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H1 DAQ
david.barker@LIGO.ORG - posted 12:32, Thursday 31 October 2013 (8336)
DAQ reconfigure, added CONLOG to EDCU

Patrick, Dave

The DAQ was reconfigured to acquire some CONLOG EPICS channels via the EDCU. A new H1EDCU_CONLOG.ini file was created by Patrick, I added it to the h1dc0 master file. The configuration change was activated by the DAQ restart at noon today.

H1 CDS
david.barker@LIGO.ORG - posted 12:30, Thursday 31 October 2013 (8335)
h1sussr3 now running.

Jim, Dave

We waited until the HAM2 SUS IM team had completed their measurements before attempting to recover h1sush56 front end. The computer was is a locked state from last night during model changes to h1sussr3. We took the user models out of rtsystab (so they would not auto start), remotely took h1sush56 out of the Dolphin fabric and pressed the RESET front panel button. The computer booted and ran the IOP model with no problems. We restored the systab and started the h1sussr3 (modified) and h1sussrm (unmodified). They both exhibited a 0x2bad DAQ status, but the IOP kept good. We then restarted the DAQ, restarted these models and all is well on h1sush56. Looks like mx_streams between the FE and DAQ was in a strange state, but why was the IOP model good?

After the DAQ restart, the h1susauxey front end went into a bad DAQ state which was cleared by restarting its mx streams.

H1 INS (INS, SEI)
jim.warner@LIGO.ORG - posted 09:53, Thursday 31 October 2013 (8332)
Bad HEPI Parker Valve at ETMX

This morning while Hugh was working on ETMX HEPI actuator installs, I did some investigating on a problematic actuator on corner 3 (SE). This actuator was initially attached, but was found to pull the system down .020", about half of it's range, so it was detached. When the actuator was installed, it had shims added that held it in its nominal position, roughly the middle of its travel, and in this state its position sensor read 3300 cts (0 is center, ideally). When I pulled the shims with the pier valve in the run position, but the Parker valve (HEPI actuator valve) unplugged (to ensure no drive on the actuator) the actuator contracted until it railed the IPS (-32000 cts). When I closed the pier valve, the actuator moved back to -9500 (about .010") cts, which I think is probably a normal shift ( .005 is a normal shift when attaching, but the HEPI main springs are pulling the other direction at that point, not the case here). Pretty sure this means we need to replace the Parker valve.

H1 CDS
patrick.thomas@LIGO.ORG - posted 09:19, Thursday 31 October 2013 (8331)
Restarted Conlog to change status channel names
Updated the Conlog medm and sitemap link.

Restarted Conlog and set the prefix to H1:CDS-CONLOG_. The sitemap CDS->Conlog link should now work.
H1 SUS
mark.barton@LIGO.ORG - posted 09:04, Thursday 31 October 2013 - last comment - 15:17, Thursday 31 October 2013(8330)
IM TFs

Cheryl asked if we could get TFs for IM2, IM3 and IM4 to complete the IM1 set from 8287 before the HAM door is removed, so I set them going in parallel in three Matlab sessions on opsws7. They should be done by about 11:30 am.

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mark.barton@LIGO.ORG - 11:53, Thursday 31 October 2013 (8334)IOO

All data taken OK. Individual plots attached.

There's still a bug in the script that does comparison plots so stay tuned for that.

Note that the model now includes eddy-current damping, but the values are from by-eye fitting to IM1 data, not actual estimates from magnet and copper block properties.

Chamber is released for door work.

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mark.barton@LIGO.ORG - 15:17, Thursday 31 October 2013 (8344)IOO

Here's the comparison plot, including one old trace for IM1 taken by Szymon with DTT on 1/23, and the four new traces for IM1-4 taken with Matlab recently.

The consistency from measurement to measurement is very good, even between DTT and Matlab.

