HAPPEX Troubleshooting

last updated: August 21 2005

What to do if...

Empty Histograms?!?!


WHY? SEVERITY HOW TO CHECK? WHAT TO DO?
Beam Current is
    less than 25 µA
Okay Check "Hall A Current Monitor"
Wait/Ask for higher beam current.
Beam Is Tripping Frequently
(More than 1 trip every
     5 minutes)
Not So Good Check "Hall A Current Monitor"
Wait for stable current, or
    ask MCC for better stability.
Beam Is Noisy Not Good Difficult to diagnose
Ask MCC to check "Laser Phase Noise"
    or "Injector Transmission"
Ask MCC to fix it.
    (Source On-Call or Optics On-Call)
HAPPEX Detectors
     are saturated
VERY BAD Check "Detector Stripcharts"
    in Online Monitor
Vertical scale should show signal less than 50k
Adjust detector HV to bring signal below 45k
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BPMs are saturated VERY BAD Check "Target BPMs" and "ARC BPMs"
    in Online Monitor
Horizontal scale for each BPM
     should be the same
Events will be cut if the BPM is saturated.
Inform MCC that BPM gains are too high.
    iocse9 for BPM12
    iocse10 for BPM 4A and 4B
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