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Reports until 18:35, Monday 05 March 2018
H1 SUS (ISC, SQZ, SUS)
jeffrey.kissel@LIGO.ORG - posted 18:35, Monday 05 March 2018 (40853)
All HTTS COILOUTF Gains Flipped to Obey T1200015 Sign Convention
J. Kissel

During the teething period for ZM1 (for most relevant aLOG see LHO aLOG 40847), I've identified that I have been mistakenly and blindly installing COILOUTF gains for the HTTS (Ham Tip Tilt Suspensions; OM1, OM2, OM3, RM1, RM2, ZM1, ZM2) that match the magnet configuration of a QUAD UIM (E1000617) instead of what they've been built to be (E1400316), which is exactly opposite the QUAD UIM. Thus, damping loop feedback gains have been positive for quite some time. 

I have now remedied this flaw in sign allocation on all** HTTS, and saved the the change into the SDF system (and committed the safe.snaps to the userapps svn). 
This has three main benefits:
    - The COILOUTF signs vs. Magnet polarities are now consistent with other BOSEMs / magnet systems.
    - Each DOF's M1 to M1 transfer functions now show an overall 0 [deg] phase at DC, and decreases to -180 [deg] above resonance as one expects from a single-stage suspension.
    - The allocation of signs understandable from a simple logic thread, as defined in T1200015.

Just to be explicit, the correct COILOUT gains are
    
    UL = +1 (for N), LL = -1 (for S), UR = -1 (for S), LR = +1 (for N).
    
and all feedback damping loop gains are -1.

** All excludes RM2 -- because it has always had the opposite damping loop sign as the other (now) 6 HTTS. I suspect it's because RM2 *actually* has its magnet polarities incorrectly in the QUAD UIM BOSEM configuration. Thus, I've left the COILOUTF in the configuration to compensate for it, this way we're correctly compensating for the incorrect magnet polarities, and we can have a negative feedback gain on the damping loops like every other HTTS. Thus, for RM2 only,
    
    FOR RM2 ONLY UL = -1 (for S), LL = +1 (for N), UR = +1 (for N), LR = -1 (for S). 
H1 SQZ (CDS, SQZ)
sheila.dwyer@LIGO.ORG - posted 18:03, Monday 05 March 2018 (40852)
model changes for squeezing

Sheila, Dave Barker

I have made several model changes for squeezing with help from Dave for some debugging. 

The models which have been compiled and checked into the svn are:

omc/common/models/omc.mdl
omc/h1/models/h1omc.mdl
asc/common/models/ASC_MASTER.mdl
asc/h1/h1asc.mdl
sus/h1/models/h1susopo.mdl
sqz/common/models/SQZASC_MASTER.mdl
sqz/common/models/h1sqzwfs.mdl

I also changed sqz/common/SQZ_MASTER.mdl and sqz/h1/models/h1sqz.mdl but have not checked them into the svn because they don't compile.  Dave and I will continue to look at that tomorrow.  

The changes to h1susopo.mdl were just to add IPC receives from sqzwfs for ZM1/2 pit and yaw.  

The changes to the omc models were just to add IPC senders that send the DCPD null and sum to the SQZ_MASTER model.  There are already IPCs sending SUM and NULL to the calibration model, but with normalizations that are not quite the same for sum and null.  I decided to just add new IPCs so that we don't need to worry about settings in the calibration models for the squeezer.  

The changes in the ASC models were similarly just to add IPC sends.  We are now sending AS_C sum to SQZ_MASTER.  This is used for the seed phase locking I added a few months ago, which we haven't used yet. (You can try to lock the phase of the seed beam to generate a stable 1064nm beam out of the OPO, I was thinking this might be useful while we are in chamber trying to scan or lock the OMC, although it wasn't used at LLO.)  The rest of the senders added to ASC are AS QPDs which are added to the SQZWFS input matrix so that we can close some simple alignment loops around the ZMs while we are working on the alignment without the full interferometer.

