Reports until 17:42, Wednesday 10 August 2016
H1 ISC (ISC)
jenne.driggers@LIGO.ORG - posted 17:42, Wednesday 10 August 2016 - last comment - 20:39, Thursday 11 August 2016(29004)
New guardian for checking the fast shutter

[Jenne, Stefan, Peter, TJ]

We now have a new guardian node, FAST_SHUTTER, to monitor the function of the fast shutter.  So far this does not interact with the PZT shutter. 

Attached is the guardian graph of how it works for now. 

So far, this is not incorporated into the main ISC_LOCK guardian.  However, ISC_LOCK Down should probably request Fast_Shutter's Down.  Somewhere around DRMI_LOCKED we should have the ISC_Lock guardian request Ready from the FastShutter guardain.  We shouldn't be able to continue locking unless the FastShutter says that it's Ready.  Somewhere like DC Readout, we should put the FastShutter guardian in IFO_Locked.

We hope to be able to test the functionality of this new guardian tomorrow, after ISCT6 is put back in place.

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daniel.sigg@LIGO.ORG - 20:29, Wednesday 10 August 2016 (29006)

I noticed that an uknown script constantly "opens" (i.e., unlatches) the trigger logic for the AS port protection shutters. This is probbaly not a good idea, since it can confuse an operator. If we need the auto-unlatch feature, it should be added to the shutter control in a transparent way.

sheila.dwyer@LIGO.ORG - 20:39, Thursday 11 August 2016 (29038)

The intended design of this shutter controller, (called a trigger reset controller in the beckhoff) is to reset itself.