CODA

Starting Parity DAQ CODA

Starting the GUI

Figure 1 - Main CODA window when first started.

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• Log in as apar@adaq1
• In a terminal type startcoda
  • 4 xterms will appear as well as the main CODA window (see Figure 1)
  • CODA will automatically load the last configuration used. If you are ok with this then just go to Platform->Connect
• To change the configuration, choose Configurations->Cool
  • Select the desired configuration from the dropdown list (see Figure 2)
  • Production running would be PREX
  • Once you have loaded a configuration, the

Description of the icons in the gui (any of the Figures)

• • Configure (the work tool icon at the top of the window; first at the left)
  • Download (second icon from the top left)
  • Prestart (third icon from the top left)
    • In the previous steps, warnings about waiting for a roc can be ignored if it does not take too long to respond (~10s). Do watch for Error messages. Those cannot be ignored!
• Start (4th icon from the top left)
• End (5th icon from the top left)

Instructions for shift checklist

• Latest run type (Test, Physics,..)
• Is the auto replay script running (ask the analysis expert)?
• Is the PREX run list (in a white binder) completed? (are we going to do this?)
• Please attach the left/right HV and Scalers Screenshots to the shift report
• Time of beginning of latest run (RHRS)
• Latest run number
• Dead time (%)