November 22, 2000
                                D. Ayres
                                
      MINOS Far-Detector Subsystem-Installation Planning Status Reports
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This document contains the latest status reports from the MINOS Far-Detector
Subsystem-Installation Planning Managers.  The subsystem tasks described here
generally correspond to WBS Level 3 tasks, but do not have assigned Level 3
managers.  The Planning Managers listed were appointed at the Ely meeting
in June 2000.

                     TABLE OF CONTENTS
             
A. Materials handling and plane assembly - Dave Ayres

B. Initial infrastructure and space assignments - Louie Barrett

C. Inventory control - Dave Boehnlein
   
D. Alignment and survey - Dave Boehnlein
   
E. LANs - Jonathan Thron
   See See http://home.fnal.gov/~ayres/fii/lanstat-nov00.doc

F. PC coordination - Saeed Madani

G. Electronics testing plans - Jonathan Thron
   See See http://home.fnal.gov/~ayres/fii/electeststat-nov00.doc

H. DAQ installation - Geoff Pearce

I. Control room - Louie Barrett

J. Online logbook - Pete Border

K. Electronics test equipment - Bob Webb

L. Scintillator testing plans - Bob Webb

M. Training - Dave Boehnlein

N. Shift Coordination - Dave Ayres

O. Safety signoff procedures - Earl Peterson

P. Documentation planning - Dave Ayres

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A. Materials handling and plane assembly (updated Nov. 22, 2000)
   Planning Manager: Dave Ayres
   
        PROGRESS REPORT ON MATERIALS HANDLING AND PLANE ASSEMBLY
    
The 4-plane prototype (4PP) and materials handling prototype studies in the New
Muon Lab have been used to check the minecrew effort estimates used in the
baseline cost and schedule plan. Time and motion studies during the 4PP plane
assembly showed that the steel and scintillator detector planes could be
assembled and mounted in 20.5 hours/plane, compared to 24 hours/plane used in
the baseline estimate.  The 24 hours/plane number will continue to be used for
future planning.  These studies will be repeated in January 2001 when a final
1-plane prototype is assembled and mounted using the final strongback. The
materials handling studies demonstrated that the steel planes and scintillator
module shipping crates could be moved into the new Soudan mine shaft cage
(materials handling cage).  These studies verified that the dimensions of the
cage, shaft stations and scintillator module shipping crate were consistent,
and that the time allocations used in the materials moving plan were adequate.

Materials Handling planning work during June, July and August has focused
of a complete update of the time and manpower estimates for the setup
of the detector plane assembly workstations, and the initial ramp-up of
plane assembly work while the first 30 planes are being assembled.  When the
30th plane is mounted, the assembly will be proceeding at full rate (24 hours
per plane) with the full minecrew staff. This plan is described in a
Microsoft Project file, farinst-effort12.mpp, which is available at
http://home.fnal.gov/~ayres/fii/.

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B. Initial infrastructure and space assignments (updated Sept. 2, 2000)
   Planning Manager: Louie Barrett
   
        PROGRESS REPORT ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND CABLE TRAYS

Section I. contains a progress report on Electronic work space and storage.
Section II. focuses on cables and cable trays.

I. Electronic Work Space and Storage
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Initial electronic work space assignments have been made and distributed.
These assignments are available in a living document at
http://home.fnal.gov/~ayres/fii/farinst-workspace.txt.

1)The space:
A sketch of the work space is available at
http://131.212.67.203/albums/Temp/cleanroom.jpg.
This sketch will be updated from time to time.

2)Electric power:
Electrical power for the work space area must be increased. We are planning to
run a new conduit from the Soudan electrical cage up the West wall of the
Soudan hall. A three phase 220 line will be installed in the conduit. A new
electrical panel will be installed under the clean room on the West wall. The
Sola power conditioning transformer will be relocated to under the clean room.

3)New contact person:
Since I am leaving until next Spring, Brian Anderson is being brought up to
speed on the work space area. Brian's e-mail address is
brian@sudan5.sudan.umn.edu.

4)Storage:
Brian has begun clearing out the clean room, relocating many of the items to
behind the Soudan 2 detector. New shelving is being installed in this area
behind the Soudan detector. This storage will not affect the area needed for
module removal.

Relocating Soudan 2 equipment will give us room to store a substantial part
of the MINOS electronics and fiber cable in the old Soudan 2 clean room.
Unfortunately, part of the clean room storage is hard to get at, probably not
good for short term storage. We still have a lot work to do on storage.

