Monitoring Controls System meeting on October 18, 2005

Attendance:

Yeongdae Shon, Irina Shreyber, Margherita Vittone, John Yoh, JC Yun

News:

Irina is back. She will be here for a while to take care of the Central Calorimeters.
According to Ferminews, the most likely starting date for the fourteen week shutdown is March 1. It sounds strange but zebra mussels are the culprit forcing the time scale. The cooling pond is infested with zebra mussels which are clogging cooling water pipes. For efficient extermination, we have to wait untill next spring when the water temperature will exceeds 65 degrees F.

System:

The first round DOE computer security audit is delayed to November. After the audit, they will make some recommendations and will be back to see our response.

MUON3:

Yeongdae said his second attempt to upgrade the Muon3 computer was not successful. It was cut short because the beam came back promptly. He learned that somehow EDA tool kit routines were not even called when the program crashed. He said he needs sufficient time (~ 1-2 days) for the upgrade task. A good news is that his availability improves dramatically starting November when he will become a local resident.