STATUS REPORT FOR PERIOD 1 OCTOBER THROUGH 31 OCTOBER 1969 U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACT (SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: October 1, 1969
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STATUS REPORT
for Period
1 OCTOBER through 31 OCTOBER 19 69'
U. S. Government
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This document is presented as the Monthly
Status Report under Contract to the U. S.
Government,
The report period represented herein covers
the period 1 October through 31 October 1969.
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Program Status Summary
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Task 1
Statements of Work, Specifications, Report
Preparation
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Task 2
Scheduling and Planning
T2-1
Task 3
Test and Inspection Procedures
T3 - 1
Task 4
Management, Administration and Supervision
T4 - 1
Task 5
Meetings
T5-1
Task 6
Facilities Requirements
T6 - 1
Task 11
Stage Drives
T11-1
Task 12
Film Drives
T12-1
Task 13
Film Platen
T13 - 1
Tasks 16, 17 &
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Optics
T16, 17 &
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Task 22
Interferometer Assembly
T22 - -1
Task 23
Optics Drives
T2'3 - 1
Task 24
Image Analysis System
T24 - 1
Task 29
Cabling
T29 - 1
Task 30
Control Console and Chair
T30 - 1
Task 32
Computer
T32-1
Task 33
Electronic Racks and Control Cabinets
T33 - 1
Task 34
Utilities, Vacuum and Air Systems
T34 - 1
Task 35
Vibration Absorption and Leveling
T35-i
Task 36
Overall. Assembly
T3 6 - 1
Task 37
Electrical Noise Suppression
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Task 42
Breadboards and Test Services
T42 - 1
Task 43
Computer Programming and Services
T43-]
Task 47
Instruction Manuals
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Progress Report - for period ending
30 September 1969 Appendix I
Customer Conference Trip Report Appendix II
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PROGRAM SUMMARY
Scheduled Percentage of Completion 78.5%
Actual Percentage this Date 74.3%
The Stereocomparator assembly is proceeding according
to schedule.
The stages are complete; however, the servo drive loops
cannot be closed around the computer as the laser measuring equipment
is inoperative due to failure of both lasers (helium gas diffusion). The checkout of the electronics, as a whole, is almost
complete and has proceeded quite satisfactorily.
The acceptance testing schedule of the Image Analysis
equipment, manufactured by the
slipped twice during
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this report period. The first slippage was from October 27, 1969, to
November 3, 1969. The second slippage was to November 17, 1969.
The present schedule for the optical acceptance tests
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TASK 1
STATEMENT OF WORK, SPECIFICATIONS,
REPORT PREPARATION
Scheduled. percentage of completion
86%
Actual percentage this date
86%
No new specifications were developed or issued
during this report period.
Monthly reports from our subcontractors are
incorporated into this document under appropriate task headings
or in the Appendix.
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Scheduled percentage of completion 86%
Actual percentage this date 86%
At the beginning of October, L-1 was informed by
Sopelem, the optical vendor, that the earliest they would be ready
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fo~-Jacceptance testing would be the end of December 1969. STAT
This is a date one month later than reported earlier.
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December. However, if the vendor appears to be having difficulties-
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which might affect the date, the visit will be made earlier.
The Image, Analysis test schedule has been revised
to November 17, 1969,
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TEST AND INSPECTION PROCEDURES
Scheduled percentage of completion 800/,
Actual percentage this date 80%
. . The optical acceptance test procedures are presently
being formalized in preparation for the tests of the optical system at
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MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION
Scheduled percentage of completion 86%
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Actual percentage this date 86%
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The coordination of the electronic interface between
the optical system and the servo motor drive and control systems
required an extended visit to the optical vendor's plantduring this
report period.
All significant problems have been resolved.
Effective with this report, all tasks that are not
worked on will not be included in the monthly reports. This means
that completed tasks, or tasks not scheduled for effort, will not
appear unless work is performed or a problem develops.
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Scheduled percentage of completion 8 G%
Actual percentage this date 8 6%
visited the customer on October 23rd
and 24th, 1969. , The trip report is in Appendix II.
Various computer programming and interface problems
were discussed and resolved.
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FACILITIES REQUIREMENTS
Scheduled percentage of completion 98%
Actual percentage this date 93%
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clean room is presently controlling in the
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range of approximately + 10F.
An additional heater for, the room system is due at
in November and it'is anticipated that after this is installed,
the temperature control systerri and air flows can be integrated and
balanced to optimize '(minimize) the temperature control range.
Short cycling of the refrigeration compressor has been
eliminated by the addition of a timer to control the compressor "off"
cycle to at least a ten minute duration.