5)Imminent Electric power and cable tray actions:
I hope to meet with Eric Leajgeld of CNA engineers on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2000
to discuss power to the Soudan clean room and the MINOS office complex. Moving
the cable tray 12 inches towards the detector, adding a barrier and extending
the tray (one section only) to the control room will also be discussed.
Electric power will also be placed in the public viewing area. I have not
received confirmation from Eric.

II. Cables and Cable Trays
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A preliminary cable tray assignment has been made and distributed. It is
available at http://home.fnal.gov/~ayres/fii/farinst-cabletray.txt.

1) Using a barrier in cable trays:
Harold Balken U. of Minnesota electrical code supervisor says a steel barrier
is suitable for separating cable types. A typical barrier is B-Line A73 and
comes in 10 or 12 foot lengths. Screws attach the barrier to the rungs of the
cable tray. Its depth is 4 inches, 3 inches usable. He also FAXed us a copy of
NEC article 318.

2)Using a double tray:
It appears that cable tray widths start at 6 inches (B-Line), thus changing to
two tray/ versus one nine inch tray adds 3 plus inches to the total tray width.
I don't think this would matter as far as engineering goes.

3)Cable loading in trays:
My interpretation if NEC article 318 is that we are OK with respect to placing
up to 96 HV cables in a 4.5 inch wide cable tray. I do not know about the five
volt cables. They each carry about 2.5 watts (not much), but my interpretation
of article 318, suggests that they are power cables and cannot be mixed with
the non-power cables. I also suspect that we cannot put them with the HV
cables, unless the HV cables are type MC. I have not been able to ascertain
what MC means. They would fit with the HV cables since the section with 96  HV
cables does not have any five volt DC cables. DC cables appear with 72 or fewer
HV cables.

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C. Inventory Control (updated Nov. 21, 2000)
   Planning Manager: Dave Boehnlein

               PROGRESS REPORT ON INVENTORY CONTROL
          
Collaborators from the University of Minnesota -  Crookston (D. DeMuth,
T. Gerla) have developed a prototype database for tracking inventory at
Soudan.  The software indicates quantity and location of detector
components and status of subassemblies, allows tracking of movement from
one location to another (e.g., warehouse to Soudan2 mezzanine), maintains
a vendor list, and includes an online logbook.  The operator is able to
add new part types or subassemblies and track them by barcode or manually
entered data.  We have stepped through several receiving exercises with
J. Zorman, who will be in charge of the warehouse.  This has enabled us
to optimize the software so as to make it most useful for the minecrew
who will actually be using it.  MINOS managers have cooperated by sending
us lists of items to be sent to Soudan, with approximate schedules and
additional receiving requirements, which has allowed us to configure the
database as realistically as possible at this early date.  The program
and procedures are at this point a work in progress and we plan to amend
them as needed once materials actually begin arriving at the warehouse.

(See See http://home.fnal.gov/~ayres/fii/inventstat-sep00.doc for the
Sep. 5, 2000 report.)

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D. Alignment and survey (updated Nov. 21, 2000)
   Planning Manager: Dave Boehnlein

               PROGRESS REPORT ON SURVEY & ALIGNMENT

We now have a Leica TCR307 Total Station and the Level 3 manager (D.
Boehnlein) has received basic training in how to operate it.  The design
of targets is still under consideration and the number of targets will
have to be optimized to keep cost down.  Time and motion studies for
survey have been delayed with the delay in schedule for the 1PP.  Another
factor that will influence the survey target design and placement is the
decision whether to use Alner Bars for mounting the scintillator
modules.  The current plan is to place machined survey targets in some or
all  of the Alner Bar holes, a plan that must be modified the Alner Bars
are actually used for mounting.

(See See http://home.fnal.gov/~ayres/fii/survstat-sep00.doc for the
Sep. 5, 2000 report.)

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E. LANs (updated Nov. 22, 2000)
   Planning Manager: Jonathan Thron
   *** See See http://home.fnal.gov/~ayres/fii/lanstat-nov00.doc ***
   *** LAN schematic at http://131.212.67.203/albums/MINOS/network.pdf ***

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F. PC coordination (updated Sept. 11, 2000)
   Planning Manager: Saeed Madani

             PROGRESS REPORT ON PC COORDINATION

I have received replies from the following so far:

Phil Harris (Calibration)
Jeff Nelson (Steel Magnet)
Alfons Weber (Timing)
Marvin Marshak (Detector Control)
David Saranen (Soudan Mine control room)
David Petyt (Monitoring)
Gordon Crone (Calibration Module)

I have sent reminders to people I am awaiting replies from on two occasions
(last one sent today) and expect more replies back soon.  I am hoping to
have results by the September Collaboration meeting which may not be
all-inclusive (if the remainder do not reply in time).

