Just was glancing over at the wall display of wind channels, and noticed a distinct change in the resolution of the wind data trends, and didn't hear of anything happening to the sensors / channels at 4p PST... (screenshot was taken at 9:10p PST, change happens 5 hours prior).

This is a brief update on the recent calibration activity. It is still a working progress, but seemingly we are moving forward.

(Of course, I made a mistake)

• I had a wrong sign in the MICH open loop gain when undoing the MICH supression (see alog 16733).
  • => Fixing this mistake gave a ITM L2 stage response @13.05 Hz of 5.5x10^-18 m/cnts which is close to what the suspension model expects (5.8x10^-18m/cnts).

(Please discard the DIFF VCO-based calibration)

• With this bug fix in mind, the original ALS DIFF VCO-based calibration (alog 16701) have been underestimating the ESD response by a factor of 3.4 which was previously mistakenly thought as a factor of 5.3 (alog 16733).
  • Also, we now think that the DIFF VCO calibration coefficient we have is not trustable. So we will discard the DIFF VCO-based calibration hereafter unless we revisit the VCO calibration.

(New ETMX ESD calibration is stronger than the suspension model by a factor of 2-ish)

• Now, if we compare the measured ETMX response (alog 16733 with the mistake fixed) with the suspension model without linearization in the ESD, the measured response is stronger by a factor of 2.07.
  • This is the point which makes me think that something is still not right. We need to understand why there is such a large discrepancy.
  • Note that the suspension model uses the new updated alpha of 2x10^-10 N/V² (see for example G1500036-v1).
  • I am suspecting that the ESD linearization code in the digital system maybe a cause of the discrepancy. When I get a chance, I will study how the linearization function behaves in the actual system.

(ETMY was consistent with ETMX)

• I did the same measurement on ETMY in the Friday night (alog 16733), it gave me a very similar result to that of ETMX. The ETMY ESD response was only a few percent stronger than that of ETMX.
  • Note that the linearization was active on ETMY.

In alog 16707, commissioners reported that the noise in the 30-300 Hz region was "breathing". Thomas checked that this was not due to DAC glitches. Here I argue that the noise breathing is likely due to fluctuations in the IFO alignment that can be seen in the AS WFS signals.

The first plot attached here is a spectrogram of the DARM_IN1 signal, in the quiet time period reported in the above mentioned alog. The non stationarity is very clear, and it seems slower than normal glitches. To confirm my impression, I computed the band-limited RMS (BLRMS) in the region between 200 and 300 Hz. Then, I tried to correlate the time series of the BLRMS with the time variation of other IFO channels (this is very similar to what I did at Livingston in the past, see for example 13375 and 13354).

I first looked at the IMC alignment (IMC-DOF_*), but there was no clear correlation. Then I looked into the ASC_AS_?_RF signals. The second attached plot shows a scatter plot of the BLRMS vs the various AS signals. Some of the scatter plots shows some dependency which looks like quadratic or higher order.

To confirm, I used the ASC signals, their square and their power up to the fourth to find the best reconstruction of the BLRMS. It turns out to be quite good, at least for the slowest oscillations in the noise, see the last attached plot. The 3rd and 4th orders are usefult to improve a bit the reconstruction, but not crucial.

So, my guess is that most of the noise non-stationarity comes from angular motion of the IFO. I also did the same analysis with REFL WFS, with no significant correlation.

MATLAB code is attached.

J. Kissel

I've copied and pasted the 
zpk([1;1;1;1;1],[100;100;100;100;100],1,"n")
whitening filter used to whiten the calibrated DARM_ERR and DARM_CTRL channels (see LHO aLOG 16698, and LHO aLOG 16789) into the *uncalibrated* DARM_ERR and DARM_CTRL pick-offs in the calibration front-end model, h1calcs. These channels are 
H1:CAL-DARM_ERR_WHITEN_OUT_DQ
H1:CAL-DARM_CTRL_WHITEN_OUT_DQ
as a filter called "white" into FM1. These are needed for the *offline* GST-LAL pipeline calibration. 

