Alcator C-Mod Run 1070320 Information

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Miniproposals
Miniproposal:298a
Date Filed: 5/20/2002
Title:C-Mod Plasma Startup
First Author:Jim Irby
Session Leader:Steve Wolfe (shots 1-31)

Operators
Session leader(s):Steve Wolfe
Physics operator(s):Joseph Snipes
Engineering operator(s):Bill Cochran,Bill Parkin

Engineering Operator Run Comment
MP#298a C-Mod Startup

Session Leader Plans
Entered: Mar 19 2007 12:44:19:570PM
Author: Steve Wolfe
Run plan for Tuesday, March 20, 2007
MP#298a C-Mod Startup
SL: wolfe
PO: Snipes

Today's goal, as on last Friday, is to get plasma and begin the process 
of cleaning up the machine. We hope that the situation with the
flux loops on the B-bot#1 feedthrough will be remedied. If not, we
will almost certainly have to stop and begin warming the machine up
for a helium vent. 

For the first shot we will need to test the OH2 fizzle detector delay,
which was not working on Friday. A double swing wave-form for the oh2's
was stored in 1070316002 (though it was not actually used on that shot,
which was an OH1 PLC test). The programmed waveform is -10kA swinging 
to +10kA starting at t=0; this should be good enough, although it might be better to leave the current at -10kA until after .6 sec, so that the fizzle response is more obvious. Engineering should set up for OH2 under hybrid
control, with no commutation, and the fizzle detector in its normal setting
[.08,1.8], and normal start and invert times. The oh2 fizzle delays should 
be at 500msec. If the new RSView programming is working, we should see
the response on the OH2 voltage and current at ~580msec. This feature must
be working before we try any plasma shots. We should also check the flux
loop response on this test. 

If we decide to try for plasma, the starting point would be 1070316001,
which is based on 1060613015 with the current dropped to 800kA (change the
segment title) and density NL04=6e19. We may as well take one shot even 
if the flux loops are still broken, since Bob thinks a disruption may help.

Assuming we are continuing, Tune startup as required, try for plasma shots to clean up machine. Consider lower Ip target (600kA) depending on results. If 
the signals are available, monitor Z-meter and H/D. Goals will be to get
reproducible startups and full length plasmas. 






Physics Operators Plans
Entered: Mar 19 2007 04:00:49:180PM
Author: Joseph Snipes
Physop Plan for 1070320
MP298a C-Mod Startup

Physics Operator: Joseph Snipes
Session Leader: Steve Wolfe

Overnight ECDC
Run begins at 9:00 and ends at 17:00
*** Make sure the LH grill has been pulled out of the plasma!!! ***
Test OH2 fizzle detector delay. If it fails as it did on Friday, it will need to be fixed before continuing.
Flux loops will be assessed and if they do not work, we will stop the run.

The main purpose of this run is to develop startup plasmas to initiate the new run campaign.

Gas Setup:
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fill B-top 6psi D2 Hybrid Enabled(PG4)
fill B-side lower 1 psi Argon Hybrid Disabled (PG1)
fill B-side Upper as is, Hybrid Disabled (PG2)
fill B-main 40psi D2 Hybrid Enabled(PG3)
NINJA pumped out, Disabled

The following engineering setup should be used:
********************************************************************
Power Systems as on 1060613015
Acoil Configuration +Dtop -Dbot -Jtop +Jbot, Enabled
Check on TF invert time relative to back-porch programming (see Irby)

Gas setup as above, except ENABLE B-top and B-main.

TORVAC: Pumping Gate valves open

Enable the following gate valves and shutters, assuming no vacuum problems:
ECE, Z-bolo, VUV


ICRF setup: None
********************************************************************


Physop plan for MP#298a:
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Begin with 1070316002 for an OH2 fizzle detector test. If successful, try for plasmas and
load from 1070316001 where Ip is 0.8 MA and NL04 is 6e19 (assuming TCI is
working); if TCI not working, then turn off NL04 feedback and set
Segment 2 pre-programmed PG3 to zero volts, after an initial puff.

Tune startup as required, try for plasma shots to clean up machine. Consider
lower Ip target (600kA) depending on results.

