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07 Jul 2020, 13:23 |
Frederik Wolff-Fabris | General | Information | Notes XO Integration Meeting 06.07.2020 |
General Announcement:
- Since the end of the shutdown last Friday, the current Program is "Access/Tuning/Setup";
- DESY/MXL has started ramping up the Gun, powering and testing the Magnets and phasing the RF stations.
- Currently it has electron beam transmission up to the TLD and is ahead of the planned schedule for these days.
CTRL:
- Data logger issue: Friday CTRL has rolled back to the old data login system. Meeting today at 11:00 with involved groups to define next steps.
Information will follow via readiness mailing list.
DA:
- No issues to report.
EEE:
- Issue with HED PLCs: a fuse has been tripped and it has been replaced. A CPU was broken and is believed to have caused the fuse tripping.
This is the first time this happens in the facility.
- Cabling activities in SCS is scheduled to take place this week.
VAC:
- Nothing to report.
XPD:
- Nothing to report.
DET:
- Nothing to report.
ITDM:
- ITDM has made a request to DESY-IT for a routers restart. This will cause the network to be interrupted and restarted. Also Karabo will restart.
A meeting today will define the proper time for this action, currently schedule for tomorrow morning. Information will be send to the readiness mailing list.
XRO:
- Not present.
LAS:
- All lasers are up and running again.
UNSYS:
- Nothing to report.
SPB:
- Nothing to report.
FXE:
- Nothing to report.
MID:
- Few problems with motors were already solved last Friday by EEE.
HED:
- All going fine.
SCS:
- Not present.
SQS:
- Nothing to report. |
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06 May 2024, 09:21 |
Frederik Wolff-Fabris | General | Information | Notes XO Integration Meeting 06.05.2024 |
General Announcement:
- Summer maintenance task list was sent to the groups. Please contact XO in case of questions or if your group did not receive the list.
CTRL:
- Nothing to report.
DA:
- Nothing to report.
EEE:
- Discussion ongoing for the summer maintenance tasks.
VAC:
- No OCD calls for VAC and systems seemed to be not affected by this morning's power glitch at 05:47AM.
XPD:
- Everything fine with diagnostics.
DET:
- Nothing major to be reported.
- 500k AGIPD over the weekend was helped by DOC and DATA OCDs solved.
ITDM:
- Nothing to report.
XRO:
- Event of misalignment of M6 on Friday for SA3/SXP under investigation. It will be discussed with SXP.
LAS:
- Not present.
UNSYS:
- All fine with undulators.
SPB:
- Nothing to report.
FXE:
- Nothing to report.
MID:
- Nothing to be reported.
HED:
- Running and thanks to DOC and OCDs for AGIPD help.
SCS:
- Not present.
SQS:
- Nothing to report.
SXP:
- Not present. |
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06 May 2020, 14:45 |
Frederik Wolff-Fabris | General | Information | Notes XO Integration Meeting 06.05.2020 |
General Announcement:
- SRP is invited and urged to participate in this series of meetings.
- Several groups have questions to the SRP regarding:
1. Rules on access, training and work performed by external companies;
2. Clarification in how to conduct work in the clean room among several groups;
3. Distribution of PPE/Masks;
4. Usage and disposal of masks;
5. Procedure to work in the rack rooms;
6. Hygienic rules in experimental hutches: disinfecting tools, computers, disposal of PPE.
- Friday we will discuss next week plans and also CTRL activities for next week.
CTRL:
- No issues to report;
- Announcement: to reach OCD please use 6541 and 6542.
DA:
- Planning with instruments the support for coming weeks.
EEE:
- Ongoing with planned works;
- Cabling: SQS cabling will start on next Monday (EEE and SQS will organize the task). Afterwards the cabling installation takes place at FXE.
The installation is done with external contractors - EEE needs clear information from SRP on the Covid-19 trainings and rules for external companies.
VAC:
- Working on the tunnels accordingly to this week's plan:
1. small issues at XTD10: chamber does not fit and needs some re-work at external company;
2. Preparations in XTD9 for IMG screen change.
- No issues with distancing regulations;
XPD:
- No issues to report - working as planned: XTD6 installation of Hirex filter; XTD9 exchange of Imager screen.
- Unpacking and mounting the hard-Xray PES chamber.
- XPD needs clarification from SRP on work procedures in the clean room;
- After exchange of IMG screen, XPD needs to check functionality by moving motors. EEE and CTRL are aware and shall not be a problem.
DET:
- Going back on-site to work in the prep Lab.
- Usage of labs has to be coordinated among the groups.
ITDM:
- Nothing to report.
XRO:
- Not present.
