Tohban report, 2005/08/08 to 2005/08/15
Amir Caspi (cepheid@ssl.berkeley.edu)

1) Solar Activity:

	Activity was incredibly light this week, with only a single
C-class flare from the decaying AR#10792.  We caught the very early rise
and parts of the decay for this flare, but missed the peak due to the SAA.
	15 B-class flares also occurred.  ARs 10792, 10794, 10795, and
10796 rotated off the disk mid-week, while new ARs 10797 and 10798 rotated
on-disk towards the end of the week.  All of the active regions appeared
fairly weak and non-complex.
	There may be a medium-sized AR on the farside that should rotate
on-disk by the end of next week, but odds for M or X flares within the
next few days are very low.
	The GOES background dropped from ~B1 early in the week to ~A3 late
in the week.  It has since risen slightly to ~A7, presumably due to the
two weak ARs currently on disk.

2) Memory Management:

	The SSR was at ~15% at the start of the week.  Thanks to low
activity, it remained reasonably steady throughout the week.  As of the
end of the BGS pass at 15-Aug-2005 (day 227) 19:14:44 UTC, the fill was at
26.274%, and should reach ~15% again by day's end.
	With the predicted low activity, it may be advisable to resume 
taking front-segment data during nighttime.

3) Data Gaps:

	A small data gap in VC3 occurred nearly each day during the week.  
There is also a long data gap recorded for the end of Aug 14, but we have
not yet finished taking down the data for that day.
	There were a couple of small gaps in VC1 data on Aug 11 and 12.

GAPS IN APP_ID = 102 (VC3-MONITOR RATES) WITH PACKET RATE LT 30
GAP START TIME              GAP END TIME                   GAP (SEC)
2005-08-08T03:15:00.000 -- 2005-08-08T03:20:00.000       300.00000
2005-08-09T22:25:00.000 -- 2005-08-09T22:30:00.000       300.00000
2005-08-10T07:00:00.000 -- 2005-08-10T07:05:00.000       300.00000
2005-08-13T13:35:00.000 -- 2005-08-13T13:40:00.000       300.00000
2005-08-14T12:15:00.000 -- 2005-08-14T12:20:00.000       300.00000
2005-08-14T21:10:00.000 -- 2005-08-15T00:00:00.000       10200.000

GAPS IN APP_ID = 1 (VC1-SOH) WITH PACKET RATE LT 30
GAP START TIME              GAP END TIME                   GAP (SEC)
2005-08-11T18:30:00.000 -- 2005-08-11T18:35:00.000       300.00000
2005-08-12T03:40:00.000 -- 2005-08-12T03:45:00.000       300.00000


4) Web data issues:

	QuickLook plots and related files have not been generated since
the beginning of August 7th.  Plots from ~12:00 UT on August 6th are
entirely blank.  The hsi_tohban_flare_counter program could not run
without these files.  Jim McTiernan has been notified and this should be
fixed soon.
	The SOH plots for Aug 11 (day 223) and Aug 13 (day 225) do not 
span the entire day.  Aug 11 plots stop at ~21:00 UT, and Aug 13 plots 
stop at ~02:00 UT.
	SOH pages (the entire page) are still missing for days 016, 117,
186, 201, 203 through 207, 209, 217, and 218.

5) Decimation and night-time:

	We're in the NORMAL/VIGOROUS mode.  Front segment data are not
being taken during S/C night.

6) Other issues:

	The HV on detectors 5 and 6 were lowered 2 steps on Aug 8.  They 
are both still segmented.  The spacecraft was spun up on Aug 11.

Next week's Tohban is: Albert Shih (ayshih@ssl)