I used existing BNC cables running from the PSL table to the PSL rack and reassigned them to the PSL Shutter and PMC transmission PD channels.
The PSL shutter turned out to be a sinking channel. Jordan reconnected the PSL shutter wires to a sinking BIO Acromag. Channel list is updated.
Both channels have been tested to be working as expected.
gautam add on about EPICS:
- the PSL shutter channels were previously hosted on c1aux.
- I didn't comment out the original database entries on c1aux because we changed the prefix for all these channels - i.e. C1:AUX-PSL_Shutter --> C1:PSL-PSL_Shutter.
- Modified the LSC offset script to close/open the PSL shutter by writing to the correct channel now.
- there is some EPICS logic that checks the main volume pressure and prevents the opening of the PSL shutter if the main volume pressure is between 0.003 torr and 500 torr. I preserved this capability (so there are some associated soft channels in the database as well).
P.S - there is a problem we noticed - if the modbus process is started with the local subnet not having a fixed IP address, then all the EPICS channels will not be responsive. The way to fix this is to run the following sequence of commands:
sudo systemctl stop modbusIOC.service
sudo ifdown enp4s0
sudo ifup enp4s1
sudo ssytemctl start modbusIOC.service |