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= Minutes =
 
= Minutes =
  
Participants: Curtis, Naomi(CMU), Sean (NU), Bill, Luke, Mike, Chris, Simon, Beni, Fernando and Lubomir (JLab).
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Participants: Curtis, Naomi(CMU), Sean (NU), Beni, Mike, Luke, Eugene, Chris, Nick, Dave, Bill, Fernando, Sergey, Vlad and Lubomir (JLab).
  
== CDC update ==
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== DAQ ==
  
- Beni installed a wide grounding braid (first picture above) connecting in a chain all HV boards in one sector (#4). The pictures above demonstrate '''significant improvement in the noise suppression'''. The 200kHz noise from the HV power supply is gone and the random noise is down by >25%. Only this one HV channel was turned on.  
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- Beni: testing the latest fADC125 firmware released, works except something goes wrong in the FPGA when setting event number. ROCFDC3 has problems will be excluded for the next run. We want to take data with the magnet on. The top scintillator paddle was moved as high as possible to reduce the filed on the PMTs. Actually, after the meeting Beni and Elton were able to get signals from the scintillator (after increasing the HV) and started the DAQ (FDC+CDC) with the considence trigger.
  
- Fernando contacted CAEN concerning the 200kHz noise coming from 1550 and interestingly even more from 1535 module. The noise goes through the HV return lines connected to the aluminum ring at the front of the CDC and the ground of the ring needs to be improved first. Further we should think of a better, non-destructive way (4 pre-amp cards were somewhat damaged) of installing the additional ground on the cards.
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- Discussions about horizontal trigger. We need to install it back. The upstream paddles can be installed when the traget is out. Instead of the downstream paddles one can use the TOF, but it requires the GTP.  
  
- It's not clear exactly how the grounding helped, but it worked only after connecting all of the cards from this sector. It might be the stand-offs that connect the cards to ground have some resistance? (Bill). The HVBs have LV vias on the back side, so one should find a better place for connection, but that's possible (Fernando).
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== CDC update ==
  
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- Mike:
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== FDC update ==
 
== FDC update ==
  
- Without the horizontal track trigger, the quality of the data is poor: mostly showers and mostly in the first package. To separate hits from noise Lubomir is improving the avalanche finding algorithm using the multi-hit feature of the TDCs and the timing from the fADCs. Last week Cody replaced 4 fADC125 modules due to different issues. In the last short run (the only so far after the FDC chiller was fixed) only one of the new modules works fine, the other three have problems.
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- Without the horizontal track trigger, the quality of the data is poor: mostly showers and mostly in the first package. To separate hits from noise Lubomir is improving the avalanche finding algorithm using the multi-hit feature of the TDCs and the timing from Curtis, Naomi(CMU), Sean (NU), Beni, Mike, Luke, Eugene, Chris, Nick, Dave, Bill, Fernando, Sergey, Vlad and Lubomir (JLab).
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the fADCs. Last week Cody replaced 4 fADC125 modules due to different issues. In the last short run (the only so far after the FDC chiller was fixed) only one of the new modules works fine, the other three have problems.
  
 
== Electronics ==
 
== Electronics ==

Revision as of 17:12, 21 August 2014

August 21, 2014 FDC+CDC meeting

Agenda

  1. DAQ (Beni)
  2. CDC status (Mike, Beni)
  3. FDC status (Lubomir)
  4. Electronics (Chris, Nick)
  5. Engineering (Bill)
    • Chiller
    • Cathode scan (Luke)
  6. Commissioning Wiki Page, CDC, FDC commissioning plan (all)
  7. Other

Instructions for Bluejeans meeting connection

FDC meeting ID: 290664653

Minutes

Participants: Curtis, Naomi(CMU), Sean (NU), Beni, Mike, Luke, Eugene, Chris, Nick, Dave, Bill, Fernando, Sergey, Vlad and Lubomir (JLab).

DAQ

- Beni: testing the latest fADC125 firmware released, works except something goes wrong in the FPGA when setting event number. ROCFDC3 has problems will be excluded for the next run. We want to take data with the magnet on. The top scintillator paddle was moved as high as possible to reduce the filed on the PMTs. Actually, after the meeting Beni and Elton were able to get signals from the scintillator (after increasing the HV) and started the DAQ (FDC+CDC) with the considence trigger.

- Discussions about horizontal trigger. We need to install it back. The upstream paddles can be installed when the traget is out. Instead of the downstream paddles one can use the TOF, but it requires the GTP.

CDC update

- Mike: