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Nebrensky, Henry, 21 November 2016 09:20

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h1. MICE Shifter Guides
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* [[First shift]] guide
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* [[UnofficialShifterGuide|The Unofficial Guide to being a Shifter]]
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* [[ShifterRostering|Shifter scheduling]]
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* [[Shifter Training]]
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* [[Shifter Rules and Checklists]]
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* "Where to find the CDB Viewer":http://cdb.mice.rl.ac.uk/cdbviewer/
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* [[Suggestions to streamline/enhance shiftes|Shift Streamlining Suggestions]]
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* "Current Expert List (14/6/2016)":http://micewww.pp.rl.ac.uk/documents/178
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h1. Solenoid and FC Shifter guides
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These documents are provided by the magnet group. The instructions are at somewhat of a higher level 
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than required by shifters. The basic instruction for shifters is:
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If you see something out of the ordinary with the superconducting magnets (Alarm, Anything red on the display)
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call the magnet expert.
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"Solenoid Shifter Instructions : MICE Shifter Training":http://micewww.pp.rl.ac.uk/documents/181
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"Focus coil Shifter Instructions : MICE Shifter Training":http://micewww.pp.rl.ac.uk/documents/183
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h1. What to do when something happens on shift
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Shifter information for various problems that may be encountered on shift
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h2. Shifter Instructions or What to Do on Shift
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"What to do on-shift : MICE Shifter Training":http://micewww.pp.rl.ac.uk/documents/144
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As part of your shift you should keep a record of people present, the main parameters of the
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run and incidents that occurred during the run. A good example is shown in the 
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Guide to using the eLog for shift : attachment:Shifter_Elog_Guide.pdf
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Note that in the example given in this guide, the shifters were explicitly asked to check the temperature differentials
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in the conventional magnets every half hour. 
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h2. How to launch and work with the Run Control
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"Using the Run Control GUI [2015]":http://micewww.pp.rl.ac.uk/documents/135
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h2. Shifter checklist : How to start a run
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[[Shifter checklist to start a MICE run]]
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h2. Where to find the CDB Viewer
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The CDB Viewer can be found at http://cdb.mice.rl.ac.uk (http://heplnv152.pp.rl.ac.uk:4443/cdbviewer)
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h2. Target and Beamline: What to do when...
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[[BeamlineProcsTargetFail|... the RATS daemon crashes]]
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[[BeamlineProcsTargetFail|...a BPS error is encountered]]
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[[BeamlineProcsEarthLeakTrip|... a conventional magnet trips off]]
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[[BeamlineProcsTargetFail|... the target throws an error]]
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... beamline polarity sensors misbehave: [[BeamlineProcsTestPOMPOMs|check voltages]] (until the proper user guide is finished)
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[[BeamlineProcsDSThermalTrip|... Decay Solenoid PSU trips off]]
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h2. What to do when you are requested by the BLOC to reset one of the conventional magnets
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* Press the Controls Menu desktop GUI
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* under BeamLine Elements, select BeamLine Summary
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* press the third option, control option on the right hand side of the Beamline summary GUI
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* the Danfysik MPS 8000 - MICE Beamline Magnets window opens
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* press the Reset option in the second box, control box of this window.
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h2. Computing
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h3. What if Heartbeat alarm goes off?
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Double-check with "Nagios":http://micewww.pp.rl.ac.uk/nagios/
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h3. What if one of the MICE thin clients crashes?
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Very rarely one the thin clients can crash like this https://micewww.pp.rl.ac.uk/elog/Shift+summary/150623_043853/MICETHIN02_error_230615.JPG
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The current response to this is :
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If the applications that had been running on the machine can just be opened elsewhere, then they should be, and an email
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should be sent to the online expert (Paolo). If the process hasn't been released by the machine, and can't be run
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in multiple instances (i.e. RunControl) then the SOC should be called, who will in turn probably call the online
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expert.
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h3. What if an error from the DataMover is reported from Run Control
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If an error is reported via Run Control then the shifters don't NEED to do anything - they can
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carry on with the next run; all that will happen is that the data distribution will be delayed. 
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Make an eLog entry, then wait until a suitable time when DAQ is stopped (e.g a shift change) and run the manual
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script. If it still doesn't work, eLog the error and escalate to (for now) Henry.
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Instructions to run the datamover manually can be found in the Red Binder and in the latest version of "the datamover instructions":http://micewww.pp.rl.ac.uk/documents/10
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h2. Alarm Handler
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Few instruction are "here":https://micewww.pp.rl.ac.uk/projects/cm/wiki/Alarm_handler
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