Set up for HER RF stations
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Modified Last Updated Friday, 21-Sept-2005
2:10:00 PST
Please send e-mail to kkubler@slac.stanford.edu if there
are any updates needed.
PROCEDURE:
SUMMARY OF SETTINGS for HER RF stations:
A table of optimized configurations is no longer maintained given the dynamic nature of the RF setup. Rather, “snapshots” of the RF setup can be taken from the SCP with “PEP_RF_SNAPSHOT.edl” from PEP-II Tune Panel à EPICS Display Panel à PEP RF Setup. These snapshots of relevant parameters are then regularly saved to the MCC elog for reference.
1. RECONFIGURE THE LFB (if changing the total gap voltage)
MANUAL
OPTION:
EPICS
CONFIG LOAD: There is no such option at this time.
2. RECONFIGURE THE LOW GROUP DELAY WOOFER (LGDW) (if changing the total gap voltage)
MANUAL
OPTION:
· From HER LFB panel, select LGDW.
· Select “HER SETUP”
· Select “HER SAVE/RESTORE”
· In text field enter the appropriate file and press RETURN while the mouse is in the text field.
· Select “RESTORE” to load file
(You should not need to STOP and RUN the LFB to pick up LGDW changes?)
EPICS
CONFIG LOAD: There is no such option at this time.
3. COMB FILTER SETTING (if changing the total gap voltage) and STATION GAP VOLTAGES.
There are only three possible comb filter setups available at a time. For each different gap voltage, a new comb filter coefficient file is made.
The comb filter setting and station gap voltage may be entered either manually (i.e. you type it in one station at a time) or with loading an EPICS config.
MANUAL
OPTION:
Load the appropriate filter set. In order to activate these one has to do the following on each of the 16 comb filter control panels (Module Diagnostics --> CFM1 and CFM2):
· Place module in "Load" mode (set of buttons labeled "state" at the bottom of the panel)
· Push "IIR" button (to the right of the IMCF file name). Make sure the status line on the top reports success.
· Select desired comb set (0, 1, or 2).
· Return the module to the "run mode"
Load the appropriate gap voltages.
EPICS
CONFIG LOAD:
William Colocho and Nancy Spencer
have made SCP config files for use in the parking of
a given HER RF station. The
configuration region is called HER_GAPV (SCP path INDEX -> CONFIG -> MISC
CONFIG -> EPICS CONFIG -> HER GAP VOLT) and the
These new configuration files save the following parameters for each RF station in HER:
1. Desired gap voltage
2. LFB woofer link state (ON/OFF); meaning woofer is turned on or off. This does not load LFB configs.
3. Comb filter set value (0, 1, or 2)
BACKGROUND
COMB FILTER INFO:
My Q: What do comb filters do?
Dmitry A: "Comb filters provide feedback gain at the synchrotron sidebands so that the effective impedance of the RF cavity is reduced. These filters are adjusted to peak at the synchrotron frequency using several coefficients. If the gap voltage changes, the synchrotron frequency moves. Then the comb filter does not peak at the right frequency and the feedback gain at Fs is reduced." (Fs = synchrotron frequency)
4. MAY NEED TO CHANGE THE WOOFER SETUP (EPICS “FEEDBACK” PANEL FOR EACH STATION).
MANUAL
OPTION:
When changing the woofer complement two things are important: number of stations and the regions.
In 2004: “The system is tuned to have two stations in 8 and one in 12 woofing. So, if you park 12-3 you need to turn on woofer on 12-1. You can press "woofer on" with beam without aborting. The only issue is that if you end up with too many woofers running, the system might become unstable longitudinally and abort." Furthermore, the order of preference for woofing stations is 12-3, 8-5, 8-3, 8-1, and 12-1. The stations configured to woof are the 4-cavity stations: 8-1, 8-3, 8-5, 12-1, and 12-3. Summary: woof with two stations in Region 8 (8-5, 8-3, 8-1) and one in Region 12 (12-3) (in preferred order).
In 2005: ??
EPICS
CONFIG LOAD:
This step is handled by the EPICS config load of the gap voltages, comb filter set, and LFB woofer link ON/OFF in the previous step.
BACKGROUND
WOOFER INFO:
My Q: What does a woofer really do? My guess: Since the LFB system has a limited bandwidth and is setup to handle higher-frequency, higher order modes, the woofer somehow removes lower frequency noise from the RF stations. Without any woofing, would I see longitudinal motion aborts?
Dmitry A: "Pretty close. LFB is actually quite wideband and handles both high and low frequency modes. However the growth rates of the low frequency modes (close to RF frequency and driven by the RF cavity impedance) are very high. Without woofer, LFB would not have enough gain to stabilize the machine at high currents. We send the low-frequency part of the feedback signal to the RF stations which act as a high-gain kicker."
5. MAY NEED TO CHANGE
THE POWER BALANCE FEEDBACK SETUP
MANUAL
OPTION:
If the parked station was the reference station for the feedback loop, either turn off the loop or select a new reference station. See http://www.slac.stanford.edu/grp/ad/op/PowerBalance/ for further help.
EPICS CONFIG LOAD: There is no such option at this time.
6. CHECK COLLISION
PHASE FOR LUMINOSITY
7. MAY NEED TO ALTER
THE BUCKET PATTERN TO KEEP CHARGE/BUCKET SIMILAR FOR LUMINOSITY IF OPERATING AT
REDUCED CURRENTS.