Commissioning and running of sPHENIX

[David Morrison <morrison AT bnl.gov>]

Hi all,

It'd be nice if the online monitor used a consistent color palette across the subsystems.  The sPHENIX style macro uses

  sphenixStyle->SetPalette(kBird);

to set the palette.  Might be good to use that.

Some online plotting macros - HCal, for instance - select a palette each time the Draw method is called (with a hardcoded magic number, no less - boo):

  gStyle->SetPalette(57);

(kBird is an enum with the value 57)

and some - MBD, for instance - set the palette once, when the Init method is called:

  bbcStyle->SetPalette(1);

The first time you draw the MBD vertex monitor plots, the hitmaps use the "rainbow" color palette.  It you then draw the Outer HCal towers, the kBird palette gets used.  Now go back and draw the MBD again.  It doesn't call Init, so it doesn't reset the palette, so it draws the hitmaps using the kBird palette that was set by the HCal macro.

It would be better if the colors didn't depend on the order in which the macros were called

Dave
 

On 5/12/24 4:54 PM, Jamie Nagle wrote:

Hello Subsystems (MBD, EMCal, HCal, sEPD, ZDC/SMD, INTT, MVTX so far),

I have made a google shared slideshow linked directly below and also on the Run 2024 page under the "Data Monitor Operator" category.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iV-k1I0l8kT3d_mqpiimqt_m2_Nbm3NDSp_lPGnyCJA/edit?usp=sharing

sPHENIX needs all of these subsystems to have an OnlineMonitor contact person to work directly with me in the next two days to get these all ready for physics quality data taking.    The idea is to make sure  the current plots show what we want, that we have documentation for what the Shift Crew should be looking for, and what actions to take if there are problems.     I have embedded some initial comments/suggestions in the slides.    These slides need to be kept up to date with changes in the OnlineMonitoring.

I have reached out to a number of the relevant people, and others can set up a time to sit with me where we will make the changes in real time.   For the HCal and EMCal, I will work with Shuhang on Tuesday for both,  after consulting with Anthony et al.    For the sEPD, I will work with Tristan who is on shift this week.    For the ZDC, I will work with Ejrio.     Let me know (off the list) if you are the contact person who knows the code for the other systems.   Chris is also available and happy to help!

The goal is to have these subsystems with Online Monitoring code that is ready for physics data taking by the end of Tuesday, May 14, 2024.   Time for a big push!

Sincerely,

Jamie

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