LAS:
- SA1 pump-probe laser re-stared; SA2 PP-laser is progressing;
- LAS needs answers from SRP on the regulations for external company which is coming this week.
SPB:
- Nothing to report: working as planned on re-start;
FXE:
- Started working in the control and main hutches. Group has plans for next two weeks and is organizing tasks together with DET and LAS.
- E-mail to health@xfel.eu is not answered. FXE will not allow external companies coming in unless if trained.
- FXE has set own rules in how to use tools, disinfect tools and computers. FXE waits clarifications from SRP.
MID:
- General progress accordingly to the plan: updates have been made; tests of motors are ongoing.
HED:
- Nothing to report;
SCS:
- Not present;
SQS:
- Started with checking vacuum systems. |
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06 Mar 2024, 10:12 |
Frederik Wolff-Fabris | General | Information | Notes XO Integration Meeting 06.03.2024 |
General Announcement:
- This is a facility development week and on Friday's UOM we will get reports on recent weeks' jitter observations from the instruments.
CTRL:
- Nothing to report.
DA:
- Nothing to report.
EEE:
- Nothing to report.
VAC:
- Clean tent is moved from XTD10 to XTD2 for XFELO activities on the summer maintenance period.
XPD:
- Nothing to report.
DET:
- Nothing to report.
ITDM:
- E-mail was sent to xo-info on the intervention of migration THU morning for about an hour.
XRO:
- SA1 ATT watchdog presenting typos and acting with the wrong bunch number: Mikako M. reports the same (copied) watchdogs in other SASEs do not show this error and the SA1 is now fixed.
Origin for the error in SA1 is not understood and difficult to find.
- All Attenuators in SA1 were moved 1mm up to help reaching an area without damage.
LAS:
- AMPHOS shutter issue over the weekend: the ad-hoc procedure is no longer in place and the issue is fixed.
UNSYS:
- Motor and electronics in PS SA3/cell12 were exchanged yesterday.
SPB:
- Nothing to report.
FXE:
- Nothing to report.
MID:
- Not present.
HED:
- Nothing to report.
SCS:
- Girder system showed an electronic problem that requires hardware change; discussed with Sylvia and E-planners.
SQS:
- Not present.
SXP:
- Not present. |
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06 Mar 2023, 10:06 |
Frederik Wolff-Fabris | General | Information | Notes XO Integration Meeting 06.03.2023 |
General Announcement:
- Operation this week consists in a Facility Development week. Many FDs are scheduled and if you plan any activity that may interfere in tunnels please contact either XO or the PRC.
- As DRC Patrick Gessler informs there is no DOC this week and all calls will be handled by him who then coordinate with respective DATA OCDs and groups.
CTRL:
- Nothing to report.
DA:
- Uncovered a situation last week: old data saved by DAQ (HED) is now understood and DA will apply a fix.
EEE:
- Remind the deployment of ADQ in all setups apart of SQS today before lunch time.
VAC:
- All fine with VAC; a short interruption on Friday in SA1 happened due to some tests with electronics. To be redone possible today.
- As PRC Martin D. reports a 5-6 hours downtime on night to Saturday due to issues with interlocks at the Injectors. It was fixed by Desy colleagues.
XPD:
- Nothing to report.
DET:
- Nothing to report.
ITDM:
- Nothing to report.
XRO:
- Nothing to report.
LAS:
- Nothing to report.
UNSYS:
- Nothing to report.
SPB:
- All fine and data were collected for last week's user.
FXE:
- Nothing to report.
MID:
- Nothing to report.
HED:
- Fight with beam jitter last week; For the weekend a change in focusing configuration helped to get acceptable situation and beamtime seemed to be successful.
SCS:
- Experiment arrived at the point of data collection. Further analysis needed to evaluate if successful or not.
SQS:
- Nothing to report.
SXP:
- Not present. |
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06 Feb 2023, 12:48 |
Frederik Wolff-Fabris | General | Information | Notes XO Integration Meeting 06.02.2022 |
General Announcement:
- A. Galler shows at the TTFinfo schedule where to find information for operation calendars.
- A. Silenzi inform that the Jour-Fixe takes place and instruments shall be present to inform on needed requests to DRC/DOC.
- As PRC, Harald Sinn informs the agreed RF window that was set on Friday was reversed on Saturday. Do not hesitate in contacting the PRC in such situations.
CTRL:
- Nothing to report.
DA:
- Nothing to report.
EEE:
- Two OCD calls on weekend:
1. Issue with PP-laser setup at FXE/Mono in tunnels - to be followed by PLC team;
2. Issue with SA3/SCS Exit SLIT in the tunnel to be followed up by ZZ. Couple of hours are needed in tunnel to try to fix it without guarantee of success.
