


November 1, 1985

To: D. Smith

From: R. Briody

Subject: Status Report 

The following tasks were accompolished during the last two weeks:

1) Work with Kent W. to generate corrected drawings and for sheet metal
vendor (J & J Sheetmetal). Support was given to Kent to enable him to
write the ECO for paint changes and PEM stud additions.

2) ECO the VME-SCSI per changes outlined by Norm. A second ECO was required
to correct an initial oversight.

3) ECO the VME-ICP16/8 to guarantee proper address setup time. PAL equations
were changed to allow operation with slave devices that are slow to deassert
VME DTACK.

4) All necessary documentation on our VME systems was gathered and sent to 
NBI along with sufficient hardware to maximum configure our 5/10 Optimum
currently in Product Test.

5) The failure of the Optimum 5/10 was analyized in detail. The problem  
appears to stem from the fact two line filters are being connected in 
a back-to-back configuration. This is impairing the performance of BOTH
line filters. The proper capacitors have located and will sent to NBI with
installation instructions.

6) Assistance was given to customer support (Lynne A.) for the ICP16/8

7) Final assembly and test of a Diskless Node System for FCC testing.
System was tested at the test lab and failed due to the graphics interconnect
cable. The Diskless Node Enclosure passed FCC Class A testing.