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Balancing of the air flow in and out of the blectronic
cabinets has been completed and the stability of the system is
approximately + 0.4?F.
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STAGE DRIVES
Scheduled percentage of completion 98%
Actual percentage this date
When the stages were driven with velocity feedback
loops, unacceptable amounts of breakaway torque and running
friction were encountered in the threadless leadscrew drives. The
situation was remedied by installing new bearings in the threadless
leadscrews, and adjusting them. The positive feedback loop design
is now continuing.
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TASK 12
FILM DRIVE AND TRANSPORT SYSTEM
Scheduled percentage of completion
98%
Actual percentage this date
75%
The limited resolution of .the joystick film slewing
control, described in the previous report, has been remedied by
means of ,a :gear train which increases the angular rotation of the
potentiometer. This appears to clear up the problem.
Testing of the film drive and transport system is
continuing and is nearly complete. Some final modifications to
the circuitry are being made which will improve the safety and
reliability of the system.
Testing and adjustment of the system with the
pneumatic lift-off and vacuum clamping apparatus is under way.
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FILM PLATEN AND ? FILM CLAMPING
Scheduled percentage of completion
98%
Actual percentage this date -
93%
Checkout of the film platen and film, clamping
system is proceeding, in- conjunction with the work mentioned
under Task 34 in this report.
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VIEWING OPTICS, VIEWING ILLUMINATION,
RETICLE PROJECTOR AND ILLUMINATION
Scheduled percentage of completion 1 90%
Actual percentage this date
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to perform a final coordination
before the installation of the optical subassemblies in the optical
bridge.
This work required a review of the hardware and
assembly drawings actually at the_lant.
Each potentiometer,. servo motor, tachometer, gearbox,
cable, electric receptacle, electric plug and bracket was identified
and marked with the name of its. optical subassembly.
with respect to errors and changes-',--and ifistructions for the proper
phasing of the electrical components with respect to the optical
parameters was incorporated -in-.each drawing'.
At this time, it.can be stated that all components and
drawings are on hand for the completion of the optical subassembly.
has completed all the optomechanical subassem-
blies and much of their optical testing has been successfully completed.
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INTERFEROMETER ASSEMBLY,
Scheduled percentage of completion
98%
Actual percentage this date
70%
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Tests have been interrupted on the interferometer
system due to wiring problems in the laser systems. It has been
found that the long cables connecting the laser plasma tubes to
the power supplies exhibit excessive leakage current between the
various-wires in the system, thereby causing improper operation
Additionally, it was found that the helium gas con-
tained in the plasma tubes had diffused out of the tubes to the
extent that proper operation of the units is not possible. Accordingly,
the laser assemblies and power supplies have been returned to the
vendor for plasma tube replacement and adjustment and STAT
new cables for interconnection are being fabricated.
It is expected that all of this equipment will be ready
for use within the next report period.
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OPTICS DRIVE ASSEMBLY
Scheduled percentage of completion 98%
Actual percentage this date 90%
Checkout of the slaved servo system (e.g. reticle
projector systems) is continuing and is nearly complete.
All components in the system appear to be performing
satisfactorily. The modifications required in the analog control
units which operate the automatic illumination control systems
have been made and are under test.
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IMAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEM
Scheduled percentage of completion i90%
Actual percentage this date
Progress on this Task is detailed in Progress
Report for the period ending September 30th, 1969, which. is
included as Appendix I to this, report.
has continued to experience technical
difficulties in their checkout effort. They rescheduled their
acceptance tests from October 27th, 1969 to November 3rd, and
then again to November 17th, 1969.
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Scheduled percentage of completion
980/1
Actual percentage this date
97%
Some additional cables required for the vacuum
clamping and lift-off control systems have been fabricated during
this report period.
Several of the cables used in the digital logic have
been modified in order to reduce the crosstalk between the data lines
and control lines to an acceptable level.
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CONTROL CONSOLE AND CHAIR
Scheduled percentage of completion
98%
Actual percentage of completion
92%
Electrical work on the control console is complete
except for installation of the switches controlling the red and
green optical filters in the optical system. Installation of these
switches will not be done until the optical bridge is in place due
to the critical clearances involved.
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Scheduled percentage of completion 980/1
Actual percentage this date 1000/1
It was found that an overload was being tripped in
the memory address drives. One CMOO6X address driver circuit
board was replaced and the difficulty was solved.
In addition technicians are maintaining an
operation log so that any difficulties encountered may be properly
catalogued and dealt with systematically.