VAC:
- Performing ZZ and breaking interlock in XTD10.
XPD:
- Jan G. says chamber for calorimeter and laser power meter are being installed in SPB hutch today.
- Tests of the IMG watchdog can take place only after lunch due to ongoing ZZ access.
DET:
- Nothing to report.
ITDM:
- Nothing to report.
XRO:
- Not present.
LAS:
- Laser timing in SA1 is 3ns off.
UNSYS:
- Tunnel access ongoing in SA2.
- Replacement of the HXRSS crystal to take place today.
SPB:
- Wednesday morning Karabo server was down for 90min; it was fixed by the DOC.
- Chan Kim says that SPB/SFX had a wrong RF window set on Wednesday.
- Camera devices were showing issues (had to break interlock to reset camera) and needs a long term fix.
Wajid E. says CTRL investigates with high priority and it seems not to be a Karabo issue. Investigation continues at CTRL hands.
FXE:
- Nothing to report.
MID:
- Problem with FSSS that is needed for the user experiment: CTRL and SEC are looking into it.
HED:
- Setup instrument; Karabo connections solved by DOC.
- Due to RF window AGIPD tests were delayed.
- A ZZ for checking a motor can be done still this morning.
SCS:
- Troubles with motors were addressed.
- Exit slit issue still pending.
SQS:
- Nothing to report. |
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06 Jan 2025, 09:42 |
Frederik Wolff-Fabris | General | Information | Notes XO Integration Meeting 06.01.2025 |
General Announcement:
- Interlock tests shall start tomorrow 07.01. In case of questions please do not hesitate in contacting XO.
- Eric Boyd says on Wednesday 10AM two hutches shall be interlocked for the tests (FXE exp. Hutch and MID optical hutch) for ~15 minutes. It shall work for both instruments.
- A. Silenzi reminds that a tentative schedule for the bring-up days was sent to the instruments and a feedback is expected to be returned by the end of today.
CTRL:
- Present but with technical difficulties; it shall be all fine for CTRL.
DA:
- Nothing to report.
EEE:
- Nothing to report.
VAC:
- Nothing to report.
XPD:
- No incoming calls last weeks for the XPD OCD.
DET:
- Nothing to report.
ITDM:
- Reminder that tomorrow Desy computer center will perform central maintenance; it shall not affect XFEL.
XRO:
- Nothing to report.
LAS:
- Not present.
UNSYS:
- Nothing to be reported.
SPB:
- All quiet.
FXE:
- Nothing to report.
MID:
- All fine at MID.
HED:
- All fine at HED.
SCS:
- Nothing to report.
SQS:
- Not present.
SXP:
- Not present. |
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06 Jan 2021, 09:05 |
Arvid Gebhardt | General | Information | Notes XO Integration Meeting 06.01.2021 |
General Announcement:
- Due to work restrictions, some of shutdown activities will not end as planned in time. This leads to a prolongation of the start-up phase starting next week. It means re-start of Accelerator and South branch will be delayed by 2-4 days while the North branch by about 1 week.
- The first 2 weeks of X-Ray delivery (2.2-15.2) will most likely be affected and photon delivery cannot be guaranteed into all beam-lines at all days. Some flexibility in planning for the commissioning tasks is expected. A detailed schedule for an upcoming week will be available on the week before, latest on Friday.
- Sara C. asks if tunnel access is allowed during this week. F. Wolff-Fabris understands tunnels still can be accessed this week apart of Covid regulations (in the context of tunnel maintenance tasks that have to be performed while tunnels are open). T. Tschentscher says the understanding is from Robert F. guidelines e-mail are still valid for this week and really important tasks may be conducted – an e-mail to Robert and Nicole pointing the task with the need of access could be sent. Steve A. reported from today’s Covid taskforce meeting that the regulations of last corona email are still valid - if there are any question send an email to health@xfel.eu.
CTRL:
- Due to incompatibility discovered after last update on Dec. 23rd, CTRL would like to update files on all microTCAs before user operation (Karabo devices) mostly likely next Friday.
- A network maintenance was performed by Desy. Please inform CTRL if issues are encountered.
DA:
- nothing to report
EEE:
- Preparing to finish the cabling in HED and MID.
- Nothing to report from PLC side.
VAC:
- nothing to report - tunnel update tomorrow
XPD:
- XPD OCD put in place during Christmas break had no emergencies calls.
- XPD expect earliest work to take place on next week.
DET:
- nothing to report
ITDM:
- Desy network team would like to do a update of the control network routers tomorrow at 1300 -> email comes to readiness
XRO:
- Proceeding with activities from last days of last year.
- No major updates. Testing the SA3 MC2 library update.
LAS:
- Lasers are down.
