August 31 Friday - Clear AM, cloudy/thunderstorms PM

• CIPT: DGCK commissioning in the afternoon after static fringes achieved. - Debra
• PSI/ATF: Static fringes achieved on Mercury using new correlator in both Time Division Mode (repeat of what was done before) and with the Tunable Filter Banks. - Debra
• PSI/ATF: Looking for fringes, corr gui crashed! %$##*!! - Gene
• PSI/ATF: Tower beacon running much cooler now. Signal looks good for testing now. - Jack

August 30 Thursday

• PSI/Vertex/AEC: Trying to get fringes. - Gene
• Computing: Fussing with software. - Bernard,
• PSI/ATF: Rebuilding charcoal traps for cryo compressors. - Jack
• PSI/AEC: Emailed ESO for spare parts. - Jack
• PSI/ATF: Building cables. - Drew
• PSI/ATF: Used manlift to inspect and remove the tower beacon and troubleshoot it. - Jack, Juan G., Rodrigo
• PSI/ATF: Tower beacon reworked. Had loose waveguide flanges, running too hot, not heatsinked well. - Jack

August 29 Wednesday

• PSI/AIV/AEC: Continuing with brake inspection and repairs. - Jack, Juan G.
• BE/Vertex/AEC: Module issues. - Jason, Stian, Mike, Hector
• Computing: Software bug fixes. - Bernard, Nico

August 28 Tuesday

• AEC BE: A newly characterized LORR, SN 102, returns to the AEC with installation by BE - Jason, Stian
• ATF BE: BE installed two new IFDC's this morning: one in the VA, the other in the AEC antenna - Jason, Stian
• CORR PSI: Measurments of the TE and 125 MHz signals were made with an oscilloscope to compare to the reworked CRD installation later this week - Drew
• PSI/AIV/AEC: Disassembled antenna panels and began AZ & EL brake inspection. Located loose hardware, sealed small leaks. - Jack, Juan G.
• PSI/Vertex: Rx cabin e-stop switch problem. Inspected switch and wiring. Possible terminal at junction box loose. Its working again. Jack

August 27 Monday

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August 26 Sunday

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August 25 Saturday

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August 24 Friday

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August 23 Thursday

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August 22 Wednesday

• PSI CORR: The CORR TE was showing errors and the signal was measured at the in put to the correlator and at the CRD for comparison. No issues with the TE were found, and wiggling cables showed no faulty connections or changes to the TE signal shown on an oscilloscope. The QCC card was finally power cycled and all TE errors were not found afterwards. - Gene, Drew, Tzu, Juan Pablo
• AEC ATF!: The AEC ACU has failed the reboot process. After pushing the reset button, the ACU starts a normal boot process, but then fails to move forward after showing ' RESETTING ELEVATION DRIVES' on the screen. The Az drives apparently reset OK, as the boot screen shows this step. The ACU was rebooted to potentially fix an issue of OPENBRIK not being able to bring the elevation drives out of shutdown mode. The minicom screen would only show that the drives were not ready, and that the current job was to power up the drive motors. Numerous command attempts were unable to remedy the situation - Drew, Gene

August 21 Tuesday

• PSI/AEC: Shut down cryo compressor to do some circuit bypassing and vacuum leak checking. - Jack
• PSI/AEC: Replaced charcoal trap, charged compressor with oil, cleaned oil and dirt. - Jack
• Computing: Clock software. - Thomas J.

August 20 Monday

• PSI/AEC: LORR locking issues, correlator issues (ccc not responding to ping). - Gene
• PSI/Correlator: Correlator and related equipment were powered off. - Gene, Jack
• PSI/AEC: Readjusted optical power level at central rack using #8 polarizer to -17dbm. - Jack, Juan P.
• PSI/AEC/VA: Looking for beacons. - Gene, Peter, Juan P.
• PSI/AEC: UPS back on line after troubleshooting and reset. Cleaned air filters and set fan temp lower. - Jack, Juan G.

