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Positive Horizontal Wien Plate Odd Behavior
Seems to be a possiple culprit for injector drift, note the plate's voltage has gottent progressively more noisy after the wein angle change, and the two instances of injector drift correspont roughly in time to the two current spikes. Compared to the stronger Wien setting in fig 2, were it was completely quiet all of the time.
QuickPic - MBC7R06V mismatch. Took setpoint and cycled.
IPM2R06 X + Y SAT
Owl Shift Summary May 08, 2026
Start of the Owl Shift: 05/08/2026
Expert: Bhawani Singh
Worker: Dulitha Jayakodige
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00:00 Took over the shift from Mathieu Ouillon.
00:08 Empty target run 24426 ongoing.
00:42 DAQ is busy; live time is ~1%. Ending the run.
00:48 Started new run 24427. This empty target run initially showed a live time of 97%.
01:03 Ending the run; live time dropped to 0.0% and the DAQ is too busy.
01:08 Started new run 24428, hoping the DAQ live time will improve.
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smartRAT Cavity Instability Detection Daily Report
To view waveforms from a timestamp:
ssh opsrfdaqnl1 "smartRAT -m DAQ -d /data/fast_daq/<timestamp>"
To view waveforms of the top 25 from this report:
ssh opsrfdaqnl1 "smartRAT_view_daily_top25 2026-04-30-2026-05-07"
Data directory: /cs/prohome/apps/s/smartRAT2/3-4/fileio/pca_data/output_cavityOutDet/calibrated_cavitylevel_centralize_tsfresh_minimal_gmespmes/whole/rcntnp/2026-04-30-2026-05-07/PCA/
iCalibrate: Hall D
"Hall D changing to Diamond radiator"
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Date : 05-07-26
Time : 23:29:49
Day : Thursday
Shift : Owl
Crew Chief : Price
Program Deputy: Drury
Team : A
Arm : Samari
Designated SSO: Smith
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Operators : Samari, Smith
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Injector drift checks: still no culprit
Based on the knowledge that the recent drift in the injector orbit begins at the 1I07 BPM, that narrows down the list of most likely suspects based on the injector beamline reference to the magnets MBH1I05, MQW1I05, MQW1I06, the Horizontal Wien, the Pre-buncher, and potentially the spin flipper solenoids. Looking at the available PVs, nothing stands out. No answers, but worth checking.
2L11 HV problem today at ~1706
Cavity 1 was most likely the klystron that dropped HV after it blew the klystron resistor that Alex replaced along with cavity three. Cavity 3 must have been bypassed on 05/02/26 because the operator logged it as a driveline problem when it was a klystron with only .5a output vice 1.2a normal. No KCCU/GMES on cavity 3 since 05/02/26. Alex replaced both cavity 1 and 3's 50 ohm resistors and cavity 3 should remain bypassed due to this low klystron KCCU when it was bypassed.
The following cavity histories have been updated: 2L11-3
The following cavity histories have been updated:
2L11-3
Username: kerns
Date/Time: 05-07-26_23:22:31
RF Status: Bad
Tuner Status: Good
Comment: .5a KCCU on 05/02/26 when GMES wouldn't recover and it was bypassed. Needs klystron recovered to 1.2a KCCU. Resistor replaced 05/07/26 by Alex S.
Special Instructions:
Maintenance Tag: Component: Tube
Crew Chief Shift Log, 2026-05-07 SWING
Start of shift: Beam to Halls B & D; Hall C down in CA for target ladder issues.
Crew Chief Timesheet Summary: 07 May 2026 SWING
The following cavity histories have been updated: 2L11-1
The following cavity histories have been updated:
2L11-1
Username: kerns
Date/Time: 05-07-26_23:19:04
RF Status: Good
Tuner Status: Good
Comment: HV dropped in zone after klystron resistor blew apart. Alex S. replaced and recovered.
Special Instructions:
Maintenance Tag: Component: 50 Ohm Resistor