- SA2 seeder that took longer than expected time to be back in December after the OFF request by LSO. Probably on next OFF mode LAS has to exchange it.
UNSYS:
- Minimum gaps for SASE3 Undulator system is 10mm. Other SASEs shall be defined after the middle plan scans.
- Apple-X major work from Unsys is done.
- Quad movers are working remotely.
- Remaining task: connecting fire extinguisher system in one rack.
SPB:
- nothing to report
FXE:
- nothing to add
MID:
- nothing to report
HED:
- nothing to report
SCS:
- not present
SQS:
- A High voltage power supply with double-polarity was installed. It is the first time this is installed at SQS. |
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05 Dec 2022, 09:59 |
Frederik Wolff-Fabris | General | Information | Notes XO Integration Meeting 05.12.2022 |
General Announcement:
- Dec.3rd power an drinking water maintenance: many thanks to TS and MKK groups for their efforts - tasks accomplished without any harm by lunch time (4 hs earlier than originally planned).
- Unfortunately an action by another Desy group triggered radiation protection in instrument areas. This action was not announced to XO.
Please inform XO if you encounter any damaged device. An 8D report will be prepared on this incident.
- PLCs and Karabo will be ramped up; Office network was available all time; Drinking water is already available.
- Zunaira A. says that an e-mail is usually sent to a list of persons. A. Galler says that this time we do not know if someone was informed.
- J. Szuba says only in SA1 rack rooms were out of power.
- Tobias Clever inform that every device can be switched on again.
CTRL:
- Start bringing up Karabo topics as soon as control machines are available.
DA:
- Nothing to report.
EEE:
- Tunnel loops are already properly working.
- Switching ON instruments loops as agreed with them from today on.
- uTCAs are in process to be brought back.
VAC:
- Lost some controllers and power suppliers as expected but no major issues on Saturday.
XPD:
- Survived electrical shutdown quiet well: PES and XGMs are fine.
- Second outage due to Desy group was detected first at SCS XGM which was the first device to be brought back.
- Re-starting more devices after Karabo is back.
DET:
- Nothing to report.
ITDM:
- Started to bring up the control servers and other systems.
- Comment to update done on office network switches Friday afternoon: one distribution layer is not working. Currently one runs office network in a single layer - to be investigated by NOC.
XRO:
- All systems are reconnected and will be checked when Karabo is available.
- One computer did not come back (failure of power supply).
LAS:
- Nothing to report. Seeders were unaffected to the best of LAS knowledge.
UNSYS:
- Replacement of undulator: new one in SA2/cell33 is in place and connected to control system; Needs alignment by MEA.
- Control cabinets in balcony room to be brought back.
SPB:
- Ion pump system is back online Saturday evening. Continue today with other devices.
FXE:
- To be checked today for effects from the weekend.
MID:
- All fine at MID. Most devices were OFF.
- Work on power line at the balcony room today. Wait for TS finish the work before start major switches. ITDM will wait before re-starting machines there.
- High temperature in control room and hutches is seen this morning.
HED:
- High temperature in the control room and hutches as of now.
SCS:
- Components were OFF and today switches ON again and search for damage.
SQS:
- Not present. |
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05 Oct 2022, 10:11 |
Frederik Wolff-Fabris | General | Information | Notes XO Integration Meeting 05.10.2022 |
General Announcement:
- XFEL got 12 bottles of He gas (50 l; 200 bar) which are connected to the central supply. Only SA1 will receive He gas from central gas supply in order to guarantee the run until the end of 2022.
The pressure in the line will be monitored and the valve will close if unexpected drop happens. If one needs He gas please get in touch with XO.
- Winter maintenance task list: XO has received almost all lists apart of two of them. Groups missing shall submit the maintenance task list as soon as possible.
- Zunaira A. informs that if SEPS/AIBS is triggered (like last Saturday event) the procedure is to send an e-mail to rpo@xfel.eu.
CTRL:
- Follow-up of MID mirror feedback: problem is hard to replicate; yesterday happened again and recovered itself. MID reports it is stuck at exactly this moment. CTRL will investigate.
- Zunaira A. says on the aftermath of the Saturday AIBS alarm many automatic e-mails are kept to be sent and only today an e-mail saying problem is solved was sent.
Steffen H. comments that it was informed that a test of the system has to be done due to an occurring bug and currently it has to be manually reset. The test is to take place in winter maintenance time.
DA:
- Nothing to report.
EEE:
- Nothing to be reported besides the Saturday issue with SXP losing power which affected the AIBS. Zunaira A. says devices are in the UPS system (Pandora, which did not give alarm).
Oleg E. which will exchange components during winter maintenance time.
VAC:
- Not present.
