Alcator C-Mod Run 1100625 Information

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Miniproposal:298a
Date Filed: 5/20/2002
Title:C-Mod Plasma Startup
First Author:Jim Irby
Session Leader:Steve Wolfe (shots 23-23)

Operators
Session leader(s):Steve Wolfe
Physics operator(s):Steve Wolfe
Engineering operator(s):

Engineering Operator Run Comment
Power System Tests

Session Leader Plans

Physics Operators Plans
Entered: Jun 24 2010 05:01:07:267PM
Author: Steve Wolfe
Physics Operator plan and Engineering setup for Friday, 25-Jun-2010
Pre-operations Power Systems Tests and
MP#298a C-Mod Startup

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ECDC Parameters
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gas and pressure: D2 at 2e-4 Torr
sweep: 44/45/103 cm
scan: 20/120 s

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Engineering Setup
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Run begins at 09:00 and ends at 17:00

Power systems as on: ? Up to EO for power testing
For plasma, use power setup as on 1100325034

Acoil: +Dtop -Dbot -Jtop +Jbot (standard) Hybrid Enabled

Gas setup:

Fill B-Top with 6 psi D2 Hybrid enabled (PG4)
fill B-side lower with 1 psi Ar Hybrid DISABLED (PG1)
leave B-side upper as is Hybrid DISABLED (PG2)
fill B-main (C-side) with 40 psi D2 Hybrid enabled (PG3)
fill H-bottom with 10psi D2 Hybrid DISABLED
fill NINJA with 10 psi D2 DISABLED

Enable gatevalves and shutters (for plasma): ECE, VUV, B-spectrometer, Z-bolo

Torvac gatevalve toggle (yes/no): no

Boronization(yes/no): no
Overnight ECDC (yes/no): YES
ICRF(yes/no): no
LH(yes/no): no
Cryopump (yes/no): no

Vessel temperature: 35/35/35
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Physop Plan:

Load PCS from prepared shot 1100625000
Power testing will start under control of the EO, using PLC control
in approximately the following order:
1) EFC (3 tests, 400,600, 800V and 1kA) uses DPCS control
2) EF2U PLC control
3) EF2L PLC control
4) A-coil test: uses dpcs control
5) EF3 PLC control
6) EF4 double swing test: DPCS control
7) EF1U double swing test: DPCS control
8) EF1L double swing test: DPCS control
9) EFIU and EF1L commutation test: PLC control
10) OH1 double swing test: DPCS control
11) OH2U double swing test: DPCS control
12) OH2L double swing test: DPCS control
13) OH commutation test: PLC control
14) TF 50kA PLC test
15) TF 100kA PLC test
16) TF 150kA PLC test
Sometime during these, I'll try enabling some gas valves and verifying
the gas system (Irby already did some of that on Thursday).
We also need to verify the magnetics signals, including the new f25,
although we won't be using that yet.

If all of the above run successfully, then we will begin
MP298a C-Mod Startup.
Load PCS from prepared shot 1100625666
EO should load power system setup as on 1100326034
and gas setup as indicated above.

Proceed to adjust startup to get a plasma, and if that succeeds then
try to get another one. The last time we did this the
mean-time-between-plasmas on the first day was >10 shots, but the second
day we went 16 for 30. We'll see how it goes.

Session Leader Summaries

Physics Operator Summaries
Entered: Jun 25 2010 06:26:29:157PM
Author: Steve Wolfe
Physop Summary for Friday, 25-Jun-2010

PO: Wolfe
EO: Dekow, Cochran
SL: Wolfe (for shot#23)

Power system tests
and 
MP#298a C-Mod Startup

The day got off to a bad start as the computer problems that have been
plaguing us all week continued. At least one server (alcserv1) had gone down,
and the web-server was also offline, It took several attempts to get logged in
and access files and software, but Tom and Josh managed to get most things
back up and running in time to start the run only a few minutes late. 

The power system testing went quite smoothly, including the new feature of
testing the four-quadrant supplies using DPCS to double swing the current
rather than exercising the forward and reverse bridges under PLC control on
separate shots. 

We also tested the gas valves Btop, Bmain, and H-bottom during
the morning power tests. The first two had been exercised yesterday, but
H-bottom had not been used since the last time its chopper board failed during
the Spring campaign. This valve is now connected directly to DPCS output_19,
and can be modulated using the dpcs_piezo_chopper routine if desired. The
direct drive signal was successfully tested on shot# 10.

The only problem encountered in testing was the EF4 supply, for which the
reverse bridge failed to produce significant current, either under DPCS or PLC
control. Troubleshooting this problem took almost two hours following
completion of all the other tests, but was eventually successful, and shot#22
was a successful reverse bridge EF4 test under PLC control.

