TITLE: 08/31 Day Shift: 15:00-23:00 UTC (08:00-16:00 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Commissioning
INCOMING OPERATOR: None
SHIFT SUMMARY:

First part of the day was devoted to opening the EX gate valve & then making attempts at locking.  So far, for locking we have been dropping out at the CARM_5PM step.

NOTE:  Tomorrow morning Kyle would like to enter the end stations to transfer TMDS equipment from EX to EY (this is for discharging ETMy on Tuesday Mainteance).

LOG:

• 15:28 EX Gate Valve opening prep (Kyle & Bubba)
• 15:57 HAM6 cabling (Fil & Ed)
• 16:08 Getting Helium in LVEA (Bubba)
• 16:18 Survey marks around the PSL Enclosure (Hugh)
• 16:39-17:12 CER check (Richard)
• 17:00 Slow Control/Beckhoff work in CER/LVEA (Daniel)
  • this brought back the IMC!  Yay!
• 17:15 TCS CO2y laser powered on now that slow controls back (Thomas)
• 17:30 High Voltage & picomotors enabled at EX (Richard)
  • EX Ring Heater REVERTED (gray)
  • HV turned ON for ETMx (kissel)
• 17:41 ETMy & ETMx Charge measurements (kissel)
• ~19:30 Took ISI Config to WINDY state.....
• 19:45 Squeezer cabling/electronics (Fil, Ed, and Richard)
• 19:54 Newtonian noise sensor removal (Elizabeth)----> She was able to remove 8 (of ~30).
• 19:55 Initial Alignment (after restoring X & Y suspensions)
  • PRM_ALIGN needed an init & a couple of attempts to work.
  • MICH_DARK_LOCKED didn't work, so BS was aligned by looking at AS AIR video & fringes of ASAIR_A_LF_DQ on dataviewer
  • SRC_ALIGN wouldn't lock, so misaligned SRM & tweaked on SR3  to center the spot the quad display of ASC-AS_C (under the ASC Overview medm).
  • Locking:  Having issue getting past the CARM_5PM step.
• 20:17 VOPO work in Optics lab (TJ, Travis)