With the IR beam bath on the trans-mon ISC table (in vac) aligned, I had to move the IR telescope of the in-air ISCTEX by 3in in -x direction, and lower the top periscope mirror by maybe 4in. I moved the two-in lens on the periscope down to accommodate the top periscope mirror. Mirrors and lens were roughly aligned, but need a fine-tweak once we have a steady reference beam.

Ion pump only for 24 hours = 3 LEDs -> Decoupled aux. pump cart

I changed the sample and hold times for the dust monitors to the following:

LVEA 3
Sample Time: 20 sec
Hold Time: 40 sec

LVEA 5
Sample Time: 20 sec
Hold Time: 280 sec

LVEA 9
Sample Time: 20 sec
Hold Time: 40 sec

LVEA 10
Sample Time: 20 sec
Hold Time: 40 sec

LVEA 15
Sample Time: 20 sec
Hold Time: 40 sec

LVEA 16
Sample Time: 20 sec
Hold Time: 40 sec

EX 1
Sample Time: 20 sec
Hold Time: 40 sec

EY 1
Sample Time: 20 sec
Hold Time: 40 sec

DR 1
Sample Time: 20 sec
Hold Time: 280 sec

LAB 1
Sample Time: 20 sec
Hold Time: 280 sec

LAB 2
Sample Time: 20 sec
Hold Time: 280 sec

LAB 3
Sample Time: 20 sec
Hold Time: 280 sec

Temp dogs were removed.

Isctex green periscope readjusted as it was close to the edge.

Tele beam position readjusted so the beam is centered on the primary.

Red extraction path was done.

High power beam dump path was done.

Working on IR QPD sled path.

*** HPI ***

Unlocked

*** ISI ***

Undamped

*** SUS ***

Damped

I've made some changes in the core switch (sw-msr-core) to support the new workstations subnet that we need to build to support the burgeoning number of hosts we have.  In addition, I've updated the network interfaces on cdsegw0 to account for the new VLAN, and created associated EPICS gateway processes to match.  cdsfs0 is now configured to allow mounts from 10.22.0.0/20 as well.

Cheryl, Sheila, RObert

The PSL shutdown because the power watch dog tripped.   (second attached trend shows power slowly dropping) Cheryl and I restarted it about an hour ago. 

All week, the reference cavity alignment has been fluctuating.  right now I have turned the TPD resonant threshold down to 0.3 V so that the FSS is is locked.  This is supposed to be 0.9V, so this is pretty bad.  Although we have had drifts over the last few months, this week has been especially bad.  The PMC transmitted power shows the same trend, so the problem seems to be upstream of the FSS. (first screen shot shows trends)

Robert and I had a look at some temperature trends, we saw that the new  higher termperature commisioning mode the temperature on the table has been fluctuating a more than Robert expected, and that this temperature fluctuation is correlated with alignment fluctuations.  This has been true since https://alog.ligo-wa.caltech.edu/aLOG/index.php?callRep=7564

So, in summary there seem to be 2 unrelated problems, one that has cause the PMC trans power to fluctuate more than usual this week, and the temperature fluctuations that have been present since late august. 

- Filiberto and Frank to EY for electronics verification

- Jeff and Thomas to BSC3 to work on ACB

- Bubba/Apollo to install viewports on HAM3

- Jodi and ? to EY to vacuum out bellows/beam tube where spool was removed

- Joe and Greg - laser hazard in H2 PSL enclosure for alignment work

- Sheila - transitioned EX to laser safe

- Jeff and Andres to EX to remove pushers (in chamber work)

- around noon, starting to put HAM2 doors on

- Jeff and Andres back out to EX after lunch and talks

- HAM2 doors are on

- Reverse Osmosis alarm around 3PM

- Sheila restarted the H1 PSL laser

- I redamped HAM2 and HAM3 optics

After the removal of 12 bolts from the Table top balance masses (to add viton dampers) we expected needing to replace that lost weight.  We added 3 D071201 (0.3lbs total) to the NW corner--see image.  Betsy removed some more teflon stuff later and we see almost no effect from that change, it was small and fairly uniform in distribution.  ISI CPS vertical readings are a few hundred counts, zero is perfect on this HAM and well under the 2000 cts absolute requirement.  Lock/unlock differences are essentially unreadable; this ISI locks very easily.

Concern though about this added mass: The masses are secured in place with a couple 1/2-13 nuts on the long studs.  There is a recess into which the mass is pulled with the tightening of the nut.  It actually bends the mass in the middle where it is unsecured.  It is light but if there is an unwanted resonance from this, we need to scheme some mitigation: something behind it in the middle to prebend it, a bushing in the well to keep ends from being pulled in...