The main people who should reply are:

The near detector control room
Database
Data dispatcher system (I have been contacted by Sue, expect a complete
reply soon)
any others

results so far:
Most people with on-detector hardware systems prefer rackmount PCs and
others prefer tower PCs so far.
Most people prefer a MINOS chosen standard OS - Linux for most but some
require Windows as well as Linux.
A site provided support by the site crew is also preferred by most.
There are other varied requirements so far which will need to be looked at
in detail in the summary.

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G. Electronics testing plans (updated Nov. 22, 2000)
   Planning Manager: Jonathan Thron
   *** See See http://home.fnal.gov/~ayres/fii/electeststat-nov00.doc ***

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H. DAQ installation (updated Nov. 21, 2000)
   Planning Manager: Geoff Pearce
   
               FAR DETECTOR DAQ INSTALLATION PROGRESS REPORT

                          September 13, 2000
             Revised Nov. 21, 2000
                               G.F.Pearce

An outline plan for the installation and commissioning of the DAQ system
at Soudan was presented at the Ely meeting in June, 2000. This covered
hardware and software component lists, delivery, storage and
pre-installation checkout, infrastructure requirements (LAN etc) and an
outline of a preliminary installation and commissioning plan highlighting
the integration of other elements of the detector and online system. A
copy of this presentation is available on the MINOS-at-work web site at

                  http://hepunx.rl.ac.uk/minos/daq/

under the title Second Installation Review. This represents initial
thoughts and plans for installation of course; developments and changes
will occur over the coming months as details are fleshed out and an
overall plan integrated with other managers.

Since then further discussion has taken place with other installation
managers (further detail in their reports as appropriate) on:
 
 *  Work space area for pre-installation component checkout and other
    test work for the installation period in the Soudan cavern;
 *  Placement of the DAQ components in the MINOS cavern and control room;
 *  Cable and fiber runs in the MINOS cavern;
 *  Grounding issues; problems are not expected in the DAQ system but a
    backup design which replaces the electrical PVIC connection with
    optical has been established. See
    http://hepunx.rl.ac.uk/minos/daq/grounding-review/
 *  LAN requirements and specification for the DAQ system.

Future plans
 *  Arrangements need to be finalized for the receipt and storage of DAQ
    components as they arrive at Soudan. This should include the
    labelling of components according to the agreed MINOS methods, cross
    referenced to manufacturer's serial numbers. The components can be
    delivered to the test areas in the Soudan 2 hall at the earliest
    convenience of the local managers where they need to be available for
    the checkout tests. Local effort will need to be agreed and organized
    for these delivery tasks.
 *  Plans for the checkout of components at Soudan in advance of the DAQ
    installation need to be finalized. Acceptance tests of the PCs
    delivered are requested of the local computer experts.A member of the
    DAQ group at RAL will travel to Soudan to checkout other DAQ
    components and perform preliminary integration tests. The procedure
    for handling failed components needs to be defined; sufficient spares
    will be available on-site for work to proceed but failed components
    will need to be exchanged or fixed.
 *  Plans for the installation and commissioning of the DAQ and Online
    system need to be fleshed out in more detail. The existing outline
    plan is the start of this process and identifies many of the issues
    to be addressed. The DAQ interfaces and interacts with many other
    detector systems so the installation and, in particular,
    commissioning of the system is complex and interlaces with other
    system installation plans. Close co-ordination will be required with
    the front end electronics, light injection, detector control,
    database, monitoring, network, data distribution and offline systems
    among others.
 *  The distribution of computing tasks in the high level DAQ system
    needs to be finalized; this could have a small effect on the number
    of PCs required by the system but is a minor issue for the
    installation. The final decision can be made late in the day since
    the impact is small.
 *  Acceptance tests need to be established in order that commissioning
    can be signed off. These should be staged. Acceptance of a basic
    system, sufficient for detector checkout and commissioning, will be
    required first. Further development of the DAQ and Online systems
    will continue throughout installation.
 *  Detailed discussion need to take place with the LAN group on the LAN
    design. The DAQ has some critical data and control paths on the LAN
    which need to be assured early in the design stage.

