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The first FIM commissioning shift was conducted successfully this month.     Once timed in, we started getting good beam signals on all the wave8 channels.     Tests were done w/ both LCLS1 and LCLS2 timing and some lessons were learned re which registers contribute to the timing delay for LCLS1 vs LCLS2.    There were also some issues w/ firmware or timing signals freezing where we needed to reset the timing.    Will continue to look into this.    We'll also be looking to do some improvements to integrate the FIM screens into TMO home and to provide some FIM specific aliases for Wave8 PVs which are of special significance for the FIM.

makepeds

The newest version of makepeds lives in R1.8.5 of engineering_tools. Changes to prior versions:

• support for the FFB: specify with -F or by specifying a queue in the new FFB (ffb[h/l][1/2/3]q). Please ask your ECS POC which queue is appropriate - this will typically be the same as used for data processing.
• data processing is 'local/no queue' by default. To use the queue, you need to specify '-q <queue>'. We recommend the queue only for epix10k pedestals as this allow for parallel processing, speeding up processing.
• geometry option: '-g <experiment_to_copy_from>' will copy the geometry file from that experiment to the specified one with correct permissions and updating the 'history' as well. You will need to pass a run still so that detectors that need a geometry can be identified. Please note that the Jungfrau detectors also need the offset-files which are not yet included here.

Jira and Issue Reporting

ECS Platform Dev began exploring the use of Jira as our future ticketing system. We developed an embedded form for submitting issues to our Jira backlog, which can be found in various confluence locations. The goal is to make a very simple and easy process for people to request help from ECS PD. Ultimately we are looking to embed this process directly into our GUI so control system users can effortlessly report an issue, and provide all the helpful context we need to troubleshoot issues. An additional goal is visualizing the ECS PD work queue. Using Jira we can easily embed our backlog in confluence so anyone can see where their ticket is in the queue. So far, our backlog is filling up with tasks from the XBD team as well as our own work. The next step will be to really apply Agile processes to organizing and prioritizing our work items.

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