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<p>Folks,</p>
<p>Please find the notes below and at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php/Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_January_23,_2017">https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php/Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_January_23,_2017</a>
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<p> -- Mark<br>
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<p>Present: Alexander Austregesilo, Thomas Britton, Eugene
Chudakov (chair), Mark Dalton, Hovanes Egiyan, Sergey
Furletov, Mark Ito, David Lawrence, Paul Mattione, Lubomir
Pentchev, Patrizia Rossi, Sascha Somov, Elton Smith, Simon
Taylor, Beni Zihlmann
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_January_23,_2017&printable=yes#Eugene"><span
class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Eugene</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_January_23,_2017&printable=yes#Run_Preparations"><span
class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Run
Preparations</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_January_23,_2017&printable=yes#Solenoid"><span
class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span
class="toctext">Solenoid</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_January_23,_2017&printable=yes#tracking_chambers"><span
class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span
class="toctext">tracking chambers</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_January_23,_2017&printable=yes#BCAL.2C_Mark_D."><span
class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span
class="toctext">BCAL, Mark D.</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_January_23,_2017&printable=yes#FCAL.2C_Sascha"><span
class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span
class="toctext">FCAL, Sascha</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_January_23,_2017&printable=yes#Trigger.2C_Sascha"><span
class="tocnumber">2.5</span> <span
class="toctext">Trigger, Sascha</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_January_23,_2017&printable=yes#Online.2C_Sergey"><span
class="tocnumber">2.6</span> <span
class="toctext">Online, Sergey</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_January_23,_2017&printable=yes#TOF.2C_Beni"><span
class="tocnumber">2.7</span> <span
class="toctext">TOF, Beni</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_January_23,_2017&printable=yes#Slow_Controls.2C_Hovanes"><span
class="tocnumber">2.8</span> <span
class="toctext">Slow Controls, Hovanes</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a
href="https://halldweb.jlab.org/wiki-private/index.php?title=Hall_D_Staff_Meeting,_January_23,_2017&printable=yes#Schedule.2C_Beni"><span
class="tocnumber">2.9</span> <span
class="toctext">Schedule, Beni</span></a></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Eugene">Eugene</span></h2>
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<li> Tomorrow the new lab directory will tour the lab. Hall
D is on the tour schedule.</li>
<li> Budget scenarios
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<li> OK -> continuing resolution and 3% increase
starting in FY18, 23 weeks of running</li>
<li> good -> 3% in FY17 at some point</li>
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</li>
<li> July: S&T review</li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Run_Preparations">Run
Preparations</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Solenoid">Solenoid</span></h3>
<ul>
<li> conductive hoses replaced, will get power supply help
from engineering division</li>
<li> issue with ground fault detector is in the power
supply, not the magnet</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="tracking_chambers">tracking
chambers</span></h3>
<ul>
<li> Beni: CDC on</li>
<li> Lubomir: FDC on</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="BCAL.2C_Mark_D.">BCAL, Mark
D.</span></h3>
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<li> standalone DAQ problem now fixed</li>
<li> resolution for pi0s not converging, firmware and # of
samples is different</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="FCAL.2C_Sascha">FCAL, Sascha</span></h3>
<ul>
<li> Adesh reports FCAL resolution worse as well</li>
<li> FADC emulation working pretty well</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Trigger.2C_Sascha">Trigger,
Sascha</span></h3>
<ul>
<li> ROC FCAL10 working, problem found</li>
<li> F1 TDC initialization problem isolated, solution being
worked on</li>
<li> FADC in TOF crate: received report of bad module from
Beni</li>
<li> Cosmics planned for Wed., will talk to Sean about
exercising emulation</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Online.2C_Sergey">Online,
Sergey</span></h3>
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<li> new hardware controller for RAID, gives 1.5 GB/s</li>
<li> could reconfigure network, but bottleneck is in the
RAID, won't be done now</li>
<li> moving from RAID 6 to RAID 5, three partitions</li>
<li> will not switch CODA version this run</li>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="TOF.2C_Beni">TOF, Beni</span></h3>
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<li> TOF voltage values ready for all double-ended counters</li>
<li> Brad obtaining voltages in parallel</li>
<li> new calibration constants and performance tests for
lower voltage in progress</li>
</ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Slow_Controls.2C_Hovanes">Slow
Controls, Hovanes</span></h3>
<ul>
<li> goniometer still working
<ul>
<li> preparing jumpers for use if problem with limit
switch encountered, avoids damage to motors</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> discussed new 45 degree PARA and PERP with Ken
Livingston
<ul>
<li> will implement as a separate diamond in the control
software</li>
<li> each setting will need dedicated scan</li>
<li> will use the short-cut alignment procedure this
time</li>
</ul>
</li>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Schedule.2C_Beni">Schedule,
Beni</span></h3>
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<li> they start tuning machine Wed. afternoon</li>
<li> hope for progress at rate of one arc per shift</li>
<li> beam due in Hall D Mon. afternoon if nothing goes wrong</li>
<li> Hall B KPP program: Feb. 3-18</li>
<li> Hall D will close on Friday</li>
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