Restart up tasks with beam	March 2002
			last update   Fri Mar 15 16:55:55 EST 2002
			Coordinator   Takeshi K. Komatsubara (KEK) --3/15


     * FERA noise problem ---> fixed
	(The circuit breaker was fixed on March 04. 
	 A Fan module in L15 was replaced on March 07, and 
	 the ground current in panel A reduced from 3.3A to 2.5A.)

     * Missing "Busy" for the Osaka trigger board --> fixed
	A spike, observed in the level0 output signal, was taken care of
	by a slow slew-rate in the ALTERA chip. 

     * DAQ hung problem --> fixed by George, Renee


   Take special runs for calibration etc, and
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   start standard mix in a few days	<--- We start taking smx (March 09) 
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   Requests for special runs (purpose, event#, trigger, namelist) 
   should be Email-ed to David [djaffe@bnl.gov].
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   === Shift keepers should write every information to ELOG, 
       take pedestals once in a shift, and 
       fill out a _shift summary_ at the end of each shift. 
       ( See  http://www.phy.bnl.gov/e949/run/shift_duties.html ) ===


0) QOD

     Check QOD to see all the subsystems are alive
	   <--- Shift takers should run, printout and check QOD plots 
		in running smx. 

	- We are going to start "automatic-QOD" when we start smx runs.

	- *** Make "Standard QOD plots" !! ***


1) Confirm the trimming/calibrations established in Feb
   <even with low-intensity beam> : 

     Beam timing (Jingliang)	  <--- done
     IC(Jim)			  <--- done  
     Delco (Steve)		  <--- done
     RS energy (Benji)		  <--- done
     T.2 (Steve)		  <--- done
     Target (Jim)		  <--- done
     TT timing (Tamaki)	          <--- done

     RS timing with RS-TDC (Sasha,Bob) -> being studied.

     RSSC/UTC (Shaomin,Toshio) -> being studied


2) Higher level trigger checks and calibrations

     FTDC (Benji)		  <--- done
     L1 stopping counter finder (Bipul) <--- done, okay

     L0z (Bipul) --> being studied

     L1.1 (George)   ---> being studied with new masks and new TD gate.

     L1.2 (Norihito)		  <--- done, okay.


     !!! RS discriminator-mode issues (David)!!!
	*** David will coordinate the issues ***.
  
	a) set RS discriminator thresholds (15mV --> 25mV for Lay3-18)
	b) veryify that RS TDC occupation is acceptable
	c) consider to put discriminators into "Burst Guard"
           --> then "verify that we don't screw anything up"
	d) check the threshold vs single-photoelectron level.
	e) reading out trailing edge ? 


3) Check the new trigger system, Rejection/Acceptance etc 
   <with High Intensity> : 

     Hex, BVL, BV meantimers (Tamaki/Takeshi)	-> being studied and optimized
     L0zfrf (Tamaki)

     L19 veto (Tamaki)


4) Optimize our running conditions as the AGS intensity goes up. 

  *** Reduce the data size, and decrease DAQ readout deadtime. ***

  a) reduce TD gate (to ~2usec...) (George)	 -> being studied
  b) reduce E2 CCD prompt readout window (perhaps 30ns->15ns)
					      (Takeshi)
  c) set the proper prescaling factors for monitor triggers in smx

  d) setup the 1gamma trigger (Tamaki/Takeshi/Takashi)

  ...

5) Detailed performance checks
     Efficiencies and kinematic resolutions (Shaomin)
     T.2 efficiency (Milind,Nikolay)
     Photon Veto performance in online/offline (Joe,Takeshi, ...)


6) Special runs for detector calibration: 

 o Once we reach the state of "steady running", 
   we take the following runs for detector calibration. 
   ( The run coordinator manages these special run. )

  - pulser (no beam) with tdc3_fe55.cfg, 10M events (RSSC, once in two weeks)

  - km22_mix with all_v5.cfg, 50k events (RSgain, once in a week)

  - km21_mix with cs1_v5.cfg, 100k events (TT/UTC, once in a month)

  - eckmu2_mix with cs1_noCCD_v5.cfg, 400k events (ECgain, once in a month)



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