Progress since the Sept. 13 report:
 * The schedules for the Far Detector and Calibration Detector installations
   have been adjusted so that they no longer overlap

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I. Control room (updated Sept. 6, 2000)
   Planning Managers: Louie Barrett, Bill Miller

     PROGRESS REPORT ON COMPUTER ROOM / CONTROL ROOM COMPLEX    
              W.L. Barrett,  6 September 2000

a) A drawing of the complex is available at
   http://131.212.67.203/albums/Temp/laboffice.jpg

b) The drawing has been modified ( 6 Sept) to indicate 110 volt power
   outlets. Power will be available to the visitors gallery.
   
c) The electrical power requirements have been communicated to
   Eric Leagjeld of CNA.
   
d) I have not interchanged the control room/computer room names as
   requested by Jonathan. I am afraid it might create confusion at this
   time. Maybe later.
   
e) A cable tray will run next to the rock wall and under the floor of
   the complex. The cable tray will connect to the East outside nine inch
   cable tray. The cable tray will be the same 9 inch tray that is used
   around the detector.

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J. Online logbook (updated Sept. 7, 2000)
   Planning Manager: Pete Border

                 PROGRESS REPORT ON MINOS ONLINE LOGBOOK     

      The online logbook will be used to record any comments, settings, graphs,
results, thoughts and musings of the people on shift. It is meant to be an
electronic version of the traditional logbook, which has been a part of
experimental science since the days of Leonardo da Vinci. The advantages an
electronic version are to allow searching and wide distribution over the entire
collaboration.

       For a logbook to be useful, it must be easy to add to, and capable of
easily handling several forms of data: text with a full range of fonts and
colors, graphs and diagrams, references to other documents on the
world-wide-web. It must also be able to accept blocks of text from text files,
and possibly be able to do something with data from spreadsheets (it is also
possible that we could require spreadsheet users to output data in ascii, and
use a separate graphing package).

     The online logbook will use (as much as possible) code "borrowed" from the
FNAL "medusa" Beams Division online logbook, which is an adaption of a DoE
version. The people identified with this task are Pete Border and a grad
student. It is quite likely that Dave DeMuth and the UMN-Crookston people will
be involved as well. The earliest date that has been mentioned for a prototype
is November.

References:

Information about Fermilab Beams Division E-Log book project can
be found in http://medusa.fnal.gov/.

Examples of MCR (Beams Division Main Control Room) online logbook can
be found in http://www-bd.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/elog.pl.
This has been used for close to 1.5 years and well kept in terms of
users entering pages by the rules.

CDF adaptation version is in http://www-b0.fnal.gov:8000/e-log/.
This is still a prototype trial system since regular operation has not
yet started.
  
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K. Electronics test equipment (updated Nov. 21, 2000)
   Planning Manager: Bob Webb

                   PROGRESS REPORT 
        EQUIPMENT NEEDED AT THE SOUDAN MINE FOR
        FAR DETECTOR CHECKOUT AND INSTALLATION

               Bob Webb
              Texas A&M University
               (9/6/00)
                Revised(11/21/00)

     In an effort to try and determine what Fermilab PREP equipment will
be needed at the Soudan Mine during detector installation and checkout,
I have contacted/asked those who will be needing such equipment to send
me a list of items that they will need for their particular activities.
As of this moment I have heard back from the following folks:  Stu Mufson
for MUX boxes; Jim Musser for Clear fiber Cables; Phil Harris and Jenny
Thomas for Light Injection System.  I am still trying to get additional
information regarding the equipment needed for the Module Mapper, PMT
testing/repair to complete this list.  Further, if there are other systems
that will require PREP electronics to accomplish their installation and
checkout eg. DCS, DAQ, ..., they should forward their requests to me as 
soon as possible.

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1)  Equipment needed for clear fiber cable checkout and installation:
            from Jim Musser

    We are here trying to accomplish two things.  First, get the
equipment we think we need to the mine. This includes:

    1:  Light leak hardware.   (MUX box-IU, HV-PREP, discriminator-PREP, 
light leak "rate meter"-IU, light source-IU, oscilloscope-PREP)

    2:   Transmission test station-IU.

    3:    We should also have a kit for making simple repairs there (ie,
replacing a shroud set...)-IU

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2)  Equipment needed for MUX box checkout and installation:
            from Stu Mufson

Equipment for MUX box certification/installation:

IU supplies the following items:

1. Integrating sphere testing rig -- 
   This is the device we are still designing to do thorough tests of MUX
   boxes at Indiana/Tufts.  It includes an integrating sphere fit with
   hardware that outputs 28 uniformly illuminated fibers from a single LED
   onto a standard module optical connector and a single optical fiber onto a
   reference PMT.

