Operations Wiki¶

• Table of contents
• Operations Wiki
  • Critical Information
  • CHEESE - The MICE Shift Scheduler
  • Running
  • MICE Shifter Guides
  • MICE Shifters
  • MICE Operations Managers (MOMs)
  • MICE Muon Beamline (BLOCs)
  • Safety Information
  • Redmine
  • Operations Meetings
  • MICE/ISIS operations meetings:
  • Weekly operations meetings
  • Other Operations Meetings
  • Alignment Meetings
  • Steps of MICE
    • Step 1
    • Step 4
  • Documentation

Critical Information¶

• Web Whiteboard - list of changes to configurations and hardware/software issues to actively track
• elog - latest activity
• Operations calendar

CHEESE - The MICE Shift Scheduler¶

Running¶

MICE Shifter Guides¶

MICE Shifters¶

• First shift guide
• The Unofficial Guide to being a Shifter
• Shifter scheduling
• Shifter Training

MICE Operations Managers (MOMs)¶

• MOM Roster
• Information needed for the next MOM
• The MOM's duties - standing list
• The MOM Responsibilities
• Training Shifters
• Current Expert List: attachment:ExpertList_030215.pdf
• Procedures
  • Switching Rack Room Elements On and Off
  • What to do in a power cut
  • Dealing with Radiation Surveys
  • Procedure for taking surveys
  • List Of Survey Requests
• Record of issues to do with RAL site - power, network, etc

MICE Muon Beamline (BLOCs)¶

• Beamline Status
• Scope of BLOC role
• BLOC training
  • Responsibilities
  • Syllabus
  • BLOCs
• Procedures
  • What to do if target fails
  • Moving Dipoles
  • Routine POMPOM sensor tests
  • What to check when a conventional magnet trips
  • Target Gate Valve
  • Control crates
• Misc
  • Borated Polythene specs (I will move this link at some point)
  • Gaussmeter GM08
  • Beamline Shift Schedule

Safety Information¶

• Fire alarms in MICE hall
• Documentation [RA/MS]
• Periodic Safety Checks
• STFC Safety Portal
  • Notes on submitting an Incident Report
• Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007

Redmine¶

• Updating Documentation

Operations Meetings¶

Meetings to discuss issues specifically related to MICE Operations.

MICE/ISIS operations meetings:¶

• 2015-03-16: MICE/ISIS operations meeting 2
• 2014-12-01: MICE/ISIS operations meeting 1

Weekly operations meetings¶

• Monday Ops meeting : 30/3/2015
• Friday Ops meeting : 27/3/2015
• Monday Ops meeting : 23/3/2015
• Friday Ops meeting : 19/3/2015
• Monday Ops meeting : 17/3/2015

Other Operations Meetings¶

• Preparation for mock data run 2 (2 March 2015)
• MOM Pre-run checklist review (25th February 2015)
• Documentation review (30th January 2015)
• Preparation for mock data run (19th January 2015)
• Preparation for mock data run (12th January 2015)
• Hall Survey (9th January 2015)
• MOM Briefing (11 Dec 2014)
• Commissioning Meeting (10 Oct 2014)
• Hall Surveys 21st July 2014
• Doubling target dip rate activation plan 17 Jan 2014
• Doubling target dip rate 25 Nov 2013
• Thursday 30th May 2013 at 15:00 BST
• 8V Activation Study discussions July 2013
• Thursday 18th April 2013 at 15:00 BST
• Hall survey 9th April 2013
• Magnet Mapping/R9 survey 25th March 2013
• RAL PPD Computing 7 Feb 2013
• RAL PPD Computing 5 Feb 2013
• RAL PPD Computing 14 Jan 2013
• Monday 12th December 2011 at 15.00 GMT
• Run Plan Mtg (22 March 2012)

Alignment Meetings¶

• Alignment Meeting (21 Oct 2014)
• Alignment Meeting (12 Dec 2014)

Steps of MICE¶

The definitions of the steps of MICE can be seen in the schedule.

Step 1¶

• Post-partum information

Step 4¶

• Step IV Data taking planning document : DataPlan.pdf

• Step 4 Running Requirements

Documentation¶

• Documentation Status
• Operations
• Beamstop
• Target
• Beamline Magnets
• Neutron Monitor
• Luminosity Monitor
• Decay Solenoid
• Diffuser
• Cerenkov Detector
• TOF Detectors
• KL Detector
• EMR Detector
• Trackers
• Spectrometer Solenoids
• Focus Coil
• Hydrogen System
• PPS System
• Online Recon
• Online Monitoring
• Data Mover and Reconstruction status