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Reports until 16:00, Friday 15 April 2016
H1 General
edmond.merilh@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:00, Friday 15 April 2016 (26614)
Shift Summary - Day
TITLE: 04/15 Day Shift: 15:00-23:00 UTC (08:00-16:00 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Planned Engineering
INCOMING OPERATOR: Nutsinee
SHIFT SUMMARY:
LOG:

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

H1 GRD (SEI)
thomas.shaffer@LIGO.ORG - posted 15:53, Friday 15 April 2016 (26610)
Added new BRS Guardian nodes to the Overview

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.

Images attached to this report
LHO VE (VE)
gerardo.moreno@LIGO.ORG - posted 15:37, Friday 15 April 2016 (26613)
Manually over-filled CP3 at 22:25 utc

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.

LHO VE (VE)
gerardo.moreno@LIGO.ORG - posted 15:15, Friday 15 April 2016 (26612)
Isolated and Removed HAM6 annulus pump cart

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.

LHO VE (VE)
gerardo.moreno@LIGO.ORG - posted 15:14, Friday 15 April 2016 (26611)
HAM5 CDS Signal Cable
Extended, routed and terminated CDS signal cable for HAM5 annulus ion pump controller.
LHO FMCS (SYS)
richard.mccarthy@LIGO.ORG - posted 14:07, Friday 15 April 2016 (26609)
LVEA Heater 5 now on variac
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

H1 SEI
hugh.radkins@LIGO.ORG - posted 13:00, Friday 15 April 2016 (26608)
WHAM 5 & 6 HEPIs unlocked--HEPI & ISI Isolate fine

No issues unlocking and no issues reisolating the platforms.  I'll run range of motion & linearity tests; possibly transfer function too, just because.

H1 CDS (DAQ)
david.barker@LIGO.ORG - posted 09:29, Friday 15 April 2016 (26607)
h1pemcs DAQ reconfiguration due to bad AA channel

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.

H1 General
edmond.merilh@LIGO.ORG - posted 08:46, Friday 15 April 2016 (26606)
Morning Meeting Minutes

SEI - HAM6-5 still locked - to be unlocked. Hugh doing PEM inventory

PSL - touching base on beam availability at lunch time

SUS - nothing reported
 
CDS- digital janitorial work. Richard pulling cables for annulus pumps
 
PEM - Robert may be working around STS2 at EX
H1 General
edmond.merilh@LIGO.ORG - posted 08:06, Friday 15 April 2016 (26605)
Shift Summary - Day Transition
TITLE: 04/15 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: 4mph Gusts, 2mph 5min avg
    Primary useism: 0.23 μm/s
    Secondary useism: 0.31 μm/s 
QUICK SUMMARY:
H1 PSL (PSL)
peter.king@LIGO.ORG - posted 07:00, Friday 15 April 2016 - last comment - 07:22, Friday 15 April 2016(26603)
Injection locking performance and power fluctuations
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.
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Comments related to this report
peter.king@LIGO.ORG - 07:22, Friday 15 April 2016 (26604)
The power fluctuations observed in the HPO output are not due to fluctuations in the NPRO
output but might be due to the front end laser.
Images attached to this comment
H1 General
edmond.merilh@LIGO.ORG - posted 06:23, Friday 15 April 2016 (26602)
Shift Summary - Day
TITLE: 04/14 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: 24mph Gusts, 18mph 5min avg
    Primary useism: 0.32 μm/s
    Secondary useism: 0.66 μm/s 
QUICK SUMMARY: 

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' :)

H1 PSL (PSL)
peter.king@LIGO.ORG - posted 03:42, Friday 15 April 2016 - last comment - 06:19, Friday 15 April 2016(26599)
PSL work summary
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
Comments related to this report
peter.king@LIGO.ORG - 06:18, Friday 15 April 2016 (26600)
Injection locking servo PZT monitor signal and mixer monitor signal spectra
as a result of the improved overlap between the seed beam and the oscillator
output.
Images attached to this comment
peter.king@LIGO.ORG - 06:19, Friday 15 April 2016 (26601)
Injection locking servo transfer function.
Images attached to this comment
H1 General
nutsinee.kijbunchoo@LIGO.ORG - posted 18:52, Thursday 14 April 2016 (26597)
Ops EVE Shift Summary

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.

Images attached to this report
H1 PSL
nutsinee.kijbunchoo@LIGO.ORG - posted 18:41, Thursday 14 April 2016 (26598)
Weekly PSL Chiller Reservoir Top-Off

Added 150ml to chrystal chliller.

 

Close FAMIS #4146

H1 SEI (CDS, DetChar, PEM, SEI)
krishna.venkateswara@LIGO.ORG - posted 17:13, Thursday 14 April 2016 (26596)
BRS Progress Summary

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.

Images attached to this report
LHO VE (VE)
gerardo.moreno@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:15, Thursday 14 April 2016 (26595)
Manually over-filled CP3 at 22:56 utc

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.

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