[dsg-hallb_rtpc] [EXTERNAL] Re: Pressure transducer of RTPC

Bob Miller rmiller at jlab.org
Tue Jul 28 15:37:57 EDT 2020


Hi Eugene,

The Hall is locked up now for PSS certification.

Regards,

Bob


On 7/28/2020 3:28 PM, Eugene Pasyuk wrote:
>
> Thanks Marc!
>
> Mohammad, is there anything else you need to do in the hall?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Eugene
>
> *From: *Marc McMullen <mcmullen at jlab.org>
> *Date: *Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 3:26 PM
> *To: *Eugene Pasyuk <pasyuk at jlab.org>, Jiwan Poudel 
> <jpoudel at jlab.org>, Sebastian Kuhn <skuhn at odu.edu>, Bob Miller 
> <rmiller at jlab.org>, Denny Insley <dinsley at jlab.org>, 
> "dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org" <dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org>
> *Subject: *Re: [dsg-hallb_rtpc] [EXTERNAL] Re: Pressure transducer of RTPC
>
> Hi Eugene,
>
> I have completed all the RTPC pressure transducer work in the hall.
>
> Regards,
>
> Marc
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *From:*Eugene Pasyuk <pasyuk at jlab.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2020 1:55 PM
> *To:* Marc Mcmullen <mcmullen at jlab.org>; Jiwan Poudel 
> <jpoudel at jlab.org>; Kuhn, Sebastian E. <skuhn at odu.edu>; Bob Miller 
> <rmiller at jlab.org>; Denny Insley <dinsley at jlab.org>; 
> dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org <dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org>
> *Subject:* RE: [dsg-hallb_rtpc] [EXTERNAL] Re: Pressure transducer of 
> RTPC
>
> Just got a message from Bob. The beam line work is done. Please do 
> whatever you need to do and let me know when you are done.
>
> -Eugene
>
> *From:* Marc Mcmullen <mcmullen at jlab.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2020 12:51
> *To:* Jiwan Poudel <jpoudel at jlab.org>; Eugene Pasyuk 
> <pasyuk at jlab.org>; Kuhn, Sebastian E. <skuhn at odu.edu>; Bob Miller 
> <rmiller at jlab.org>; Denny Insley <dinsley at jlab.org>; 
> dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org
> *Subject:* Re: [dsg-hallb_rtpc] [EXTERNAL] Re: Pressure transducer of RTPC
>
> Mohammad,
>
> I will be at the lab later to confirm the wiring connection.
>
> Marc
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *From:*dsg-hallb_rtpc <dsg-hallb_rtpc-bounces at jlab.org 
> <mailto:dsg-hallb_rtpc-bounces at jlab.org>> on behalf of 
> mhattawy at odu.edu <mailto:mhattawy at odu.edu> <mohammad.hattawy at gmail.com 
> <mailto:mohammad.hattawy at gmail.com>>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2020 12:48 PM
> *To:* Jiwan Poudel <jpoudel at jlab.org <mailto:jpoudel at jlab.org>>; 
> Eugene Pasyuk <pasyuk at jlab.org <mailto:pasyuk at jlab.org>>; Kuhn, 
> Sebastian E. <skuhn at odu.edu <mailto:skuhn at odu.edu>>; Bob Miller 
> <rmiller at jlab.org <mailto:rmiller at jlab.org>>; Denny Insley 
> <dinsley at jlab.org <mailto:dinsley at jlab.org>>
> *Cc:* dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org <mailto:dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org> 
> <dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org <mailto:dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org>>
> *Subject:* Re: [dsg-hallb_rtpc] [EXTERNAL] Re: Pressure transducer of 
> RTPC
>
> Dear Marc and DSG members,
>
>    We just heard an update from Marco Battaglieri that we may get the 
> beam to the Hall by this weekend. Bob Miller will be putting the 
> beamline components back. I would like to ask you kindly to help with 
> fixing the pressure transducer as soon as you can.