Session Leader Summaries
Entered: Mar 20 2007 05:45:15:770PM
Author: Steve Wolfe
SL Summary for Tuesday, March 20, 2007
MP298a
SL: wolfe
PO: Snipes
EO: Cochran, Byford, Parkin

Most of the things previously identified as broken worked today, but
we did not succeed in getting plasmas past the breakdown stage. 

Access control still can't deal with opening the big door in controlled
access, but Gary arranged a workaround for today when we needed a cell
access and the O2 level was slow to rise with the door closed. 

We started with a successful test of the oh2 fizzle delay programming.

We then has a slight delay while Josh fixed a problem with network 
communication with the mdsip servers which caused a problem for the 
pcdaqdpcs1 servers; this was apparently caused by an "improvement" which
did not take into account that pcdaqdpcs1 goes silent when interrupts are
off during the real-time loop. This prevented all the store actions 
on shot 1 on this server from happening. Shot#2 was a test shot to verify
that it was fixed. Shot#3 was the first plasma attempt. 

All the loops that Bob and Willy zapped on the B-bottom #1 connector 
yesterday were working today. On shot#3 f15, a partial on a different 
connector which had been flakey last week, was observed to be bad. Also 
on shot#3 the EF1L commutation failed. After shot#5 Bob went in and
zapped f15, succeeding in getting this signal back for the rest of the day. 
After a few more tests, EF1L commutation was recovered, as were the TMX 
supplies which failed on shot#4. 

We started trying for plasma again on shot #7 (fizzle, but a decent null).
All the flux loops looked good the rest of the day, except for f11 which
occasionally had baseline offsets up to 30mWb. Since we presently aren't 
using this signal, it didn't matter, but this loop is a candidate for zapping. 

Nulls didn't look bad from shot 7 on, although the Bz waveform 
had some anomalies. We explored a lot of the usual parameter space
without notable success (see physop logbook entries). We took the 
gas as low as 14msec and as high
as 29. Lower pressures, along with some extreme Br0 and Bz programs,
gave duds. There is a possibility the sparker is shorted; the traces
look too smooth. Jim is checking it out after the run. However, the 
high pre-fill shots didn't look like they were choking on too much 
gas, so this may not have mattered. 

Brian cross-calibrated the ratiomatic against the MKS gauge at shot#19,
and changed the values for other shots, so the ratiomatic readings 
should now be correct. The calibration factor was around 0.6 though.

The early shots today gave high coax resistance warnings on oh2l, 
starting around 3.9uOhms. The resistance dropped steadily through the day, 
ending at below 1uOhm. Score another one for the dpcs_fizzle double
swing. 

Base pressures were extremely low all day, below 2e-7. This may have
contributed to the startup problems. I have some hope that things may
be better tomorrow after ecdc. Note that last night we only got 
about 90minutes of ecdc before it shut down at ~10PM, and another 90
minutes this morning. 

There is some possibility that some of the breakdown plasmas today were
going vertically unstable. This may require some tweaking of the
supply voltages tomorrow, either OH1 or the Oh2's.  

Physics Operator Summaries
Entered: Mar 20 2007 05:01:19:490PM
Author: Joseph Snipes
The run went OK but we had difficulty getting plasmas. We stopped once to allow Granetz to go into the cell
and zap flux loop F15 with a charged capacitor to fix its intermittency. It seems to have worked and we had
all flux loops (except F11 which is not being used) working throughout the rest of the day. The fizzle
detector test also went well on shot 1. We struggled varying Br0, EF4 current, pre-puff, and even the RCUR
offset value to attempt to get sustained breakdowns, but we were unsuccessful. There were a few power supply
faults and several test shots including shots 1 - 6 and shot 30. There were 31 total shots with 18 fizzles,
6 duds, 3 power supply failures, and 4 test shots. One successful thing in the run was the nearly continuous
reduction in the OH resistance, which started out about 3.7 uOhm and dropped to lower than 1 uOhm by the end
of the day. Perhaps, overnight ECDC will help clean things up a bit and improve operations. We noticed that
the breakdown plasmas appeared to be in the divertor region rather than in the center of the machine. So, it
is possible that the fields need to change significantly because of the new cryopump.

Session Leader Comments
Mar 20 2007 09:21:26:313AM1070320001Steve Wolfe
Shot#1: OH2 fizzle delay test
Did double swing
No dpcs outputs.

