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H1 ISC (CAL, DetChar)
jeffrey.kissel@LIGO.ORG - posted 01:27, Thursday 12 February 2015 (16679)
Tried to get to RF lock a few more times, didn't make it past RF DARM
After we broke the 2+ hour lock, I got greedy and tried to re-lock the IFO myself (at least to RF), after having been shown the ropes by Sheila and Evan earlier in the day. 

- I could get past finding the IR steps in the ALS COMM guardian when the COMM vco failed or needed some hand holding,
- Could get past tweaking of the H1:ALS-C_DIFF_PLL_CTRL_OFFSET when ALS DIFF couldn't find IR, 
- tried tweaking the Beam Splitter alignment while stuck in the DRMI lock acquisition, and 
- managed to survive a few quick breaks of the DRMI during the initial 1F to 3F transition ~ 10 seconds after catching a DRMI lock
- Can get all the way through the CARM offset reduction, but 
on of the first steps of the "RF DARM" state breaks the lock consistently.

The last example of which I'd stayed for was at Feb 12 2015, 09:23:57 UTC

I feel like I'm playing a 1980's Atari game, and can't get past a mid-level boss!

Ah well. Good night all!

I've left the ISC LOCK guardian in the requested state "RF_DARM."
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