NEW TASK LIST AT: https://github.com/SUWS/mast-planning/issues
Pre issue tracker task list
DESIGN WORK
- Finish CAD for antenna installation
- Assignee: Tyler
- Dependencies: measurements for 70cm antenna plus various mounting brackets and cables. Will probably need to have these in are possession to get accurate measurements for most of these.**
- Create installation plan and documentation for Estates and Facilities,
- Assignees: Tyler (with help from other)
- Dependencies complete (or near complete) CAD diagram
- Sub tasks
- Ordered set of instructions
- List of tools required
- Exploded diagrams to see how things are put together.
- Plan how to connect FM dipole
- Assignees: unknown
- Dependencies: none
- Sub tasks
- Find out the connectors used at each end of the FM dipole cable and how they are connected to the dipole itsled.
- Source new connectors and appropriate length of suitable flexible cable.
COMMUNICATION WORK
- Interact with SUSU to get final approval for mast.
- Assignees: David N and Tyler
- Dependencies: SUSU Director of services to get back to us.
- Interact with Estates and Facilities to confirm they are happy with our plans
- Assignees: David N and Tyler
- Dependencies: Waiting final approval from SUSU.
- Sub tasks
- Check with E&F about lightning protection and wall mounting.
- Check that no specific planning permission is required.
- Organise with Estates and Facilities the erection of the mast.
- Assignees: David N and Tyler
- Dependencies: Approval from SUSU and Estates and Facilities. Final complete installation plans (although a date can be set before the final plan is ready)
CABLING
- Measure cable in cage 9
- Assignees: undedecided
- Dependencies: none
- Calculate cabling lengths
- Assignees: Tyler + 1 other
- Dependencies: Access to the CAD diagram and ability to use it to calculate lengths:
- Sub tasks
- Determine all the cables we will need.
- Use CAD diagram to calculate lengths
- Source coax connectors
- Assignee: unknown
- Dependencies: partially depends what cables are needed.
- Sub tasks
- Specify the type and quantity of coax connectors we need
- Source these specified coax connectors.
- Source network cabling
- Assignees: undecided
- Dependencies: knowing the cable lengths required.
- Sub tasks
- Find ultra-violet resistant, flexible, shielded Ethernet cable (uncrimped) from WiFi dish to the junction box.
- Find ultra-violet resistant, shielded Ethernet cable (uncrimped) from junction box to server rack.
- Plan framework for cable mounting
- Assignees: undecided
- Dependencies: knowing the lengths ans types of cable.
- Sub tasks
- Design and source parts for junction box.
- Build junction box.
- Determine how cables should be mounted along the mast / crossbeam and against the wall of SUSU.
MOUNTING / ANTENNAS
- Design source and build mounting for Wi-fi dish
- Assignees: undecided
- Dependencies: none
- Sub tasks
- Design mounting bracket that can mount dish at 90 degrees to standard mounting bracket.
- Source parts needed for mounting bracket.
- Build mounting bracket.
- Finish HF dipole refurbishment
- Assignees: undecided
- Dependencies: none
- Clean the internals and other critical outstanding parts of existing HF fpole set of parts
- Determine and spec out further parts needed for the HF dipole
- Source further parts needed for the HF dipole.
- Find mounting bracket for HF dipole
- Assignees: undecided
- Dependencies: none
- Find and purchase 70cm antenna for mast
- Assignees: undecided
- Dependencies: none
- Design or find and purchase 868Mhz antenna
- Assignees: undecided
- Dependencies: none
- find where we have hidden diplexer and test it
- Assignees: undecided
- Dependencies: none
- Build polarity splitter for 2m beam
- Assignees: undecided
- Dependencies: none
- VNA testing
- Assignees: undecided
- Dependencies: Various cables need to be purposed and connectors attached and access to a VNA.
- Subtasks
- VNA test 2m beam antenna cable
- VNA test 868 antenna cable
- VNA test triband cable
- VNA test hf dipole cable
- VNA test 70cm antenna cable
- Design and build improved water-proofing for Wi-Fi dish
- Assignees: undecided
- Dependecies: none
- Sub tasks
- Design water-proof housing
- Source any parts consumables need to build and attach housing to dish
- Build water-proof housing
ROTATOR/FRAMEWORK
- Source main mast pole
- Assignees: undecided
- Dependencies: none
- Identify rotator mounting options for existing wall brackets
- Assignees: undecided
- Dependencies: Access to the AR drone video inxpecting the current mast and mountings.
- Replace screws on azimuth rotator
- Assignees: undecided
- Dependencies: none (Screws already purchased)
- Check elevation rotator mounting screws are not rusty
- Assignees: undecided
- Dependencies; none
- Plan and build rotator cable connections
- Assignnees: undecided
- Dependencies: none
- Sub tasks:
- Determine how we should manage the various wires that make up the connector cable so we can provide a simple connection setup when Estates and Facilities put up the rotator.
- Source components needed for connector
- Build connector
- Design notification plaque to be placed at base of mast
- Assignees: undeciuded
- Dependencies: none
- Sub tasks
- Determine how the plaque will be made.
- Determine what needs to go the mast: acknowledgements and safety / RF warnings.
- Source the plaque (probably use laser cutter/etcher in ECS machine room)
INTERNAL
- Get permission from SUSU to instal server rack in the "playroom"
- Assignees: David N and Tyler
- Dependencies: Source the rack so we know exact dimensions and wall mounting options.
- Design and build internal data/power patch panel
- Assignees: undecided
- Dependencies: none
- Sub tasks
- Determine the data and power needs in the rack, how they should be organised and any likely expansion
- Design patch panel
- Source components needed for patch panel
- Build and deploy patch panel.
- Design internal RF patch panel
- Assignees: undecided
- Dependencies: none
- Sub tasks
- Determine the RF needs for incoming cables rack and any likely expansion
- Design RF patch panel
- Source components needed for PF patch panel
- Build and deploy patch panel.
- Determine how to stop the mast from being unplugged
- Assignees: undecided
- Dependencies: Probably need the rack and mast deployed to see what likely vectors people will have for disconnecting.. However, can probably start accounting for obvious vectors immediately.
- Plan how to rack mount existing kit
- Assignees: undecided
- Dependencies: Possessing or at least knowing the specifications for all kit to be rack mounted.
- Sub tasks
- Determine the best way of rack mounting each piece of equipment.
- Source items need to rack mount equipment
- Adapt sourced items when bespoke equipment needs to be rack mounted.
- Make rack+contents look shiny
- Assignees: undecided
- Dependencies: All equipment being deployed or at least ready to be deployed in rack.
- Sub tasks
- WTF?
