What                                 Who                  When
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Decision on fiber                    Max                  June 1
Decision on fiber termination        JJ/Max               June 1
Decision on splitter box             Andresen/Rich/Slawek June 1
Prototype for splitter rack layout   Rich/Ray/Henry       June 15 (was 6/8)
Print of splitter rack layout        Rich/Ray/Henry       June 15 (was 6/8)
Decision on rack layout              Rich/Ray/Slawek      July 1
Order splitter boxes                 Max/Jeff A/Swavek    July 1
Proposed Fiber/channel labeling      Rich/Dervin/Max      July 1
Print of fiber path layout, length   Rich/Dervin/Max      July 1
Decision on fiber path, length       Rich/Dervin/Max      July 15
Order fibers                         Max		  Aug  1
Installation                         Dervin/Max		    ?
Splitter rack complete               Rich/Ray/Henry       Oct  1

Notes:

1. Who means who is responsible for making this task happen. 
Task may be delegated to Max, Rich, Ray, or Henry, e.g. In some places
the chain is shown: e.g. Rich/Ray/Henry. 

2. dates are approximate, but we hope they are reasonable...
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Details from above list:

* decision on fiber & termination
	We have samples from NetOptics and Anicom.  Although the NetOptics
	cables appear to work properly, we have made the decision to avoid
	this vendor in the future, given their track record.  

	Max will get more samples (from other vendors) and discuss the
	choice of cable (0 halogen, core-locked) with the manufacturer: Optical
	Cable.  We'd like to sign-off on the cable so that the bid becomes 
	a bid for the cable terminations.  The choice of this ST 
	connector is very important as well, so Max and JJ will do more 
	research on this.

	Max will perform tests on the available cables, including:
		1) install in cable carrier and recheck optical props.
	        2) Dervin Allen crush test
		3) gravity test: hang long cable from b0 balcony in 100'
			loops.  Test for light loss.
		4) various flexing, crimping tests including tight bend
			and repeated flexing.  Test for light loss.
		5) yank on connectors & breakout portion of cables.  Test
			for light loss.
		6) what else?
	These tests are supposed to help us approve the cable choice before
	sending out for bids.

* decision on splitter box
	Since the SVXII has 36 FIBS, it has 144 data Glinks and we need
	nominally 72 2-channel splitter boxes.  If we end up with 1 SRC
	controlling 8 FFO, we will need to split these signals as well 
	(2 more splitter boxes).  We think 10% spare boxes plus 10% parts
	plus a ST termination kit would be appropriate to purchase at the
	same time.  Each 2-channel box costs roughly $500.

	The connector of the splitter box is very important, and will 
	be looked into further.  Jeff Andresen has splitters from AMP 
	and Gould.  Both seem adequate and final testing is underway 
	at FCC.  Henry points out that good labelling on the front panels
	is really important.  Perhaps the vendor can customize that a bit
	for us?

	The splitter box bid will be prepared by Max and Jeff Andresen.

	BER testing of the splitter is taking place now at FCC with AMP
	splitter boxes.  Last night, a BER of <10e-14 was attained.  
	They will now run for 5 days for final BER validation.

* testing at B0
	Rob Roser is expecting the first racks to arrive next week, and
	is willing to position (no electrical power) at least one rack 
	in the final position for the splitter racks on the 1st floor while 
	they commence rack setup on the 2nd floor.  Thus Henry, Rich, and Ray 
	could work on the splitter layout until Rob's rack installation 
	physically reaches them, near the end of June.  At that point, they
	would need to clear out to allow the other work to proceed.  Rich
	says he should have all his parts by 6/1, but will start bringing
	things over with him as they become available.  Jeff Andresen will
	provide AMP splitters for this testing.

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List of questions:

1) Do we need splitter boxes for the SRC->FFO link?  If so, how many?
	--> Colin

2) What is the ST connector choice for the SRC front panel?  Do we want to
   use the same type/brand for our cables?
	--> Colin

3) Propagation time difference between channels and tolerance for the SVT.
   Henry believes it must be less than 10 ns, but will recheck this.
   To measure this accurately, we need an OTDR which may or may not be
   available at FNAL.

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We'll plan to meet again around 6/1/98.