XPD:
- Nothing to report.
DET:
- Nothing to report.
ITDM:
- Nothing to report.
XRO:
- Nothing to report.
LAS:
- No news from LAS.
UNSYS:
- Not present.
- XO reports an issue with Phase shifter in SA3 (cells 20 and 21) which are stuck and need motor replacement. This is likely to happen next Monday as users at SCS do not plan to change photon energy.
SPB:
- Nothing to report.
FXE:
- Problem with BAM “S” not properly working.
- As PRC, F. Wolff-Fabris says a work around is in place and shall use the BAM “M” instead. FXE shall get in touch with BKR for more details.
MID:
- AGIPD preview crashing and has to be restarted.
HED:
- Nothing to report.
SCS:
- Nothing to report.
SQS:
- Not present. |
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06 Oct 2020, 10:36 |
Frederik Wolff-Fabris | General | Information | Notes XO Integration Meeting 05.10.2020 |
General Announcement:
- XO has sent to the support groups and instruments the call for the winter maintenance tasks. Deadline for submission is Oct. 16th.
CTRL:
- Friday night incident with signals of SA3 vacuum loop. It took hours to recover the system.
- A deployment/restart of online cluster nodes will be done today meaning 10 minutes downtime. Devices / clone devices shortly unavailable during the
deployment.
- CTRL reminds that tickets that may require Doocs bridge are better worked if sent during the week time.
DA:
- No major issues to report.
- DA will carry an offline discussion with CTRL on the cluster nodes deployment. CTRL says this is for the CPU nodes.
EEE:
- Nothing major to report. No incidents during the weekend.
- Looking into PL/fast ADC mTCA issue with SA1 PP-laser. To be discussed separately with LAS, XO after the meeting: next solution is to exchange CPU -
needing coordination with ITDM and CTRL.
VAC:
- No major issues. Karabo SA3 VAC loops look fine now.
XPD:
- PES: ZZ on Friday to fix issue with a broken gauge, mostly likely related to the power failure. Cables had to be switched. PES works again.
- Tests next week using PES: Joakim L. will set the system.
- Change of SA3 XGM settings during this week: Theo M. will change setup during weekdays.
DET:
- Nothing major to report.
ITDM:
- No OCD calls during the weekend.
XRO:
- Nothing to report.
LAS:
- Shutdown AMPHOS in SA3 PP-laser (SCS/SQS): LAS asks for one single point of communication with the instruments; This laser needs work today morning to do
not compromise the week.
- E-mail for communication can be scs@xfel.eu and sqs@xfel.eu where all group members receive the message.
- SA2 PP-laser is ready for next week.
- SA1 PP-laser still show problems with ADC cards. CPU will be exchanged - to be discussed after this meeting.
UNSYS:
- ZZ intervention last week.
- Couple of hiccups remotely fixed.
SPB:
- Nothing to report, besides issues with PP-laser.
FXE:
- ADQ with different sampling rates issue was solved by EEE.
- Plan is to work on the Jungfrau commissioning.
MID:
- MID requests if there is planned a meeting to discuss the train-ID issue. Steve A. comments that yes, a meeting will be organized next week.
HED:
- Asks on the request for a pulse on demand test during today. F. Wolff-Fabris says this has been sent to the machine RCs and will be discussed during the
RC meeting at 10:00.
As soon as a decision is done this will be communicated.
SCS:
- Nothing to report.
SQS:
- Nothing to add apart of PP-laser issue. |
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05 Sep 2022, 10:07 |
Frederik Wolff-Fabris | General | Information | Notes XO Integration Meeting 05.09.2022 |
General Announcement:
- If an instrument experiences a feature of machine that does not work, please do not hesitate in contacting the PRC, who is there to support you.
CTRL:
- Nothing to report.
DA:
- On Wednesday an update with minor interruption is due to happen.
EEE:
- DOC announcement: there will be no DOC but DRC is in place (Patrick Gessler).
- Jour-fixe meeting is happening today at 13:00.
VAC:
- Nothing to report.
XPD:
- SA3 FEL Imager: under investigation.
DET:
- Nothing major to report.
ITDM:
- Maintenance of GPFS system on Tuesday (user system for offline storage will not be available tomorrow).
XRO:
- Ticket for follow up of the SRA XTD1 interlock (motor positions do not correspond to actual location - to be investigated by EEE).
- Maurizio V. will be in OCD for XRO this week (blue week).
LAS:
- Issues with timing and triggers: work around by switching OFF the pattern. Further discussion to take place.
- Laser-2 change caused a damage to SPB laser. No optical damage, only electronics.
- SCS reported laser “disappeared”. Meeting and work shall involve DESY group. XO will reinforce with Desy.
