00 Chris down X arm to do beam enclosure sealing. Joe to join later.
15:49 Hugh down X arm to to do inventory.
15:52 PSL team into the enclosure
17:08 Gerardo into LVEA around HAM5/6 - climbing
17:34 Hugh Back
17:43 Mitchell into the LVEA
18:05 Mitchell out of the LVEA
18:18 Mitchell back in to LVEA
19:00 Hugh out to LVEA to unlock HAM 5/6
20:00 Hugh out of LVEA
20:37 Gerardo to LVEA pulling cable to the annulus ion pump of input mode cleaner tube
22:00 Gerardo out for the day
22:18 Gerardo ou to MY for CP3 manual overfill
The two new BRS status Guardian nodes have been added to the Guardian Overview. The purpose of these nodes is to give the condition of the BRS in the node's state (ie. READY, DAMPER_ON, FAULT). The nodes seemed to have ran well over night so I added them and we'll see what they do over the weekend.
I attached a screenshot of the important code for BRS X. I would still like to make a way to check if the software has crashed since this was a big issue previously, but there are plans to change the computer soon anyway.
The code is simpler for the BRS Y, and the node only really looks at the DAMPCTRLMON channel. If this channel is above 8000 then it is in good shape, if around 3000 then the damper is on, and if less then it is in some type of fault.
1/2 open LLCV bypass valve, and the exhaust bypass valve fully open.
Flow was noted after 1 minute and 11 seconds, closed LLCV valve, and 2 minutes later the exhaust bypass valve was closed.
I isolated the aux pump cart yesterday afternoon to let the HAM6 annulus ion pump run on its own.
Today at 21:30 utc the aux pump cart and accesories were shut down. All hardware is decoupled from the chamber.
Extended, routed and terminated CDS signal cable for HAM5 annulus ion pump controller.
With the need for heat in the LVEA low we took Heater 5 offline to convert it over to the variac system. To protect the components we have limited the unit to 440V AC. Must have a bad heater on C phase as the current draw was too low. I have to talk to the vendor about adjusting the span on the controller. We now max out at 14ma instead of 20ma. 4ma off <.5A 6ma 2.41 A 90V 8ma 8.6 A 175V 10ma 19.1A 265V 12ma 33.5A 355V 14ma 50.1 A 439V
No issues unlocking and no issues reisolating the platforms. I'll run range of motion & linearity tests; possibly transfer function too, just because.
Late entry from yesterday. We discovered that h1pemcs's channel H1:PEM-CS_ADC_4_26_16K_OUT_DQ was railed at +20V. It was determined that this channel in the AA chassis was bad. I demoted this channel in the model back to 2048Hz and promoted H1:PEM-CS_ADC_4_28_16K_OUT_DQ to 16384Hz so Robert continues to have two 16kHz channels for his microphone work.
SEI - HAM6-5 still locked - to be unlocked. Hugh doing PEM inventory
PSL - touching base on beam availability at lunch time
Attached are plots of the power fluctuations from the HPO and its PZT. The fluctuations in the HPO power seem to coincide with the variations in the PZT voltage. Both have a period of about 70 minutes. We may have to reduce the injection locking servo gain. Also attached is a plot of the free running power fluctuations transmitted by the pre-modecleaner and the output of the HPO.
15:00 Observed activitiy in the PSL enclosure. - Peter
15:00 Snow Valley on site - headed down X arm.
15:10 John to EX to meet Snow Valley
15:15 Jeff B into LVEA
15:20 Krishna and Mike to EY
15:22 Ops Dailty Checkk List tasks performed: Vidoe0 and Video5 FOM computers needed restart.
