General Announcement:
- Machine tuning last two days was hindered as a power supply for a camera in injector laser had to be exchanged. As consequence, the camera moved and had to be re-aligned costing time. 
So far, they manage to tune satisfactory and beam is delivered to instruments since 7AM.

CTRL:
- Nothing to report.

DA:
- Nothing to report.

EEE:
- Nothing to report.

VAC:
- Nothing to report.

XPD:
- Not present.

DET:
- Nothing new on the AGIPD issue.

ITDM: 
- Nothing to report.

XRO:
- No deterioration of M1/SA1 since weekend.

LAS:
- PP-L SA1 AMPHOS service finished and in delivery to instruments.

UNSYS:
- Issue of last Monday is fixed.

SPB:
- Aligned beam with FXE together; beam is found at SPB/SFX and FXE.

FXE:
- Nothing to report.

MID:
- All is fine.

HED:
- Setup of beamtime going smooth; HIREX setup ongoing; tuning for HXRSS from 11AM.

SCS:
- Mechanical problem: vacuum chamber had to be vented and is now pumping down.
- Other work in parallel with samples is progressing.

SQS:
- Nothing to report.

SXP:
- Not present.

General Announcement:
- A. Galler informs a downtime of about 30min happened this morning in the North Branch due to a faulty vacuum controller.
- H. Sinn mentions on the beam drift in SA1: it was seen in both instruments over the weekend and is likely the comes from M1 but can be corrected by feedbacks in M2 and M3; 
drift does not slowdown and together with XRO it will be looked if corrections on M1 can be applied tomorrow.

CTRL:
- Nothing to report.

DA:
- Nothing to report.

EEE:
- A motor in FXE attenuator had an issue on Saturday; it seems issue with encoders and to be further investigated.

VAC:
- Last week was quiet;
- Issue with ion pump controller behaving strangely; to be exchanged tomorrow. System is recovered and can run until tomorrow.

XPD:
- Nothing to report.

DET:
- Nothing major to report; no news on SPB AGIPD chiller.

ITDM: 
- Nothing to report.

XRO:
- Nothing to report.

LAS:
- Nothing to report.

UNSYS:
- Issue with cell26/SA1 showing error in gap was fixed.

SPB:
- Nothing to report.

FXE:
- Beam drift was seen at FXE; it is communicated to PRC and XRO.
- Feedbacks for M2 and M3 manage to correct the beam drift.

MID:
- Nothing to report.

HED:
- Nothing to report.

SCS:
- Not present.

SQS:
- Nothing to report.

SXP:
- Not present.

General Announcement:
-  Todays the machine setup is ongoing and from tomorrow it starts the beam delivery, as planned.

CTRL:
- Nothing to report.

DA:
- Nothing to report.

EEE:
- P. Gessler informs there is no DOC today as there is no beam delivery; DRC is normally reachable.

VAC:
- Yesterday ZZ to exchange preventively a pump controller was carried out successfully.

XPD:
- Nothing to report.

DET:
- Nothing to report.

ITDM: 
- Nothing to report.

XRO:
- Nothing to report.
- M. Vannoni says the SA1 drift (by M1) is being monitored and shall not be disruptive as feedback corrects it. XRO will keep an eye and assist in case of need.

LAS:
- SA3-PPL is being delivered.
- SA1-PPL being changed to THz experiment; to be ready today.
- SA2-PPL being changed to 1.1MHz, but no amplification was found; Rolled back to 188kHz to delivery to MID.
- Delay of trigger reported days ago: Desy looked into it and did not find anything specifically; Patrick G. will discuss with LAS.

UNSYS:
- Masking of undulator errors at BKR was addressed with MXL. 

SPB:
- Nothing to report.
- New Radiation constraints were issued and operation has to be with photon energies higher than 8keV.

FXE:
- This week’s nights will have operation higher than 8keV.

MID:
- Nothing to report. No limitations for photon energies on SA2 side.

HED:
- Nothing to report.

SCS:
- Detector calibration last Monday had issue with girder movement; EEE is aware and has to be working next beamtime.

SQS:
- Nothing to report.

SXP:
- Not present.

