1. MOG Aug 2010J.S. GraulichSlide 1 Comments on User Run o All went pretty well but we can always improve Jean-Sebastien Graulich, Geneva

2. MOG Aug 2010J.S. GraulichSlide 2 Automation  Simplify Start of Run and End of Run Procedures Set Currents Start DAQ Start Target Actuation Enter Currents in Quads Save screenshots Un-tick auto-update in Online monitoring Print Scaler text file …  Each application has very reasonable requirement but the list is too long

3. MOG Aug 2010J.S. GraulichSlide 3 Stability  Uncontrolled crashes Online Monitoring  Memory Leak Online Reconstruction Caused miceonrec2 to stall completely  Strange behavior DataQualityCheck Still filling histograms 10 minutes after the end of the run Caused problem with miceraid2 ?

4. MOG Aug 2010J.S. GraulichSlide 4 Process Control  Some processes should always be working Online Monitoring, Online Reconstruction, Scalers The DATEStatus Client …  Need centralized process management Already existing for CAM Will be extended

5. MOG Aug 2010J.S. GraulichSlide 5 ConfigDB  Original Confusion Set Values Set values at beginning of the run, e.g. Magnet Currents, Detector Positions All available at Start of Run MetaData Used to select the runs for analysis, e.g. data quality tag, number of spills, number of triggers Many available only at the end of the run  CDB entry at the end of the run  => NOT usable for Online Reconstruction  Need for some redesign here

6. MOG Aug 2010J.S. GraulichSlide 6 Misc  Online Reconstruction Applications save their files at the beginning of the next run Should be at the end of the run  We have now an audible alarm when ISIS is down when we are taking data Need the same when ISIS is back and the target DAQ nor DATE is running  Need an easy way to upload and update a list of known problems (on the MICO page ?)