5:40 AM started ramping up voltages up to 1000 V

6:50 AM Crate-1 U0 3.0 U1 2.5
crate-3 U0 0.1 U1 0.1 U2 10.8 U3 12.6 U4 7.8 U5 9.2 U6 10.0 U7 8.6
Crate-4 U0 12.2 U1 10.0 U2 10.5 U3 12.5 U4 7.5 U5 8.9 U6 0.3 U7 0.2
7:0 AM Pedestal taken
file : /evp/b/5028001,5028002,5028003_DELETE
To take pedestal ask operator. Take only with PMD ( no other detector)
set base rate 10. Take 100 events.
11:30 Pedestal taken at 1400 volts
File 5028048_DELETE
Pedestal taken at 1000 volts
file 5028051_DELETE
Crate U6,U7 showing high current i.e., 10.8/9.4 Normal 10.0/8.6
3:00 Beam is about to come HV up to 1000 V
Pedestal taken only PMD, L1CTL OUT
Run 5028054 Pedestals high
Taken again
Run 50028055 Ped high not good
HV raised to 1400 V execpt SM 24(1200)
Run started with all other detectors
Run 5028057
16:10 Around 15K events
the current in Crate-3 (U6,U7) is increased to 11.2/9.8 normal(10.0/8.6) and also dead time increased to 96% and also data volume(1500 KB/sec)
So, the Crate is switched off
the deadtime came to 54% and data volume 300KB/sec
HV of SM 22 and 23 reduced to 1350 V
Run 5028058 started
LV crate-3 off Crate-1 & crate-4 on
HV of SM22 and SM23 reducing to 1350
Run started
LV Crate-3 ON
current U6 and U7 10.8/9.3 (normal 10./8.6)
Still high but reduced from 11.2/9.8 A
In between run stopped by Jeff
Run 5028062 running with
HV 1400 SM 13 to SM 21 ; 1350 SM 22 to 23 and 1200 SM 24
LV ON , Crate-1,Crate-3 and Crate-4
Active chains at 1400 V : 37,38,40, 25 to 37 but 25 to 30 not good.
@ 1350 V : 41,42,43,44
@ 1200 V : 45,46,47,48 mixing high voltage
Lots of run started and stopped. Please check the WEB

Run# 5028064 PMD with all detectors HV and LV conditions earlier

17:50 HV and LV conditions as earlier. Runs may not be useful as some
tests are going on. SM 22,23 HV upto 1400 V
LV current in Crate is

0.1,0.1,13.5,13.7,4.8,9.2,10.7,9.3
Very high
on increasing the HV of SM 22 &23 This is bad
lowering down to HV again to 1350 V
After switching off crates and back on again, the current
values became normal (10.7,12.6)
So it is confirmed that SM 22,23 have problems.
It is advised NOT to raise the volatge of these SMs
Runs 5028070-74 may not be useful

21:10
LV on HV 1000 V ( Pedestal voltage)
Pedestal file Run # 5028086
Now raised to operating voltages
SM 13 to 21 1400 V SM 22-23 1350 V SM 24 1200 V
Run 5028093 stopped after 17K events Minbias
Please the LV currents from time to time specially crate-3
U6 & U7 & all.
 

If WIENER CRATE control gets off
How to start ??
start Run
c:/spal/wincrmUSB.exe

**************
JAN 29 2004
**************
04:00 Pedestal taken Run# /evp/b/5029007 at 1000V

08;00 YPV checking LV currents
crate-1 3.0/2.45 screen flashing
crate-3 0.14,0.14,10.76,12.62,7.8,9.2,10.6,9.2
crate-4 12.2,10.0,10.5,12.5,7.4,8.9,0.24,0.24
Checking HV
voltage 1402 1402 1401 1401 1401 1402 1400 1400 1400 1352 1352 1201
current -1.0 0.2 -0.7 0.0 -0.4 -0.3 -0.6 -0.3 -0.7 -0.7 -0.3 -0.7
---green---- ----white---- ---green---- ----green-----
why some values are in white ?
why HV current values are bith +ve and -ve ?
Run 5029019 HV in Pedestal = 1000 V

13:10 Run 5029042 started , first 10K events to be ignored as voltage
was still being raised. In general data seems reasonable.
HV current values -0.400 to -0.800, ok.
Run 5029044 may be good run

Run 5029070 1000 events Pedestal Run 50029071 100 events Pedestal
Full volatge no beam

Run 5029981
Crate-1 failed and dead time went up to 98%-100% and disturbing
others. No way to switch off the Crate-1(Chain 37)
Tried to reduce the HV of SM 18,19 to 1350 V from 1400 V
Still dead time is 98%. Run may not be useful

Run 5029092 started again but same problem of dead time

Run 5029092 PMD taken out

Now Pedestal set to 1000 V for PMD but run is going on for
other detectors
we will take pedestals with Crate-1 failure and take run
if it helps to improve dead time.

Run # 5029093 started Central started will conitue for a long
time.
We have to wait for pedestal and thenwait for operating voltage
and then will see the effect of dead time.
20:00 Run# 5029094 Pedestal for PMD alone
good pedestal Chain # 45,46 showing low no.of channels
HV 1400 V , SM 13 to 21, 1350 V SM 22,23 1200 SM 24
Run 5029100 Minbias started dead time not much taking data @ 80Hz.
May be good run.
Problem may be due to Chain 45 ??
stopped after 30K events for some other problem
approx 1081 pmd evnets from event pool
21:00 Run 5029107 Minbias started again
HV 1400 V , SM 13 to 21, 1350 V SM 22,23 1200 SM 24
may be good run
After 60 K events again PMD 100% dead

Run 5029107 started again
again after 60K PMD 95% dead then 100K out

21:50 Event pool checked Ch# 45 & 46 dead
The dead time increases due to Ch# 45 & 46.
now PMD out
Reducing to pedestal voltage again.
Run may be tried after sometime.
LV off HV pedestal
23:40 CRATE-1 failed

Crate-3 Crate-4
U0 0.14 12.23
U1 0.14 10.13
U2 10.7 7.9
U3 12.62 9.39
U4 7.79 7.41
U5 9.20 8.94
U6 10.48 0.29
U7 8.97 0.24
****************
JAN 30, 2004
****************
00:30 Pedestal taken at 1000V, Chains dead - 25,29,37
Run# /evp/b/5029120_DELETE copied to /data/PEDESTAL/5029120_DELETE
HV 1400 V , SM 13 to 21, 1350 V SM 22,23 1200 SM 24
02:45 PMD entered in the run
Run# 5030006 43K events
Run# 5030007 23K events
Run# 5030011 23K events
Run# 5030012 200K events
Run# 5030018 113K events
Run# 5030019 70K events
Run# 5030020 200K events
Run# 5030021 125K events

Pedestal taken for PMD only @ 1000V
Run 5030022_DELETE

Run 5030029 pedestal at 1100 V with beam BUT LV comes off
Sorry not useful

13:00 Pedestal taken Run # 5030037 and 5030038
HV increased to operating voltage but no production run only Play

Run# 5030045 started Stopped after few events.
Run 5030047 started PMD 100% dead taken out
14:30 Run 5030062 Pedestal with HV @ 1400 , no beam
dead was increased. So HV reduced to
1350V to SM 13 to 22, 1300 V to SM 23 and 1000 V to SM 24
Run 50300101 taken No data seen in online program but PMD
included in the run ??

Run 50300102 started with same configuration above
5030011

22:50 5030115 Pedestal /evp/a/5030115

****************
JAN 31, 2004
****************
LVPS INFO
01:00 CRATE-1 off

Crate-3 Crate-4
U0 0.1 14.0
U1 0.1 13.0
U2 10.7 7.9
U3 12.6 9.4
U4 7.8 7.4
U5 9.2 8.9
U6 10.5 0.3
U7 9.0 0.3
SM 13 to 22 1400 V, SM 22 ,23 1350V and SM 24 1200 V

01:30 Run # # of events
5031002 12 K
3 2K|
4 5K|
7 130K| Prod Min Bias
10 41K|
11 200K|
12 140K
06:00 Pedestal taken 5031013_DELETE
09:55 Run 5031015 started HV same as above
run 5031027 LV off just to see the dead time.
This run is not useful

12:00 SM 15 to 19 HV 1000V and other SMs HV 500V
LV crate-3 off
LV crate-4 on
only chains are 26(B),27(B),28(B),30(B)
SM 31,32,33, 34( after 200 channels) , 35 and 36 o.k.
Pedestal Run 5031028
concentrate only chain corresponding to SM 31,32,33,34,35 and 36.
LV crate 4
U0 12.2 U1 10.2 U2 7.9 U3 9.4 U4 7.4 U5 8.9 U6 0 U7 0

Run 5031034 started
SM 15,16,17,18,19 1400 Volts and all others 500 volts
good run

Run 5031034 with 1425 V of SM15,16,17,18,19 & others are at 500 V
stopped after 27K events good run

Run 5031037 started Mike less events stopped due to beam dump
request

Run 5031038 Pedestal at 1000 V SM 15,16,17,18,19 and others at 500 V
raised to 1400 V. Beam dumped.

Run 5031042_DELETE Pedestal Run @ 1400 V ( SM 15,16,17,18,19)

run 5031046 started HV SM 15,16,17,18,19 1400 V
may be good run stopped after 67 K events.

Now HV = 1425 ( SM 15,16,17,18,19)
run 5031047 started. Stopped after 86 K events.

HV = 1450 V ( SM 15,16,17,18,19)
Run 5031048 started and stopped after 200K events.

HV = 1475 V ( SM 15,16,17,18,19)
Run 5031049 started Run stopped after 30K

reducing the high voltage to 1400 V to SM 15 to 19

Rebooted the daq after the laser run
Run 5031052 started

HV = 1400 V Run 5031055 stopped after 40K events

23:15 Pedestal taken at 1000 V run# 5031061_DELETE

FEB 1 , 2004

00:45 SM 13 to 21 1400 V and SM 22,23 1350 V and SM 24 1000 V

Run # # of events
5031066 42 K
5031067 200 K
5032001 200 K
5032006 200 K
5032007 200 K
008 200 K
009 145 K
5032016 82 K

08:00 LV/HV checked
08:15 PMD SMS
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
-1403 -1402 -1400 -1401 -1401 -1401 -1399 -1400 -1401 -1351 -1351 -1000
-1.1 -0.4 -0.8 -0.0 -0.4 -0.3 -0.70 -0.4 -0.8 -0.7 -1.0 0.0

Power Supply
 

Crate-3 Crate-4
vol curr vol curr
U0 2.91 0.1 2.88 12.3
U1 2.90 0.1 2.89 10.7
U2 2.90 10.9 3.07 7.9
U3 2.92 12.7 3.07 9.4
U4 2.91 7.8 2.88 7.4
U5 2.91 9.2 2.90 8.9
U6 2.90 10.5 2.89 0.2
U7 2.91 9.0 2.89 0.2

Run# # of events

5032018 192K
5032019 laser run
5032022 200K
5032023 200K
5032025 200K
5032026 48K
5032027 112K
 

11:00 Beam dump PMD standby voltages
**************
01 Feb 2004
**************
1115 Pedestal taken with det at 1000V and NO beam. run no. 5032031.
Volatge raised to 1400V.

12:50 RUN NO. 5032039. Production Run. HV=1400 (SM13-21), HV=1350 (SM22-23);
HV=1000V (SM24).
---
RUN NO. 5032048 .. conf. same as 5032039 Run No.
--Stopped after 175K events due to 100% dead time in PMD
LVPS RESET; Next RUN started...

3:00PM RUN NO 5032049 Started.. Running well...
Stopped after 200K events..

--- RUN NO 5032050 Started .. Running Well with above conf..
 

4:50PM RUN NO. 5032051 -- PEDESTAL RUN at 1400V. No BEAM++++
There is no visible difference in peds with 1000V.
***************
02.Feb.2004
***************
0:40AM: Run #: 5032062 ---PEDESTAL RUN taken at 1400V for all the SMs except
SM24 (1000V)
CRATE-3,4 are ON. Sigma for all the chains are Ok ( within 2-4).

PHYSICS run starts.SM-13 to 21 are @ 1400V,SM-22,23 are @ 1350V,SM24 @ 1000V
Productuin Min Bias.-------********
1:30AM : Run # 5033002 ~ 18K events
2:20AM : Run # 5033003 ~ 200K events
2:40AM : Run # 5033004 ~ 80K events
3:15AM : Run # 5033008 ~ 3700 events

4:20AM : Run # 5033016 ~ 200K events
4:50AM : Run # 5033017 ~ 121K events
5:30AM : Run # 5033022 ~ 108K events
6:00AM : Run # 5033023 ~ 123K events

6:10AM :Beam is dumped....so ramped down the HV to standby mode.

6:35AM :Run#: 5033026 --- PEDESTAL RUN taken for PMD @ 1000Vfor all the SMs

Looks OK. Sigma is low as the previous pedestal run.

08:45 Run# 5033047 PMD shows 90% deadtime and data volume more than
1 mb/sec.
Run# 5033047 was stopped (69K events).
Run# 5033048 started again to see if it works. Deadtime is still
90% and data volume is more than 1 mb/sec, but data taking is
going on. Run was stopped after 120K events.
Daq was rebooted to see if it works to bring down the deadtime
and data volume.
Run# 5044049 started with same condition as above. Still deadtime
is 90% and data volume is more than 1 mb/sec. Sometimes it becomes
as high as 2.5 MB/s.
1030 : run 5033050 : again PMD showed 100% dead and stopped the run with
only about 25K events.