In the SQZ_MASTER model I added some blrms for the DCPD sum and nullstream, which we can use to make monitors of the squeezing level.  I also added code for a noise lock which can dither the LO loop lock point, demodulate one of our BLRMs, and feedback to the lock point of the LO loop.  There is also the option of demodulating the CLF Q signal, or the DCPD Q signal (or the homodyne 3MHz signal), which was an idea that Lee suggested for setting the LO demod phase.  Right now this has an output matrix which only allows the signal to offset the lock point of the LO loop, but other options could be added. 

Bugs:

Dave helped me to debug a problem in the sqz wfs model.  I had originally not given descriptive names to the input and output ports on the subsystems, using the default in1, in2, ect.  I attempted to rename these to more descriptive things this time, like AS_A_RF42_I_PIT, which was fine in the SQZ_ASC block, but when I tried to do this in the ASC block the RCG gave bogus errors and would not compile. We have left these as non descriptive names. We are currently having trouble compiling h1sqz because the RCG isn't creating automatically generated medms for the new dither lock.  

H1 SUS (SQZ, SUS)
jeffrey.kissel@LIGO.ORG - posted 17:52, Monday 05 March 2018 (40851)
ZM1 Update: Magnets Flipped to Obey E1400316, COILOUTF & DAMP Gains Make Sense -- but now rubbing... :-(
J. Kissel, T. Shaffer

TJ has flipped the flag/magnets on H1 SUS ZM1 such that they now obey E1400316 as designed. I've also flipped the sign on the COILOUTF gains, such that make sense according to T1200015. Great!

But, sadly, in flipping the flags, the suspension is now rubbing, as shown by especially the Y to Y transfer function which now shows a second, unexpected resonance at 1.17 Hz (which is *not* the first L/P mode at 1.26 Hz, nor the first P/L mode at 1.68 Hz). Also, the P to P transfer function shows an abnormal change in the mid-resonances zero, and the (what should be the only) Y to Y resonance has shifted down in frequency.

Hurumph. 

When TJ came in he was mentioning that the OSEMs weren't well centered any more, and he later guesses that it's because the re-installed flags weren't as straight as he'd liked. Sounds like he's got an idea or two on how to free up the rubbing, so hopefully tomorrow's fix will be easy.
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LHO VE
chandra.romel@LIGO.ORG - posted 17:31, Monday 05 March 2018 (40850)
CP4 bake update

CP4 is cooking along. Smells real good at mid-y now. I forced the enclosed air temp to rise faster than 1C/hr for several minutes to test ROC alarms, which we found work as intended, along with max temperature alarm. The setpoint is now 110C (TC#1 measuring 76C now, with some fluctuations due to testing). We will continue to monitor overnight with assurance that we have text alarms to help out.

The Y1 arm pressure is increasing. GV11 and BSC replacement spool are relatively wet compared to beam tube and thus outgassing. We discussed closing GV10 and valving in main turbo (and small IP below CP1); still contemplating that (WWJD?). May take action if/when Y1 pressures exceed the turbos ultimate pressure (~5e-8 Torr). Alarms for Y1 have been adjusted to 5e-8 Torr setpoint. CP4 pressure raised to 5e-5 Torr. 

 Bubba turned the VEA chiller on this morning to help control room temp. It was approaching 70F.

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H1 SUS (SQZ)
jeffrey.kissel@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:33, Monday 05 March 2018 - last comment - 17:05, Monday 05 March 2018(40847)
ZM1 Update: 'All HTTS Are Wrong, You Say?' No -- It's that the QUAD UIM has Magnets Are Oriented With Opposite Polarity #facepalm
J. Kissel, T. Shaffer

Last Friday, I told TJ to flip 2 of the 4 H1SUSZM1 magnets (UR and LR) because I'd found that I needed to flip the signs of the corresponding COILOUTF bank to make the transfer functions look clean (see LHO aLOG 40808 and subsequent comments). In doing so, I'd insisted that "sadly, all HTTSs (except for RM2) have their magnets oriented exactly opposite to their documentation" (the controls arrangment poster, E1400316), and concluded that -- instead of fixing every other HTTS -- we convert ZM1 to the "wrong" convention such that they're at least all the same. This statement was based on the sign of the required damping loop gain, assuming all other digital signs were correct.

