The DAQ seems to be ready for tests with proto-0 tomorrow.  

I had to invert the first busy input in order to get chronobox to produce triggers.  I modified the setup script

setup_chronobox.sh

so this is now the default.  Not sure why necessary.

Another interesting fact; it seems the chronobox only asks for a DHCP IP when it first boots.  I think that
chronobox and ds-proto-daq were rebooted at the same time; ds-proto-daq dhcp server was probably not running
when chronobox asked for IP.  chronobox got IP fine when it was power cycled.

Run 703 is being writte on disk.

16 channels of board 00. 

Laser trigger at 10 Hz

ended with

[feoV1725.cxx:1033:read_trigger_event,ERROR] Error: did not receive a ZMQ bank. Stopping run.   ]

Implemented a simple charge integration on the midas display, most of the channels look almost as good as this one.

Nothing on the daq side changed, a part from the DAC value moved to 5000, allowing a slightly greater dynamic range.

Run 718 has 25 channel readout Board 0 ch 0-15 and Board 0 ch 0-7. 

Laser triggered, some noise, maybe not so bad as is look here.

RMS of baseline is 200 ADC count. Single PE peak is about 100-200 ADC count from baseline.

Looking carefully, some very nice scintillation event are found.

Run 747 , 250 k events

as requested by alessandro 40% post trigger, acquisition window 16 us.

Laser Run with Vbias=65 V , new recommended value from PE group

500 k events acquired

Trigger setup with a threshold of 1500 ADC count wrt to baseline, on just two channels.

This is also to limit the trigger to 50 Hz, since the busy still did not work.

100 K events on disk.

Majority of 5, threshold at 1000 ADC count, 13 channels enabled (10 trigger signals)  50 Hz, 30 us window.

58 k events recorded.

Majority of 5, threshold at 1000 ADC count, 24 channels enabled (16 trigger signals)  100 Hz, 30 us window.

38 k events recorded.

Majority of 8, threshold at 1000 ADC count, 24 channels enabled (16 trigger signals)  10 Hz, 200 us window, trigger at 9.5 microseconds.

10 k events recorded.

By direct inspection pileup seems at the 10 % level in the 200 us window.

Crew: Edgar Sanchez Garcia, Sam Hill, Simone Stracka, Tom Thorpe, Yi Wang

Morning: Tested photocurrents for MB2 on tabletop using SMU and Keithley switching matrix.  All measured between 1-10 microAmps.

Afternoon: Tested PDU mounting procedure with TPC assembled and with the mockup.  No showstoppers. This will be the procedure for installation
With the mockup on the table we double checked the resistances.  Confirmed all values are as before cooling indicating no additional damage to the wire-bondings.

Crew: Edgar Sanchez Garcia, Sam Hill, Simone Stracka, Tom Thorpe, Yi Wang

Morning: Set up equipment for the IV curve measurements. We enable the interlock system in the SMU in order to go higher than 42 V (handle with care).

Afternoon:  Measuring IV curves.  Note there is a voltage drop in the LV cable that needs to be compensated for.  

Chan 1 is set at +3.3V drawing 1.46A; sense line reads +2.39V
Chan 2 is set at -3.3V drawing 1.46A; sense line reads -2.39V
IV curves are scanning from 0-80V in 200mV steps w/ 100uA limit: elog:45/2 , elog:45/3
The two runs are visible ( elog:45/1 for color code and mapping )
Compare to elog:45/4 , obtained when probing individual tiles under more controlled light conditions

Gas pocket: ON

Fields: OFF

Threshold: 400 ADCc below baseline

Threshold extend:  5x16 = 80ns

Comment: Noise appeared on event 4200

Gas pocket: ON

Fields: ON

Threshold: 200 ADCc below baseline

Threshold extend:  5x16 = 80ns

Comment: Noise appeared on event 48500

Gas pocket: ON

Fields: ON (wire gate 3780 V, 1st ring 4180 V, cathode 6180 V)

Threshold: 200 ADCc below baseline

Threshold extend:  5x16 = 80ns

TPC Pressure: 242 mbarg

SiPM HV: 65V

Comment: noise conditions good, 1e5 evts

Gas pocket: ON

Fields: drift field ON (1st ring 4180 V, cathode 6180 V), extraction field OFF (wire gate 0 V)

Threshold: 200 ADCc below baseline

Threshold extend:  5x16 = 80ns

TPC Pressure: 244 mbarg

SiPM HV: 65 V

Comment: noise conditions good, 1e5 evts

Gas pocket: ON

Fields: drift field OFF (1st ring 0 V, cathode 0 V), extraction field OFF (wire gate 0 V)

Threshold: 200 ADCc below baseline

Threshold extend:  5x16 = 80ns

TPC Pressure: 244 mbarg

SiPM HV: 65 V

Comment: noise conditions good, 1e5 evts

Gas pocket: ON

Fields: drift field OFF (1st ring 0 V, cathode 0 V), extraction field OFF (wire gate 0 V)

Threshold: 200 ADCc below baseline

Threshold extend:  5x16 = 80ns

TPC Pressure: 244 mbarg

SiPM HV: 50 V (noise run)

Comment: noise conditions good. Thresholds are too high, rate below 1 event/sec, only few events saved. Postpone to next day.

I have created a new script that simplifies the adjustment of self-trigger thresholds (e.g. to change between "noise" runs with a low threshold and "normal" runs with a higher threshold).

It supports either setting the threshold to a certain number of ADC beneath baseline, or just shifting all the current thresholds by a given amount. It can also be used to just print the current baseline of each channel. Baseline calculation is done "live" by reading a few events.

The code is available in dsproto_analyzer, and is documented at https://bitbucket.org/ttriumfdaq/dsproto_daq/wiki/Midas%20Software%20Operation (scroll to "Adjusting self-trigger thresholds"). We used it recently to change to a noise run, and it worked well.

Gas pocket: ON

Fields: wire gate 3780 V, 1st ring: 4500 V, cathode: 7000 V

Threshold: 1000 ADCc below baseline

Trace length: 200us total, 100 us pre-trigger

Threshold extend:  5x16 = 80ns

TPC Pressure: 300 mbarg

SiPM HV: 65 V (noise run)

Comment: noise conditions good. Rate ~30Hz. Look for S2s!