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H1 AOS
jason.oberling@LIGO.ORG - posted 15:32, Wednesday 01 October 2014 (14253)
ETmy OpLev - Failing Laser

Follow up to alog 14245

Checked the ETMy oplev laser diode current (measure w/ a voltmeter attached to the current monitor port on the back of the laser) and found the diode current was oscillating at about the same 0.3 Hz frequency of the QPD SUM out.  Classic sign of one of these lasers failing.  I swapped the failing laser (SN 199) with a new one taken from 3IFO stock (SN 104-1) and this oscillation went away (see attachment).  As can be seen, the oscillation is gone, but there appears to be a slow ramp up time after the switch.  I think this is the laser coming to thermal equilibrium, but will keep an eye on it in case it's not and there's something wrong with this "new" laser.  If anyone else notices something not working right wth this oplev, let me know.

Also, after talking with Sheila to make sure this would not interfere with any commissioning activities, I re-aligned the ETMy oplev after the laser swap.  The yaw output was getting very close to the end of the linear range of the QPD (yaw was reading -46 µrad, linear range ends around ±50 µrad), so any data was of questionable utility.  When I left the end station at about 2:00pm PDT, the oplev signal read 0 µrad in both pitch and yaw.

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H1 SUS (CDS)
jeffrey.kissel@LIGO.ORG - posted 14:57, Wednesday 01 October 2014 (14252)
SUS OVERVIEW Screens commited to userapps with IOP SWWD Name Change
J. Kissel

After updating the IOP software watchdog (SWWD) status channel to obey the
${IFO}:IOP-SUS_${OPTIC}_DACKKILL_STATE
convention back in June 2014 (see LHO aLOG 12504), Arnaud had updated the SUS overview screens to match, (see LHO aLOG 12550), but we never committed them, because LLO and LHO were pioneering and prototyping ESD linearization (see 11874), and LLO did not plan to upgrade their RCG and IOP watchdogs for quite some time.

The two sites models and MEDM screens (especially the QUADs) have diverged so much now that its become intractable to maintain. As such, we're beginning the process of reconciling the models by committing these IOP SWWD changes. 

svn commit -m "Updated IOP SWWD channel name. See LHO aLOG 12550." bsfm/SUS_CUST_BSFM_OVERVIEW.adl quad/SUS_CUST_QUAD_R0.adl quad/SUS_CUST_QUAD_OVERVIEW.adl omcs/SUS_CUST_OMCS_OVERVIEW.adl hxts/SUS_CUST_HLTS_OVERVIEW.adl hxts/SUS_CUST_HSTS_OVERVIEW.adl tmts/SUS_CUST_TMTS_OVERVIEW.adl SUS_CUST_IOP_DACKILL.adl 

Sending        SUS_CUST_IOP_DACKILL.adl
Sending        bsfm/SUS_CUST_BSFM_OVERVIEW.adl
Sending        hxts/SUS_CUST_HLTS_OVERVIEW.adl
Sending        hxts/SUS_CUST_HSTS_OVERVIEW.adl
Sending        omcs/SUS_CUST_OMCS_OVERVIEW.adl
Sending        quad/SUS_CUST_QUAD_OVERVIEW.adl
Sending        quad/SUS_CUST_QUAD_R0.adl
Sending        tmts/SUS_CUST_TMTS_OVERVIEW.adl
Transmitting file data ........
Committed revision 8750.

Stuart will now begin the arduous process of upgrading the SUS top-level, library, and IOP models to RCG 2.9. Then, he can push forward with bringing the library parts up-to-date with LLO's detached models, such that LHO can inherit all the good development work they've been doing down south. All yours Stuart!
H1 PSL
filiberto.clara@LIGO.ORG - posted 14:53, Wednesday 01 October 2014 (14251)
RF Amp added to EOM signal drive 45MHz
Installed new RF ampflier for EOM drive signal. Chassis was placed on the ground below the PSL table.
Power levels measured:
Input of RF Amp: 11.23dBm
Output of RF Amp (with unat-8+ connected, 8dB attenuator) 21.89dBm

Amplifier used is a mini-circuits ZHL-1A.

