Autofib 2 Engineering Instrument Setup Procedure

Section 2 Electrical Connections

Having accummulated all of the hardware and performed visual mechanical checks, the next stage is to cable the instrument and connect the hardware.

The VME crate should be cabled as shown here - VME Crate cabled
The VME robot should be cabled as shown here - Robot cabled

Below is a table containing the Cable connections.  It contains columns of the Cable name and where bother end of the cable should be connected, connection 1 and connections 2.
 
 
Cable Connection 1 Connection 2
AF2 VME Crate Mains Cable VME Crate Power Socket
AF2 Crate-Robot Connection Cable (Cable 55) VME Crate Robot
AF2 Crate-Robot Connection Cable (Cable 56) VME Crate Robot
AF2 Inspection TV Connection Cable VME Crate Robot
AF2 Gripper Connection Cable VME Crate Robot
AF2 Inspection TV Monitor Connection Cable VME Crate Inspection TV Monitor
AF2 Sync Monitor Connection Cable VME Crate Mimic Display Monitor
AF2 Red Monitor Connection Cable VME Crate Mimic Display Monitor
AF2 Green Monitor Connection Cable VME Crate Mimic Display Monitor
AF2 Blue Monitor Connection Cable VME Crate Mimic Display Monitor
AF2 Crate-Servo Connection Cable (Cable 46) VME Crate Servo Control Amplifier
AF2 Serial Connection Cable VME Crate VT220 Terminal
AF2 Ethernet Network Connection Cable VME Crate Ethernet Socket
AF2 Robot Mains Cable Robot Power Socket
AF2 Robot-Servo Connection Cable (Cable 54) Robot Servo Control Amplifier
AF2 Gripper Air Supply Tube Robot Air Supply
AF2 V220 Mains Cable V220 Power Socket
AF2 Mimic Display Monitor Mains Cable Mimic Display Monitor Power Socket
AF2 Servo Control Amplifier Mains Cable Servo Control Amplifier Power Socket
AF2 Inspection TV Monitor Mains Cable Fibre Viewing Monitor Power Socket

At this stage the follow checks should be made.
 

  1. Check that the air pressure that is connected to the robot is about  xxx PSI
  2. Before turning the power on to the instrument it is a good idea to turn the Lights on to make sure that the fibres are being backilluminated. Making sure that the light is not to strong or too dim.


Now you are ready to proceed with turning the power on and operating the robot, see Section 3.