For the second coil

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  • Action Items
    • remove jumper box and cables and bring to F117 for rework - done
    • remove current-limiting resistor boxes, bring to F117 for rework - done
    • minimize summed coil voltage readouts, do most sums in PLC
      • implement early-warning quench/overvoltage detection in PLC
    • add separate readouts of splice and vapor-cooled lead voltages
    • combine splice and lead into one hardware quench/overvoltage protection channel using Newport controller
    • match and balance all current-limiting resistors, go back to original 100k Ohm matched resistors
    • Danfysik power supply
      • understand ramp-down mechanism
    • UPS on Danfysik boards and contactor
    • measure fast dump resistors in power supply - done
    • Danfysik quench detector
      • match and balance resistors
      • revert channels used for splice/leads to normal coil balance mode
      • install test points for gain/offset tuning
      • install pots for external balance if needed
      • note that max ramp rate in the hall is 10V / 20H = 0.5 A/sec
    • read out voltage taps for quench detection and DAQ using separate resistor chain
      • will not go to active isolation for the upcoming coil
      • may need active isolation if passive isolation does not work
      • may implement active isolation in the hall
    • install voltage divider to extend voltage range of USB device readout
    • rework Zener protection circuit on USB device
    • update wiring diagrams to "as built"
    • get diagrams and spec sheets to Fernando
    • make more copies of full Danfysik power supply manual (get from Steve L)
    • fix slow dump - done
      • contact Steve L concerning spare Danfysik boards for testing slow dump circuits
      • contact Danfysik concerning debug strategy
    • understand signal clipping and interaction between readout modules, test and replace if necessary
    • automated elog entries
    • A-B HMI improvements
      • additional HMI license, get second computer working
      • dual-redundant HMI server or another machine for the server
      • HMI development machine and license
      • contact A-B salesman about licenses
      • change HMI database
      • more pre-defined trend plots
      • more HMI screens (may need license upgrade)
      • simplify existing screens
    • A-B PLC program improvements
      • simplify many operations
      • improve PLC early problem detection
      • improve PLC cryo control under varying CTF operating conditions
    • improve cryo system
      • minimize ice buildup
      • more heating/insulation on N2 vent line
      • do we need cold traps?
      • do we need additional valves, check valves, bypasses, whatever?
      • can we calibrate the C-glass sensors somehow?



  • Basic questions
    • what is causing blockage in vapor-cooled lead?
      • broken valve!
    • lag between field and current...are there turn-to-turn shorts in coil 1?
      • maybe short, maybe eddy currents
    • what worked, what didn't for coil 1?
    • what should we do differently for the next coil?
      • will we open up coils 3 and 4?
    • what might we consider doing differently in the hall?
    • do we want an independent review of our fast (and slow) dump strategy and system?
    • have we documented our experience?
    • sub-coil inductances
      • measure with inductance meter on the platform
      • inductance seen on splices
    • USB and other device wiring problems
      • noise
      • better indication of what caused fast/slow dumps -- either LED Panel or bits to the PLC
    • did we ever implement guard shack notification?