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*Updates | *Updates | ||
**HCal | **HCal | ||
| + | ***analog sum setup using for cosmics | ||
| + | ***DAQ running, can see pulses in data | ||
| + | ***still take a day or so to check out everything | ||
| + | ***can take cosmics to have things set up as in Test Lab | ||
| + | ***software setup | ||
**Bigbite Shower | **Bigbite Shower | ||
| + | ***finished all cabling signal and HV and trigger monitoring, cosmics paddle cabling and labeling | ||
| + | ***scalers : all supplies to make the special cables, need to make sure not to forget remove terminator on scaler | ||
| + | ***can see signal from the cosmics trigger - cosmics | ||
| + | ***mapping check on detector side | ||
| + | ***moving from front end to bunker for mapping check - only one mistake found so far | ||
| + | ***continue checks and turn one layer at a time and look at individual signals | ||
| + | ***HV can be controlled with HV GUI | ||
| + | ***cosmics calibration | ||
| + | ***Mark set up cosmics trigger, if someone need to use it coordinate with Mark | ||
| + | ***cables on table - used to look at trigger rates | ||
| + | ***odd thing with scaler rates : sum much higher than individual sum of channels | ||
| + | ***Provokar will check offset of the analog fan - to see where the threshold can be set | ||
| + | ***Cable for threshold for DAQ - still need to be installed - 50 meters might be long enough for that | ||
**Bigbite Hodoscope | **Bigbite Hodoscope | ||
| + | ***HV just setup thanks to Steve | ||
| + | ***LV : were thinking combined voltage with GRINCH but did not work out to have both for GRINCH and hodoscope, so need another supply, Jack ordered another supply | ||
| + | ***cabling : need extension on TDC cables - next week | ||
| + | ***can start looking at signals straight from PMTs | ||
| + | ***all cables laid out | ||
**GRINCH | **GRINCH | ||
| + | ***good progress | ||
| + | ***GRINCH fully cables | ||
| + | ***HV cables and on | ||
| + | ***checking all signals, 3 BNC head need to be fixed for ADC, most signals look good | ||
| + | ***powered HV incrementally : most TDC channels are working | ||
| + | ***need to replace 2 NINO cards | ||
| + | ***some boards cannot reach 5V | ||
| + | ***hodoscope using older version | ||
| + | ***can use spares - old version found by Rachel - she is shipping it | ||
| + | ***checking mapping of detector | ||
| + | ***scalers display working in the bunker in bbhodo account | ||
| + | ***still need to try to run CODA | ||
**LHRS | **LHRS | ||
| + | ***Maria working on the PID software | ||
| + | ***looking at target reconstruction | ||
| + | ***Bob still working with Ole on counting house | ||
**CDet | **CDet | ||
| − | ** | + | ***last of optimized resistor in |
| + | ***few individual pixels which have smaller than expected amplitude - might need to fix / adjust | ||
| + | ***once all fixed will take cosmics for threshold and efficiencies | ||
**RF time | **RF time | ||
**HV | **HV | ||
| + | ***All HV crates are up, except for VME CAEN card in INFN GEM | ||
| + | ***EPICS for HV working | ||
| + | ***if want to try : go to aslow@adaqsc and type gohv | ||
| + | ***GUI for HVs | ||
| + | ***will give infor about HRS to add to the EPICS GUI | ||
**Scalers | **Scalers | ||
| + | ***progress with scaler | ||
| + | ***scaler server setup - Mark is using to look at rates | ||
| + | ***4 G0 scalers are working - could use for detector rates - need to make sure width is greater than 20 ns - can be used for monitoring | ||
| + | ***trigger monitor just for rates - will use to monitor trigger rate - check discriminator width | ||
**EPICS | **EPICS | ||
| + | ***David on site | ||
**Helicity | **Helicity | ||
| + | ***Paul on site this week , helicity signal patched down to LHRS , and patched down from patch panel to behind the wall, can use to go to SBS crate | ||
| + | ***disconnected the RHRS cables so we can to patch to go to SBS DAQ | ||
| + | ***need 12 cables from DAQ bunker to behind green wall for signals | ||
| + | ***signals connected to helicity scalers : check with standalone program, everything is showing up, still need to integrate code into crl for LHRS | ||
