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  151   14 Oct 2020 08:39 Tom ThorpeRoutineGeneralLog regarding MB2 removal from Proto-0Drive folder with data files and some pictures:  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Sr27kQTOO2kciBY7v-wYBP06tWLVEjiP

Lab notes @ CERN

11/10/2020
 forward_warm_1.pngiv_warm_1.pngiv_warm_2.png 
  150   08 Sep 2020 12:46 Ben SmithConfigurationOtherNew backup ELOG locationI have added a backup of the CERN proto-0
ELOG at TRIUMF, in case ds-proto-daq is unavailable
in future.
  
  149   16 Mar 2020 14:21 Ben SmithConfigurationSoftwareNew CAEN HV frontendA few months ago I created a new midas frontend
for CAEN HV crates. It behaves more like
what users expect - changes made through
  
  148   20 Nov 2019 04:47 Sam HillRoutineGeneralIV Curve - warming upTemp at start: 

A: 242.7K    B: 278.16K 
  C: 86.4K    D: 240.89K
  
  147   19 Nov 2019 04:07 Julie / PascalRoutineOtherIV curve at the end of data taking IV of 25 SiPM put in ivdata_191119 directory   
  146   19 Nov 2019 01:39 Julie / PascalRoutineGeneralRandom Trigger runs suggested by Simone, S1 data / 3ms Run 1258  Physics run

Chronobox: External
trigger Enable
  
  145   19 Nov 2019 00:57 Julie/ PascalRoutineGeneralRandom Trigger runs suggested by Simone, S1 data / 1msRun 1255  Physics run

Chronobox: External
trigger Enable
  
  144   19 Nov 2019 00:14 Pascal/JulieRoutineGeneralLaser runRun 1252 Laser run

Chronobox: External
trigger Enable
  
  143   18 Nov 2019 07:20 Ben SmithRoutineGeneralDisk cleanupLazy logger has caught up with the backlog,
and continues to transfer new files to darkside01
as they are written.
  
  142   18 Nov 2019 07:01 Julie / EdgarRoutineGeneralRandom Trigger runs suggested by Simone, S1 dataPDM 15 and PDM 19 strange behaviour, lot
of noise

Run 1239  Physics run
  
  141   18 Nov 2019 03:03 Julie / Pascal / EdgarRoutineGeneralRandom Trigger runs suggested by Simone (4 runs ~ 200 k evts)Run 1234  Physics run

Chronobox: External
trigger Enable
  
  140   18 Nov 2019 02:40 Pascal/JulieRoutineGeneralLaser runRun 1232 Laser run

Chronobox: External
trigger Enable
  
  139   18 Nov 2019 00:18 Yi / EdgarRoutineGeneraldual phase data takingWe still have the noise issue.

Run 1219

Gas pocket: ON
  
  138   17 Nov 2019 02:23 Yi WangRoutineGeneraldual phase data takingNoise problem seems like fixed after remaking
the Al foil cover.

Run 1208
  
  137   17 Nov 2019 00:48 Yi WangRoutineGeneraldual phase data takingRun 1197

Gas pocket: ON
(thinkness 7mm)
 Screenshot_from_2019-11-17_11-02-26.png 
  136   16 Nov 2019 01:57 Yi WangRoutineGeneralDual phase data taking proposed by MarcoRun 1186

Gas pocket: ON
(thinkness 7mm)
  
  135   15 Nov 2019 10:48 E. SanchezRoutineGeneralS1 data taking proposed by MarcoRun 1171

Gas pocket: OFF

Fields: 0 V/cm
  
  134   15 Nov 2019 00:19 Yi WangRoutineGeneralLaser runRun 1166 Laser run

Chronobox: External
trigger Enable
  
  133   14 Nov 2019 08:14 Ben SmithRoutineGeneralAutomatic copying to darkside01I have set up automatic copying of data from
ds-proto-daq to darkside01, using the lazy
logger.
  
