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H1 SUS
betsy.weaver@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:41, Thursday 28 September 2017 - last comment - 11:27, Friday 29 September 2017(38833)
ITMx QUAD lower structure removal, and quick summary of today in-chambers

This afternoon, Travis and I finished the necessary part removal to drop the Lower structure and it's 6 masses from the ITMx suspension in BSC3.  Mark D helped us run the arm and the elevator controls to bring the unit out.  We had one small hiccup where we accidentally yanked a wire off the reaction chain top mass which was snagged on UIM hardware.  We'll have reinspect the this top mass and then hit the lab to rebuild the wire segment.  Win one for poor lighting, not have an infinite supply of eyeballs and snaggletooth UIM structure hardware sticking up during this procedure.  Thanks in advance for Jeff K's pictures likely coming to the alog.

 

In other news:

Jeff B and I were able to successfully* swap the SRM surrogate mass for the full SRM optic SRM-06.  I first contacted the HR surface prior to installing it.   We measured weights prior to install:

SRM-06   2885g  (2886g with the FC sheet)

Surrogate   2905g

Jeff added 20g to the middle mass in order to compensate for the loss of weight to the SRM optic stage.  Jeff and Hugh are currently working on setting pitch and roll.

*Successfully:  the optic was not damaged, the wires of the suspension were not broken, the optical lever we were attempting to use was only mostly compromised.  While trying to sight the far side wires around the prisms during the install, I rolled a shoulder into the temp oplev beam staged on the table - even though it was placed as far out of the way as possible.  Darn cramped spaces!  Oh well, the pitch info from it is still useful and we have other ways to course align P/Y.  Final alignment will happen early NOV with PSL beam.

 

IO has continued efforts in HAM2/3, still at it now...

 

Hugh finish install of needed feedthrus on HAM5.

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jeffrey.kissel@LIGO.ORG - 11:27, Friday 29 September 2017 (38837)
Pictures from yesterday's ITMX De-Install. I attach a few of the highlights in their raw form, but the majority of the pictures are attached as .pdfs for a sequential stories and focus areas.
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H1 CDS
david.barker@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:30, Thursday 28 September 2017 (38832)
quick way to backup a file before editing

In order to make it very easy to make a dated backup of a file before it is changed, I have created a script called makebackup. It takes one argument, the file name to be backed up. It either creates the backup file in the current directory, or in a sub directory called archive if that directory exists.

Here is an example of its use (ran at 12:23:40 PDT on 28 Sep 2017):

makebackup H1.ipc
file H1.ipc backed up as archive/H1.ipc_20170928_162340

 

LHO General
thomas.shaffer@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:00, Thursday 28 September 2017 (38819)
Ops Day Shift Summary

TITLE: 09/28 Day Shift: 15:00-23:00 UTC (08:00-16:00 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Planned Engineering
INCOMING OPERATOR: None
SHIFT SUMMARY: ITMX has been removed. HAM2/3 work continues.
LOG:

H1 AOS (TCS)
alastair.heptonstall@LIGO.ORG - posted 15:46, Thursday 28 September 2017 (38830)
Fiber pulling lab status

[Alastair, Travis]

I wanted to check on the general status of everything in the fiber pulling lab ahead of scheduled monolithic installs.  The fiber pulling machine and profiler have had their computers replaced recently and both are running fine.  I pulled a fiber and profiled it, and it meets required shape criteria.  Everything seems good to go down there.  We should order more of the practice stock material (Suprasil 2, 3mm diameter) as that is running low.

H1 AOS (TCS)
alastair.heptonstall@LIGO.ORG - posted 15:42, Thursday 28 September 2017 (38829)
TCS CO2 laser locking on X and Y tables

Both X and Y lasers are now locking using their Guardian scripts.  The feedback loops seem reasonably robust so I'm leaving both lasers running overnght to see how they handle longer periods of locking.

H1 CDS
david.barker@LIGO.ORG - posted 15:23, Thursday 28 September 2017 - last comment - 15:54, Thursday 28 September 2017(38828)
some digital video gig-e cameras did not recover from the 16th Sept power glitch

Cheryl, Dave, Carlos:

Cheryl noticed that the IO GIGE1,2 cameras are not working in the PSL enclosure. Their last good data points were at the Sat 16th Sep 08:12 PDT site power outage.

IO GIGE2 is ping-able, but the code will not start. IO GIGE1 is not ping-able. Carlos is going to cleanly power cycle these cameras (they are POE) to see if we can clear the error. If this works, the same will be done on the other non-functioning cameras (listed below)

h1digivideo0: 02(MC Refl), 03(MC Trans), 09(HWS CAM 0)

h1digivideo1: 18(AS Air), 19(OMC Refl), 20(OMC Trans)

h1digivideo2: 28(IO GIGE1), 29(IO GIGE2)

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david.barker@LIGO.ORG - 15:54, Thursday 28 September 2017 (38831)

The CER switch ports do not show any link lights. We will investigate tomorrow in the LVEA to ensure there is an intact cable run up to the cameras through the patch panels.