This morning, he flipped magnets according to what I've insisted, so I re-took transfer functions. They revealed the phase remained zero at DC, instead of being -180 like every other HTTS, implying that I understand the magnet polarities exactly wrong.

Upon closer inspection and a review of all signs with TJ, we've identified the real problem is because I have been blindly obeying the sign convention table in T1200015 for "BOSEM 4 OSEM Stage" when it comes to the COILOUTF gains. However, this table was created for the QUAD's UIM stage (the only other 4 OSEM stage in the IFO that has BOSEMs). 
The QUAD's UIM, BOSEM 4 OSEM magnet orientation, as shown in E1000617, is exactly opposite that of the HTTS.
#facepalm.

So, after apologizing profusely to TJ, I've asked him to now flip both sides flag/magnets to be exactly as is shown in the HTTS controls arrangement poster (again, E1400316), namely
    UL        UR
    N          S

    
    S          N
    LL        LR
and now *I* need to change all HTTS's COILOUTF gains: 
          Are Now   Should Be
    UL       -1        +1
    LL       +1        -1
    UR       +1        -1
    LR       -1        +1
so that the BOSEM coils obey the correct push-pull force table at the top of T1200015, damping loop gains can be an easily understood -1.

I'll sure to check with LLO to make sure they update, if needed, and then make a new version of T1200015 that specifies the difference between a QUAD and an HTTS BOSEM 4 OSEM stage.
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thomas.shaffer@LIGO.ORG - 17:05, Monday 05 March 2018 (40849)

I have oriented the magnet flags as you have listed above. I could not check the polarities of the magnets in their PEEK holders due to their lack of strength, but I could check the polarity of a magnet that was on one of our dental mirrors (thanks Cheryl and Jeff for the idea). I then could confirm that the magnets were as we expected and that their new locations matched Jeff's above scheme.

LHO VE
kyle.ryan@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:23, Monday 05 March 2018 (40846)
Opened GV2


			
			
H1 General
jeffrey.bartlett@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:00, Monday 05 March 2018 (40845)
Ops Day Shift Summary
Ops Shift Log: 03/05/2018, Day Shift 16:00 – 00:00 (08:00 - 16:00) Time - UTC (PT)
State of H1: Unlocked - Vent
Intent Bit: Engineering
Support: N/A
Incoming Operator: N/A
Shift Summary: Vent work wrapping up at End-Y and ramping up at End-X  
 
Activity Log: Time - UTC (PT)
15:11 (07:11) Door Crew – Removing BSC-9 Door & Installing arm
16:00 (08:00) Start of Shift
16:40 (08:40) APS on site to see Richard
17:21 (09:21) Jason – Going to End-X to center OpLev
17:35 (09:35) Hugh – Going to HAM6 to recover equipment
17:46 (09:46) Hugh – Out of the LVEA
18:03 (10:03) Jason – Back from End-X
18:15 (10:15) Richard – Taking a contractor tour into the LVEA
18:23 (10:23) Filiberto – Pulling network cable from CEP to SUS-R4 (WP #7398)
18:34 (10:34) TJ – Going to HAM6
18:39 (10:39) Jason – Going into LVEA to check on ITMs OpLev status
18:40 (10:40) Richard – Finished with contractors tour and is out of the LVEA
18:41 (10:41) Jason – Out of the LVEA
18:54 (10:54) Ken – Going to End-Y to install conduit
19:06 (11:06) Sheila – Going to HAM6 for fiber and cable work
19:10 (11:10) Door Crew finished at End-X – Door is off and Arm is on
19:12 (11:12) Nutsinee – Going into the Optics Lab
19:15 (11:15) Terry – Going to HAM6 area to work on fiber/cabling work
19:23 (11:23) Hugh – Going to HAM6 to assist with cabling/fiber work
19:23 (11:23) Jim – Going to End-X to lock the ISI
19:30 (11:30) Joel on site to see Bubba
19:33 (11:33) Hugh – Out of the LVEA
19:38 (11:38) Jason – Going into the PSL enclosure for work on 70W install
19:49 (11:49) Nutsinee – Out of the Optics Lab
19:55 (11:55) TJ – Out of the LVEA
20:05 (12:05) Karen – Finished cleaning the out buildings and is coming back to OSB
20:12 (12:12) Jason – Out of the PSL enclosure
20:42 (12:42) Richard – Going to End-Y
21:05 (13:05) Nutsinee – Going to HAM5/6 area
21:55 (13:55) Elizabeth – Going to both end stations to do hazard zone marking
22:03 (14:03) Corey – Gong to HAM6 to make some measurements
22:39 (14:39) Corey – Out of the LVEA
22:53 (14:53) Hugh – Going to HAM6
23:00 (15:00) TJ – Going back to HAM6
23:44 (15:44) Elizabeth – Back from end stations
00:00 (16:00) End of Shift
H1 TCS (TCS)
cheryl.vorvick@LIGO.ORG - posted 14:11, Monday 05 March 2018 - last comment - 07:58, Tuesday 06 March 2018(40843)
TCSY glitch investigation, preliminary results