Note that the H1CALCS.txt foton file is not yet a softlink to a version-controlled userapps repo location, nor have we started maintaining a safe.snap to ensure that these filter banks stay ON through a front-end code restart. "Sounds dubious..."

Also -- we should stick these filter banks on the CALCS MEDM overview screen.

1700utc  changed number of pressure sensors collected from 15 to 7 channels, 10hz epics rate

1955 changed back to 15 sensor channels but reduced epics rate to 1hz

2247 again back to 7 sensors at 10hz

0057 (18Feb) back to 15 sensors at 1 hz

0149 (18Feb) now back to before the day started at 15 sensors at 10hz.

New NDS2 client software has been installed on the DAQ test stand.  The new version is nds-client-0.11.3, and is the default version when you log in.  To facilitate the installation, a new version of SWIG (2.0.4) was installed on x1work, and a path to jdk1.7.0_60 was added to the PATH environment variable.

Today was an extended maintenance day, 8am to 5pm.

1. Removal of RFM Cards From End Station Seismic Front End Computers

Cyrus, Jim, Dave: WP5051

The RFM 5565 PCIe cards were removed from the front end computers h1seiex and h1seiey. The procedure was:

• stop user models, then stop iop model
• take system out of Dolphin fabric
• power down computer
• remove all cables from back (one-stop, IRIG-B, RFM, 2xethernet, power)
• pull computer out of rack
• remove 5565 PCIe card
• insert computer into rack, reattach all cables (minus 5565 RFM fiber)

The RFM Switch was reconfigured. The port assignments are as follows (green=unchanged, blue=changed)

When the seismic FE computer was powered back on, they gliched all the other computers in the fabric (both end statins). We restarted all the user models on h1susex, h1susey, h1iscex and h1iscey.

This closes WP5051

2. Testing New EPICS Gateways

Cyrus: WP5053

Please see Cyrus's alogs.

3. Restart of h1ecatx1

Daniel, Dave:

It was time for h1ecatx1's fortnightly freeze, which it faithfully did at 10am. We rebooted h1ecatx1 and all came back up automatically.

4. Reboot of Guardian Machine

Jamie, Dave:

The h1guardian0 machine was rebooted to test autostartup after reboot and change the NFS client mount options to turn off file attribute caching. Please refer to Jamie's logs for details.

5. Loading Filter Module Files

The following models had partially loaded filter module files. I performed a full COEFF load on: h1isiitmy, h1isiham4, h1isibs, h1isiitmx, h1suspr3, h1susim, h1sussr3, h1susomc, h1susbs, h1lsc, h1asc, h1scimc, h1sushtts

The model h1calcs reported a modified filter file, but this was a latched condition and the filter file was actually identical to the running configuration. I pressed the COEFF load to remove the warning.

The model h1tcscs is reporting a modified filter file, it has new filters for ITMY_CO2_CHILLER_SERVO_GAIN. I have emailed Aidan and Alastair for guidance.

6. Models With Local Modifications Pending SVN Commit

Dave:

Attached is the list of FE code which have local mods relative to the SVN repository

7. Guardian Nodes/MEDM Check

Jamie, Dave:

Nodes which exist but not on OVERVIEW MEDM (temporary nodes): TIDAL_HACK.

Nodes on OVERVIEW MEDM which dont exist (placeholders): IFO, PSL

All Op Lever whitening chassis in the corner station have been modified/verified to have the appropriate insulating film on the -15V regulator.

S1101555
S1101537
S1101541
S1101547
S1101550
S1101551

Per bug report 664, verified:

1. 5V regulator heatsink is installed
2. Code on unit is version 3

D1001370 SN S1201886

A few spectra regarding BRS at EX. The red traces are from today at about 11:00am local (when I'm pretty sure people were working at EX, I wanted something noisy), blue traces are from ~3:00 last night (quiet), green are from the night of the 10th this month, after Krishna did his check up and recuperation of the BRS (alog 16434), though the peak at 8mhz  suggests the BRS was rung up.  Solid traces are the STS, dashed lines are the BRS signal for each measurement (see alog 14047 regarding calibrations for these spectra). Krishna was worried that the BRS software may have crashed (as it does every ~2 weeks), but no one has had time to check it out in person today.