Once all the supplies were tested, we moved on to plasma startup, under
MP#298a..Shot 23 was the first (and only) plasma attempt, and resulted in a
fizzle. Light was seen on the tv and on the wide 2 and GH limiter cameras,
though there was no signal on the Halpha, CIII, or Zmeter signals. JT
confirmed that there is a triggering problem with the Halpha and CIII, but the
lack of Zmeter is not understood; it possible that view is misaligned. This
should be investigated further on Monday. 

The new dpcs_xjump routine intended
to abort the shot to a soft landing if excessive runaways were detected was 
enabled for the shot, and did not produce a false positive, i.e. there was 
no hard xray signal and the abort was not taken. We plan to require this 
routine to be in use for all plasma attempts in this campaign, until further
notice, to ameliorate runaway damage to the limiters. 

The field evolution following breakdown on the fizzle was very strange. Bz_0
failed to rise, and the EF3 current was driven down very fast. The RCUR, and
to some extent the other positional signals, had a lot of noise, at least
5000A-m peak-to-peak. This DPCS demands were thrashing between rails,
especially after the RCUR derivative gain switched in around 8msec. The
abnormal noise level was traced to a single partial flux loop signal, f14 on
DPCS input_024, and seems to be due to a bad isoamp, since the same signal
digitized downstairs in the magnetics cPCI crate is noise-free. Swapping
cables on DPCS test shots confirmed that the problem is with the input signal
rather than the DPCS digitizers. 

After shot#23, we went into free access for half an hour or so, to allow a
visiting Senator to tour the facility. This didn't really cost us any time,
since it took a quite while to diagnose the problem with the control system
inputs. More costly in time was the fact that the physop workstation crashed
my login session just before the plasma attempt, and once I logged back in I
was unable to re-access the logbook for ten minutes or so.  Since once the
diagnosis had been made, there remained insufficient time to fix or work
around the bad signal, we terminated the run at 16:15. There should be plenty
of time to fix and verify the isoamp on Monday.

All in all, a lot was accomplished, and we at least got a flash. Current rise
will have to wait until Tuesday.

Scorecard:
            No Power shots        0
            Power tests          22
            Duds                  0
            Fizzles               1
            Plasmas               0
            =============        ==
            Shots                23

Session Leader Comments

Physics Operator Comments
Jun 24 2010 03:29:10:590PMSteve Wolfe
Getting set up for power tests for Friday.
Bill wants to use DPCS to run double swing tests for the 
four-quadrant power supplies. We discussed this on Tuesday,
and agreed to use a +/- 2kA waveform (1kA for EF4), starting
at -1sec and ending at +1sec, similar to ef4 on 1090619024.
I will need to set up wires for OH2U and OH2L 

In PCS, start by load from 1090619024, ack the magnetics warning. 
ZERO Seg01 wires 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 which have plasma quantities. 
Copy wire10 (OH2) to wire8
change name on wire 8 from IC_OH2 to IC_OH2U, 
change algorithm from CUSTOM to rogowski
Change name on wire10 from IC_OH2 to IC_OH2L
change algorithm from CUSTOM to rogowski
Bring up ALL_P's screen
Paste from IC_EF4U to IC_OH2U, and increase flattop values to -/+2kA
Copy IC_OH2U into IC_OH1, IC_OH2L, IC_EF1U, IC_EF1L
Extend gains on IC_OH2U, IC_OH1, IC_OH2L to ~1.5sec
On IC_EF1U and IC_EF1L remove Igain around 0, and extend P gain at 5 to 2sec
Note that the IC_EF4U is using the ROGOWSKI algorithm, so it only 
looks at the upper rogowski, not the average; I had forgotten about that.

Do a build_all
Save as 1100625000 in my scratch directory
and to alcdata-test:/cmod/trees/test/pcs and dpcs_1100625000

Ready for power testing

Jun 24 2010 04:06:35:407PMSteve Wolfe
Setting up for startup plasma for Friday
Load from 1100326034 (last shot in March)
Seg2 is upper null, seg3 lower null, seg4 something with STRKPSI turned on.
Active segment was seg2.
Import seg2 from seg3 and make changes
 Reduce Ip from 1MA to 700kA
 Reduce nl04 from 8e19 to 6e19
 Lower ZXL from .025 to .015 
 Increase TF current from -137300 to -150000
load dpcs_xjump and load_defaults 
Save as 1100625666 in my directory and alcdata-test
Forgot to do the build. Build_all and resave, just in case
Got a warning on wire 11 in seg2 using f15? It's an unused ssep wire.
Zero it out rather than bothering with it, and rebuild.
Now ZERO seg 3 and 4, just to be safe
Now resave to pcs_scratch and alcdata-test

That should be ready for plasma, if we get to it.