Plots in the attached file show a large glitch in the FLOWRATE that also shows up in other signals.  Glitch seen in QPD segments, and LASERTEMPVOLTAGE.

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cheryl.vorvick@LIGO.ORG - 15:22, Monday 05 March 2018 (40844)TCS

During the glitch in the FLOWRATE, the LASERTEMPERATURE instantaneously dropped by almost -0.5C, which is not physically possible.

The QPDs also glitched.

There's one box that reads the laser temperature and the QPDs, D1300649.

I don't know if this is the same box as the one in alog 33816, from Feb 2017, because I might have missed an alog where it was swapped out. 

The box in alog 33816 was uninstalled, tested, and reinstalled, and had some voltage changes due to how it was positioned on the table, and voltage changes when someone was touching the outside of the box.

The signals I saw glitch today do not go through the TCS controller box, D1200745.

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aidan.brooks@LIGO.ORG - 07:58, Tuesday 06 March 2018 (40854)

The laser temperature is on line 28 in the block diagram although the numbering is identified in the Bill of Materials: https://dcc.ligo.org/E1400342 - apparently to prevent redundancy but inadvertently making it much more difficult to track down cable numbers. This does go back through the CO2 controller.

So we're seeing glitches that involve two separate boxes.

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H1 CDS (VE)
david.barker@LIGO.ORG - posted 13:02, Monday 05 March 2018 (40842)
vacuum cell phone alarms modified to support CP4 bake-out

WP7392 Chandra, Dave:

Y1 Beam Tube Gauge, Increase Alarm Level

H0:VAC-LY_Y4_PT124B_PRESS_TORR and H0:VAC-MY_Y1_PT243B_PRESS_TORR high alarm level increased from 5.0e-09 to 5.0e-08 Torr

CP4 Gauge, Increase Alarm Level

H0:VAC-MY_Y4_PT245B_PRESS_TORR high alarm level increased from 5.0e-06 to 5.0e-05 Torr

Added Thermocouple Channels And Their Associated ERROR Channels

H0:VAC-MY_CP3_TE202A_DISCHARGE_TEMP_DEGC added with high alarm 8.0e+01 C. H0:VAC-MY_CP4_TE253A_REGEN_TEMP_DEGC added with high alarm 4.0e+01 C.

CP3 TE202A Rate-Of-Change Alarm Added

The new Rate-Of-Change system was installed on h1fescript0. Two programs are running as background processes: epics_rate_of_change_ioc.py and epics_rate_of_change.py. Both are being ran as user controls.

The 1 HOUR ROC channel was added to the alarm system, with alarm levels +/-1.0 degCperHour.