1037 : LV PS switched off and then ON again.
Trying a new run to see if it works.

12:05 : Pedestal taken at 1150V.
Run No.5033063.

15:10 : RUN No. 5033087 : @1400V SM13-21, 1350V : SM21-22; 1000V:SM24;
stopped after 20K events.

---- : RUN No. 5033088 : Conf.. same as above -- 20K events
: Run No. 5033089 : Conf.. same as above -- 20K...
: Run No. 5033090 : Conf.. same as above -- 20K events

: Run No. 5033091 : Conf .. Same as above --
IGNORE 92 and 93 Run No.

PedAsPhysics : RUN No. 5033094; With 1400V., No beam; Equivalent to Pedestal
Run for us.
Pedestal : Run No. 5033095; With 1400V no beam.
Good Pedestal---
**************
03.02.04
**************
-------
PEDESTAL RUN# - 5034003 ---with all the SMs of Preshowerplane at 1000V
and CRATE-3,4 ON

2:10 AM: RUN #: 5034009 ---ProductionMID(Special high pT trigger) ~ 120K
ZDC coincidence rate 4100

2:45 AM: RUN #: 5034011 (first 20K events)
upto above three runs (5034009-11) HV was 1000V.

07:30 am Found that the physics run has started but PMD HV still on
standby (500V)

Run 5033016 not usable.

While ramping up the HV, PMD alarm showed up on the main alarm
console, but there is no alarm window on pmdonline machine and
donot know how to handle this alarm. Ignored.

LV current values :
Ch3- 0.1,0.1, 10.76,12.6, 7.8,9.2, 10.4,8.97
Ch4- 12.2,10.4, 7.8,9.4, 7.4,8.8, .2,.2

HV set (ch 13-21 : 1400V, 22-23 : 1350V, 24 : 1000V)
HV currents (13-24) : -0.4, 0.2, -0.8, 0.0, -0.4, -0.3, -0.1, -0.4,
-0.8, -0.7, -0.3, 0.0
 

0900AM PMD had been taken out of daq as it was giving 100% dead time
and stoping the run.

Did LVPS off/ON.

PMD put back in daq, run 5033029.

analysed about 300 events (230 in PMD), data looks good.
these are stored inpmdonline/PMD2k4/test/feb03/

10:35AM : PMD gets 100% dead time in DAQ. SO kept out from the run.
Recycled the FEE power. May be put in DAQ in the next run.
 

12:19 PM: Got access to connected both crates. So far the indication
is that it didn't work.

2:15PM : After some modification by Tonko,PEDESTAL and PedAsPhy runs
taken with two crates.
PEDESTAL RUN# : 5034042_DELETE
PedAsPhy RUN# : 5034043_DELETE
Seems both the crates working.

7:50PM Testing the DAQ with two crates.

8:05PM : RUN # : 5034109_DELETE PEDESTAL run testing with two CRATES.
RUN # : 5034111_DELETE ProdMinBias : testing with two CRATES.
Looks OK. But there is some problem with token.

******************
04.02.2004
******************
Summary of 12-hr access day.

The day was spent mainly to do the following :

1. Install the LVPS Crate-5 with three channels worning (U2/U3, U4/U5, U6/U7).
2. Debug the chains and connect as much of the CPV part as possible
3. Daq test for two crates together

**************
05.02.2004
**************
08:00 Pedestal taken with 100 events
Run# 5036019

2:30PM : Tonko and Sushantda are working in DAQ to make the TWO crates running.
3:00PM : PEDESTAL run # 5036067_DELETE taken with 2 CRATEs.
Looks OK.
3:10PM : PedAsPhy run# 5036075_DELETE taken with 2 CRATEs about 25K events(557
events in PMD) L1CTL was removed and trigger was issued manually.

There is no beam since since yesterday access.

3:50PM : PEDESTAL run# 5036083_DELETE taken with 2 CRATEs with L1CTL in
with all detector in normal way(issue tirgger at a time).
Pedestal looks OK.

6:30PM : PEDESTAL run# 5036130_DELETE taken (only PMD) at 1000V in both PMD &
CPV.
PedAsPhy run# 5036131_DELETE taken (only PMD) at 1000V in both PMD &
CPV

**************
06.02.2004
*************
7:20AM: Last night PMD was included in the run
Run #: 5036136, 5036138
In these runs both Preshower and CPV were connected
Checked in online: looks OK for PMD plane.

10:10AM:

Tonko checked for PMD run time errors - didn't find any. There was no beam
whole of today to check things out.
 

**************
07.02.2004
*************
4:00 AM: After beam comes back (2:45am) PMD was put in the data stream. Data taking rate was very low. It was taken out.

5038005: Pedestal
5038022: Run couldn't start as PMD shows large error. Rebooted PMD.

5038009: Trigger: Production High: 7K events

5038023: Trigger: Production Mid: 10K events

Data taking rate was about 25Hz and taken out.
 

HV Trip: Super Module number 20 tripped at some point.
I just noticed it now: 5:50am).

6:15am: HV of all good CPV SMs raised to 1400 Volts.

6:30 am: Pedestal taken - many channels didn't show up - run 5038030.
Turn off and on LVPS.
Pedestal taken again. This looks better. But compared to Run 5038005: we find
that: channel 40 doesn't come, channel 34 has a spike, channels 19 and 21
don't come now. What's going on?

1:15PM : There is no beam since 10:30AM. All the SMs are in Standby (1000V).
LVPS current checked. Chain 40 and one of the(18,19,21) may be OFF.

1:35PM: PEDESTAL Run# 5038042 taken for PMD @1000V.
Chain# 40,18,21 doesn't come. Chain-34 has a spike(probably one
board has gone bad) Other chains look OK.

2:35PM : Beam comes(PHYSICS RUNNING). We are not putting PMD into run when
beam is at high rate. Because PMD shows large error.

3:30PM : Only about ~2000 events has been taken without PMD. There was some
problem with DAQ. After few minutes Beam breaks instantly.

6:00PM : Beam is back, we will put PMD in when ZDC coincidence rate will comes
down (~less than 3600). We will not take 'ProductionHigh' trigger events.
PMD is ramping upto operating voltage.

6:45PM : SM(1,2,3,4,7,10,11) of CPV are at 1400V
SM(13 to 23) are @ 1400V and SM24 @ 1000V
CRATE 3,4,5 are ON.

7:00PM : Run #: 5038067 ~ 20K events has been taken for PMD with other
detectors(excluding FTPC).
PMD slows down the rate from (50-60)Hz to (25-30)Hz
From the next run took out PMD from the run.
From the online 2-D as well as ADC plot look chain 39,40 are OFF and
chain-41 gives some junk value.

7:15PM : Putting the PMD in STANDBY mode.

***************
08.02.2004
**************
2:00PM : There was no beam since morning(4:30am). There was some problem in
AGS. Beam came around 2.00PM. PMD ramping upto PHYSICS voltage.
SM(1,2,3,4,7,10,11) of CPV are at 1400V
SM(13 to 23) are @ 1400V and SM24 @ 1000V
CRATE 3,4,5 are ON.
Crate-3 Crate-4 Crate-5
vol curr vol curr curr
U0 2.91 0.1 2.88 12.3 0.0
U1 2.90 0.1 2.89 10.2 0.0
U2 2.90 8.1 3.07 10.1 7.3
U3 2.92 9.5 3.07 12.3 8.6
U4 2.91 7.7 2.88 9.5 8.4
U5 2.91 9.2 2.90 11.6 10.1
U6 2.90 9.3 2.89 6.8 6.8
U7 2.91 8.0 2.89 5.7 5.7

Now ZDC coincidence is high, we will put PMD in run when the 'productionMid'
trigger will be applied.
3:00PM : PMD is in the run.
Run # : 5039037 ---- ~73K events has been taken.

Online Plots checked: Chain-2,3,4,5,6,9 of CPV are OK.
Chain- 25,27,29,30,31,32,33,35,36,37,38,41to 46 are OK.
In some chains there is small peaks at 300 and in some chains there is a
saturation.

'productionLow' trigger applied

3:30PM: Run # : 5039038 ---- ~ 48K events
Run # : 5039039 ---- ~ 30K events
Run # : 5039040 ---- ~ 40K events
Run # : 5039048 ---- ~ 69K events(PMD gives error>5%)
PMD is out of run. Because PMD gives 98.9% errors

6:45PM : PEDESTAL taken Run # : 5039059 @1000V and NO beam
Many chains in Preshower plane are not comming. We will take it again.
 

8PM: We took another pedestal. We noticed that all the channels with
VME Crate 2 didn't appear. We could have rebooted DAQ. Instead we
powercycled pmd01, pmd02 and pmdrps2.
New PEDESTAl looks fine => RUN no. 5039069.
***************
09.02.2004
**************
11:00AM : There was no beam in last night. Beam came at 10:45AM.
Ramping upto PHYSICS voltage.

12:00PM : Run # :5040027 ~ 29,600 evts.

PMD is giving some JUNK in 3-4 chains. So we took out from the run,
Ramp down the voltage to take a PEDESTAL.

PEDESTAL RUN # : 5040029 taken. Chain-39 is giving "JUNK"(mean plot is
completely dark).

12:40PM : PMD include in the run but showing higher dead time with compared to
other detector. We talked to Tanko to mask that CRAM for the time being.

RUN # : 5040035 ~ 49K events
This run is good except chain-39
Took out PMD from the RUN.
2:00PM : Run # 5040040 ~ 5K events
Again Chain-39 is giving lots of JUNK.

There was controled access and Tapan bhai went into and took out the LV
power for Chain-39.

PEDESTAL Run #: 5040060
Pedestal looks OK. Now Chain-9 got OFF(don't kno why?) Otherwise rest of the
chains(whatever it was earlier) are fine.

7:15PM : Run# 5040076 ~ 2500 evts : Again it shows very high dead time.

Again PEDESTAL taken Run# 5040079 Sigma looks a bit high(May be now beam
is there).

RUN # : 5040085 ~ 20K events. PMD had to go out of DAQ as it was giving
large deadtime and slowing down others.
For this run chain#19 was lighting up.
 
 

10:45PM: Run 5040107: Pedestal with BEAM OFF. The pedestal looks fine.

10:51PM: PedasPhys runs give large error, 100% deadtime but doesn't stop.
 

11:12PM: RUN 5040111: Pedestal without Beam and with Full operating voltage.
Problem in running 100% Error.

RUN 5040113: Pedestal running successful after rebooting.

11:27PM: We find that chain#19 is giving large values.
Turning off LV supply to Crate 5 (U6 & U7).
This takes out chains 18,19,20 and 21.
 

Run# 5041001 ~ 3500events taken. PMD gives high dead time.Took out from the run.
************
10.02.04
************

PEDESTAL taken RUN #: 5041044
Ramping upto operating voltage.
10:00AM : PMD included in the run. Trigger 'productionMid'
RUN #5041050 ~ 9K evts.
RUN #5041051 ~ 5K evts.
RUN #5041054 ~ 10K evts.
RUN #5041056 ~ 23K evts.
RUN #5041058 ~ 80K evts.

##########
11:40AM : SLOT-0 - CHANNEL-10 (SM -11) : TRIPPED (Measured current 3.4uA)
Again ramping upto 1400V.
#########

Trigger 'productionLow'
Run # : 5041062 ~ 64K
Run # : 5041063 ~ 6K
Run # : 5041064 ~100K

In the middle of Run # 5041064 we recycled LVPS power of CRATE-3,4,5. WE did this
because the initial few channels (~200) of most of the chains were always firing up
with high rate. After recycling the LVPS the dead time got better.

8:20PM : SM-22 tripped at 1400V.
'productionLow' Trigger

Run # : 5041097 ~ 38K evts.

5041100 ~ 14.5K events.
Took out PMD for these two runs as 15,16,42,44,45,46,47 and 48 are giving lots
of junk.

Run# 5041143 ~ 54K evts. PMD gives higher dead time with compared to other
detector. Took out PMD from the run.

############
Feb 11, 2004
############
00:10 AM: 5041106_DELETE: LV OFF, HV=Standby Voltage at 500 Volts
Chains different from normal: 2,3,4,5,6,15,16,17,18

00:15 AM: 5041107_DELETE: LV OFF, HV OFF
Chains different from normal: 2,3,4,5,6,15,16,17,18

10 AM: No beam Since 7:00AM. Will not be till 7:00PM.
12:00PM : Talk to Tonko for masking two CRATEs.

SEC - 2 - CRAM - 3 ----> Chain 15, 39
SEC - 2 - CRAM - 4 ----> Chain 16, 40

The above two CRAMs has been masked till the next WensDay access.

7:10 PM: PEDESTAL taken in the begining of beam.
RUN # : 5042066 (200 evts) & 5042067 ( 1000 evts)
We found sigma ( ~5-15) this is because of beam ON.
 

'productionMid' Trigger

8:30PM: Run # : 5042078 ~ 72K

'productionLow' Trigger
9:00PM: Run # : 5042082 ~ 80K
From the online plots: Chain25 to 29 is not working.
Since dead time increases so we recycled the LV CRATES in between the run.
Run # 5042082 stopped after 80 K events because of frequently high
dead time of PMD. Few thousand evnets in the begining may not be good
because of recycling of low voltage during the data taking.

