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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 blinds
      • 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 modules
      • 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
/home/www/auscope/opswiki/data/pages/katherine_todo.txt · Last modified: 2014/07/26 06:21 by Jamie McCallum