(Joe, Gerardo and Peter)

After Peter blocked the beam inside the PSL enclosure, we removed the viewport on BF1 location, cleaned and inspected.
We found some small scratches on the outer surface and some particulate on the inside surface, the particulate was removed without a problem, and no scratches on the inside.
The scratches were measured and probed, the results were good, they are not deep to concern us.
The assembly was re-installed and clocked such as the scratches are not on the path of the beam.

Removed PEM AA chassis D1001421 (SN S1300102) to troubleshoot output offset on one of its channels. Replaced U1 for CH24 on the aLIGO AA BNC Interface (x10 Gain) D1000487 SN S1300072. Unit has been reinstalled and powered on.

Peter, Alexa

Summary

We measured the digital delay from the IR TR PDs at the end station to the CARM slow path at the corner to be ~50 deg at 300 Hz. This delay will include an end station model delay and two LSC delays. We have two LSC delays because TR CARM is in the LSC model, as well as the digital slow path after the IFO common mode board.  Our measurement is reasonable given Chris's delay plot (LLO#15933).

Details

We turned off the LSC-X_TR_A_LF_OUT (IR TR PD at END X) input and sent in an excitation with an amplitude of 100 cts. We turned off any filters along the TR CARM path (i.e. LSC-TR_CARM --> LSC-REFLBIAS --> ALS-C_REFL_DC_BIAS path), modulo some gains, and measured the transfer function at LSC_REFL_SERVO_SLOW_OUT. See LHO#15489 for the path.

   Shutdown dust monitor #2 at End-Y. This dust monitor is used to monitor the BSC10 cleanroom during chamber opening. As the chamber is currently closed this monitor is not needed. 

   Dust monitor #1 is running monitoring the general room air of the VEA. Alarms on this monitor should be investigated as per normal procedures. 

   With DM #2 powered down, the network connection with DM #1  would drop. DM #1 would continually flip between "Sampling" and "Count Interrupted". After swapping cables and recycling the comptroller, the dust monitor, weather station, and restarting the various bits of software, still had no communications with DM #1. Patrick pointed out there is pin swap between the comptroller and the dust monitor. After installing the correct cable, the monitor is up and running correctly. I will adjust the alarm levels to reflect general monitoring levels.          

   Powered down dust monitor #2 at End-X. This monitor is used for monitoring in the BSC9 cleanroom during chamber opening. With the door on no need to run this monitor. 

   Dust monitor #1 is running monitoring the general room air of the VEA. Alarms on this monitor should be investigated as per normal procedures.     

Kyle, Gerardo

Used Main crane to "fly" pump cart into Beer Garden -> Connected to and pumped BSC3 annulus for a few hours -> Controller current never came on scale -> Used Genie Snorkel lift to access and swap out controller -> No help, current off scale (high) -> Pump was replaced ~5-8 weeks before problem -> squirted alcohol on conflat joints while Gerardo monitored pump cart pressure gauges -> no response -> Out of time for today - Isolated pumps from annulus pump port and shut down pumps -> To be continued 

The summary page with all the coherences is available at this address:

https://ldas-jobs.ligo.caltech.edu/~gabriele.vajente/bruco_1107840506/

I used data from the end of the lock stretch, starting from GPS time 1107840506 and using 600 seconds of data.

The main thing to notice is that DARM is coherent with MICH, PRCL and SRCL over almost all the frequencies, see the first attached plot. This is suspicious, and I'm wondering if there is something wrong with the data I'm using...

There is coherence with EY magnetometers at about 74 Hz, I guess this is the ring heater line.