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Katherine To Do
Phase cal testing (temperature stabilisation? Bad filters?)
DBBC service - check cables, internal connections, bad boards)
Apparently working as of 25/7/14 after replacing Fila OUT, reseating stack & PCI7200 card & cables.
earthing of DBBC and MK5 units using proper earth connections
DBBC cont cal - tune for ~2-5% CONT CAL, 5-10% pulsed CAL
CONT CAL seems to be triggered when PULSED CAL is? Check wiring on spare board?
Y-factor tests - get all CAL factors via DBBC.
control room temp sensors - MoniCA * twister cable suspender * <del>fix UPS
pedestal and maser room fan, fix/replace
webcam clean
Upgrade mk5-2ke. Replace module back plane * <del>Back up all PCs * <del>Maser service.
tidy ptz wiring * <del>clean all sky cam lens
check for rodents in genset
generator battery charger reduce electrolyte boiling
feed temp/press sensor
weed control
insect proofing of the hub
pedestal base flange seal
, recoat with paving paint
grooves in concrete foundation to promote drainage
remove rust from container and paint
Feed tube
test
Hub
Look at antenna step-response with CTScope
Replace fan on RF box
Pedestal
Evict wildlife
drain spare conduit
Modify controller setting to accept remote resets, and test
Antenna structure
Put close-outs around elevation jack once cabling, installation and testing is complete
Generator
Connect remote monitoring of diesel running and 'not in auto'
Site
Remove rubbish
weeding and mowing
shelter above container
hardware
Confirm full set of spares
, record serial numbers
Control room equipment
Set up suitable backup mechanism for timing PC (in case of disk failure)
RF/IF testing
Install power meter plotting software on pcfs (Jim)
Check all four signals are getting through and bandpasses look reasonable
any signs of RFI?
Are cable compensators doing a reasonable job?
look for phase-cal tones at S and X. About the right level?
look for noise diode, check its strength
check that a tone can be put through the system
measure Y-factors at all four bands, calculate Tsys
Attempt to detect a bright source
Jim to provide list of precessed source coordinates
Determine gross pointing offsets and obtain a zeroth-order model (Jim)
Measure SEFD at all bands. Should be ~2500 Jy
Fringe check to Hobart
Software
Confirm PCFS can talk to:
Antenna controller
Check source=stow command
GPIB devices (two counters and SML)
Weather station
Anemometer
Power meter
check Tsys measurement works
Mark5
Test Mark5
Both banks OK? Martin had a concern
MONICA
Logging information from:
RF equipment
IF box
Weather station
Anemometer
Antenna Controller
The counters
SML
Maser status
Site power status (mains or UPS/generator)
Documentation of how to access MONICA data
Check printing from PCFS works
Display screen setup and test.
Warning/alarm system when parameters exceed allowable range.
Documentation for local users:
Disk handling logistics (dispatch and collection)
Disk conditioning
Disk labeling
How to use HMI
How to use the PCFS
How to control the antenna from the hand-box
How to get the antenna out of its limits
How to recover the FS PC in case of disk failure
How to recover the timing PC in case of disk failure
Routine antenna checks:
Check for blocked drainage (those wasps fill them with mud)
Check for water getting into feed tube, hub, pedestal, drives
Check for wildlife getting in to antenna structure
Check for overheating of RF equipment (via MONICA)
Listening to the drives
MASER list
check PLL battery fault cause
breid List
Dehydrator
Dehumidifier
Eye-bolt in the cone
Wash Subreflector
Doors in Hub,
trim
and cutouts,
fit
Rod and hook for retrieving fall arrester
eye bolt for fall arrester
Phase Cal xdB - Sband 1dB
UPS
Maser battery PLL fault
run a sych and 100MHz rg58 coax
Camera
Lightning arrestor
focus
Lens: clean and check
Install window blind
s
Audio - microphone
Wind auto-stow signal
back shell on wind stow connector
EL encoder offset parameters
Send back excess stuff such as nuts and bolts for Yarragadee
Raise fall arrest inertia reel
Cover over dehydrator in pedestal
Find water leak in conduit 2
Ladder storage in container
Assemble shelf unit for MK5 module
s
Label equipment
Label supension files containing equipment manuals
oil change in az gear boxes and check/fix cause of leak
sort generator battery and charging system
oil change generator
painting pedestal rust spots
painting container rust spots
Thermal sensors calibrate
Sort mark5 earthing and other problems
Sort counter 3
install additional switch
wire in PDUs
LAN
cabling
install IR light properly
check lightning arresters
Bunnings
pedestal Fans
Halogen globes 500W
Paraflood Low energy
rags
9V batteries
Vac cleaner bags. for shop vac
3 in one oil for fan motors
Car parts NT
diesel oil
diesel filter
fan bearing grease
Take
Switch 24port 1Gbps
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· Last modified: 2014/07/26 06:21 by
Jamie McCallum
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