General Announcement:
- As PRC, Maurizio V. reports some calls over the weekend mostly for exchange of info on minor issues that were addressed

CTRL: 
- Nothing to report.

DA:
- Nothing to report.

EEE:
- Reported issue with PP-laser: P. Gessler talked to Desy and LAS, and together with Bruno found the delayed train and is under investigation. 
No guarantee it can't happen again, but it may be a one-time event. Under investigation for reason behind.

VAC:
- Nothing to report.

XPD:
- Nothing to report;

DET:
- Nothing to report.
- Marcin S. asks on a problem with MID problem getting correct gain previous; data disappeared then recovered; 
- It is not a detector it self issue; Philip S. looked this morning; DAQ being loaded and could be the cause with this particular aggregator. Ticket has been issued; aggregator was working at 8AM.

ITDM: 
- Nothing to report.

XRO:
- Nothing to report.

LAS:
- Not present.

UNSYS:
- Nothing to report.

SPB:
- Nothing to report.

FXE:
- Nothing to report.

MID:
- Nothing to report.

HED:
- Nothing to report.

SCS:
- Nothing to report.

SQS:
- Not present.

SXP:
- Not present.

General Announcement:
-	 

CTRL:
- Nothing to report.

DA:
- Nothing urgent to report;
- Managed to understand the AGIPD MID issue reported last Monday: it was an one-time event; a manual shutdown of correction devices was done and cause the errors. 
Please do not try to restart manually and use the automated procedure.

EEE:
- Nothing to report.

VAC:
- Nothing to report.

XPD:
- Nothing to report.

DET:
- Nothing to report.

ITDM: 
- Nothing to report.

XRO:
- All fine.

LAS:
- Not present due to a workshop.

UNSYS:
- All good.

SPB:
- Starting with beam operation; nothing to report.

FXE:
- All fine.

MID:
- All fine.

HED:
- All fine.

SCS:
- Nothing to report.

SQS:
- Not present.

SXP:
- Not present.

General Announcement:
-  As DRC, Krzysztof Wrona and Monica Turcato report all is fine at DOC, no major issues and no DRC calls overnight.

CTRL:
- Nothing to report.

DA:
- Nothing to report.

EEE:
- EEE is on retreat next Wed afternoon and entire Thursday.

VAC:
- Nothing to report.

XPD:
- Nothing to report.

DET:
- Nothing to report.
- Meeting ongoing on chiller issues together with TS, SPB/SFX.

ITDM: 
- Nothing to report.

XRO:
- Nothing to report.

LAS:
- Not present.

UNSYS:
- No news; all fine.

SPB:
- Issue with chiller is a treat to next experiments.

FXE:
- Problem with laser shutter (2-3x trigger interlock). 
- Pouneh S. asks which shutter closes: it's AMPHOS shutter.

MID:
- Nothing to report.

HED:
- Runs good with users.

SCS:
- Nothing to report.

SQS:
- Nothing to report.

SXP:
- Preparing for commissioning in cw41.

General Announcement:
- Machine had a rough day yesterday and last night with downtimes due to problems with L-IBFB, dump communication, vacuum in A14. 
Files for beam delivery were prepared and small pointing corrections had to be done this early morning. Beam is currently in delivery mode.
- Martin Doering present the schedule on the preparation for the next Winter Maintenance Period: task list will be sent to groups on 11.10 and shall be returned to XO by end of October.

CTRL:
-  Nothing to report.

DA:
- Not present.

EEE:
- EEE reminds the group will be in a retreat today and tomorrow.

VAC:
- Issue with GATT this morning in SA3: Argon supply line shows interruption and need a ZZ to evaluate the issue.
- As PRC, Jan G. says that it is organized with BKR and SPB/SFX and ZZ can happen as soon as VAC colleagues are ready to enter tunnel.

XPD:
- Changed PES setup to run this week.

DET:
- Nothing to report.

ITDM: 
- Nothing to report.

XRO:
- Nothing to report.

LAS:
- In theory nothing to report.
- Daniel Kane will speak to XO and LAS about THz delivery last week to FXE.

UNSYS:
- Nothing to report.

SPB:
- Water leak in top of control room today: TS is working; humidity is still high.
- Installing the new chiller and AGIPD being cooled down.