10:40 Run # 5042085 ~ 27K
The run started by recycling the low volatge.
Now there is not much problem of dead time of PMD. Rate is
also about 45 Hz as of the previous in which PMD was not included.
Run was stopped after 27188 events.

Run # 5042086 ~ 6880 stopped after 6880 events becase of TOF had 100%
dead time. PMD didnot give any problem.
Run # 5042089 ~ 28K
Run # 5042091 ~ 20K

*************
Feb.12th.04
*************
00:32 AM : PEDESTAL Run# 5042097 .
Pedestal taken @ 1100V and beam was ON. We couldn't take without
beam because beam came to PHYSICS RUNNING within 20 minutes.

'productionLow' trigger applied
10:40AM : Run# 5043037 ~ 25K events

One board has been bypassed from Chain34 (3rd BOARD) during the
controlled access.
12:00 PM: PEDESTAL Run# 5043040 taken looks OK.

13:51: PMD is going to be in the run.
'productionHigh' Trigger

RUN 5043065: 2K events.
RUN 5043069 9K events.
RUN 5043073 ~ 70K events.(Stopped to take pedestal for SVT)

'productionMid' Trigger
RUN 5043075 ~ 119 K events.

'productionLow' Trigger

RUN # 5043078 ~ 101 K full run
RUN # 5043079 ~ 30 K full run
RUN # 5043080 ~ 30 K full run
RUN # 5043081 ~ 50 K full run
RUN # 5043082 ~ 15 K full run

18:00hrs: Now Beam dump.
19:45 Pedestals were taken Run# 5043090, 1000 events.
20:15 Run no. 5043097 was started with PMD in but it had
100% dead time so it was taken out.
Run no. 5043100 was stopped because of 100% dead time
for PMD.

Other detectors also showed 100% dead time. There is
Trigger problem. So data taking is stopped for the
time being.
 

After correcting the trigger problem Run # 5043121 started
including PMD. It was ok and contains 100K events.
Run # 5043122 with PMD in 60K events.
Run # 5043125 started with PMD in. Stopped after 24K events

********* Gives very nice MIP plot (check chain3 ) **********

Run# 5043126 ~ 53K evts
 
 

Feb. 13th 2004

Date	Time	Run No.	Comment
Feb. 13,2004	10:00AM	5043129	@1000 Volts and Beam off - loosk fine. During the night PMD gave lots of errors and was out of the run.
	11:20 AM	5044046	PEDESTAL, 1000 eents. Taken  at 1000 Volts. Looks fine.
	11:45 AM		ALL the SMs are at 1400 Volts.  CPV: 1,2,3,4,7,10,11  PMD: 13 to 23. SM24 is at 1000 Volts.
	12:40 PM	5044066	50K events,
	14:00		PMD gave high deadtime when we were out at lunch. It was taken out of run.
	14:45	5044079	Production_LOW 33K events
	15:00	5044080	9K events (.ps files of ADC for chsins 3,5,26 and 28 are saved)
	15:10	5044081	5K events
	15:20		Performing Voltage scan for 2 SMs. We are going to increase the voltage of SM4  (chains 6,7 and 9) and SM14 (chain 26,28).  Yesterday we were getting nice MIP for chain#3, but today we don't get anything like that. Left side nice shoulder for the MIP doesn't exist now. Yesterday MIP MPV was 54 and today it is coming around 12? What is going on?
	15:20	5044084	1K
	15:30		Beam Dump
	17:15	5044094  _DELETE	Pedestal Run. Looks OK. It is at 1100 Volts with beam
	17:55	50440102	36K, 'productionHigh' trigger. All the SMs are at 1400V. Checked the online plots, peak of each chains in both CPV and PMD planes come about similar value.
	6:25PM	5044104	'productionMid' trigger applied. We tried to check the voltage scan of SM-4,14 so wheather we are getting any change in the ADC value. SM-4,14 are @1420V other working modules are at 1400V.  ~ 3K evts. Stopped because of TPC trips.
	6:30PM	5044107	~4K becuae TPC tripped
	6:35PM	5044107	~4K Again TPC  tripped.
		5044112	~60K
		5044113	~17K evts.  'productionLow' trigger applied. We recycled the LVPS (after 15K evts) in between the run because we were not getting much hits in PMD. It didn't help. We found becuase total multiplicity is low so we are getting less hits.
		5044118	~19K evts,SM-4 was 1440V and rest are 1400V
		5044119	~100K events
		5044120	~33K same as above condition
		5044123	PEDESTAL taken at 1400V .Looks OK.

 PMD was in the RUN till 12:30AM. Running very nicely with (10-20)% less dead time than TPC.
 
 

14.Feb.2004*******In the night (after 12:30AM), PMD was out of RUN. Because always PMD dead time was more than 70%. We had taken Pedestal when beam was dumped. PEDESTAL RUN # -  5044119       was looking fine. But after we leave Shift crews took pedestal taken. While taken pedestal they faced lots of problem, couldn't take pedestal successfully.

 

DATE	Time	Run#	# of Events & Trigger type	Comments
14.Feb.04	10:00AM			In the morning PMD was out of RUN. We took the run 'productionLow'  run (PMD only) and online plots checked. PMD is giving lots of junk in the Preshower north side chains. Recycled the LVPS power, CRATE-7,8 ,NIM bins (pmdrps) and pmdrps2. Started a new run with PMD only, but didn't help.   Then took pedestal RUN# : 5045036 at 500V and beam was ON.   Pedestal looks OK. Started a new run again with 'productionLow' with PMD only @ 500V to make sure that PMD is not giving much junk. Runs fine. Dead time is low(35%).
	10:30AM			Beam Dumped
	11:00AM	5045038	1000	PEDESTAL @ 1400V beam OFF.looks fine.
	1:00PM	5045048	~9K &  productionHigh	Stooped because of EEMC problem.
	1:50PM	5045058	~36K &  ProdHigh	Ok
		5045059	~13K  ProdctionMid	PMD error was more (not dead time). So took out from the run.
		5045062	~9K  ProdctionLow	Again PMD is in and looks OK
		5045063	93K events  ProductionLow	After 80K events dead time of PMD again increased and we recyled the LVPS after the run stops.
		5045064	2K	PMD dead time is high(65%) wheare as TPC was 35%. Tookout PMD from the run. Probably we have to take pedestal again. Checked the online plots. All the channels of chain 33,34,35,36,37 were firing all the time.
	5:00PM			Beam Dumped
	5:30PM	5045070	1000 evts	PEDESTAL run . Plots checked .Looks OK.
	6.15PM	5045076	74K  productionHigh	PMD dead time was sim to TPC dead timeStopped because of BEMC problem. All the channels are always fired of chian-9.
	6:50PM	5045077	19K  production Mid	PMD daq got hanged. Took out PMD from the RUN. May be last 2K events has not been saveed. Chain-9 has similar problem as previous run. We rebooted DAQ & PMD but PMDDaq didn't recover(Stays Red).  So PMD was out of run for next 4 runs.  Recycled LVPS of CRATE-7,8 and rebooted 'pmdrps2'. PMD DAQ recovered.
	7:50PM	5045081	>100K  productionLow	After doing the above we included PMD in the run. Dead time for PMD is 60% where as TPC is 54%. Stop because TOF dead time was 100%
	9:00PM	5045083	18.5 K  productionLow	TOF  was taken out from the run
		5045085	100K  productionLow
		5045086	11K   productionlow	TOF  included, but again had 100% dead time and run was    stopped
		5045087	30K   productionlow	TOF was taken out. SVT was also taken out as beam is going    to be dump at 10:15 PM.  In PMD , all channels of chain #9     are  being fired in every event. PMD dead time is   comparable to TPC.
	11:00PM	5045090	1K   Pedestal	Pedsetal taken at 1400 Volts. Chain 3 : mean =228 a6nd Sigma=11
15.02.04	12:30AM	5045096	2K	Dead time of PMD was high so PMD was taken out. All channels of most of the chains are always fired. PMD is out from the RUN. Put HV @ 500V and LV off.

15.Feb.2004
 

Time	Run #	# of Events& Trigger type	Comments
9:00AM			When we came in the morning PMD was out of run and beam was dumped. We checked the online plots of the last run which PMD had taken. We found all the channels of most of the chains are fired. First put LVPS ON and ramped up the HV to 1400V.  Rebooted CRATE-7,8 and recycled the power of 'pmdrps2'.
9:10AM	5046033	PEDESTAL  1000 evts	PEDESTAL taken. Looks OK.
10:00AM	5046038	39K &  prodHigh	Pmd runs Ok. Dead time is 10-20% more than TPC. Event rate was very high 85Hz. May be because EEMC was not included in the run.
	5046040	4K &  prodHigh	OK.  All the channels of Chain-9 is firing all the time. Dead time is similar to TPC
	5046041	46K  prodHigh	OK. All channels of Chain-9 is firing all the time.
	5046042	3K  prodHigh	Super Module -22 (Slot-1,Ch-9) Tripped. PMD gave two times more dead time than TPC. Stoped the run. Ramping up the SM-22 to the operating voltage. PMD was taken out for the next run.
	5046044	18K  prductionMid	Again dead time increased (~ 70%) where as TPC has 40%. Took out PMD from the run. Probably we have to reboot the PMD DAQ and take a pedestal.  Chain-9 is the problematic one
11:50AM			Sm-22 again tripped .Ramping upto 1350V. Afterwards we will operate it at 1350V. Recycled LVPS of Crate-7,8 and 'pmdrps2'.
12:05PM	5046046	7K  prodLow	took out PMD after 7K events. Dead time is 70%.(2 times TPC dead time)  Cahin-9 is giving the problem.  ****set OFF the LV of chain-5,6,7 & 9 CRATE-5(U4,U5). Chain-6,7 were OFF earlier, Chain-9 was giving some junk. Only chain-5 was working in the DB. So we switch OFF the LV of that DB.
2:30PM			Beam Dumped.
3:00PM	5046051	1000 evts  PEDESTAL	Taken at 1400V when beam was OFF. Looks OK.
3:15PM	5046054	15K  prodHigh	SM(1,2,3,4,7,10,11)  of CPV are @ 1400V. SM(13 to 21) and 23 of Preshower plane are @ 1400, SM-22 @ 1350V and SM-24 is at 1000V. Now dead time has reduced (45%). Looks Ok. Chain-9 doesn't fire any more.
	5046059	8K  prodHigh	dead time is 40% same as TPC. Ok. Running well
	5046060	>90K  prodHigh	dead time 30% similar to TPC. Running well.
	5046061	prodMid	Running well
	5046064	6K  prodMid	Ok
	5046065	50K  prodLow	OK dead time is (40-50)% similar as TPC
	5046066	100K  prodLow	Similar dead time as above. Ok.
	5046067	100K  prodLow	Ok.
7:30PM	5046068	100K  productionLow	Ok, Dead time was low(40-50)% similar to TPC.
	5046069	15K  prodLow	OK, READY for beam dumped. During ramping down SM-13 tripped.
8:00PM			Beam dumped
8:20PM	5046072	1000 evts  PEDESTAL	Looks OK.
	5046077	ProdHigh	PMD dead time is around 50% , it is twice the TPC. But PMD is included.   Chain# 3 ADC dist looks good. Chain #  6 & 7 has large low adc chennels   fired.  Chain # 44 and  46 has large hits with  Gaussian ADC dist with peak   at 250 ADC. Chain # 45 , 47 and 48 have large number of low adc channels.
	5046078	20K   ProdMid	PMD was taken out because of high dead time

16.Feb.2004
 
 

TIME	RUN#	# of evts & Tirgger	Comments
9:15AM			Beam was OFF for last 5 hours. In the last night we couldn't take data because of higher dead time. So, we thought to recycle the LVPS-7,8 and 'pmdrps2' as well. Also recyled the NIM BIN (pmdrps). Then took pedestal at 1400V.
	5047022,  5047026,  5047027,  5047028,  5047055_DELETE	1000K  PEDESTAL	The mean and sigma plots completely messed up. The similar problem had observed in Chain-25,26,27,28,29,30  15 days back. (See the sample of one chain which has taken today). All the chains(CPV ,Preshower) are giving similar type of Pedestal plots.We susspect CLK or CLR or may be due ot NIM CRATE  problem. We recycled the power of NIM bins several times but no change. PMD is not in the run.  What we did as suggested by Sushant(check the pedestal by powering LV crates one by one-  1.We switched OFF the LV CRATES and took pedestal, mean value is 35-45 and sigma is 0.5-0.6 @ 1000V.  2.Power ON LV crate-3 and took pedestal @ 1000V. Found the same problem as the above link .  3. Power ON LV crate-4 and 5 one by one, took pedestal @ 1000V and found the same problem.   We will dig this problem on Wednesday(18th.Feb) access.
7:30PM			There was some in the beam in the morning, data taking was there only for 4 hours. Around 7:30PM TPC gas system had some problem, so data taking had stopped. It started in the morning (17th.Feb)only for 1/2 an hour.

17th. Feb.2004

10:00AM

In the 10:00 O'clock meeting, we told our problem about NIM bin. We requested for 1/2 an hour access today. Tonko told he will try for it but chances are less. If we will get controlled access we will bypass the fan in/out module otherwise will be done tomorrow.