I don't understand what happened with dpcs on this shot. 
Nothing in the logfile after realtime, it looks like the 
store didn't do anything?
The realtime seems to have exited at 75241 steps, maybe
there is something screwy in the programming. 


Josh is looking into it. It has errors in the action monitor
claiming null pointer found where something was expected
for the dpcs store action and a dio2 action on pcdaqdpcs1.


Mar 20 2007 09:48:56:893AM1070320002Steve Wolfe
Shot#2: Josh has reset some parameters on the Mds server tcp/ip
communications that he thinks were responsible for the loss of 
dpcs store actions on shot #1. Engineers have reset servers, per
Josh's instructions. 

We will take a test shot (cycle only) before proceeding with plasma
shots.

Test shot looks ok, except that my compare volts scope blew away
and won't restart. 

dpcs logfile looks ok, except for lots of heap variable garbage 
collection from the last problem. outputs look ok, exit is
at 85001, as expected. 

Go for a shot.

Mar 20 2007 10:09:05:360AM1070320003Steve Wolfe
Shot#3: Go for plasma. 
Dud. EF1L did not commutate. 
f15 is broken on this shot; this is not on the same connector
There is nothing close to a null on this shot. 

Mar 20 2007 10:14:45:080AM1070320003Steve Wolfe
Shot#3: Go for plasma. 
Dud. EF1L did not commutate. 
f15 is broken on this shot; this is not on the same connector
There is nothing close to a null on this shot. 

I think the problem is the f15, but I'm not sure. 
Maybe it will fix itself. 

Mar 20 2007 10:22:14:110AM1070320004Steve Wolfe
Shot#4: try again. If f15 is still bad, it may need a zap.
Still no breakdown. TMX's didn't go this time. 
F15 is still bad. 
EF1L did not commutate again. 
Lost Pat's voice. 


Mar 20 2007 10:46:21:173AM1070320005Steve Wolfe
Shot#5: Testing EF1 comm bank charge. 
Bank charges ok.

Mar 20 2007 11:24:57:313AM1070320006Steve Wolfe
Shot#6: EF1 commutation test. TMX's will also be tested under
hybrid control. 
Bob has zapped the f15 loop, will see if it is working. 
This signal can in principle be synthesized. 
EF1's commutated, got the ef2's. EFC is there too.
Signal on f15 looks ok. 


Mar 20 2007 11:43:31:690AM1070320007Steve Wolfe
Shot#7: Try again for plasma. 
Got a flash anyway. Br not too bad, a little bit of plasma 
current. Looks like some flakes early on the CIII and Halpha

Tweak gas and go again. 
Note that the bigboard display is missing the oh1 and oh2 currents,
and it has the the EF1 values as reverse instead of forward. 

Mar 20 2007 12:01:05:173PM1070320008Steve Wolfe
Shot#8: fizzle. Try a bz tweak. 
Possible small offset on f11

Mar 20 2007 12:09:50:033PM1070320009Steve Wolfe
Shot#9: Try a bz tweak. 
Another fizzle. Try a br tweak, maybe drop gas some more. 

Mar 20 2007 12:22:38:020PM1070320010Steve Wolfe
Shot#10: Tuning the startup. 
Dud - tune the other way. 

Note that the pressure readings on the gas scope (the plenum
pressures) are completly nonsense. B-top shows nothing anywhere,
B-side lower and B-main both claim to have argon, at 18.2 and 19.8
psi. 

Mar 20 2007 12:28:43:893PM1070320011Steve Wolfe
Shot#11: Another dud. 
Raise fill try to get the flash back. 

Mar 20 2007 12:41:04:347PM1070320012Steve Wolfe
Shot#12: got the flash back, that was just gas?
late breakdown. 

Mar 20 2007 12:57:21:610PM1070320013Steve Wolfe
Shot#13: fizzle. breakdown is earlier. 
Looks like it hits something. 
Bz looks too positive, but it seems to be
moving out early, before the big spike on CIII. 

Mar 20 2007 01:07:50:563PM1070320014Steve Wolfe
Shot#14: Another fizzle. 
Worse, later breakdown. 18msec !?
Go the other way?

Mar 20 2007 01:20:06:407PM1070320015Steve Wolfe
Shot#15: More Bz
Fizzle. 