FXE:
- Nothing to add.

MID:
- All fine at MID; vacuum issues in hutch but A. Parenti is on it or already solved.

HED:
- Not present.

SCS:
- Nothing to report.

SQS:
- Nothing to report.

SXP:
- Not present.

General Announcement:
-	 

CTRL:
- Nothing to report.

DA:
- Problems with calibration pipeline nodes over the weekend: not yet fully understood. Problems with memory in general for all instruments.

EEE:
- Issue on THU nights with slits at SQS (SmarAct); to be further investigated and needs to be removed from beamline; workaround in place with another motors.

VAC:
- GATT/SA3 working in Argon as expected.

XPD:
- Nothing to report.
- As PRC, J. Gruenert mention three points happened since Friday: 
1. Compensation kicker feedback adjusted on Friday morning; 2. Changed bunch pattern sequence between SA1 and SA3 on FRI afternoon; 3. Sunday downtime due to A2 module (1hs).
- On Wednesday, tuning time in SA1/SA3 was needed to recover the performance after the ZZ on XTD10. Full performance was achieved by 17:00. 

DET:
- Chiller in AGIPD SPB/SFX: working with SQS chiller and user experiment could be realized. 

ITDM: 
- Nothing to report.

XRO:
- Not present.

LAS:
- Not present.

UNSYS:
- One single event for the OCD last week (a SA2 undulator being reset).

SPB:
- A continuous vertical drift of beam since Friday (both XGM); horizontal seem to be fine or being compensated by feedback.

FXE:
- Nothing to report.

MID:
- Yesterday late evening one little issue when trying to change to 150 pulses, making only a max of 30; BKR was contacted and could change to 150. Experts will be contacted today.

HED:
- Nothing to report.

SCS:
- Nothing to report.

SQS:
- Nothing to report.

SXP:
- Not present.

General Announcement:
-	 

CTRL:
- Announcement by Dennis Goeries: next week on Tuesday a test phase is to start with login / authentication in Karabo. An e-mail is to be sent to xo-info. The group accounts will have limited access.

DA:
- Update on investigation of issues with services last weekend: user that was scheduled by chance could access it but not run jobs. Security will be made to avoid people breaking into it in future.

EEE:
- Nothing to report.

VAC:
- Everything is fine.

XPD:
- Nothing to report.

DET:
- Nothing to report.

ITDM: 
- Nothing to report.

XRO:
- Not present.

LAS:
- Not present.

UNSYS:
- Not present.
- ZZ in SA1 took place yesterday to fix a phase shifter.

SPB:
- Nothing to report.

FXE:
- THz has started.

MID:
- All fine at MID.

HED:
- Not present.

SCS:
- Nothing to report.

SQS:
- Not present.

SXP:
- Not present.

General Announcement:
- A. Galler informs a power glitch happened today at around 07:40AM, however machine was unaffected. Please check your systems. 

CTRL:
- Tomorrow an update of DOOCS mirror in tunnels for the Karabo devices accessing DOOCS will happen. E-mail to be sent.
- IT colleagues together with CTRL will access one HOST at tunnels to exchange manually a battery. Only a single HOST is affected with downtime for few cameras.
- Deployment of authentication services to start at 9AM tomorrow: GUI to be restarted. 

DA:
- Nothing to report.

EEE:
- Nothing to report.

VAC:
- Nothing to report.

XPD:
- Nothing to report.

DET:
- Nothing to report.

ITDM: 
- Problems with GPFS migration happening the weekend: workaround could solve it. Hardware replacement has to be done in future, pending confirmation. An e-mail to xo-info will be sent.

XRO:
- Message from SCS to look into drift status of mirror today (not an emergency).

LAS:
- Not present.
- A. Galler reports on behalf of LAS that an spurious signal from SQS is being looked by LAS and EEE; to be further investigation. A watchdog is to be implemented.

UNSYS:
- Last Tuesday an OCD call with problem with Phase shifter: fixed by ZZ. Other calls (e.g. Apple-X controls) were solved remotely.

SPB:
- Nothing to report.