<Channel name="H0:CDS-ROC_VAC_MY_CP3_TE202A_DISCHARGE_TEMP_DEGC_1HOUR" low="-1.0e+00" high="1.0e+00" fields="0" description="CP3 TE202A ROC">

note fields="0" needed as this channel is being server on a pcaspy IOC and is missing the VAL, STAT and SEVR fields.

H1 PSL
jeffrey.bartlett@LIGO.ORG - posted 10:06, Monday 05 March 2018 (40841)
Weekly PSL Status Report (FAMIS #7480)
   No PSL status checks run as the PSL is down for the 70W amp changes. Closing FAMIS # 7480.
H1 PSL
jeffrey.bartlett@LIGO.ORG - posted 09:58, Monday 05 March 2018 (40840)
Monthly PSL Filter Checks (FAMIS #8306)
   The Diode chiller filters are fine. No debris or discoloration.

   The Crystal chiller filters are dirty due to the 70W amp install work. Replacement filters have been ordered and will be installed when the 70W changes are complete. 

   Closing FAMIS task #8306
H1 General
jeffrey.bartlett@LIGO.ORG - posted 09:43, Monday 05 March 2018 (40839)
09:00 Meeting Minutes
End-Y Tasks:
TMS OSEM alignment
Fixing found ground loops
PSL/PCal are locked out
ISI Rebalancing
 
Corner Station Tasks:
LVEA will be remaining Laser Hazard except when safe is required.
PSL alignment and mode matching work
Squeezer Cabling, fiber, and alignment
Installing VP simulator for new table
 
End-X Tasks:
Remove west door
Arm Install
Zero out OpLev
Lock ISI
 
Tuesday Maintenance Work:
ISI model reboots
Guardian server swap
ITMY OpLev checks
Squeezer, OMC, ASC, OPO SUS, model reboots
DSN upgrade
DAQ reboots

Chandra reiterated not to adjust purge air valves without first contacting someone from the vacuum group.

Corey reminded the group to get work permits signed off before starting work.

 

H1 SEI
jim.warner@LIGO.ORG - posted 08:57, Monday 05 March 2018 (40838)
BRSX C code crashed over weekend

Thanks to the new BRS summary pages, Michael and Krishna noticed BRSX had crashed over the weekend. I logged in this morning and the C code had crashed again. I screen capped (attached png) the message this time, but the error message window has the annoying trait that you can't resize it, so I had to copy the message to a notepad window first. 

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LHO FMCS
bubba.gateley@LIGO.ORG - posted 06:20, Monday 05 March 2018 (40837)
Start Chiller at Mid-Y
I just started a chiller at Mid-Y, the temperature in the VEA was at 69.3 degrees F. The temperature is slowly coming down. I have the set point in that area at 67 F.
LHO VE
kyle.ryan@LIGO.ORG - posted 03:14, Monday 05 March 2018 - last comment - 05:12, Monday 05 March 2018(40835)
CP4 owl shift monitoring notes
0310 hrs. local 

PT246B = 9.41 x 10-10 Torr,  
PT245 = 9.34 x 10-7 Torr, 
PT210B = 8.26 x 10-9 Torr 

TC3 = 44.5C, 
TC4 = 62.1C.  

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gerardo.moreno@LIGO.ORG - 05:12, Monday 05 March 2018 (40836)VE

05:05 Local time

PT246B = 9.31 x 10-10 Torr.

PT245B = 9.97 x 10-07 Torr.

PT210B = 9.54 x 10-09 Torr.

 

TC3 = 45.4 oC

TC4 = 63.6 oC

LHO VE
kyle.ryan@LIGO.ORG - posted 17:07, Sunday 04 March 2018 - last comment - 19:32, Sunday 04 March 2018(40832)
Kyle on site
Briefly checking purge-air supplies at Corner Station, X-end and Y-end.  Will also be in Y-mid VEA making temperature measurements of CP4 bake  using hand-held T/C probe.  

