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__//2-25-08//__ - Today we embarked on a quest to find out at what voltage and threshold would be best and most efficient in acquiring data from the detectors. We recorded sets of data with various voltages set. First we recorded some with the suggested settings that came with the detectors. Then, we proceeded to lower the voltages by .1 until our detectors ran too slow to transmit data efficiently. Then we proceeded to set our detectors .1 higher than the suggested setting and keep raising them by .1 recording data every time we set it .1 higher.

__//2-26-08//__ - Today we were delayed because we were supposed to give Kurt a ride to quarknet but there was some confusion and he decided to remain at school. We got to the lab with not much time to do anything.

__//2-27-08//__ - Today we had a shortened schedule so we were running low on time, but we still recorded some more data from the detectors set at a higher voltage than the suggested settings. The detectors seem to be running very very fast but the data may not be what we want. Dr. L informed us of a test online to run the following day for some sets of data recorded back in 2005.

__//2-28-08//__ - Today we started running a test that Dr. L asked us to do the day before. We were assigned the swift automatic mode for testing data from the months September through December. We started running the September set and by the time we had to leave it was still running so we decided to let it run over night. We also requested an active internet port for the other computer at the lab.

__//2-29-08//__ - Our September performance study is still running so we refreshed the page to see if that would help, but it did not really assist at all. We have to ask Dr. L if this is natural or if we should abandon testing for now.