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1. Runlist for fermilab beam test

beam hit the edge of top Ecal

New HV is: 1260, 1300, 920, 960, 940, 1940, 1780, 2100

777  First run - MWPC trigger - 

783 Preshower channels set to 2V range in FADC, new HV is: 1260, 1300, 920, 960, 940, 1840, 1680, 2000

784 TS1 and TS2 - move detector position so beam is hitting the center of three ECals

785  New HV is: 1160, 1200, 820, 860, 840, 1840, 1680, 2000 

786 TS1 only - beam centered on calorimeter

787 lower HV on preshower, New HV is: 1260, 1300, 820, 860, 840, 1740, 1580, 1900

788

792

793 reduce 100 V more on preshower, New HV is: 1260, 1300, 820, 860, 840, 1640, 1480, 1800

short run PEB1 crashed

795 switch to FADC only config TiIntelvmeha8 and use

Changing down stream Cerenkov N2 pressure

===========good data start from here===================

796 move to Top block, use this New HV: 1260, 1300, 880, 920, 940, 1640, 1440, 1800

797

798 move to left block

800 beam on the center of the left block, point B

801

802 beam on the center of the right block, point C

803 beam on the center of the top block, point A

804 beam on the center of 3 modules, 6.5k

805 2GeV, beam on the center of 3 modules, 31.7k

806 4GeV, beam on the center of 3 modules,

818 12 GeV e- 

819 12 GeV e- 

820 10 GeV e- 

821 8 GeV e-

822 6 GeV e- 

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HV is: 1260, 1280, 760, 860, 880, 1640, 1480, 1800

823

824

825

Switch to TS2 trigger, which is our own trigger

828 

Switch back to TS1

831 

839  daq crashed

847 1 GeV

===========6GeV===================

848 6 GeV

849 6 GeV

850 6 GeV

851 6 GeV

calibration start

853 center on the top block(1440, 252), 

854 center on the left block (1498, 347)

855 center on the right block (1382, 347)

calibration end

858 bad run

===========16GeV===================

862, ecal HV is using 8GeV setting: 760, 860, 880      bad run, all saturated

863, change ecal HV: 720, 820. 840, bad run, all saturated

864  bad run, all saturated

865, change ecal HV: 700 780,800  bad run, sdu#4 saturated

866, bad run, sdu#4 saturated

===========12GeV===================

867

868

869

870 motion table moved to (1429,315)

871

872 motion table moved to (1452,315)

873

874

875 motion table moved to (1461,315)

876

877 motion table moved to (1451,315)

878  coda has 2 events less than MWPC daq

879  coda has 3 events less than MWPC daq

880  coda crashed, no output file

881  

882   bufferlevel=2

883

884 Moved motion table from (1451, 315) vertical down by 2mm to (1451,313)

885

886 Moved motion table vertical down by 5mm to (1451,308)

887

888 Moved motion table vertical down by 3mm to (1451,305)

889

890 Moved motion table vertical down by 2mm to (1451,303)

891

892

893

894

895

896 coda crashed. 17661 events, data is still good

897 coda crashed, no output file

898

899

900

901 MWPC daq not start 

902 

calibration start

903  Moved table to (1451, 239), center on the top block

904  Moved table to (1510, 334), center on the left block

905  Moved table to (1393, 334), center on the right block

calibration end

===================16GeV====================

beam still hitting the right block----------------------------

906|907   Ecal HV: 660 760 780, 

908|909   Ecal HV: 700 780 800, 

910|911   Ecal HV: 760 860 880, MCR start to shrink beam spot size

912|913   Ecal HV: 660 760 780, 

914|915  Adjust Ecal HV, also Lower Preshower3 HV by 40V, 

new HV: 1260  1280  640  760  760 1640  1480  1760, 

916      Move table back to center----------------------------

917

918|919  

920|921  Ecal HV: 620 700 720,   beam hit center O

922|923  Move table, beam hit the Top block 

MCR cfinished changing beam spot size

calibration start=========

924      Ecal HV: 620 680 720, Top block 

925      Move table, beam hit the Left block 

926      MWPC daq not synchronize 

927      

928      Move table, beam hit the Right block 

929

calibration end  =========

930  Move table, beam hit the center of 3 blocks

931

932

933

934

935

936

937

938 coda has 3 events less than MWPC daq

939 MWPC not run

940

941

942

943

944

===================2GeV====================

HVis set to :

SC1 SC2 Ecal1 Ecal2 Ecal3 PrSh1 PrSh2 PrSh3

-1260 -1280 -760 -860 -880 -1640 -1480 -1800

945

946

947

948  daq crashed, no data

949  only 863 events

950 - 969 production

===================4GeV====================

970

971

972

973

974  coda crashed, no output file

975  detector are below beam line, good for checking pedestal,  

in run 975, Cherenkov raw signal are connected to FADC, previously we connected the logical signal after DSC

976  detector are below beam line, good for checking pedestal

977  

978  Upstream cherenkov HV changed from 1700 to 1640

984 coda crashed, no output file

985 

987 change coda latency from 100 to 150 to test daq. 

