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keita.kawabe@LIGO.ORG - posted 13:41, Friday 07 August 2026 (91443)
To the operators: What to do when JAC lost lock and JACK_LOCK cannot lock it because WFS went crazy.

This morning JAC lost lock due to temperature drift (temperature control was on) and at the same time WFS went crazy. After that JACK_LOCK guardian couldn't lock it, just kept scanning without success because the alignment was very much off.

When this happens, what you should do is:

For the lockloss and WFS behavior see jac_lockloss.png.

 JAC lock voltage was drifting lower and lower, which meant that you must have cooled JAC down, but the temperature servo was heating it more. Ultimately we need a temperature servo to keep the lock PZT voltage constant rather than keeping the temperature sensed by the thermistor.

After the lock voltage alredy hit the bottom rail, it took about a minute for JAC to completely lose it. During this time, JAC_L error increased as the JAC slowly became off-resonant, and of course the same signal is seen by all WFS segments. Since WFS centering is not perfect, this increased WFS P and Y signal. JAC ASC tried to counter this by twisting JM1 and the PZT mirror without success.

Finally the WFS was turned off but mirrors were already heavily misaligned at that point. 

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