Last Updated on Wednesday, August 01, 2001 at 20:05:18. by Author: Pradeep Sarin

GUI Quick List 



Nominal Choice of RunTypes : 

Run Type Detector Setup
ALLBEAM Silicon + Plastic (Normal data taking)
PADDLECOSM Plastic Only, NO Silicon (Beam studies with Silicon turned OFF)

 

No Calibration runs of any type during night or subsystem expert present/beam imminent.

 

RUNNING with Silicon Detectors OFF

  1. Start GUI by clicking on the desktop icon titled 'PhatDAQRunControl'

  2. Click 'OK' on the 'options' popup window - don't enter anything

  3. Wait for the message 'Ready to Receive Initialization' in 'Si ROC Messages' window

  4. Immediately click on 'Expert Menu' and select 'Init Silicon'

  5. 'Si ROC Messages' window should say  :

    Parsing 07 parameters per (FEC,String) for 42 FEC's
    MasterMain() :  MasterCE waiting for START_RUN

  6. If Step 6 is not arrived at, do Step 5 again

  7. Select a suitable RunType, use checkbutton to Enable/Disable Writing to Disk and hit 'Start Run'

  8. No need to quit GUI between individual runs



RUNNING with Silicon Detectors ON

  1. MUST Quit GUI completely before switching on FEC Low Voltage Power supplies

  2. Wait for the Low Voltage Power Supplies to turn ON (Silicon Expert gives OK)

  3. Start GUI by clicking on the desktop icon titled 'PhatDAQRunControl'

  4. Click 'OK' on the 'options' popup window - don't enter anything

  5. Wait for the message 'Ready to Receive Initialization' in 'Si ROC Messages' window

  6. click on 'Expert Menu' and select 'Reset Latchup'

  7. Immediately after that, click on 'Expert Menu' and select 'Init Silicon'

  8. 'Si ROC Messages' window should say  :

    Parsing 07 parameters per (FEC,String) for 42 FEC's
    MasterMain() :  MasterCE waiting for START_RUN

  9. If Step 8 is not arrived at, do Step 7 again

  10. Ramp the Silicon Bias voltages to Full Bias (Silicon expert gives OK)

  11. After Bias voltages are up, click on 'Expert Menu' and select 'Reset Latchup' again

  12. Select RunType = ALLBEAM, use checkbutton to Enable/Disable Writing to Disk and hit 'Start Run'

  13. While run is in progress, keep a watch on the 'Events Accepted' scaler. It should keep counting if there are collisions. If it stops counting, look for error messages  in the 'PhatDAQ Messages' window : you may need to stop and start a new run. Note in the RunLog that this happened and call DAQ expert.