file: to do

Aug.9, 04

Dan Wertheimer - are we complying with his list of requirements for installation of Galpha spectrometer?

VLBI get a A/B keyboard/monitor switch so the mark 5 can share the present keyboard/monitor.

UPDATE if/lo diagrams as per Bill Sisk's recent changes.

Phil: get him to do batch file through gui to put tyst (& rfi ?) routine on the waaps.

Lynn - needs status on start-up for reflector alignment

wants tertiary schematics

Work on Telescope operator problem - 5 or 6 operators? Let Jose' Cruz train some back up guys.

Aug 13, 04

Yesterday the platform shook (vibration caused by dome elevation drive at low elevation). Jorge and Luis were in Dome. Nobody else on platform. They called operator (Portalatin) but didn't tell him to stop. Also they were upset when rotary floor alarm sounded when CIMA started up. (Commands

receiver change and the little star sounds the alarm even though it won't be able to start the motor since the L and J and turned the key switch to disable the floor drive.

Dec. 16 2004

Idea from Phil for indexes on pointing system: Use a sliding pointer that can be retracted after use.

That way run-out will not destroy the pointer. Pointer could be a stainless steel rod with one end

sharpened to a point. The rod would be a piston in a metal cylinder; well lubricated and long enough

to have neglible side play. To use: after an encoder is replaced, the system is turned on and manually driven to the position where the index pointer will exactly contact the dot it originally made on a soft metal indexing plate. This plate should be non-corrosive, maybe gold plated, and can have a protective cover that is closed except when the idexing procedure is being carried out.

Operations Log - This is a data base system started a couple of years ago (by Arun?) but never used (one entry was made by Bill Genter). Expand this to be a real data base with good provisions for entering repair and fault reports and a flexible way of accessing: by person, by date, system name, key word, etc.

Straighten out the PALFA-EALFA spectrometer design & build assignments viz a viz Jeff Mock, Bill Sisk, and Giacomo Comes.

Organize "Software disclosure" meetings.

Finish the new lab room (old screen room area) remodling.

Put a test equipment inventory on the web including serial nos, key specifications, location, etc.