Jun 24 2010 04:44:26:957PMSteve Wolfe
Turns out I need to do some more playing for the power tests,
to deal with the tests for EFC and the Acoils.
Bring back 1100625000 ack the config warning
The chopper voltage program looks ok, but the Acoil test should 
run like 1090619003, which has the dpcs_fizzle detector turned off
and the usual programming for zcur3, I guess. Better look at it.
That shot actually had a segment 2 turned on, although probably the 
hardware f.d. took it out at .08? 
I'll load wire2 and 3 from 1100326034. I'm not going to turn off dpcs_fizzle
For the Acoil test on 1090619008 there is a trapezoidal waveform
drawn on the seg01 ACOIL_CUR V signal. Copy that trace into my new seg01
from a second PCS. 

Now re-save as 1100625000 and remember to build_all and resave again
to alcdata-test and pcs_scratch
about to execute SAVE_AS.
looking for.../home/wolfe/pcs_scratch/pcs_model
NUM             LONG      =            3
copying /home/wolfe/pcs_scratch/pcs_model.tree to /home/wolfe/pcs_scratch/pcs_1100625000.tree
copying /home/wolfe/pcs_scratch/pcs_model.characteristics to /home/wolfe/pcs_scratch/pcs_1100625000.characteristics
copying /home/wolfe/pcs_scratch/pcs_model.datafile to /home/wolfe/pcs_scratch/pcs_1100625000.datafile
looking for.../home/wolfe/pcs_scratch/dpcs_model
NUM             LONG      =            3
copying /home/wolfe/pcs_scratch/dpcs_model.tree to /home/wolfe/pcs_scratch/dpcs_1100625000.tree
copying /home/wolfe/pcs_scratch/dpcs_model.characteristics to /home/wolfe/pcs_scratch/dpcs_1100625000.characteristics
copying /home/wolfe/pcs_scratch/dpcs_model.datafile to /home/wolfe/pcs_scratch/dpcs_1100625000.datafile
Open tree /home/wolfe/pcs_scratch      -1
Open tree done


Jun 24 2010 07:34:51:970PMSteve Wolfe
I need to correct the controllers for the IC_OH2U and IC_OH2L wires
in the pcs_1100625000 setup. They presently each have both V_OH2U and V_OH2L 
entries, inherited from the previous wire which was the joint (average) IC_OH2

Jun 25 2010 08:08:07:140AMSteve WolfeSetting up for Friday's runs.
Computer systems are very sick.
Web-logbook won't come up, neither will psfc home page
I'm making entries through entry_display in IDL.

Got PCS up from a terninal, since the menus are also broken.
Load from 1100625000
Bring up wire 8, ic_oh2U, edit controller to remove coef on V_OH2L, apply
Bring up wire 10, ic_OH2L, edit controller to remove coef on V_ON2U, ok
Do a build, just to check

Load into model
Load at 25-Jun-2010 08:07:50.00
Open tree /home/wolfe/pcs_scratch -1
Open tree done
Jun 25 2010 08:35:19:300AMSteve Wolfe
According to Dave Arsenault, we did get ECDC last night after the LH crew finished, 
until 7:00AM.
Still can't get to the web-based tools (signin, runs page) because www.psfc.mit.edu is 
not responding. 
Still no desktop icon or menu for C-Mod Operations, but I can access everuything I need 
from the command line.

pcdaqdpcs3 is up and dpce seems to be running.
I haven't taken a test shot yet. 

web-based logbook just came up


Jun 25 2010 08:41:45:903AMSteve Wolfe
Physop signin (found through an old link on my desktop)
let me signin, but it did not register to the logbook. 
Still missing taskbar icons and menus, that may actually be
just in my account, as mrl was trying to fix my earlier-reported
problem. 

Search and lockup proceeding, looks like we may be ready to get 
started on schedule.


Jun 25 2010 09:23:20:650AM1100625001Steve Wolfe
Shot#1: EFC test at 400V, also used to start cap bank conditioning
Into INIT at 09:13 - Note no 13.8 on these TMX tests, so airswitch is open.
dpcs init looks fine in logfile, 5.26sec in INIT
Supply went, current trace on efc looks normal. 
Signals on bp coils and flux loops, not sure if they all are sensible, 
but no obvious errors.