   -integrating sphere + hardware
   -reference PMT
   -computer
   -CAMAC card interface
   -connector fixtures that allow 10-10-8 light signals into a MUX box (as
      done for light injection calibration system)

We will need the following from PREP for checkout at Soudan:

1.  Fast dual-channel oscilloscope (Tektronix 2465)
2.  HV supply, 2.5 mA
3.  gate generator (like LeCroy 222)
4.  3 x 12 channel ADCs (LeCroy 2249W)
5.  CAMAC crate
6.  NIM bin or adaptor for NIM module in CAMAC crate
7.  pulser, 10V output, 20 ns pulse width

We also need:

1.  Clean compressed air

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3)  Equipment needed for Light Injection checkout and Installation
            from Phil Harris and Jenny Thomas

     To test a pulser box will require:
        Oscilloscope-PREP
        PIN diode with +/- 5V supply-Sussex
        PC running LINUX-Sussex will supply a laptop for checkout 
only, if the flasher system is to be used for module checkout this will
require another LINUX PC to run the flasher.

     We will no longer need to test monitor PMT boxes since we are now 
planning not to use them unless a problem with tracking the PIN responses
emerges.

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4)  Equipment needed for mapper checkout and installation
        waiting for further info here..

     Minnesota will be providing the mapper hardware and take care that it 
is installed at the Soudan Mine on the Mezzanine in the Soudan cavern.  
This system will require a computer control system and a DAQ system to
readout and store the mapper information in the module database.  I have
contacted the Caltech folks to see what they have put together for the 
setup that they just assembled.

     The Caltech setup has been modified since they got the mapper from ANL.
They have added a little bit of electronics on the mapper DAQ to incorporate 
a controlled timing of the triggers. Currently, the DAQ is evolving as they
get more experience mapping modules coming off the assembly line.  At this
time they can map modules, do light injection on the PMTs, and they
are working on developing a more automated process which would include
monitoring of the system stability.

     Caltech will be developing one or more custom electronics modules 
to run this system, which they will then provide for all the mappers.

     At present these are the units needed for the mapper:

RABBIT DAQ from Argonne.

  RABBIT Crate      1
  RABBIT Power Supply   1
  ESE III       1
  EWELESS       1
  BAT           1
  PMA           6
  CRI           1

The second group is what you might get from the FNAL PREP.  As you can see
this is nearly a bare minimum.

  CAMAC Crate               1
  NIM Crate             1
  KS 3988 GPIB Crate Controller     1
  HV Power Supply (FNAL ES-7109)    2
  Gate Generator (LeCroy 2323A)     2

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5)  Equipment needed for PMT checkout
        waiting for further info here..

     I have contacted Karol Lang to see if there is anything that the PMT
folks would need if they wanted to do testing at the mine.  At this time,
it is Karol's feeling that doing this work at the mine might not be a good
idea.  If there are problems with an M-16 now, they will be shipped to
UT-Austin for further checkout.   Karol is, however, reviewing this situation 
and will report back to me after they have had an opportunity to work with a 
larger sample of M-16s.

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6)  Equipment needed for checkout of DCS, DAQ etc.

     Thus far the DCS and DAQ folks will only require space for system
checkout before installation at Soudan.  They will be providing the
hardware required to perform these tests.

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L. Scintillator testing plans (updated Nov. 21, 2000)
   Planning Manager: Bob Webb

            PROGRESS REPORT ON
        MINOS SCINTILLATOR INSTALLATION PLAN

                Bob Webb
            Texas A&M University
               (9/8/2000)
                Revised(11/21/00)

     In an effort to coordinate the various scintillation system 
installation activities in the following time intervals: 1) preceding 
the mounting of modules onto the steel; 2) after mounting but before hanging; 
3) final checkout after hanging and 4) connection to MUX boxes and
electronics for check out with cosmic rays.  I have collected information from
those responsible for these activities, and in this report I will attempt
to show the general outline of these activities and how they all fit 
together.  For reference, I have made available the contributions that
I have received from each of the principals on my MINOS web page at

