New hardware has been installed in the vacuum controls rack. It is shown in the below post-install photo.

• Supermicro server (c1vac) which will be replacing c1vac1 and c1vac2.
• 16-port Ethernet switch providing a closed local network for all vacuum devices.
• 16-port IOLAN terminal server for multiplexing/Ethernetizing all RS-232 serial devices.

Below is a high-level summary of where things stand, and what remains to be done.

Completed:

✔ Set up of replacement controls server (c1vac).

• Supermicro 1U rackmount server, running Debian 8.5.
• Hosting an EPICS modbus IOC, scripted to start/restart automatically as a system service.
• First Ethernet interface put on the martian network at 192.168.113.72.
• Second Ethernet interface configured to host a LAN at 192.168.114.xxx for communications with all vacuum electronics. It connects to a 16-port Ethernet switch installed in the vacuum electronics rack.
• Server installed in vacuum electronics rack (see photo).

✔ Set up of Acromag terminals.

• 6U rackmount chassis frame assembled; 15V DC, 24V DC, and Ethernet wired.
• Acromags installed in chassis and configured for the LAN (5 XT1111 units, 2 XT1121 units).

✔ EPICS database migration.

• All vacuum channels moved to the modbus IOC, with the database updated to address the new Acromags. [The new channels are running concurrently at "C1:Vac2-...." to avoid conflict with the existing system.]
• Each hard channel was individually tested on the electronics bench to confirm correct addressing and Acromag operation.

✔ Set up of 16-port IOLAN terminal server (for multiplexing/Ethernetizing the serial devices).

• Configured for operation on the LAN. Each serial device port is assigned a unique IP address, making the terminal server transparent to client TCP applications.
• Most of the pressure gauges are now communicating with the controls server via TCP.

Ongoing this week:

• [Jon] Continue migrating serial devices to ports on the terminal server. Still left are the turbo pumps, N2 gauge, and RGA.
• [Jon] Continue developing Python code for communicating with gauges and pumps via TCP sockets. A beta version of gauge readout code is running now.
• [Chub] Install feedthrough panels on the Acromag chassis. Connect the wiring from feedthrough panels to the assigned Acromag slots.
• [Chub/Jon] Test all the hard EPICS channels on the electronics bench, prior to installing the crate in the vacuum rack.
• [Chub/Jon] Install the crate in the vacuum rack; connect valve/pump readbacks and actuators; test each hard EPICS channel in situ.
• [Jon] Once all the signal connections have been made, in situ testing of the Python interlock code can begin.