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* To change configurations, use the “Configurations” menu and select COOL. If you’ve been running, you will first have to push the “Reset” (<<) but- ton. Choose the configuration from the dialog box, then press “Download” (looks like a disk drive). <br> <br> | * To change configurations, use the “Configurations” menu and select COOL. If you’ve been running, you will first have to push the “Reset” (<<) but- ton. Choose the configuration from the dialog box, then press “Download” (looks like a disk drive). <br> <br> | ||
* Re: the buttons in rcgui: If you let the mouse hover over the button for a few seconds you can discover what the buttons mean because a little dialog box comes up and tells you, e.g. which button is “Start”, etc. <br> <br> | * Re: the buttons in rcgui: If you let the mouse hover over the button for a few seconds you can discover what the buttons mean because a little dialog box comes up and tells you, e.g. which button is “Start”, etc. <br> <br> | ||
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+ | == Frequently Asked Questions== |
Revision as of 17:29, 5 January 2012
Normal DAQ Operations
This assumes that runcontrol is running. If not, see Cold Start in section III.
- For g2p and gep we are running two separate DAQs, one for each HRS arm. The LHRS DAQ is run on the adaql2 computer on the a-onl account. The RHRS DAQ is run on the adaql1 computer on the a-onl account.
- Normally, runcontrol will be already running. If not, see section on Cold Start below (for the impatient: type “startcoda”). To start and stop runs, push the buttons “Start” (6th button from left, looks like >>) and “End” (5th button, looks like a box). Start is the same as the sequence prestart, go
- We are using the LHRSHAP configuration for the LHRS and RHRSBUFF configuration for the RHRS. These are located in the “LHRS” and “RHRS” configurations respectively. The configurations should be loaded by default.
- To change configurations, use the “Configurations” menu and select COOL. If you’ve been running, you will first have to push the “Reset” (<<) but- ton. Choose the configuration from the dialog box, then press “Download” (looks like a disk drive).
- Re: the buttons in rcgui: If you let the mouse hover over the button for a few seconds you can discover what the buttons mean because a little dialog box comes up and tells you, e.g. which button is “Start”, etc.