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This USB-connected device will be located within the AO Electronics room of Keck I. However, to decrease the heat load within AO on telescope, the computer it connects to will be located within the KI server room. To connect the two we use a USB-to-fiber optic link running from AO to the K1 server room. Note this scheme has the heritage of another Andor detector with same USB-to-fiber system already deployed at Keck and working fine (K2 ACAM).
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Relevant Devices
Description | Qty | Source | Part Number | ||||
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Ca HK Detector | 1 | Andor | Newton DU920P-BU-99C1
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USB Fiber Extender overview | 1 | Adnacom |  | ||||
USB-to-Fiber Adapter | 1 | Adnacom | R1USB30B-03 | ||||
Fiber | 1 | Adnacom | 10-m purchased for lab tests. Final, on-summit cable already installed through az-wrap at Keck. | ||||
Fiber-to-PCIe Adapter | 1 | Adnacom | H1A-02-LP |
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Relevant Functional Block Diagram
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Cable Details
Cable | Qty | Details |
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BNC-to-SMB Cable | 1 |
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Relevant Hardware Datasheets & Manuals
Description | File | Source | |||||
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| 1 | Andor Newton Manual |
| Email from Andor sales rep (Mike Zemlan) | ||||
| 2 | Adnaco-S3B Overview Datasheet |
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| 3 | Performance Benchmarking for Adnacom USB extensions |
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| 4 | Adnaco-S3B Quick Start Guide |
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| 5 | How to disable PCIe power management in Windows 7, 8 and 10 |
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| 6 | Adnaco-USB30B xHCI Filter Driver for Win8/8.1/10 (driver version 1.0.0.5) – sllc448a.zip |
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| 7 | Adnaco-USB30B xHCI Driver for WinXP/Vista/7 (driver version 1.16.6.0) – sllc423k.zip |
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| 8 | Adnaco-R1USB30 data sheet |
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| 9 | Adnaco-H1A data sheet |
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| 10 | Adnaco Gen2 Systems User’s Guide |
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| 11 | Keck drawing for USB-to-fiber adapter in use for K2 ACAM |  | Ben McCarney (WMKO) |
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Relevant Software
Description | File | Source | |||||||||
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| 1 | Capability list for our Newton (terse and verbose versions) |
| Output from Will Deich’s query program | ||||||||
| 2 | Andor SDK 2 Manual Note SDK 2 is what we need as it’s for CCD detectors (SDK 3 is for CMOS detectors). |
| Direct link for these file sent by Andor sales rep (Mike Zemlan) | ||||||||
| 3 | Andor SDK 2 (for CCDs) for Linux |
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| 4 | Andor SDK 2 (for CCDs) for Windows |
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| 5 | Andor Solis Software (Windows) |
| Andor Tech Support (Mohammed Mustafees Khan) over Zoom chat |