Mar 20 2007 01:40:09:610PM1070320016Steve Wolfe
Shot#16: dud


Mar 20 2007 01:49:13:440PM1070320017Steve Wolfe
Shot#17: dud
Is the sparker really working? It shows 6mA


Mar 20 2007 02:00:07:863PM1070320018Steve Wolfe
Shot#18: dud
Raise the pre-puff 


Mar 20 2007 02:16:36:240PM1070320019Steve Wolfe
Shot#19: fizzle, at least we got that back. 
Up to 45kA or so, then it hits something
Seems to be moving up. 


Mar 20 2007 02:26:10:240PM1070320020Steve Wolfe
Shot#20: fizzle, a little worse. 

Mar 20 2007 02:45:26:943PM1070320021Steve Wolfe
Shot#21: fizzle, a little worse. 
later breakdown, 9msec
f11 had about a 30mWb jump on this one. 

Mar 20 2007 02:52:47:477PM1070320022Steve Wolfe
Shot#22: br back to 0.0
fizzle, better breakdown, gets to 40kA. 


Mar 20 2007 03:05:55:773PM1070320023Steve Wolfe
Shot#23: fizzle
about the same, maybe a little better. 


Mar 20 2007 03:24:34:477PM1070320024Steve Wolfe
Shot#24: fizzle. 
Time for drastic measures, change rcur offset in seg1


Mar 20 2007 03:34:11:757PM1070320025Steve Wolfe
Shot#25: rcur from 1600 to 0. 
Bz turns around even more, but the current doesn't go
up. It does hang around longer. 
Try going the other way on rcur offset, although Joe thinks
this was better. 


Mar 20 2007 03:49:02:380PM1070320026Steve Wolfe
Shot#26: rcur to 2500
fizzle. Bz looks more normal, but the current is worse. 
couple of bounces. 


Mar 20 2007 03:57:43:147PM1070320027Steve Wolfe
Shot#27: back to rcur 0, lower gas. 
fizzle, no more current. 


Mar 20 2007 04:09:51:990PM1070320028Steve Wolfe
Shot#28: back to rcur 2500, lower ef4. lower gas? 
fizzle. Looks very similar. Actually, it didn't change 
rcur offset. 


Mar 20 2007 04:22:24:117PM1070320029Steve Wolfe
Shot#29: back to rcur 2500, lower ef4.
fizzle. breakdown a little later, less current.
Not as good as 26, which wasn't all that good. 

Mar 20 2007 04:41:50:350PM1070320030Steve Wolfe
Shot#30: TMX supplies didn't come on. 
Didn't get reset after the power room access to 
correct the heater fault. 

Mar 20 2007 04:58:25:133PM1070320031Steve Wolfe
Shot#31: fizzle. Keeps the string alive. 
bounces up and out; gets to 40kA (including vessel current)
mflux looks like Br is going positive; may be vertically 
unstable? Null doesn't look good anyway. 

Quit while we're behind. 

Physics Operator Comments
Mar 20 2007 09:15:29:893AM1070320001Joseph SnipesShot 1: Changed OH2 waveform to maintain -10 kA out to +0.6 s and then go to
zero. This is an OH2 test only. Test worked, but DPCS data acquisition did not.

