PALM-3000 Integration and Testing Status A. Bouchez Team Meeting #15 10/29/2009
PALM PALM-3000 Testbed Currently laying out the PALM-3000 testbed in the Caltech lab.
PALM Testbed I&T Schedule Purpose –Verify interfaces –Characterize subsystem performance –Debug and optimize software Testbed schedule –HOWFS characterization Nov.-Dec –DM characterization Nov.-Dec. –Test reconstructors, DM controlDec.-Jan –Close HODM loop - Matlab Jan. –Test DM high-speed interfaceJan. –Verify RTC data input/outputFeb. –Close HODM loop - RTCMar. –Integrate new DM cablesApr.
PALM Final I&T At Palomar, August through December 2010 –Align P3K relay (optical bench IPT) –Integrate DM electronics, motor controllers Includes testing racks at Cass. –Integrate RTC –Verify all basic system functions Includes installation/removal –Characterize performance in lab (PHARO & P1640) –Document it all! 2 work-years of effort in 5 months!
PALM Commissioning Commissioning Plan –Requesting 12 nights (4 x 3 nights) for commissioning in semester 2011A (Feb.-July 2011). –Expect entire team to participate in most of these! –10 work-months of labor budgeted. Optimization Phase –Planning a 6-month period post-commissioning to fully characterize and optimize system performance.