JEF meeting, October 4, 2024

Connection

Meeting time and location:

• 9:30 am EST (JLab time) remote only
• Connection information

Agenda

Preparation of parts for ECAL -- Sasha

• - long HV cables - done
• - HV distribution boards [1][2]

- 5 (12 x 4) and 5 (6 x 8) boards have been received. Received all PCB boards. Soldering wires to connectors (one distribution board is ready, one more board will be ready during next week)

- Sent out request of quotes for HV board boxes

- Consider to build temporarry boxes for testing

• - Two panels for the LV distribution boards received, need to re-connect cables (Sasha, Laveen, Vlad) [3]

Installation of the FCAL2 detector & integration to GlueX -- Sasha, All

• Installation of the light distribution board of the ECAL LMS [4]

- Fine-tune the light source

• Implementing ECAL into the GlueX DAQ [5]

- rocecal3 crate was fixed [6] (initial DAQ implementation [7])

- implementing flash ADC scalers [8]

- translation table for the ECAL (finalize/check translation DB, generate xml file, import to the CCDB) - done [9]

- implementing and verifying ECAL LMS trigger [10]

- implementing and verifying the ECAL physics trigger. First event reconstructed using the GlueX software [11]

- Installation of scintillating paddles for cosmic tests [12]

• Detector installation page
• Safety briefings
• Meeting with Drew Weisenberger regarding Vlad'd involvement in commissioning
• FCAL2 Engineering Meetings
• Remaining installation tasks

- Connecting cooling pipes to the ECAL fan (done by tech group)

- Installing dark room ceiling and insulation inside the room, required for cooling test (next week)

- Test cooling system (next week)

- Installing HV distribution boards, start switching the detector ON (waiting for HV boxes)

Students -- Sasha

• Zhikun arrived to the lab

Restoring PS test setup [13]

ECAL commissioning -- Sasha, All