Mar 20 2007 09:28:28:877AM1070320001Joseph SnipesShot 2: Loaded shot 1070316001 but first do a cycle test to test DPCS.
Mar 20 2007 09:46:46:127AM1070320002Joseph SnipesShot 2: Loaded shot 1070316001 but first do a cycle test to test DPCS. Cycle test OK.
Mar 20 2007 09:47:04:470AM1070320002Joseph SnipesShot 3: Go for plasma!
Mar 20 2007 10:13:42:063AM1070320003Joseph SnipesShot 3: Go for plasma! No breakdown. Flux loop F15 is way off so that the currents in all the PF coils are
way off and the null is way off.
Mar 20 2007 10:20:06:063AM1070320004Joseph SnipesShot 4: Try again to see if F15 fixed itself!? Still no breakdown. No EF2
and no Chopper current. No commutation on EF1L. F15 is still bad.
Mar 20 2007 10:28:37:737AM1070320004Joseph SnipesShot 4: Cell access for Granetz to zap F15 to see if he can blow off an oxide layer that gives intermittent
electrical contact in the feedthrough. OH resistance has been > 3 uOhm for
a couple of shots. Irby says it is troubling but wants to try again.
Mar 20 2007 11:19:44:157AM1070320005Joseph SnipesShot 5: Testing EF1 comm bank charge.
Mar 20 2007 11:19:52:157AM1070320006Joseph SnipesShot 6: Commutation test for TMX supplies.
Mar 20 2007 11:25:26:470AM1070320006Joseph SnipesShot 7: Go for plasma.
Mar 20 2007 11:40:34:580AM1070320007Joseph SnipesShot 7: Go for plasma. Got breakdown.
Mar 20 2007 11:50:52:563AM1070320008Joseph SnipesShot 8: Reduced pre-puff by 3 ms to 17 ms duration. Breakdown.
Mar 20 2007 12:06:38:097PM1070320009Joseph SnipesShot 9: Reduced EF4 current by 15 A to -1350 A. Fizzle again.
Mar 20 2007 12:07:16:610PM1070320009Joseph SnipesShot 10: Reduced Br0 by 0.5 mT to -0.5 mT. Reduced pre-puff by 3 ms to 14 ms duration.
Mar 20 2007 12:18:27:860PM1070320010Joseph SnipesShot 10: Reduced Br0 by 0.5 mT to -0.5 mT. Reduced pre-puff by 3 ms to 14 ms duration. Dud!
Mar 20 2007 12:27:48:783PM1070320010Joseph SnipesShot 11: Increased EF4 current by 20 A to -1330 A.
Increased pre-puff by 1 ms to 15 ms duration.
Dud again.
Mar 20 2007 12:39:04:703PM1070320012Joseph SnipesShot 11: Increased pre-puff by 2 ms to 17 ms duration. Fizzle!
Mar 20 2007 12:51:50:220PM1070320013Joseph SnipesShot 13: Increased Br0 to +0.2 mT. Fizzle!
Mar 20 2007 01:08:36:720PM1070320014Joseph SnipesShot 14: Reduced EF4 current by 15 A to -1345 A. Just barely got a very late breakdown around 18 ms.
Mar 20 2007 01:19:25:050PM1070320015Joseph SnipesShot 15: Increased EF4 current by 25 A to -1320 A. Fizzle!
Mar 20 2007 01:34:27:097PM1070320016Joseph SnipesShot 16: Increased EF4 current by 10 A to -1310 A. Dud!
Mar 20 2007 01:47:03:423PM1070320017Joseph SnipesShot 16: Decreased EF4 current by 20 A to -1330 A. Dud!
Mar 20 2007 01:59:28:580PM1070320018Joseph SnipesShot 18: Raised Br0 by 0.3 mT to +0.5 mT. Dud!
Mar 20 2007 02:01:41:407PM1070320018Joseph SnipesShot 18: Raised prepuff by 3 ms to 20 ms duration. Reduced Br0 by 0.5 mT to 0 mT.
Mar 20 2007 02:26:53:990PM1070320019Joseph SnipesShot 19: Raised prepuff by 3 ms to 20 ms duration. Reduced Br0 by 0.5 mT to
0 mT. Fizzle! Longest fizzle of the day. Getting better.
Mar 20 2007 02:30:21:757PM1070320020Joseph SnipesShot 20: Raised prepuff by 1 ms to 21 ms duration. Reduced Br0 by 0.3 mT to
-0.3 mT. Fizzle!
Mar 20 2007 02:41:50:507PM1070320021Joseph SnipesShot 21: Reduced Br0 by 0.2 mT to -0.5 mT. Increased prepuff by 2 ms to 23 ms duration. Fizzle!
Mar 20 2007 02:54:02:790PM1070320022Joseph SnipesShot 22: Increased Br0 back to 0 mT. Fizzle. Maybe a bit better.
Mar 20 2007 03:03:31:240PM1070320023Joseph SnipesShot 23: Increased pre-puff by 2 ms to 25 ms duration. Fizzle!
Mar 20 2007 03:16:40:537PM1070320024Joseph SnipesShot 24: Increased pre-puff by 3 ms to 28 ms duration. Fizzle!
Mar 20 2007 03:33:30:240PM1070320025Joseph SnipesShot 25: Reduced RCUR offset in segment 1 from 1600 to 0. Fizzle! I think this looks better but Wolfe wants
to try going the other way.
Mar 20 2007 03:46:47:273PM1070320026Joseph SnipesShot 26: Increased RCUR offset in segment 1 to 2500 to see if that makes things worse. Fizzle.
Mar 20 2007 03:55:50:130PM1070320027Joseph SnipesShot 27: Set RCUR offset in segment 1 back to zero and reduced the pre-puff by 4 ms to 24 ms duration.
Fizzle again. Didn't help.
Mar 20 2007 04:07:01:040PM1070320028Joseph SnipesShot 28: Return to 2500 on RCUR offset. Make EF4 current more negative by -15 A to -1345 A. Fizzle!
Mar 20 2007 04:10:00:507PM1070320028Joseph SnipesShot 28: Return to 2500 on RCUR offset. Make EF4 current more negative by -15 A to -1345 A. Fizzle! Forgot
to change the RCUR offset. Try again for shot 29.
Mar 20 2007 04:22:23:773PM1070320029Joseph SnipesShot 29: Return to 2500 on RCUR offset with -1345 A on EF4 and pre-puff set to 24 ms duration.
Fizzle!
Mar 20 2007 04:41:00:880PM1070320030Joseph SnipesShot 30: Increase pre-puff by 5 ms to 29 ms duration. No EF2 or EFC currents.
Mar 20 2007 05:01:12:070PM1070320031Joseph SnipesShot 31: Try again with all of the power supplies. Fizzle.

