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    User name R. Michaels

    Log entry time 11:42:06 on November 2,2010

    Entry number 338161

    keyword=mod to halla_scaler_process.tcl

    To reduce the stress levels, I have eliminated the "Test of
    Helicity gates" line from halla_scaler_process.tcl which
    was showing that the online packaging of helicity-gated
    scaler data was falling behind by typically 5% per run.

    I scalers during some runs. It seems that for some parts of some
    runs the helicity scalers flat-line (rates = 0) because the
    helicity doesn't make sense. However, Julie Roche tells me
    everything is fine with the ring buffer data, so it doesn't matter.

    It is disappointing that the online packaging does not work.
    It worked for years and seemed to work prior to DVCS. My only
    guess is that something has changed in the DAQ environment
    which is undergoing continuous upheaval. But what ? I don't
    know. I'll check it during a long down, unless it's considered
    important enough to interrupt data-taking. It should be made
    to work someday during the Qweak era.