F. Clara, R. McCarthy, P. King
H1 PEM (PEM)
sudarshan.karki@LIGO.ORG - posted 14:40, Wednesday 01 October 2014 - last comment - 10:58, Thursday 02 October 2014(14250)
EY PEM AA Chassis

Dave, Sudarshan, Richard

LIGOCAM reported that three microphone at EY were disconnected.

I found last week that these microphone would work as normal when switched from their original channel position to some other channel on the AA chassis so, we restarted the  H1IOPISCEY yesterday to see if the problem was in the DAC. This was an unsuccessful attempt as mentioned in alog 14225.

Today, I injected 3Vpp signal on all the channels using a function generator and found out the following:

Channel 1-16 are working as normal (I happened to switch those microphones to one of these channels during my first attempt).

Channel 17-30 show nothing on the output end of medm screen monitor.

 

Summary: The problem is with the AA chassis board. Richard has been notified and this AA Chassis will be switched sometime next week.

          

 

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aaron.sevigny@LIGO.ORG - 10:58, Thursday 02 October 2014 (14272)
Internal cables of the AA chassis were unplugged.  They have been plugged in and the chassis has been reinstalled in working condition.
H1 SUS
betsy.weaver@LIGO.ORG - posted 14:24, Wednesday 01 October 2014 - last comment - 14:43, Friday 03 October 2014(14247)
QUAD comparison plot for interested parties

For those interested in looking closer at QUAD model parameters, attached are plots comparing all of the QUAD Main Chains when suspended with wires and also when suspended with fibers.   Note, if QUAD data is missing for one of these configurations it's because there was no clean data available.  Between the 2 plotted configurations, all 12 (H1, L1, and 3IFO) QUADs are represented.  Note, I tried to chose data sets that had the same or similar environmental conditions, but it was difficult due to the fact that some QUADs were reworked on test stands and some were reworked in chamber.  In all cases they were mounted on Solid Stack Test Stands or Locked ISIs and in-air.

 

Data is committed to the svn and can be found at:

/ligo/svncommon/SusSVN/sus/trunk/QUAD/Common/Data/

There does not seem to be a pattern in the data of the 2nd pitch mode peak which are clustered by a specific type of suspension (ETM vs ITM, or wire segment hang vs wire loop hang).

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betsy.weaver@LIGO.ORG - 14:30, Wednesday 01 October 2014 (14248)

And now with some cursors and in a second format for Brett.

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betsy.weaver@LIGO.ORG - 15:31, Wednesday 01 October 2014 (14254)

As suggested, I looked at the stiffnesses of the Top Mass blades to see if there is a correlation with the second pitch mode frequency shifts.  I don't see it.  In order of the peaks on the P to P plot, starting with the lowest frequency to the highest the blade sets used in each QUAD are:

H1ETMx - SET 9  (~1.28Hz)

L1ETMy - SET 13

L1 ETMx - ?

L1ITMx - SET 14/15

L1ITMy - SET 12

Q8 ETM - SET 8

Q9 ETM - SET 2

Q6 ITM - SET 10 (~1.531 Hz)

 

The blade sets go in order of stiffness from highest to lowest, so SET 2 is stiffer than SET 15.  SET 14/15 is a mixed SET with blades still of adjascent stiffness.

brett.shapiro@LIGO.ORG - 16:27, Wednesday 01 October 2014 (14257)

I took the two wireloop quads that have the highest and lowest 2nd pitch mode frequencies and made a fit to them. These measurements and their respective made-to-fit models are shown in the attached plot. QUAD06 (H1 QUADTST) is the highest,  X1 ETMX is the lowest.

I previously did a fit for QUAD06, see log 14235. The fit for X1 ETMX was made simply by taking the QUAD06 fit and subtracting 3 mm from dn, which works quite well.

Since the outliers are 3 mm apart on dn, the other quads seem to have an even spread between those, and no correlation with spring stffness is evident, then a possible explanation is that our tolerance on positioning the top mass blade tip height is +-1.5 mm.

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brett.shapiro@LIGO.ORG - 11:14, Thursday 02 October 2014 (14274)

Attached is a prediction of what +-1.5 mm on dn would look like for the fiber quads.

