1. PALM-3000 P3K Team Meeting #15 Stephen Guiwits Dean Palmer Ernest Croner Team Meeting #15 -- 126 Cahill October 29, 2009

2. PALM-3000 P3K Electronics Agenda RTC Electronics (Computer Room) –JPL –Caltech Active Mirror Electronics (Cass Cage/AO Lab) –Xinetics GenIII Integration and Test –Driver  Electronics Interfaces Active Mirror Cabling Active Mirror Communications The near future

3. PALM-3000 RTC Electronics 3

4. PALM-3000 4 RTC Electronics PC 0 – 9 (Telemetry) –All components installed –Rack Mounted –Cabled (JPL Only) –Each machine kickstarted Suse Enterprise Linux 10 (non real-time) –Actively using for software development (JPL Only) Suse Kickstart DVD –JPL version completed –Custom RPMS built and tested –2 disks architecture Disk 1 = Base + patches Disk 2 = custom scripts and RPM’s –Require two versions (JPL/Caltech) –Requires custom kernel patch to see both graphic cards

5. PALM-3000 5 RTC Electronics Optical Splitter tested. Able to get full frames to all GPU’s Quadrics High Speed Network Switch –Installed and configured –Suse 10 Linux driver installed –Does not work with Real-Time Linux. Quadrics went out of business. We’re currently looking for solutions RAID System –Configured for throughput optimization RAID 0 Two partitions –High Speed data –All other data Gigabit Private Ethernet Switch –Each PC is able to communicate over the private ethernet –Separate from the Quadrics High Speed Switch

6. PALM-3000 6 RTC Electronics KVM Switch –Convenience –Allows for graphical access to each machine while working on the racks –Helpful while debugging an issue with any one of the 10 machines located in the racks

7. PALM-3000 7 RTC Electronics Development Racks Located at JPL Room: 306-130C PC 0 – 8 RAID System KVM Switch Quadrics High Speed Switch 16 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Optical Splitter

8. PALM-3000 8 RTC Electronics Production Racks (Caltech) –Located in Room 17b Cahill Center –Machines mounted in racks –2 machines kickstarted for initial testing of Caltech Kickstart JPL System Administrators are still working on the final version of the kickstart

9. PALM-3000 9 RTC Electronics

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11. PALM-3000 DM Driver Integration and Test July 2009 :: Xinetics :: Devens, Massachusetts Hardware required –Xinetics Gen III Mirror Electronics (4U GenIII chassis + 1U fan tray) * 8 –Perle IOLAN STS Terminal Server 8 RJ-45  9 pin serial adapters 8 RJ-45 cables –Custom PCB interface boards Required to cable the mirror –Bud Industry 30U Rack (2) –Pulizzi IPC 3401 (2) –Dell Precision T7400 Computer –Associated cabling and interfaces required for integration and test

12. PALM-3000 DM Driver Integration and Test Hardware

13. PALM-3000 DM Driver Integration and Test Software –Initial non-high speed software written –Communicates via serial terminal server PC  ethernet  terminal server  RJ-45  9 pin  driver –Successful command and control of all 8 driver Command set –Power up –Power down –Put driver in proper mode (Normal or Test) –Clear faults on the drive (Xinetics feature) –Mute the drivers –Drive actuator values –Drive bias value –Read back voltage table (needs tweaking) –Read status table (needs tweaking)

14. PALM-3000 DM Driver Integration and Test Testing Results –Mirror had some issues. Jenny covered that during the optical bench presentation –PCB boards mapped incorrectly. Still able to move every actuator to bias levels Able to re-wire some of the cables so we can continue to use the boards while a final design is being worked on Cables already sent out and modified –Software worked upon arrival. Little changes were required to deal with undocumented behavior of the GenIII driver API –Optical results were covered in the optical bench presentation

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16. PALM-3000 Active Mirror Cabling 2 PCB Designs –Driver Interface Board (DIB) (x16) 2 per chassis Board routes all actuators, grounds, and bias from driver 50 pin connector to 260 pin connector –Mirror Interface Board (MIB) (x16) Board routes actuators, bias, and ground signal from 260-pin connector to 62 and 44 pin connectors 2 pin connectors are used to daisy chain bias and grounds to each PCB as needed

