IOO (General)takahiro.yamamoto - 23:04 Saturday 06 March 2021 (16177)
Print this reportComment to Checking the temperature actuator of PMC (16176)Temperature actuator seems to not work in the range of negative ouput in the unit of DAC count. Does 0ct (=0V) at DAC mean no current for heater? (Is there no offset between DAC output and temp. controller?)
Figure 1 shows the temperature change when DAC output was changed as 0ct -> -3000ct -> +3000ct -> 0ct. There is no change in temperature during negative output.
Figure 2 shows output count to temperature actuator and uncalibrated temperature. Calibration factor is roughly -0.031K/ct. For the negative output, heater cannot give any actuation. Finally output is saturated at -15000ct by software limit.
We need to modify the k1psl in order to record calibrated temperature. Current model cannot be record calibrated value even EPICS channel because "_OUT16" and "_OUTPUT" don't work due to the output switch. "_OUTMON" is not recorded.