UNSYS:
- Nothing to report.
SPB:
- Issue with Laser;
- Issue with XGM: loose single shot. It was reported to the PRC.
Laurent M. says they tried to setup XGM when it went down. He proposes to setup a specific Karabo device that works only with the one in use. XPD will discuss offline.
FXE:
- Work with new cryo system this week.
MID:
- Info for DRC: MID expects to use beam on Sunday during the day.
HED:
- All fine at HED.
SCS:
- Issue with BAM stabilization. It was requested but due to issues it was turned OFF during the weekend. It took time to realize it was OFF and to find experts to bring up again.
- Power outage in some devices at the experimental hutch. TS was called and came to fix it.
- Liubov S. says problem relates to the laser interlock occurred: it searched few times before one could eventually set it.
SQS:
- Issue with ADQ digitizer of Spie devices: more than one in one crate and in interleaved mode it gives a random artefact.
It was discussed with EEE: vendor says there is nothing what can be done. If someone else has issues please join forces with SQS. |
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05 Aug 2024, 09:41 |
Frederik Wolff-Fabris | General | Information | Notes XO Integration Meeting 05.08.2024 |
General Announcement:
-
CTRL:
- Nothing to report.
DA:
- Announcement: tomorrow afternoon a maintenance on online and offline calibration will take place causing a 20min downtime.
EEE:
- Nothing to report.
VAC:
- Nothing to report.
XPD:
- Nothing to report.
DET:
- Nothing to report.
ITDM:
- Nothing to report.
XRO:
- Nothing to report.
LAS:
- Nothing to report.
UNSYS:
- Nothing to report.
- Suren K. questions SA3 instruments on the vertical polarization setup done last Saturday.
Laurent M. and Manuel I. say that beam condition with polarized light was fine but they did not yet performed scans. Shifts in beam positions were seen but not understood.
SPB:
- Nothing to report.
FXE:
- Tuning for SA2 and SA3 influenced FXE data collection, as it was not aware of tuning activities.
MID:
- All fine at MID.
HED:
- All good at HED.
SCS:
- Not using the shift today - done with X-ray commissioning and prioritizing the laser work.
- Changing number of pulses seemed to affect FXE for a second or so. Agreed to inform FXE when wanted to change pulses.
- XGM position was behaving weirdly. Drifts of the beam in the horizontal was seem by order of 1mm.
SQS:
- Nothing to report.
SXP:
- Will use the beam today instead of SCS. |
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05 Aug 2020, 09:02 |
Andreas Galler | General | Information | Notes XO Integration Meeting 05.08.2020 |
General Announcement:
CTRL:
- SA3 vac loop
- devices lose connection to the PLCs every now and then (every few days)
- karabo fix for small movement error on MC2 motors
- for the tunnel topics CTRL suggests to do that Thursday morning
- InfluxDB
DA:
- no issues
- upcoming commissioning
- da infrastructure up and ready
EEE:
- cw36, cable installations require
VAC:
- no issues, normal activities
XPD:
DET:
ITDM:
- continuing with Monday tasks
XRO:
LAS:
- increas priotity on karabo integration for lasermet interlock
- SH: for SA1 and SA2 much of the interlock data is
UNSYS:
- today ZZ --> cell 33 should be fixed today as well as cell1
SPB:
- nothing outstanding
- DAQ testing
- VAC intervention
FXE:
- FXE and XRO is switching off M3 cooling
- no update on the digitizer issue
MID:
HED:
- MC2 motor timeout problem, karabo fix seems to work
- there are other time out errors that ar not addressed by this
- SH: suggests a zoom session for demonstration of these
- TP: e.g. stop button gives time
SCS:
- no issues
- installation of girder
- bestec is working on hRIXS
- recommissioning of Mono
SQS:
- laser interlock issue
- Lasermet is visiting today
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05 Jul 2023, 09:53 |
Frederik Wolff-Fabris | General | Information | Notes XO Integration Meeting 05.07.2023 |
General Announcement:
- Interlock tests are ongoing up to 12.07 (instruments area) and from 13.07 the accelerator restart with upstream devices.
CTRL:
- Nothing to report.
DA:
- Focusing in brink up days. All fine.
EEE:
- Bernard B. comments that rack room at FXE went power OFF. This morning TS / Torsten S. recovered the power in crates. No clear the reason of what happened. To be investigated.
- A. Galler asks Bernard B. on the 13.07 SEPS tests as additional device is present at SA2. Plan is prepared by Zunaira A. and he will check planning and get back to XO.
VAC:
- Nothing to report.
XPD:
- Nothing to report.
DET:
- No major news to report.
ITDM:
- Nothing to report.
XRO:
- Activities are completed.
