[evlatests] ae09 F317 more

Rob Long rlong at nrao.edu
Wed Oct 24 15:35:16 EDT 2012


This means the M304 needs to be replaced as well, correct?

Rob

jjackson wrote:
> It turns out one of the F317's they tried yesterday had a bad MIB.  This 
> blew the slot ID module port which then blows any any other MIB plugged 
> into it.  We now have four blown F317's (now including the ones from 
> Cryo and the test rack) and two blown Slot-ID modules (one in the 
> antenna and one in the AOC test rack). These modules are all coming to 
> the lab this afternoon to have LVDS driver/ receiver IC's replaced. This 
> has been a rare occurance but once it happens we have to do them all or 
> the problem will keep propagating. Wayne, Bede and I will be working on 
> them this afternoon and tomorrow morning.  Antenna 9 is out of 
> commission until we sort this out.
> 
> 
> Jim Jackson
> Project/Systems Engineer
> Very Large Array(VLA) / Very Long Baseline Array(VLBA) radio telescopes
> National Radio Astronomy Observatory
> 1003 Lopezville Rd.
> P.O. Box O
> Socorro, NM 87801
> (575) 835-7132 (W)
> (575) 835-0158 (H)
> jjackson at aoc.nrao.edu
> 
> 
> Steven Durand wrote:
>> The 2 F317s do not communicate in lab either. Jackson will look 
>> at them.
>>
>> In the mean time please use the F317 that is in the CRYO test 
>> rack.  Jim Gregg is OK with this.
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