2.09 Fix The View-O-Scope
Contents
- 1 Order
- 2 Status
- 3 Location
- 4 Type
- 5 Plot Setup
- 6 Props
- 7 Detailed Description
- 8 How To Give To Teams
- 9 Plot Point to Convey
- 10 Short Description
- 11 Open Time Period
- 12 Staff Instructions
- 13 Puzzle Answer
- 14 Puzzle Solution
- 15 Budget
- 16 Credits
- 17 Manager
- 18 Hints
- 19 Response to Correct Answer
- 20 To Do
- 21 Other Notes
Order
2.05.05
Status
::REVISE::
Location
See notes at 2.08 Sheet Music Puzzle.
Notes: Any location is fine.
Type
Optional Puzzle
Plot Setup
View-O-Scope is broken; When refuses to send Chronos anywhere until they've fixed the viewoscope so he can keep an eye on her & make sure she's safe.
Props
See notes at 2.08 Sheet Music Puzzle.
Detailed Description
Two cables inside the viewoscope's "alternate signal processor" got accidentally swapped. (Janitorial staff saw they had come loose, and put them back wrong.) Study a photograph/diagram of the tangled cables, and figure out which two got miswired. Swapping them solves the puzzle and activates the viewoscope.
How To Give To Teams
Lab assistant sends email
- Dear colleagues,
- The time machine is almost working. But we need to get the View-O-Scope repaired before we can lock onto Prof. Chronos. Can you help?
- Please ask the lab assistant at your location for the View-O-Scope repair information.
- Research Project Title: Fix the View-O-Scope
- Objective: Enable to View-O-Scope to see into the past, not just this evening's video feed from the lab
- Location: 20 Park Road, Burlingame, CA
- Upon Completion: Email repair instructions to lab@peachfrontier.com
- Parking:
- Bathrooms:
- Food
- Best regards,
- Frank Farnok
- Lab assistant
Plot Point to Convey
Short Description
The teams need to help Doctor When repair the time machine's viewoscope.
Open Time Period
See notes at 2.08 Sheet Music Puzzle.
Staff Instructions
See notes at 2.08 Sheet Music Puzzle.
Puzzle Answer
Swap the "70" and "GCD output" plugs. Alternatively, swap the "50/50 input" and the "left AVG input" plugs (they're the same cables).
Puzzle Solution
The "PHASE DRIVER" block supplies the signals, which exit at the "YINTEGRATOR" and "YANGLE" blocks.
Perform simple arithmetic on the numbers: GCD = Greatest Common Denominator, AVG = average (arithmetic mean), 50/50 = split into two halves.
The current wiring yields 180 and 180 (in phase); they should be 90 and 270 (opposite phase). There are only 55 swaps possible, and many of them can quickly be ruled out. The rest is trial and error.
Budget
Credits
Manager
Sean
Hints
Response to Correct Answer
Lab assistant sends email
- That's done it! The View-O-Scope is working again. We've locked onto Prof. Chronos, I'll patch you through.
- Use this access code: ??
