October 8th 2021

• Updates
  • HCal
  • Bigbite Shower
  • Hodoscope
  • GRINCH
  • CDet
  • LHRS
  • GEM Bigbite INFN
  • UVA clean room
  • Helicity
  • Beamline/scalers
  • HV

• On going tasks
  • Cable to weldment ( David / Heidi 100%? )
  • cabling scaler/beamline crate ( David , Bob 100%)
  • HRS to TS and timing ( Bob, Maria 50% ) - programmed high threshold for other detectors -
  • software for FADC pedestals : Bryan will give to Brad
  • EPICS / start End of run logging script (Bob 100%) - just need to add configuration - will make a test configuration
  • Prescale GUI (Bob 100%)
  • script check MPD sync ( Ben , Andrew 20%) - code to unpack information already written - need run with those data - timestamp need some work
  • RF (Bob ,Maria 100%) - located RF prescaler and signal - need to send to HRS and SBS weldment - need add F1 for RF and will send to HCAL spare F1 channels
  • sync check scripts ( Andrew , Alex 0%)
  • EDTM at least 1 Hz for helicity ( Scott, Arun, Mark ? 80 % ?) Just need to check it is working : look for 10 Hz EDTM - need to put in TDC too - need help set up library in hodoscope crate - will plug it back and use Scott GUI
  • Hodoscope v1190 clock ( Alex , Mark , Ralph) - done
    • check if calibration is needed after switch (Rachel,Mark 50% ?)- to do but should not be much - check with Ben if he as software -
  • Full configration all crates ( Bryan - 90% ) - can attach process to components - just finish CODA config - need add sbsve29
  • need setup screens for online display and analysis, Hall A tools on big screen - can make a map file - (Bryan , done )
  • data rate test with new computer and 2 VTPs ( Alex, Bryan ) -
  • test GEM zero supression ( Sean, Holly )- done
  • FIR ( Sean , Ben , 20 % ? ) Not working
  • GEM cosmics ( Sean, Holly ) 70 %
  • Shower cosmics (Arun, Provokar ) 90 % ?
  • HCAL cosmics (Scott) - investigating the issue - most channel working - ~ 80%
  • GRINCH cosmics ( Bradley ) - need 3 more runs x 8 - 4 FADC - only 64 out of 550 -
  • Hodoscope cosmics ( Ralph ) - calibration TDC and nino thresholds : looks pretty good - just need to look at FADC - upper third, 2 left - 60%
  • DAQ documentation ( Alex, Rachel ,Don) ( 80 % resets, need starting CODA 50 % / troubleshoooting 0% )
  • suggest taking all detectors cosmics every night - took a few runs !
  • add scaler crate to full config ( Alex, Steve, Paul - 50 %) - working stand alone - TI error with TS
  • coincidence trigger (done ) - need fine tune inputs at TS
  • BB CAL and HCAL at TS - delayed after coincidence (Mark, done ) - need the RC box for FADC ref channel - need delay single triggers (Mark , done 15 ns ) - add GRINCH LED (done #5) - Test coincidence delay ( Alex, Mark, Bryan 0%)
  • reference channel to all crates - need HCal and Shower + RF
  • add FADCs for shower sum and HODO ( David / Mark /Bryan : done )
  • add FADCs for GRINCH (Bryan/Alex) - done
  • read threshold for discriminator from with RPi be Ellen (done) (noise issue was fixed), need give code to Steve ( done ) - could add in logentry or wiki for adding in other scripts ( check with Steve ) - Scott wanted to add those readback in GUI
  • scaler gating with TS (Alex, Steve) done ? , need include code in readout list - Steve looking at adding to TS list (done)
  • MPD crates on hareboot6 (done) - can be power cycled remotely
  • put UVA GEM LV on reboot switch (done)
  • (new) Trigger latch TS to TDC ( Alex,Mark 0%) try F1 ? or add vetroc gem crate - or hodoscope )
  • event type decoding in analyzer - ( mention at analysis meeting )
  • MPD retiming (?) with V1495 ( done )
  • GEN RP
    • setup on halladev
    • setup VTP
    • GEM, FADC pedestal configuration (Alex)
    • Spot ++ and replay beamline sbsvme29 (David)
    • clean up CODA configuration (Alex, Bryan)

• Issues
  • transceiver issues : HCAL TI might be suspicious ROC 17 ( Scott replaced two transceiver but need to test might be bad connection )
    • 1 out of 4 HRS run with TS, if reboot TS usually fixes it -
  • network issue : one short fiber replaced, will try to put in protective tube
  • LHRS TI : working now
  • GEM with TS hanging - real MPD out of sync - fixed with new firmware - (fixed : 5.2 KHz bufferlevel 5)
  • Shower FADC bad channel - FADC replaced but problem could not be reproduce - need to test more ( on going - low priority )
  • HCAL FADC bad channel - repaired by Bill - jumper wiggled loose - if no pedestal - could be this jumper (fixed)
  • HCAL ROC16 fiber - will double check if fiber 5 enabled - use slave5 - added additionnal fiber for ROC16 - fixed by cleaning
  • warning PEB ROC - Bryan checking with Dave - might incorrect flag - not sure why - but data still in sync since only happens - still happening - not sure if it is an issue
  • Shower F1 issue at high rate - need to check with OT#2 - check at sync event implemented - DMA error might come from multiple pulsing - switched to 1190 -
  • Helicity scaler readout : issues working with same DMA configuration - scalers doing regular VME
  • need copy of L1A for helicity scaler - can send TI output ? counting L1A between helicity event to track sync -done
  • Full config still hanging on LHRS and HCAL busy : no hanging buffer level 2 - need more testing high rate
• use HV EPICS : type go_hv on aslow on adaqsc , need people to check if it works and if mapping is correct
  • control system studio try self update and NFS down
  • EPICS server need to be started at boot, Ole and Bryan - ?
  • can put documentation for other control
  • (new) ROC17 F1 data - data left at sync event - seems fixed after fixing busy cabling
  • (new) hodoscope no data in some events - seems fixed after putting busy from distribution board
  • (new) HCAL ROC17 crash / shutdown ( fixed after replacing CPU )
  • (new) V1190 stuck at prestart - went away after switch to external clock - maybe bad connection ( Bryan took out readback loop - not hang - maybe check parameters are correct)
  • (new) setup network port for UVA chamber testing in EEL 125
  • (new) deadtime ROC17 HCAL ( bad CPU connected at 100 Mbps )
  • (new) deadtime ROC5 hodoscope ( need to test - issue with busy fixed )
  • (new) near limit for FADC crates - Shower window was divided by 2 - HCal windows - could do 150 ns - Move FADCs to top crate ?
  • (new) CODA database corruption - make sure to release components when run is stopped
  • (new) one night with bad latency ( was an ECL cable inverted somewhere ) GEM estimated about -200 ns shift + 140 ns today
  • (new, sort of) HV hodoscope channels turning off
  • (new) Glasgow colleague IP maybe black listed

• Hall was cleaned - fibers left and table left

• Helicity board : 2 avalaible
• F1 : need to test high rate

• could increase threshold - window width 1000 ns maybe - need to be optimized - 40 ns - no remote threshold right now - on camac - might be able to control

288 channels = 18 NIM modules