Partial disassembly of DB1 optics today. Shielding of insulators is definitely working and indicated for unshielded insulators. Discussion of possibilities in progress. Wiring looks good, but one Kapton wire snapped at the connector upon disassembly (no force required).

Microwave source is up and running.

Supernanogan: grounding rod is stuck, RF generator does not clear the interlocks (controls?)

LEBT: FC3 air leak, in is out, out is in

IOS:IG1 is faulty. Need to replac it during next earliest window.

Cusp source water cooling (#4)  interlick does not work.

20Ne1+ set up from the MWS and handed over to Sophia & Marco for accelerator recommissioning. Strip to 5+ at M:5. First day of beam. Happy St. Patrick's Day.

Later... a Stripchart of beam today: baby-blue trace is FC6. Also, here are screenshots of the source.

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Lots happened during OLIS Shutdown. In no particular order:

* DB1/3 optics refurbished.

* IOS:FC3 replaced.

* MWS refurbished.

* MWS microwave generator water interlock fixed.

* IOS:IG1 requires filament. Pending available window to vent.

* IOS:RP1 scroll pump refurbished. Base pressure <<14mTorr.

* IOS:MB vacuum box liners removed.

* IOS overpressure valve installed on DB6.

MWS is running well. Tune save: 100319_0901.snapiosdragon with beam observed to Prague magnet. Stripchart of last 24h attached.

Beam is on standby. Target snapshot in IOPS elog.  Over the last little while...

* IOS:IG1 repaired last evening. IOS vented to Ar, flowing for duration of repair. Standard Varian filament repair kit used with Dimo's instructions. Pumpdown and leak-up curve to be attached shortly.

* IOS:FC1 operation restored after cup was replaced during Shutdown. Being a safety cup, it required the air solenoid configured opposite to standard cups. Correct fix: Rotate solenoid 180*. Bias fails to come on automatically upon insertion. This is a completely separate fault, and likely predates cup replacement. Bias can still be switched on manually at any time.

* IOS:MB stability program was off during Shutdown and would not come back willingly. Investigated, and found blown fuse in output circuit. Fuses are 5A in a 4A circuit. Replace and go. Also added another ferrite core to serial cable between power supply and server.

* MCIS RF amplifier controls a week ago. For reasons yet unknown, the system lost its 2009 running configuration. Significant Controls work to restore. More work planned.

Beam stable as a rock overnight. Pity we have no-one using it at the moment! Stripchart attached.

Beam idling overnight. Yesterday ICR called me regarding an IOSIOC reboot and consequent fallout. In short, it turned off IOS:MB. Not good. While the fix was easy enough, it took time to find it, which would translate to downtime during regular delivery. A lesson learned. I just noticed now that the magnet stability program was out of range and obviously had been since the IOC reboot. I reset the power supply and field. This procedure will need to be integrated into the ICR routines for IOS. Attached is a Stripchart over the period.

OLIS sprung a water leak last night. Problem was sparking through a coiled  cooling line. I replaced the pair of cooling lines and rerouted them somewhat. Source is up again now.

16O1+ beam requested yesterday. Source switched over and beam ready by evening. Nice overnight Stripchart, attached. Sophia has the beam now.

Beam set up for accelerator commissioning. Sophia took beam yesterday. Beam idle overnight. Stripchart of overnight performance attached.

Beam idle overnight. Another night of super-stable beam. If no users today, then we may take it for MRO.

Later... Check out magstab program while we have quiet time. Test outcomes when serial link is opened. Purpose: Improve fault tolerance. Done. Sophia will take the beam shortly.

Beam was used last week for DRAGON commissioning. Successful run, completed yesterday, as reported by Colin this morning.

Milestone: First coasting beam through new SCC on Thursday, 8-Apr-2010 at ~20:00, using 16O(1+)4+ at 1.5MeV/u from MWS.

This week's agenda: ISAC-II commissioning and development. Maintenance Day either Tuesday or Wednesday.

Later... Marco has been tuning most of the day. He is done for now. I am taking the opportunity to work with the OLIS separator field stability program. It has been offline since at least last week, and no action taken. Attached are present state of things.

Accelerator commissioning has resumed for the day. Beam was nice and stable overnight. See attached Stripchart.

Beam reserved for continuing accelerator development, but there are some ISAC-I RF phase troubles. However, maintenance was not permitted today... until just now. Too late for today.

Yesterday's RF troubles in ISAC-I are reportedly solved. Beam development is expected to resume this morning.

Beam development through accelerators continues today. Beam was rock-stable overnight.

Development on Friday; idle over the weekend. Stripchart attached.

Meanwhile, there was a power bump at around 09:30, and the source went out. Restarted OK.

Just in: an active work permit for OLIS maintenance. Underway through tomorrow (Tuesday) evening.

Save: 100416_2339.snapiosvault

Later... done for today. Source is on for the night.