    http://hepr5.physics.tamu.edu/minos/minos.htm

        1. Component checkout before mounting

     In order to begin detector checkout after components begin arriving at
the mine will require the following test setups: 1) module mapper; 2)
MUX Box checkout station; and 3) Clear fiber cable checkout station.
In addition to providing the test setups, the responsible institutions
will also be providing the necessary expert manpower from their institutes
to get these facilities up and running and to carry out either some
or all of the early testing of far detector components.  The institutions/
individuals that are responsible for these various setups are  UMinn/Leon 
Mualem, IU/Stuart Mufson and IU/Jim Musser respectively.
     The Minnesota Group will be setting up the module mapper at the Soudan
site as soon as we are given beneficial occupancy to the Soudan 2 mezzanine
area.  As shown in farinst-effort12 this work is expected to begin in early
March of 2001.  Once the mapper is set up and checked out, it will be
the responsibility of physicist workers from the factories to make early
measurements on the shipped modules.  At this time, we plan to map all of 
the modules needed for installing the first ~30 or so planes in order to
study the performance of modules after they have been shipped.  Our 
experience here will be used to decide what "sampling fraction" it makes 
sense to continue to map from future shipments.
     Once the technique/routine has been established for these tests, 
the task of making maps will be passed along to other scintillation system 
workers.  It has been suggested that if we discover that we must map all 
incoming modules before mounting, that we may wish to hire a permanent tech 
to work on this aspect of the scintillation system checkout throughout the 
installation of the far detector.  We are hoping that it will only be 
necessary to map a fraction of the total module output at the mine.
     The Indiana Group (Mufson) will be responsible for providing the 
necessary MUX Box checkout hardware and computing testing equipment.  The 
MUX box makers are planning to do extensive tests of the first shipments
of boxes to verify that they are in proper working order.  These tests
will be carried out by IU trained/supplied experts during the early phases
of MUX box shipping.  Eventually the plan is to have a specially trained
technician who is permanently stationed at Soudan carry out these tests.
It is possible depending on the work load that this tech could be the same
one that is responsible for mapper activities as well.
     Lastly, the Indiana Group (Musser) will also provide the required 
hardware to check out the clear fiber cables.  This will include light leak
checking and transmission capability.  The scintillator group is 
anticipating that we will be able to use this same hardware to check out
mounted modules before they are hung.  We will return to this later.
     The fiber cable checkout will repeat many of the tests performed at
the factories to verify that nothing changed dramatically during shipment.
These tests will be performed by IU trained/supplied techs during the
early stages of shipping of cables.  In the longer term, it is expected 
that the checkout and testing of the cables and their connections to the
modules will be transferred to the mine crew. 

        2. Checkout before hanging

     After the parts have been installed on the steel, the next step in the
installation process will be to perform the following checks: 1) check for
light leaks; 2) check for clear fiber connection; 3) check for clear fiber/
WLS/clear fiber connection through the module; 4) check that flasher fiber
connection is okay.  To perform tests 1-3, we will be using equipment that 
was developed for the clear fiber cable factories by the IU group.  Our 
plan is to check for light leaks in the modules and fibers using the fiber
cable light leak checker system.  Once the module has been cleared of light
leaks, we will then switch the clear fibers over to the transmission test 
device where the tester will flash a particular fiber on one side of a 
module and measure the light received at the other side of the module.  
This test will check that the fibers are routed properly and that there 
aren't any broken sections of fiber(clear or WLS).  Once the modules have
passed this test the last check will be to make sure that the LIM is 
working properly.  To do this will require a "special flasher box" with a 
single fiber output that can be attached to the ends of the flasher fibers
that have been inserted into the LIMs.  We will then flash each of the 
fibers to make sure that the Flasher fiber/LIM system is working on each 
module.  After this test has been completed the modules are ready for 
hanging.   
     Initially these checks will be developed by the various system experts.
After the testing scheme has been perfected these experts will then 
transfer the performance of this task to the mine crew and physicists
working on the assembling of the detector under the guidance of the 
scintillator tech expert resident at the mine.

    3. Final checkout after plane has been hung

    After a plane has been hung, there is still some time where we could
make major changes/interventions, if we find problems.  Our plan is to once
again carry out several similar tests like those performed before raising
the plane.  We will carry out a set of light leak and light transmission 
tests through the modules and a final test of the LIM.  Following these
tests, we will then begin to connect the modules to their respective MUX
boxes and before we install the front end electronics we will use a custom
daughter card developed by the IU group to get access to the anode signals
from each of the pixels on the 3 M16s in a MUX box.  We will use these
PMT signals to verify that the light leak levels are acceptable before
mounting the Front End cards.
     As in the previous step, these checks will initially be carried out by 
the system experts at the mine, but eventually as the procedure is made 
more routine, these tasks will be taken over by the scintillator tech 
expert with the help of the installation mine crew.