The black is a model of H1ETMY (which has been the default fiber model for some time) where dn=1.78 mm; blue is the same model but with dn=0 mm; red is again the same model but with dn = 3 mm. Some data is included as well. The H1ETMY measurement is in orange, which matches well because of the previous fitting of H1ETMY. In purple is H1ETMX. I think H1ETMX corresponds to the wireloop quad X1ETMX, which was the low outlier on dn for the wireloop configuration. In that configuration a dn of 0 mm worked quite well to the fit model to the data. Here the same 0 mm dn makes almost as good of a fit. There is not data matching the dn=3mm. +3 mm was found to work well for the high dn outlier wireloop QUAD06, which is not yet a fiber quad.

So it seems that for the existing fiber quads, +-1 mm on dn explains the spread well. However, the most recent 3rd IFO quads, still with wireloops, are the stiffest yet in pitch, so they would be expected to bring this to +-1.5 mm and line up with the dn=3mm red curve.

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brett.shapiro@LIGO.ORG - 14:43, Friday 03 October 2014 (14290)

Posting some notes from recent email converstions looking into the large apparent shifts in dn (top mass blade tip height) and d2 in the all metal build (PUM wire loop prism).

Attachement PUMCOMDetails.pdf is from Eddie Sanchez and is a drawing showing that the position of the PUM wire loop break off in the all metal build is basically the same as where it should be in the final fiber build. However, the model fitting suggests the actual break off is about 1.8 mm lower. So Betsy took some photos of this prism on a suspended metal quad. See image files 1445.jpg to 1447.jpg. Since the prism is round, it could be the wire does not have a clean break off. The pictures seem to indicate the wire has a significant length of a line contact. The 1.8 mm shift could be within this line contact.

The last image, 1449.jpg, shows a picture of the top mass blade spring tip in a suspended top mass. The spring looks pretty well centered, not consistent at all with +3 mm of apparent shift in dn for this quad. Quoting some numbers from Betsy:

"The top surface of the blade, as close to the tip as possible, is supposed to be at 9.6mm down from the top of the bridge notch.  The notch is 14.6mm wide, the blade is 5mm wide, therefore the bottom of the blade should line up with the bottom notch.  No gauge blocks needed.  From the picture, this looks very close to lining up."

PUMCOMDetails.pdf
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H1 SEI
hugh.radkins@LIGO.ORG - posted 14:19, Wednesday 01 October 2014 (14249)
WHAM1 HEPI H2 L4C problematic

See the attached spectra to see the obvious problem sensor.  I swapped the cables from the H & V sensors to the Pier Pod and the problem signal followed the cable.  So, the problem is upstream with the cable or sensor.  The HAM HEPI Horizontal L4C is certainly a pain to access:

Step1-- lock the local foot (already there on HAM1)

2 -- Disconnect the HEPI Actuator--recenter and lock up.

3 -- Remove the two Actuator mounting adapters.

4 -- Remove the L4C

5 -- Replace & Level the L4C

Reverse steps and hope you didn't move the platform enough to raise Daniel's notice (we are pretty good at not moving the system during this.)

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H1 CDS (DAQ)
david.barker@LIGO.ORG - posted 11:49, Wednesday 01 October 2014 (14246)
CDS model and DAQ restart report, Tuesday 30th September 2014

model restarts logged for Tue 30/Sep/2014
2014_09_30 08:32 h1fw1
2014_09_30 09:47 h1iopiscey
2014_09_30 09:47 h1iscey
2014_09_30 09:47 h1odcy
2014_09_30 09:47 h1pemey

2014_09_30 14:41 h1fw0

unexpected DAQ restarts. Restart of h1iscey as part of PEM ADC channel problem investigation.

H1 AOS
jason.oberling@LIGO.ORG - posted 11:37, Wednesday 01 October 2014 (14245)
ETMy OpLev

Jeff K. reported a 0.3 Hz comb in the ETMy oplev.  Suspecting a bad laser I took a look at the SUM output of the QPD and sure enough, the SUM is oscillating at about a 0.3 Hz rate, 300 counts pk-pk (see attachment).  This is usually a first indication of a bad laser (or a laser going bad).  I will head out to End Y after lunch to take a closer look and maybe (probably) replace the laser to see if this solves the issue.

