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1. Runlist for fermilab beam test

beam hit the left edge of top Ecal (1498,252)

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.  TS1 and TS2

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

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

786 TS1 only - beam centered on calorimeter (1440,315)

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

788

790 junk

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 from 4.0 to 0.8 psia

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

01/14 22:55

796 move to Top block, use this New HV: 1260, 1300, 880, 920, 940, 1640, 1440, 1800, FADC ch11 and ch12 swapped.

These two channels are down stream Cherenkov. After swapped, Down cherenkov inner PMT is in ch12.

797

798 move to left block, point B (1498,347)

799

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

801

802 beam on the center of the right block, point C (1382,347)

803 beam on the center of the top block, point A (1440, 252)

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,

-------------adjusting HV for 12GeV start------------

Request 16 GeV but MCR can not deliver it, switch to 12 GeV. We then determine the HV

807 12GeV HV: 1260, 1300, 880, 920, 940, 1640, 1440, 1800   ---38409 events. Ecal is saturated

808 12GeV HV: New HV is: 1260, 1300, 920, 960, 980, 1640, 1440, 1800   -->try to decrease HV by 40V but increased it by mistake

809, 810  coda crashed, junk

811  

812  12GeV, New HV: 1260, 1300, 820, 860, 880, 1640, 1440, 1800,  17271 events. Still saturated

813

814  12GeV, New HV: 1260, 1300, 780, 820, 840, 1640, 1440, 1800

815

816  12GeV, New HV: 1260, 1300, 740, 820, 840, 1640, 1440, 1800

817  12GeV, New HV: 1280, 1280, 700, 820, 840, 1640, 1440, 1800, 8711 events

-------------adjusting HV for 12GeV end--------------

818 12 GeV e-, 34841 events

819 12 GeV e-, missed the start of the spill. Total event count is off by about 194 events. Event count = 20779 

820 10 GeV e-, 80515 events. 

821 8 GeV e-, 62788 events.

822 6 GeV e- 61530 events.  

All the above run MWPC chamber1 is not working.

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

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

823

824

825   5808 events

826, Switch to TS2 trigger, which is our own trigger. testing daq, short run

827, daq crashed, bad runs

828  use TS2 trigger, which is our own "SC1&SC2", 4190 events.

829, something wrong, bad run

830, CODA went wrong, no output file

Switch back to TS1

831 Switch back to TS1, crashed junk

832 with 8303 events.

833 7396 events. lost MWPC data at the last few spills

834 

835

836 with 8853 events

837

838 test daq, junk

839 daq crashed, junk

840 with 4856 events in coda. (MWPC shows 4859 events)

841 with 2102 events,(MWPC shows 2101 events in run)  <<== this is normal, the last event from coda will not write into data file

842 with 2486 events

843 with 3803 events. 

844 beam went down (bad run)

845 without MWPC daq running

846 only 1 spill since it is not synchronized with MWPC daq 

847 1 GeV

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

848 6 GeV

849 6 GeV

850 6 GeV

851 6 GeV, 119066 events

852 with 49377 events

calibration start------------

853 center on the top block(1440, 252), with 68483 events.

854 center on the left block (1498, 347), with 69508 events.

855 center on the right block (1382, 347), with 68357 events.

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

856 with 185847 events

857 with events 193672

858 without MWPC daq, coda crashed, junk

859 without MWPC 

860 with events 209800

861 with events 198022

===========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

-------------addjust table position start-------------- 

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)

-------------addjust table position end---------------- 

878  coda has 2 events less than MWPC daq

879  coda has 3 events less than MWPC daq

880  coda crashed, no output file, junk

881  

882   bufferlevel=2, coda crashed, junk

883

-------------addjust table position start-------------- 

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)

-------------addjust table position end---------------- 

891  with 200407 events, 

892  with 192133 events, 

893  with 203303 events,

894

895  with 110758 events

896 coda crashed. 17661 events, data is still good

897 coda crashed, no output file, junk

898 with 98980 events,

899 with 85054 events. 

900 with 164765 events.

901 168579 events. 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 finished changing beam spot size

calibration start=========

924      Ecal HV: 620 680 720, Top block (1451, 239)

925      Move table, beam hit the Left block (1510, 334)

926      MWPC daq not synchronize 

927      

928      Move table, beam hit the Right block (1393, 334)

929

calibration end  =========

930  Move table, beam hit the center of 3 blocks (1451, 303)

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====================

HV is 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 another copy signal with diff. cable length

976  detector are below beam line, good for checking pedestal

977  Moved motion table to (1447,306)

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

/////////////////////////

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, this run might be good

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

...

1028  MWPC has 2 more events than CODA

...

1031  MWPC has 3 more events than CODA

1032

1033 713306 events at coda. Coda has 1 event more than MWPC   <<=== this is a good run

==================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

...

1072  coda has 3 events less than MWPC

...

1074  Moved table from (1447, 306) to (1442,306), one spill only

1075  120291 events.

1076  10820 events. MWPC daq did not run 

1077  54030 events. MWPC daq did not run 

1078  with events 566363

1079  with events 260990

1080  with events 237995

1081  with events 247434

1082  with events 278606

1083  with events 258176

1084  with events 367690

1085  with events 252462

1086  with events 217253; Run stopped early due to inconsistency with MWPC DAQ count 217256

1087  with events 309246

1088  with events 20566.

calibration done by Jixie:

calibration start--------

1089 point A, top block, (1442, 243) , MTSCL5~=80k, rate is too high

1090 point A, top block, (1442, 243) , requested MTSCL5~=60k, rate is still high

1091 point B, left block, (1500, 337)

1092 point C, right block, (1384, 337)

1093 point C, right block, (1384, 337) , requested MTSCL5~=30k, rate is still high

1094 point B, left block, (1500, 337)

1095 point A, top block, (1442, 243)

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

===============120 GeV Proton===============

beam size is ~3.5 mm (x) x ~2.8 mm (y).

calibration start--------

1096  top block, point A (1442, 243). NO MWPC, 7 spills, HVs=-1260 -1280 -600 -680 -720 -1640 -1480 -1760

1097  top block, point A (1442, 243). NO MWPC, 3 spills, HVs=-1260 -1280 -560 -620 -640 -1600 -1440 -1720

1098  NO MWPC, 7 spill

1099  NO MWPC, 1 spill

1100  NO MWPC, 6 spill

run 1101. center of 3 blocks, point O (1442, 306). NO MWPC, 1 spills, HVs= -1260 -1280 -560 -600 -620 -1600 -1440 -1720

1102  NO MWPC, 6 spill

1103 center of 3 blocks, point O (1442, 307). NO MWPC, 2 spills, HVs= -1260 -1280 -540 -600 -620 -1600 -1440 -1720

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

1104  NO MWPC, 59 spills 685357 events

1105   (1500, 338) point B, 2 spill

1106   (1500, 338) point B, 450480 events

1107   (1500, 338) point B, 459505 events

1108   (1384, 338) point C, 26425 events, 2 spills

1109   (1384, 338) point C, 470569 events

1110   (1384, 338) point C, 495870 events

1111   (1442, 244) point A, 26323 events, 2 spills

1112. ... 495424 events

1113. ... coda lost roc2 from 703k events, MWPC still runs, part of the data saved

1114....378889 events

02:05 Moved table to (1442, 307) point O

1115. ... 1 spill

1116. ... 156652 events, 12 spill

1117. ... 389498 events, 30 spill

1118. ... 837943 events, 64 spill.