E-787 Technical Note #X Fixing the SSP System

J. S. Haggerty
Physics Department
Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973

May 1, 1995

Abstract:

This document explains some useful techniques for diagnosing problems with the SSP system, and for repairing the most common problem, a failed FASTBUS cable segment hybrid line driver. This document is available online.

• Disaster Strikes
• Checking the Cable Segment Differential Voltages
• Binary Search of Cable Segment
• Identifying and Replacing a Hybrid
• SSP Diagnostic Programs
  • sspar
  • sspcheck
  • SSP Cable Segment Addresses
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