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H1 ISC
keita.kawabe@LIGO.ORG - posted 11:32, Wednesday 01 October 2014 (14243)
Quality connector shell strikes again (Richard, Keita)

This is a follow up of 14209.

The trouble with the whitening was due to sub-standard quality of the DB37 connector shell of the binary IO cable.

The connector doesn't fully seat even if you tighten the connector screws, you need to physically press the shell hard towards the chassis to properly seat it. Once seated, the problem is gone until you give the cable one hard jiggling.

Once I removed the shell from one of the cables, it was easy to fully seat the connector and the whitening worked correctly even when I jiggled the cable multiple times. I removed the shell from all EY WFS BIO cables (but not from QPD BIO as they are working).

We have many of these connectors, but DB37 seems to be most problematic because the cable is very thick and gives the connector some good torque depending on how it's angled.

This type of DB37 connector shell has another problem, which is that the cable is so thick it's sometimes difficult to correctly put the shell halves together, as was documented by 12795.

At the very least, these shells need to be replaced with something more reliable. Or cables remade.

H1 PSL (CDS, DAQ)
david.barker@LIGO.ORG - posted 10:41, Wednesday 01 October 2014 (14242)
h1psliss restart, new model

Gabriele, Peter, Dave

Restarted h1psliss with new model. Inputs and Outputs of the PSLISS common block connected to ADC/DAC at top level. After the model restart the DAQ was restarted.

H1 SEI (CDS)
jeffrey.kissel@LIGO.ORG - posted 08:29, Wednesday 01 October 2014 (14238)
Corner Station GND STS2 Kerfuffle Update
J. Kissel, A. Pele, R. DeRosa

(c.f. LHO aLOG 14086)

After having spoken with the LLO team, Ryan informed me that he *did* in fact have to take considerable effort to re-arrange his sensor-correction STS2 readout system after initial install before he could use it. Regrettably, he hasn't written up any aLOGs or documentation on *how* his system is connected.

After a few more hours in the EE room, with new understanding of what was originally intended, and following cables through zipties and cable racks, I now understand that indeed the bulk of the problem is in the front-end models, AND that the HAM45 rack cables were just down-right disconnected at their AA chassis inputs for some reason. I've plugged them back in, and as suggested by Ben, in the order that the HAM16 wiring diagram (D1101584) suggests, such the DuoTone channels remain un-over-written, i.e. now ALL HAM ISIs and HAM HPIs have the following cable arrangment:
ADC_0_24   STS A X
ADC_0_25   STS A Y
ADC_0_26   STS A Z

ADC_1_24   STS B X
ADC_1_25   STS B Y
ADC_1_26   STS B Z

ADC_1_24   STS C X
ADC_1_25   STS C Y
ADC_1_26   STS C Z

As such, I don't think I need any more analog changes to the system, but it's time to dig into the top-levels of the front end models, now that I understand how the analog system is wired up. I attach a system drawing which I intend to follow, which is now a part of ECR E1400386, II 942, all cited in Work Permit 4876. I'll begin work as soon as I'm authorized, and Ben will begin updating the drawings accordingly.
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H1 ISC
sheila.dwyer@LIGO.ORG - posted 22:16, Tuesday 30 September 2014 - last comment - 00:30, Wednesday 01 October 2014(14237)
DRMI locking

Aleaxa, Kiwamu, Jenne, Sheila

We worked on DRMI tonight, it is locking at 1Watt within a few minutes. We are using gains of 22 for PRCL, 40 for MICH, and -400 for SRCL.  We are using the PSL-POWER_SCALE_OFFSET, so the gain settings and trigger settings in the gaurdian are now set for 1 Watt input power, but we could scale them to 10 Watts. We have been locking sometimes without the 27 Hz notches in M2 of PRM and SRM, and munually turning them on after it locks (this is needed to prevent the suspensions from ringing up).  We are using the guardian for everything else, including the offloading to M2. 

