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H1 ISC
sheila.dwyer@LIGO.ORG - posted 09:50, Monday 02 September 2019 (51677)
more offloading needed for SRC ASC

Looking at Niko's earlier lockloss from increase power, ( 1251472952 )and the most recent (sucsesful) power increase, it looks like in both cases the SRC1+SRC2 ASC loops aren't really keeping their error signals zero'd.  It also seems as though we might need to speed up the top mass offloading for SRM and SR2 (see attachment). 

I looked at increasing the offloading for this most recent lock, but the integrators are in the first filer module for SRM, I copied the top mass integrators for both SR2 + SRM to FM5.  I made the changes to use these later filters in the ALIGN_IFO guardian and laoded these changes.  I haven't finished by also changing ISC_LOCK because Niko made it to low noise and we are now observing. I've made but not loaded the changes in ISC_DRMI, and it looks like there are no changes needed in ISC_LOCK to move these filters (it just uses the settings set in ISC_DRMI).  The next time we are relocking we can load ISC_DRMI to move the integrators, so that we can try increasing the offloading gain. 

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H1 General
yannick.lecoeuche@LIGO.ORG - posted 08:05, Monday 02 September 2019 (51676)
Ops Day Shift Transition

Ops Shift Transition: 09/02/2019, Day Shift 15:00 – 23:00 (08:00-16:00) - UTC (PT)

State of H1: Locking

Intent Bit: Commissioning

Weather: 0-5 mph wind

Primary 0.03 – 0.1Hz: 0.01 um/s

Secondary 0.1 – 0.3Hz: 0.1 um/s

Outgoing Operator: Travis

Quick Summary: Started shift at OFFLOAD_DRMI_ASC, seems to be running through the steps smoothly so far.

H1 General
travis.sadecki@LIGO.ORG - posted 08:00, Monday 02 September 2019 (51675)
Ops Owl Shift Summary

TITLE: 09/02 Owl Shift: 07:00-15:00 UTC (00:00-08:00 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Lock Acquisition
INCOMING OPERATOR: Niko
SHIFT SUMMARY:  Currently attempting to relock.  Struggling to get much past DRMI locked. 
LOG:

13:30 Start IA due to PRMI not looking good.

14:50 OM2 WD tripped.  Cleared history for OM1 and OM2 Yaw Lock filter banks as both were railed.

H1 General
travis.sadecki@LIGO.ORG - posted 06:15, Monday 02 September 2019 (51674)
Lockloss at 13:10 UTC

No obvious casue.  Have been getting either EX or DCPD saturation alarms every hour or so, but not coincident with this lockloss.

H1 IOO
cheryl.vorvick@LIGO.ORG - posted 01:31, Monday 02 September 2019 - last comment - 17:18, Monday 02 September 2019(51673)
IM4 pitch alignment in and out of lock, O3

While watching H1 relock I can see IM4 alignment chaging by around 60urad, so I searched O3, and see that in April the dirrefence was around 15urad, then in early May that drops to 5-6urad, then it's about 10urad, and by May 9th it's about 40urad.  It continues to change periodically, though remains at 40+urad, and currently the change is 60urad.  What's interesting is that the big change does not cooincide with the increase in power to 37W.   Plot shows IMC_IN and IM4 pitch, 150 days.  Chart shows changes every month, O3.

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cheryl.vorvick@LIGO.ORG - 17:18, Monday 02 September 2019 (51679)

two additional plots showing IM4 Yaw:

  • plot 1 shows IM4 pitch and yaw and ISC_LOCK_STATE_N as H1 goes from unlocked to NLN. 
    • upper left plot is IM4 yaw, and the ISC_LOCK_STATE_N is in the 400's, IM4 yaw is moved almost 30urad, and then back again
    • at the same time, IM4 pitch move more than 60urad
  • plot 2 shows 150 days, the same time fram as the original post's attached plot
    • this plot has both IM4 pitch and yaw
    • upper plot is yaw, and toward the right side og the plot, one can see that IM4 yaw is now routinely traveling around 25urads, and then back, during lock aquisition
    • this change coincides with IM4 pitch increasing it's motion during relocking from around 40urad to 60urad
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H1 General
cheryl.vorvick@LIGO.ORG - posted 01:20, Monday 02 September 2019 (51672)
OPS Eve Summary

TITLE: 09/02 Eve Shift: 23:00-07:00 UTC (16:00-00:00 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Observing at 116Mpc
INCOMING OPERATOR: Travis
SHIFT SUMMARY: H1 in Oberve for about 4 hours, locking and relocking issues
LOG:

H1 General
travis.sadecki@LIGO.ORG - posted 00:53, Monday 02 September 2019 (51671)
Observing at 7:52 UTC

No operator intervention required after IA completed (except for accepting SDF diffs).  Accepted IM alignment offset diffs that Cheryl changed (screenshot attached).

