Welcome to the STAR Operations Home Page

Daily operations meeting at 10am on Zoom:  https://bnl.zoomgov.com/j/1603605873pwd=NVk1aWs2OW5yb01rTzNtODhiaUJtQT09
(Zoom Meeting ID: 160 360 5873 Passcode: 110789)
Communications for STAR control room /shift/operation related on Zoom: https://bnl.zoomgov.com/j/1605144596?pwd=N3ExMDh3Q2txK0FxYTBVTzg4N0hHZz09
(Zoom Meeting ID: 160 514 4596 Passcode: 726787)

STAR online page: https://online.star.bnl.gov
STAR operations email list: https://lists.bnl.gov/mailman/listinfo/star-ops-l

Select the menu for information relevant to STAR Operations. 

• Operations information and checklists

  • Plan for the day / Notes from Operations Meeting for Run24
  • STAR Detector States for Run24 Au+Au 200 GeV collisions  (Current Version 10/10/2024) 
  • STAR Data taking guide for Run24 (Updated 10/7/2024)
  • STAR Expert Call List for Run24 (Current Version 10/08/2024)
  • Checklist for recovery from power failure (08/02/2024)
  • Old version: Checklist for recovering from power failure (2023)

• Detector manuals and procedures
  • Trigger DAQ problems with deadtimes / crate failures DURING PHYSICS RUNS
  • Reference Plots for Shift Crew
  • Online Q/A Plots Manual (Jevp Plots)  (updated 6/16/2020)
  • Detector Operator Station Setup (Updated 12-Mar-21)
  • TPC Operations
    
    • Current DO manual
    • TPC operations page
    • TPC reference plots and issue problem solving
  • EPD (updated 7-Mar-18)
    • How to check and visualize the EPD mapping from tile to QT channel (updated 8-Jul-23)
  • BEMC and FCS (updated 10-Dec-21)
  • BSMD (updated 06-Jun-24)
  • EEMC (updated 20-Dec-21)
  • EMC (updated 17-Dec-02) - this link is dead
  • GMT (updated 15-Jan-19)
  • FST (updated 18-Jan-22)
  • sTGC (updated 27-Jan-22)
  • Magnet (updated 17-Dec-02)
  • Magnet Monitoring
  • Offline QA
  • Current RunControl/DAQ issues (updated 5/5/2021)
  • Current Trigger Deadtime Issues (updated 4/8/2022)
  • Run Control (updated 3/2/18)
  • Slow Controls Procedures
  • TOF/MTD General Instructions (updated 05-Sep-2024)
    • TOF Gas Bottle Switchover Procedure (updated 2024 Jul 15)
    • TOF Pow Cycle Procedures (Run2023), [TOF Power Cycle Procedure(Old version with Anaconda)]
    • TOF LVIOC Restart Procedure
    • TOF/MTD HV IOC Restart Procedure (Updated 2023)
    • MTD Power Cycle Procedure (Run2022), [ MTD Power Cycle Procedure (Old version with Anaconda)]
    • MTD LVIOC Restart Procedure
    • Canbus Restart Procedure, [Canbus Restart Procedure (Old version with Anaconda)]
    • Solve MTD (eTOF) Isobutane Fraction Alarm Instructions
  • eTOF General Instructions (updated 2024, May 27)
    • "eTOF Hit Position" vs "ETOF Hit Local Y"
  • Trigger (updated 5-Mar-13)
  • BBC/ZDC/VPD LeCroy1440 Communication Problem Procedure
  • V124 and STAR global timing
  • C-AD Procedure for Exciting the STAR Magnet (normal user cannot connect to this)
  • C-AD Procedure for Bypassing the STAR Safety Interlock Systems (normal user cannot connect to this)
  • List of Authorized People for the STAR SGIS Interlock System (normal user cannot connect to this)

• STAR Operations

  • STAR Safety Review for Run19  (not a link)
  • STAR FY19 Environmental emissions.doc (not a link)

     

• Procedures for detectors not currently available
  
  • FPS/FPOST (updated 04-Apr-17)
  • FMS UV curing procedure (updated 21-Mar-17)
  • RP
    
    • RP Slow control instructions (updated 2017-Mar-10 )
    • Roman Pots Operations manual (updated 2017-Jun-24)

• STAR Technical Support Group

Run-22 pp510 guides (SL desk printouts)

• Runs stopped by BBC/L2 (slow DMA) (updated 01/17/22) -- this is for L2 stopping the run or any trigger VME crate preventing run start.