We started to measure the relative gains between 1F and 3F ( we think we need a gain of 3.2 in the input matrix to swtich PRCL to REFL 27 I) but quickly realized that we don' t have enough signal in REFL 135.  It seems like we need our 45 MHz amplifier installed before we can move on to 3 F. 

Times that DRMI was locked:

3:25 UTC october 1st - 4:21 UTC

5:10 UTC (maybe a few minutes earlier). This is still locked, Kiwamu is now scanning the OMC.

To do list:

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kiwamu.izumi@LIGO.ORG - 00:09, Wednesday 01 October 2014 (14239)

When the DRMI was locked, I scanned the OMC in order to doublecheck that we were on the right operating point by looking at the upper and lower 45 MHz sidebands.

It looks we are on the right operating points -- both upper and lower 45 MHz are equally prominent while the carrier and 9 MHz sidebands are suppressed at the dark port. Good.

 

 

The attached is a plot of the OMC scan. The x axis is converted into MHz of the laser frequency by using carrier's and 9MHz sideband's peak locations. This coarse calibration is done by using another set of data taken at the time when I had a single bounce beam. (Note that I did the single bounce measurement right after I measured the DRMI scan by intentionally unlocking the DRMI for this purpose). The red curve represents that with the single bounce beam and the blue is the one with the DRMI locked. In adittion to the calibration of the x-axis, I was watching the OMC trans camera and I knew that the highest peaks in the blue curve are all 00-modes.

As shown in the plot, both upper and lower 45 MHz sidebands are prominent when the DRMI is locked and there is no significant imbalance in their amplitudes. So we locked the DRMI on a right operating point.

Also, as shown in the red curve, the modulation depth at 45 MHz is low and consistent with that measured by Dan a couple of days ago (alog 14196).

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kiwamu.izumi@LIGO.ORG - 00:30, Wednesday 01 October 2014 (14240)

Also we noticed that SRCL was still hopping. Tonight it was pretty clear that the hopping was induced by angular fluctuations in MICH. By using the ITMX oplev loop in pitch, we could reduce the number of hoppings.

Currently it seems to be dominated by horizontal motion of some optics which we could not identify by looking at the oplev signals. The attached is time series of  PRC and SRC buildup, observed by POPAIR_RF18 and ASAIR_RF90. When ASAIR_RF90 goes down, SRC tends to hop to the other mode (or perhaps it is just a short glitch and there is no stable mode). Also, it is visible in the screenshot that the PRC and SRC build up fluctuate in a coherent way.

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H1 CDS
patrick.thomas@LIGO.ORG - posted 19:17, Tuesday 30 September 2014 (14236)
Conlog running again
I started it back up with the previous channel list. It looks like it must be a problem with one of the channels that Dave tried to add. The error it logged was:

Sep 30 14:23:51 h1conlog2 conlog: ../conlog.cpp: 301: process_cac_messages: MySQL Exception: Error: Out of range value for column 'value' at row 1: Error code: 1264: SQLState: 22003: Exiting.

This would seem to imply that the value for one of the process variables was out of the range of the data type in the database. I'll try to narrow it down tomorrow.
LHO VE
kyle.ryan@LIGO.ORG - posted 17:27, Tuesday 30 September 2014 (14233)
Connected pump cart to HAM6 ion pump -> Running overnight


			
			
H1 ISC
keita.kawabe@LIGO.ORG - posted 18:36, Monday 29 September 2014 - last comment - 15:44, Wednesday 01 October 2014(14209)
EY WFS RF whitening nonsense (again)

Summary:

Some whitening settings for EY green WFSA  I3, Q3 and WFSB Q2 channel don't work. It's probably the whitening chassis itself as the whitening request and the readback agree with each other.

For now I'm leaving both of the chassis in place as there are some usable settings, but note that these guys have a history of many troubles due to chassis and crappy cablings (1215912138, 12127).

Details 1:

For WFSA I3 and WFSB Q2, the measured whitening gain doesn't match the request and the readback (attached).

You can see that in both cases one of four stages (+3dB, +6dB, +12dB and +24dB) is failing. It's the 12dB gain stage for WFSA I3 and the 6dB stage for WFSB Q2.

These were measured injecting 20mVpp signal at 100Hz using a function generator and a breakout board.