Chandra R. and Gerardo M. are my "phone buddies".  I will make a comment to this entry when I leave the site.  
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kyle.ryan@LIGO.ORG - 19:15, Sunday 04 March 2018 (40833)
I noticed that the sole remaining original pneumatic valve on the right drying tower of the Kobelco unit has finally wore out.  It is leaking air (fairly significantly) past its actuator shaft.  It is still opening/closing for now but is quite wastefull -> I will try and replace it this week (sooner rather than later).  All of the "RUNNING" lamps on the X-end purge-air compressor control panel are burned-out.  Otherwise, the X-end purge air is good.  I found a "switching error" on the Y-end purge-air drying tower control panel so I reset it and it is switching normally (for now).  This is a nuisance but is so infrequent that we can limp along until one of us runs out of higher priorities.  Also, one of the compressor pressure relief valves is begining to fail.  I couldn't decipher for sure but it is comming from the bottom three compressors, i.e. #3, #4 or #5.  Again, a relatively low priority at this time.  

Upon entering the Y-mid VEA, I noticed that the portable air compressor used to supply compressed air to CP4's turbo backing cart (isolation valve - 1 pneumatic solenoid, 1 electric) was running continuously.  Investigating, I found that the 1/4" poly line had split open and was leaking 50 psi air into the room -> I cut out the split section, installed a union and then also reduced the supply pressure down to 40 psi from the as-found 50 psi.  

Using a hand-held rigid Type K thermocouple probe, I measured the SST surface temperatures at several locations.  All of the 13 zones comprising the independently heated (manual variacs + flexible heaters) 10" gate valve, Turbo pump and RGA were within the target 45C -55C -> I upped the variac outputs by an additional 2% to 14%.  I pealed back the insulating blankets encompassing CP4, GV11 and GV12 to gain access to "probe" a few areas of interest within the enclosed volume.  Of most interest were the "far" side of the 44" gate valve valve bodies.  I assumed that, being somewhat shielded, they may be significantly cooler than the sides exposed to the source of heated air.  In summary, what I found was that all SST surfaces were between the values measured by TC3 and TC4 (note TC1 and TC2 measure air temp while TC3 and TC4 are anchored and in good thermal contact with the SST).  In fact, using the average of these two values might be a good choice as a single temperature representation. 

Also, I noticed a significant opening/leak past the insulating blankets on the BT side of GV12 were all four blankets are suppose to meet/overlap.  From the ground level, they seemed fine but when viewed from above, the opening was very obvious - I plugged this hole with some rockwool.  

And finally, the turbo foreline setpoint to isolate is currently set at 2 x 10-1 Torr which is about 10X its current value.  

1915 hrs. local time -> Kyle leaving site now.  
chandra.romel@LIGO.ORG - 19:32, Sunday 04 March 2018 (40834)VE

Loaded visit! Thanks, Kyle. Tagging VE here.

H1 SQZ
daniel.sigg@LIGO.ORG - posted 17:20, Friday 02 March 2018 - last comment - 17:00, Monday 05 March 2018(40818)
SQZ in-vac cabling

Sheila Daniel

We couldn't see the thermistors after connecting the in-vac sqz cables. Investigating, we found that the signals can be found on cable 303 rather than 304 at the sqz satellite chassis; and the PZTs seem to show up on cable 304 rather than 303. The DCPDs show up as expected on 305. As a side note, we noticed that for DCPD2 the case is connected to the anode, where this is not true for DCPD1. The sqz satellite chassis seems to short the case to the cathode, so this looks like an unwanted short.

We traced the cables to the vacuum flange and found them to be connected correctly, indicating that they are swapped in the chamber. Taking a look inside, we couldn't figure out how relate the cable harness routing described in D1300122 with what is installed. We gave up and left the cables disconnected at the satellite chassis.

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thomas.shaffer@LIGO.ORG - 17:00, Monday 05 March 2018 (40848)

Hugh and I went in and checked each cable down from the flange and the short seems to be either in the DCPD2 box or the cable leading out of it. I left the 9pin cable bracket unplugged until we have an idea what to do with this.

While I was in there I also swapped the two cables that connected to D1700439 & D1700438 (Termistors and PZTs).

 

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