Meeting-06232022

General Information

• Logbook

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• Slack

https://nps-jo93164.slack.com

• NPS on CUE system

Brad's Hall A/C computing tricks and tips

/work/hallc/nps for development code, etc (NB not backed up)

/volatile/hallc/nps for large data file (write to tape if anything you want to keep: /mss/hallc/c-nps/analysis)

/mss/hallc/c-nps/raw is where raw data will go.

• hcana and replay set up instructions (for pionLT run)

https://wiki.jlab.org/cuawiki/index.php/Meeting-04072022

Zoom link

https://jlab-org.zoomgov.com/j/16162588644?pwd=eklwZko1TDZkam1Ba3dSYVkyVlk4dz09

Agenda

• DAQ and firmware
• Slow controls
• Software (see below)
• Other business

DAQ update (from Brad)

• Assembly ongoing in EEL108
• Move cdaql3 from counting house to EEL
• Brad and Bryan have been looking at setting up CODA3 filesystem layout
• Also been talking with Ben about status of required firmware

Software task list (draft)

• Near-term priorities (for summer tests)
  • hcana FADC mode 10 code (Mark, David) -- DONE
  • collect everything together on GitHub (David)
  • hcana NPS class, replay script and database file (David)
  • online display and cosmic calibration scripts (Julie, Pramita, Alexandre, Zheng)
  • code to handle VTP data in hcana (David)

• Medium-term (summer - fall)
  • data unblocking (David, Brad, Bryan)
  • geant4 simulation (Marie, Deb)
  • online interface with ET system (Paul)

• Longer term
  • offline reconstruction and clustering (Steve, Carlos Y, Julie, Pramita)
  • offline calibration scripts (??)

Software discussion

• Pramita gave an update of the progress they have made with looking at the SHMS pionLT FADC mode10 data.

• Paul volunteered to look at integration with ET system.

PolHe3 software developed by Sylvester and Whit (some details here and here -- NB required different (non-standard) evio library).

• Ben going to provide VTP update at next main NPS meeting (30th June)?

• It will be important to collect everything we have together on JLab github:

NPS team

Geant4 simulation current GitHub

NPS analysis software (Carlos Yero) GitHub (report here)

• Mark provided an update on hcana FADC tree variables.

• Mark is going to integrate the firmware_update changes into the main hcana develop branch.

• Marie, Deb and David to meet next week to discuss geant4 simulation efforts.

• We'll set up a meeting with Bryan M in early July to discuss data unblocking:

examples from Compton DAQ and proof-of-principle.

Next meeting

Thursday 14th July at 9am EST