>
> Eugene, Please don't start sweeping the magnets  till I confirm that 
> we are done with this fix.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Mohammad.
>
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 10:51 AM mhattawy at odu.edu 
> <mailto:mhattawy at odu.edu> <mohammad.hattawy at gmail.com 
> <mailto:mohammad.hattawy at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     If you could not open the picture that Jiwan attached to his
>     replay, here it is.
>
>     Mohammad.
>
>     On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 10:48 AM mhattawy at odu.edu
>     <mailto:mhattawy at odu.edu> <mohammad.hattawy at gmail.com
>     <mailto:mohammad.hattawy at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Hello Marc,
>
>          Following our phone call this morning, It has to be what you
>         call PDT2.
>
>         Mohammad.
>
>         On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 10:45 AM Jiwan Poudel
>         <jpoudel at jlab.org <mailto:jpoudel at jlab.org>> wrote:
>
>             Hello all,
>
>             We have two differential transducer (PDTs): RTPC-DMS
>             (PDT332) and RTPC-Buffer(PDT208). So I am taking about
>             RTPC-DMS pressure transducer. I have only this photo right
>             now, where you can see one two wires are coming out from PDT.
>
>             Thank you,
>
>             Jiwan
>
>             Image removed by sender.
>
>                 On Jul 28, 2020, at 10:19 AM, mhattawy at odu.edu
>                 <mailto:mhattawy at odu.edu> <mohammad.hattawy at gmail.com
>                 <mailto:mohammad.hattawy at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>                 Hello Jiwan,
>
>                 Sounds like the DSG group is not fully sure about the
>                 specification of this transducer as they used to name
>                 it PT2. Can you please send them some pics of the
>                 transducer as the ones I did for the other one.
>
>                 Mohammad
>
>                 On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 10:04 AM mhattawy at odu.edu
>                 <mailto:mhattawy at odu.edu> <mohammad.hattawy at gmail.com
>                 <mailto:mohammad.hattawy at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>                     Dear DSG members,
>
>                         Please send us the cables color code for
>                     PDT332 to connect it back.
>
>                     Regards,
>
>                     Mohammad.
>
>                     On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 20:37 <jpoudel at jlab.org
>                     <mailto:jpoudel at jlab.org>> wrote:
>
>                         I am sorry to write again, but I have to
>                         inform to you all correctly. I wanted to write
>                         "cable from transducer pt332 is not attached
>                         to chassis but GUI is showing a large negative
>                         value. How?" Previus email was confusing
>                         (isn't is changed to is) so have to write again.
>
>                         On Jul 27, 2020 20:09, jpoudel at jlab.org
>                         <mailto:jpoudel at jlab.org> wrote:
>
>                             PDT208 is working fine, the connection is
>                             good. I verified connection and connected
>                             it to chassis. Its showing quite
>                             reasonable reading also.
>
>                             PDT332( RTPC-DMS diff) is showing some
>                             weird number in epics GUI even before its
>                             connected to system. Cable from transducer
>                             is attached at chassis. How? I have no
>                             idea.( see attached) I think it should
>                             show zero. I compare PDT208(rtpc-buffer)
>                             reading removing cable from chassis, and
>                             it shows zero.
>
>                             In addition, Connecting wires at
>                             transducer PDT332 are coming out. So we
>                             need color code of cables before
>                             connecting it.
>
>                             Thank you,
>
>                             Jiwan
>
>                             On Jul 27, 2020 19:18, jpoudel at jlab.org
>                             <mailto:jpoudel at jlab.org> wrote:
>
>                                 Hello Marc,
>
>                                 Can you please send me the connection
>                                 of PDT 332 (color code of cables) also?
>
>                                 In PDT 208, white and green are
>                                 together. Are they -15V?
