoming reviews: event
display, analysis of cosmic data beyond raw data
</li>
<li> will have meeting to discuss how to handle ADC
pedestals
</li>
</ul>
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