[Stuart A, Jim B, Jeff B]

On Tuesday of this week Jeff B attempted to take power spectra using the "plothsts_spectra.m" script (/susSVN/sus/trunk/HSTS/Common/MatlabTools), as part of Phase 1b testing of the PRM (HSTS) suspension. The script running on the Triple Test Stand failed to extract results from data frames and had to be aborted. I confirmed that the frame-builder was up and running, and that the correct channels were present. On further inspection I discovered that Dataviewer would only provide real-time data, and could *not* extract data from the frames, even after a number of frame-builder restarts.

I raised this issue with Jim B, who was able to troubleshoot that this was due to the nds process not running on the test stand, and he was not sure of why or when it failed. However, this has now been rectified. This morning I have remotely logged-on to the Triple Test Stand and have been successful extracting frame data with Dataviewer. 

I also noticed that the x1sushxts05 model had been restarted, but that the medm screens had not been restored. So I have restored a snapshot that I took yesterday "20120911_x1sushxts05_PRM.snap" (/opt/rtcds3/tst/x1/cds_user_apps/trunk/sus/x1/burtfiles) to ensure that Phase 1b testing can continue on PRM.