| + | ***minor modifications need for the QWeak helicity class to get it to work with the current system - inside Podd framework - we are using the master version - 1.75 - Paul will add to master - will be used as a plug-in same as usual helicity decoder - might still need to recompile Podd after added | ||
**start / stop / EPICS scripts | **start / stop / EPICS scripts | ||
| + | **GEM | ||
| + | ***Bigbite GEM Hall A | ||
| + | ***took pedestal data with SSP two days ago - UV UVA look as expected - | ||
| + | ***lot of noise compared to TEDF - 20 to 100 ADC in Hall - not sure source - might be grounding and other to be improved | ||
| + | ***trying to find if BigBite can be shielded to see if this improves noise | ||
| + | ***shielding on J3 in Test Lab, but still HV issues to be figured out | ||
| + | ***all fibers working on SSP | ||
| + | ***all UVA chamber to VTP : can get VTP data this morning. Some fibers not showing up. Holly swapped around fibers - but still need to figure out issue | ||
| + | ***INFN : just working on shielding - no DAQ for now | ||
| + | ***received fiber extension - can lay out spares - need to check if we have protective sleeve - most likely 100 feet left - check with Scott | ||
| + | ***UVA : just testing Bigbite setup | ||
| + | ***might move from cleanroom to TEDF | ||
| − | + | *On-going tasks | |
| − | + | **Network setup ( done ) - SBS MPD side might need few cables - need pull network for SBS side (0%) - MPD bunker will move with SBS - ordering longer fiber to take that into account | |
| − | *On-going tasks | + | **Scaler crate setup (90 % - Steve )- still need to add the CODA part - if add barebone read out - right now scalers at 3800 - helicity scaler set as 3801- could work if stay this way- Steve scan the crate - can make that the scaler is not initialized by Steve program - sbsvme29 - Steve could not talk to CPU - IP fixed with DHCP - need change fan tray (done )- CAEN |
| − | **Network setup ( done ) - SBS MPD side might need few cables - need pull network for SBS side (0%) | + | |
| − | **Scaler crate setup ( | + | |
**documentation of VME crate names to power cycle - [[https://hallaweb.jlab.org/wiki/index.php/SBS_Network_Devices_in_Hall_A ]]- need to make sure all VXS are in dhcp -Bryan | **documentation of VME crate names to power cycle - [[https://hallaweb.jlab.org/wiki/index.php/SBS_Network_Devices_in_Hall_A ]]- need to make sure all VXS are in dhcp -Bryan | ||
**3 rd GEM VXS crate install router moved up ( 100% ) | **3 rd GEM VXS crate install router moved up ( 100% ) | ||
**need power and network in GEM bunker ( done ) | **need power and network in GEM bunker ( done ) | ||
| − | **boot VME controllers (100 % done - need ask hostname TS crate ) | + | **boot VME controllers (100 % done - need ask hostname TS crate (done) ) |
**TS cables - all fibers plugged - will post informations -hodoscope / grinch/ shower separate - can be combined at any time now everything plugged to TS | **TS cables - all fibers plugged - will post informations -hodoscope / grinch/ shower separate - can be combined at any time now everything plugged to TS | ||
**detector cabling | **detector cabling | ||
**new MPD production - about to start - FPGA shipped to Paolo - | **new MPD production - about to start - FPGA shipped to Paolo - | ||
| − | **MPD VTP readout - on-going in daq lab - still having issue getting APV sending data to MPD - events going through high speed link | + | **MPD VTP readout - on-going in daq lab - still having issue getting APV sending data to MPD - events going through high speed link - working some fibers missing compared to SSP - |
**MPD being setup in Hall A - need setup VTPs to boot (done ) - 10 gigE network plugged (done) - will be able to test in Hall A - LV installed soon (done ) | **MPD being setup in Hall A - need setup VTPs to boot (done ) - 10 gigE network plugged (done) - will be able to test in Hall A - LV installed soon (done ) | ||
| − | **setup portservers : 1 4 port portserver for VTP (done), still need to set up a 8 port one and HCAL portserver | + | **setup portservers : 1 4 port portserver for VTP (done), still need to set up a 8 port one and HCAL portserver - |
| − | **need to install remote switch for crate in bunker - rest are VXS or VME64 - | + | **need to install remote switch for crate in bunker - rest are VXS or VME64 - hareboot32 ( done ) |