There appears to be a different gain error for each DOF, which is probably an issue with the model:

L: model is about 0.6 of measurement

P: model is about 1.4 of measurement

Y: model is about 2.4 of measurement

Arnaud spotted that the script error mentioned above turned out to be that plothaux_matlabtfs.m and plotHAUX_dtttfs.m were writing intermediate data files of slightly different formats. We tweaked plotHAUX_dtttfs.m and regenerated ^/trunk/HAUX/H1/IM1/SAGM1/Results/2013-01-23_1600_H1SUSIM1_M1.mat.

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H1 CDS (SEI, SUS)
james.batch@LIGO.ORG - posted 08:36, Thursday 31 October 2013 (8329)
Restarted streamers on front-ends, but don't get too excited yet
Data is flowing to the data concentrator again, but h1sush56 is locked up.  Restarting will almost certainly take down the Dolphin IPC network, which will disrupt most of the computers in the corner station.  So don't get too excited about taking data this morning until the system is stable.
Logbook Admin Bug (CDS)
jeffrey.kissel@LIGO.ORG - posted 23:06, Wednesday 30 October 2013 - last comment - 23:08, Wednesday 30 October 2013(8326)
tar.gz files fail to upload
I was looking to upload the source code tar ball for the record in LHO aLOG 8325, but after selecting the file in the browser, I hit the "upload file" button and the file just disappears from the browse field without uploading anything.

We've requested that *any* file type should be upload-able, as long as it's under the 10 Mb limit (see LHO aLOG 3798 and subsequent comments) but I guess the infrastructure doesn't allow for it?

P.S. looking if we've requested this before ('cause I thought ), I rediscovered a report of a bug that's still present:
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jeffrey.kissel@LIGO.ORG - 23:08, Wednesday 30 October 2013 (8327)
For the record, the exact tarball (if it doesn't change before tomorrow when we fix the problem) lives in
/opt/rtcds/lho/h1/target/h1sussr3/src/sources.tar.gz
if it has something to do with this specific tar ball, but I doubt it.
H1 SUS (CDS, DAQ)
jeffrey.kissel@LIGO.ORG - posted 22:52, Wednesday 30 October 2013 - last comment - 05:21, Thursday 31 October 2013(8325)
ECR E1300578 and E1300261 Progress -- HLTS Models -- And crashed to Data Concentrator / Framebuilder
J. Kissel

I've now updated the HLTS front-end simulink models as per ECR E1300578, similar to the QUADs, TMTS, and BSFM, as described in G1301192. After successful compilation of both H1SUSPR3 and H1SUSSR3, Fabrice informed me that Arnaud was gathering some data looking for long-term drift on PR3, so I only installed and restarted SR3. Of course, up successful compilation and install, I went to restart the front end with the new process and it hung halfway through, completely taking down the data concentrator / frame builder / DAQ, and took down the entire h1sush56 front end. I attach a screenshot of the CDS overview screen. *sigh*. The reigning king of finding crazy obscure bugs in CDS and exercising them wins again. The only debugging I've done is trying to reboot the data concentrator once, by doing the following

controls@opsws3:models 0$ telnet h1dc0 8087
Trying 10.101.0.20...
Connected to h1dc0.cds.ligo-wa.caltech.edu.
Escape character is '^]'.
daqd> shutdown
OK
Connection closed by foreign host.
controls@opsws3:models 1$

This brought back *some* of the front ends back up and to green status (The SEI and SUS computers at the end stations), but the corner is cooked.

Sorry Arnaud, and anyone else who was gather data overnight.

Giving up for the night and will continue fighting the good fight tomorrow morning.

I tried uploading the source from the target area, but the aLOG doesn't like tar.gz's at all.