18th.Feb.2004
 

7:00AM to 4PM			We noted a problem with NIM-3 (it was giving -4.3V instead of -6.0V with load). Crate is replaced with another NIM bin which was lying(marked PMD) in the clean room. After changeing we took pedestal and back to NORMAL.  1.All the chains of Preshower plane has been debugged. We replaced some of the FEE boards which had gone bad and also we adjusted the buffer of some of the chains.  2. Chain-39 has been connected to SEC-0,BLK-0,CRAM-9 ( starts from 0)     Chain-40 has been connected to SEC-0,BLK-0,CRAM-10(starts form 0) These mapping has to be taken care while doing chain mapping.  signal of Chain-3 has been connected to Fan in/out of NIM-3 (earlier it was connected in NIM-2)
3:30PM	5049020	500 evts  PEDESTAL	ALL the chains of Preshower plane are OK.
	5049026  _DELETE	100 evts	Same as above.  .root files can be found in the follwoing link:

 Feb. 19th,2004
 

Time	Run #	# of evts & Trigger	Comments
10:30AM	5050026	1000  PEDESTAL	looks OK. Chain-40 (which has been connected to output-11 ) few(~400) chainnels are good. For chain-46 its OK upto 750 channels.  SM-20 tripped in between.
5:00PM	5050051	1000  PEDESTAL	There was no data taking due to beam development till 5PM.Pedestals look OK. SM-20 kept on tripping(if we change made form Phy to pede or ped to Standby). Sometimes the HV window was not comming to the normal ending(like PEDESTAL or Physics successful)  SM-20 was set to zero volt in Physics setting file.
	5050064	10K

Feb. 20th. 2004
 

Time	Run#	# of evts Trigger	Comments
9:45AM			We were unable to take even PEDESTAL (in pedestal PMD dead time was 100%). Discussued with Tonko, he told glink was broken. After consulting with Sushant everything was recycled in the following order: 1. Recycled CRATE-6 2.Recycled CRATE-7,8 3.Recycled Trigger (pmdrps2.starp.bnl.gov) 4.Recycled NIM bin(pmdrps.starp.bnl.gov) 5.Recycled LVPS CRATE(3,4,5)
11:00AM	5051048	PEDESTAL  500evts	Looks OK, Pedestal taken when Beam ON @ 1400V.
	5051051	ProdMid  14K
	5051055	ProdMinBias  10K
	5051062	ProdMinBias  1300 evts
	5051063	ProdLow  10K	BAD run (there ws some problem with trigger)
	5051064	ProdLow  10K	After this run PMD is out from the run because of high dead time.
3:00PM	5051114  &  5051115	30K each	dead time was high. All the channels were always firing of Chain-1,35,45,46  with low ADC values. We put SM-1 to 0V (in physics setting file)  PMD dead time was 20% more than TPC and data rate was reduced 50-40Hz
9:00PM	5051118	10K  prodLow	dead time was still very high PMD was taken out
10:00PM			Recycled everything 1. Recycled CRATE-6 2.Recycled CRATE-7,8 3.Recycled Trigger (pmdrps2.starp.bnl.gov) 4.Recycled NIM bin(pmdrps.starp.bnl.gov) 5.Recycled LVPS CRATE(3,4,5)

Feb. 21st.2004
 

Time	Run#	# of evts Trigger	Comments
1:00 AM	5051121	500evts  PEDESTAL	Looks OK.Sigma is high(~8). Pedestal taken when beam ON
	5052016	prodLow  96K	Adc plots look OK. Chain-1 was still firing more. But 35,45,46 improved.
	5052017	prodLow  3K
	5052018	prodLow  23K
	5052019	prodLow  47K
9:45AM	5052038	prodLow  43K	PMD is running in prodLow.
	5052039	prodLow  73K
	5052042	prodLow  91K	Ok. after this there was beam dump. We took PMD out of the run before 10minutes of the dump.
12:10PM	5052049	PEDESTAL  500 evts	Pedestal taken @ 1400V when beam was OFF. Looks OK. RMS values are also small(~1.5)
	5052049	PEDESTAL  1000evts	Similar to above and pedestals are also similar.
14:30PM	5052069	prodMid  3K	PMD shows high dead time and high errors. All the channels are being fired in most of the chains. PMD taken out from the run.
3:00PM	5052073	PEDESTAL  500 evts	Decided to take pedestal when beam ON. Pedestals looks ok, but RMS values are high(~4-5)
	5052074	prodMid  1000evts	PMD gives high error. it is out from the RUN.
3:15PM	5052077	PEDESTAL  500evts	Recycled Crate-7,8 and recycled Trigger(pmdrps2.starp.bnl.gov) and also recycled LVPS(crate-3,4,5).   Pedestal was taken when beam was ON @ 1400V. Looks Ok, with rms value high(~ 4-5). After all these we put PMD in the run 'prodLow'
	5052078	prodLow  9K	Data looks OK. PMD dead time is 40-45% which is 10% low than TPC.
	5052079	15K  prodLow	OK.Stopped because TOF problem
	5052080	17K  prodLow	Ok,(stopped because of EMC problem)
	5052082	46K  prodLow	Ok,
	5052083	41K  prodLow	Ok,
5:00PM	5052085	11K  prodLow	Ok, (After this run SM-11 & 21 tripped so we took out PMD from the run and ramping upto operating voltage). After ramping up, there was beam DUMP.
5:30PM	5052090	PEDESTAL  500 evts	Pedestal taken @ 1400V with beam OFF. Checked the pedestal file. RMS values looks high (~ 8-12). We will take pedestal again.
	5052091	PEDESTAL  500evts	Pedestal taken at the above settings.Pedestal looks OK, sigma comes around (~1.5)
9:45PM			Beam is back, we are ramping up our detector to put in prodMid( we are not putting in prodHigh because PMD is giving lots of dead time).
10:45PM			No data taking becuase of some problem with TPC. For PMD SM-11 tripped(1400V, 3.4microAmp as shows in the Slow control). We are not ramping up this SM for this run because the chains which are connected to this SM are not working
10:50PM		prodMid	We had put the PMD into the run but it's dead time was 78% where as TPC had 30-40% and also data rate reduced a large extend. Took out PMD from the run.
11:10PM	5052115	PEDESTAL  500 evts	Pedestal taken when beam was ON. Before that we recycled the LVPS(crate-3,4,5)  Looks OK, But sigma is high(~4-5)
11:20PM	5052117	prodLow  3K	TOF was 100% dead time. But PMD was 45-50% slightly less than TPC & FTPC
	5052118	prodLow  10K evts	Intially it was OK, but later dead time increased PMD taken out from the run
11:55PM	5052121	PEDESTAL  500 evts	Recycled Crate-7,8 and also Trigger crate (pmdrps2) and LVPS(crate-3,4,5). Pedestal taken @ 1400V with beam ON. Now the rms value are low(~1.5) as in the case of beam off, but the channel to channel to variation of rms values within the chain are large.

Feb.22nd 2004

1.05AM	5052122	prodLow  86K	PMD has 40-50% dead time similar to TPC. Going well.  At the end PMD dead time was high. We checked all the channels of most of the chains are firing(after 75K events). Beam dumped.
	5053046	PEDESTAL  500 evts	Pedestal taken @ 500Vwhen beam was ON
	5053053	prodLow  47K	This run was taken @ 500V
	5053056	prodLow  55K	Taken @ 1000V for all SMs
	5053057	prodLow  22K	taken @ 1000V for all SMs
	5053059	prodLow  46K	taken @ 1400V
4:00PM	5053087	prodMid	High dead time, taken out from the run
	5053089	PEDESTAL  500 evts	Recycled the power of LVPS crates, Crate-7,8 and Trgger crate(pmdrps2). Pedestal taken @1400V and beam was ON.
	5053091	prodLow  28K	After recycling the power now its running well. Dead time is 40-50% (less than TPC). We are observing that when ever we are putting into the run we have to recycle everything. Probably there is problem with our DAQ(don't know!!) SM- 20 is @ 0V since last two days.
	5053094	prodLow  100K	running well. After that there will be beam dump. So we took out from the run.
9:30PM	5053107	PEDESTAL  500evts	Recycled all CRATE-7,8 and pmdrps2. Pedestal taken @ 1400V when beam was ON , looks OK, sigma is high(5-10) but channel to channel variation of sigma is high.
11:00PM	5053113	prodMid  42K	@500V, SM-20 is OFF
11:30PM	5053115	prodMid  50K	@1000V

23 Feb. 2004

Time	Run#	# of evts Trigger	Comments
00:05AM	5053118	prodLow  72K	OK,
00:35AM	5053119	prodLow  97K	OK, we handed over to shift crew and asked them to put PMD in prodMid and ProdLow(not in prodHigh) without taking pedestal further.
	5054008	prodMid  80K
	5054012	prodMid  49K
	5054013	prodMid  72K
	5054020	prodLow  127K
	5054024	prodLow  100K
9:21AM	5054048	prodLow  49K
	5054051	prodLow  116K
12:00PM	5054056	PEDESTAL  500 evts	PEDESTAL  taken @ 1400V when beam was OFF. Without recycling CRATE-7,8
2:20PM	5054074	prodMid  35K
	5054076	prodMinBias  28K
	5054078	prodLow  50K
	5054079	prodLow  9K
	5054080	prodMinBias  10K
	5054081	prodMinBias  4K
4:00PM	5054082	prodLow  66K	all @ 1400V except SM-20 is OFF in Preshower plane. dead time is 45-50%
	5054083	prodLow  77K
	5054084	prodLow  47K	Increased the voltage of SM-3 to 1425V to study the Chain-3.  Status of HV of all SMs: 2,3,4,7,10,11 are @ 1400V rest SMs are 0. Only Chain-3,5 is working in CVP plane SM-13,14,15,16,17,18,19,21,23 are @ 1400V and SM-22 @ 1350V, SM-24 is @ 1000V,SM-20 is @ 0V
	5054086	prodLow  16K	all the channels of most of the chains are firing all the time. Dead time incresed upto 65-70%. We checked online Data is not good. Beam dumped
	5054088	PEDESTAL  500evts	Recycled Crate-7,8 and pmdrps2 .Then took pedestal, pedestal not good, Sigma of first few of channels for all the Chains are Zero and after that Sigma goes upto 15-20. So we took pedestal again.
5:45PM	5054089	PEDESTAL  500 evts	Looks OK, Pedestal taken @ 1400V with beam OFF . We are raising SM-3 to 1425Vto study Chain3. We will put PMD in prodMid
7:35PM	5054100	prodMid  98K	Running with similar dead time with TPC & FTPC (55-65)%
	5054101	prodMid  49K
	5054103	prodLow  98K
	5054104	prodLow  26K
	5054105	prodLow  98K	PMD dead time was high(70%) at the end part of the RUN. Dead time was 2times high with compared to TPC & FTPC and also reducing the data rate.
10:15PM	5054106	prodLow  732 evts	PMD dead time very high. PMD is out from the run. After few minutes there will be BEAM DUMP. SM-3 was @ 1425V
10:55PM	5054108	PEDESTAL  500 evts	Pedestal taken @ 1400V. Beam is back very soon. So while taking pedestal bema entered into the ring. Pedestal looks OK, Ramping up the SM-3 to 1450V to check chain3. SM-1 @ 0V

24th Feb. 2004

Time	Run#	# of evts Trigger	Comments
00:30AM	5054115	prodMid  62K	PMD dead time (60-70)%is high with compared to other detectors. Checked in Online, all the channels of chain25 and 27 are firing all the time. SM-3 is at 1450V & SM-1 @ 0V
00:55AM	5054116	prodMid  44K	We have incrased SM-3 to 1475V to study chain-3 , since all the channels of chain25 & 27 were firing all the time, so we put SM-13 to 0V. SM-20 is also at 0V. There is some major problem with this module, now a days its tripping even at 500V.
1:25AM	5055002	prodLow  123K	SM3 increased to 1500V to study chain-3, SM-1 @ 0V rest condtions are same as above. Dead time is similar to TPC
2:10AM	5055003	prodLow  98K	same as above conditions. Ok,. SM3 @ 1500V
2:55AM	5055006	prodLow  98K	Same as above, OK. SM3 @ 1500V
3:30AM			PMD is in the prodMid run and runnin well, we handed over to Shift crew.
9:30AM			PMD was in run in the night. It continued upto 12:30PM. After that there is beam dump.
1:30 PM	5055050	Pedsestals  500 Events	@ 1400 volts when beam OFF
5:05PM			Till now there is no beam
9:30PM	5055095	prodHigh  100K	Beam came, we are putting PMD in the run all SMs are @ 0V dead time is less (25%)
10:40PM	5055097	prodMid  67K	All SMs are @ 500V, except SM-20 @ 0V. Sm-20 has some major problem, it is not taking even 500V,  We checked the first few events in online. We didn't get ADC distribution but after 30K events we checked and found the lots of background in the ADC distribution. We took out PMD from the RUN to raise the voltage to 1425V.
11:00PM			SM-14,15,16,17,18,19,21,23 are @ 1425V,SM-22 @ 1350V, SM-24 @ 1000V, SM-13,20 are @ 0V----Preshower plane  SM-1,3 @ 1425V, SM-2,4,7,10,11 @ 1400V, SM-5,6,8,9,12 @ 500V
11:35PM	5055100	prodLow  100K	All the SMs are @ above configuration. Running fine. Dead time 50-60 % similar to TPC and FTPC. The following chains are working in preshower plane now:  26,27,28,29,32,34,35,39,41,42,44,45,46,47 in preshower plane and Chain-3 in CPV plane. These are chains working in last 5 days.
	5055101	prodLow  67K	SM-21 tripped, Because of the trip Crate-3 got OFF. Data checked in online. Data for this RUN may not be good. HV setting were same as above.