| − | **Bigbite - HCal trigger setup - need check with Bob if additionnal NIM crate need to be install | + | **Bigbite - HCal trigger setup - need check with Bob if additionnal NIM crate need to be install - will add NIM crate - in middle rack |
| − | **TS setup - 50 % | + | **TS setup - 50 % - |
| − | **Beamline crate setup ( in scaler crate ) - FADC is in scaler need to be setup - need pull raster BPM BCM (0% will do it with David ) | + | **Beamline crate setup ( in scaler crate ) - FADC is in scaler need to be setup - need pull raster BPM BCM (0% will do it with David ) - FADC in scaler crate - for BPM readout |
| − | **HCAL cabling | + | **HCAL cabling - done |
**HCAL need power ( done, Berta ) | **HCAL need power ( done, Berta ) | ||
| − | **Mark hodoscope trigger ? | + | **Mark hodoscope trigger ? - need to convert LVDS Or to ECL and bring to SBS bunker - if useful - can ask Armen or Arun for help with making cables |
| − | **Computer move to Hall A : sbsdaq1/2/3 tedbbdaq (done ) enpcamsonne ( done ) - | + | **Computer move to Hall A : sbsdaq1/2/3 - (still need to install x server ) - tedbbdaq (done ) - enpcamsonne ( done ) - Need ask Ole - |
| − | **LHRS fiber pull ( waiting fiber August 13th ) - | + | **LHRS fiber pull ( waiting fiber August 13th ) - need few cables for trigger and L1A - if need fast L1A - for cable - will check latency - latency might be worse with daisy chaining - might still need to pull a few cables - want at least L1A for scalers - plan to run on 1 of 12 cables Green and DAQ bunker - can run additionnal signals there at the same time |
| − | **Cosmics trigger | + | **Cosmics trigger - Done for Bigbite side |
| − | **Cosmics HCAL | + | **Cosmics HCAL - Done using overlapping trigger - could use paddles later - |
| − | **Cosmics Shower | + | **Cosmics Shower - |
| − | **Cosmics Hodoscope | + | **Cosmics Hodoscope - |
**Test 10 gig link to DAQ to adaq1 | **Test 10 gig link to DAQ to adaq1 | ||
**EPICS script - | **EPICS script - | ||
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*Outstanding issues | *Outstanding issues | ||
| − | **2 bad FADCs Bigbite - 1 FADC was repaired - one being repaired - 1 Compton FADC - repaired can use as spare ( done ) | + | **2 bad FADCs Bigbite - 1 FADC was repaired - one being repaired - 1 Compton FADC - repaired can use as spare ( done ) - |
| − | **SD delay : still need 2 SDs ( Glasgow and INFN just requested quote ) | + | **SD delay : still need 2 SDs ( Glasgow and INFN just requested quote ) - will borrow two from Hall B |
**need to adjust for HCAL transit time with different PMTs | **need to adjust for HCAL transit time with different PMTs | ||
| − | **status of cosmics paddles ( | + | **status of cosmics paddles ( done ) |
| − | **GEM fibers too short : Mark will order parts - need to check status of order | + | **GEM fibers too short : Mark will order parts - need to check status of order - follow up on lead time |
| − | **15 bad MPDs - need to look at fixing - Ben ? Dustin loaning us 6 MPDs - need 85 total - 67 in hand - 1 MPD (301) VME address issue in some slot - | + | **15 bad MPDs - need to look at fixing - Ben ? Dustin loaning us 6 MPDs - need 85 total - 67 in hand - 1 MPD (301) VME address issue in some slot - Ben fixed several MPDs ( 2 or 3 MPDs to be repaired ) |
| − | ***APV needed 1208 - 966 in hand working - Michael might lend 40 - ( check with Thir ) | + | ***APV needed 1208 - 966 in hand working - Michael might lend 40 - ( check with Thir ) - need to ask to Dustin if can borrow |
**GEM fiber possibly bad - 2 broken - if long sleeve want to pull spare in separate conduit | **GEM fiber possibly bad - 2 broken - if long sleeve want to pull spare in separate conduit | ||
**GEM HV IP need setup ( Alex ) Done | **GEM HV IP need setup ( Alex ) Done | ||
| − | **GEM clock/trigger box for BB side | + | **GEM clock/trigger box for BB side - ok for BB - need to make sure we have enough for GEn RP - |
| + | **would like to put helicity control signals to be recorded on trigger - either TS/TI input bits - 3 signals - need to setup with TI ( I think firmware was updated to work - and will try - if any channels available for FADC- can add those too - could add to BPM/Raster FADC available channels | ||
Latest revision as of 11:47, 20 August 2021
- Updates
