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keita.kawabe@LIGO.ORG - posted 11:18, Friday 17 July 2026 - last comment - 13:48, Friday 17 July 2026(91096)
IMC-MC2_TRANS whitening/awhitening mismatch

IMC_LOCK guardian thinks that the IMC is never locked even when it momentarily locks because IMC-MC2_TRANS_NSUM_OUTPUT is smaller than threshold.

I noticed that the MC2_TRANS_NSUM_OUT_DQ stayed negative all the time when the IMC was flashing (mismatched_whitening2.png).

I checked the whitening of the segments and somehow stage 1 whitening was on but the anti-whitening was off (mismatched_whitening.png).

I pressed "OFF" and then "ON" for stage 1 on the MEDM screen to make the whitening/awhitening in sync again. I made the stage 1 whitening OFF after this.

I haven't checked when the problem started but most likely at the time of power outage.

I'll ask the operator to check if there are other mismatches.

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anthony.sanchez@LIGO.ORG - 13:48, Friday 17 July 2026 (91100)

Kieta's great attention to detail noticed a whitening filter bank that did not have a matching anti-whitening filter.

So Ryan C. and my self populated a Spreadsheet that has all the LSC Whitening Sensors on it with their filterbank's whitening status.
It shows which Whitening filters are on, which Anti-Whitening filters are on. And if they don't match for what ever reason they turn red.

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