August 19 Sunday

• SCI/AEC/VA: Pointing and tracking. - Darrel, Manuel
• Computing: OPT image capture card configuration. - Bernard
• PSI/AEC: Troubleshooting problems with getting antenna into "track" from software control. Manual control works fine. - Jack
• SCI/AEC/VA: Darrel is able to see "Mars" using Gene's software!! - Darrel, Gene

August 18 Saturday

• SCI/AEC/VA: Pointing and tracking. - Darrel, Manuel
• Computing: OPT image capture card configuration. - Bernard

August 17 Friday

• PSI/ATF: VLA on generator at 5:30am, commercial power cut at 5:45am. - Jack
• PSI/ATF: Commercial power back up at 10:30am. - Jack
• PSI/AEC: Reworked the PFE bin and CAN cabling. - Jack
• PSI/AEC: Cleaned and replaced UPS, ACU, Servo, Electrical Distrubution cabinet air filters. - Juan
• Computing: New software, bug fixes, restarted equipment. - Nico, Jeff
• PSI/AEC: Received UPS manual via email, troubleshot UPS as far as possible. - Jack
• SCI/AEC/VA: Pointing and tracking. - Darrel
• PSI/CLO: AEC LORR polarizer needed adjusted to be able to lock the LORR. - Jack, Drew, Darrel

August 16 Thursday

• PSI/AEC: PFE CAN cabling temp fixed. - Jack
• PSI/AEC/Vertex: Pointing and tracking. - Gene
• PSI/AEC: Problems getting AZ/EL in track mode from computer, works ok locally. - Jack
• PSI/Vertex: Constructed replacement PFE power supply +15 and +28v. - Jack
• SCI/AEC/Vertex: Tracking. - Darrel
• PSI/AEC: UPS images taken and sent to tech support in ABQ. - Jack
• PSI/CLO: Moved central rack AC power to commercial outlet and away from Terry Cotter's UPS. - Jack

August 15 Wednesday

• PSI/AEC: Cryo compressor stayed on all night. - Jack
• PSI/AEC: Rerouted PFE CAN cable from analog rack to FE and added termination to analog rack CAN test port. - Jack
• PSI/AEC/Vertex: Reconfiguring cables. - Gene
• PSI/AEC: Strange occurance today, UPS output was up and down randomly. This caused A/D racks, FE, PFE, ACU, and Minimon to reboot over and over. Not good. The fix was to cycle UPS input power on breaker Q30. UPS is still complaining but its working now. - Jack
• PSI/AEC: Initialization problems, then software problems. - Gene, Drew, Jack
• SCI Vertex: Pointing and tracking. - Darrel
• PSI/AEC: Troubleshot PFE CAN problem. - Jack

August 14 Tuesday

• ATF AEC: BE came to the ATF today to test the PSD in the AEC antenna. - Stian, Nick
• PSI AEC: Troubleshot cryo compressor controller, found loose connections, tightened. - Jack
• SCI Vertex: Pointing and tracking. - Darrel
• PSI Vertex: End to end system connectivity. - Gene, Drew, Bill B.

August 13 Monday

• ATF VA: The newly repaired LORR is being installed and tested in the VA - Jason
• ATF CLO: The newly repaired CRD is being installed in the central rack today - Jason
• ATF AEC: The PSD in the AEC has locked up . . . it will not respond to command to power up the digital rack, shows the over current bit is set. The PSD has been powercycled at least 3 times today, but has not been recoverable - Jason, Gene

August 9 Thursday Partly Cloudy

• AEC ATF: OPENBRIK replacement power supplies arrived. One was installed in the OPENBRIK rack mount space, and tested. AEC now has restored motion control as normal - Drew, Roberto
• CIPT ATF: CIPT tested array timing - Thomas
• CORR ATF: CORR software was again tested. Corr GUI was tested as well with some success. - Rodrigo, Drew, Peter
• AIV VA: Some testing was performed on the surface of the elevation gears - Juan
• CIPT AEC: Antenna motion control using the CIPT MountPanel^? was tested, and found to work, but not with 100% reliability. The AEC antenna was able to be moved to commanded positions, as well as tracking objects moving at the sidereal rate. The previous oscillations of the antenna was not felt at several locations tested - Drew, Peter, Roberto
• CLO ATF: The newly repaired ML PC was installed in the ML rack and auto lock testing was started - Sarmad