Details 2:

For WFSA Q3, the third whitening filter doesn't turn on.

For now:

I set the gain to +27dB and turned all filters off.

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keita.kawabe@LIGO.ORG - 08:36, Wednesday 01 October 2014 (14241)
It still might be the cable, so we'll check the cable using bio tester.
keita.kawabe@LIGO.ORG - 15:44, Wednesday 01 October 2014 (14255)

Update: It was crappy connector shell.

https://alog.ligo-wa.caltech.edu/aLOG/index.php?callRep=14243

H1 SUS
betsy.weaver@LIGO.ORG - posted 10:58, Tuesday 23 September 2014 - last comment - 19:32, Tuesday 30 September 2014(14095)
3IFO QUAD 06 Phase 1B testing

QUAD 06 (Q6) Phase 1B transfer function plots are attached.   We had a hard time obtaining good coherence in the Transverse TF, so it is a bit hashy.  Will try again.  

 

Most notably is that, like Q8, the second pitch mode frequency is unexpectedly pushed upward on the main chain.  Recall, we never found the mechanism to fix it on Q8.  Interestingly, both the Q8 and Q6 assemblies are of the same batch of wires and are fresh builds, but by 2 different assembly teams, and on 2 different solid stack/test stand units.  Q8 is an ETM type of QUAD while Q6 is an ITM QUAD, but both main chains have the same pendulum parameters - both are detailed in the 'wireloop' model.

 

The Q6 data is plotted as QUADTST.

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betsy.weaver@LIGO.ORG - 15:14, Tuesday 23 September 2014 (14100)

We've checked that all wire diameters are as per the specs and that the wire segment clamps are seated properly on the masses.  We've also checked that the wire segments have been assembled with the proper assymetry as per specs (looking for something obvious).

 

Attached are pix of this unit, in case someone wants to look at them.  To me, they look just like the last few QUADs we've built, including Q8.

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brett.shapiro@LIGO.ORG - 17:20, Tuesday 23 September 2014 (14112)

Maybe this is a long shot, but we've exhausted all the simple causes...could the top wire be the wrong material? If the modulus of elasticity was higher, within a factor of 2 from where it is supposed to be, that would explain this strange pitch mode.

One way to test this is to measure the violin modes of the topmost wire in situ and see if it is right. Or maybe more simply, cut some wire from this wire stock, hang some wieght off of it, and measure its violin mode.

The correct 1.1 mm diameter wire should have a violin mode of 

frequency in Hz = sqrt(tension/0.0067)/(2*L)

where 0.0067 is the mass per unit length.

 

For example tungsten has a modulus about 2 times higher than what we are supposed to have. If for whatever reason we ended up with a tungsten wire, it would have an in-situ violin mode in the low 200s of Hz, rather than the 332 Hz spec (much denser than the usual piano wire).

brett.shapiro@LIGO.ORG - 17:52, Tuesday 23 September 2014 (14113)

Or even more simply, you could weigh some length of wire. The piano wire should be something close to 7 g/m. If you get different value from that, then the wire is the wrong material.

betsy.weaver@LIGO.ORG - 15:52, Wednesday 24 September 2014 (14129)

To confirm Brett's latest suggest regarding the wrong wire:  We have 2 rolls of 1.1mm diameter top wire here at LHO which could have possibly been used for QUAD builds.  Both are labeled as the correct stuff.  We weighed a 1m segment from each spool.  One measures 7.1g, the other measures 7.3g.

 

To be continued...

betsy.weaver@LIGO.ORG - 15:59, Wednesday 24 September 2014 (14131)

Another sanity check:

The Top Mass blade sets used for these 3 pitch-problematic QUADs are as follows:

Q6 - SET 10

Q8 - SET 8 - although I can't find the actual records

Q9 - SET 2

 

Q7 - SET 7 - still to be tested, unknown pitch frequency TFs

 

The SETs go from SET 1 being the most STIFF to SET 16 being the most SOFT.  So, the sets we are using for the 3IFO QUADs are somewhat scattered or in the middle of the pack.  They are not all clustered at the soft end, nor all at the stiff end...

betsy.weaver@LIGO.ORG - 14:43, Thursday 25 September 2014 (14151)

And here's the spectra of this Q6.  Note, the lowest stage (L2) does not have flags during the all-metal Phase 1 assembly, so the spectra plots of L2 are junk.