H1 SUS (CDS, DetChar, ISC, SQZ, SUS, SYS)
jeffrey.kissel@LIGO.ORG - posted 13:11, Thursday 28 September 2017 (38827)
Summary of Front-End Code Model Changes to Accomodate SQZ Suspensions; VOPO, ZMs, and OFI (Impacting RMs and IMs)
J. Kissel, D. Barker, D. Sigg

Dave and I've made all the necessary model changes to account for re-shuffling of the suspension electronics (see LHO aLOGs 38796, 38753, 38778). Those changes are summarized in the screen-capture below, and follow the ADC / DAC arrangement sketched out by Daniel in D0902810-v8 and D1002740-v7. "Current" was the O1 / O2 configuration, "New" is the O3 configuration. The numbers following the model names are the DCUIDs.



In words, I've: 
- Created coil driver monitors in h1susauxh2 and h1susauxh56 for all new suspensions, re-arranging as mentioned above
    - Updated the FOUROSEM_MONITOR_MASTER to use full filter banks instead of just test points and EPICs Monitors
    - Changed the stored channel name list to include the "VOLTMON_??_OUT" needed for filter banks as opposed to the test point which was just named "VOLTMON_??""
    - Only IMs, RMs, and OMs, use this library part so there's no need to recompile other susaux models
- Changed the PR3 optical lever ADC channel assignment in the h1susim model on the h1sush2b computer and removed the HAM2 table optical lever (these were picked up by h1sush2b sent out over the dolphin PCIE network to h1sush2a for consumption in the h1suspr3 model)
- Removed the OMs for the h1sushtts model (but the RMs remained), and changed the h1sushtts model to run on the second user model core (specific_cpu=3) of h1sush2b computer
    - Changed the ASC control IPC receiver channels from shared memory (SHMEM) to over the dolphin PCIE network (PCIE)
    - Terminated all of the OM inputs to the HTTS ODC vector
- Installed the OMs into the h1susomc model of h1sush56 computer
    - Brought in an ADC1 block for the OMs
    - Changed all the ASC control IPC receiver channels from SHMEM to PCIE
    - Did NOT create any new ODC vector, so terminated all the status output from each HSSS_MASTER block
- Modified the h1asc model IPC outputs for the RMs and OMs to use PCIE instead of SHMEM
    - Found that IM4 TRANS (sent by h1ascimc on h1asc0) was never received by the h1asc model (on h1asc0), so we hooked up the receiver... but are still suspicious how initial alignment ever worked without this... 
- Created a new model h1susopo
    - Installed ZMs using HSSS_MASTER.mdl
    - Created new library parts VOPO_MASTER.mdl and OFIS_MASTER.mdl, and installed those as control in top-level model

I attach a bunch of screenshots of tghe finalized models to guide the eye -- and to guide the install at LLO.

The following models have been compiled, installed and are running:
 - h1susauxh2
 - h1susim
 - h1sushtts

The following have been compiled, but we'll wait until next Two Tuesday to install them (due to work on replacing the SRM, and our need for more electronics)
 - h1susomc
 - h1susopo
 - h1susaush56
 
Next up -- MEDM screens, and especially, re-populating the RM's control systems.

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H1 AOS (SEI, SUS)
thomas.shaffer@LIGO.ORG - posted 09:28, Thursday 28 September 2017 (38826)
Optical Lever 7 Day Trends

FAMIS4747

As expected, the vent has the oplev trends all over the place. This will need to be looked at more closely once we are in a more stable state.

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H1 PSL
thomas.shaffer@LIGO.ORG - posted 09:23, Thursday 28 September 2017 (38825)
Weekly PSL Chiller Resevoir Top-Off

FAMIS6542

I added 75mL of water to the crystal chiller. It looks like others have been keeping an eye on it and adding frequently.

H1 SEI
thomas.shaffer@LIGO.ORG - posted 09:15, Thursday 28 September 2017 (38823)
BSC and HAM CPS Spectra

FAMIS6917

For what its worth while we are vented, here are the spectra. HAM3 H2 is reporting high noise.

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H1 SEI
hugh.radkins@LIGO.ORG - posted 09:03, Thursday 28 September 2017 - last comment - 09:17, Thursday 28 September 2017(38821)
Interesting Behavior of HEPI Fluid Pressures during Filter change work

Yesterday, starting work on the HEPI Corner Station Filter change, WP 7169, we observed an interesting behavior of the BSC2 Pressure sensors on the supply lines to the LVEA HEPIs at BSC2.  When the large ball valves up on the mezzanine were changed to put the system local to the Pump Stations into recirculation mode, the BSC2 pressures started climbing.  At the same time, the pump stations were started to recirc the fluid rapidily to get turbulent flow in an effort to clean out the reservoir.  This confused us as the BSC2 sensors are valved out so should have no knowledge of what the pump stations are doing.