17. PALM-3000 Active Mirror Cabling High Level Block Diagram

18. PALM-3000 Active Mirror Cabling Hypertronics N Series Connectors

19. PALM-3000 Active Mirror Cabling Computer Rendering of the Mirror Interface Box

20. PALM-3000 Active Mirror Cabling Remaining costs to complete the cables and interface boards –Procurements Hypertronics (34 plugs&sockets) $29,000DM cables (17) $70,100 ($3800 per cable +tx) Driver interface boards (17) $1300 Rack mounting panels (8) $800 Driver-rack interface ribbon cables $1200 IDC Connectors for PCB $500 DSUB connectors for PCB $1050 DSUB mating connectors $1150 Back shells for DSUB connectors $700 Mirror interface boards (17) $1300 Bench interface box (1) $1500 --------------- $108,600

21. PALM-3000 Active Mirror Cabling Remaining costs to complete the cables and interface boards –Labor (in days) Mirror interface board design 1 Weeks Driver interface board design 3 Weeks Mirror interface cable design 4 Weeks Procurements 3 Days Rack panel mech. design 1 Day Bench box mech. design 4 Days Bench interface box wiring 6 Weeks ------------------------ 15 Weeks 1 Day

22. PALM-3000 Active Mirror Cabling Near-term milestones –MIB and DIB designed finished by November 26, 2009 –17 custom cables ordered by November 26, 2009 Cables have a long lead time Cables can be started without the final connectors available

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24. PALM-3000 Active Mirror Communications

25. PALM-3000 DM High-Speed Data Link Progress to date Created a CMC Carrier Board hardware requirements specification CMC Carrier Board Circuit design and schematic completed. CMC Carrier Board PCB layout begun. –Component placement is almost complete. –Most of the individual circuit blocks are wired. During the component placement, I found that we’re not able to fit all the connectors on a 6U VME card without greatly increasing the complexity of the PCB layout (blind vias, increase layer count, etc.). –Looked at a few mitigation options: Separate board designs for LODM and HODM Piggy-back board with connectors for HODM Wires from board to enclosure boundary –Separate board designs is the best option for signal integrity and board complexity. Much will be shared between the two designs. Selected a COTS cable/connector combination for the interface to the Xinetics chassis. –This requires a small adapter board at the Xinetics side –Adapter board design is nearly complete.

26. PALM-3000 DM High-Speed Data Link FPGA CMC Carrier Board FPGA Progress Began initial FPGA development. Simulated flow of data through the FPGA from the serial Front Panel Data Port input to the Xinetics SOR422-U outputs. –Still need to work out a minor bug. –Need to enhance the state machine for the data input. –Need to add inter-actuator checking algorithm. –Need to add support for LODM. –Need to add test mode.

27. PALM-3000 DM High-Speed Data Link Completion Forecast Forecast November –Complete HODM Carrier Board PCB layout –Design review November 10, 2009 –Receive assembled boards. –Complete preliminary FPGA design. –Begin board testing. December –Create Carrier Board FPGA design specification. –Complete HODM Carrier Board testing. –Complete LODM Carrier Board PCB layout.

28. PALM-3000 DM High-Speed Data Link Completion Forecast Forecast (cont.) January –Complete Carrier Board FPGA design. –Receive assembled LODM Carrier Cards. –Test LODM Carrier Cards 28

29. PALM-3000 The near future Build up RTC racks at Caltech –Complete work on Caltech Suse Kickstart –Incorporate new kernel findings into every verison of the kickstart –Work on Real-Time Linux with Quadrics Build up DM racks at Caltech Test the DM when it arrives from Xinetics Measure power consumption of drivers to help determine proper cooling method Move motion control and acquisition hardware from JPL to Caltech for development and testing Move AO racks down from Palomar. They have been modified with cassegrain cage mounting hardware 29