    4. Final connection to MUX boxes and installation of FE electronics

     The final installation task before the mounted plane of modules is
turned over for data taking is to connect it to its appropriate MUX boxes,
install the necessary FE electronics cards and DC voltage connection and
to connect up the MUX box PMTs to High Voltage and adjust voltages and 
lastly, connect the flasher fiber to the flasher system.  Each of these 
installation tasks will initially be carried out by the appropriate system
experts.  After installing a number of planes, the responsibility for
performing these final installation tasks will be transferred to the mine
crew supervised by the scintillator tech expert.
 
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M. Training (updated Nov. 21, 2000)
   Planning Manager: Dave Boehnlein

                   PROGRESS REPORT ON TRAINING

Although two new safety training manuals have been developed for the
Soudan mine (one for MINOS collaborators and one for contractors), there
has been no further progress on task training for physicists.

(See See http://home.fnal.gov/~ayres/fii/trainstat-sep00.doc for the
September 5, 2000 report.)

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N. Shift Coordination (updated Nov. 22, 2000)
   Planning Manager: Dave Ayres

               PROGRESS REPORT ON SHIFT COORDINATION

As described in section A above, the new integrated schedule and effort plan is
contained in the Microsoft Project file farinst-effort12.mpp, which is
available at http://home.fnal.gov/fii/~ayres/.  The resulting effort profiles
for minecrew and visitors are summarized in the file farinst-effort12.xls at
the same URL. These files contains scheduling and manpower information about
both minecrew and Soudan visitor effort plans. "Visitor" refers to MINOS
detector subsystem experts and shift physicists who are not permanently
resident at Soudan, but only come to the site (perhaps for several weeks or
months at a time) to perform specific installation tasks.

The major issue which this plan must address is the coordination of visitor
personnel schedules with the detector installation schedule.  The sequence of
various tasks which visitors perform must be organized so that workers do
not come to Soudan until everything they need to complete their work is
available.  For example, the Detector Control System and DAQ system cannot
be installed until the LAN-WAN systems are in place.  In addition, the space
available for equipment checkout and staging is limited.  The minecrew effort
needed to assist visitors is also limited.  Tasks which could, in principle,
be performed in parallel, may be scheduled in series to avoid overloading of
limited facilities at Soudan.

The minecrew effort plan is somewhat more developed than the visitor plan, and
has been used to determine the effort (and funding) profile for WBS 2.4 in
Change Request #54.  The subsystem-expert visitor plan was reviewed in detail
at the Sept. 21 Far Installation/Integration working group meeting by the
Level 2 and Level 3 managers for the steel & coils, scintillator and
electronics tasks.  The shift physicist visitor plan is consistent with the
results of the MINOS Collaboration poll of collaborating institutions, which
was conducted to determine the availability of collaborators for general shift
work at Soudan during far detector installation.

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O. Safety Signoff Procedures (updated Nov. 20, 2000)
   Planning Manager: Earl Peterson

      PROGRESS REPORT ON SOUDAN INSTALLATION SAFETY-SIGNOFF PROCEDURES

Far detector installation procedures and equipment will be required to meet
Soudan Laboratory safety standards. An approval process similar to the Fermilab
Operational Readiness Clearance procedure will be used to certify that
procedures and equipment are safe before routine use begins. The purpose of
this planning task is to document the approval process to be used during far
detector installation and commissioning at Soudan.

All procedures and equipment are subject to University of Minnesota safety
regulations, and the facility is subject to routine inspection by University
code officials. In addition, all operations which take place in and around the
Soudan mine shaft are subject to State Park safety regulations. Although
Fermilab has no formal responsibility for the safety of operations at Soudan,
the MINOS detector installation staff will require that equipment and
procedures meet the same basic safety standards as on-site Fermilab
experiments.  In order to guarantee that far detector installation procedures
and equipment meet all safety requirements, each system will be subject to a
formal inspection before it is placed into operation, and to routine
inspections thereafter.

The documentation of these procedures is now under way.  The first draft
description of the safety approval process is reproduced below.  This draft has
been reviewed and discussed by the far detector installation working group and
a number of suggestions for improvements have been made. These will be
incorporated into a revised draft in the near future.