- HCal
- analog sum setup using for cosmics
- DAQ running, can see pulses in data
- still take a day or so to check out everything
- can take cosmics to have things set up as in Test Lab
- software setup
- Bigbite Shower
- finished all cabling signal and HV and trigger monitoring, cosmics paddle cabling and labeling
- scalers : all supplies to make the special cables, need to make sure not to forget remove terminator on scaler
- can see signal from the cosmics trigger - cosmics
- mapping check on detector side
- moving from front end to bunker for mapping check - only one mistake found so far
- continue checks and turn one layer at a time and look at individual signals
- HV can be controlled with HV GUI
- cosmics calibration
- Mark set up cosmics trigger, if someone need to use it coordinate with Mark
- cables on table - used to look at trigger rates
- odd thing with scaler rates : sum much higher than individual sum of channels
- Provokar will check offset of the analog fan - to see where the threshold can be set
- Cable for threshold for DAQ - still need to be installed - 50 meters might be long enough for that
- Bigbite Hodoscope
- HV just setup thanks to Steve
- LV : were thinking combined voltage with GRINCH but did not work out to have both for GRINCH and hodoscope, so need another supply, Jack ordered another supply
- cabling : need extension on TDC cables - next week
- can start looking at signals straight from PMTs
- all cables laid out
- GRINCH
- good progress
- GRINCH fully cables
- HV cables and on
- checking all signals, 3 BNC head need to be fixed for ADC, most signals look good
- powered HV incrementally : most TDC channels are working
- need to replace 2 NINO cards
- some boards cannot reach 5V
- hodoscope using older version
- can use spares - old version found by Rachel - she is shipping it
- checking mapping of detector
- scalers display working in the bunker in bbhodo account
- still need to try to run CODA
- LHRS
- Maria working on the PID software
- looking at target reconstruction
- Bob still working with Ole on counting house
- CDet
- last of optimized resistor in
- few individual pixels which have smaller than expected amplitude - might need to fix / adjust
- once all fixed will take cosmics for threshold and efficiencies
- RF time
- HV
- All HV crates are up, except for VME CAEN card in INFN GEM
- EPICS for HV working
- if want to try : go to aslow@adaqsc and type gohv
- GUI for HVs
- will give infor about HRS to add to the EPICS GUI
- Scalers
- progress with scaler
- scaler server setup - Mark is using to look at rates
- 4 G0 scalers are working - could use for detector rates - need to make sure width is greater than 20 ns - can be used for monitoring
- trigger monitor just for rates - will use to monitor trigger rate - check discriminator width
- EPICS
- David on site
- Helicity
- Paul on site this week , helicity signal patched down to LHRS , and patched down from patch panel to behind the wall, can use to go to SBS crate
- disconnected the RHRS cables so we can to patch to go to SBS DAQ
- need 12 cables from DAQ bunker to behind green wall for signals
- signals connected to helicity scalers : check with standalone program, everything is showing up, still need to integrate code into crl for LHRS
- minor modifications need for the QWeak helicity class to get it to work with the current system - inside Podd framework - we are using the master version - 1.75 - Paul will add to master - will be used as a plug-in same as usual helicity decoder - might still need to recompile Podd after added
- start / stop / EPICS scripts
- GEM
- Bigbite GEM Hall A
- took pedestal data with SSP two days ago - UV UVA look as expected -
- lot of noise compared to TEDF - 20 to 100 ADC in Hall - not sure source - might be grounding and other to be improved
- trying to find if BigBite can be shielded to see if this improves noise
- shielding on J3 in Test Lab, but still HV issues to be figured out
- all fibers working on SSP
- all UVA chamber to VTP : can get VTP data this morning. Some fibers not showing up. Holly swapped around fibers - but still need to figure out issue
- INFN : just working on shielding - no DAQ for now
- received fiber extension - can lay out spares - need to check if we have protective sleeve - most likely 100 feet left - check with Scott
