1. KEK TB Phase II setup status Alan Bross MICE Tracking Group Meeting Daresbury Lab August 30, 2005

2. On the Move  Equipment left D0 on August 12

4. Stuck  It then sat in the Fermilab shipping department until August 17 (GRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!), Left Fermilab on the 17 th (en-route to Osaka (GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!).  Dr. Bross (by chance) caught that the equipment was going to Osaka and managed to convince the shipping company that indeed Tsukuba was no where near Osaka.

5. On the Move Again  The equipment left Chicago on the 17 th on JAL to Narita via Atlanta and indeed arrived in Tokyo in the morning on Friday the 19 th.  Yoshimura san managed to pull strings with customs and get the equipment delivered to KEK on Wed. 24 at about 10:00.

6. Setting Up  The equipment was moved into place with the expert help of one of the KEK riggers and we managed to get the cryo-cooler running by Thursday. u Vacuum Insulation volume pumped down nicely u VLPC cassette volume tight – no leaks  50 Hz operation, 30 o C, and 77% RH in the Hall slowed the cooldown from what we experienced at Fermilab  We finally did make it to 6.2 K on Stage II (v. 5.2 at FNAL) u Operating point of 7.2K obtained with heater power  The AFE II electronics was tested. Power supplies, programming, and FPGA read-back stability all looked very good. Good program multiple AFEs without problem.  However, we could not get readout via the VLSB boards to work. – Next Hurdle

11. Next  Get VLSB readout working u Latest as of Monday morning JT – some progress on VLSB readout s Try to get VNC application via VPN connection to Fermilab for remote debug  When area is available to us, move magnet in place, install tracker.  Relocate VLPC cryostat (do this while it is cold and running) u We believe we have set things up to make this possible, again with the expert help of one of the KEK riggers.  Setup Counters, TOF, Cerenkov  LED tests  Cosmic Tests (if time allows)  Timing things in  Pray for better weather