- At SCS exit slit there was a change of electronics: for the user point of view the motors are now moving in opposite directions and please remember situation is different from other exit slit.
- SA2 pitch motors in all 3 mirrors are now being driven by micrometers and not in millimeters. Scene is in preparation and during ramp up this will be checked and documented.
LAS:
- Nothing to report.
- Friday loss of power in SA3 is being reconstructed by Pouneh S. and will be communicate.
UNSYS:
- Undulator systems are operational.
- SA3: cell 15 and cell 17 have lost the linear encoder in the planar undulator. They are now operated by the rotary encoders. Probably it was finished to be damaged by power cycled and radiation damage
together.
SPB:
- Not present.
FXE:
- Intervention this morning on the cabinets. Reason for emergency power OFF not known.
MID:
- Nothing to report.
HED:
- Not present.
SCS:
- Nothing to report.
SQS:
- Not present.
SXP:
- Not present. |
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07 Jul 2021, 09:07 |
Andreas Galler | General | Information | Notes XO Integration Meeting 05.07.2021 |
General Announcement:
- User Operations Meeting will resume on Friday
CTRL:
- Last week found small bug for the fastADC – short down time requested
DA:
- Nothing to report.
EEE:
- Fast electronics – are planning a ZZ
- Fuses issue – MID & HED medium priority crates fixed
- SASE 3 vacuum loop has to be updated – today afternoon or tomorrow around lunch timewill be coordinated by XO with EEE and MXL
VAC:
- Nothing to report
XPD:
- Start up of equipment
DET:
- Nothing to report.
ITDM:
- Nothing to report.
XRO:
- Nothing to report.
LAS:
- Alignment Laser interlock issue at SA3, being investigated
UNSYS:
- Nothing to report.
SPB:
- some motor issues after crate restarts in connection with but not caused by the works adressing the fuse issue
FXE:
- Nothing to report.
MID:
- all fine
HED:
- nothing.
SCS:
- Nothing to report.
SQS:
- Nothing to report. |
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05 Jun 2024, 09:55 |
Frederik Wolff-Fabris | General | Information | Notes XO Integration Meeting 05.06.2024 |
General Announcement:
- On Monday 10.06 a few slides on the Summer maintenance will be presented by Martin Doering in this meeting series. The task list will be released next Friday 07.June.
CTRL:
- Working on the all watchdog: hotfix was released last Monday and follow up is being done. Will get in touch with instruments for deployments if needed.
DA:
- Nothing to report.
EEE:
- Nothing to report.
VAC:
- Everything is running fine.
XPD:
- In a retreat.
DET:
- Nothing to report; as info: DAC meeting is taking place this week at XFEL.
ITDM:
- Nothing to report.
XRO:
- Nothing to report.
LAS:
- Sync issues seen at SCS last weekend were fixed and did not happen again.
UNSYS:
- On SA1 cell#21, two ZZs were needed on Monday: first power distribution was replaced;
after switching on cabinet the linear encoders were not communicated and after placing controller to the rotary encoders the motor of the PS was found broken and was replaced.
SPB:
- Nothing to report.
FXE:
- Nothing to report.
MID:
- Nothing to report.
HED:
- Problem with on a spectrometer camera: ticket was sent to CTRL and needs further help.
Wajid E. says DOC was also contacted and seems to be an issue with the hardware/camera as controls side it seems fine. A test with a spare camera is needed.
SCS:
- 400nm laser issue: follow up on the info regarding this failure is appreciated to be shared to other instruments that perform pump-probe experiments.
SQS:
- Not present.
SXP:
- Not present. |
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05 Jun 2023, 09:44 |
Frederik Wolff-Fabris | General | Information | Notes XO Integration Meeting 05.06.2023 |
General Announcement:
-
CTRL:
- Nothing to report.
DA:
- Nothing to report.
EEE:
- Nothing to report.
VAC:
- Nothing to report.
XPD:
- Nothing to report.
- XGM will be prepared for 20.5keV for cw24.
DET:
- Problem reported by the DOC: AGIPD 500K at HED has a potential damage in one module. It will be investigated by DET.
ITDM:
- Nothing to report.
XRO:
- Nothing to report.
LAS:
- Nothing to report.
UNSYS:
- Nothing to report.
SPB:
- T. Sato reports that could not change X-ray parameters on Friday.
- XO had communicated any change of parameters should be requested to BKR (info to SPB/Patrick V. on Friday).
FXE:
- Problem with a middle layer device and contact will be done with CTRL.
MID:
- Nothing to report.
HED:
- Successful beamtime.
SCS:
- Nothing to report.
SQS:
- Issue with beam pointing mentioned Friday was mitigated for the weekend.