       Draft Installation Signoff Procedures for MINOS Far Detector
       ------------------------------------------------------------
1. Electrical

   a. Electronic devices: All non-commercial PC boards must be approved by FNAL
      before shipment to Soudan. The Soudan Laboratory safety officer or his
      designee will check the units as they arrive (for exposed A/C and
      grounding) and energize them as appropriate.  They will then be tagged as
      ready to either test or install. The designee might be the
      physicist/engineer responsible for the unit.

   b. High-current devices:  A licensed electrician must do junction box
      wiring.  High-current devices (magnet coil power supplies are an example)
      should not be activated before the Safety Officer and an engineer from
      Fermilab (Bob Trendler or designee) have written an operations procedure
      and powered the units.  This may involve utilizing a test load.  The
      magnet coil turn-on should follow a similar plan.  These units should be
      protected by LOTO (lock-out/tag-out) procedures during maintenance, and
      should be operated only by personnel certified to do so by the Safety
      Officer.  Fermilab power technician training or equivalent should provide
      this certification.

2. Mechanical

   a. Cranes, Monorail and Steel carts

      1) The outfitting contract provides for operator training by the
     equipment suppliers.  Jerry Meier will participate in the training,
     and he is himself certified to train.

      2) A written procedure will be abstracted from the training documentation
     furnished by the suppliers.

      3) Jerry Meier will train and authorize crew bosses to use the
     equipment.  Only authorized personnel can operate this equipment.

   b. Materials Handling Cage

      1) A signoff committee will be formed to assess and document procedures. 
     The (tentative) membership will include Jerry Meier, Bill Miller, Jim
     Beaty, and Anthony Zavodnik and Alan Kosir from the DNR.  Jim Kilmer
     from Fermilab will act as a member (if present) or consultant.

      2) The committee will review the videotapes from the New Muon Lab tests
     and develop a written procedure based on the Fermilab ORC
     documentation.

      3) Jerry Meier will insure that mine crew members are familiar with, and
     follow the procedure.

   c. Strongback use and plane deployment

      1) A signoff committee will be formed to assess and document procedures. 
     The (tentative) membership will include Jerry Meier, Bill Miller and
     Jim Beaty.  Jim Kilmer from Fermilab will act as a member (if present)
     and as a consultant.

      2) The committee will review the videotapes from the New Muon Lab tests
     and develop a written procedure based on the Fermilab ORC
     documentation.

      3) Jerry Meier will insure that mine crew members are familiar with, and
     follow the procedure.

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P. Documentation (updated Nov. 15, 2000)
   Planning Manager: Dave Ayres
                             
      PROGRESS REPORT ON SOUDAN LABORATORY DOCUMENTATION PLANNING

Detector installation work at Soudan will require a library of written
documentation for all detector subsystems, including construction drawings,
specifications and reference materials.  A central repository will contain
reference copies of all documents.  Field copies of some documents will be
provided at specific work areas in the underground laboratory and surface
building.

This planning task consists of assembling a complete list of required
documentation and identification of individuals responsible for providing
specific documents.  This list will include a realistic schedule for delivery
of each document to Soudan and provision of an on-site filing system for
keeping track of both reference and field copies. The filing system will
include provisions for updating documents and ensuring that the most current
versions are always available.  So far, only a draft list of required documents
has been written. This list is reproduced below.

 1. Full sets of construction drawings for cavern excavation and outfitting.
 2. Full set of construction drawings for steel detector planes.
 3. Full set of construction drawings for scintillator modules.
 4. Full sets of construction drawings for all scintillator system components.
 5. Full set of construction drawings and schematics for electronics systems. 
 6. Safety handbook and reference documents.
 7. Fire protection system operations manual.
 8. Inventory control software manual.
 9. Experiment database manual.
10. Detector plane survey procedures and reference material
11. Steel plate inspection, quality assurance and database entry manual
12. Scintillator module testing equipment operation and reference manuals:
    a. Module mapper
    b. Light leak checker
    c. Module fiber continuity checker
    d. Module light injection checker
13. Receiving checkout instructions for:
    a. MUX boxes
    b. Clear fiber cable assemblies
    c. Light injection pulser boxes and fiber cable assemblies
    d. Electronics cards and modules
14. Operations manuals (including installation/maintenance instructions) for:
    a. Data acquisition procedures
    b. Detector monitoring software
    c. Diagnostic software for electronics systems
    d. Light injection system
    e. Detector Control System
    f. Front end electronics cards
    g. DAQ electronics modules
    h. GPS clock system
    i. Magnetic monitoring system
    j. Magnet coil system

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