FXE:
- Nothing to report.
- Issue with Laser shutter on Saturday: beamtime was not affected. 
Pouneh S. says an e-mail from Chris M. came for a meeting on Wednesday 11AM to discuss issue and technical solutions with interlock and shutter.

MID:
- Nothing to report.

HED:
- Affected by Maxwell transfer but workaround helped.
- Happy with machine performance.

SCS:
- Successful beamtime.
- Change of setup for the next days.

SQS:
- Nothing to report.

SXP:
- Nothing to report.

General Announcement:
- Martin Doering informs on the next Winter Maintenance period: 
1. Release of maintenance task list to the groups up to the end of this week; 
2. Please send back the list to XO until Nov. 1st; 
3. On Nov. 22nd the complete scheduled list will be released; 
4. WMP starts on Dec. 11th; 
5. Interlock tests starts on Jan.6th; 
List of recurring maintenance tasks is available at XO's Alfresco / Maintenance Planning (not yet scheduled); Please use the latest template to submit task list and send to xo-maintenance@xfel.eu;
For question please contact xo-planning@xfel.eu

CTRL:
- Small reminder for the DOOCS mirror device update tomorrow 09:30 (sent e-mail).
- Yesterday the upgrade of GUI server in SA1 requiring authentication was made. A user letter was distributed by e-mail.

DA:
- Not present.

EEE:
- Nothing to report.

VAC:
- Nothing to report.

XPD:
- Not present.

DET:
- Nothing to report.

ITDM: 
- Intervention on GPFS was successful and since yesterday afternoon everything works.
- During yesterday maintenance a try to shutdown/update GPFS Maxwell cluster (Dcache update) was attempted but unfortunately data waiting in queue were not finished - so tomorrow morning update on dCache 
will happen.

XRO:
- Activities ongoing on development week and also with debugging problems.

LAS:
- Not present.

UNSYS:
- Not present.

SPB:
- Nothing to report.

FXE:
- Not present.

MID:
- All fine at MID.

HED:
- All fine.

SCS:
- Nothing to report.

SQS:
- Nothing to report.

SXP:
- Not present.

General Announcement:
- Currently machine is now operating at 16.3GeV.
- The Winter maintenance task list was published last week. In case of questions please reach XO and/or Martin Doering. 

CTRL:
- Issue on Thursday causing for the need to restart broker topic at MID and HED: caused by maintenance activity and triggered (unlikely) a chain of circumstances. Now it is fixed and understood. 
The fix still has to be deployed and is unlikely that will happen again during in operation delivery.

DA:
- Nothing to report.

EEE:
- Couple of calls from PLC colleagues, but nothing major to report.

VAC:
- Nothing to report.

XPD:
- Nothing to report.

DET:
- Nothing major to report; preparing for tests of the detector in cw45 at HED - still to be scheduled.

ITDM: 
- Maintenance on Dcache (only old data) today between 10:00 and 12:00.

XRO:
- Nothing to report.

LAS:
- Nothing to report.

UNSYS:
- Nothing to report.

SPB:
- Nothing to report.

FXE:
- Preparing for the night shifts; need higher pulse intensity from PP-laser that last week.

MID:
- Some devices are still down due to the broker issue last week. One has to figure out a bit more in the course of the day. CTRL will help.

HED:
- Nothing to report.

SCS:
- Not present.

SQS:
- Nothing to report.

SXP:
- Not present.

General Announcement:
- Reminder that Nov. 1st is the deadline for submitting the Winter Maintenance task list to XO.
- As PRC, Maurizio Vannoni says no issues are currently happening.

CTRL:
- Nothing to report.

DA:
- Nothing to report.

EEE:
- Nothing to report.

VAC:
- VAC OCD got a call from SQS related to the GATT: interlock is on the limit of reaction at higher operational pressure. Under adjustment.

XPD:
- Yesterday problem with HIREX SA2 Gotthard shutter which did not closed completely: HIREX can still be operated and issue is under investigation.

DET:
- Issue with AGIPD at MID seems to have a hardware problem that will require intervention during the winter maintenance. Still under investigation to make a final plan for repair. 

ITDM: 
- Nothing to report.

XRO:
- Nothing to report.

LAS:
- Nothing to report.