15:29 Jeff out of LVEA and goin to both ends
15:53 Jason into PSL
16:08 Gerardo to Y end to check on ION pump
16:18 Jeff Back
16:27 John back
16:39 Gerardo back
16:45 John to MY
17:00 Richard ou to LVEA for scope inventory
17:12 Krishna and Mike back
17:17 Krishna and Mike to EX
20:21 Jeff into PSL to connect dust meter
19:59 Jeff back
17:23 Richard out and heading to the out buildings
17:44 DAQ restart
18:34 Richard back
19:35 Jenne into the LVEA with two guests
19:47 Jeff into LVEA
19:54 Tour group into control room
note to self: press 'Post to Logbook' :)
In trying to engage the power stabilisation servo, we found that its behaviour was somewhat erratic. The servo would lock for brief periods of time before a low frequency change would cause the servo to go out of lock. Engaging the integrator, when possible, did not prevent the low frequency fluctuation from knocking the servo out of lock. Coincidentally the free running power fluctuations through the pre-modecleaner exhibited large (~2-5%) fluctuations too. Thinking that these fluctuations were perhaps caused by diffraction effects associated with the corona aperture within the laser, a number coronia apertures were tried and their effects on the beam were examined with a CCD camera. Whilst looking at the beam profile of both the oscillator and the front end, it was observed that the profile of the front end laser was terrible. Whilst the beam profile from the oscillator was good, it would change at random intervals. The front end (seed) beam was re-aligned and the overlap between the seed beam and the oscillator output improved. Without re-doing the mode matching to the pre-modecleaner, the pre-modecleaner was locked. Its transmitted power appeared more stable. The power noise spectrum after the pre-modecleaner appeared more stable too. The power stabilisation servo was engaged and could be locked. Its behaviour was noticeably better than previously. We could not engage the frequency stabilisation, for reasons unknown at the moment. But we will pursue this later this morning. Jason, Peter
All time in PT.
~17:30 Jason and Peter came out after spent all day in the PSL. No laser. No commissioners. I guess my shift ends early...
I also noticed some bright-than-usual scattered light on the PSL enclosure camera besides the laptop screen. It's probably nothing but just want to make note of it.
Added 150ml to chrystal chliller.
Close FAMIS #4146
Michael, Krishna
In this post, I'll try to summarize the work accomplished on the BRS-Y (2) and BRS-X (1) over the last few weeks.
1) BRS-Y:
The instrument including the box in the VEA and the Beckhoff computer/modules were installed (26242, 26265, 26276) . The tilt transfer function was measured and we then adjusted the center of mass to minmize 'd'. We then remeasured the transfer function to confirm that d was indeed small. This isn't particularly necessary for the goal of tilt-subtraction but does allow us to study the tilt from surface waves during an earthquake.
Tilt-subtraction for the ground seismometer has been shown to be very effective under 20-30 mph winds at both EY and EX in the 10 mHz to 1 Hz band. We have shown some modest improvements to ISI motion using sensor correction in the 'along-the-beam' direction in the 0.1-1 Hz band (as seen be ST1 T240) without any increase to the total rms motion (as measured by the CPS). Both of these are local sensors and it would be interesting to test these configurations with the interferometer. There are also likely other ways to use the BRS signals which may prove more beneficial.
The C# and the Beckhoff PLC code for BRS-Y have been uploaded to svn under slowcontrols. This system is more robust than the one at EX and allows for greater CDS integration and control. Several of the BRS parameters (such as damping on/off, damping thresholds) can be controlled through EPICS commands. For example, typing " caput H1:ISI-GND_BRS_ETMY_USER 0" disables damping and " caput H1:ISI-GND_BRS_ETMY_USER 1" enables it.
We just discovered today that one of the two capacitive actuators was shorted internally and cannot be used. The damping is thus asymmetric and less strong. There are also other minor issues with it but it still meets its main goal of keeping the amplitude small.
The vcauum system is working well. The ion pump current is ~25 microamps, corresponding to a pressure of ~1.5 X 10^(-7) torr. The corresponding current for BRS-X is 14 microamps after ~two years.
The DC position of the beam-balance has been slowly settling with a very long time constant (~10 days). The attached plot shows the DRIFTMON channel over the last 16 days. The two main spikes followed by DC shifts were caused by us changing the DC position using a small moveable rod on the beam-balance. Based on the trend we expect it to drift down and then approach an equlirbrium value within the range of the autocollimator (+/-16k counts on the Y-axis).
2) BRS-X:
BRS-X was restarted from hibernation and works well for the most part.
The startup procedure for the code has been simplified. There are now two shortcuts on the BRS-X laptop's desktop screen - the one labelled "Damping ON" runs the software with damping enabled (DC subtraction is automated) and the other one runs with damping diabled and 2.5 V for the DAMP_CTRL channel, which can be used to reset the damper, if needed. A recurring problem with it is the damper turn-table vibrations causing the beam-balance to ring up. A new Beckhoff computer/modules and a GigE camera have been/will be ordered for it and we will develop a new smoother turn-table which will address these problems.
1/2 open LLCV bypass valve, and the exhaust bypass valve fully open.
Flow was noted after 1 minute and 37 seconds, closed LLCV valve, and 3 minutes later the exhaust bypass valve was closed.