Jun 25 2010 09:31:15:907AM1100625002Steve Wolfe
Shot#2: EFC test at 600V, 
EFC response looks ok, gets to ~800A
Br_0 (mflux and recon_vac) get to ~.003T at .08sec

Moving on to 3rd EFC test 


Jun 25 2010 09:38:00:680AM1100625003Steve Wolfe
Shot#3: EFC test at 800V, 
No DPCS changes for this shot. 
EFC current to 1kA, looks normal. 
Cell access for Atma before the next test,
which should be EF2U PLC control.



Jun 25 2010 09:55:32:977AM1100625004Steve Wolfe
Shot#4: EF2U PLC control test
Enable B-top piezo, programmed for 27msec at -.5sec, 6psi D2
Notice that on shot#3 (probably earlier as well) the PLC plenum fill
pressures are not being reported to MdsPlus, or at least they
aren't showing up on my gas scope.

EF2U -3000A, EF3 induced top +600A,
got .067mTorr of gas at t=0
Mflux looks reasonable for EF2U
Bz0 between -.026 and -.03T (vacbrbz and recon_vac)
It looks like the new f25 loop is wired backward.
It's reading +.015 while f26 is -.018

Next: EF2L, turn off B-top, enable B-main

Jun 25 2010 10:02:43:547AM1100625005Steve Wolfe
Shot#5: EF2L PLC control test
turn off B-top, enable B-main

Supply went, no obvious gas from B-main
although there was a small output pulse. 
EF2L gave -3000A, 600A induced on EF3, smaller unbalanced
induced currents on EF4U/L

Next: Acoil test, leave B-main enabled with 60V pulse as programmed
see if it frees up

Jun 25 2010 10:09:03:560AM1100625006Steve Wolfe
Shot#6: Acoil test, leave B-main enabled with 60V pulse as programmed
see if it frees up

Got some gas that time, to 0.5mTorr
Got ~500A on Acoil, looks like it used to.
Looks ok to me, small signals on lm diff coils and bp26 diff. 

Nest: EF3 test, leave B-main enabled just to exercise it a little more.


Jun 25 2010 10:24:08:810AM1100625007Steve Wolfe
Shot#7:EF3 test, PLC control (first of the alternator supplies)
leave B-main enabled just to exercise it a little more; fd should kill it
at 0.08 sec

EF3 supply went, gas went
2000A on EF3, pressure to .025mTorr on ratiomatic.
Mflux looks ok at the standard settings
F25 is definitely backward


Jun 25 2010 10:39:53:733AM1100625008Steve Wolfe
Shot#8:EF4 double swing test, DPCS control
Disable B-main. 
Programming for EF4 is based on 1090619024

Got no reverse swing on EF4. Demand is there,
looks like f.d. is set correctly. No obvious
programming fault, possible problem with reverse bridge.




Jun 25 2010 10:48:25:007AM1100625008Steve Wolfe
Shot#9:Repeat EF4 double swing test, DPCS control
after cycling control cabinet power.
Enable H-bottom; it has no program signal, for this test I want
to confirm that it doesn't leak through with no demand.




Jun 25 2010 11:00:40:663AM1100625009Steve Wolfe
Shot#9:Repeat EF4 double swing test, DPCS control
after cycling control cabinet power.
Enable H-bottom; it has no program signal, for this test I want
to confirm that it doesn't leak through with no demand.

Critical init failure on TMX J221 init action,
proceed with EF4 test anyway

Still no reverse swing on ef4
Lots of mag errors partials and bp loops with no finite signal, but that 
doesn't seem to be true; must just be below threshold.

Gas looks ok, i.e. no gas.
Next: try a PLC reverse bridge test on EF4




Jun 25 2010 11:06:34:087AM1100625010Steve Wolfe
Shot#10:try a PLC reverse bridge test on EF4
Leave H-bottom enabled, I'll load a waveform before the
next double swing test. This shot will pulse at -1.1,
have f.d. back at 0.08sec

No current from EF4, seems to be a problem with the reverse bridge.
Next: move on to EF1U double swing test, turn on H-bottom waveform




Jun 25 2010 11:19:33:730AM1100625011Steve Wolfe
Shot#11:move on to EF1U double swing test, turn on H-bottom waveform
Waveform between .286 and .548sec on H-bottom, max value ~85V.
Load at 25-Jun-2010 11:08:36.00
Open tree /home/wolfe/pcs_scratch      -1
Open tree done

Got a good double swing, also got some gas up to 0.4mTorr
timing looks reasonable. Run it again next time, just for 
exercise, but I think it's ready to use.

Next: EF1L double swing


Jun 25 2010 11:25:13:753AM1100625012Steve Wolfe
Shot#12: EF1L double swing, same H-bottom gas program as on 11
Good EF1L double swing, got .4mTorr on H-bottom.

