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H1 ISC (IOO, OpsInfo)
elenna.capote@LIGO.ORG - posted 18:51, Tuesday 06 October 2026 - last comment - 22:31, Tuesday 06 October 2026(92218)
all PRMI ASC now works, DRMI MICH will soon work!

I locked us in PRMI and checked the POP X phasing (PRC1 sensor in PRMI). I drove a PRCL line and phased POP X to put the signal in I phase. Screenshots attached with SDF.

Then, I moved PRM and watched the buildups and POP X I signals. I saw that the signals crossed zero as expected. I engaged PRC1 and the loops converged and buildups maximized. As a final check, I also ran the MICH loop and saw that both loops converged.

Yesterday, I rephased all the WFS using the X arm IR, including some poor phasing in the AS 45 WFS segments, 92179. I rechecked the response of MICH in the AS B RF45 Q signals in DRMI lock, and it looks great, signals cross zero and maximize the buildups. Therefore, we can use the same MICH sensing matrix in DRMI as in O4.

However, when I went to engage the MICH loop, we had a lockloss so I probably have a sign wrong somewhere. I will check up tomorrow.

Use MICH and PRMI are now both TRUE in PRMI. All loops are still FALSE in DRMI, but I am optimistic that with the proper phasing, we can close most of them at the next opportunity. Guardians loaded. Note, this means PRMI ASC can run without any operator intervention.

Unrelated, we had a lockloss due to the IMC dropping out (but not the JAC!), don't know why. Tagging IOO for FYI.

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sheila.dwyer@LIGO.ORG - 20:45, Tuesday 06 October 2026 (92220)

I tried PRMI with ASC once, but it misaligned and unlocked.  I've set the PRC flag to false, but left the MICH flag true. 

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elenna.capote@LIGO.ORG - 22:02, Tuesday 06 October 2026 (92222)

PRM ASC failed because POP WFS autocentering did not engage this time, looks like WFS centering for REFL and POP was commented out in pre PRMI ASC guardian state on March 16 2026 (see line 670 of ISC DRMI guardian). I have the screenshots of my successful engagement earlier with WFS centering on, and this failed engagement with WFS centering off.

When I tested the full PRMI ASC I had put the IFO in a funny guardian setting and had engaged the dc centering by hand, so I missed that the guardian wasn't engaging it, my apologies.

I found the same issue on line 899 in prep DRMI ASC, only AS centering was on and the correct line was commented out in March 2026. This was probably due to the vent.

I have uncommented the lines to engage the correct wfs centering and I set PRC1 ASC back to True.

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elenna.capote@LIGO.ORG - 22:31, Tuesday 06 October 2026 (92223)

Sheila reran PRMI one more time and PRC1 and MICH both engaged successfully!

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