SA3 status, posted by Frederik Wolff-Fabris on 31 Jan 2025, 12:43
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A ZZ is organized to happen now, 31.01 at ~12:40, in order to reset a cabinet belonging to one of the Apple-X undulators.
This is agreed with North Branch instruments and RC/BKR.
**Update 13:25: ZZ was successful; SA1 and SA3 beams restored at 13:25 |
Shift summary, posted by Jörg Hallmann on 31 Jan 2025, 06:28
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- Alignment of KB mirrors: focused beam H150-200nm x V300-350nm. Characterization of focused beam with wire scan.
- Installed ePIX table and ePIX. Thorlabs server is not running, needs to be fixed by controls during the morning shift
- Aligned rotation center of SSRY and put the beam into it. Moved alignment pin down by 10mm and put protecting cover on it.
- Aligned DES spectrometer crystal (using YAG) to 9keV.
- Checked CRL2 focusing with 9keV. Smallest is 9um (with bender adjust).
- Alexey played with Mono further, second reflection not found. Problem found with actuator.
- Tested FF data. Seems to be good.
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Shift summary, posted by Chan Kim on 30 Jan 2025, 23:08
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X-ray delivery
- 11.0 keV, up to 178 pulses at 564 kHz, 650 uJ.
Optical laser delivery
- illumination and pp lasers
Achievements/Observations
- Performed detector and ice detection program.
Issues
- Run Controller was crashing several times during the day. DOC was notified. They discovered that the run controller server was down and fixed the problem by restarting it.
- PP laser was not available during the day until ~ 18:30
- Some troubles with and homing of SmarAct stages after update from to the current control version. DOC was requested to roll back to the latest stable release.
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SA3 status, posted by Frederik Wolff-Fabris on 30 Jan 2025, 13:59
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On 29.01 evening the SA3 pre-absorber was interlocked due to M5 mirror.
With the help of Maurizio V., it was found the M5 RY motor has to be driven to 400um position to release the interlock condition and permit beam to SXP and SQS. This relates to a limit switch which was in a undesired location and about 1mm out of position. |
SA3 status, posted by Andreas Koch on 29 Jan 2025, 09:08
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The SA3 FEL imager is now protected via the Big Brother server, which creates a beam limit on the bunch pattern server if necessary.
contact Andreas Koch, Lars Fröhlich for more details or consult the imager manual, section 2.9:
https://docs.xfel.eu/share/page/site/xfelwp74/document-details?nodeRef=workspace://SpacesStore/1766b430-7c48-4c46-bb2d-1774d69e1246
demonstration 27.1.2025 to Jan Grünert, Harald Sinn, Andreas Galler.
Function: The Big Brother limits the number of pulses in SA3 via a beam limit in case of danger, individually for each screen of the FEL imager, AND only if an imager screen is inserted. The EPS is valid as before.
This means that if the EPS interlock for the FEL imager is enabled (default setting, 2 pulses maximum), the intervention by the Big Brother could reduce pulses to 1 or 0.
The potential limit of the number of pulses for each screen is shown in the FEL imager scene, as before.
Best practice: Use the GATT to limit the pulse energy. Avoid to operate with a strongly saturated image. Use low absorbing ND filters.
eLogs posts to: eLog Operation-2025, Zulip SASE3_INSTRUMENT_COMMISSIONING, ttfinfo |
Issue, posted by Jan Gruenert on 19 Jan 2025, 11:46
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1) BKR calls SUN11h20 and informs about issues with the SA1 SRA. Motors in ERROR.
2) Additionally, there was this morning a fire alarm, where in one rack (SASE1 rack 1.1 in XTD2) the gas extinguishing system was triggered, see also https://ttfinfo.desy.de/XFELelog/show.jsp?dir=/2025/03/19.01_M&pos=2025-01-19T10:22:14
PRC investigating.
BEAM STATUS: SA1 is still lasing at 1100 uJ at 9 keV, IMGFEL is inserted and beam visible. XGM and imagers operational.
- All SA1-SRA MOTORS (SA1_XTD2_PSLIT/MOTOR/) in sa1_beckhoff_mov are in ERROR and cannot be reset.
- Same for SA1_XTD2_FLT/MOTOR/TARGET (in ERROR and cannot be reset)
- SA1_XTD2_SRA_SLIT/MDL/MAIN in ERROR
- Same for SA1_XTD9_IMGPII45/MOTOR/NAVITAR_FOCUS and _ZOOM, but these karabo devices can be RESET, however Hardware State remains ERROR. Hardware interlocked.
- Same for SA1_XTD2_PES/SWITCH/G1_OK and G2_OK, but these karabo devices can be RESET, and the Hardware State here is then OFF. Hardware REGION is normal.
- SA1_XTD2_PES/SERIAL/V101256D and SA1_XTD2_PES/VALVE/V101256D in ERROR, can be reset. the STATE = NORMAL.
- Also found in ERROR: SA1_XTD2_WATCHDOG/MDL/STOP2_BKG_IMGFEL (but can be reset, is stopped).
- BeckhoffPlcMonitor SA1_BR_SYS/PLC/MOV_PLCMON in ERROR, can be reset, Hardware state NORMAL.
- SA1_XTD9_MIRR/ACTRL/RZ in ERROR (not the other related motors)
- SA1_XTD2_PSLIT/LVDT/BLADE... all in ERROR, can be reset, then hardware state ON. Hardware error description: "PLC Error: Terminal is not operational"
- SA1_XTD9_MIRR/ASESN/RY and RZ in ERROR, can be reset, then hardware state ON. Hardware error description: "0xc009"
- SA1_BR_SYS/PLC/XFELO_PLCMON in ERROR, can be reset, Hardware state NORMAL.
- SA1_XTD2_DOOCS/CAM/OTRC_2615_T9 (DOOCS-to-karabo bridge for transmissive imager) not instantiated. I instantiate it, there are no issues, works fine.
- Everything OK with SA1 vacuum devices.
Actions for BKR to continue SASE tuning:
- The IMGFEL image is oversaturated. Changing to BN. The beam is at (13.5mm / 4mm), while the handover cross is at (12.75, 5.22mm). Beam is clipping at the top SRA blade.
- inserting transmissive imager (YAG). Beam is fully visible and centered at X=1045,Y=1140. Instruction to BKR to use this imager to shift the beam center, and then continue on IMGFEL.
Further actions:
- Information to DRC (Bruno)
- He will inform EEE-OCD to look into the issue and see what they might be able to fix without an access.
- If they find out an access is required to fix hardware in XTD2, we will request an access (probably not today but MON or TUE).
- A redmine ticket of DOC will collect the infos from DRC and EEE-OCD.
A similar issue at SA1 XTD2 rack 1.1 had occurred in November 2024, see https://in.xfel.eu/elog/OPERATION-2024/205
Updates MON morning:
- EEE made the access request and it was scheduled for MON 10am: #215916 - Suspected blown fuse replacement in Rack 1.1
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SA3 status, posted by Andreas Koch on 14 Jan 2025, 07:38
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The image intensifier in the SQS Exit Slit imager had been exchanged on request of SQS, Thomas Baumann.
Model: Hamamatsu MCP C9546-03-Y001 against C9546-01.
The position of the YAG screen on the camera is slightly shifted which may slightly affect the spectral axis, a few pixels vertically, and approximately 15 pixels horizontally.
The image scale by zoom had not been changed, as before 13 µm/pixel. |
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