Crew Chief Shift Log, 2026-03-15 SWING
Start of shift: ORFP in progress (1A horizontal dispersion)
Start of shift: ORFP in progress (1A horizontal dispersion)
1500: Arrived at MCC . Ops ready to start correcting H.Dispersion out
of Arc1, but 1L21 wasn't responding to the 30Hz function generator
kicks as expected (30Hz BPM spikes flopping between positive and
negative). Jay B. suggested lowering ODVH in some of the 1L21
cavities, reLEMming, and trying again.
https://logbooks.jlab.org/entry/4477120
30Hz still didn't work correctly with 1L21, so we put an offset into
one cavity in 1L20 and use the relative BPMs for correct H.dispersion
out of Arc1.
When bypassing multiple cavities it would be more expedient to move all tuners at once. Bypassing a whole zone (1L09) took about an hour. A workaround is running many instances of the cavity history tool or bypassing cavities manually, but this seems like an essential change at the moment.
ORFP has been underway since day shift. We have completed Arc 1 & 2 horizontal dispersion corrections and Arc 1 & 2 M5,6 corrections. It has been going fairly smoothly. We are unable to get the 30 Hz beam modulation to properly sync with the beam so we have resorted to correcting dispersion using static (DC) offset kicks.
About 18:00 were starting the second iteration of dispersion/M5,6 when we tripped a CPS breaker in 1L09. Given the abundance of gradient headroom, we decided to forgo calling in RF support in favor of just bypassing the zone and putting the repair off until Monday.