Next: Move on to OH1 double swing test
Disable H-bottom


Jun 25 2010 11:32:43:090AM1100625013Steve Wolfe
Shot#13: Move on to OH1 double swing test
Disable H-bottom.
Got a good double swing, although the horn was short. 

Next: OH2U double swing test

Jun 25 2010 11:44:38:750AM1100625014Steve Wolfe
Shot#14:OH2U double swing test
Got a double swing, but reverse swing doesn't look flat,
has some oscillation. I think maybe the gain is a little
too high. I think the supply is responding ok, feedback is 
just a little unstable.

Next: OH2L double swing test, no PCS changes

Jun 25 2010 11:52:32:647AM1100625015Steve Wolfe
Shot#15: OH2L double swing test, no PCS changes
Nicer double swing pulse on oh2l, gives less oscillation with
the same gain setting. I think this indicates that the oh2u 
supply may be a little flakey on voltage response. May need 
to examine the waveforms on #14 more closely, or wait till
we're trying for plasma.

Next: EF1 commutation test, PLC control

Jun 25 2010 11:58:53:413AM1100625016Steve Wolfe
Shot#16: EF1U/L commutation test, PLC control
2kA commutation test looks ok. 

Next: OH1,OH2U/L commutation test, PLC control

Jun 25 2010 12:10:48:280PM1100625017Steve Wolfe
Shot#17: OH1,OH2U/L commutation test, PLC control
Good commutation on all three supplies, 10kA

I am seeing what may be an acceptable response on 
F14, input_024 at DPCS. However, it ought to look 
like F13 inverted, and it doesn't. Could be more noise,
could be broken. 



Jun 25 2010 12:17:23:610PM1100625018Steve Wolfe
Shot#18: TF 50kA test
Looks good.

Next: 100kA TF test


Jun 25 2010 12:21:45:833PM1100625018Steve Wolfe
Shot#18: TF 50kA test
Looks good.

Next: 100kA TF test
We will be waiting 10 minutes between TF tests

Jun 25 2010 12:29:24:367PM1100625019Steve Wolfe
Shot#19: TF 100kA test
Good TF test, -3.5T on btor. 

Next: 150kA TF test

Jun 25 2010 12:48:09:000PM1100625020Steve Wolfe
Shot#20: TF 150kA test
TF test looks good, 5.3T btor

Next: retry PLC reverse bridge test

Jun 25 2010 01:58:04:853PM1100625021Steve Wolfe
Shot#21: retry PLC reverse bridge test
Bill reseated a board in the control cabinet 
before shot#20, which has been known to fix this problem
in the past. 

No ef4 current. Still broken. 
Time for Bill to work some magic.

It's not quite true that there was no current,
there seems to be of order 10amps, enough to make 
about 1mT of Bz. There is definitely voltage on 
the bus, oscillating about 200Vp-p. Bill thinks that
the PLC current limit is not getting through to the 
supply. 

Jun 25 2010 02:50:57:620PM1100625022Steve Wolfe
Shot#22: retry PLC reverse bridge test again
after Bill swaps some chips and reseats another board.
If this doesn't work, we will try for plasma anyway,
since we should be able to get a few hundred msec without
needing to double swing the EF4

got current in EF4 reverse bridge, it's fixed.
Next shot: Try for plasma

Jun 25 2010 03:09:24:383PM1100625023Jim IrbyReporting for Steve:

First plasma attempt.

fizzle --- 0.03e20/m^2 density, no current
Jun 25 2010 03:25:49:997PM1100625023Steve Wolfe
Shot#23: first plasma attempt
Saw light on the TV, no halpha or CIII or Zmeter signals
Wide 2 has light as well, there is a small amount of density
no current. 

Fields look very strange,
My login sesson on cmodws50 blew away just before init
logging back in I was locked out of logbook

Bringing scopes back up trying to see what's going on. 
Currents look reasonable, except Bz never rises



Jun 25 2010 03:36:22:413PM1100625023Steve Wolfe
Shot#24: 
We are having a visit from a senator from Delaware,
so we are in free access for the moment
Plenty of time to figure out what to do next. 



Jun 25 2010 04:07:00:943PM1100625023Steve Wolfe
Take a dpcs test shot, see if the outputs are sensible.
I don't understand the demands, particularly on ef3 on
shot#23 fizzle, and I'm very suspicious that the 
dpcs_fizzle isn't working correctly, though that's not
the issue. 