  132   14 Nov 2019 07:42 E. SanchezRoutineGeneralS1 data taking with fieldRun 1148

Gas pocket: OFF

Fields: 500
  
  131   14 Nov 2019 04:03 Yi/Edgar/SamRoutineGeneralNoise data takingRun 1121 

Gas pocket: OFF

Fields: 
  
  130   14 Nov 2019 03:51 E. SanchezRoutineGeneralS1 data taking without fieldRun 1133

Gas pocket: OFF

Fields: OFF
  
  129   14 Nov 2019 00:33 E. SanchezRoutineGeneralMorning data takingIt is not possible to access to the Chronobox
page

Run 1109 Laser run
  
  128   14 Nov 2019 00:09 Ben SmithProblemHardwareChronobox not serving human webpageThe chronobox isn't serving the human-interactive
webpage that should be visible at https://m-darkside.web.cern.ch/chronobox/
- it responds with "File not found". Oddly,
  
  127   13 Nov 2019 09:24 Xiang XiaoRoutineGeneralEvening data takingRun 1105

Gas pocket: ON
(thinkness 7mm)
  
  126   13 Nov 2019 08:15 Ben SmithRoutineSoftwareDon't worry about "Param Not Found Type" error messagesWhen we start the HV program (CAEN_SY4527),
it spews error messages of the form:
"16:58:30.035 2019/11/13 [CAEN_SY4527,ERROR]
  
  125   13 Nov 2019 00:08 Yi WangRoutineGeneralMorning data takingRun 1099

Gas pocket: ON
(thinkness 7mm)
  
  124   12 Nov 2019 10:08 Edgar SanchezRoutineGeneralLaser runRun 1096 Laser run

Chronobox: External
trigger Enable
  
  123   12 Nov 2019 09:30 Edgar SanchezRoutineGeneralAfternoon system monitoring Run 1092

Gas pocket: ON
(thinkness 7mm)
  
  122   12 Nov 2019 09:22 Edgar SanchezRoutineGeneralAfternoon system monitoring Run 1090

Gas pocket: ON
(thinkness 7mm)
  
  121   12 Nov 2019 00:24 Yi WangRoutineGeneralMorning data takingRun 1084

Gas pocket: ON
(thinkness 7mm)
  
  120   12 Nov 2019 00:23 Ben SmithProblemDigitizerV1725 error, runs keep crashingIt looks like there's a memory leak in the
high voltage driver, and we were running
out of memory (using a lot of swap). That
  
  119   12 Nov 2019 00:16 Yi WangProblemDigitizerV1725 error, runs keep crashing09:15:33.955 2019/11/12 [feov1725MTI00,ERROR]
[feoV1725.cxx:663:link_thread,ERROR] Exiting
thread 3 with error
  
  118   11 Nov 2019 23:57 Yi WangProblem FixedTriggerID 117 problem is fixedThe problem reported in ID 117 is somehow
fixed this morning.
  
  117   11 Nov 2019 10:05 Sam HillProblemGeneralEvening data takingAttemted the following run, and
it started but the rate was shoing 0 and
it got stuck on 5 events
  
  116   11 Nov 2019 09:31 Sam HillRoutineGeneralAfternoon system monitoring: IV curves and Dewar refill17:30

Took a set of IV curves using 0.5V
steps from 30-50V and 0.05 steps above 50V.
 summaryPlot_191111.png 
  115   11 Nov 2019 01:12 Yi / EdgarRoutineGeneralMorning data takingRun 1065

Gas pocket: ON
(thinkness 7mm)
  
  114   11 Nov 2019 00:47 Yi / EdgarProblem FixedDigitizerProblem fixed by restarting the VME crate    
  113   11 Nov 2019 00:37 Yi WangProblemMIDAScannot connect to rootanaThe connection to rootana is lost.

No data taking can be started.
  
  112   10 Nov 2019 12:15 E. SanchezProblemMIDASProblem DAQError during data taking  1573416708
21:11:48.151 2019/11/10 [feov1725MTI00,INFO]
V1725 PLL loss lock Board:0 (vmeAcq=0x0)
  
  111   10 Nov 2019 11:19 Edgar SanchezRoutineGeneralS1 + S2 short time window Run 1054

Gas pocket: ON
(unknow)
  
  110   10 Nov 2019 11:18 Edgar SanchezRoutineGeneralAfternoon system monitoring Run 1050

Gas pocket: ON
(unknow)
  
  109   10 Nov 2019 08:40 Edgar SanchezRoutineGeneralS1 data taking without fieldRun 1041

Gas pocket: OFF

Fields: OFF
  
  108   10 Nov 2019 08:04 Edgar SanchezRoutineGeneralS1 data taking with fieldRun 1032

Gas pocket: OFF

Fields: drift
  
  107   10 Nov 2019 00:06 Yi WangRoutineGeneralmorning data takingRun 1022

Gas pocket: ON
(thinkness 7mm)
  