J. Kissel, B. Weaver, M. Landry, S. Biscans, C. Remet H. Radkins, T. Vo, B. Gateley

*phew* 

The last known in-chamber payload suspect in the misdemeanor seen earlier with the ISI-ITMX vertical transfer functions was the teflon rails that were temporarily installed on the SUS-ITMX for first-contact cleaning. So, Betsy and I went out and removed them. Preliminary measurements (attached below) indiciate these were the problem, the ISI looks fine now. We are a go for final cleaning and close up of BSC3 (as agreed by all those listed above). In the next half hour that it takes me to finish writing this aLOG, Sebastien is going to get a few more transfer functions just to be sure we're OK, but Celine (from afar) has been watching the story, and has informed us that she had seen similar badness when she had taken ISI transfer functions with the QUAD locked (with EQ stops), so we 100% confident that things have been restored to goodness already. 

To repeat for clarity,
- It wasn't the dome installation that caused the badness
- It wasn't the arm cavity baffle's eddy current dampers or mechanical rubbing
- It wasn't the in-chamber cabling
It was 300 kg of mass (the suspended elements of the QUAD) that had been temporarily locked up with teflon rails for the (new, yet) normal first contact routine.

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Plot Caption: 
[[ISI-ITMX, Stage 0-1 Actuator drive, Stage 1 CPS sensor response, driven transfer function. 
  HEPI is floating and balanced, ISI is floating and balanced, ISI control is entirely OFF, 
  ACB is freely suspended and Eddy-current Damped, SUS-ITMX is freely suspended with main 
  and reaction chain locally damped with top-stage OSEMs]]
BLACK Known good reference measurement taken over Tuesday-to-Wednesday (2013-Nov-19 to 20) night.
BLUE The bad state the ISI has been since measuring quickly Wednesday afternoon, after 
     Teflon rails are installed, 
     QUAD is first-contact painted, 
     ACB is B&K hammered
     Dome is installed
     ACB is re-inspected
     ISI and other in-vac cabling is inspected (from underneath the ISI)
RED Now good, current measurement, after Betsy removed the temporary teflon rails.

Today, Calum and I cleaned HAM2, focusing on the table and SUS surfaces.  We then pulled the First Contact on MC1, MC3, and PRM and made an inspection.  Hugh also made a final balance and unlocked the ISI.  I took short average TFs of L, P, V DOFs on MC1, MC3, and PRM to verify no major mechanical rubbing.  I also checked SUS health via the ability to close damping loops of these suspensions and also the PR3.  We pulled the first FC sheet at 11:10am and the last door went on at 1:15pm.

Note, during the last vented period, we noted that the PRM cleaning was not very sucessful and streaks were observed on the HR surface.  We chose to leave the mess at the time.  The FC cleaning we did yesterday/today seems to have worked as I could not see any such streaks on the optic.

Today, in the final steps before putting the doors on HAM2, we laid a fresh witness plate (wafer) near to the center of the table.  It is in the area slightly behind PRM.  This is the witness plate that should be picked up and analyzed immediately after the next vent and the doors are off.

The Vertex ISC Cable Pull table (E1200408) has some inconsistencies in bechoff chassis port labeling for the picomotors. The pull table indicates:

• HAM 6 pico cables 182, 183 go to corner chassis 2, port 3
• OL pico cables 305, 306 go to corner chassis 2, port 3

The OL cables were connected to port 3, while the HAM 6 cables were connected to port 5. Based on the EtherCat Systems drawing (D1100683),

• HAM 6 pico cables 182, 183 go to corner chassis 2, port 3
• OL pico cables 305, 306 go to corner chassis 2, port 5

I have correctly connected these cables according to the EtherCar system drawings. The pull list remains to be updated. **

Find attached the plots of last night transfer functions.

As you can see, something bad happened at the resonances around 1Hz since we put the dome on. This badness appears on the vertical sensors, both stages. It mostly seems like a rubbing cable.

Hugh and I are going in the chamber right now to see if we can find something.

PS: L4C-H2 presents a gain of 0.5. We'll fix that later.

The last item currently we are missing for HAM6 is a QPD sled (see 8633) from the ISC point of view. But the preparation of the sled is not going well.

ModeMaster is not functioning:

Yesterday, I was going to start preparing the sled which requires the use of a ModeMaster for the precision lens adjustment. However it seems that the germanium detector of our ModeMaster is not functioning for some reason. It worked fine with a different silicon detector, but didn't work with the germanium one. I looked at the output from the detectors with an oscilloscope. The silicone showed a square-looking, 20 Hz-modulated output and the amplitude seems depending on the amount of laser power, which makes sense to me. However, once I switched the detector to the germanium one, it showed a similar square-looking wave, but the amplitude didn't depend on the laser power. Moreover, the signal seems just railing -- it swung from -5 to 13 V in every square wave. I incline to conclude that the germanium detector became broken.

Trying to get a replacement:

I already sent an email to Adam and Valera in Livingston to see if they can lend us their ModeMaster. At the same time, I will get some technical support from the company and hopefully get some replacements.