There is noise on the phys_aout signals that is large compared
to last year, as on rcur I'm seeing high frequency noise at
over 5000A-m peak to peak, and it used to be lt 500A-m.
I believe this is coming from the excess noise I observed
earlier on F14 (input_024) which is around 7mT on a partial!

This noise is not present on the magnetics signals, so it
is either from the isoamp or from the digitizer. 


Jun 25 2010 06:29:24:453PM1100625023Steve Wolfe
Due to insufficient time to repair and test the iso-amp on 
input_024 of the control system, which seems to have been at
least parially responsible for the bad field evolution on shot#23, 
today's run has been terminated.

MP#298a will be continued on Tuesday.

Engineering Operator Comments
ShotTimeTypeStatusComment
109:14:14:823AMTestOkEFC 400V Test
209:25:18:340AMTestOkEFC 600V Test
309:34:04:540AMTestOkEFC 800V Test
409:47:28:033AMTestOkEF2U PLC Test
509:55:37:807AMTestOkEF2L PLC Test
610:03:48:050AMTestOkC. Coil Test
710:18:38:850AMTestOkEF3 PLC Test
810:33:16:210AMTestBadEF4 did not double swing
910:53:35:273AMTestBadEF4 reverse bridge did not fire
1011:03:30:420AMTestBadEF4 PLC revrse bridge test
1111:15:30:730AMTestOkEF1U Double Swing Test
1211:21:35:783AMTestOkEF1L Double Swing Test
1311:27:56:413AMTestOkOH1 Double Swing Test
1411:37:55:950AMTestOkOH2U Double Swing Test
1511:47:27:573AMTestOkOH2L Double Swing Test
1611:55:49:487AMTestOkEF1U-L Comm. Test
1712:05:07:500PMTestOkOH1,OH2U-L Comm. Test
1812:13:58:417PMTestOkTF PLC 50kA Test
1912:26:32:397PMTestOkTF 100kA PLC Test
2012:45:19:657PMTestOkTF 150kA PLC Test
2112:54:52:383PMTestBadEF4 Reverse Bridge Test
2202:48:08:407PMTestOkEF4 Reverse Bridge Test
2303:00:34:513PMPlasmaOk

