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matthew.evans@LIGO.ORG - posted 02:53, Sunday 02 August 2015 (20142)
IMC_LOCK Guardian changed: new state PREPARE_ISS

The IMC_LOCK guardian now has a state PREPARE_ISS which tunes the offset slider to bring the second loop servo board out of saturation before engaging the second loop.

This work was previously being done by the CLOSE_ISS state, but since it can take a few minutes and the offset tuning does not disturb the IFO, it can be done in parallel with other changes as soon as the operating power level is reached.  The ISC_LOCK guardian will be changed accordingly.

A secondary advantage is that the IMC_LOCK guardian can return from PREPARE_ISS to LOCKED without going through ISS_ON, which can be useful for testing.

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