L. Coney UC Riverside MICE CM32 – Glasgow – June 2012 Operations Summary L. Coney UC Riverside MICE CM32 – Glasgow – June 2012

Operations Session Plenary Session – Tuesday AM Beam Line Optics – M. Leonova Operations Overview – L. Coney DAQ – Y. Karadzhov Controls & Monitoring – P. Hanlet MICE Timing & RF Phase – P. Smith Tracker Timing w/ISIS RF – E. Overton Standard Online Group Mtg – Wed at lunch

DAQ - Yordan New version of DATE and SL EMR boards finished (firmware not quite) New eventbuilder machines (miceraid 4/5) Ongoing/future System testing after many changes/upgrades New trigger system under development – VME board – reduce vulnerability of cable nest

Controls & Monitoring - Pierrick SS & FC standalone – Daresbury Target Control and user interface improved – Matt R. Additional capability to Tracker control – Matt R. Step I documentation of all PVs – Chris H. New Monitoring UPS, Server Rack, Network Rack, Power – Pierrick Target Info: ISIS current, Beam Loss, Beam position – Pierrick Run Status – DAQ monitoring – Pierrick Hall AC units – Pierrick Run Control – Pierrick Simplify operations Remove chance for user/shifter error

Controls & Monitoring - Pierrick Future Final SS and FC PS racks, Control Racks, Services, Monitoring Need go through single point to interface/prioritize/coordinate - Pierrick More Future RF Tuner – Pierrick LH2 Monitoring – Pierrick Proton Absorber – Pierrick

Timing – Paul S. and Ed O. MICE RF timing Tracker Timing with ISIS RF describe method to measure phase angles and amplitude of electric field in 8 MICE RF Cavities Chris R. wants better timing than TOF measurement to make TOF the limiting factor Assembling test bench Tracker Timing with ISIS RF Generate appropriate live window for trackers Done during single station run

Operations – L. Coney Focus on Step IV Staff shifts/take data – extensive running New shifter training instituted Better link between Analysis & Operations Modify/supplement MOM system New systems coming on line – safety, expert operation Relieve stress of overcrowded MLCR Consider option of “remote MLCR” How do? What functionality can be outside MLCR? Change daily walkthru – NOT need Hall access

Step IV Operations Continue: Improve: New equipment arriving Continue pre-run preparation Further simplify running Improve: Automate procedures g fewer errors Move from spreadsheet g only ConfigDB Increase Online Reconstruction capabilities Complete suite of detectors, Online analysis, Global reco New equipment arriving Need expertise – do we have a plan for support? Timing – with ISIS RF for tracker, plan for RF stages Modify procedures to include SC magnets and LH2 system How staff multitude of shifts?

Operations Needs Standardize & understand beamline settings How cooling channel B fields affect Operations? can we still control/monitor/operate the equipment? Handover/knowledge retention between MOMs still not ideal concerns regarding running in 2013 need permanent overarching position Systematic understanding/overview of MICE safety systems MOM position fleeting – lose track of what done

Conclusions Operations going well – we continue to improve for each run Feb CM Operations Needs: New magic spreadsheet New takeover of G4Beamline Proper training Documentation to be (remain) current Documentation of changes to procedure Much more to do – Step IV is rapidly approaching