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--- to-do_list [2015/10/20 13:56]
pereira [In data U6]
+++ to-do_list [2023/10/19 17:15] (current)
swartzj
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   * [[Installation FP SCI|Install the focal-plane scintillator]] with the right thickness (1mm or 5mm)
-  * Ensure that the object scintillator is in good conditions and has enough shimming positions to withstand the expected rates during the course of the experiment. The guideline document describing the installation and shimming procedure can be accessed [[https://docmgmt.nscl.msu.edu/share/page/site/NSCL/document-details?nodeRef=workspace://SpacesStore/cad088ca-6d41-4025-b010-8e620806a48b|here]]
+  * Ensure that the object scintillator is in good condition and has enough shimming positions to withstand the expected rates during the course of the experiment. The guideline document describing the installation and shimming procedure can be accessed [[https://docmgmt.nscl.msu.edu/share/page/site/NSCL/document-details?nodeRef=workspace://SpacesStore/cad088ca-6d41-4025-b010-8e620806a48b|here]]
   * [[Turning magnets on off#Arming of Dump Switch|Arm dump switches]]
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   * Make sure Intermediate PPACs have gas
-===== In data U6 =====
+===== In data U4 =====
-  * Start [[Software#u6pc5 (data U6)|Software applications]] (in computer u6pc5)
+  * Start [[Software#u4pc8 (data U4)|Software applications]] (in computer u4pc8)
-  * Verify that **stagearea** in u6pc5 is pointing to the right place. After typing ''ls -l ~/stagearea'' in a u6pc5 terminal, you should see: **/user/s800/stagearea -> /mnt/daqtesting/s800/exxxxx**, where xxxxx corresponds to the experiment number. If the experiment number is not right, follow the following steps:
+==== Setting up DAQ software ====
-        * Create a experiment directory in **/mnt/daqtesting/s800** by typing ''mkdir exxxxx''
-        * Go to the newly created experiment directory, and create subdirectories **s800built**, **rawccusb**, and **rawvmusb**
-        * Create the stagearea link by typing ''ln -s /mnt/daqtesting/s800/exxxxx stagearea''
-        * Run the S800 DAQ with multilogger enabled, and take some data on disk to ensure that the newly created stagearea is properly filled
+  * For each experiment, an S800 Device Physicist will, after backing up whatever is to be backed up, install S800 DAQ and make it ready for the experiment. They do so as described in the following.
-  * Make sure that scaler directory has the right experiment number:
+=== Backup any updates ===
-        * In a u6pc5 terminal, go to **/user/s800/operations/daq/scalers/exxxxx**, where xxxxx corresponds to the experiment number.
-        * If there is no directory for the current experiment, create one
-        * Run scalers in **/user/s800/operations/daq/scalers/exxxxx** by typing ''goscalers''
+  * ~/s800develop/S800DAQ/ is a clone of the master branch of the git repository S800DAQ (https://git.frib.msu.edu/S800Group/S800DAQ). Any changes are to be reflected and updated.
+  * Compare files in the subdirectory Configurations (e.g. '' diff {$S800DAQDIR,$S800DEVELOPDIR/S800DAQ}/Configurations/s800crdc1v.tcl''). The files to be compared include s800crdc1v.tcl, s800crdc2v.tcl, MCFD16.tcl, trigger.tcl, s800daqinitthresholds.tcl. Examine the changes made during the previous experiment and update the files in ~/s800develop/S800DAQ/ where necessary.
+  * Manually add the modified files and commit the changes, and ''git push origin master''.
+=== Uninstall existing files ===
+  * ''$ buster_load''
+  * ''$ ~/bin/gouninstalldaq/'' and follow the script instructions.
+=== Install existing files ===
+  * ''$ ~/bin/goinstalldaq/'' and follow the script instructions.
+  * The script should relink **stagearea** to the right place, provided that the proper experimental number is given. After typing ''ls -l ~/stagearea'' in a u4pc8 terminal, you should see: **/user/s800/stagearea -> /mnt/events/operations/s800/exxxxx**, where xxxxx corresponds to the experiment number. If the experiment number is not right, contact S800 Device Physicist.
+=== Set S800 DAQ mode ===
+  * Set S800 DAQ in [[s800 daq tools#Running in Slave mode with multilogger |Slave mode and enable multilogger]] to record S800 data in the s800 stagearea.
+  * Check [[s800 daq tools#scaler display|scalers]] while running S800 DAQ
+===== Other items =====
   * [[Turning magnets on/off#Set magnet currents individually |Put 10 Amps in Spectrograph dipoles]]
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   * [[Magnetic-rigidity setting|Set spectrograph Brho]] (coordinate with experimenters)
+===== At the end of the experiment =====
+  * Verify with S800 Device Physicist that S800 DAQ software is uninstalled. This can be done by typing script ''gouninstalldaq'' (please, contact Device Physicist if you are not sure of what you're doing)
+  * Unbias detectors, CRDC interface boards, CRDCs gate, etc
+  * [[Gas handling system|Remove gas]] from CRDCs and Ion Chamber

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