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  136   Thu Apr 7 11:11:31 2022 Max, SebastianLaserdye changed, pulse energy measurements
We changed the dye at 10am.

We increased the pump power for the dye Laser to 480mJ (before 450mJ). New calibration factor is 29 for Quanta Ray monitor signal.

We get now 17mJ UV pulse energy after SHG. Pulse energy before was 14mJ.
  135   Thu Apr 7 10:10:31 2022 Ragan, Yuri, DanyalAcceleratorProblem in UNILAC
The power supply of the UNILAC magnet is broken. The repair will take up to 6-7 hours.
  134   Thu Apr 7 09:58:55 2022 Ragan, Yuri, DanyalAcceleratorKicker problem solved
The kicker problem is solved and the beam is back in the ESR.
  133   Thu Apr 7 09:23:18 2022 SebastianDAQDAQ1 & DAQ2 - 1kHz and delayed cs removed
Questionable 1kHz and delayed common stop signals has been removed.

These two cablings were for some previous tests.
  132   Thu Apr 7 08:43:19 2022 Danyal, Yuri, RaganAcceleratoragain no injection in ESR - ESR kicker problem
we had no injections in the ESR again 

it turned out that the injection kicker of the ESR has a problem 
  131   Thu Apr 7 08:14:03 2022 Yuri & DanyalGeneral229Th89+ line in Schottky
GLOBAL calculations for the "content" of the Th line in the Schottky spectrum
(380 MeV/u exit energy, equilibrium charge state distribution)

Actinium 9.9%  - bare 

Thorium 42.4% - H-like

Protactinium 44.8% - He-like

Uranium 2.7% - Li-like 
  130   Thu Apr 7 07:40:09 2022 Danyal, Max, SebastianDAQNo beam and DAQs crashed
since shortly after 7 AM we have no beam in the ESR
(reason unclear) 

Both DAQs also crashed. 

Beam back in ESR at 7:20 or so 

Problems with restarting DAQ1 

Problems with restarting DAQ2 

Files names 7801 and 7804 and 0047 and 0050 cannot be used
  129   Thu Apr 7 05:55:17 2022 Ken UeberholzDetectorsXUV-Detector Mesytec crash
When the XUV-detector has to shut down unexpectedly, it can happen that the Mesytek power supply crashes and can't be 
communicated with. If this happens the Mesytec PS needs to be restarted from hand inside of the ESR. This can be done by 
restarting the crate located at the bottom of the XUV-detector. 

This crash happened during the night shift today and the Mesytec should be restarted today as soon as possible. For 
example when the laser stabilization gets fixed.

In normal operation this should never happen if no mistakes are made. 
  128   Thu Apr 7 05:44:40 2022 Pierre-Michel, RaganDAQNTCAP settings
Carrier Frequency: 244M
IQ Rate: 10M
reference Level: -30
RF - Attenuation: 40
IF - Attenuation: 19.9288

Masterpath p:\E142\sc
Masterpath p:\E142\IQ

Display: No Display

NTCAP data-taking is stopped at 5:44.

IQ_2022-04-07_02-40-05
SC_2022-04-07_02-40-05
  127   Thu Apr 7 05:23:50 2022 PatrickDAQHow To Start MBS for DAQ2 (Carstens DAQ)
(MBS server should be running at the LXG0155 machine. If not you will get an error message. Then start the server - last command in console)

Just enter the following commands in the console of any PC

ssh stoe_exp@r4l-68
*** Password on a sheet of paper ***
resl
cd /esr/usr/stoe_exp/E142Brandau/SCA... (auto complete with tab)
mbs
@startup
connect rfio lxg0155 -disk
open file lxg0155:/data.local2/E142/229Th -auto -rfio
sta ac




To stop MBS enter the following commands

sto ac
close file
disconnect rfio
@shutdown
exit
resl
  126   Thu Apr 7 04:48:58 2022   ToDo's for 07.04.
Some ToDo's for the next shift:
- Work on  Laser stabilisation 2nd stage in the ESR
- Mesytec power supply of the xuv-detector crashed and needs to be restarted in the ESR. Simply turning it the crate off and on again)!!
- Fix wavemeter fluctuates
- Compare MBS event size of DAQ 1 ("by laser group") and DAQ 2 ("by Carsten"), DAQ 1 data size was ~2 times larger than DAQ 2 data size.
- Use lmd-files measured last night to test Go4-Analysis.
- Practice measurement procedure with beam, see Message ID: 124.
  125   Thu Apr 7 04:10:18 2022 Ken UeberholzDAQCorrected cabling DAQ 2
A lot of cables were wrongly or not 
connected to the DAQ 2. 

