I finished the changes that were discussed in a SQZ meeting on March 12 to make the squeezing automation more common among the two sites, and to set up a contingency plan to getting into observing if we cannot squeeze. Namely:

• Change Squeezer manager node name to SQZ_MANAGER (done on March 15th, alog47571)
• Change this node's nominal squeezing state name to "SQUEEZING"
• Create a "NO_SQUEEZING" state that would branch from the DOWN state. We should go to this state if we cannot squeeze, and then make the other changes necessary to get into observing (see link below).
• ISC_LOCK will still manage the SQZ_MANAGER node, and it will call H1:GRD-SQZ_MANAGER_NOMINAL as the final state that the manager requests of SQZ_MANAGER. This will alleviate one change when having to get to observing without squeezing.

I have written instructions in a wiki on how to get into observing without squeezing for the operators to use, but this procedure has not been tested yet. (Link here) If someone has to test it before I am around, please call/text me with with any issue you encounter.

While I was changing these around, I also changed the management of the SQZ_MANAGER in ALIGN_IFO so that we would not have the stolen node notifications anymore.