{Yehonathan, Anchal}
We connected the c1auxey1 chassie to the different boxes (coil drivers, SAT amp, etc.) using DB9 cables and labeling them in the process. We ran out of 2.5 foot DB9 cables so we used 5 foot as a temporary solution.
The chassie was powered, but a two issues arised:
1. The Acromags didn't turn on.
2. When connecting the green laser shutter BNC cable, the power supply overloaded.
We took the chassie back to the bench. The wire that powers the Acromags was disconnected. We made a new longer wire and made sure it is not connected flimsily.
The issue with the BNC turned out to be a much deeper problem: The GND and EXC wires on the DIN rail connector were switched! Making the shield of the BNC to have high volatage compared to the shield of the green shutter causing current to overflow when the BNC was connected.
We switched back the EXC and GND wires. Not trusting the digital I/O tests that were done before due to this mistake we tested some of the I/Os using a spare coil driver. We tested both the inputs and the outputs and they all seemed to work.
Finally, we also noticed that the 2 RTS DB9s were wrongly female type so we switched them to males. We closed the lead on chassie and installed it back in the rack. We connected the cables and saw that the green shutter BNC cable was no longer shorting the power supply. |