- UVA : just testing Bigbite setup
- might move from cleanroom to TEDF
- HCal
- On-going tasks
- Network setup ( done ) - SBS MPD side might need few cables - need pull network for SBS side (0%) - MPD bunker will move with SBS - ordering longer fiber to take that into account
- Scaler crate setup (90 % - Steve )- still need to add the CODA part - if add barebone read out - right now scalers at 3800 - helicity scaler set as 3801- could work if stay this way- Steve scan the crate - can make that the scaler is not initialized by Steve program - sbsvme29 - Steve could not talk to CPU - IP fixed with DHCP - need change fan tray (done )- CAEN
- documentation of VME crate names to power cycle - [[1]]- need to make sure all VXS are in dhcp -Bryan
- 3 rd GEM VXS crate install router moved up ( 100% )
- need power and network in GEM bunker ( done )
- boot VME controllers (100 % done - need ask hostname TS crate (done) )
- TS cables - all fibers plugged - will post informations -hodoscope / grinch/ shower separate - can be combined at any time now everything plugged to TS
- detector cabling
- new MPD production - about to start - FPGA shipped to Paolo -
- MPD VTP readout - on-going in daq lab - still having issue getting APV sending data to MPD - events going through high speed link - working some fibers missing compared to SSP -
- MPD being setup in Hall A - need setup VTPs to boot (done ) - 10 gigE network plugged (done) - will be able to test in Hall A - LV installed soon (done )
- setup portservers : 1 4 port portserver for VTP (done), still need to set up a 8 port one and HCAL portserver -
- need to install remote switch for crate in bunker - rest are VXS or VME64 - hareboot32 ( done )
- Bigbite - HCal trigger setup - need check with Bob if additionnal NIM crate need to be install - will add NIM crate - in middle rack
- TS setup - 50 % -
- Beamline crate setup ( in scaler crate ) - FADC is in scaler need to be setup - need pull raster BPM BCM (0% will do it with David ) - FADC in scaler crate - for BPM readout
- HCAL cabling - done
- HCAL need power ( done, Berta )
- Mark hodoscope trigger ? - need to convert LVDS Or to ECL and bring to SBS bunker - if useful - can ask Armen or Arun for help with making cables
- Computer move to Hall A : sbsdaq1/2/3 - (still need to install x server ) - tedbbdaq (done ) - enpcamsonne ( done ) - Need ask Ole -
- LHRS fiber pull ( waiting fiber August 13th ) - need few cables for trigger and L1A - if need fast L1A - for cable - will check latency - latency might be worse with daisy chaining - might still need to pull a few cables - want at least L1A for scalers - plan to run on 1 of 12 cables Green and DAQ bunker - can run additionnal signals there at the same time
- Cosmics trigger - Done for Bigbite side
- Cosmics HCAL - Done using overlapping trigger - could use paddles later -
- Cosmics Shower -
- Cosmics Hodoscope -
- Test 10 gig link to DAQ to adaq1
- EPICS script -
- alarm handler (David)
- Outstanding issues
- 2 bad FADCs Bigbite - 1 FADC was repaired - one being repaired - 1 Compton FADC - repaired can use as spare ( done ) -
- SD delay : still need 2 SDs ( Glasgow and INFN just requested quote ) - will borrow two from Hall B
- need to adjust for HCAL transit time with different PMTs
- status of cosmics paddles ( done )
- GEM fibers too short : Mark will order parts - need to check status of order - follow up on lead time
- 15 bad MPDs - need to look at fixing - Ben ? Dustin loaning us 6 MPDs - need 85 total - 67 in hand - 1 MPD (301) VME address issue in some slot - Ben fixed several MPDs ( 2 or 3 MPDs to be repaired )
- APV needed 1208 - 966 in hand working - Michael might lend 40 - ( check with Thir ) - need to ask to Dustin if can borrow
- GEM fiber possibly bad - 2 broken - if long sleeve want to pull spare in separate conduit
- GEM HV IP need setup ( Alex ) Done
- GEM clock/trigger box for BB side - ok for BB - need to make sure we have enough for GEn RP -
- would like to put helicity control signals to be recorded on trigger - either TS/TI input bits - 3 signals - need to setup with TI ( I think firmware was updated to work - and will try - if any channels available for FADC- can add those too - could add to BPM/Raster FADC available channels
