TITLE: 02/08 Eve Shift: 0030-0600 UTC (1630-2200 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Observing at 51Mpc
INCOMING OPERATOR: Ryan S
SHIFT SUMMARY:

H1 lockloss after 14+hr lock.  During locking, took opportunity to (1) LOAD Violin_Damping & (2)Address POP_A p/y offsets.  Within 2-3min of getting to OBSERVING, S250208ad GW Candidate rolled through.

There have been elevated PSL Dust counts throughout the shift.
LOG:

• 0040--0120 Visits to EX, MX, Mechanical Room (mike, janos)
• 0119 implemented ITMy M5 new violin damping settings (from RyanC)--need to LOAD VIOLIN_DAMPING to have guardian use these settings.
• 0210 Locklos
  • 0210 VIOLIN DAMPING LOADed & took GRD IFO to MANAGED
  • 0214 INITIAL ALIGNMENT
    • 0235 ISC LOCK restarts another alignment!!  (we were in MICH BRIGHT when this happened!)
    • Had noticed that ISC LOCK was MANAGED (by H1_Manager....but why?)
    • 0235 H1 Manager's log notes "waiting for green"  timer was DONE.....AND then it selected to do an Alignment----but I was already running one!  :-/
    • I took H1 Manager to IDLE and ISC LOCK to AUTO
  • 0235-0251 Initial Alignment (Round 2! started by H1 manager)
  • Locking to NLN was pretty straightforward. 
  • Took opportunity to add offsets to POP_A's pit & yaw with Sheila's instructions and her over the phone.  This included another LOAD of ISC_DRMI (see alog).
• 0348 OBSERVING
• 0351 GW Candidate Event S250208ad
• 0418-0423 out of observing due to PI24