Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 17:11:10 -0600
From: Geoff Savage 
Subject: automatic pausing of runs

The significant event system now has the ability to automatically pause
runs when a severe condition is detected.  The actual run pausing is
handled by COOR and has not been turned on the configuration files.  You
will hear the speakers notify you that a run pause condition has been
detected and the alarm will appear in the Alarm watcher row of the alarm
display.  If the alarm condition is a glitch (i.e. it goes bad then good
so quickly it does not appear in the major column of the alarm display)
it will appear in the good column of the alarm display.

If the alarm condition persists you will hear a reminder every two
minutes.  There are two ways to eliminate the run pause alarm condition:
1. resolve the problem or 2. acknowledge the alarm in the alarm display.
Remember that an acknowledged alarm will never again say anything so
unacknowledge as soon as possible.

During shifts the shifter and captain should monitor the accuracy of the
system to see if conditions which arise need to pause a run.  Please
note any conditions that you feel should have paused a run but did not.
 This will allow the detector groups to configure their software
appropriately.

If any problems arise please email me.

Geoff