UNSYS:
- Apple-X studies during the blue week: problem with PS in cell26 showing strange behavior with limit switches always activated. A ZZ access is needed.

SPB:
- Nothing to report.

FXE:
- Nothing to report.

MID:
- Nothing to report in addition to the detector.

HED:
- Nothing to report.

SCS:
- Not present.

SQS:
- Not present.

SXP:
- KB commissioning last days: it had a hardware problem and machine was at times not stable but good process was achieved.

General Announcement:

• nothing

CTRL:

• Nothing major

DA:

• nothing

EEE:

• nothing major

VAC:

• nothing

XPD:

• PES damage
  • investigation ongoing
  • Thu - Fri increase in retardation voltage destroyed several flight tubes and eTofs
  • Polarimetry and 2 color 

DET:

• nothing

ITDM: 

• nothing

XRO:

• nothing

LAS:

• nothing

UNSYS: 

• everything fine 

SPB/SFX:

• nothing

FXE:

• nothing

MID:

• no mjaor issues

HED:

• not present

SCS:

• no issues

SQS:

• not present

SXP:

• not present

DRC

• data reduction mode for SPB/SFX

PRC

AOB:

General Announcement:

CTRL:

• MPOD voltage limiter of PES is being investigated

DA:

EEE:

• see SCS report issues with HXRIXS PLC

VAC:

• everything is fine

XPD:

• continuing assessing the damage of the PES, possibly supported by ZZ next week.
• calorimater removed from HED hutch

DET:

• nothing to report

ITDM: 

• nothing special

XRO:

• nothing

LAS:

• nothing

UNSYS: 

• presenting Thomas Schmidt
• all fine with undulators , last phae shifter in SA3 (cell 26) ZZ pending

SPB/SFX:

• preparing for IHR, nothing special

FXE:

• nothing to report

MID:

• very good results

HED:

SCS:

• mechanical issues at HRIXS, issues with associated PLC as it was crashing, however EEE (SDilvia and Nerea) brought the PLC back up again

SQS:

SXP:

DRC

• gentle reminder to participate in the DRC journey fixe

PRC

AOB:

General Announcement:
-	 

CTRL:
- Nothing to report.

DA:
- Yesterday a data analysis tool had a hiccup which required to SCS more nodes reserved. Resolved.

EEE:
- DOC call to an unknown state for the HDC / pulsed magnet at HED. EEE is investigating.

VAC:
- Nothing to report.

XPD:
- Problem on Sunday with XGM; re-started by Theo and worked again.
- PES / SA3: no news; under work by J. Laksman; spectrum shall be possible but not use for 2CPP. A ZZ is planned in XTD10 for tomorrow morning (Tuesday).

DET:
- Nothing major to report;
- Issue with MID AGIPD noisy modules requiring power cycles: detector is OFF and experts are contacted.

ITDM: 
- Nothing to report.

XRO:
- Nothing to report.

LAS:
- Nothing to report.

UNSYS:
- Nothing to report;
- Reply for a requested ZZ is pending. Perhaps to happen tomorrow (Tuesday).

SPB:
- Experiment wad done; data collected; Sunday night shift was cancelled.

FXE:
- LPD issues with temperature of the front ends, requiring power cycle; Also issues with data acquisitions. 
Steffen H. says one module was causing problems with data aggregators and since Saturday it was fine.

MID:
- Nothing to report.

HED:
- Not present.

SCS:
- Apart of the damage problem yesterday morning, nothing to report.

SQS:
- Working in the hutch to prepare for next beamtimes.

SXP:
- Preparing for the experiment starting on Wednesday.

General Announcement:
- Friday Nov. 1st is the deadline to submit the winter maintenance task list to XO.

CTRL:
- Nothing to report.

DA:
- Nothing to report.

EEE:
- Nothing to report.

VAC:
- Yesterday issue with SA3/PES in XTD10: during ZZ a leak developed and was vented by accident. Recovered during the day.

XPD:
- PES problem; thanks to VAC for support yesterday.
- XGM is again operational in SA3.
- A. Galler informs an 8D report will be done on the PES issue.