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TASK 33
ELECTRONIC RACKS AND CONTROL CABINETS
Scheduled percentage of completion
98%
Actual percentage this date
97%
Noise and transmission losses in the digital logic
systems continue to be decreased by appropriate adjustments in
the electronics cabinet #3 wiring.'
In addition, the cooling air distribution system within'
the racks was adjusted and balanced out between the various chassis.
Presently, the air system is maintaining its temperature within + 0.4?F
which is well within the requirements.
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UTILITIES, VACUUM AND AIR SYSTEMS
Scheduled percentage of completion
90%
Actual percentage this date
920X
Preliminary testing of valves, pressure switches
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and air control solenoids for the right-hand portion of the system
has been completed. Testing of the left-hand side has revealed
that some retubing (changing one compressed air line to a larger
size) was needed. This was done and the left-hand side testing
is now proceeding.
As associated systems become operational, the
adjustment of the trip points for the 22 alarm (failure) sensors is
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Scheduled percentage of completion 85%
Actual percentage this date
The optical bridge is'not yet available
Thus, the full ,load tests of the vibration absorption
.supports cannot be performed.
A definitive statement about vibration absorption and
leveling cannot be made until the optical bridge.is mounted and a
fully loaded system is available for adjustment and test.
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OVERALL ASSEMBLY
Scheduled percentage of completion
80%
Actual percentage this date - .
55%
Systematic testing of the digital logic interface is
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The digital logic associated with manual modes of
operation of the Stereocomparator has been tested and found to be
satisfactory.
Final work is being performed to match certain auto-
matic functions of the machine hardware to the computer program
(software) to ensure smooth transitions between the various
operating modes of the machine.
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. ELECTRICAL NOISE SUPPRESSION
Scheduled percentage of completion
70%
Actual percentage this date
S0%
Systematic elimination of internally generated cross-
talk and spurious switching signals continues. The specific steps
being taken are described under other tasks in this-report (Tasks 32,
33, etc.).
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BREADBOARDS AND TEST DEVICES
Scheduled percentage of completion 900/
Actual percentage this date 70%
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Design work on a test panel to be used in the
optical acceptance tests at is complete. Construction STAT
of the unit is in progress. The test panel will allow checkout of
the various motors, tachometers, potentiometers and limit switches
This equipment will be shipped to hen
construction is completed.
tests at the plant of the optical vendor.
associated with the optical drive systems.
Additionally, a switching panel is being developed
which will permit rapid selection of the individual drives of the
optical subsystems. The optical parameters can then be adjusted
to specified values, which is a requirement for the optical acceptance
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COMPUTER PROGRAMMING AND SERVICES
Scheduled percentage of completion
80%
Actual percentage this date
80%
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Meetings have been held with the Informatics'
programmer in order to ensure compatibility between the computer
program software and the hardware implementation of the
Stereocomparator interface functions. Certain modifications of
the software have been agreed upon in order to facilitate operation
of the machine. No major unresolved problems in this area are
known to exist at this time.
is evaluating the transfer function of the Itek
correlator outputs to the optics drives. IThis transfer function
appears as a forward gain factor in the optics servo drives and
apparently varies with optical settings. Thus, an investigation is
being made to establish the range of values of this function so the
optics servo drives can be properly stabilized.
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INSTRUCTION MANUAL AND DRAWING SUBMITTAL
Scheduled percentage of completion 30%
Actual percentage this date 32q%
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technicians continued to revise design drawings
to cover the "as built" status of the various subassemblies of the
Stereocomparator during the report period.
The table of contents for the Instruction Manual is
presently in preparation.
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The wiring cleanup and inspection should be done and final adjustments
completed.
Complete performance measurements will determine the status of the
.equipment. Refinements to the test procedure will also be sought
since it is still quite.tedious to perform.
PROGRESS REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING 30 SEPTEMBER 1969
1.0 PROGRESS DURING REPORTING PERIOD
In making the final settings some circuit changes were introduced.
..The channel selection logic reverted to the original criteria; the
correlation quality signal was derived from the Alband cross-correlation
signal exclusively; the upper frequency cutoff of the distortion
analyzer outputs reduced to 700 liz; the network for sag compensation
and the reset FET were bypassed.; and gain adjustments made to the
B band video correlator, channel selector, and integrators (time
constants).
A wiring cleanup is in progress which will incorporate the underside
component board, and finalize the wiring and subassembly component.
.changes. This. is being done so that final adjustments would not have
to be repeated once they are made.
Drawings. are being revised to reflect up to date information. Foil
changes and changes to assembly of the distortion analyzer and channel
selector will be made to permit subsequent boards to be produced to
current revisions.