Engineering Operator Comments
ShotTimeTypeStatusComment
109:06:30:910AMTestOkOH2 Fizzle Delay Test
209:41:24:893AMTestOkShot cycle test
309:55:24:550AMPlasmaBadEF1L Failed to Commutate
410:16:10:173AMTestBad
510:44:18:097AMTestOkEF1 Cap Banks Test - Okay
611:20:20:110AMTestOkPower Supply Test
711:32:49:127AMPlasmaOk
811:46:57:330AMPlasmaOk
911:59:31:250AMPlasmaOk
1012:12:14:783PMPlasmaOk
1112:24:44:360PMPlasmaOk
1212:37:24:627PMPlasmaOk
1312:49:54:580PMPlasmaOk
1401:02:21:097PMPlasmaOk
1501:17:05:720PMPlasmaOk
1601:32:45:283PMPlasmaOk
1701:45:16:610PMPlasmaOk
1801:57:48:863PMPlasmaOk
1902:10:21:033PMPlasmaOk
2002:23:13:897PMPlasmaOk
2102:36:25:960PMPlasmaOk
2202:49:09:867PMPlasmaOk
2303:01:47:273PMPlasmaOk
2403:15:00:147PMPlasmaOk
2503:27:37:680PMPlasmaOk
2603:40:04:257PMPlasmaOk
2703:52:35:833PMPlasmaOk
2804:05:09:757PMPlasmaOk
2904:17:47:240PMPlasmaOk
3004:38:42:897PMPlasmaBadTMX Breakers not closed
3104:51:25:803PMPlasmaOk