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Here's the status of the sus corner of the SVN repo that's a result of my work:

MM      common/models/HAUX_MASTER.mdl                  # haven't started on the HAUX yet
MM      common/models/HLTS_MASTER.mdl                  # changes complete, but don't want to commit until I can successfully start the front end process
M       common/models/SIXOSEM_T_STAGE_MASTER.mdl       # same as above
MM      common/models/MC_MASTER.mdl                    # haven't started on the HSTS yet
M       common/models/OMCS_MASTER.mdl                  # haven't started on the OMCS yet
M       common/models/SIXOSEM_T_WD_AC_MASTER.mdl       # changes complete, but don't want to commit until I can successfully start the front end process
M       common/models/SIXOSEM_T_WD_DC_MASTER.mdl       # changes complete, but don't want to commit until I can successfully start the front end process
MM      common/models/HSTS_MASTER.mdl                  # haven't started on the HSTS yet

M       h1/filterfiles/H1SUSTMSX.txt                   # Haven't committed since new code has been installed, these still need a hand clean up of now-vestigial filter banks
M       h1/filterfiles/H1SUSTMSY.txt                   #     | 
M       h1/filterfiles/H1SUSBS.txt                     #     | 
M       h1/filterfiles/H1SUSSR3.txt                    #     | 
M       h1/filterfiles/H1SUSETMX.txt                   #     | 
M       h1/filterfiles/H1SUSETMY.txt                   #     | 
M       h1/filterfiles/H1SUSITMX.txt                   #     | 
M       h1/filterfiles/H1SUSITMY.txt                   #     V
 
M       h1/models/h1susprm.mdl                         # haven't started on the HSTS yet
M       h1/models/h1sussrm.mdl                         #     |
M       h1/models/h1suspr2.mdl                         #     V
M       h1/models/h1suspr3.mdl                         # changes complete, but don't want to commit until I can successfully start the front end process
M       h1/models/h1sussr2.mdl                         # haven't started on the HSTS yet
M       h1/models/h1sussr3.mdl                         # changes complete, but don't want to commit until I can successfully start the front end process
M       h1/models/h1susomc.mdl                         # haven't started on the OMCS yet
M       h1/models/h1susmc1.mdl                         # haven't started on the HSTS yet
M       h1/models/h1susmc2.mdl                         #     |
M       h1/models/h1susmc3.mdl                         #     V


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keith.thorne@LIGO.ORG - 05:21, Thursday 31 October 2013 (8328)
The front-end models are running - however data shipping to the data concentrator is not working (or only partially).
What is needed is to restart the mx_stream processes on each front-end.
  ** There should be a script 'restart_all_mxstreams.sh' in /opt/rtcds/lho/h1/target/h1dc0.  If you log into the boot server as 'controls' you should be able to run this script smoothly.
All this script (should) do is ssh onto each front-end, then do /etc/init.d/mx_stream stop, /etc/init.d/mx_stream start.  
* You can do this manually on each front-end to see if it fixes the problem.

[ and yes, we need more complete info, helpful docs consistent at both sites]
H1 CDS
patrick.thomas@LIGO.ORG - posted 19:16, Wednesday 30 October 2013 (8324)
Restarted Conlog after setting paths for caRepeater
I noticed that Conlog was not reconnecting to some PEM channels after their IOCs were restarted.

One hypothesis is that it may need to have the caRepeater running, which it has not been.

I stopped Conlog around 18:12. I set the environment variable $PATH to include the path to the caRepeater binary. I restarted Conlog. I got an error not finding a library needed by caRepeater. I stopped Conlog and set the environment variable $LD_LIBRARY_PATH to include the path to the library. I restarted Conlog and it ran without any further errors. These environment variables are set in /home/controls/bashrc_import which is sourced by /home/controls/.bashrc on h1conlog.

It remains to be seen if this fixes the problem.
H1 SEI
hugh.radkins@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:49, Wednesday 30 October 2013 (8321)
WBSC9 ETMx SEI HEPI Actuators--5 of 8 connected

Should get the remaining Actuators attached tomorrow morning.