Channels are now for both DAQ:
0 XUV-Back
1 XUV-Anode
2 XUV-Anode-delayed
3 PMT-South
4 PMT-Middle
5 PMT-North
6 PMT-Cu
7 Part-det-south
8 Part-det-north
9 1kHz
10 -
11 -
12 Delay-common-stop
13 PD-NO
14 PD-SO
15 Q-switch

All data taken by the DAQ2 has to be 
considered as faulty up to now. 

Carsten was furious.
  124   Thu Apr 7 03:44:21 2022 PatrickDAQMeasurement procedure
Measurement procedure


- The laser hits the screen 'NO' (atppc017) right side of the burn spot
- Be ready to start a laser scan
- Scan laser goes into wavemeter!
- Have mbs connected
- Have go4 connected

Preparation done

- 'open file (...)' for DAQ1 & DAQ2
- request a new beam
- check scraping
- 'sta ac' for DAQ1 & DAQ2
- start laser scan

laser scan started

- 'sh ac' for DAQ1 & DAQ2
- check that acquisition is RUNNING and file is OPENED
- fill in table information in the ELOG.

laser scan complete

- 'sto ac' for DAQ1 & DAQ2
- 'close file'
- check if preparation is still fulfilled
- repeat from Preparation done
  123   Thu Apr 7 03:09:36 2022 CarstenDAQNTCAP running since 02:40
  122   Thu Apr 7 03:06:15 2022 PatrickDAQDAQ file sizes
The file sizes of DAQ1 (229Thor) and DAQ2 (229Th, "Carstens DAQ") are different.
During 20min of laser scanning DAQ1 saves 4 files while DAQ2 saves 2 files which was 3.3 GB and 2 GB, respecively.
The file sizes of DAQ2 should always be greater than those of DAQ1, because of extra ADC data!

The problem seems to be solved after the recabling ID: 125.
  121   Thu Apr 7 02:32:29 2022 all on shiftRunsFirst Scans 322-320nm
Laser scanning from 322-320 steps 0.01nm/s
DAQ1: lxg1927:/data.local2/BeamTimeTh22/
DAQ2: lxg0155:/data.local2/E142/
LMD file name DAQ1:229Thor
LMD file name DAQ2:229Th

TimeSIS-intensitycooler-HVLMD-DAQ1LMD-DAQ2
02.30??Th227781-Th2277840027-0028
03.031.75e92096487785-77870029-0030
03:281.7e920964877880031 (stopped during scan)
Break - fixing cables, Elog ID: 125
04:00 - problems with UNILAC, stopping for now.
Apparently not so bad problems. we can continue.
Mesytek PS of xuv-detector crashed, can only be restarted from inside the ESR by turning the crate on and off.
05.201.23e92096467791-77940035-0038
05.521.5e92096487795-77970039-0042
06.241.5e92096427798-78000043-0046 1 sec waiting at each laser frequency (dwell time 30)
07.36 xx e9209 xx 7803-78040047-0050 problems with DAQ 1 and DAQ2
07.52 xx e9209646 7805-78090051-0055 DAQs started again 5 sec waiting at each laser frequency (dwell time 150)
08.30 e9209 xx 7810-780056-00 DAQs started again 5 sec waiting at each laser frequency (dwell time 150)
  120   Thu Apr 7 01:19:05 2022 PatrickLaserLaser scanning
We did some laser scans. The wavemeter shows spikes during scans. This may be just while the frequency changes. See picture.
  119   Thu Apr 7 00:36:36 2022 UweDAQThreshholds and shaping Mesytec for ADC
  118   Thu Apr 7 00:15:11 2022 PatrickLaserLaser timing adjusted
We have adjusted the laser timing using PMT-middle. Bunching freq. is 3.90362 MHz.

PD NO: 7.79
PD SO: 43.37
mean: 25.08

PMT middle: 25.02

Delta = 0.6 bins * 3.3 ns = 0.2 ns

New injection:
PMT middle: 25.48 / 101.91
ParDet south: 74.31 / 151.31

ParDet south - PMT middle (furthest / closest distance) = 161.1 ns / 91.1 ns
  117   Wed Apr 6 22:29:55 2022 PatrickAcceleratorECooler voltages
ECooler voltages:

06.04:
22:30: 209676 V
00:14: 209647 V

07.04.:
00:46: 209647 V
04:06: 209648 V
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