  106   09 Nov 2019 09:39 Sam HillRoutineGeneralEvening data takingRun 1016

Gas pocket: ON
(thinkness 7mm)
  
  105   09 Nov 2019 07:29 Marco RescignoProblem FixedMIDASthis morning problemfrontend process still alive but slow,
causing lot of rejected triggers.

stopped and restarted the feov1725
  
  104   09 Nov 2019 00:13 Xiang XiaoRoutineGeneralMorning data taking"ERROR INFO: 10:38:10.924 2019/11/09
[feov1725MTI00,ERROR] [feoV1725.cxx:1048:read_trigger_event,ERROR]
Error: did not receive a ZMQ bank after 100.000000
  
  103   08 Nov 2019 22:31 Marco ConfigurationHardwareAdding darkside01Wrong MAC address fixed in CERN network
setting, now the machine is visible from
external network too:
  
  101   08 Nov 2019 10:07 Edgar SanchezRoutineGeneralMonitoring Data TakingRun 995

Gas pocket: ON
(thinkness 7mm)
  
  100   08 Nov 2019 09:09 Ben SmithConfigurationHardwareAdding darkside01 to the networkThe cable has been fixed. Socket 0001/007
is still not active.
  
  99   08 Nov 2019 08:35 Ben SmithConfigurationHardwareFailed to talk to steering module from DAQ PCI have failed to communicate with the steering
module arduino from the DAQ PC.
  
  98   08 Nov 2019 05:14 Ben SmithConfigurationHardwareAdding darkside01 to the networkThe analysis server from Roma (darkside01)
is now connected to the local network. It
is not yet connected to CERN.
  
  97   08 Nov 2019 02:48 Ben SmithConfigurationMIDASEnabled dotfile naming in LoggerI have changed `/Logger/Channels/0/Settings/Filename`
to start with a dot, so files will be hidden
until they are complete. 
  
  96   08 Nov 2019 02:31 Ben SmithRoutineSoftwareNew "run type" selection pageI made a new page that makes it easier to
switch between laser/noise/physics runs.
  
  95   08 Nov 2019 02:21 Ben SmithProblem FixedSoftwareIncreased max waveform length that we can takeI've increased various thresholds so that
we can now take 3000us (3ms) waveforms.
  
  94   07 Nov 2019 23:48 Yi WangRoutineGeneralmorning data takingRun 973

Gas pocket: ON
(thinkness 7mm)
  
  93   07 Nov 2019 02:34 SamRoutineGeneralRun 966 Laser Run with SiPMs at 65V, 30us traceLaser Intensity: MIN 

Threshold: external
clock (laser NIM), laser set to 1kHz
  
  92   07 Nov 2019 02:16 SamRoutineGeneralRun 964 Laser Run with SiPMs at 65V, 30us traceLaser Intensity: MAX

Threshold: external
clock (laser NIM), laser set to 1kHz
  
  91   07 Nov 2019 02:07 Yi/Marco/AndreaRoutineGeneralmorning data taking, purity checkRun 956

Gas pocket: ON
(thickness 7mm)
  
  90   07 Nov 2019 02:07 SamRoutineGeneralRun 963 Laser Run with SiPMs at 65V, 12us traceLaser Intensity: MAX

Threshold: external
clock (laser NIM), laser set to 1kHz
  
  89   06 Nov 2019 12:28 Ben SmithProblem FixedGeneralEvening data taking, purity check> Not sure if the trigger threshold is correctly
set, there is an error:
  
  88   06 Nov 2019 11:22 Yi WangRoutineGeneralEvening data taking, purity checkNot sure if the trigger threshold is correctly
set, there is an error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  
  87   06 Nov 2019 05:58 Ben SmithConfigurationHardwareCAEN VME Crate DHCPThe CAEN VME crate now gets its IP address
from the ds-proto-daq DHCP server. To do
this, I set the IP address of the crate to
  
  86   05 Nov 2019 23:58 Yi WangRoutineGeneralMorning data taking, purity checkRun 917

Gas pocket: ON
(thinkness 7mm)
  
  85   05 Nov 2019 08:32 Alex / SamRoutineGeneralRun 900, Edrift 500V/cmGas pocket: ON (thinkness
unknown, since the TPC pressure is >200
mbar) [Edgar\Yi: correction: OFF (during
  
