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H1 ISC
gabriele.vajente@LIGO.ORG - posted 18:33, Tuesday 17 February 2015 (16779)
Noise breathing likely due to IFO alignment fluctuations

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.

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H1 CAL (ISC)
jeffrey.kissel@LIGO.ORG - posted 18:14, Tuesday 17 February 2015 (16773)
DARM_ERR and DARM_CTRL frame channels now whitened
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.
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H1 SEI
hugh.radkins@LIGO.ORG - posted 17:56, Tuesday 17 February 2015 (16777)
Corner Station HEPI Pump Servos in various states during the day

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.

X1 DTS (CDS)
james.batch@LIGO.ORG - posted 17:49, Tuesday 17 February 2015 (16776)
Installed new nds-client software
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.
H1 CDS (DAQ)
david.barker@LIGO.ORG - posted 17:48, Tuesday 17 February 2015 (16775)
CDS Maintenance Summary

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:

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

port before after
0 ISC ISC
1 SEI SUS
2 SUS empty
3 empty empty
4 empty empty
5 empty empty
6 empty empty
7 UPLINK UPLINK

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

 

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H1 AOS
filiberto.clara@LIGO.ORG - posted 17:16, Tuesday 17 February 2015 (16774)
Optical Lever Whitening Chassis
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
H1 General
filiberto.clara@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:58, Tuesday 17 February 2015 (16771)
Timing Comparator Chassis - EX
Per bug report 664, verified:

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

D1001370 SN S1201886
H1 SEI
jim.warner@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:55, Tuesday 17 February 2015 (16767)
A few data points for BRS

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.

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H1 AOS
gerardo.moreno@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:53, Tuesday 17 February 2015 (16770)
HAM1 BF1 Viewport Summary

(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.

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H1 PEM
filiberto.clara@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:50, Tuesday 17 February 2015 (16769)
H1 AA PEM Chassis - EX
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.
H1 General
jim.warner@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:43, Tuesday 17 February 2015 (16768)
Shift Summary
8:00 Fil to EX working on PEM8:00 Fil to EX working on PEM
8:15 Cris to EX
8:45 JeffB to EX & EY
9:00 Betsy & Travis to LVEA
9:45 Praxair on site
10:00 Kyle to West Bay craning
10:15 Ellie to TCS by HAM4, done 11:00
10:30 Cyrus and JimB to Ex, taking down, done 11:30
11:30 Cyrus working on VE EPICS gateway
14:00 Doug  Jason to Biergarten
14:30 JeffB to EY, back at 15:00
15:00 Cyrus working on VE EPICS gateway, again
8:15 Cris to EX
8:45 JeffB to EX & EY
9:00 Betsy & Travis to LVEA
9:45 Praxair on site
10:00 Kyle to West Bay craning
10:15 Ellie to TCS by HAM4, done 11:00
10:30 Cyrus and JimB to Ex, taking down, done 11:30
11:30 Cyrus working on VE EPICS gateway
14:00 Doug  Jason to Biergarten
14:30 JeffB to EY, back at 15:00
15:00 Cyrus working on VE gateway again
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
H1 ISC
alexan.staley@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:26, Tuesday 17 February 2015 - last comment - 23:28, Tuesday 17 February 2015(16766)
Digital Delay

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.

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lisa.barsotti@LIGO.ORG - 17:11, Tuesday 17 February 2015 (16772)ISC
So the above measurements only accounts for some of the phase delay we see in the  CARM TF . We realized that there was margin for improvement in the compensation filter for the transmission signals. We made another filter for LSC-TR_CARM (FM8, 35:3000) that gives us some phase back. With respect to the one currently used (FM9, 35:1000^2), we removed one of the poles @ 1 KHz, and moved the other 1 kHz pole to 3 kHz. At 200 Hz we get back about 20 degrees of phase. We will test this filter as soon as we can (another earthquake now..).
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alexan.staley@LIGO.ORG - 23:28, Tuesday 17 February 2015 (16784)

We tested FM8, and this was indeed a good change. Attached is the sqrt(TRX+TRY) CARM OLTF with FM9 (green trace) and FM8 (brown trace). As designed, we get more phase with FM8 on. This is now implemented in the guardian.

Note: ignore the peak at about 50 Hz ... when we made this measurement we were father away from resonance than when we normally transition to sqrt(TX+TRY) so our z at 35 Hz was not properly compenstating for the cavity pole properly. This goes away and flattens as we reduce the offset.