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H1 General
travis.sadecki@LIGO.ORG - posted 00:05, Monday 02 September 2019 (51670)
Ops Owl Shift Transition

TITLE: 09/02 Owl Shift: 07:00-15:00 UTC (00:00-08:00 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Lock Acquisition
OUTGOING OPERATOR: Cheryl
CURRENT ENVIRONMENT:
    SEI_CONF state: WINDY
    Wind: 9mph Gusts, 8mph 5min avg
    Primary useism: 0.02 μm/s
    Secondary useism: 0.12 μm/s
QUICK SUMMARY:  Currently finishing up Initial Alignment and attempting to get locked.

H1 General
cheryl.vorvick@LIGO.ORG - posted 21:13, Sunday 01 September 2019 (51669)
mid-shift update

locked for about 3 hours, then lock loss with EX verbal alarm

H1 General
cheryl.vorvick@LIGO.ORG - posted 18:10, Sunday 01 September 2019 (51668)
OPS Eve Transition

TITLE: 09/02 Eve Shift: 23:00-07:00 UTC (16:00-00:00 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Observing at 116Mpc
OUTGOING OPERATOR: Niko
CURRENT ENVIRONMENT:
    SEI_CONF state: WINDY
    Wind: 22mph Gusts, 15mph 5min avg
    Primary useism: 0.04 μm/s
    Secondary useism: 0.13 μm/s
QUICK SUMMARY: Niko completed the Initial Alignment, and I took over relocking, curretly in Observe

H1 General
yannick.lecoeuche@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:12, Sunday 01 September 2019 (51667)
Shift Summary - Day

TITLE: 09/01 Day Shift 15:00 – 23:00 (08:00-16:00), all times posted in UTC

STATE of H1: Initial Alignment

INCOMING OPERATOR: Cheryl

SHIFT SUMMARY: EQ lockloss from Observing, followed by a wind gust lockloss from Observing. Acquiring lock was having the same issues each time so decided to try and align the optics to their positions in the previous lock. Running initial alignment now.

LOG:

15:00 (08:00) Start of shift

16:06 (09:06) Going to EQ mode for 6.7 near Tonga

16:16 (09:16) Lockloss from EQ

17:00 (10:00) EQ rung down, attempting re-lock

17:41 (10:41) Lockloss from ENGAGE_SOFT_LOOPS. Looks like maybe a glitch.

18:11 (11:11) Lockloss from INCREASE_POWER. Going to try an initial alignment.

18:31 (11:31) Finished initial alignment, re-locking

19:12 (12:12) Locked at NLN, going to Observing. No SDF diffs.

20:19 (13:19) Lockloss, from a 40 mph gust of wind.

20:50 (13:50) Lockloss from ENGAGE_ASC_FOR_FULL_IFO, seems like another gust of wind.

20:51 (13:51) Running initial alignment, since I could barely get DRMI buildups above 50 last lock.

21:30 (14:30) Lockloss from ENGAGE_ASC_FOR_FULL_IFO. Going to try moving optics to their position in the previous lock and run initial alignment.

23:00 (16:00) End of shift

H1 General
yannick.lecoeuche@LIGO.ORG - posted 12:13, Sunday 01 September 2019 (51666)
Ops Mid-Shift Summary

Lost lock at 16:16 UTC (09:16) from a 6.7 EQ near Tonga. After making it to ENGAGE_SOFT_LOOPS and INCREASE_POWER before dropping lock, I ran an initial alignment. As of 19:13 UTC (12:13), we are back in Observing.

H1 General
yannick.lecoeuche@LIGO.ORG - posted 08:11, Sunday 01 September 2019 (51665)
Ops Day Shift Transition

Ops Shift Transition: 09/01/2019, Day Shift 15:00 – 23:00 (08:00-16:00) - UTC (PT)

State of H1: Locked

Intent Bit: Observing

Weather: 0-5 mph wind

Primary 0.03 – 0.1Hz: 0.01 um/s

Secondary 0.1 – 0.3Hz: 0.1 um/s

Outgoing Operator: Jeff

Quick Summary: Recently regained lock, things are looking quiet. Observing at 117 Mpc.

