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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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?

9. 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

10. 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