1. TripleSpec 4 Status and Coming Steps
ACTR-S Meeting 24 Oct 2013

2. Status MUX and 2 detectors received from Teledyne
In La Serena
ITAR license required safe and door locks = done
Fanout board designed and built
Warm-test cables built
Warm testing of MUX mostly done, all good so far
Software 90% or more done
Test Dewar = new “lab” version of SOI-style
Parts coming out of shop, leak checking and rework underway
Completion expected 18 November
Cryo cables designed, order going out before end of Oct
Expected 8 week delivery from UK
ACTR-S Meeting 24 Oct 2013

3. Next Steps Finish Test Dewar Wire up with cryo cables
Cold test MUX – expected finish late January 2014
Cold test, optimize first detector – expected finish early May
Cold test, optimize second detector – expected finish early August
Will probably deliver MUX, detectors to Cornell serially
They expect to need something (MUX or detector) late May/early June
May require > 1 trip by CTIO personnel to Ithaca, NY; maybe notl
Certainly means > 1 shipment
Expected finish dates include explicit schedule contingency
ACTR-S Meeting 24 Oct 2013

4. Summary We are somewhat (4-6 months) behind original schedule
So is Cornell = no conflict, yet
Still aiming for delivery to CTIO in January 2015
Have eaten much but not all of I&T phase contingency already
Making good progress now BUT need to keep up; further slips almost certainly will mean delayed delivery to CTIO
Resources needed:
Patricio + shop to finish Test Dewar (done soon)
Marco Bonati and Michael Warner + technician support for testing
ACTR-S Meeting 24 Oct 2013