2017-07-11-DAQPlans¶

Roles: DAQ - Someone to take the lead on DAQ activities, should be familiar with control room
Calibration - Someone familiar with the trackers

• Pre cool down (9th August, 7 days):
  • Fix cryostat leaks

• Cool down (Alan Bross, Craig Macwaters) 16th August, 3 days

• Inventory dead channels (21st August) (Uchida, Overton(consult))
  *Take DAQ run (DAQ), 2 Days: (Uchida, Dobbs, Overton(consult))
  • Note: Need to verify ISIS-1RF is being sent to control room, at present it is not.
  • Ed will pursue this with DAQ person.
  • Note 2: Things will probably be broken and need fixing.
  • Inventory Dead channels from run 1 Day. (Calibration).
  • Decide if Waveguide optimisation is needed: (Calibration), possibly +4 days.
    • If needed:
      • Decide on waveguide optimisations (Calibration) 2 hours
      • Move waveguides (Geoff Barber, Melissa Uchida, Craig Macwaters) 2 Days
      • Regenerate mapping 1 Day NB. Hand over Heidts mapping script.

• Pulser run for all Detectors basic checks (DAQ) (23rd August): (MOM, Uchida, Rajaram(remote), Overton(remote))
  • Check all HV supplies are outputting HV to PMTs
  • Start the DAQ using run control in 'Pulser' Trigger
  • Check the DAQ logs to check:
    • All detectors are reading out
    • No Errors exist in the configuration

• Perform main calibration (Calibration) - 30th August (3 Days) (Uchida, Overton(consult))
  • Note: If WG mapping is changed, the changes must be included during calibration, otherwise channels will be erroneously safely ignored by the calibration process.
  • Take DAQ run - 2 Hours
  • auto-process calibration - 1 Day (processing time)
  • Review and correct mis-calibrated channels - 2 Days (human time)
  • Upload calibration to CDB - 2 Hours.
    • Note: This process should ideally be done just before running, I recommend a first pass to get used to the process, and a second pass around the expert run.

• [BEAM] Verfiy Calibration/Mapping/Timing - TBD September (MOM, Rajaram, Uchida)
  • Verify Timing (DAQ) - 2 hours (+2 hours if correction needed).
  • Verify calibration (Calibration) & Mapping:
    • check kuno sum
      ***check light yields per channel
    • look at general plane plots

• [BEAM] All Detectors (DAQ) - TBD September (MOM, Rajaram)
  • Start a run with run control, Trigger TOF1.
  • Repeat 3b.3
  • Check online reconstruction for each detecor in turn.

• TODO Now:
  • Chase ISIS about ISIS-1RF with 'DAQ' person. (Overton)

• General notes:
  • Need Documentation on calibration procedure and how-to guide for manual checks, refits etc
  • Need Documentation, trouble shooting guide/ cheat sheets
  • In job list, identify if some “training” can be done remotely e.g. getting people familiar with readout code, calibration code, verification procedures