  84   05 Nov 2019 08:23 Alex / SamRoutineGeneralRun 899, Edrift 100V/cmGas pocket: ON (thinkness
unknown, since the TPC pressure is >200
mbar) [Edgar\Yi: correction:
  
  83   05 Nov 2019 08:14 Alex / SamRoutineGeneralRun 898, Edrift 200V/cmGas pocket: ON (thinkness
unknown, since the TPC pressure is >200
mbar) [Edgar\Yi: correction:
  
  82   05 Nov 2019 07:26 Alex / Ben / SamRoutineGeneralRun 894, laser run with SiPMs at 67V, 30us traceLaser intensity: MAX

Gas pocket: ON
(thinkness unknown, since the TPC pressure
  
  81   05 Nov 2019 07:24 Alex / Ben / SamRoutineGeneralRun 892, laser run with SiPMs at 65VLaser intensity: MIN

Gas pocket: ON
(thinkness unknown, since the TPC pressure
  
  80   05 Nov 2019 07:23 Alex / Ben / SamRoutineGeneralRun 893, laser run with SiPMs at 65V, 30us traceLaser intensity: MAX

Gas pocket: ON
(thinkness unknown, since the TPC pressure
  
  79   05 Nov 2019 07:05 Alex / Ben / SamRoutineGeneralRun 891, laser run with SiPMs at 67VLaser intensity: MIN

Gas pocket: ON
(thinkness unknown, since the TPC pressure
  
  78   05 Nov 2019 06:56 Alex / BenRoutineGeneralRun 889, laser run with SiPMs at 67VLaser intensity: MAX

Gas pocket: ON
(thinkness unknown, since the TPC pressure
  
  77   05 Nov 2019 06:55 Alex / BenRoutineGeneralRun 888, laser run with SiPMs at 65VLaser intensity: MAX

Gas pocket: ON
(thinkness unknown, since the TPC pressure
  
  76   05 Nov 2019 06:42 Alex / BenRoutineGeneralRun 886, baseline run with SiPMs at 50VGas pocket: ON (thinkness
unknown, since the TPC pressure is >200
mbar)
  
  75   05 Nov 2019 06:36 Alex / BenRoutineGeneralRun 885, baseline run with SiPMs at 65VGas pocket: ON (thinkness
unknown, since the TPC pressure is >200
mbar)
  
  74   05 Nov 2019 05:43 Ben SmithRoutineSoftwareNew script to equalize baselinesI've written a new script that will set all
the V1725 baselines to the same level, by
adjusting the DAC values. All the baselines
  
  73   05 Nov 2019 05:09 Yi WangRoutineGeneralRun 877Gas pocket: ON (thinkness
unknown, since the TPC pressure is >200
mbar)
  
  72   05 Nov 2019 04:57 Yi WangRoutineGeneralRun 875Gas pocket: ON (thinkness
unknown, since the TPC pressure is >200
mbar)
  
  71   05 Nov 2019 04:48 Yi WangRoutineGeneralRun 873Gas pocket: ON (thinkness
unknown, since the TPC pressure is >200
mbar)
  
  70   05 Nov 2019 01:22 Ben SmithConfigurationDigitizerV1725 board configThe V1725s have been changed to have board
config 0x50 rather than 0x10. This means
that they will now trigger on the leading
  
  69   04 Nov 2019 09:02 Alex/Yi/BenRoutineGeneralrun 865, fields onGas pocket: ON

Fields: wire
gate 3780 V, 1st ring: 4500 V, cathode: 7000
  
  68   04 Nov 2019 08:03 Ben SmithRoutineSoftwareNew script for setting self-trigger thresholdsI have created a new script that simplifies
the adjustment of self-trigger thresholds
(e.g. to change between "noise" runs with
  
  67   04 Nov 2019 08:00 Ben SmithConfigurationMIDASChange of location of history files/home was getting very full on ds-proto-daq,
so I moved the history files onto the /data
disk. There is now a symlink from ~/online/history
  
  66   04 Nov 2019 07:57 Ben SmithConfigurationSoftwarePackage installationsThis morning I installed the xrootd-client
and python3-devel packages from yum. For
the latter to work, I needed to do a yum
  
  65   04 Nov 2019 06:02 Alex KishConfigurationHardwareIncreased fields!Increased drift and extraction fields.