25th Feb. 2004
 

Time	Run#	# of evts Trigger	Comments
00:40AM	5055105	PEDESTAL  500 evts	Recycled LVPS crates(3,4,5), Crate-7,8 and pmdrps2. Pedestal taken @ 1400V looks OK but the sigma values are about 5-10 and channel to channel sigma variation are large. Now all the SMs are @1400V (the SMs which were at 1425V
1:00AM	5055106  35K	prodLow	Running well , Online plots looks OK. Dead time is 40-50% similar to TPC.   There will be beam dump in @ 1:30AM, now we are handing over to Shift crew for the over night. Tomorrow there will not be any Physics run because there will be beam study.
8:35 PM	5056050	prodHigh	Bad run for PMD, every thing  was off.
9:00 PM			SMs 14 to 19, 23  are at 1425 Volts, SM 21 @ 1400 , SM 22 @1375, SM 24 @1000 , SM 13 & 20(Chain-25 is giving lots of Junk and SM-20 is tripping within 500V) @ 0 and SM 3 of CPV @ 1425,  rest of the chains in CPV are off. Recycled crates 7 & 8 and PMD trigger (pmdrps2).
9:30 PM	5056052	Pedestals  500 events	SMs at voltages mentioned above. Chains working : 26,27,28,29,32,34,35,38  39(pedestals high mean 600),40,41,42,44,45(half),46(half),47,48 and chain no. 3 on CPV.
9:45 PM	5056055	ProdMid  28K	Every thing looks ok online. 10-20 % less dead time than TPC.
	5056056	prodMid  87K
	5056057	prodLow  98K
	5056058	prodLow  98K

26th Feb. 2004

Time	Run#	#of evts Trigger	Comments
1:00AM	5056063	PEDESTAL  500evts	Pedestal taken when beam was OFF @ 1425V with similar configuration as mentioned in Run#- 5056052 . Looks OK. Sigma is low.
	5057034	ProdLow  100K	SMs are at voltages as mentioned in run # 5056063.
	5057036	ProdLow  68K	Voltages are same as above.
9:45AM	5057038	ProdLow  20K	ADC distribution looks ok online.
11:15AM			Magnet is being rampdown to half field ( 0.25 T) , subsequent runs will be at half field.
	5057048	ProdHalfHigh   4K	PMD included , PMD dead time was little less than that of TPC dead time.   Stopped to fix proper trigger for Minbias
	5057049	ProdHalfHigh  10K	ADC distributions looks ok.  Stopped to fix proper trigger for MInbias. Taking out high tower trigger.
	5057050	ProdHalfHigh	ADC distributions looks ok. PMD dead time is on par with TPC dead time  (~50%).
5:00PM			SM-14 to 19,23 are @ 1425V, SM-21@ 1400V, SM-22@ 1375V,SM-24 @ 1000V, SM-13,20 are @ 0V in Preshower plane and SM-3 is @ 1425V in CPV.
5:30PM	5057078	PEDESTAL  500 evts	Pedestal taken @ 1425V as the above configuration with beam OFF. Pedestal Looks OK. The working chains are same as run# 5056063.
Feb. 27,04  10:00AM	5058010  5058011  5058014	ProdHalfLow  95K  95K  26K
	5058021	45K
	5058022	17K
	5058023	100K
	5058026	11K
	5058027	25K
	5058028	83K
	5058029	100K
	5058030	100K
	5058031	100K
11:45AM	5058032	88K	ADC disributions looks ok.
12:15 PM	5058035	Pedestals  500 Events	SMs which were @ 1425 volts has been raised to 1435 volts. Pedestals look ok. Beam was off.
6:15 PM	5058057	ProdHalfHigh	SM4 tripped at 1400volts.  PMD dead time was 3 times the other detectors, so PMD was taken out.   We looked online, almost all channels were fired in the following chains   1,11,25,26,27,29,32,33,34,37,38,41,45,46,47&48.
6:30 PM	5058059	Pedestals  500 Events	Recycling PMD trigger system (pmdraps2) and crate 7&8.    Pesdestals look ok. But Chain no. 3 went off. Following chains are working   26,27,28,29,32,34,35,(half),38,40,41,42,44,45,(half),46(half),47 &48. Note   some of the SM are below 1435 volts as mentioned above (run # 5057078).
7:00 PM	5058060	ProdHalfHigh  54K	PMD is in the run. Online looks ok.
7:15PM	5058062	ProdHalfLow  11K
	5058065	ProdHalfLow  100K
	5058066	prodHalfLow  100K
	5058067	prodHalfLow  100K
	5058068	prodhalfLow  90K
11:00PM	5058070	PEDESTAL  500 evts	Pedestal taken @ 1435V with beam OFF. We checked, Sigma values were very high (15-20) and also sigma for first (~300) channels were zero. SO, we took pedestal again.
11:05PM	5058071	PEDESTAL  500evts	Looks OK, sigma is (1.5-2). The number of working chains are same as run# 5058059. All the SMs are at the smae voltage as mentioned above except SM-22 is @ 1400V which was @ 1375V earlier

 Feb. 28th 2004

00:05AM			Beam is back, we will include PMD in the run
03:30 AM			Trip in PMD SM #20. (TT)
8:30 AM	5059022		Recycled the PMD trigger (pmdrps2) and crate  7&8. Online looks ok and  PMD dead is comparable to TPC dead time.
9:35  AM	5059025	Pedestals  500 Events	Pedestals taken with beam off. Chain 35 (up to 400 channels good). Other  channels are  same as before(Run# 5058059).
6:00PM			Gas cylinder changed.
	5059038	prodHalfLow  12K	PMD dead time was very high (~90%) with compared to TPC (~40%). Online data also seems Bad.
9:30PM	5059047	PEDESTAL  500 evts	Recycled Crate-7,8 and Trigger crate (pmdrps2).Pedestal taken @ 1435V with Beam ON. Looks OK. Similar number of chains are working as Run# 5058059
	5058048	prodHalfHigh  6K	Online plots checked. Look OK.

29th Feb. 2004
 

10:45AM			In the night PMD was out of the run. But in the earliy morning PMD was in the RUN(PMD dead time was more). We recycled Crate-7,8 and Trigger Crate(pmdrps2).  SM-HV:  In Preshower: SM-14 to 19 & 23 -- 1435V                             SM-22 ----------------1410V (Earlier it tripped once @ 1400V now getting conditioned @ 1410V)                             SM-21 ----------------1400V ( Tripping after 1400V)                              SM-24 ----------------1000V (not completely debugged)                             SM-13-------------0V  ( All the channels of Chain25(though it is OFF) firing all the time which causes higher deadtime, so we made HV = 0V)                            SM-20 ------------ 0V (Now it is not taking more than 500V)  Problems to be debugged on the 3rd March access day.
12:02PM	5060038	pedestal  500events	Taken with beam ON. RMS high
	5060043	prodHalfLow  96K
	5060044	prodHalfLow  96K
	5060046	prodHalfLow  100K
	5060047	prodHalfLow  100K
	5060048	prodHalfLow  100K
	5060049	prodHalfLow  54K
	5060050
	5060055	Pedestal  500 evts	Pedestal taken at 1435V with beam ON. RMS is very high(20-40).
	5060058	prodHalfLow	Data may not be GOOD. For comments see next row.
	5060060	prodHalfLow	Online plots checked and found most of the chains are not comming. This may be because of very high sigma value in Pedestal. Data of this run may not be GOOD. So, we will take pedestal again.
	5060061	PEDESTAL  500evts	Pedestal taken @ 1435V with beam ON. Sigma is (2-4). Looks OK.
	5060063	prodHalfHigh  50K
	5060064	prodHalfLow  100K
	5060065	prodHalfLow  100K
	5060066	prodHalfLow  23K
9:30PM	5060068	PEDESTAL  500evts	Recycled Crate-7,8 and Trigger crate(pmdrps2). Pedestal taken @ 1425V (now onwards we will run @ 1425V, because Chain-3,34 got OFF))when beam was OFF. Pedestals look OK, sigma is (1.5-3). The SMs which were at 1435V are reduced to 1425V,rest of the  HV configuration is same.
	5060074	prodHalfLow  100K
	5060076	prodHalfLow  100K
	5060077	prodHalfLow  96K
	5060078	prodHalfLow  50K
	5060080	prodHalfLow  15K
1stMar 2004
	5061005	PEDESTAL
	5061009	100K
	5061010	100K
	5061012	60K
	5061013	200K
8:45AM	5061026	PEDESTAL
	5061031	48K
	5061032	17K
	5061034	100K
	5061035	8K
	5061036	140K
	5061040	7K
	5061044	200K
	5061045	95K
14:30PM	5061049	PEDESTAL  500 evts	taken without beam. looks O.K
	5061059	105K
	5061060	100K
	5061064	100K
	5061067	100K
7:30PM	5061068	ProdHalfLow  37K	PMD dead time became high towards the end of the run( may be good upto 25K)
	5061070	Pedestals  500 evts	Recycled PMD  VME crates. Pedestals taken with beam on and looks ok.
	5061071	83K
8:30PM	5061075	Pedestals  500evts	Pedestals taken with beam off at operating voltage and look ok.
10:00PM			SM-21 tripped @ 1400V, set it operating voltage, PMD is not in the begining of the run.
10:15PM	5061086	prodHalfLow	PMD dead time was more than 94%. Taken out from the RUN and took the pedestal with beam ON.
10:45PM	5061087	PEDESTAL  500evts	Recylced Crate-7,8 and pmdrps2. Pedestal taken @ operating voltage beam ON.
	5061088	44K	Running well,
	5661090	100K
	5661091	100K
	5661092	34K
	5661093	12K
	5661094	70K
MARCH 2
8:30 AM	5062004	Pedestals  500 evts	taken with beam on.
	5062009	93K
	5062009	100K	Data looks ok.
	5062010	39K
	5052015	4K	PMD dead time was very high, so stopped the run.  Also beam lost. HV  window lost. Connection reset. Recycled crates 6,7& 8 and pmdrps2. Now  SMs which were at 1425 V are set to 1400 V.
3:00PM	5062026	26K	SM-22 tripped at 1400V. Took out PMD from the run. Reset SM-22 to 1400V and SM-24 to 1200V
3:35PM			We tried to take pedestal but couldn't take. Recycled Crate-3,4,5,6,7,8 and NIM-1,5,6, and pmdrps2.
4:00PM	5062032	PEDESTAL  500evts	Pedestal taken @ 1400V with bean ON.

March 3,2004

10:00PM

5063119

Pedestals  500 evts

looks ok. Pedestals taken at 1400 V with beam off.

 March 4, 2004
 

	5064010	ProdMinBias  53K	Improved coverage of PMD  after  the access. All working SMs are set to 1400V.
	5064011	ProdMinBias  2K
	5064012	4K ProdLow
	5064019	8K
	5064020	4K
	5064021	8K
	5064039	ProdMinBias  51 K
	5064040	22K
	5064041	17K
	5064043	96K
	5064044	ProdLow  1.5K
	5064045	ProdMinBias  26K
	5064082	ProdLow  81K
	5064085	10K
	5064086	13k
	5064103	Pesdestals  500 evts	Looks ok.
	5064104	ProdHigh  4K
	5064105	100K
	5064106	45K
	5064110	ProdMid  93K
	5064111	100K
	5064112	19K
	5064114	13K
	5064117	ProdLow  9K

 March 5,2004
 

	5065008	Pedestals  500 evts
	5065037	Pedestals  500 evts	With beam. Looks ok
	5065046	ProdHigh  17 K	May not be good because of low voltage went off to some of the chains as mentioned below
	5065047	ProdHigh  21K	May not be good as mentioned above.
5:30 PM	5065060	Pedestals  500 evts	Pedestals for Chain nos. 25,26,27,28,30,31 & 40 were not ok.  Pedestals were again  taken
	5065068	Pedestals  500 evts	Currents corresponding to the low voltage channels were observed to be low(off). May be due to tripping off above mentioned channels.
	5065072	Pedestals  500 evts	Pedestals taken after recycling the low voltage crates 3,4 & 5. Now Pedestals look ok.
	5065073	ProdHigh  39K	Looks ok online execpt chain no. 31.
	5065074	ProdMid  51K
	5065077	ProdLow  100K
	5065078	ProdLow  63K
	5065079	115065ProdLow  46K	PMD dead time increased to 100%. So PMD was taken out.  In the beginning run looked ok but in the end adc distributions of all  chains confined to low adc values and after sometime dead time increased to  100%.
	5065084	ProdLow  93 K	Recycled crates 7 &8 and pmdrps2.  adc distributions looked ok  in the beginning. PMD dead time (70%)  almost doubled the TPC dead time after 35 K events and adc distributions also were not ok. Many chains had many channels fired with low adc value.
11:00PM	5065096	Pedestals  500 evts	Taken with beam on. Looks ok.
	5065097	ProdHigh  11K
	5065098	ProdHigh  30K	looks ok but Chain no. 44 and 45 have many channels fired with low adc values.
	5065099	ProdHigh  9.5K
	5065100	ProdHigh  13K

