h1calcs: Dave, JeffK, JoeB

WP5016. This install was postponed from today, the model is going to be reworked. WP is open through next Tuesday.

ETM SUS FE reboot tests; JeffK, Jim, Dave

Following some problems starting the ETM suspensions front end computers during last week's RCG update, we tested this further today by rebooting h1susex and h1susey from a powered down state. The procedure was: stop user models, stop iop model, take out of dolphin fabric, power down computer, via IPMI power computer back up.

We did not get a clean restart of all models and awg_tp_man processes. The restart problems were not reproducible on both end stations. Some manual intervention was needed.  Investigation is continuing.

Power cycle of DAQ Solaris QFS writers: Jim, Dave

the frame writer spontaneous restarts have become more frequent since last week's RCG2.9 upgrade. Today we power cycled both QFS writers in the MSR to see if this will make the DAQ more stable. The procedure was (for both h1ldasfw0 and h1ldasgw1 systems, staggered restarts so one framewriter is operational at all times):

on nds: stop monit, stop daqd process, stop nds process, un-mount ldasgw NFS mounted file system

on fw: stop monit, stop daqd process, un-mount ldasgw NFS mounted file system

on ldasgw: power down with "poweroff" command. Power up by pressing front panel button. Manually mount the QFS file system, manually share the file system

on fw: start monit. Verify daqd runs and writes frame files

on nds: start monit, verify daqd and nds process startup.

The only surprise was when h1ldasgw0 was powered back up, it started a continuous hardware diagnostics which I manually killed after 10 minutes of running. h1ldasgw1 did not do this.

We will know if this has helped in a few days of running.

DAQ reconfiguration, Dave:

I created the latest Beckhoff slow controls INI files and restarted the DAQ after the above solaris reboots had completed.

OS updates, Dave:

all servers accessible from outside of CDS were upgraded to the latest OS patches. cdslogin and cdsxegw0 required a reboot to complete. cdsssh was rebooted yesterday to complete.

Filter module FE load status, Dave, TJ:

The following models had partially loaded filter files and were fully loaded from the GDS-TP screen: h1sussrm, h1oaf, h1lsc, h1omc, h1iscey.

The following models have modified filter module files which have not been loaded, further investigation is needed (modifcation time is given): h1isiitmx (Tue 13jan2015 16:16), h1susmc2 (Sat 17jan2015 17:04)

FE code with local modifications pending SVN commit, Dave:

Attached file shows local mods to model mdl files.

inicheck fix: Dave, Jim

We found inicheck was reporting a warning if a channel's UNITS setting was different from that in the default block, problem arises from RCG2.9 upgrade. Jim has fixed this.