Current settings: wire gate 5100 V, 1st ring:
  
  64   03 Nov 2019 09:17 Alex KishRoutineGeneralrun 836, zero drift fieldGas pocket: ON

Fields: drift
field OFF (1st ring 0 V, cathode 0 V), extraction
  
  63   03 Nov 2019 08:49 Alex KishRoutineGeneralrun 835, zero drift fieldGas pocket: ON

Fields: drift
field OFF (1st ring 0 V, cathode 0 V), extraction
  
  62   03 Nov 2019 08:15 Alex KishRoutineGeneralrun 834, drift field ON, extraction OFFGas pocket: ON

Fields: drift
field ON (1st ring 4180 V, cathode 6180 V),
  
  61   03 Nov 2019 07:46 Alex KishRoutineGeneralrun 833, with nominal fieldsGas pocket: ON

Fields: ON (wire
gate 3780 V, 1st ring 4180 V, cathode 6180
  
  60   01 Nov 2019 10:56 Alex / MarcoRoutineGeneralrun 829, with nominal fieldsGas pocket: ON

Fields: ON

Threshold: 200
  
  58   01 Nov 2019 09:49 Alex KishConfigurationHardwareTurn off the fieldsRamp UP the fields, in 100V steps.

Nominal values:
  
  56   01 Nov 2019 09:06 Alex KishRoutineGeneralrun 826, zero-field with gas pocketGas pocket: ON

Fields: OFF

Threshold: 400
  
  55   01 Nov 2019 06:50 Alex KishConfigurationHardwareTurn off the fieldsRamp down the fields, in 200V steps.
Nominal values:
1st ring: 4180 V
  
  54   01 Nov 2019 06:15 Ben SmithProblem FixedSoftwareRestoration of elogAfter booting, the elog was only showing logs
from before July, and was missing the "For
Shifters" category. It appears we were loading
  
  53   01 Nov 2019 06:07 Ben SmithProblem FixedSoftwareRestoration of network settingsFor a few days we were unable to access ds-proto-daq
remotely. We were also unable to reach the
outside world from ds-proto-daq.
  
  52   28 Oct 2019 15:10 Simone StrackaConfigurationHardwareLV for steering module and current status of CAEN mainframeThe HV board from Naples did not turn on:
Yury gave it to the CAEN guys to check and/or
bring back for replacement.
 CAENmainframe.png 
  51   28 Oct 2019 14:56 Simone StrackaProblemSoftwareIssues with network configuration for steering moduleWe have tried to connect the steering module
to the DAQ pc via Luigi's USB-Ethernet
adapter. 
  
  50   28 Oct 2019 14:10 Ben SmithProblem FixedSoftwareConverters installed in VME crate> V1725 board #0 logic level is set to TTL
(boards #1, #2, #3 to NIM) 
  
  49   28 Oct 2019 08:33 Ben SmithProblem FixedSoftwareNeed python3 package tkinter on DAQ pcI have installed the python3-tkinter package
from yum. I checked that "import tkinter"
works from a python3 prompt.
  
  48   28 Oct 2019 06:28 Simone StrackaProblemSoftwareNeed python3 package tkinter on DAQ pcWe need python3 package tkinter installed
on ds-proto-daq in order to run the steering
module GUI. 
  
  47   27 Oct 2019 06:08 Simone StrackaConfigurationHardwareConverters installed in VME cratePeople: Edgar, Simone

Installed differential to single-ended
converters in VME crate, and turned crate
 PDMadcCh.pngconverters.jpgadc0_ttl.jpg 
  46   26 Oct 2019 07:33 Sam HillProblemSoftwareTest of IV ScriptPeople:  Simone, Sam, Tom, Edgar

Tested IV curve python script that
runs using MIDAS. Measured resistance consistant
 IV_curve_29K.png 
  45   25 Oct 2019 07:44 Simone StrackaRoutineHardwareMB2 activities on October 25Crew: Edgar Sanchez Garcia, Sam Hill, Simone
Stracka, Tom Thorpe, Yi Wang
 TileFEBMapping_MB2.pngiv_warm_1.pngiv_warm_1_zoom.pngIndividualTileAtLNGS.png 
  44   25 Oct 2019 07:17 Simone StrackaRoutineHardwarePhotoelectronics activities on October, 24Crew: Edgar Sanchez Garcia, Sam Hill, Simone
Stracka, Tom Thorpe, Yi Wang

Morning: Tested photocurrents for
  
  43   16 Jul 2019 03:53 Marco RescignoRoutineGeneralrun 774, scintillation events triggering on all 24 channels and 200 us windowMajority of 8, threshold at 1000 ADC count,
24 channels enabled (16 trigger signals) 
10 Hz, 200 us window, trigger at 9.5 microseconds.
 PileupEvent.png 
  42   16 Jul 2019 03:51 Marco RescignoRoutineGeneralrun 773, scintillation events triggering on all 24 channelsMajority of 5, threshold at 1000 ADC count,
24 channels enabled (16 trigger signals) 
100 Hz, 30 us window.
  