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2.0' PLANS FOR NEXT PERIOD.(continued)
The software submissions can then be revised to reflect the findings.
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October 23 & 24, 1969
Conference With Customer
October 23, 1969
Meeting all day with representatives from three groups - operations,
computer, photogrammetry. Several observers from other groups popped
'in and out but took no active part. Attempts to devise methods for com-
bining operator typed inputs to both computers simultaneously were
eventually abandoned. Inputs will be typed to two computers separately -
and. serially in time. Use of paper tape is no help, and low speed paper
tape capability may be removed (i . e . , a KSR-35 teletype may eventually
replace the ASR-35 which we deliver). Formats of typed inputs were
essentially finalized, and work can now commence to put these in com-
puter program.
Because of rumors that a switch on the teletype might be impractical,
there was considerable sentiment favoring two teletypes - one for each
.computer. Meetings the next day resolved this to only one teletype (see
10/24).
Measurements of fiducials and time tics will be simultaneous for both
computers. Since their internal computer cannot ignore a separately
measured reference point, it was decided that the first measured point
will be the first fiducial. The Honeywell will treat this also as the
reference point (origin for recall points). This point may also be made
one of the recall points as a convenience in returning to it for c.h-ecking
coordinate drift. It was emphasized that the recall button cannot be
used for arriving at this first measured point the first time it's measured.
For now, at least, it may be assumed that the second measured fiducial
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will lie in the flight direction relative to the first. The internal computer
generally requires additional fiducials, which may be optionally ignored
by the Honeywell computer.
There was much concern about a report carried back from an earlier visit
to our plant that only 30 time tics could be accommodated. This was
clarified as a limitation in the Honeywell storage provision and not a
limitation effecting the internal computer. Since fiducials and time tics
are recorded by separate buttons, the Honeywell computer can ignore
time tics measured in number beyond those it requires.
Since stage measurements can be transmitted to both computers simulta-
neouly there is no sense in having both computers instruct the operator
in what to measure next. The internal computer will call for fiducials
first (as many as needed) and then call for time tics (as many as it needs).
The Honeywell computer will distinguish fiducials from time tics by the
record button which is depressed and will accept only as many of each as
it needs. Since the reference point will also be the first fiducial, it
appears that the special reference record button will not be used.
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.Meeting with personnel familiar with teletype and data link. A tentative
agreement was reached that it should be practical to use only one tele-
type and to switch it between two computers. It was pointed out (and
accepted) that responsibility ends with installing the switch (a
4 pole' double throw rotary type switch). The customer will install what-
ever equipment is needed to make the teletype signals compatible with
the data link to the internal computer. Basic to this agreement were Three
assumptions based on a cursury review of the Honeywell wiring manual.
If these three assumptions are not valid, then the agreement will have
to be reviewed:
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1 . The teletype keyboard and selector magnets act like passive-
(i.e., free of power) devices to the data lines.
2.. The Honeywell computer contains a 24 volt power supply
which powers tI2e data lines to the teletype.
3. Thenstalled switch will isolate the Honeywell computer STAT
from any external power supply which might be installed in
the internal computer data link, and such a power supply will
not conflict with any existing power supply.
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A further agreement (at the customer's request) was that the time-out
alarm on the coordinate data transmission would be set to time out
3. seconds after the first transmission without regard to whether there
were any subsequent transmissions of the same data, and without regard
to whether an error message or simply an absence of an acknowledge
signal. came back. (Obviously an acknowledge within the 3 seconds
would reset the timing, and no alarm would occur.) There has been no
change in the customer's specs for data link levels and polarity. The
specs are still + 8 volts for space (logical zero on our side of the inter-
face), and - 8 volts for mark (logical one on our side of the interface).
The customer's equipment can, however, accept a very wide tolerance
on the actual voltage levels (something like Ov. to +25v.. for space,
and -5v. to -25v. for mark) supplied. The confusion coming out of a
certain telephone. conversation was due to an understandable tendency
to talk of a + level as a logical one, and a -?level as a.logical zero.
October 24, 1969 - B
Resumption of meeting held on, 1-0/23/69. Results of earlier meeting
(see 10/24/69-A),were transmitted and there was no further consideration
of using two teletype's.. This meeting was taken up with questions arkd
clarifications of typed data format - nothing further need be stated.
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Trip Report
Job'342
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October 24, 1969 - C
a,
Visit to eventual installation site. Excavation is under way. Both the
hole itself, and the existing concrete floor have turned out deeper than
was expected. Present plans are to move our equipment in by fork lift
from the loading dock to the actual site. The somewhat narrow, some-
what winding passage way is as we saw it previously.
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