August 8 Wednesday Partly Cloudy

• CIPT ATF: CIPT was here to test more of the array timing. Various efforts were also made on other issues.
• CIPT ATF: Labview seems to fail occasionally at the ATF. The problem occurs when part of the computing software hangs, and does not clear itself. The solution (for now) is to use the OMC to find the 'Control/ACC/pythonContainer' in the TreeInfo^? window, right click on it, and send a shutdown command. When the container with the same name goes red in the ACATree window, wait a few seconds and then right click it there and issue a start container command. It should then turn green when it is again operational. Labview should be operational after this. - Jeff, Drew
• ATF !!!: The CRD and VA LORR will be removed and taken to the AOC this afternoon at the end of day. They will not be returned until Monday. - Eric, BE
• CORR: More correlator software testing continues with the new CorrGUI^? - Rodrigo
• ATF VA: VA WCA was locked successfully today - Sarmad, Drew, Robert
• ATF AEC: The AEC PRR is being optimized - Sarmad

August 7 Tuesday Partly Cloudy

• CIPT ATF: Array timing was tested - Thomas
• ATF: PFE's were re-installed in both antennas today - Rodrigo, Juan Pablo, Drew
• CORR: New correlator functionality was tested further, with digital noise generation on the AEC DRX cards. A signal (not a good signal, but a signal) was passed from the VA to the DRX cards in the new CORR - Rodrigo, Paula
• AEC ATF: The OPENBRIK computer was found to have a failed power supply. This limits all motion of the AEC antenna to ONLY THE PCU!!! A replacement power supply was ordered - Jack, Drew, Roberto

August 6 Monday Clear AM,

• PSI/ATF: Continued cleaning and organizing ATF trailer. - Jack, Roberto
• PSI/AEC: Finished splicing Ethernet fiber installation and shot the fibers with a visible light source. - Jack

August 5 Sunday Clear AM, storms the rest of the day

• PSI/Vertex: Continuing with fiber foam installation. - Jack
• PSI/AEC: Installed Ethernet splice box in the AZ cabinet, still need Eternet plugin module to complete the job. - Jack
• PSI/ATF: Started tool inventory and tool room cleaning. - Jack

August 4 Saturday Heavy fog early, storms all afternoon

• PSI/AEC: Made a modification to the AEC HE compressor control circuit to prevent future compressor shutdowns. - Jack
• PSI/AEC: Installed WMA DC-DC converter that operates off of the FE bin power supply. - Jack
• PSI/AEC: Spliced/installed Ethernet fiber splice box, MM fibers to and inside the digital rack. - Jack
• PSI/ATF: While inside of the AEC rx cabin, lightning caused a short power outage. The FE bin power supply had to be reset, the ACU rebooted, and Minimon also rebooted. This raises a concern about just how and what the UPS is protecting. - Jack
• Computing: Manuel on site today.

August 3 Friday Mostly Sunny AM Storms afternoon

• PSI/AEC: Need to change out HE compressor fan motor today. - Jack, Juan
• Computing/AEC: Pointing tests.
• PSI/AEC: Replaced HE compressor fan motor and restarted FE cooldown. - Jack, Juan G.
• PSI/Vertex: WMA firmware issues. - Everyone
• Computing: Installed new "Tom" computer. - Nico
• BE/CLO: Fussing with CRD's to get CORR group 48ms timing signal. - Jason

August 2 Thursday Mostly cloudy, showers

• PSI/Vertex/AEC: Fiber wire tray and foam installation. - Jack, Juan
• BE/AEC: Rack cable configuration rewire, LORR problems. - Jason, ?, Jack, Bill B.
• BE/Vertex: LORR problems, BE took LORR back to AOC. - Jason
• PSI/AEC: Installed diplexer. - Jack
• PSI/Vertex: Reworked diplexer, installed adaptor and put splice inside of box that Sarmad did earlier. - Jack
• Computing/AEC/Vertex: Software problems.
• BE/CLO: CRD problems, took it to the AOC. - Jason

August 1 Mostly cloudy

• PSI/AEC: ACU/ABM problems. Reset B is high and should be low. Computing took ABM to AOC for repairs. - Jack
• BE/Vertex: Rack cable configuration rewire, LORR problems. - Jason, Stian, Jack
• PSI/Vertex: Diplexer/PRR testing. - Sarmad, Jack