Ultimately we decided it must have something to do with the head the plumbing has wrt the BSC2 pressure sensors but those numbers don't really yet make sense.  Meanwhile, the pump stations were shut down over night, and as you'll see on the attached trends, you'll see that the pressures at BSC2 began falling back to zero but not until hours after the PSs were back to zero.  Very interesting/confusing.

I'll restart the recirc op this morning and we'll see what happens.  Could the $xxx 1-1/2" swloc ball valves be leaking...

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john.worden@LIGO.ORG - 09:17, Thursday 28 September 2017 (38824)

We have way more expensive valves that leak! I was going to ask if there are any check or relief valves in the system which may also leak preferentially in one direction.

H1 SEI
thomas.shaffer@LIGO.ORG - posted 09:02, Thursday 28 September 2017 (38822)
BRS Trends

FAMIS8041

Both BRS's seem to be moving away from the closest limit, so we should be good for some time.

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LHO General
thomas.shaffer@LIGO.ORG - posted 08:37, Thursday 28 September 2017 (38820)
Morning Meeting Minutes

On the board for today:

Optical lever on the North wall near HAM5, please leave it alone.

No booting of h1sus56 until further notice.

HAM6 doors coming off Mon or Tues.

Please transition back to laser safe when finished working in the evening. This way the morning cleaning/craning/prep work can work in a safer environment.

 

H1 PSL (PSL)
peter.king@LIGO.ORG - posted 08:24, Thursday 28 September 2017 (38817)
Diagnostic breadboard scan(s)
Continuing work on getting the diagnostic breadboard (DBB) up, at least as far as the front end laser is concerned.

    Frequency noise: Looks pretty good actually.  A factor of a couple above the reference trace for frequencies between 2 and
5 Hz.  Below or equal to elsewhere.  Control and error signals are consistent with the reference traces.

    Beam pointing: Clearly something is not quite right with this measurement.  Could well be that the alignment onto the two
quadrant photodetectors needs to be checked.

    Relative power noise: First measurement done with the DBB PMC locked.  Typically a factor of ~2 higher than the reference
trace, across the board.  Not too dissimilar to the measurement made on Tuesday.  dbb_rpn-001.pdf is with the PMC locked, dbb_rpn-002.pdf
is with the PMC unlocked.  One can see a small difference in the 7 to 13 Hz region, nothing to worry about really.  I was interested
to see if there was a difference in the first place.

    Mode scan: Measurement is consistent with that conducted on Monday, namely ~3% in higher order modes.

    ISS relative power noise: This measurement does not require the DBB but does need the "real" pre-modecleaner to be locked.
Note that the alignment into the PMC is not optimised because the Picomotor controller was moved for the work around HAMs [1-3].
There's a large discrepancy between the in and out of loop sensor.  That's not too surprising, although the scale of the difference is.
The ISS MEDM screen indicates that PDB is the out of loop sensor, which corresponds to the blue trace.
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LHO General
thomas.shaffer@LIGO.ORG - posted 08:03, Thursday 28 September 2017 (38818)
Ops Day Shift Transition

TITLE: 09/28 Day Shift: 15:00-23:00 UTC (08:00-16:00 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Planned Engineering
OUTGOING OPERATOR: None
CURRENT ENVIRONMENT:
    Wind: 6mph Gusts, 4mph 5min avg
    Primary useism: 0.02 μm/s
    Secondary useism: 0.11 μm/s
QUICK SUMMARY: Vent work ongoin.

LHO VE
kyle.ryan@LIGO.ORG - posted 17:32, Wednesday 27 September 2017 (38816)
Measured dewpoint of LVEA purge air to be -27C


			
			
LHO VE
kyle.ryan@LIGO.ORG - posted 17:31, Wednesday 27 September 2017 (38815)
Removed magnet array from IP7 and IP8
Today I finished removing the 288 magnets (144 per pump) from IP7 and IP8.  These 2500 L/sec ion pumps were custom built for iLIGO.  Each pump consists of (40) ea. 55 L/s noble diode ion pump elements arrayed together in a single pump chamber.  The "stripped" pumps will be shipped off to be refurbished.  

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H1 IOO
cheryl.vorvick@LIGO.ORG - posted 17:23, Wednesday 27 September 2017 (38814)
IO work in HAM2 and HAM3 and Tuesday September 27th

IO work today:

Tomorrow:

- Cheryl, Corey, Ed, Keita, TJ (restored optic alignments)

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