System Availability
Mar 20 2007 09:06:02:377AM
SystemAvailableCommentAvailability
Changed
OwnerDescriptionWho Can
Change
Active MHDno Feb 05 2007 04:33PM (twf)Joe SnipesActive MHD Antennasears,snipes
BESyesvertical array of six views at R ~ 87.3 cm, radial array of three views out to R ~ 89 cm, both at outboard midplane. Three discrete fiber views of beam at R ~ 70.0, 76.5 and 82.5 cm.Feb 06 2007 10:00AM (bravenec)Ron BravenecBeam Emission Spectroscopybravenec
Bolometersno2Pi should be ready, but need plasma to confirm. Preparing external amplifiers and DAQ. Midplane ready soon after first plasma, 2D ready by start of science runs.Mar 19 2007 01:59PM (mlreinke)Matt ReinkeBolometershutch,mlreinke
Boronizationno Jan 14 2007 01:47PM Jim IrbyBoronizationdekow,irby
CNPAno Jan 14 2007 02:06PM Ron ParkerCompact Neutral Analyzerparker
Cryopump - Upper DivertornoIn-vessel hardware is installed; in-vessel cryogenic systems are leak-tight. Work is proceeding on external LHe and LN2 transfer lines as well as PLC control system. We will do the first LN2 cool-down tests manually.Mar 13 2007 09:55PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardUpper Divertor Cryopumpirby,labombard
CXRSnoThe pedestal toroidal array was installed, spatially and absolutely calibrated. There are 10 chords intersects the beam at the range major_R=[75,4:87.4]cm. Spatial resolution: 1.2 cm. The F-top poloidal array was installed and spatially calibrated. There are 19 chords intersects the beam at the range major_R=[67.8:91.0]cm. Spacial resolution: 1.22 cm.Mar 06 2007 08:09PM (rowan)Bill RowanCharge Exchange Spectroscopybespam,blip,rachmcd,rowan
D Alphayes\ha2_bright and \SPECTROSCOPY::TOP.VUV.VIS_SIGNALS:MCP_VIS_SIG1 are availableMar 11 2007 10:28PM (terry)Jim TerryBalmer Alpha Monitorirby,terry,wolfe
Dalsayescamera is re-installed, and view has been calibratedFeb 26 2007 03:28PM (marmar)Earl MarmarVisible Bremsstrahlungmarmar
Disruption Mitigationno Jan 14 2007 02:02PM Bob GranetzGas Jetgranetz,whyte
Divertor IRno Mar 06 2007 10:50AM Glen WurdenDivertor IR Digital Videogwurden,terry
Divertor IR Spectroscopyno Mar 06 2007 10:51AM Glen WurdenDivertor IR Spectroscopygwurden,ldorf,terry
DNBno Jan 14 2007 01:46PM Bob GranetzDiagnostic Beambeals,granetz
FRC-ECEyesOnly channel 17-32 available until after power testFeb 21 2007 12:54PM (phillips)Perry PhillipsHeterodyne ECE-32 channelsphillips
G-Side RatiomaticyesThe gauge is operational. Cross-calibration with G-Side MKS gauge is needed. Mar 13 2007 10:02PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardG-side ratiomatic ionization gaugelabombard,toland
GPCyesChs 1-8 should be operational; pumping down for operation 3/20.Mar 19 2007 12:54PM (hubbard)Amanda HubbardECE Polychromaterhubbard,schmidt
GPC2noGPC2 cold, but has electronics issues.Mar 19 2007 09:29AM (hubbard)Amanda HubbardECE Polychromaterhubbard,schmidt
GPInoNot available 3/1-3/6Jan 23 2007 02:24PM (g)Jim TerryGas Puff Imagingterry,zweben
H/Dyesspectral calibration needs to be checked, but system should be ready for the runFeb 26 2007 03:28PM (marmar)Earl MarmarH/D Ratiomarmar
Hirex IIIno Jan 14 2007 01:53PM John RiceHigh Resolution X-Rayince,rice
Hirex Jryes Mar 06 2007 08:59AM (rice)John RiceHigh Resolution X-Rayince,rice
HXRno Jan 23 2007 02:24PM (g)Ron ParkerHard X-Ray Arrayparker,schmidt
ICRF D-Antennano80.5 MHz. coaxial line needs more work. more hi-yard workMar 16 2007 09:32AM (ylin)Steve WukitchD-port antennawukitch,ylin
ICRF E-Antennano80 MHz. FFT installation/coaxial line needs more workMar 16 2007 09:32AM (ylin)Steve WukitchE-port antennawukitch,ylin
ICRF J-AntennanoNeed to tune from 70 to 78 MHz. Loop not finished.Mar 16 2007 09:31AM (ylin)Steve WukitchJ-port antennawukitch,ylin
Lower HybridnoAvailable after 3/20Jan 23 2007 02:24PM (g)Ron ParkerLower Hybriddterry,parker
LPIno Jan 14 2007 02:03PM Earl MarmarLithium Pellet Injectorbose,marmar
Ly-alphanoPreparing external amplifiers and DAQ. Midplane ready soon after first plasma, 2D ready by start of science runs.Mar 06 2007 01:09PM (mlreinke)Matt ReinkeLyman alpha cameraslabombard,mlreinke
