• checked that the high voltage paths are working:
  • the DAC signal is properly received and amplified by the Trek 2220 HV amplifier
  • the HV switch box is working as expected: I can switch on and off each path individiually using the DAC signals
• installed four samples (refer to the optical drawing for the numbering)
  • S1600472 in bay 1
  • S1600478 in bay 2
  • S1600473 in bay 3
  • S1600480 in bay 4

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• balanced all samples and centered all optical levers. There is a problem with the fifth connector in the ADC interface board (or maybe with one ADC channel). So one of the quadrants of QPD4 was not working. I moved the connector to number 6 and updated the model. Everything looks fine now.
• the power in the four QPD is quite diverse: this is not unexpected, since it depends on the interference of the reflection from the two surfaces of the disk

• installed the picomotor controllers on the bench, connected them to the net using the switch on the top of the clean room. For the moment being they are using DHCP.
• connected all picomotors to the controllers.
  • Bottom controller, from left to right: QPD1x, QPD1y, QPD2x, QPD2y
  • Top controller, from left to right: QPD3x, QPD3y, QPD4x, QPD4y
• tested the remote control and motion of all picomotors

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