TITLE: 03/18 Day Shift: 1430-2330 UTC (0730-1630 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Planned Engineering
INCOMING OPERATOR: Ryan C
SHIFT SUMMARY:
IFO is in a single bounce configuration
Overall calm day (though wind is on the rise).
The day started with an initial alignment that could help align the squeezer better. Steps taken were:
1. GREEN_ARMS_MANUAL - lock ALS - INITIAL_ALIGNMENT_OFFLOAD - ALSY was not showing up and trending told us BS was off so we adjusted it.
2. Went to MANUAL_INITIAL_ALIGNMENT
3. POWER to 10W. MICH_DARK_LOCKED (NO WFS). Adjust BS by hand to minimize AS_A
4. POWER to 2W, PRX_LOCKED, Adjust PRM to maximize AS_A
5. POWER to 10W, OFFLOAD_SR2_ALIGN - Fully auto
6. SRY_LOCKED, Adjust SRM by hand to maximize AS_A
7. POWER to 2W, AS_CENTERING_SINGLE_BOUNCE - Fully Auto. Ensure SRM, ITMX, PRM, ETMX, ETMY are misaligned (should do this on its own).
8. AS_CENTERING_OFFLOAD.
This is how to initially align.
Otherwise, SQZ work was the main task today - progress was made.
LOG:
| Start Time | System | Name | Location | Lazer_Haz | Task | Time End |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14:41 | FAC | Randy | LVEA | n | Removing +X of BSC2 (Craning) | 15:10 |
| 14:44 | FAC | Nellie, Kim | LVEA | N | Technical Cleaning | 15:47 |
| 16:06 | FAC | Nellie, Kim | LVEA | N | Technical Cleaning | 17:01 |
| 17:02 | TCS | Sophie | Vac-Prep | N | CHETA | 19:24 |
| 17:17 | ISC | Oli, Elenna | Optics Lab | Local | BHD Work | 19:31 |
| 17:30 | SQZ | Camilla | Optics Lab, LVEA | Local | Grabbing optics | 18:26 |
| 17:41 | EE | Fil | MY | N | Look for cables at MY | 18:41 |
| 18:13 | VAC | Gerardo, Camilla, Gabriele | Optics Lab | N | Viewport inspection | 19:31 |
| 18:26 | PEM | RyanC | LVEA/CER | N | Checking dust monitors | 18:36 |
| 18:28 | SAF | Richard | LVEA | N | Checking curtains | 18:36 |
| 18:52 | SPI | Jeff, Jim | Optics Lab | Local | SPI work | 22:00 |
| 19:42 | OPS | Ryan C | CER | N | Dust monitor data | 19:45 |
| 20:01 | EE | Fil | LVEA | N | Cabling by biergarten | 23:13 |
| 20:15 | SQZ | Sheila | FCES | N | Recovering SQZ | 22:04 |
| 21:06 | BHD | Elenna, Keita, Oli | OptLab | y(local) | BHD work | 23:54 |
| 21:21 | TCS | Camilla, Sophie | LVEA | N | Marking stickers in prep | 22:04 |
| 22:53 | TCS | Sophie | Vac prep lab | N | CHETA work | 23:16 |
| 23:15 | VAC | Gerardo | Site buildings | N | Cryotrap checks around site | 01:15 |