Transportation and accommodation logistics in place
Arrival begin on March 11 with plans for work to begin on March 12
March Testing Status
Mode 1 working and tested at high clock rate more testing ok for march
filters will be ~1.25 GHz bandwidth (1250 MHz per roach)
Roach boards from UC-B for March test can be shipped this week.
Roaches and other items have arrived in GB
Expect remaining ADCs due in next Wednesday in UCB. Send to GB ahead of time for setup
10 ADCs in GB 6 more from UCB
Computers for test
We'll have one computer for each ROACH (7) and distributed storage. Additional drives are ordered, arrived, and installed. All roaches and computers will attach to a 10 gbe switch. NRAO has the machines and the 10 gbe cards.
Hope to have config tool in place for March 12th tests and observations
Add section to wiki for tests to be conducted - separate into priorities (needed for obs. and needed as test)
Fully test the dual-port memory access as part of this test
Fully test switching signals if possible
ADC AsiaA testing
IF/LO hardware
Plan to have IF switches completed
NRAO Modification Request (MR) status: Noted as'VEGAS'in NRAO Plan of Record
Software integration tasks
ADC sampling
Mark W has updated repository - dated Feb 19
DDL for the Coordinator
Should be ready if config tool can be updated
Roach switching signal tables
Code for setup in place, needs verifying
Mark Wagner needs to be involved in switching signal and signal generator control - needs final test and integration