 March6,2004
 
 
 

	5066007	Pedestals  500 evts
	5066014	ProdHigh  84K
	5066017	Pedestals  500 evts	Taken again as PMD was tripped
	5066019	ProdMid  100K
	5066020	ProdLow  17K
	5066022	ProdLow  59K
	5066023	ProdLow  100K
	5066024	ProdLow  3.7K
	5066033	Pedestals  500 evts
	5066034	ProdHigh  17K	Looks ok but chain no. 46 has many channels fired with low adc values. Now  Chain nos. 44 and 45 look ok.
	5066037	ProdHigh  9K
	5066039	ProdHigh  4.8 K
	5066044	ProdHigh  1.6k
	5066045	ProdLow  91K	No L3 trigger
	5066046	ProdLow  4.8 K	No L3 trigger
9:45 AM	5066047	ProdLow  97K	No L3 trigger
	5066050	ProdLow  7.8K
9:32 PM	5066078	PMD pedestal  500 evts
9:54 PM	5066080	Prod High  35K	no L3
	5066081	Prod High  36K	all det.
	5066083	Prod High  20K
	5066084	ProdMid  56K
	5066085	Prod  Mid  54K
	5066086	Prod Mid  61K	all det no L3
	5066088	Prod Low  59K
	5066092	Prod Low  85K	L3 crash
	5066094	Prod Low  100K

March7,2004
 
 

1:39 AM	5067001	Prod Low  25K
	5067012	Prod Low  21K
2:52 AM	5067008	PMD pedestal  500 evts
	5067013	Prod High  54K	no L3
	5067014	Prod High  40K	no L3
4:41 AM	5067017	Prod Mid  20K	L3 included
	5067018	Prod Mid  56K
	5067019	Prod Low  62K
	5067022	Prod Low  97K
	5067023	Prod Low  69K	PMD ramped down for beam dump
	5067038	Prod High  45K	No L3, ZDC coinc~7700
	5067041	Prod High  50K	No L3
	5067043	Prod Mid  48K	L3 is in
	5067045	Prod Mid  38K
	5067046	Prod Low  62K
	5067054	PMD pedestal  500 evts
	5067056	Prod High  3K	with L3
	5067057	Prod High  7K	L3 in
	5067058	Prod High  16K	L3 in
	5067059	Prod High  12K
	5067060	Prod Mid   26K	ZDC=3600 to test L3
	5067061	Prod High   4K	FTPC 100% dead time, DAQ stopped many mins.
	5067062	Prod High   6K	L3 in
	5067063	Prod Mid   96K	including L3
4:57 PM	5067064	Prod Mid  12K	all det.
	5067065	Prod High  2 K	with L3, ZDC coinc~2500
	5067066	Prod Low   18K	beam dump, cryo problems
	5067104	Prod Low  21K	no calorimeters
	5067105	Prod central   18K	no FTPC
	5067107	Prod central   68K	no FTPC, no Barrel, no Endcap
March8,2004	5067108	ProdMin  100K	no calorimeters
	5067109	Prod Min   37K	no calorimeters, no FTPCs
	5068014	PMD pedestal  500 evts
	5068017	Prod High  7K	with L3 and all EMC in,run ends with TPC trip
	5068018	Prod high  3K	100% dead time
3:09AM	5068019	ProdHigh  50K	End run due to low beam rate (ZDCand ~ 4K) and go to productionMid triggermix.                [comment: one CTB slat tripped during run and was promptly turned on again. Mike is assuming                that this is negligible effect, especially for this triggermix, and did not stop run.]
	5068021	ProdMid  87K
	5068022	ProdLow  100K
	5068023	ProdLow  98K
	5068028	PMD pedestal  500 evts
	5068029	Prod Central  1K	run stopped because rate was slow. Perhaps it is due to L3 being in at high ZDC
	5068030	ProdCentral  13K
	5068031	ProdHigh  37K	Run ends due to low, 'jumpy' event rate. Again suspect L3, so end run to take it out
	5068034	ProdHigh  50K
	5068035	Prod Mid  80K	Find PMD has some HV and some FEE red. (shift log comment)
	5068041	ProdMid  2K	low ZDC rate
	5068042	ProdLow  23K
10:56AM	5068043	ProdMin  79K
8:38PM	5068132	Prod Central  43K
	5068133	Prod Central  16K
	5068136	ProdLow  30K	Run stopped due to scheduled beam dump.
	5068142	PMD pedestals  500evts
	5068150	ProdMid  100K
	5068151	ProdHigh  67K
March9,2004	5069001	Prod Low  4K
	5069002	Prod Low  202K
	5069009	ProdHigh  3500evts	Run started hanging after 3500 events. Take TOF out
	5069010	ProdHigh  20K
	5069011	ProdMid  127K
	5069012	ProdMid  81K
	5069014	ProdLow  260K	all det in.
	5069015	ProdLow  16K	All det in. Brahms and Phenix requested beam dumped
7:25AM	5069023	ProdHigh  10K	Run stuck with svt 100% busy. (PMD in now)
	5069024	ProdHigh  6K	PMD causing problems.
	5069027	PMD pedestal  500 evts	with L3, PMD in, but TOF still out (no pedestals yet). It looks as    though continuing beam steering at other IR's has reduced beam     loss rate, so maybe ZDC coinc. rate loss will reduce.
	5069028	ProdLow  91K
	5069031	ProdLow  100K	All but fpd in.
	5069032	Prod Low  52K	PMD needs the crates to be recycled and now we will do that
9:30AM	5069034	PMD pedestal  500evts
6:36 PM	5069075	PMD pedestal  500evts
	5069084	PMD pedestal  500evts
9.00PM			while taking pedestals shift crew found that one crates need recycle and so PMD out till next runs.
March10,2004	5070033	PMD pedestal  500evts	Crates recycled and PMD is OK now.
10:44AM	5070036	Prod Mid  100K
	5070037	Prod Low  52K
	5070060	PMD pedestal  500evts	now all working chains in PMD plane  are at -1400V except in SM 24 we have increased till -1300V as its taking that voltage, rest all same as before. earlier SM 24 had -1200V. SM 20 OFF from 29th Feb as per record.
	5070061	Prod High  42K
	5070064	ProdMid  97K
4:13PM	5070065	ProdMid  97K
	5070066	ProdLow  100K
	5070067	ProdLow  100K
	5070068	ProdLow  100K
	5070069	ProdLow  100K
	5070070	ProdLow  82K
	5070077	PMD pedestal  500evts
	5070079	ProdMid  68K
	5070081	ProdMid  56K
	5070082	ProdLow  100K
10:32PM	5070084	ProdLow  100K	all det.
	5070085	ProdLow  100K
	5070086	ProdLow  100K
	5070087	ProdLow  51K
March11,2004	5071010	ProdMid  100K
4:46AM	5071011	ProdLow  5K
	5071012	ProdLow  289K
	5071013	ProdLow  54K	Beam tuning is ON till 7PM so no data.
	5071047	PMD pedestal  500 evts	All working chains except SM 24 are at -1400V. SM 24 was raised for more than a day at -1300V and chain 47 seems to have gone bad.
8:14PM	5071050	ProdHigh  40K	no SVT
	5071051	ProdHigh  43K
	5071052	ProdMid  38K
	5071053	ProdMid  100K
	5071054	ProdLow  77K
	5071058	ProdLow  100K
	5071059	ProdLow  94K	Run stopped due to scheduled beam dump
	5071068	PMD pedestals  500evts	HV same as above.
	5071070	ProdHigh  96K
	5071071	ProdHigh  44K
	5071072	ProdHigh  578evts
	5071073	ProdHigh  39K	All det stopped as beam lost.
March12,2004	5072009	ProdMid  159K
7:30AM	5072010	ProdLow  5K
	5072012	ProdLow  107K	PMD trip. Continue with PMD out of DAQ, while we               reset trip.
	5072016	ProdLow  939evts
	5072019	ProdLow  12K	dump warning
10:55AM	5072027	PMD pedestal  500evts	one more chain seems bad in SM 24 i.e chain 48.So SM -24 now set at -1200V. All other working chains in PMD plane is at -1400V.
	5072028	ProdHigh  42K
	5072029	ProdHigh  97K
	5072032	ProdMid  97K
	5072034	ProdMid  51K
	5072035	ProdLow  100K
	5072036	ProdLow  34K
1:53PM	5072037	ProdLow  34K	beam is quenched suddenly and so many trips on TPC and FTPC.
7:00PM			RHIC MAGNET POWER SUPPLY PROBLEM-No beam!
	5072070	PMD pedestal  500evts	HV conditions same as mentioned above.
	5072072	ProdHigh  5K
	5072073	ProdHigh  100K
March13,2004	5073001	ProdMid  200K
	5073003	ProdLow  10K	All det. in.
2:44AM	5073004	ProdLow  10K
	5073005	ProdLow  50K
	5073006	ProdLow  20K
	5073012	PMD pedestal  500evts	Same HV conditions.
	5073013	ProdMid  100K
	5073014	ProdLow  200K
	5073015	ProdLow  15K
	5073016	ProdLow  16K
	5073022	PMD pedestal  500evts	Same HV conditions
	5073023	ProdHigh  55K
	5073024	ProdMid  186K
	5073036	PMD pedestal  500evts
	5073037	ProdHigh  100K
	5073039	ProdMid  125K
	5073040	ProdLow  200K
	5073041	ProdLow  183K
	5073042	ProdLow  170K
	5073049	PMD pedestal  500evts
6:50PM	5073050	ProdHigh  40K	All det.
	5073051	ProdHigh  71K
	5073052	ProdMid  172K
	5073054	ProdLow  84K
	5073055	ProdLow  200K
	5073056	ProdLow  92K
March14,2004	5074009	PMD pedestal  500evts
5:09AM	5074010	ProdHigh  80K
	5074011	ProdMid  2K
	5074012	ProdMid  200K
	5074014	ProdLow  84K
	5074015	ProdLow  200K
	5074016	ProdLow  105K
	5074017	ProdLow  80K
	5074024	PMD pedestal  500evts
	5074025	ProdHigh  30K
	5074026	ProdMid  100K
	5074028	ProdMid  52K
	5074029	ProdLow  200K
	5074030	ProdLow  200K
3:22PM	5074031	ProdLow  136K
	5074041	PMD pedestal  500evts
	5074042	ProdHigh  78K
	5074044	ProdHigh  4K
	5074050	PMD pedestal  500evts
	5074051	ProdHigh  43K	Run stopped because we noticed that                *** SVT was at pedestals ***
	5074052	ProdHigh  82K
	5074054	ProdMid  100K
	5074055	ProdLow  100K
	5074056	ProdLow  100K
	5074057	ProdLow  7K
	5074072	PMD pedestal  500evts	HV same as above.
March15,2004	5075038	PMD pedestal  500evts
	5075044	ProdHigh  10K	without BEMC,BSMD
	5075046	ProdHigh  32K	same cond.
	5075048	ProdHigh  28K
	5075051	ProdHigh  28K
	5075052	ProdMid  100K	All det. in.
	5075053	ProdMid  100K
10:00AM	5075055	ProdLow  148K	During Run SM-23 tripped and so that should be noted. Later its ramped up after the run.
			Unexpected beam dump, run stopped. Tandem to booster problem.
	5075066	PMD pedestal  500 evts
	5075067	ProdHigh  73K
	5075069	ProdMid  108K
	5075070	ProdLow  41K
	5075071	ProdLow  58K
	5075088	PMD pedestal  500 evts
	5075089	ProdHigh  100K
	5075090	ProdMid  100K
	5075093	ProdLow  100K
	5075094	ProdLow  100K
	5075095	ProdLow  32K
	5075096	ProdLow  100K
	5075097	ProdLow  100K
	5075098	ProdLow  67K
	5075104	PMD pedestal  500evts
March16,2004	5076018	ProdLow  48K
	5076019	ProdLow  200K
	5076021	ProdLow  138K
	5076022	ProdLow  68K
	5076029	PMD pedestal  500evts	HV conditions same as above. SM  20 OFF, and ALL SMs in PMD plane -1400V except SM 24 which is at -1200V
	5076030	ProdCentral  163K
	5076032	ProdMid  165K
	5076033	ProdLow  58K
	5076034	ProdLow  107K
	5076048	ProdHigh  97K
	5076049	ProdHigh  55K
	5076061	ProdMinBias  96K	ZERO FIELD
	5076062	ProdMinBias  96K	ZERO FIELD
	5076069	PMD pedestal  500evts	same HV conditions as above
	5076070	ProdLow  20k
	5076083	PMD pedestal  500evts	same HV state
	5076084	ProdHigh  37K
	5076085	ProdMid  4K	Marked as BAD by shift leader
	5076086	ProdMid  87K	BAD run as per Shift Leader
	5076093	ProdLow  errors stopped	BAD run
7PM	5076094	ProdLow  97K
	5076095	ProdLow  97K
	5076096	ProdLow  78K
March17,2004			ACCESS DAY AND SO NO BEAM AND NO RUNS AT ALL
March18,2004	5078011	PMD pedestal  500evts
	5078023	PMD pedestal  500evts
	5078024	ProdMid  43K	marked questionable by shift leader
	5078027	ProdMid  1K	Run Crash
	5078029	ProdMid  1K	questionable by shift leader
	5078030	ProdLow  83K	TOF out
	5078033	ProdLow  41K
	5078034	ProdLow  8K	questionable by shift leader
	5078060	PMD pedestal  500evts
	5078061	PMD pedestal  500evts	Due to change in operating voltage retook peds
	5078076	PMD pedestal  500evts
	5078077	ProdMid  44K	questionable by shift leader
	5078078	ProdMid  97K
	5078079	ProdLow  38K
	5078080	ProdLow  45K
	5078082	ProdLow  200K
	5078083	ProdLow  38K	SVT errors
March19,2004	5079001	ProdLow  20K
	5079003	ProdLow  30K
	5079004	ProdLow  50K
	5079009	PMD pedestal  500evts
	5079012	ProdHigh  153K
	5079014	ProdMid  122K	2.7% PMD errors
	5079015	ProdLow  33K
	5079016	ProdLow  81K
	5079025	PMD pedestal  1K evts	We revised to 1K evts form now on for better statistics and also shift leaders wanted as other detectors took 1K evts.
	5079026	ProdHigh  35K
	5079027	ProdMid  94K	After 10 o' clock meeting where we were informed that Controlled access is possible Sub-da took controlled access and took out Chain 47&48 from Sec-1,Blk-1,Crams-11&12 . Also CPV Chain 1& 3 are presently connected . Rest ALL CPV chains were taken out of CRAMS as we suspected after discussion (with VECC people) that they maybe contributing to the dead time of PMD.
	5079030	ProdLow  79K
	5079032	ProdLow  6K	SVT errors
	5079034	ProdLow  2K
	5079043	PMD  pedestal  1K	PMD BEAM OFF PEDESTAL TAKEN  AS WE WANTED TO STUDY THE  PEDESTAL SUBTRACTED DATA AND DEAD TIME --- subhasis & debasish (http://www.star.bnl.gov/STAR/pmd/ped_on_off)
	5079047	ProdHigh  673evts	DAQ ERRORS AS BEAM OFF PEDS TAKEN and PMD TAKEN OUT( later this files has been analysed and the above weblink shows the plots  with bump!) 98evts in this run
	5079050	ProdMid 1K	ALSO BAD RUN WITH DEAD TIME AND SO CRATE AND NIM RECYCLED
	5079054	PMD pedestal  1K	NOW BEAM ON PEDESTAL TAKEN AND DEAD TIME LOW!
	5079056	ProdLow  100K
	5079057	ProdLow  100K
	5079058	ProdLow  100K
	5079059	ProdLow  200K
	5079060	ProdLow  100K
	5079063	PMD pedestal  1K
	5079068	PMD pedestal  1K
	5079069	ProdHigh  50k
	5079070	ProdMid  195K
	5079072	ProdLow  23K	Marked questionable
	5079075	ProdLow  1K
	5079077	PMD pedestal  1K
	5079079	ProdLow  96K	PMD back now.
	5079080	ProdLow  3K
	5079081	ProdLow  3K
March20,2004	5080005	PMD pedestal
	5080006	ProdHigh  200K
	5080008	ProdMid  200K
	5080009	ProdLow  200K
	5080010	ProdLow  172K
	5080012	ProdLow  200K
	5080013	ProdLow  193K
	5080014	ProdLow  194K
	5080017	ProdLow  98K
	5080026	PMD pedestal	HV conditions same as above. SM  20 OFF, and ALL SMs in PMD plane -1400V except SM 24 which is at -1200V
	5080027	ProdHigh  96K
	5080028	Prodhigh  23K
	5080029	ProdHigh  3K
	5080031	ProdMid  195k
	5080032	ProdLow  194K
	5080033	ProdLow  97K
	5080035	ProdLow  90K
	5080041	PMD pedestal  1K	HV conditions same as above. SM  20 OFF, and ALL SMs in PMD plane -1400V except SM 24 which is at -1200V
	5080042	ProdHigh  200K
	5080044	ProdHigh  54K
	5080045	ProdHigh  53K	marked questionable by shift leader.
	5080047	ProdMid  130K
	5080048	ProdLow  74K
	5080049	ProdLow  6K	DAQ rebooted for all  it seems.
	5080050	ProdLow  194K
	5080051	ProdLow  191K
	5080056	PMD pedestal  1K	HV conditions same as above. SM  20 OFF, and ALL SMs in PMD plane -1400V except SM 24 which is at -1200V
	5080057	ProdHigh  71K
	5080059	ProdHigh  85k
	5080060	ProdHigh  40K
	5080062	ProdMid  7K
	5080063	ProdMid  197K
March21,2004	5081001	ProdLow  200K
	5081003	ProdLow  2K
	5081010	PMD pedestal  1K	same HV conditions as above.
	5081011	ProdHigh  40K
	5081012	ProdHigh  28K
	5081013	ProdHigh  39K
	5081014	ProdHigh  22K
	5081015	ProdMid  103K
	5081016	ProdMid  170K
	5081018	ProdLow  200K
	5081019	ProdLow  18K
	5081030	PMD pedestal	HV conditions same as above. SM  20 OFF, and ALL SMs in PMD plane -1400V except SM 24 which is at -1200V
	5081031	ProdHigh  3K
	5081032	ProdHigh  165K
	5081034	ProdLow  179K
	5081035	ProdLow  42K
	5081036	ProdLow  50evts
	5081044	ProdLow  45K
	5081052	PMD pedestal  1K	HV conditions same as above. SM  20 OFF, and ALL SMs in PMD plane -1400V except SM 24 which is at -1200V
	5081053	ProdHigh  96K
	5081055	ProdMid  21K
	5081056	ProdMid  8K
	5081057	ProdLow  97K
	5081058	ProdLow  97K
	5081059	ProdLow  115k
	5081061	ProdLow  194K
	5081062	ProdLow  115k
	5081064	ProdLow  15k
	5081066	PMD pedestal  1K	HV conditions same as above. SM  20 OFF, and ALL SMs in PMD plane -1400V except SM 24 which is at -1200V
	5081067	ProdLow  97K
	5081068	ProdLow  6K
	5081076	PMD pedestal  1k	HV conditions same as above. SM  20 OFF, and ALL SMs in PMD plane -1400V except SM 24 which is at -1200V
	5081078	ProdHigh  97K
	5081081	ProdHigh  23K
	5081082	ProdMid  194K
	5081083	ProdLow  63k
	5081084	ProdLow  171K
	5081085	ProdLow  118K
March22,2004	5082014	PMD pedestal  1K	HV conditions same as above. SM  20 OFF, and ALL SMs in PMD plane -1400V except SM 24 which is at -1200V
	5082015	ProdHigh  158K
	5082016	ProdMid  200K
	5082018	ProdLow  200K
	5082020	ProdLow  97K
8:17AM	5082021	ProdLow  46K
	5082034	PMD pedestal  1K	HV conditions same as above. SM  20 OFF, and ALL SMs in PMD plane -1400V except SM 24 which is at -1200V
	5082035	ProdHigh  49K
	5082037	ProdHigh  41K
	5082040	ProdMid  131K
	5082050	PMD pedestal  1K	HV conditions same as above. SM  20 OFF, and ALL SMs in PMD plane -1400V except SM 24 which is at -1200V
	5082051	ProdHigh  76K
	5082052	ProdHigh  56K
	5082053	ProdMid  17K
	5082056	ProdLow  20K
March23,2004	5083010	PMD pedestal  1K	HV conditions same as above. SM  20 OFF, and ALL SMs in PMD plane -1400V except SM 24 which is at -1200V
	5083011	ProdHigh  97K
	5083012	ProdHigh  37K
	5083013	ProdMid  59K
	5083015	ProdMid  75evts	FTPC 100% dead.
	5083016	ProdMid  96K
	5083021	ProdLow  140K
	5083023	ProdLow  100evts
	5083024	ProdLow  24K
	5083031	PMD pedestal  1K	HV conditions same as above. SM  20 OFF, and ALL SMs in PMD plane -1400V except SM 24 which is at -1200V
March24,2004
	5084006	PMD pedestal	peds run. not successful, always giving error in DAQ saying, pmd01.daq.bnl.local/pmd and pmd02.daq.bnl.local/pmd rebooting by itself. Runs stopped automatically.              6:32AM                                                                       - Subasis Chattopdhyay
12.25PM	5084038	PMD pedestal  1K	BEAM OFF PED TAKEN TO SEE WHETHER DAQ IS OK OR NOT.  SEEMS OK .