DET:
- Follow-up on MID AGIPD: it was tested and the issue did not appear again after power restart. It will be monitored in the coming days.
- Issue with AGIPD at HED (train IDs): fixed by workaround taking train IDs from DAQ. Seems to be related only to HED but with all AGIPD modules. 
Needs to be followed up; S. Hauf adds it is likely to be the receiver board.

ITDM: 
- Nothing to report.

XRO:
- Nothing to report.

LAS:
- Nothing to report.

UNSYS:
- Today a problem in SA3/cell25 happened with an Apple-X that does not move to Linear Polarization. Under investigation; Linear Vertical polarization will be anyway stablished with 3 segments.
- ZZ for the Phase shifter in SA3 is planned for Nov. 11th.

SPB:
- Nothing to report.

FXE:
- Last week stability issues reported: M. Knoll will follow-up.

MID:
- Nothing to report.

HED:
- Not present.

SCS:
- Not present.

SQS:
- Not present.

SXP:
- Not present.

General Announcement:
- Last Friday was the deadline to submit the Winter Maintenance task list. We thank the groups who have submitted them. If your group did not make it yet, please get in touch with XO.

CTRL:
- Nothing to report.

DA:
- Nothing to report.

EEE:
- Nothing to report.

VAC:
- Nothing to report.

XPD:
- EPS interlock for MID Pop-in and graphite filter is disabled and will be reset back tomorrow.

DET:
- Nothing major;
- LPD bugs were fixed during the weekend.

ITDM: 
- Nothing to report.

XRO:
- Nothing to report.

LAS:
- Not present.

UNSYS:
- Problem with power supply / driver quad mover during the weekend in SA2/cell 17: fixed by ZZ.
- SA3 cell25 driver for two motors need access for Apple-X studies.
- Also need investigation for PS in cell26/SA3.

SPB:
- Nothing to report; data being collected.

FXE:
- Preparing for D3 tests; issues with DET solved.

MID:
- Nothing to report; happy with beam/machine performance

HED:
- Taking some beam tomorrow and Wednesday for high Z detector tests.

SCS:
- Nothing to report.

SQS:
- Nothing to report. In-house with attoseconds next week.

SXP:
- Doing experiment; ongoing.

General Announcement:
- Invitation for scheduling meeting was distributed to some groups. The Winter maintenance period is relatively short.
- UOM next Friday takes place with presentations from FD studies and jitter reports from the instruments.

CTRL:
- Nothing to report.

DA:
- Nothing to report.

EEE:
- Nothing to report.

VAC:
- Nothing to report; all fine.

XPD:
- Nothing to report; no news on PES.

DET:
- Nothing to report.
- Successful tests with high Z yesterday.

ITDM: 
- Nothing to report.

XRO:
- Nothing major to report; prepared for the 30keV studies.

LAS:
- Nothing to report.

UNSYS:
- Yesterday problem with PS motor in cell 25/SA1: solved by ZZ;
- Apple-X and PS cell 26/SA3: tomorrow 7AM a ZZ to try to fix problems.

SPB:
- All fine.

FXE:
- Not present.

MID:
- Not present.

HED:
- Not present.

SCS:
- Nothing to report.

SQS:
- Nothing to report.

SXP:
- Not present.

General Announcement:
- Last day of the FD taking place and switching back to 16.3GeV today.

CTRL:
- Nothing to report.

DA:
- Nothing to report.

EEE:
- Nothing to report.

VAC:
- Nothing to report.

XPD:
- FD studies went fine during the weekend; Attoseconds went fine; XFELO progressed.
- PES can be used for the remaining delivery weeks for 2CPP but not for polarization.

DET:
- Nothing major to report.

ITDM: 
- Nothing special to report.

XRO:
- XFELO: Alignment problems as expected; first time using 4 undulators from inside the cavity; pointing/trajectory inside had changed and to be re-done on Sunday.
- In general, all studies brought some results even if not majors.

LAS:
- Not present.

UNSYS:
- Nothing to report.
- Polarized attoseconds need more time in FD weeks.

SPB:
- Nothing to report.

FXE:
- Nothing to report.

MID:
- Nothing to report.

HED:
- Setting up for two programs this week; all fine so far.

SCS:
- Nothing to report.

SQS:
- Take beam this week for IHR; finishing preparation.

SXP:
- Not present.