Installation of the remote measurement system

1. In order to set up the remote measurement system inside the CSB assembly, three channel boxes were mounted in the CSB assembly. As shown in Fig. 15, the channel boxes were opened and 72 digital probes were taken out of the CSB assembly through spaces between the CSB and the LSS.

Fig. 24. Assembly of digital probe and threaded connection jig

2. As shown in Fig. 24, all 72 digital probes were installed the holes of the CSB snubber lugs after the digital probes were assembled with the threaded connection jigs. For this step, the digital probes were necessarily placed at 1 mm or more from the measured holes of the CSB snubber lug. Bolt tightening was done using a hexagonal wrench. The bolts numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4 were clockwise and the tightening order was 1, 3, 2, and 4. All remaining sensors were installed via the methods described above.

3. The electric power cords, air hoses, and signal cables between the channel boxes were connected and taken out of the RV. The air hoses were connected with an air compressor.

4. The signal cables were linked with a USB-orbit module and an RS-485 converter. The USB ports of the USB-orbit module were linked with a USB hub. The USB hub and USB ports of the RS-485 converter were connected to the USB ports of a remote measurement computer. Table 5 shows the remote measurement system guideline.

5. Electric power supplies were checked in order with the remote measurement system first, followed by the air compressor, and then the remote measurement computer to verify whether or not the connections worked exactly according to the operating guide.

6. The air pressure was set to 0.8 — 1 bar using a software program on the remote measurement computer. At this stage, the digital probes had to be checked using a software program to verify whether or not they operated normally. Fig. 14 shows the configuration of the remote measurement system.