I'm having a hard time deciding if the ITMY violin mode 5/6 damping settings are decent. Stefan has been moving around the OMC alignment which seems to have some large effect on the monitor filters. However, the alignment has converged at some value and I have engaged a 0.01 gain with FMs 6, 7 and 10 and so far the monitors show both modes decreasing. The nominal gain is 0.02, so I think if we lose lock and relock that gain setting will be ok. We are stuck in the OMC_WHITENING state and this mode pair is the only problem- all other modes are low or are decreasing very well in their settings.

Edit: nominal low noise achieved. These damping settings are good.