Reports until 00:00, Tuesday 08 September 2015
H1 General
jeffrey.bartlett@LIGO.ORG - posted 00:00, Tuesday 08 September 2015 (21281)
Evening Ops Summary
LVEA: Laser Hazard
IFO: Locked
Intent Bit: Observing  

All Times in UTC (PT)

23:00 (16:00) Take over from Ed
23:00 (16:00) IFO Locked at NOMINAL_LOW_NOISE, 23W @70Mpc
23:18 (16:18) Commissioners commissioning work while LLO is recovering
23:25 (16:25) Kiwamu – Loading foton files for calibration 
23:37 (16:37) Lockloss - 
23:42 (16:42) Stop at LOCK_DRMI_1F for commissioning work
23:48 (16:48) Lockloss - 
00:00 (17:00) Stop at DRMI_LOCKED for commissioning work
00:05 (17:05) Lockloss – 
01:09 (18:09) Stop at DRMI_LOCKED for commissioning work
02:12 (19:12) Locked at NOMINAL_LOW_NOISE, 22.9W, 74Mpc
02:16 (19:16) Set intent to Observing Mode
07:00 Turnover to Travis



Shift Summary & Observations:

Took over from Ed at 23:00 (16:00). IFO has just relocked at the shift change. Intent bit set to Observing. LLO is down, working on relocking problem. 

Commissioners working on IFO while LLO is down 

Saturations of ETMX at 00:01, 00:02, 00:03 while at DRMI_LOCKED

00:45 (17:45) Reset fiber polarization for Y-Arm to get ALS to lock

02:15 (19:15) 4.5 mag earthquake in Hawthorne, NV – Did not lose lock 
02:50 (19:50) 5.2 mag earthquake near L’Esperance Rock, New Zealand – Did not lose lock
Smooth shift with good locking range.