Shift Information

Instructions for general shifter  Must read before you come to ACR

  1. Make sure you are properly registered at CERN and that you have requested access to the ALICE Control Room (ACR) and the Cafeteria at Point 2.
  2. Every shifter must get proper training provided by Subsystem Run Coordinator.
  3. Before your shift block starts read corresponding subsystem Shift Manual in tables below.
  4. Every shifter must come to ACR at least 10 min before his/her shift starts to ensure the knowledge transfer from previous shifter.
  5. Every shifter MUST know who is his/her Shiflt Leader (SL) and SLIMOS.
  6. Shifter should upload a passport-like photo to SMS to help newcomers to identify their colleagues.
  7. Shifter must not leave ACR without notification his/her SL. During the beam data taking shifter should not leave 2285 building at all. Everybody is supposed to bring own food and have a lunch/dinner in the 2285-kitchen room.
  8. Shifter must report immediately any disturbance on his/her subsystem preventing to follow scheduled activities to Shift Leader or Period coordinator.
  9. Daily 16:30pm meetings: Subsytem Run Coordinators (SRC), Oflline coordinator and Shift Leaders (SL) are expected to give
    a  last-24h shifts report and participate in the preparation of the next-24h plan. Shifter must be present in ACR to carry on his/her shift duties.

Instructions for on-call shifter  

  1. On-call shifter should be reachable on the phone number posted in SMS for 24 hours shifts.
  2. In the case of emergency unsolvable over the phone on-call expert should be able to come to ACR to fix the problem. It means an on-call expert should be stationed at CERN during his/her on-call shift.

Recommendations

  1. Everybody working or taking shifts in ACR should be recipient of alice-p2info@cern.ch email list. If you are not yet on that list please visit CERN mail service,  E-Groups (Mailing list) and search for alice-p2info.
  2. Shifter's working tool is the web-based ALICE LogBook. Please make sure that before the beginning of your shift period you have a write access privileges. These can be arranged by your  subsystem coordinator.

Working in ACR

  • Don't bring food, coffee or other beverages to ACR. 
  • Please keep your working station clean. 

 

Subsystem shift instructions

   Period Coord   Shift Leader  DAQ  DCS   OFFLINE   CTP   HLT   DQM 
Shift Manual  here  here ecs login twiki here twiki no twiki
Expert Doc.  no no  ecs login here - twiki no no
Min. Training  3-4 days 2 days 3days 1day 2h 1day no no

 

  TPC+TRD TOF SPD SDD SSD HMPID EMCAL PHOS V0 T0 FMD PMD MuTrg MuTrk ZDC ACORDE
Shift Manual   pdf ? here pdf here  pdf   pdf ? ? twiki ? here here here pdf
Expert Doc.   here here here  here here google ? ? ? ? ? here   ? ?
Min. Training 2days 1day 2days 3days 4h 4h 1day 1day 2h 2h 2days not now 1days 1day 1day 2h