988

989 change coda latency back to 100 

991 trash

995 Changed Cherenkov HVs from (1640,1700,1700) to (1600,1740,1720) . 

996 stopped with only one spill. Did not synchronize to MWPC daq

997

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   PMT: Up, Outer, Inner

 <=977: 1700,1700,1700

 978-994: 1640,1700,1700

 995-997: 1600, 1720, 1740

 998|999: 1640, 1780, 1740

 1000|1001: 1700, 1840, 1740

 >=1002: 1740, 1880, 1740

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998   HV: 1640, 1780, 1740. Only one spill. Stop to view event

999

1000  HV: 1700, 1840, 1740. Only one spill. Stop to view event

1001

1002  HV: 1740, 1880, 1740. Only two spill. Stop to view event

1003  MWPC has one event less than CODA

1004

1005  MWPC has one event more than CODA

1006

1007

1008

calibration start

1009  Moved table to (1505, 337), center on the left block    52034 events

1010  Moved table to (1389, 337), center on the right block   77621 events

1011  Moved table to (1447, 243), center on the top block  

calibration end

===================8GeV====================

HV setting is

SC1 SC2 Ecal1 Ecal2 Ecal3 PrSh1 PrSh2 PrSh3

-1260 -1280 -760 -860 -880 -1640 -1480 -1800

-----------------------------------

these 3 runs can be used to calibrate HV setting of the above, which is also used in 1,2,4,6 GeV data

calibration start--------

1012  top block,  saturated due to pile up

1013  left block, saturated due to pile up

1014  right block, saturated due to pile up

calibration end----------

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Change to the following from run 1015

-1260 -1280 -720 -820 -840 -1640 -1480 -1800

calibration start--------

1015,1016  right block, 

1017  left block

1018  top block

calibration end----------

1019  Move motion table to the center of 3 blocks, point O

1020  coda crashed, part of the data is good

1021  coda crashed, part of the data is good

1022  coda crashed, no output

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1028  MWPC has 2 more events than CODA

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1031  MWPC has 3 more events than CODA

1032

1033 713306 events at coda. Coda has 1 event more than MWPC

==================10GeV====================

1034

==================1 GeV====================

1035

1036 events# 10027

1037 events# 10940

1038 with events 10794

1039 with events 12529

1040 with events 10982

1041 with events 12035

1042 1 GeV

1043 1 GeV

1044 junk run (missed first spill)

1045 1 GeV

1046 1 GeV

1047 1 GeV, out of sync at 23:04:11 CST (end of run)

1048 1 GeV

1049 1 GeV, off by 2 events at 23:46:50 CST

1050 1 GeV

1051 1 GeV

1052 1 GeV

1053 1 GeV

1054 1 GeV

1054   289234 events

1055   308115 events

1056   28310 events

==================2 GeV====================

1057 MWPC has 321476 events, but CODA ended with 321477 events, CODA has one more event. This one extra event was added when I clicked "End" on CODA. Might not be a problem, need to check.  <<----confirmed by Alex that the last extra event of coda will not be written into the output file.

1058 MWPC has 367897 events, CODA ended with 367898 events. The same reason as 1057.

1059 MWPC 356721 events, CODA ended with one more event (356722). . The same reason as 1057.

1060 MWPC 316666 events, CODA ended with 316667 event. The same reason as 1057.

1061 MWPC 233967 events, CODA ended with 233967 events.

==================6 GeV====================

1062

1063    requested lower rate after 5 spills

1064

1065

==================10 GeV====================

HV setting is:

HV for FADC channel 0 to 7:

  SC1   SC2 Ecal1  Ecal2 Ecal3  PrSh1  PrSh2  PrSh3

-1260 -1280  -720   -820  -840  -1640  -1480  -1800

1066

1067

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1072  coda has 3 events less than MWPC

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