Reports until 22:36, Saturday 25 January 2014
H1 ISC (INS)
stefan.ballmer@LIGO.ORG - posted 22:36, Saturday 25 January 2014 - last comment - 14:10, Sunday 26 January 2014(9561)
ALS CARM handoff successful - no additive offset path yet.
Daniel, Stefan

With the PLL running reliably, I successfully handed off the mode cleaner control to the ALS COMM signal.

 - I copied all old HIFOY scripts in /als/h1/scripts/ into /als/h1/scripts/HIFOY_safe
 - I updated the CARM_down script and started working on the CARM_handoff script.
 - The initial part of the CARM_handoff script ran fine, and I was able to turn off the MC feed-back to MC2.
 - The CARM loop before engaging the AO path has a UGF of 20Hz - rather low, and the phase margin is questionable (0deg margin at 100Hz)
 - Then I noticed that CARM FM6 was an outdated filter, which needed to be updated for the new PLL. I added FM10 "shape", which is a z1.4:p1000 with the gain matching the previous filters FM6 and FM7.
   This effectively got rid of a p40:z7k - a filter that we now have in analog in the PLL. With that I increased the UGF to 90Hz.
 - I tried ramping up the AO path, but always lost it before I was able to measure the OLG. More work to be done there.



Updates to the CARM_down and CARM_handoff scripts:
 - The MC2_M3_ISCINF_L FM6 used to be a z150:p500 lead filter for extending the actuation lead to 500Hz. I restored it.
 - We are now using H1:SUS-MC2_M3_LOCK_L FM9 instead of FM8. I adapted the scripts
 - Use CARM FM10 instead of FM6 and FM7.
 - I took all ARM HEPI feed-back engaging out of the script - that is handled by the ALS at the end station.
 - I took any reference to RFAIR_9 out of the down script.

Comments related to this report
kiwamu.izumi@LIGO.ORG - 14:10, Sunday 26 January 2014 (9562)

Great. Now you can try the power-recycled X-arm.