H1 General
jeffrey.bartlett@LIGO.ORG - posted 08:07, Sunday 01 September 2019 (51664)
Ops Owl Shift Summary
Ops Shift Log: 09/01/2019, Owl Shift 07:00 – 15:00 (00:00 - 08:00) Time - UTC (PT)
State of H1: Locked at NLN, Range = 118.2Mpc
Intent Bit: Observing
Support: N/A
Incoming Operator: Niko
Shift Summary: A little after mid-shift, IFO lost lock following DCPD & HTTS glitches. Started relocking. Had to tweak ALS-Y to get green locked. Then at DRMI_1F/PRMI alignment did not look so good. Ran through Initial Alignment. Subsequent relocking went well, making it to NLN on the first try. Back into Observing.  
 
Activity Log: Time - UTC (PT)
07:00 (00:00) Take over from Cheryl
10:40 (03:40) SubGRB Alert – Spoke with LLO. Per GraceDB trigger duration is 1.983sec – Ignored
12:14 (05:14) Lockloss – Unknown
12:15 (05:15) Relocking
13:10 (06:10) Running Initial Alignment
13:32 (06:32) Relocking
14:19 (07:19) Locked at NLN
14:19 (07:19) Back in Observing
15:00 (08:00) Turn over to Niko
H1 General
jeffrey.bartlett@LIGO.ORG - posted 04:14, Sunday 01 September 2019 (51663)
Ops Owl Mid-Shift Sumary
   Good observing shift so far. Environmental conditions are favorable. Other than a few glitches no problems to report. 
H1 General
jeffrey.bartlett@LIGO.ORG - posted 00:13, Sunday 01 September 2019 (51662)
Ops Owl Shift Transition
Ops Shift Transition: 09/01/2019, Owl Shift 07:00 – 15:00 (00:00 -08:00) - UTC (PT)
State of H1: Locked at NLN
Intent Bit: Observing
Weather:  Skies are mostly clear. No rain expected for the next 8 hours. Temperatures are in the upper 60s. Winds are a Light Breeze.   
Primary 0.03 – 0.1Hz: 0.009um/s
Secondary 0.1 – 0.3Hz: 0.06um/s
Outgoing Operator: Cheryl
Quick Summary: IFO has been locked for the past 20.5 hours. The range is 119.9Mpc. All looks good.
When I came in there was a car parked on the entry road (1/2 between Rt10 and the gate) with a telescope setup. It was afterall, good weather for stargazing.
H1 General
cheryl.vorvick@LIGO.ORG - posted 23:51, Saturday 31 August 2019 (51661)
OPS Eve Summary

TITLE: 09/01 Eve Shift: 23:00-07:00 UTC (16:00-00:00 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Observing at 116Mpc
INCOMING OPERATOR: Jeff
SHIFT SUMMARY: locked all shift, 3 EQS, one was a 5.5 in Canada, and lock held
LOG: power cycled Video4, top monitor didn't power up, handing off to JeffB

H1 PSL
cheryl.vorvick@LIGO.ORG - posted 23:40, Saturday 31 August 2019 (51660)
PSL temperature remains higher than before the work in the enclosure last Thursday

The good news is that the PSL temperature is coming down.

Hugh and JeffB's alog that suggests a connection between PSL temperature and Tidal extremes, alog 51648, third plot.

The first plot shows that the Table North is sitll about 0.5F above the temperature before Thursday's work.

The second plot is from May, where the PSL AC was strategiacally turned off to put the temperature back as close as possible to the temperature before entreing into the enclosure, which was successful.

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H1 General
cheryl.vorvick@LIGO.ORG - posted 22:10, Saturday 31 August 2019 (51659)
Mid-Shift Update

H1 in Observe, 3 EQS, and Tidal plots attached, Tidal is below 200000.

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H1 General
cheryl.vorvick@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:22, Saturday 31 August 2019 - last comment - 11:00, Tuesday 03 September 2019(51656)
OPS Eve Transition

TITLE: 08/31 Eve Shift: 23:00-07:00 UTC (16:00-00:00 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Observing at 116Mpc
OUTGOING OPERATOR: Niko
CURRENT ENVIRONMENT:
    SEI_CONF state: WINDY
    Wind: 14mph Gusts, 12mph 5min avg
    Primary useism: 0.04 μm/s
    Secondary useism: 0.07 μm/s
QUICK SUMMARY:  H1 in Observe, wind spike to almost 30mph right around shift change, and wind signature has increased on the 0.03-0.1Hz seismometor at EY

Comments related to this report
cheryl.vorvick@LIGO.ORG - 16:29, Saturday 31 August 2019 (51657)

TIDAL UPDATE:  plot attached is of 3 days, and there's a hint that tidal is climbing again, though the climb has a hint of being at a slower rate than the previous lock.

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peter.king@LIGO.ORG - 18:18, Saturday 31 August 2019 (51658)
Tidal effects might be accentuated by the supermoon that peaked yesterday.  One would expect
this behaviour to dissappear over the next day or so.
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