System Availability
Jun 25 2010 09:13:58:240AM
SystemAvailableCommentAvailability
Changed
OwnerDescriptionWho Can
Change
Active MHDnosecured - tagged outJun 02 2008 11:03AM (sears)Joe SnipesActive MHD Antennasears,snipes
BESnoBES system is ready for Up-to-air (Apr, 2010)Mar 31 2010 10:36AM (bespam)Bill RowanBeam Emission Spectroscopybespam,liao,rowan
Bolometersyes2pi (D+F) and diode arrays attached, awaiting 1st plasma for debugging.Jun 22 2010 04:56PM (mlreinke)Matt ReinkeBolometershutch,mlreinke
Boronizationno3/26/10 Bottle Removed From Cell, monitors powered down, Autodialer function bypassedMar 26 2010 05:29PM (dekow)Jim IrbyBoronizationdekow,irby
CNPAnoSingle channel CNPA available as of 12/1707Jun 10 2009 10:22AM (twf)Ron ParkerCompact Neutral Analyzerparker
Cryopump - Upper DivertornoShut down. Helium dewar removed. LN2 manual valve and solenoid valves are closed and tagged.Apr 06 2010 10:51AM (labombard)Brian LaBombardUpper Divertor Cryopumpirby,labombard
CXRSnoWide-view CXRS system is power down and ready for up-to-air (Apr, 2010)Mar 31 2010 10:36AM (bespam)Bill RowanCharge Exchange Spectroscopybespam,blip,liao,rachmcd,rowan
D Alphayes\ha2_bright is available; \SPECTROSCOPY::TOP.VUV.VIS_SIGNALS:MCP_VIS_SIG1 is not availableJul 01 2009 09:45AM (terry)Jim TerryBalmer Alpha Monitorirby,terry,wolfe
Dalsayessystem is aligned and operating; needs to be calibrated before bolo-box is removedMar 30 2010 03:30PM (marmar)Earl MarmarVisible Bremsstrahlungmarmar
Disruption Mitigationyesoperational, but turned offNov 03 2009 04:59PM (granetz)Robert 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,terry
DNBnoin test mode onlyNov 03 2009 05:01PM (granetz)Robert GranetzDiagnostic Neutral Beamdterry,granetz,gung
ECDCno3/26/10: Magnetron Powered Down, Power Cord Disconnected from Unit, PEI Powered DownMar 26 2010 05:31PM (dekow)Jim Irby2.45 GHz, 3 kW, discharge cleaning systemdekow,irby,pfeiffer
FRC-ECEnoPower off, no hazard present.Mar 29 2010 03:10PM (phillips)Perry PhillipsHeterodyne ECE-32 channelsphillips
G-Side RatiomaticyesGauge installed. Controller repaired.Aug 23 2009 10:36PM (toland)Brian LaBombardG-side ratiomatic ionization gaugelabombard,toland
Glow DischargenoPlugs for Power Supply and Controls have been unplugged and red tagged making system safe for In-Vessel Access.Apr 05 2010 11:18AM (dekow)Jim Irby1 kV, 5 A, glow discharge systemdekow,dterry,irby
GPCyesOperational.Jul 28 2009 04:23PM (hubbard)Amanda HubbardECE Polychromaterhubbard,schmidt
GPC2yesMost channels operational. Ch 5 preamp replaced 6/18.Jun 22 2010 03:03PM (hubbard)Amanda HubbardECE Polychromaterhubbard,schmidt
GPIyesThe Xpt-view, the midplane-view cameras are operational. The innerwall GPI (coupled to the fast-diodes) is available. Jul 01 2009 09:45AM (terry)Jim TerryGas Puff Imagingterry,zweben
H/Dyesposes no safety hazard for people working around the machineJun 18 2009 01:04PM (marmar)Earl MarmarH/D Ratiomarmar
HEATno4/5/10 Main Diconnected has been opened, locked and red tagged making the systme safe for in-vessel personnelApr 05 2010 10:22AM (dekow)Gary Dekow - Machine Heaters -burke,dekow
Hirex JryesHirex-Jr has been installed and testedJun 17 2009 11:54AM (rice)John RiceHigh Resolution X-Rayince,rice
Hirex Sryescurrently only one detector is operational, off-axis He-like argon emissionJul 14 2009 10:01AM (rice)John RiceHigh Resolution X-Rayince,rice
HXRnoIn safe mode (high voltage turned off)May 27 2008 09:19PM (schmidt)Ron ParkerHard X-Ray Arrayparker,schmidt
ICRF D-Antennanoout of operation - inspection on-goingMar 29 2010 12:42PM (wukitch)Steve WukitchD-port antennawukitch,ylin
ICRF E-Antennanoout of operations - inspection on goingMar 29 2010 12:42PM (wukitch)Steve WukitchE-port antennawukitch,ylin
ICRF J-Antennanoout of operationMar 31 2010 02:18PM (wukitch)Steve WukitchJ-port antennawukitch,ylin
Laser Blow-OffnoLaser is disconnected and the vacuum system is removed.Apr 06 2010 10:01PM (nthoward)Martin GreenwaldImpurity Injection Systemg,nthoward
Lower HybridnoAll waveguides are shorted and disconnected from jungle gym. Jungle gym disconnected from launcher.Mar 29 2010 01:31PM (dterry)Ron ParkerLower Hybriddterry,parker,wallaceg
LPInoBeam line removedMay 30 2008 02:09PM (bose)Earl MarmarLithium Pellet Injectorbose,marmar
Ly-alphayesLYMID, WB4LY, LLY attached, awaiting 1st plasma for debuggingJun 22 2010 04:57PM (mlreinke)Matt ReinkeLyman alpha cameraslabombard,mlreinke
McPhersonyesVacuum ready but wavelength scan hardware broken. Set to Mo XXXII, Mo XXXI and will not move.Jun 22 2010 04:58PM (mlreinke)Jim TerryVUV Spectrometermlreinke,terry
MichelsonyesOperational. Start at reduced speed.Jun 22 2010 03:02PM (hubbard)Amanda HubbardECE Te Profileshubbard,schmidt