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H1 General
jeffrey.bartlett@LIGO.ORG - posted 15:46, Tuesday 17 February 2015 (16765)
Shutdown Dust Monitor #2 at End-Y
   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.          
H1 General
jeffrey.bartlett@LIGO.ORG - posted 15:21, Tuesday 17 February 2015 (16762)
Shutdown Dust Monitor #2 at End-X
   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.     
LHO VE
kyle.ryan@LIGO.ORG - posted 15:10, Tuesday 17 February 2015 (16761)
Troubleshooting BSC3 annulus
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 
H1 CAL
nutsinee.kijbunchoo@LIGO.ORG - posted 15:09, Tuesday 17 February 2015 (16760)
PCal cameras are in focus.

I took the advantage of the resonated green light this morning and adjusted the camera focus. However, I had a little trouble focusing the End Y camera. Let me know if it is not good enough and I will try to refocus it.

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H1 ISC
gabriele.vajente@LIGO.ORG - posted 09:40, Tuesday 17 February 2015 - last comment - 15:43, Tuesday 17 February 2015(16754)
Brute force coherence for February 12th lock stretch

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.

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daniel.hoak@LIGO.ORG - 15:21, Tuesday 17 February 2015 (16763)

Yup, this is the right data -- we saw the same coherences using DTT.

There is also coherence with the ISS second loop PDs (the loop was open during this lock).

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gabriele.vajente@LIGO.ORG - 15:43, Tuesday 17 February 2015 (16764)

Yes, I confirm coherence with ISS second loop as well. The shape of the coherence and the projected noise is very similar. So my guess is that the DARM signal was actually limited almost everywhere by intensity noise. But maybe you guys alredy knew that...

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H1 SUS (DetChar)
thomas.massinger@LIGO.ORG - posted 07:56, Tuesday 17 February 2015 - last comment - 14:43, Tuesday 17 February 2015(16741)
No evidence of strongly coupled DAC zero-crossing glitches

I've taken a look at DAC MCT glitches as requested by Dan in alog 16707

After running through our usual process to check for DAC glitches coupling into DARM, none of the SUS drive signals seem to be statistically correlated to glitches in DARM when crossing zero or +/- 2^16. I wish I had a smoking gun like we've been able to find with this method in the past, but we've had no such luck.

I wanted to make sure that the triggers indicating these zero-crossings were being generated properly, so I followed up a number of them by hand. They did seem to be reporting the correct times, so it doesn't look like this non-result is a bug in the trigger generation process. I've also generated omega scans for a few times when the ETMX ESD drive signals were crossing -2^16 and didn't see any glitches that looked like the transients we'd normally expect from DAC MCT glitches. This makes me think that the DAC glitches are hiding under the current noise floor (at least in the sense that Omicron doesn't seem to witness them) and will start becoming a more problematic noise source as sensitivity increases.

Is there any way to know when the calibration was last run for the 18-bit DACs? I really would've expected these crossings to cause fairly loud glitches from past experience.

I've attached a normalized spectrogram showing 5 minutes of data from the Feb 13th lock and it looks like there are two separate families of glitches that we can see by eye. One populating the frequency band between ~80 Hz - 300 Hz and one populating the frequency band from ~40 Hz - 100 Hz (which we initially thought might be DAC glitches). I've set some tools running to see if we can identify any of these and we're also doing some by-hand followup of the louder glitches that are likely to show up in omega scans of auxiliary channels.

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jeffrey.kissel@LIGO.ORG - 09:18, Tuesday 17 February 2015 (16753)CDS, DetChar, ISC, SYS
RCG 2.9, which came with the band-aid, 3/4's of-the-way, fix to the 18-bit DAC Major Carry Transitions (see e.g. G1401269), that we believe lasts for ~1 month (see LHO aLOG 16376), was installed on January 13th 2015 -- see LHO aLOG 16060. This was the last time all IOP models were systematically restarted (the calibration is now performed automatically, but only when a front end's IOP model is restarted -- see T1400570 and Bugzilla Entry 732). Good to hear we have some evidence that the calibration seems to last a little longer at LHO!
daniel.hoak@LIGO.ORG - 14:43, Tuesday 17 February 2015 (16759)

Thanks TJ! 

The glitches in the spectrogram seem to agree with the breathing that we saw in the control room.  With the DAC glitches ruled out, we suspect that this noise is related to input beam jitter, there is some coherence with the IMC WFS signals.  Later in the same lock we were able to reduce the noise by changing the BS alignment, so there is likely some bilinear coupling that changes over time.  We'll try to get some longer lock stretches for glitch investigations.

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