THE 62GEV RUN RAMP SEEMS TO HAVE STARTED, SOME MORE BEAM TUNING IS REQUIRED.
 

date and time	run No	what sort of run?	comments
March25,2004	5085015	PMD pedestal 1K	HV conditions same as above. SM  20 OFF, and ALL other SMs in PMD plane -1400V except SM 24 which is at -1200V.  (THIS HV conditions IS SAME THROUGHOUT  UNLESS OTHER WISE MENTIONED)
	5085017	production62GeV 19K	PMD is now in PANITKIN PLOTS from this run There are 8 pages of 6 chains each, CPV 1st 4 pages and then the rest pages PMD.
	5085018	production62GeV  194K
	5085020	production62GeV  194K
	5085022	production62GeV  170K
	5085025	production62GeV  187K	GAS BOTTLE CHANGED on 25th Night SHIFT by  Subhasis the Shift Leader(time 1.00PM)
March26,2004	5086007	PMD pedestal  1K
	5086008	production62GeV  97K
	5086009	production62GeV  194K
	5086014	production62GeV  163K
	5086016	production62GeV  44K
	5086036	PMD pedestal  1K
	5086037	production62GeV  16K
	5086038	production62GeV  252K
	5086039	production62GeV  135K
	5086040	production62GeV  114K
	5086043	production62GeV  115K
	5086044	production62GeV  20K
	5086046	production62GeV  134K
	5086047	production62gev  149K
	5086069	PMD pedestal  1K	Here RMS looks ok ~1.5
	5086071	production62GeV  1K	Marked questionable by shift leader
	5086072	production62GeV  193K
	5086073	production62GeV  149K
March27,2004	5087003	PMD pedestal  1K
	5087005	production62GeV  193K
	5087007	production62GeV  142K
	5087008	production62GeV  1K
	5087014	PMD pedestal	BAD run DO NOT CONSIDER
	5087015	PMD pedestal  1K	OK now!
	5087022	PMD pedestal  1K
	5087023	production62GeV  194K
	5087025	production62GeV  193K	SM -22 tripped during this run
	5087026	production62GeV  74K
	5087042	PMD pedestal  1K	This pedestal is also questionable !!! Later checked from EVP and found OK. rms ~2
	5087044	production62GeV  32K
	5087045	production62GeV  8K
	5087057	PMD pedestal  1K	This pedestal is also questionable !!! Later checked from EVP and found OK . rms ~2
	5087058	production62GeV  193K
	5087060	production62GeV  190K
	5087061	production62GeV  2K
	5087067	PMD pedestal  1K	This PED WAS BEAM OFF as said by shift leader , but run control says beam was there still inside.
	5087068	PMD pedestal  1K	BEAM ON PED LOADED
	5087073	production62GeV  193K
	5087075	production62GeV  146K
	5087076	production62GeV  103K
	5087078	production62GeV  700evts
March28,2004	5088002	PMD pedestal  1K	BEAM OFF PEDESTAL
	5088006	PMD pedestal  1K
	5088007	production62GeV  99K
	5088010	production62GeV  193K
	5088012	production62GeV  193K
	5088026	PMD pedestal  193K
	5088027	production62GeV  193K
	5088029	production62GeV  193K
	5088030	production62GeV  193K
	5088031	production62GeV  140K
	5088044	PMD pedestal  1K
	5088046	production62GeV  193K
	5088048	production62GeV  193K
	5088049	production62GeV  193K
	5088050	production62GeV  194K
	5088059	PMD pedestal
	5088060	production62GeV  193K
	5088062	production62GeV  74K
	5088070	PMD pedestal  1K	BEAM OFF PEDESTAL
March29,2004	5089005	PMD pedestal  1K
	5089006	production62GeV  69K
	5089007	production62GeV  7K
	5089008	production62GeV  87K
	5089021	PMD pedestal  1K
	5089022	production62GeV  1 event
	5089023	production62GeV  50K
	5089024	production62GeV  190K
	5089027	production62GeV  25K
	5089028	production62GeV  30K
	5089033	PMD pedestal  1K
	5089035	production62GeV  1K
	5089036	production62GeV  115K
	5089045	PMD pedestal  1K
	5089048	production62GeV
	5089050	production62GeV
	5089058	PMD pedestal	BAD RUN CRASH(DAQ ERRORS)
	5089059	PMD pedestal	BAD RUN CRASH(DAQ ERRORS)
	5089060	PMD pedestal  1K	BEAM OFF PED TAKEN  TO  CHECK DAQ ERRORS
	5089065	PMD pedestal  1K	BEAM ON PED NOW
	5089066	production62GeV  193K
	5089067	production62GeV  193K
	5089069	production62GeV  145K
	5089070	production62GeV  117K
March30,2004	5090008	PMD pedestal  1K	Pedestal Ok rms~2 even though marked questionable
	5090009	production62GeV  193K
	5090012	production62GeV  111K
	5090025	PMD pedestal  1K
	5090029	production62GeV  193K
	5090032	production62GeV  387K
	5090038	production62GeV  9K
	5090057	PMD pedestal  1K
	5090058	production62GeV  18K
	5090059	production62GeV  90K
	5090060	production62GeV  95K
	5090062	PMD pedestal  1K	BAD PEDESTAL RUN
	5090064	production62GeV  36K
	5090066	production62GeV  0 events
	5090069	production62GeV  130 events	Marked questionable by shift leader
March31,2004	5091002	PMD pedestal  1K	OK rms ~ 2
	5091003	production62GeV  193K
	5091005	production62GeV  83K
	5091006	production62GeV  70K
	5091007	production62GeV 466evts	Marked questionable by shift leader
	5091025	PMD pedestal  1K
	5091026	production62GeV  193K
	5091028	production62GeV  105K
	5091031	production62GeV  146K
	5091032	production62GeV 34K(run crash)
	5091033	production62GeV 39K
	5091049	PMD pedestal  1K	OK  BEAM OFF PEDESTAL TAKEN for DAQ CHECK as suggested by shift leader. But it seems fill was there still inside as checked later from run control.
	5091050	PMD pedestal  1K	NOW BEAM ON PED.
	5091051	production62GeV 1event	BAD RUN
	5091052	production62GeV 104K(run crash)
	5091053	production62GeV 0 events	False start seems.
	5091055	production62GeV 0 events	BAD RUN
	5091056	production62GeV 1246 events
	5091060	production62GeV 0 events	BAD RUN
	5091061	production62GeV 34K
	5091063	production62GeV 78K(run crash)
	5091065	production62GeV 80K
	5091066	production62GeV 38K
	5091102	PMD pedestal  1K	BEAM ON PEDS
April 1,2004	5092019	PMD pedestal  1K	OK BEAM ON PEDS.
	5092020	production62GeV 196K
	5092023	production62GeV 7K
	5092024	production62GeV 148k
	5092032	PMD pedestal  1K
	5092033	production62GeV 20K
	5092034	production62GeV 178K
	5092036	production62GeV 195K
	5092037	production62GeV 104K
April 2,2004	5093053	PMD pedestal  1K	BEAM OFF PEDESTAL

