Hi Alan,

For FPS, the summary of current activities and status is as follows:

* Some confirmation tests on fps mapping studies done before shutdown
  -- here tests done with LEDs by pulsing LEDs from the control room and
  visual inspection of both FPS (north and south) detectors in the gaps to
  verify the current "as-is" map.  This was needed before any work on
  waveguides were to be done.

* Swapped, at the VLPC cassette-end, 9 waveguides to fix mapping issues
  observed in fps_examine, fps_unpdata/reco.  Note, connectors off one FPS
  wedge were also unhooked just to verify that 9 waveguide swap at
  cassette-end can take place.  It appeared that the "incorrect" map can
  be fixed at the cassette-end (and thus avoid fixing at the
  detector-end), and hence, the 9 swaps at the vlpc_end.

* Crimping of LED electrical connectors on cables continued at the
  platform.  At the moment, ~90% of this job is finished and expected to
  be complete in the next few days.

* Hookup of all LED cables at the pulser-end located on the platform is
  scheduled for next week.  At that point, all LEDs for FPS should be
  operational.

* Also, one FPS VLPC cassette (cassette_slot 102) was moved over one
  slot -- in order to fix temp. issues with that cassette slot described
  at previous meetings. 

* Next week: when VLPCs become cold again, some PDAQ studies with the FPS
  LED pulsers will be done to verify all waveguide and LED hookups are
  in-place before end-of-shutdown.  

That should be most of the FPS activities during the shutdown.  If there
are any questions, comments please let me know.

regards,
Abid
(abid@fnal.gov)