TITLE: 09/11 Eve Shift 23:00 – 07:00 (16:00-00:00), all times posted in UTC

STATE of H1: Observing

INCOMING OPERATOR: Corey

SHIFT SUMMARY: Lockloss early shift, possibly from ADS being buried. Had issues with OM saturations while acquiring DRMI, managed to get to NLN with Sheila’s help. Locked and Observing for 2 hours.

LOG:

23:00 (16:00) Start of shift

23:51 (16:51) Calibration/commissioning complete, going to Observing

02:10 (19:10) Lockloss a few seconds after EX glitch. I think this was another example of the ADS getting buried.

02:33 (19:33) Unable to lock PRMI, going to initial alignment

03:03 (20:03) Initial alignment complete, re-locking

03:33 (20:33) Issues with OM1 and OM2 saturations during ACQUIRE_DRMI, trying a MICH_DARK_LOCKED initial alignment

03:50 (20:50) Alignment complete, re-locking

05:03 (22:03) Locked at NLN with Sheila’s help. Going into Observing.

07:00 (00:00) End of shift