Reports until 18:30, Thursday 03 May 2012
H2 TCS
aidan.brooks@LIGO.ORG - posted 18:30, Thursday 03 May 2012 (2760)
H2 HWS EY camera working
Thomas and I (with help from Dave Barker) got all the power and data cables hooked up between the Hartmann sensor camera on the ALS table (H2 End-Y) and the HWS computer (h2hwsey) outside the VEA at End-Y. After a couple of false starts where various power cables weren't plugged in, we got the camera turned on and we able to see it and control/access it on 'h2hwsey'.  

Also, the 120ft 37-pin TCS cable for the end-station EtherCAT chassis was installed but as I failed to indicate which end was which, it actually went in back to front with the male end in the VEA and the female end outside. We fixed this with a couple of gender changers on the cable rather spending a couple of hours pulling it out and swapping it around.

We installed a Digikey Thermal pad (BER208-ND) under the table temperature sensor to improve the thermal contact with the table. We'll assess whether this helps or hinders once the slow controls are installed.

The attached images show:
1. The fully connected TCS feedthrough panel
2. The back of the Hartmann camera showing the status lights for the camera and the RCX C-Link FiberOptic-to-CameraLink converter as ON.
3. The 37-pin EtherCAT cable with a gender changer attached plugged into the HWS EtherCAT cable splitter on the ALS table
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