I did some testing of the H1_MANAGER node today with some good successes. The node tried to lock as normal after maintenance, got to DRMI locking and then the (shortened for test) timer expired so it started to run an initial alignment. Initial alignment was automatic until the last step (SRC alignment, where we had to step in). We weren't able to get SRY to lock even by hand, so I manualed INIT_ALIGN to compete which then triggered H1_MANAGER to start normal locking again. Overall, I think this node is ready to test while monitored by an operator for a few days. Perhaps we will try tomorrow.

More details - In the past the transition between locking and initial alignment ran into a few issues with ISC_LOCK stalling and the reviving by H1_MANAGER got tricky. I wrote a new decorator to request a particular state the ISC_LOCK node whenever it stalls. This is a bit constraining, but works for this case. I also reorganized the state graph a bit to make it a bit easier to be turned off or on as needed. Currently, it's only looking at timers to trigger an initial alignment, but I'd like to add something smarter eventually and at least we should have it trigger if it's run CHECK_MICH fringes more than once or similar.