Re: instructions for localmon start/stopping during tof trigger test

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From: W.J. Llope (llope_at_physics.rice.edu)
Date: Fri Mar 07 2003 - 10:45:10 EST

At 9:35 AM -0600 3/7/03, W.J. Llope wrote:
>hi zhangbu (and lijuan),
>here's the recipe i mentioned... your help on this
>is needed because it's not clear exactly when during a
>spill the tof trigger will run, and just for clean-ness
>we'd like to tof triggered data to be in its own
>localmon file all by itself...
>
>
>go to the tofp console, and open a terminal window.
>
> cd daq/data
> ls -s localmon.dat
>
>-> if size of this file is zero, skip to place marked (**).
>
>-> if size is not zero, first get the 7 digit number
>of the most recent run star took.
>
>then stop the localmon program.
>
> localmon stop

        y

(you have to confirm stopping localmon, starting and
status doesn't require confirmation)... good luck,
        bill

>
>then
>
> mv localmon.dat localmon_toXXXXXXX.dat
>
>where the X's are that run number.
>
>then restart the localmon program
>
> localmon start
>
>double-check it's running
>
> localmon status
> ls -s localmon.dat
>
>i.e. there should now be a new file called localmon.dat
>with size = zero bytes...
>
>
>(**) .... DO THE TOF TRIGGER TEST RUN....
>
>
>when the tof trigger'ed run is finished, then
>
>from the same window,
> localmon stop
> mv localmon.dat localmon_toYYYYYYY.dat
> localmon start
> localmon status
>
>and then star returns to normal dAuminbias running
>(and the new localmon file starts filling up again)...
>a Y is the number of the tof triggered run.
>
>maybe send a summary email to tofp_at_physics.rice.edu if you
>remember?
>
>thanks. i'll be watching from here too... good luck!
> bill
>
>
>
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>
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  W.J. Llope, Ph.D.                      Res. Assoc. Professor
  T.W. Bonner Nuclear Laboratory         phone:  713-348-4741
  Rice University, MS-315                fax:    713-348-5215
  6100 S. Main St.                  
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             e-mail:     llope_at_physics.rice.edu
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