MKSyesGauges are on. B-bottom is not operating - bad sensor head?Jul 14 2009 09:12PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardBaratron pressure gaugeslabombard
MLPnoSystem is in edge lab. Version 2 drivers ready to test. Needs a student to help work on it.Jul 14 2009 09:20PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardMirror Langmuir Probe Electronics Systemlabombard
MSEnoAs of 6/10/09, MSE is calibrated & ready to go. Awaiting DNB.Jun 10 2009 10:34AM (sscott)Steve ScottMotional Stark Effectjinseok,sscott
NeutronsnoVoltages have been turned offMar 29 2010 08:15AM (fiore)Catherine FioreNeutron Detectorsfiore
Neuts and Hardsno Jun 18 2010 07:49AM (irby)Jim IrbyX-Ray/Neutron Detector at K-Horirby
NINJAnoCapillaries were tested in-vessel. Plenum has a leak and needs fixing.Jul 14 2009 09:14PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardNINJA gas pufflabombard,terry
PCInoPower off. Safe for machine entry.Mar 30 2010 11:46AM (ntsujii)Miklos PorkolabPhase Contrast Imagingarai,ennever,ntsujii,porkolab
Penning GaugesnoHigh voltage power supplies are turned off and also unplugged from AC line.Apr 06 2010 10:52AM (labombard)Brian LaBombardPenning Ionization Gaugeslabombard
Plasma TVyesWIDE1, WIDE2 (chan 33), DANT, JANT and DIV are operational.Jul 01 2009 09:46AM (terry)Jim TerryVideo of plasma via several camerasdekow,irby,terry,wolfe
PolarimeternoSafe for Machine EntrySep 14 2007 12:17PM (irby)Jim IrbyC-Mod Polarimeterirby
Power - Alternator Air Switchno3/26/10: Air to Air switch removed and Kirk lockedMar 26 2010 05:36PM (dekow)Gary Dekowfeeds all the other suppliescochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Power - PEIno3/26/10: PEI powered down, breaker openedMar 26 2010 05:31PM (dekow)Gary DekowPEI Systemcochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Power - TMXno3/26/10: Powered down after run for up to airMar 26 2010 05:34PM (dekow)Gary DekowEf2s,. EFCs and A-Coilsbyford,cochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Power Systemsno3/26/10: Powered down after run for up to airMar 26 2010 05:34PM (dekow)Jim IrbyC-Mod Magnet Suppliesbyford,cochran,dekow,dterry,irby
Probe Array - ISDno All probes are unplugged from vacuum vessel.Apr 06 2010 10:53AM (labombard)Brian LabombardInner Lower Divertor Probe Arraylabombard
Probe Array - LHnoLH launcher not installed. Cables are unplugged at the A-port rack.Jul 14 2009 09:16PM (labombard)Brian LaBombardLower Hybrid Probe Arraylabombard
Probe Array - OSDnoAll probes are unplugged from vacuum vessel.Apr 06 2010 10:54AM (labombard)Brian LaBombardOuter Lower Divertor Probe Arraylabombard
Probe Array - UDIVnoAll probes are unplugged from vacuum vessel.Apr 06 2010 10:54AM (labombard)Brian LaBombardUpper Divertor Probe Arraylabombard
ReflectometeryesSince 1100120000 the system is operational except for channel 110 which is not installedJan 20 2010 09:17AM (dominguez)Earl MarmarReflectometerdominguez,marmar
Scanning Probe - ASPnoProbe is full retracted. Air line is disconnected.Apr 06 2010 10:54AM (labombard)Brian LaBombardA-Port Scanning Probelabombard
Scanning Probe - FSPnoProbe is fully retracted.Apr 06 2010 10:55AM (labombard)Brian LaBombardF-Port Scanning Probelabombard
Scanning Probe - WASPnoAll probe cables are disconnected from vacuum vessel.Apr 06 2010 10:55AM (labombard)Brian LaBombardInner Wall Scanning Probelabombard,nsmick
SparkeryesHV supply on, cable run to sparker at k-horJun 23 2010 02:41PM (irby)Jim IrbyField Emission Preionization for C-Moddekow,irby,parkin
TCIyesNo new CO2 detector, so still missing edge channelsJun 23 2010 02:40PM (irby)Jim IrbyTwo-Color Interferometerirby,murray
TS - CorenoLasers are shuttered and interlocked. All beams are blocked from entering the cell.Mar 31 2010 05:10PM (jwhughes)Jerry HughesCore Thomson scatteringjwhughes,yma,zhang
TS - EdgenoLasers are shuttered and interlocked. All beams are blocked from entering the cell.Mar 31 2010 05:11PM (jwhughes)Jerry HughesMillimeter resolution edge Thomson scatteringjwhughes,yma,zhang
Vispecno350 and 670 nm, 4 spatial channelsNov 28 2007 09:58AM (agraf)Alex GrafVisible Spectrometeragraf
XEUSyesXEUS data system checked out, vacuum close to ops level, awaiting 1st plasmaJun 24 2010 11:02AM (mlreinke)Matt ReinkeX-ray Extended Ultraviolet Spectrometermlreinke
XTOMOyesAwaiting 1st plasma for debuggingJun 22 2010 04:59PM (mlreinke)Bob GranetzX-Ray Tomographygranetz,mlreinke

Jun 25 2010 04:35:48:910PM
test polar shot to try to determine noise level

Jun 25 2010 04:37:32:530PM
test polar shot to try to determine noise level

~220 broadband looks much better

Jun 25 2010 04:48:38:593PM
repeat 102