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# Set up an oscilloscope. Use one of the long power cables connected to one of the rack power strips (bottom right on the back of the rack) to ensure that the scope shares a ground with the rest of the electronics. Connect a bundle of four BNC cables between the green BNC ports on the FPGA breakout box and the scope. The green BNC ports are in ''parallel'' with the FPGA inputs, and will provide a "monitor" for the data the FPGA can record. The switches beneath these ports determine the signal that is being sent to the FPGA and scope: The default position is '''down''', which passes the detector signals via the DS345 I-V converters.
# Power up the laptop. The username to use is '''BioMag''' and the password is '''biomag'''.
# Attach the blue-headed VGA cable from the second monitor to the laptop. Hit the input selector button (far left) until the light under '''1''' is on. This monitor can be used for an extended desktop.
'''At this point, the setup is "ready to go" and data collection can begin as soon as the cells reach temperature. As long as the "current/thermistor" cat5 cables are plugged into the main box, the temperatures can be read by attaching a resistance meter to the green Temp BNC port and rotating the Channel Selector to the desired channel.'''
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