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Trigger fiber issue on amc-s2e01-14-07

Description

While performing time alignment with the EMTF, we noticed some links not locking. After further investigation, it appears there is no light coming from some fibers from the CTP7 to the EMTF boards.

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All the fibers are connected to the board amc-s2e01-14-07 (non-trivial mapping between GEM back-end boards and the EMTF boards). Moreover, the measured RX optical power on some trigger links from the GEM OptoHybrid is low.

# in µW
40 244
41 303
42 310
43 243
44 309
45 261
46 326
47 269
48 70
49 314
50 241
51 260
52 272
53 277
54 344
55 286
56 237
57 318
58 313
59 77

The MTP48 breakout fiber seems affected.

Possible fixes

Check the trigger fiber on amc-s2e01-14-07. Clean it, reseat it, fix it, or replace it as needed.