>
>                                 Thank you,
>
>                                 Jiwan
>
>                                 On Jul 27, 2020 18:40, JIWAN POUDEL
>                                 <jpoud001 at odu.edu
>                                 <mailto:jpoud001 at odu.edu>> wrote:
>
>                                     I will check the connections and
>                                     verify it is correct before
>                                     plugging in to chassis.
>
>                                     Thank you,
>
>                                     Jiwan
>
>                                         On Jul 27, 2020, at 6:22 PM,
>                                         mhattawy at odu.edu
>                                         <mailto:mhattawy at odu.edu> <mohammad.hattawy at gmail.com
>                                         <mailto:mohammad.hattawy at gmail.com>>
>                                         wrote:
>
>                                         Thanks Marc,
>
>                                            Maybe the beacon was on,
>                                         but for sure the magnets are
>                                         off. Unfortunately, I can’t
>                                         get to the Lab till Wednesday.
>                                         Jiwan can you connect it back?
>
>                                         Mohammad
>
>                                         On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 18:18
>                                         Marc Mcmullen
>                                         <mcmullen at jlab.org
>                                         <mailto:mcmullen at jlab.org>> wrote:
>
>                                             Hi Mohammad and Jiwan,
>
>                                             I have replaced the fuse
>                                             in the chassis and checked
>                                             the internal components
>                                             for issues. I did not
>                                             reconnect the connector
>                                             for the PDT 208
>                                             (differential pressure DMS
>                                             to RTPC) because I could
>                                             not verify if the contacts
>                                             are wired correctly since
>                                             it was reconnected,
>                                             because the magnet beacon
>                                             is on. I have attached a
>                                             pinout which can be used
>                                             to verify connections
>                                             prior to plugging it back
>                                             into the interface chassis.
>
>                                             Regards,
>
>                                             Marc
>
>                                             ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                                             *From:* Marc Mcmullen
>                                             <mcmullen at jlab.org
>                                             <mailto:mcmullen at jlab.org>>
>                                             *Sent:* Friday, July 24,
>                                             2020 11:18 AM
>
>
>                                             *To:*
>                                             dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org
>                                             <mailto:dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org> <dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org
>                                             <mailto:dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org>>
>                                             *Subject:* Re:
>                                             [dsg-hallb_rtpc]
>                                             [EXTERNAL] Re: Pressure
>                                             transducer of RTPC
>
>                                             Thanks Mohammad,
>
>                                             I'll look into the spares
>                                             first. Then contact you
>                                             about the repair.
>
>                                             Regards,
>
>                                             Marc
>
>                                             ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                                             *From:* dsg-hallb_rtpc
>                                             <dsg-hallb_rtpc-bounces at jlab.org
>                                             <mailto:dsg-hallb_rtpc-bounces at jlab.org>>
>                                             on behalf of
>                                             mhattawy at odu.edu
>                                             <mailto:mhattawy at odu.edu> <mohammad.hattawy at gmail.com
>                                             <mailto:mohammad.hattawy at gmail.com>>
>                                             *Sent:* Friday, July 24,
>                                             2020 11:16 AM
>                                             *To:*
>                                             dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org
>                                             <mailto:dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org> <dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org
>                                             <mailto:dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org>>
>                                             *Subject:* Re:
>                                             [dsg-hallb_rtpc]
>                                             [EXTERNAL] Re: Pressure
>                                             transducer of RTPC
>
>                                             Hello Marc,
>
>                                                 The magnets will be
>                                             energized starting from
>                                             3:30 pm today to Monday
>                                             morning. You won’t be able
>                                             to get to the gas panel,
>                                             that is within the fields
>                                             of the magnets.
>
>                                             Mohammad
>
>                                             On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at
>                                             11:11 Marc Mcmullen
>                                             <mcmullen at jlab.org
>                                             <mailto:mcmullen at jlab.org>>
>                                             wrote:
>
>                                                 Hi Jiwan,
>
>                                                 I am going to see if
>                                                 we have some spare
>                                                 supplies for that
>                                                 chassis. When I have
>                                                 the swap out in  hand,
>                                                 I'll need to
>                                                 coordinate with your
>                                                 group to complete the
>                                                 repair.