  41   16 Jul 2019 03:17 Marco RescignoRoutineGeneralrun 772, scintillation events triggering on all channelsMajority of 5, threshold at 1000 ADC count,
13 channels enabled (10 trigger signals) 
50 Hz, 30 us window.
  
  40   16 Jul 2019 02:41 Marco RescignoProblemTriggerBusy handlingThis morning tried to get some data with
Vbias=65 V, which seems better for the SiPM
in MB1.
  
  39   16 Jul 2019 02:39 Marco RescignoRoutineGeneralrun 771, scintillation events triggering on ch11 and ch12 of board0Trigger setup with a threshold of 1500
ADC count wrt to baseline, on just two channels.

This is also to limit the trigger
  
  38   16 Jul 2019 01:58 Marco RescignoRoutineGeneralRun 766 (Laser) Laser Run with Vbias=65 V , new recommended
value from PE group

500 k events acquired
  
  37   13 Jul 2019 14:50 Marco RescignoRoutineGeneralLong Laser run on diskRun 747 , 250 k events

as requested by alessandro 40%
post trigger, acquisition window 16 us.
  
  36   12 Jul 2019 11:34 Marco RescignoRoutineGeneralMB1 test in proto-0 setup/2 Run 718Run 718 has 25 channel readout Board 0
ch 0-15 and Board 0 ch 0-7. 

Laser triggered, some noise, maybe
 RMS_run718.gifSPE.gifScintillation.gif 
  35   12 Jul 2019 07:58 Marco RescignoRoutineGeneralMB1 test in proto-0 setup/day 2Implemented a simple charge integration
on the midas display, most of the channels
look almost as good as this one.
 Screenshot_from_2019-07-13_17-45-14.png 
  34   12 Jul 2019 06:01 Marco RescignoRoutineGeneralRun 703Run 703 is being writte on disk.

16 channels of board 00. 

Laser trigger at 10 Hz
  
  33   12 Jul 2019 02:05 Marco RescignoProblemTriggerMB1 test in proto-0 setup/1Tried to get laser sync signal into chronobox
(clkin1 input), apparently all triggers dropped
by chronobox
  
  32   12 Jul 2019 01:27 Marco RescignoConfiguration MB1 test in proto-0 setup/1Changed custom size to 500 (20 us), tested
ok run 681
  
  31   11 Jul 2019 15:52 ThomasRoutineTriggerinvert first chronobox busy signalThe DAQ seems to be ready for tests with proto-0
tomorrow.  
  
  30   02 Jul 2019 18:01 ThomasRoutineSoftwareMIDAS running againDarkside people seem to be doing some tests
at CERN next week.  It looks like they aren't
going to use our DAQ (they will I think just
  
  29   11 Apr 2019 08:20 ThomasRoutineTriggerMissing ZMQ banksI have done a couple longer tests of the DAQ
setup.  The runs were done with a high trigger
rate of ~60Hz, with
  
  28   10 Apr 2019 05:40 ThomasRoutineGeneralGeneral work - day 3 at CERNSeveral points:

1) Gave a series of tutorial on DAQ to DS
  
  27   08 Apr 2019 08:31 ThomasRoutineGeneralGeneral work - day 1 at CERNNotes on day:

1) Fixed the problem with the network interfaces.
  
  26   03 Apr 2019 15:31 ThomasRoutineSoftwaretest of elogThe last elog didn't go out cleanly.  Modified
the elogd.cfg to point to the proxy.  Try
again.
  
  25   03 Apr 2019 15:11 ThomasRoutineSoftwareCERN SSO proxy for ds-proto-daq Pierre and I got the CERN proxy setup for
the Darkside prototype.
  
  24   28 Mar 2019 02:18 PierreConfigurationTriggerTest    
  23   27 Mar 2019 14:04 PierreConfigurationTriggerTime stamp syncThe ChronoBox latest FW is loaded. Let tme
know if this is what the chronobox should
look like in term of registers.
  