THIS IS THE END OF 63GEV RUN AND NOW RHIC
IS PREPARING FOR PP COLLISIONS.
 

Date	Run Number	What sort of run?	Magnet Field and other status?	comments
April 5,2004 1st DAY of ACCESS				WE (Subhasis and Debasish) HAD ACCESS AND WE WORKED ON THE BAD CHAINS OF THE PMD PLANE(NORTH SIDE). We got lift and place to work at around 3:30PM after pole tip was retracted.  We had a list of bad chains from last pedsetsla run during data taking (63 GeV). So we wanted to fix them The list was impressive (25,35,36,27,32,30). Before taking them we checked LVs on buffer board end for good chains to have some idea how they look like. After that we followed vanilla procedure of removing boards and see if DB still holds. for 25 >5 boarsd are removed to satisfy that. We are not sure if they are all bad voards, doubt is DB current limit is too low, and slight 'bad' also makes 'BAD'. ALL bad chains are fixed except 33. (33 was not in bad chain list, but we see very low  peds on scope and nothing on daq for that chain). chain 37 was connected to CPV side DB, when we connect that to one channel of Preshower side DB, it worked fine. We chnged the slots in CPV side DB, no where it took. Bad DB? too low current limit.  We did not want to play with DB. We were in a dilemma whether to replace the bad boards with new ones, and sort of decided  if those  new ones go bad in pp run, where we are not sure how much data we will take!!! Chain 37 was finally connected to one of the preshower side DB taking the slot of chain 25 (i.e removing 25). this was done after thinking that 25 is in the outer circle, 37 is inside, for PMD taken apart, 25 will have more chance to be shadowed by magnet. So, that's all for today. Will try to work on south side tomorrow.
April 6,2004 2nd DAY of ACCESS	5097056 5097057 5097058	-->BAD RUN PEDESTAL PEDESTAL (1K evts)	Zero Field  of STAR magnet.	TODAY WE DEBUGGED THE SOUTH SIDE OF PMD PLANE. We took a pedestal (at 0V) in WAH and started to work.Today we debugged the chains from 39 to 48. We removed the 46th chain. The other chains which we could not debug was 33 and 35. The rest are OK.  Debasish was on shift and a  pedestal was taken at -1400V except SM 20 OFF , SM-24 at -1200V.(7PM)Now another pedestal taken and it seems that there is some STAR trigger problem . The peds dont look OK.  Debasish discussed with Shift Leader Richard Majka and he also feels that Triggers guys are working  on STAR Trigger. After taking peds HV is ramped down to standby.
April 7,2004 3rd DAY of ACCESS	5098105 5098107	PEDESTAL PEDESTAL (1K evts)	Polarity B (Reversed) Full Field of  STAR magnet. -->BAD RUN RUN OK. but taken without  SCALARS.	TODAY we dont have lift and SO we took PEDESTAL( at 0V) once again in WAH. We found that chain-30 OFF which we had debugged earlier on 5th April. So Subhasis went up in the late evening after we had lift from BBC guys and removed board-19 . Now chain-30 is OK. Now the final status that chains 25, 46, 47 and 48 are not connected. The chains 33 and 35 we wanted to debug but could not as BBC guys need LIFT and thats all for ACCESS. THE SCALERS are yet not fixed by Trigger guys and  So pmd pedestal taken with SCALARS out as there was no other option . The Shift leader Richard Majka also suggested the same to debasish. Later reconfirmed with Tonko's mail: Subject:         scaler 1 dead...      From:         "Tonko A. Ljubicic" <tonko@bnl.gov>      Date:         Tue, April 13, 2004 1:03 pm       To:         startrig-hn@connery.star.bnl.gov    Priority:          Normal        The first scaler board is dead again. It issues bus errors and does not   work. This occassionally stops the whole SCALER system.    -- Tonko The Voltages were same at before. ramped all working SMs to PHYSICS mode and then put them all to standby after taking pedestals. LV also OFF after taking pedestals.
April 8,2004	5099002 5099003	PEDESTAL PEDESTAL (1K evts)	Polarity B (Reversed) Full Field	the pedestals are OK.the rms of working chains are 1.4 except  chain 27 show some spikes and has rms 2-6.
April 9,2004	5100001	PEDESTAL (1K evts)	-do-	OK the peds look same as yesterday. Left overnight after discussion with Subhasis at -1400V. The LV was off and also informed the Star Shift Crew to inform and write in Log book is any SM  of PMD trips.
April 10,2004	5101002  to 5101006 are BAD runs. 5101007 5101008             5101017	PEDESTAL (1K evts) PEDESTAL (1K)           PEDESTAL (1K)	-do-	Helen Caines the Shift Leader of morning shift and debasish tried to debug trigger and rebooted STAR trigger 2 times before taking PMD pedestal. Still scalars are out in PEDESTAL run. The Chains in pedestal from 26 to 33 show OFF and LV connections for those chains show 0 Amps. Subhasis , debasish and Rashmi discussed and suspected some LV OFF due to over current. Same status and no improvement. All those chains STILL SHOW OFF!!!. So Subhasis suggested to make HV of PMD plane to 0V as we could not understand and did not want to lose any more chains. So after the PEDESTAL RUN #5101008 THE PMD IS PUT TO 0V and PEDESTAL TAKEN with 0V condition just to check the health of the chains from time to time.   rashmi and debasish took pedestals once again in evening and found chains OK NOW!!!!!! This seems that the LV which had gone OFF due to over current are BACK. But this surge of over Current did cost us and chains additionally bad now are 27, 30,31 and 44. But still we are relived so see most BACK and pedestal taken at 0V.
April 11,2004	5102009	PEDESTAL (1K evts)	-do-	The pedestals are same as before and now no more chains going bad. However after there was a RF problem and Helen Caines reported a Controlled Access . Subhasis went inside to see the LV state. He reported that they are ON and BACK to life which is reconfirmed from the pedestal status.  The pedestal taken and PMD still in 0V .
April 12,2004	5103005	PEDESTAL (1K evts)	-do-	OK same as yesterday, no new chains going bad.
April 13,2004	5104015	PEDESTAL (1K evts)	-do-	OK same as yesterday and no new bad report .
April 14,2004				The TRIGGER people are working now and so rashmi & debasish could not take PMD pedestals. http://www.star.bnl.gov/HyperNews-star/get/startrig/2603.html
April 15,2004				The mail shows that people are working on Trigger which IS PRIME CONERN.  http://www.star.bnl.gov/HyperNews-star/get/starops/1523.html
April 16,2004				http://www.star.bnl.gov/HyperNews-star/get/starops/1524.html http://www.star.bnl.gov/HyperNews-star/get/startrig/2605.html
April 17,2004				http://www.star.bnl.gov/HyperNews-star/get/startrig/2605/2/1.html http://www.star.bnl.gov/HyperNews-star/get/startrig/2606.html
April 18,2004	5109042	PEDESTAL (1K evts)	-do-	rashmi and debasish took a PMD pedestal with 0V. The chains rms seems OK ~1.4. We compared and found no new bad chains. Now waiting if all goes OK till we get some events in PP. The trigger work for PP still continues..........
April 19,2004	5110034 5110035 5110036 5110037	PEDESTAL (1K evts)	-do- -do- -do- -do-	Pedestal with -1400V(rms was high~2.5) Pedestal with -1400V(rms~1.4) Pedestal with -1400V(rms~1.4) Pedestal at 0V after ramping down the HV(rms~1.4)
April 20,2004				Still Trigger tests continues and no Pedestals can be taken with PMD. Also today Les and others were tuning the triggers in the evening fill. But still the polarization tests were yet to be done. The bunches yellow and blue were synchronized as per  requirements ,as to which bunch pair interacts at STAR.
April 21,2004				Still Trigger tests continues and no Pedestals can be taken with PMD.
April 22,2004				Still Trigger tests continues and no Pedestals can be taken with PMD.
April 23,2004	5114016   5114019   5114023          5114024                                                                       5114025         5114026     5114027   5114028	PMD pedestal (1K evts) PPminbias Physics Pmd Test Physics (with TPC) (99K)   Pmd Test Physics (with TPC) (99K)                                                                 PP Physics (13K) tpc emc pmd eemc bsmd esmd PP physics (29K)-do-   PP physics (9K)-do- PP physics (26K)-do-	-do-   -do-   -do-         -do-                                                                       -do-         -do-     -do-   -do-	PMD HV is put upto -1400V and BEAM ON PEDESTAL TAKEN and so HV remains -1400V till all PMD PP runs end. Improper Trigger as Pre-Trigger is not set properly according to Les Bland. This is the TRIGGER DETAILS OF Pmd TEST TRIGGER from Les Bland: The east(west) BBC is a scintillator annulus tiled by hexagons.  The  annulus covers pseudorapidity values 3.3 < |\eta| < 5.0 with full 2\pi  azimuthal coverage.  The east(west) detectors are mounted on the outside  of the magnet poletip at a distance of 3.74m from the interaction point.   There are a total of 18 hexagons in two rings in \eta.  Scintillation  light is collected by 16 photomultiplier tubes.  A schematic drawing  showing the BBC from a perspective outside of the STAR magnet looking  towards the interaction point is available at  http://www.star.bnl.gov/STAR/html/bbc_l/fy03/bbc_run3.ps The detector used  in run 4 is identical to the one used in run 3.  The BBC phototube currents are input to analog-to-digital converters  (ADC).  With the typical operating voltages on the phototubes, a minimum  ionizing particle produces a most probable ADC value of ~15 counts.  In  addition to ADC data, when the phototube current pulse exceeds a 0.6 mA  threshold, a time-to-amplitude converter (TAC) is started.  Each  phototube's TAC is stopped by the RHIC clock, and the TAC current is input  to an ADC.  The trigger algorithm that converts the charge and timing data  into a minimum bias trigger is available at  http://www.star.bnl.gov/STAR/html/trg_l/run2003/BBC.pdf  For p+p minimum bias events, the trigger is a coincidence between the east  and west BBC small scintillator tiles.  The trigger requires     . the summed charge from the east(west) small tiles must exceed       10 ADC counts.     . the channel that defines the timing for east(west) small tiles       must have 25 < TAC_ADC < 180     . the east/west time difference (proportional to the z position of the       collision vertex) must be 166 < TAC diff < 346.  The total cross section of the p+p minimum bias trigger has been measured  by the vernier scan technique (steering one beam across the other to  measure the horizontal and vertical beam size) to be 26.1 +/- 0.2(stat)  +/- 1.8(syst) mb.  It is referred to in many STAR papers (see, for example  hep-ex/0310058)  For run 5114023, the trigger used was similar to the p+p minimum bias  trigger, except that the summed charge from the east small tiles of the  BBC must exceed 150 ADC counts.  This more stringent requirement  is imposed so that the PMD pretrigger (>7 hit phototubes from BBC east and  BBC west) is efficient. THESE runs have PMD in but DO not HAVE the PMD TEST TRIGGER WHICH IS SPECIAL FOR PMD so MAY NOT BE USEFUL FOR ANALYSIS.                           After this PMD Gas bottle was changed as it was finished and HV ramped down to 0V. LV also PUT OFF.
April 24,2004				PMD HV AND LV OFF
April 25,2004				PMD HV AND LV OFF
April 26,2004				PMD HV AND LV OFF
April 27,2004				PMD carbon dioxide gas bottle PUT OFF . Argon flow will continue as it is.
April 28,2004				PMD HV AND LV OFF