***Note after meeting: SQS still suffered on pointing after Friday during the SA1/SA2 changes. Thanks to the measure put in place (communicating BKR on every request for change) the overlap could be
recovered minutes after these changes.
SXP:
- It will request with the PRC a photon energy change for tomorrow.
- Commissioning of KB mirror at 2.5keV progressed last week and will continue tomorrow. |
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05 Jun 2020, 13:44 |
Frederik Wolff-Fabris | General | Information | Notes XO Integration Meeting 05.06.2020 |
General Announcement:
- Many summer shutdown tasks have been scheduled already and information has been sent to the groups with tunnel tasks.
- XO will not fully engage with tasks in the instrument Hall carried by the Instruments. Please contact XO if there are difficulties in organizing these works.
- Be aware of date for potential power off: 22 June (MPS group runs upgrades that may trigger the emergency power off);
- Be aware of date for hutch access restrictions: July 1st and 2nd (D3 will test interlock system in experiment hutches);
3rd of July is a reserve date - please expect only limited access to the hutches due to this tests.
- Safety information: Desy is now recommending each person to take a FFP-2 mask for tunnel works to be used in case of close proximity work.
EuXFEL will follow this rule: SRP has available masks and groups with tunnel activities can collect these masks with SRP
- A schedule for summer shutdown activities will be send soon to the readiness mailing list.
CTRL:
- CTRL has distributed schedule for updates. For example, the BKR machines will be performed on Tuesday;
- The update of exflgateway will take place on Wednesday next week.
DA:
- Nothing to report.
EEE:
- It is planned to perform the loop update for the MC2 library on Tuesday.
- Changes requests on cabling are being finalized.
VAC:
- Currently carrying on the SA2 work on HED mono together with XRO on alignment; SA3 re-alignment activity is done;
SXP installation is ongoing and preparing the exit slit installation.
XPD:
- The DPS remaining problem in XTD2 is solved. Pressure is going down (<10e-8).
- Work on motor calibrations on HIREX: one (XTD6) to be done next week after migration library.
- For next week there will be activities of maintenance in the XTD10-PES.
- SA2 is operating until Sunday and machine is currently using 100pC bunch charge.
- Works on the clean rooms/labs are ongoing. Acceptance test on the new PES prototype may be finished today.
DET:
- Nothing to report - small issues have been worked and solved.
ITDM:
- Preparing shutdown activities that start on Monday: update of control servers together with CTRL; updating PC layer servers, computer clusters, etc...
There shall be interruptions in the DAQs systems;
- Updating Karabo 2.9 and exflgateway: at the same time ITDM will update also Maxwell and reboot gateways to be taken place on Wednesday (joint effort CTRL, ITDM).
XRO:
- Proceeding well: Mono in XTD6; vacuum in XTD9.
- Possible summer activities are on hold and XRO will inform XO accordingly.
LAS:
- Laser down due to maintenance/updates: SA1 PP-laser on Tuesday 9/6; SA2 on Wednesday 10/6; and SA3 on Thursday 11/06.
SPB:
- Works are going well.
FXE:
- Nothing special to report.
MID:
- Nothing special to report.
HED:
- Activities on the Split and delay line (cleaning), on PP-laser, among others. No faced issues.
SCS:
- Not present.
SQS:
- No answer from external company on the active fiber. |
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05 May 2025, 09:55 |
Frederik Wolff-Fabris | General | Information | Notes XO Integration Meeting 05.05.2025 |
General Announcement:
-
CTRL:
- Reminder: Desy will perform update tomorrow and DOOCS server will be restarted tomorrow at 13:00.
DA:
- Nothing to report.
EEE:
- Nothing to report.
VAC:
- Nothing to report.
XPD:
- Nothing to report.
DET:
- Nothing to report.
- As DRC, Jola S.-D. says it was a quiet week only a cooling water issue at the balcony rooms happened on May 01.05; a fast reaction prevented major issues.
High temperature in balcony room 28 (SASE2) was measured and DOC reacted by being called from ITDM-OCD.
The MKK technicians also acted; doors were opened to control temperature. Issue caused by a valve (Desy side) controlled that had to be exchanged.
ITDM:
- Nothing to report.
XRO:
- Nothing to report.
- Drift of Mono at FXE: investigation in the shows the cryo cooling needs to be serviced for refill during a tunnel access that is requested.
LAS:
- Not present.
UNSYS:
- Nothing to report.
SPB:
- Nothing to report.
FXE:
- Nothing to report.
MID:
- All fine at MID.
HED:
- Not present.
SCS:
- Not present.
SQS:
- Not present.
SXP:
- Problem with LabSync timing synchronization from Desy side happened last days but seems to be fixed. |