  22   27 Mar 2019 08:57 PierreConfigurationHardwareCERN setupFound that the Trigger out from the CB is
on output1
Trigger / Not used
  
  21   11 Mar 2019 15:27 ThomasRoutineTriggerNew chronobox firmware; run start/stop implemented
> f) However, I found that the frontend program
still consistently failed with this error
  
  20   11 Mar 2019 12:30 ThomasRoutineTriggerNew chronobox firmware; run start/stop implementeda) Bryerton implemented new version of the
firmware.  New features:
  
  19   06 Mar 2019 18:19 Bryerton ShawRoutineTriggerSetup of chronoboxThe SDcard is currently required for operation
of the device, the ext3/4 filesystem will
immediately fail upon removal.
  
  18   06 Mar 2019 15:10 Thomas, PierreRoutineTriggerSetup of chronoboxSummary of setup of chronobox on network (mostly
done by Pierre):
  
  17   06 Mar 2019 14:16 ThomasRoutineGeneralRetested the chronobox trigger logicI retested the chronobox trigger generation:

1) Inserting moderate sized pulse into channel
  
  16   05 Mar 2019 14:20 ThomasRoutineHardwareInstalled network cardI installed a PCIe 1Gbps network card and
configured it as a private network.  The
PC (ds-proto-daq) is
  
  15   05 Mar 2019 10:36 ThomasRoutineDigitizerSwitched to standard V1725 firmwareIt turns out that the ZLE V1725 firmware we
are using only supports reading out up to
4000 samples per channel.
  
  14   19 Feb 2019 16:26 Pierre-A.ConfigurationGeneralOverall HW configurationFor Reference,

I put a simple schematic for the
Trigger/Run control.
 ds-proto-architecture-02.pdf 
  13   13 Feb 2019 16:45 PierreProblemHardwareA3818 from MarcoChecking again Marco's A3818:
- Port #2 (third from top of card) is acting
up.
  
  12   08 Feb 2019 12:08 ThomasProblemHardwareInstalled Marco's A3818; didn't workI installed Marco's A3818 PCIe card.  Didn't
seem to work.  I got communication errors
talking to link 2.  The
  
  11   07 Feb 2019 17:30 ThomasRoutineSoftwareTesting the maximum data throughputFirst check the maximum trigger rate and maximum
data rate for different sample lengths (for
each channels):
  
  10   06 Feb 2019 14:12 PierreConfigurationHardwareExtended Trigger Time Tag (ETTT)Confirmed this ETTT configuration is working.

                     ETTT Enabled [22..21]
  
  9   31 Jan 2019 15:18 PierreConfigurationTriggerTrigger rateSomehow the trigger rate was not matching
the trigger source.
Find out that Link 3 was not collecting and
  
  8   28 Jan 2019 01:44 ThomsRoutineSoftwareAdded web display of V1725 waveformsI added javascript webdisplay of the V1725
waveforms to the Darkside setup.  You can
see the waveform display here:
  
  7   21 Jan 2019 13:05 Thomas, PierreRoutineDigitizerTests of V1725 baseline and triggeringA little progress on a couple fronts:

1) We got the baseline DAC setting working
  
  6   17 Jan 2019 15:47 ThomasRoutineHardwareAdded raided HD to ds-proto-daqAdded pair of 10TB hard-drives in raid-1 to
ds-proto-daq.  MIDAS data files will get
written to this raid volume.
  
  5   11 Jan 2019 11:07 ThomasRoutineDigitizerData corruption for ADC channelsI modified the analyzer so that it shows data
from all four modules.
 dsproto_corrupt.gif 
  4   09 Jan 2019 12:22 ThomasRoutineGeneralV1725 LVDS outputsPierre figured out that NIM crate not working.
 We now see LVDS outputs from the individual
channels firing. 
  
  3   13 Dec 2018 11:02 ThomasRoutineHardwareTesting V1725 digitizersCouple weeks of work documented in one elog...

V1725 serial numbers: 455, 392, 460, 462,
  
  2   11 Dec 2018 15:20 ThomasConfigurationSoftwareSetup elog for ds-proto-daq
1) Install and tweak elog:
  
  1   11 Dec 2018 15:17 ThomasConfigurationSoftwareSetup elog for ds-proto-daq
1) Install and tweak elog:
  
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