>
>                                                 The chassis will have
>                                                 to be de-energized and
>                                                 removed from the rack
>                                                 for repair. This means
>                                                 the MFC and the other
>                                                 connected sensors will
>                                                 have to be shut down
>                                                 while I make the repairs.
>
>                                                 Additionally, I will
>                                                 be doing this work
>                                                 either on the weekend
>                                                 or after hours, to
>                                                 avoid coming into
>                                                 contact with others.
>
>                                                 I'll let you know the
>                                                 status of the spares
>                                                 sometime today, so we
>                                                 can coordinate the
>                                                 system outage.
>
>                                                 Regards,
>
>                                                 Marc
>
>                                                 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                                                 *From:* dsg-hallb_rtpc
>                                                 <dsg-hallb_rtpc-bounces at jlab.org
>                                                 <mailto:dsg-hallb_rtpc-bounces at jlab.org>>
>                                                 on behalf of Jiwan
>                                                 Poudel
>                                                 <jpoudel at jlab.org
>                                                 <mailto:jpoudel at jlab.org>>
>                                                 *Sent:* Friday, July
>                                                 24, 2020 9:33 AM
>                                                 *To:*
>                                                 dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org
>                                                 <mailto:dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org> <dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org
>                                                 <mailto:dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org>>
>                                                 *Subject:* Re:
>                                                 [dsg-hallb_rtpc]
>                                                 [EXTERNAL] Re:
>                                                 Pressure transducer of
>                                                 RTPC
>
>                                                 Hello Brian,
>
>                                                 Those power pins are
>                                                 not showing what it
>                                                 should show. Pin 6 and
>                                                 5 showing -28.7V and
>                                                 pins 7 and 5 showing
>                                                 only 1.3V.
>
>                                                 Thank you,
>
>                                                 Jiwan
>
>                                                     On Jul 23, 2020,
>                                                     at 2:29 PM, Brian
>                                                     Eng <beng at jlab.org
>                                                     <mailto:beng at jlab.org>>
>                                                     wrote:
>
>                                                     Thanks Mohammad,
>
>                                                     Fortunately it
>                                                     already has the
>                                                     pinout on it.
>
>                                                     Unplug that
>                                                     connector and
>                                                     measure between
>                                                     pins 6 & 5 for -15
>                                                     VDC, 7 & 5 for +15
>                                                     VDC. If those are
>                                                     good then it isn't
>                                                     power.
>
>                                                     Next open the
>                                                     backshell of that
>                                                     connector and
>                                                     connect probes to
>                                                     2 & 12 to see if
>                                                     it is reading the
>                                                     same voltage as
>                                                     the cRIO (~4 VDC).
>                                                     If the reading at
>                                                     the sensor matches
>                                                     the cRIO it
>                                                     probably isn't the
>                                                     cabling.
>
>                                                     Lastly I would
>                                                     disconnect the
>                                                     detector and open
>                                                     the valves so that
>                                                     sensor is exposed
>                                                     to ambient
>                                                     pressure and see
>                                                     what it reads, if
>                                                     it's still ~400
>                                                     torr then it is
>                                                     most likely the
>                                                     sensor, but could
>                                                     be the
>                                                     cabling/chassis.
>
>                                                     To eliminate that
>                                                     possibility the
>                                                     sensor would need
>                                                     to be removed and
>                                                     tested on a bench
>                                                     using the same
>                                                     pins as listed above.
>
>                                                     I don't think we
>                                                     (DSG) have a
>                                                     direct replacement
>                                                     for that, so I'd
>                                                     try Hall B and if
>                                                     not you'd need to
>                                                     talk with Bob as
>                                                     that involves
>                                                     changing a
>                                                     pressure system
>                                                     component.
