To investigate our electronics noise, NSB and background events, several special measurements are needed.

To do these measurements, three different measurement types are available:

• RATESCAN/RATESCAN2: normal and special ratescan - more details https://trac.fact-project.org/wiki/SpecialRatescans
• CUSTOM: special runs - more details: https://trac.fact-project.org/wiki/TestMeasurementsClosedLid

Analyzers, please provide the information

• which measurements are needed
• whether the taken measurements were of good quality

Shifters, please provide the information

• whether the measurement was successful
• when you did the measurement: data, time (for ratescan) / run number (for custom)

Measurement Type	Observation Condition	lid	bias	threshold [DAC]	position	time [s]	is done?	is ok?
RATESCAN/RATESCAN2/CUSTOM	moon? weather?	open/closed	on/off	if CUSTOM	zd/az or ra/dec	if CUSTOM	filled by shifter	filled by analyzer
RATESCAN2	any	closed	on	-	100/0	-	2015/01/02, up to 900	?
RATESCAN2	any	closed	on	-	10/0	-	2015/01/02, up to 600	?
RATESCAN2	any	closed	on	-	2/0	-	2015/01/02, up to 500	?
RATESCAN2	any	closed	on	-	20/0	-	2015/01/02, up to 600	?
RATESCAN2	any	closed	on	-	15/0	-	2015/01/02, up to 600	?
RATESCAN2	any	closed	on	-	100/0	-	2015/01/02, up to 900	?
RATESCAN2	any	closed	on	-	10/0	-	2015/01/02, up to 600	?
RATESCAN2	any	closed	on	-	20/0	-	2015/01/03, up to 600	?
RATESCAN2	any	closed	on	-	20/0	-	2015/01/03, up to 700	?
RATESCAN2	any	closed	on	-	15/0	-	2015/01/03, up to 700	?
RATESCAN2	any	closed	on	-	2/0	-	2015/01/05, up to 800	?
RATESCAN2	any	closed	on	-	10/0	-	2015/01/05, up to 600	?
RATESCAN2	any	closed	on	-	10/0	-	2015/01/07, up to 900, up to 130 it seems the zd was changing from 60 to 10	?
RATESCAN2	any	closed	on	-	5/0	-	2015/01/18, trust it only up to 900	?
RATESCAN2	any	closed	on	-	15/0	-	2015/01/18, trust it only up to 900	?
CUSTOM	any	closed	off	600	101/0	3600	2015/02/17, run 74	?
CUSTOM	any	closed	off	500	101/0	3600	2015/02/17, run 77	?
CUSTOM	any	closed	off	400	101/0	3600	2015/02/17, run 78	?
CUSTOM	any	closed	off	700	101/0	3600	2015/02/17, run 79, ran into timeout	?
CUSTOM	any	closed	off	300	101/0	1800	2015/02/21, run 2	?
CUSTOM	any	closed	off	200	101/0	1800	2015/02/21, run 3	?
CUSTOM	any	closed	off	100	101/0	1800	2015/02/21, run 4	?
CUSTOM	any	closed	off	500	101/0	1800	2015/02/21, run 5	?
CUSTOM	any	closed	off	400	101/0	1800	2015/02/21, run 6	?
CUSTOM	any	closed	off	600	101/0	1800	2015/02/21, run 7	?
CUSTOM	any	closed	off	100	10/0	1800	2015/02/21, run 8	?
CUSTOM	any	closed	off	200	10/0	1800	2015/02/21, run 9, fadloss after ~25min	?
CUSTOM	any	closed	off	300	10/0	1800	2015/02/21, run 10, fadloss after ~12min	?
CUSTOM	any	closed	off	400	10/0	1800	2015/02/21, run 23, fadloss after ~25min	?
CUSTOM	any	closed	off	500	10/0	1800	2015/02/21, run 24	?
CUSTOM	any	closed	off	600	10/0	1800	2015/02/21, run 25	?
CUSTOM	any	closed	off	150	101/0	1800	2015/02/25, run 10	?
CUSTOM	any	closed	off	250	101/0	1800	2015/02/25, run 11	?
CUSTOM	any	closed	off	350	101/0	3600	2015/02/25, run 12	?
CUSTOM	any	closed	off	450	101/0	3600	2015/02/25, run 13	?
CUSTOM	any	closed	off	550	101/0	3600	2015/02/25, run 14	?
CUSTOM	any	closed	off	650	101/0	3600	2015/02/25, run 14	?

some plot that will help you to estimate which measurement will take how long: in all plots: black line: reference ratescan from feedback paper

Bias On

rates.png: rate scans with different weather conditions

Bias On + Lid Closed

rates1.png: rate scans with different weather conditions + ratescan with closed lid

Bias Off + Lid Closed

rates2.png: ratescans at different zd rates3.png: rates with different thresholds vs zd

plots taken from ​https://www.fact-project.org/logbook/uploads/manual/GM_2015/FunWithRatescans_FACT_Zuerich15_DHildebrand_2.pdf