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oli.patane@LIGO.ORG - posted 11:10, Sunday 19 November 2023 - last comment - 13:50, Sunday 19 November 2023(74289)
ALSX Beat Note Strength Issues

I've been getting Guardian ALS_XARM node in error when trying to lock today, something that Austin also got overnight. It looks like ALS-X_FIBR_A_DEMOD_RFMON has been worming its way down(attachment1, attachment2) towards the minimum beat note strength of -10dB since Nov 17th 16:30ish UTC. I have temporarily lowered the beat note strength minimum to be -20dB so that we can lock, but going off of the last time this happened, 70951, the ALSX laser temp and current are going to need to be adjusted.

FRS ticket already opened on this issue: FRS#28430

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oli.patane@LIGO.ORG - 13:50, Sunday 19 November 2023 (74293)

Last time this happened (70951), it was determined to not have been caused by EX VEA temps, but this time it definitely looks like the fluctuation in temperature and/or the new temperature might have been what set it oscillating. It's come back up and is now at positive 3, but might go back down in the next 4.5 - 5.5 hours like it has for the past few days. Every 'bump' spans between ~9 to 11.5 hours long.

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