>
>                                                     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                                                     *From:* dsg-hallb_rtpc
>                                                     <dsg-hallb_rtpc-bounces at jlab.org
>                                                     <mailto:dsg-hallb_rtpc-bounces at jlab.org>>
>                                                     on behalf of
>                                                     mhattawy at odu.edu
>                                                     <mailto:mhattawy at odu.edu><mohammad.hattawy at gmail.com
>                                                     <mailto:mohammad.hattawy at gmail.com>>
>                                                     *Sent:* Thursday,
>                                                     July 23, 2020 1:21 PM
>                                                     *To:*
>                                                     dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org
>                                                     <mailto:dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org> <dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org
>                                                     <mailto:dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org>>
>                                                     *Subject:* [dsg-hallb_rtpc]
>                                                     [EXTERNAL] Re:
>                                                     Pressure
>                                                     transducer of RTPC
>
>                                                     <image_123923953.JPG>
>
>                                                     <image_123923953.JPG>
>
>                                                     <image_6483441.JPG>
>
>                                                     On Thu, Jul 23,
>                                                     2020 at 12:38
>                                                     Brian Eng
>                                                     <beng at jlab.org
>                                                     <mailto:beng at jlab.org>>
>                                                     wrote:
>
>                                                         Hi Jiwan,
>
>                                                         The voltage
>                                                         being read
>                                                         back by the
>                                                         cRIO is ~4V
>                                                         which is being
>                                                         converted
>                                                         correctly to
>                                                         ~400 torr.
>
>                                                         Can you get
>                                                         the full model
>                                                         number of
>                                                         PT334 so I can
>                                                         better give
>                                                         some
>                                                         suggestions on
>                                                         what you guys
>                                                         could measure
>                                                         to help
>                                                         troubleshoot?
>
>                                                         Off-hand some
>                                                         of the things
>                                                         that could be
>                                                         wrong is: the
>                                                         sensor not
>                                                         getting proper
>                                                         supply
>                                                         voltage, a
>                                                         loose
>                                                         connection of
>                                                         the output to
>                                                         the cRIO as it
>                                                         is getting
>                                                         some voltage
>                                                         back, or a bad
>                                                         sensor (let's
>                                                         hope it isn't
>                                                         that as that
>                                                         was the only
>                                                         one we had in
>                                                         that range).
>
>                                                         ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                                                         *From:* Jiwan
>                                                         Poudel
>                                                         <jpoudel at jlab.org
>                                                         <mailto:jpoudel at jlab.org>>
>                                                         *Sent:* Thursday,
>                                                         July 23, 2020
>                                                         11:20 AM
>                                                         *To:* Brian
>                                                         Eng
>                                                         <beng at jlab.org
>                                                         <mailto:beng at jlab.org>>
>                                                         *Cc:*
>                                                         dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org
>                                                         <mailto:dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org> <dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org
>                                                         <mailto:dsg-hallb_rtpc at jlab.org>>
>                                                         *Subject:* Pressure
>                                                         transducer of RTPC
>
>                                                         Hello Brian,
>
>                                                         RTPC abs.
>                                                         Pressure
>                                                         transducer
>                                                         seems not
>                                                         working
>                                                         properly. This
>                                                         should show
>                                                         around 760
>                                                         torr (~ 1
>                                                         atm), but
>                                                         showing about
>                                                         400 torr only.
>                                                         What could be
>                                                         the reason?
>
>                                                         Thank you,
>
>                                                         Jiwan
>
>                                                         Image removed
>                                                         by sender.
>
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>                     Best regards,
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>
>
>
>                 -- 
>
>                 Best regards,
>                 Mohammad Hattawy.
>
>
>
>         -- 
>
>         Best regards,
>         Mohammad Hattawy.
>
>
>
>     -- 
>
>     Best regards,
>     Mohammad Hattawy.
>
>
>
> -- 
>
> Best regards,
> Mohammad Hattawy.
>
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