LHO General
gerardo.moreno@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:35, Wednesday 30 October 2013 (8320)
Operator Summary

Today's activities:
- Jim W, to LVEA, lock HEPI HAM02.
- Sheila, RefCav locking lesson to operator.
- Richard M, to LVEA, cable work under HAM02.
- Apollo crew, to LVEA, move IOT2L.
- Apollo crew, door prep work, HAM02.
- Betsy, LVEA, SR2 work.
- Jim W, to LVEA, HEPI lock HAM03.
- Apollo crew, to LVEA, door prep work, HAM03
- Filiberto, LVEA and X-end, ESD measurements.
- Mitchel & Thomas, MCB assembly work, West bay area.
- Hugh and Greg, X-end, HEPI work.
- Jim B and Dave B, to Y-End, troubleshooting.

Vendors:
- Porta potty service.

H1 PSL (PSL)
gerardo.moreno@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:35, Wednesday 30 October 2013 (8319)
H1 PSL Changes

(Sheila, Gerardo)

Sheila showed me how to lock the reference cavity.
One change occurred to get the system to behave, Sheila lowered the resonant threshold down to 0.5 V from 0.9 V.
The reference cavity was able to lock manually, but now it appears misaligned when locked.

H1 CDS
david.barker@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:03, Wednesday 30 October 2013 - last comment - 18:04, Wednesday 30 October 2013(8318)
h1pemmx, testing 2.8 code.

Jim, Cyrus, Dave

Rolf added a new feature to RCG2.8 to permit a front end to run without an IRIGB card (GPS time is obtained via EPICS Channel Access from a remote IOC). We are in the process of testing this on h1pemmx. 

To prepare for the test, I added the line "remoteGPS=1" to the CDS block on h1ioppemmx. I added a cdsEzCaRead part, reading the GPS time from the DAQ data concentrator on channel H1:DAQ-DC0_GPS. I svn updated the trunk area, and compiled h1ioppemmx and h1pemmx against the latest trunk.

Test 1: keep the IRIG-B card in the computer, restart the IOP model several times. We noticed that the sync of the GPS time from IOPPEMMX and its reference DC0 does change from restart to restart but keeps synchronized to within a second.

We are in the process of test 2, removing the IRIGB card from h1pemmx. At the same time, Cyrus is reconfiguring the X-ARM switching sysems for the FrontEnd and DAQ switches, which will permit replacement of two netgear switches at MX with media converters. The use of full switches to support a single front end computer is obviously wasteful.

On completion of today's IRIGB tests, we will re-install the IRIGB card and reload the 2.7.2 version of the IOP and PEM code. While this test is progressing the DAQ status from MX is 0x2000 and its data is bad.

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david.barker@LIGO.ORG - 17:26, Wednesday 30 October 2013 (8322)

Test is completed, pemmx front end has been reverted back to its original state (IRIGB card installed, 2.7.2 code running).

The Test was a SUCCESS, the IOP ran without an IRIGB card. This is indicated by a ZERO time on the IRIGB diagnostics on the GDS_TP MEDM screen (see attached).

One problem found was with the replacement of the DAQ network switch with a media converter. This caused all the DAQ data from all the other front ends withc share the second 10 GigE card on h1dc0 to go bad. We tried to restart the mx_streamer on h1pemmx but that only made matters worse and all the FEs data went bad for a few seconds. I'll leave it to Cyrus to add more details. We reinstalled the netgear switch for the DAQ, but kept the media converter for the FE network as this showed no problems.

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cyrus.reed@LIGO.ORG - 18:04, Wednesday 30 October 2013 (8323)

The media converters I tried are bridging media converters, which means they act like a small 1 port switch with 1 uplink.  I went with these because when the computer is powered off, the embedded IPMI interface negotiates at 100Mbps, not 1Gbps, and a standard media converter will not negotiate this rate (it is fixed to the fiber rate).  Therefore a bridging converter maintains access to the IPMI management interface on the front end computer at all times, not just when booted and connected to the switch at 1Gbps.  However, the switching logic in these media converters do not support Jumbo Frames, which when used on the DAQ network corrupts the Open-MX data.  I've confirmed this by looking at the documentation again and comparing to a non-bridging version.  So, I'll need to obtain some additional non-bridging media converters for use on the DAQ network which should work better for this application as they are strictly Layer1 devices with no Layer 2 functionality.