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betsy.weaver@LIGO.ORG - 16:16, Thursday 25 September 2014 (14155)

And now attached are a damped TF from each R0 and M0.  As we all have noted in SUS - damped TFs on Phase 1 test stands are not useful since the damping is a function of the code on the out-dated test stands and the loops are not tuned very well.  Long story short, there is a little bit of damping evident, given whatever filters and gains are loaded, and we can see healthy excitations run through the suspension so all seems well with damping capabilities of Q6.

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brett.shapiro@LIGO.ORG - 19:32, Tuesday 30 September 2014 (14235)
I ran the matlab model fitting code on the wireloop model for QUAD06. I used the measured top mass resonance frequencies, as well as the long-pitch frequencies from the triple hang data that Betsy collected. The latter was extremely helpful in refining the results beyond what top mass TFs provide on their own.
 
NOTABLE RESULTS:
 
* The top mass and UIM inertias converged to the same values obtained from the fiber H1ETMY fitting results (lho log 10089), within the error bars. This includes +12% on the UIM pitch inertia from what is given in the final quad design doc T1000286. Note, this means the same large shift has been found on two different configurations of different quads. So it is likely that the fitted value is correct. But great news for consistency on the suspensions.
 
* Some of the d's moved significantly. However, the move is noticebly less if you start from the previous fit to H1ETMY rather than the base model.
    -dn (top blade tip) increased by 1.25 mm relative to the H1ETMY fit. It is +2 mm relative to the base model. Note, one could alternatively shift dm instead.
    -d1 (uim blade tip) did not move significantly relative to the H1ETMY fit. However, it is +3 mm from the base model. Note, one could alternatively shift d0 instead.
    -d2 (PUM round prism, not part of fiber model) decreases by 1.25 mm.  This actuall could be due to errors in my previous estimate of what this value should be. In fact, this shift puts it about where it is supposed to be for the fiber quad.          Not sure if that is the intent with this prism.
 
* Still not clear what caused the shift in dn (or dm) relative to previous suspensions, like H1ETMY. The model fitting wouldn't say that though. All it can do is say that either dn or dm is off.
 
 
MORE DETAILS:
 
Plots of comparisons of the before/after models against the meadured data are attached. The first 6 pages show the top mass TFs. The 7th and final page merely shows the triple hang long-pitch frequencies since this data was pulled from an amplitude spectrum. In these plots, there are notable shifts in just 2 modes. The 2nd pitch mode (1.5ish Hz) on the top mass TF, and the first mode of the triple hang (0.4ish Hz), which is also pitch. The updated model shows pretty good agreement all around.
 
The parameter shifts required to make the match were originally rather large, for both the d's and the pitch moments of inertia. Interstingly, the moments of inertia for all the top two masses (didn't need to float the lower ones) consistently converged to the model fitting results from the fiber ETMY quad. Thus, I updated the wireloop model (update not committed to the svn yet) with the fitting results from H1ETMY for all the parameters of the top two masses (springs, inertias, d's). I then used this updated wireloop model as the staring point for the model fit.
 
The shifts in the parameters are below. The d's moved noticeably. The spring stiffnesses did not move a great deal, but were useful in fine-tuning the fit. The inertias did not need any further refinement from H1ETMY. I find this last point extremely exciting.
 
* mm shifts in the d's from H1ETMY fitting results
dn: 1.2438 +- 0.069243 mm   -> top mass blade spring tip
d1: 0.38916 +- 0.16088 mm   -> UIM blade spring tip
d2: -1.2815 +- 0.10267 mm    -> round PUM prism
 
* % shifts in the blade spring stiffnesses from H1ETMY fitting results
kcn: 2.1235 +- 1.8491 %         -> top-most blade stiffness
kc1: 0.56079 +- 0.45919 %     -> top-mass blade stiffness
kc2: -1.493 +- 0.58382 %        -> UIM blade stiffness
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