McPhersonnowill check out system on shots with plasmaMar 11 2007 10:36PM (terry)Jim TerryVUV Spectrometerreinke,terry
MichelsonyesShould be operational from 3/15. Reduced speed.Mar 15 2007 08:37AM (hubbard)Amanda HubbardECE Te Profileshubbard,schmidt
MLPnoBench tests are proceeding on a prototype MLP system. We hope to roll the system into the cell for testing in a few weeks, powering up a single electrode on the A-port scanning probe.Mar 13 2007 09:57PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardMirror Langmuir Probe Electronics Systemlabombard
MSEno Jan 23 2007 02:24PM (g)Steve ScottMotional Stark Effectjinseok,sscott
NeutronsyesCalibrated detectors are positioned correctly; Voltage is on on the He3 bank; Remaining voltages will be turned on when plasma attempts startMar 13 2007 08:23AM (fiore)Catherine FioreNeutron Detectorsfiore
Neuts and HardsyesIn theory ready to goMar 15 2007 10:59AM (irby)Jim IrbyX-Ray/Neutron Detector at K-Horirby
NINJAyesAll capillaries displayed by the NINJA_CONTROL GUI have been tested. The gas plenum needs to be purged.Mar 12 2007 10:08PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardNINJA gas pufflabombard,terry
PCIno Jan 14 2007 02:03PM Miklos PorkolabPhase Contrast Imagingedlund,lianglin,ntsujii,porkolab
Penning Gaugesyes8 in-situ Penning ionization gauges appear to be operational: CB_DivU, CB_OutL, CB_DivL, KA_OutU, KA_OutL, B_DivL, Cryo_1, Cryo_2. Cryo_1 and Cryo_2 are new and installed in the upper cryopump 'gas-box'.Mar 13 2007 10:01PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardPenning Ionization Gaugeslabombard
Plasma TVyesWIDE1, DANT are operational; JANT and DIV (without an ND filter) are being debugged. WIDE2 has not yet been inserted into its re-entrant tube.Mar 16 2007 09:38AM (terry)Jim TerryVideo of plasma via several camerasdekow,irby,terry,wolfe
PolarimeternoRetro shutter closedMar 15 2007 11:00AM (irby)Jim IrbyC-Mod Polarimeterirby
Probe Array - ISDyesProbes at 15 of the 16 poloidal locations ('ramped' geometry) are operational. n,Te, particle flux reported every 10 ms.Mar 13 2007 09:47PM (labombard)Brian LabombardInner Lower Divertor Probe Arraylabombard
Probe Array - LHyesAll 6 probes on the lower hybrid launcher (tungsten, 1.5 mm projection) are operational. Mar 13 2007 09:46PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardLower Hybrid Probe Arraylabombard
Probe Array - OSDyesProbes at 10 poloidal locations (one 'ramped' and one 'flush') are operational. n,Te, particle flux reported every 10 ms. Mar 13 2007 09:45PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardOuter Lower Divertor Probe Arraylabombard
Probe Array - UDIVyes14 probes are operational ('ramped' geometry). n,Te, particle flux reported every 10 ms.Two high-gain channels are installed and operational for ECDC plasma diagnosis.Mar 13 2007 12:46PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardUpper Divertor Probe Arraylabombard
Reflectometerno Mar 05 2007 05:34PM (dominguez)Earl MarmarReflectometerdominguez,marmar
Scanning Probe - ASPyesPerpendicular Mach probe head is installed. The drive is operational.Mar 15 2007 09:09PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardA-Port Scanning Probelabombard
Scanning Probe - FSPyesPerpendicular Mach probe head is installed. The probe drive is now operational.Mar 13 2007 09:51PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardF-Port Scanning Probelabombard
Scanning Probe - WASPnoA-port and K-port WASPs were sucessfully scanned during recent TF only shots. A bit more control software needs to be written...Mar 15 2007 09:11PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardInner Wall Scanning Probelabombard,nsmick
TCIyesNL04 at 71.04 cm from 3/9/07 calibrationMar 09 2007 05:47PM (irby)Jim IrbyTwo-Color Interferometer (TCI)irby,murray
TS - CorenoSystem being re-assembledMar 06 2007 08:55AM (jwhughes)Jerry HughesThomson Scattering - Corejwhughes
TS - EdgenoSystem being re-assembledMar 06 2007 08:55AM (jwhughes)Jerry HughesThomson Scattering - Edgejwhughes