[evlatests] antenna 16

Robert Hayward rhayward at aoc.nrao.edu
Fri Aug 19 12:10:13 EDT 2005


Hey Ken,

Just remember that the C-Band on Ant 16 has no switched power available 
at the moment...

-Bob


Ken Sowinski wrote:
> By the morning light of day I was able to get the antenna
> to work better than yesterday.
> 
> 1.  The 16D deformatter slot ID does not work so it is hiding
> at 10.80.116.30.  Once I found the deformatter it had to be 
> totally reset before it began to look normal.
> 
> 2.  The DTS modules for both 16C and 16D had to be reset.  
> I don't know that it was necessary, but the deformatter 
> module for 16C was also reset.
> 
> It is clear that we don't want to hand antennas to operations
> until the executor can routinely ensure that DTS modules are
> in the proper state.  The MIB commands to allow this are several
> weeks away.
> 
> 
> Now that the antenna looks like it has a chance of working I 
> will set in motion the steps necessary to do pointing using
> Rick's time tonight.  My choice is X band.  While C band is
> more tolerant of large pointing errors, X band is more likely 
> work.
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