Difference between revisions of "Monitoring: Outline of Tasks and Issues"

Revision as of 16:27, 3 April 2008

1. Scope: what to monitor and why
   1. Online and near-online
   2. Provide feedback to insure data quantity and quality
   3. All relevant areas:
      1. GlueX Detector
      2. Detector electronics
      3. Hall D systems
      4. relevant Accelerator systems
      5. relevant IT systems
      6. relevant Facilities Management systems
2. Beyond scope: what should be done by other means
   1. Safety
      1. Personnel
      2. Equipment
   2. Beam time accounting
   3. Personnel training/certification/qualification
   4. Shift-taking accounting
   5. Shift-takers' refreshment supply
3. Types of data: how data is produced
   1. Event based: in the data stream
      1. Triggered detector events
      2. Special events
   2. Slow controls: on-demand (usually), small data volume
      1. EPICS or EPICS-like devices
      2. stand-alone systems
   3. Video
   4. Web-based variables
   5. Monitoring applications
4. Audience: who wants to know
   1. Counting room personnel
   2. Accelerator personnel
   3. Detector and systems experts
   4. Collaborators
      1. On-site
      2. Off-site
   5. General public
5. Presentation: how to access the data
   1. Histograms
   2. Strip charts
   3. Web pages
   4. Desktop applications
   5. Audible alarms
6. Monitoring data collection programs: automated data consumers
   1. Alarm handlers
   2. Archiver (database fillers)
   3. Logbook
7. Time-scales
   1. Real time
   2. Minute-by-minute
   3. Hourly
   4. Every shift
   5. Every day
   6. Weekly
   7. Monthly
   8. Run period
   9. Annually