H1 SUS
arnaud.pele@LIGO.ORG - posted 19:28, Friday 25 October 2013 - last comment - 10:13, Thursday 31 October 2013(8279)
ETMX and SRM measurements

I will start transfer functions of top mass of main and reaction chain of ITMX phase 3a (in chamber, under vacuum) on computer opsws2 and top mass phase 2b SRM (test stand) on computer opsws0 from 8pm tonight.

Measurements will run until saturday morning. Please do not close those matlab sessions if you come over the week end.

The channel list used to get the data from the framebuilder (in generate_channel_list.m living in sus/trunk/Common/Matlabtools/SchroederPhaseTools) has been modified to match with the recent model upgrade of the QUADS. Since channels H1:SUS-${QUAD}_${L1/L2}_DAMP_${DOF}_IN1_DQ do not exist any more. They are now called H1:SUS-${QUAD}_${L1/L2}_WIT_${DOF}.
This is related to why we couldn't get data out of the frame for the ETMX on thursday
This is also related to why we couldn't see any good calibrated rotation signal with dataviewer on ETMX for the UIM and the PUM

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arnaud.pele@LIGO.ORG - 10:13, Thursday 31 October 2013 (8333)

I ment ITMX in the title

H1 IOO
paul.fulda@LIGO.ORG - posted 14:01, Monday 11 February 2013 - last comment - 12:48, Thursday 31 October 2013(5452)
Pre-vent IMC length/frequency noise spectrum

[Kiwamu, Paul]

Just before the vent today we measured new noise spectra for the frequency and length feedback paths.

The 'whitening filters' in the IMC_X path (see Giacomo's LHO alog entry 5311) were not engaged. They were put in the model at LLO in an attempt to combat the digital noise in IMC_X above ~50Hz (see Anamaria's LLO alog entry 5821) but need to be taken account of when plotting the data.

We corrected the IMC_F frequency to length calibration to give the equivalent motion of MC2, instead of the equivalent round trip length change. This has now been edited in the filter bank for the IMC_X path; the FtoL filter has been changed to a DC gain of 5.8465e-14 (dX=df x lambda/(2FSR)). 

Relevant paramters during the measurement:

Common mode gain 20dB

Common mode filters: Compensation and 1st Boost

Fast gain -2dB

Slow path bypassed offsets and filters

MC2 M3 lock gain -1000, engaged filters: 150:4 and CLP100

MC2 M2 lock gain 0.06, engaged filters: 0.01:0.1, 0.03:1, Stab8:2, 300:1 and ELF80

Damping filter: resg and Ellip50 (the filter in IMC_X path was switched to the wresg filter to reflect this change)

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paul.fulda@LIGO.ORG - 15:50, Wednesday 13 February 2013 (5488)

Jeff quite rightly pointed out that there are actually 2 more filter banks in the length path for the IMC which I didn't mention in the above post.

One of these is the H1:IMC_L bank, with the following 3 filters engaged and with Gain=1: antiWhite, roll3notch and bouncenotch.

The other bank is the H1:LSC-IMC bank, with 1 blank filter engaged with Gain=1. I'm not sure yet what the purpose of this bank is but would happy to know if someone else does! I'll try to get  a signal flow chart up here soon, though it may be a little trickier from off-site.

paul.fulda@LIGO.ORG - 12:48, Thursday 31 October 2013 (8337)

I was revisiting this measurement and I thought it might be useful to add the PSL frequency noise requirement line for comparison (see attached).

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