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Reports until 09:50, Monday 17 February 2014
H1 PEM
jameson.rollins@LIGO.ORG - posted 09:50, Monday 17 February 2014 (10121)
alarm fugue

Given that it's a holiday, there are no operators on site to silence the alarm chorus.  There are some CDS alarms that I can't quite identify the source of, but the CDS system looks ok on the whole, so I'm just silencing them temporarily.

There does seem to be a persistent alarm from the EY dust monitor.  I ACK'd it once when I came in, but it was back again a couple minutes later.

H1 ISC (ISC)
evan.hall@LIGO.ORG - posted 21:26, Sunday 16 February 2014 - last comment - 10:57, Tuesday 18 February 2014(10120)
ALS-X BBPD has gone dark

The ALS-X BBPD appears to have gone dark around 2:30 PST on Friday.  The EX laser IR PD and fiber monitor PDs appear to have been disturbed around the same time, but they have recovered.

Possibly this is related to Friday's work on installing WFS on the ISCTEX table, or the related editing of the X-end simulink models.

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keita.kawabe@LIGO.ORG - 10:57, Tuesday 18 February 2014 (10139)

The +-18V PD power supply cable for the table was unplugged at the power strip on the field rack. All DC diodes connected to the DC diode interface were down.

Should work now.  

Don't know why it was unplugged, it's hard to accidentally plug it off. 

H1 DAQ (CDS)
david.barker@LIGO.ORG - posted 09:19, Sunday 16 February 2014 (10119)
DAQ Status

Over the weekend both frame writers have restarted in the early hours. fw1 just after midnight Sat morning (00:01) and fw0 this morning at 01:00. They had both been very stable over the past week.

H1 ISC
daniel.sigg@LIGO.ORG - posted 23:13, Friday 14 February 2014 - last comment - 08:25, Tuesday 18 February 2014(10118)
ALS WFS in EX

(Blue Team)

Short progress report:

More details to follow.

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keita.kawabe@LIGO.ORG - 08:25, Tuesday 18 February 2014 (10129)
  • "50:50 splitter" turns out to be more like 20:80.  Due to this, WFSA interface was set to high DC gain mode while WFSB is low.
  • Things were put in place based on Jax's calculation, without measuring the beam. Beam profile was measured at some places but it was so ugly I don't think it makes much sense to make an analysis.
  • The first attachment is the beam profile right after the beam is picked off of the REFL diode path. Ugly.
  • The second is the profile of the beam going into the chamber upstream of the 1" lens (between L6 and M9). One side is clipped off. I don't post all pictures but the beam is reasonable after the first Faraday, not terrible after EO, bad after the second Faraday.
  • A part of the problem seems to be in the input beam. Didn't try to "fix" it, as the past attempts to do so with existing components failed multiple times in OAT. I really believe that we need to put Faraday on an adjustable mount.
  • DC path is working, so are the picos.
  • RF path is yet to be checked.
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H1 ISC
stefan.ballmer@LIGO.ORG - posted 20:09, Friday 14 February 2014 (10117)
ODC master for the rest of E5
I set up the H1 ODC master channel: H1:ODC-MASTER_CHANNEL_OUT_DQ

The "H1 Interferometer Summary" bit (bit0) now includes the following bits:
Bit4:  PSL Summary (EPICS timing only)
Bit5:  IMC Summary
Bit 21:ADC overflow (for PSL, EPICS timing only)
Bit 22:DAC overflow (for PSL, EPICS timing only)
Bit 23:EXC on       (for PSL, EPICS timing only)
Bit 28:Guardian Observation Ready
Bit 29:Operator Science Mode Button

The guardian that will be serving bit 28 is not running yet.


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H1 IOO (IOO, ISC, SYS)
stefan.ballmer@LIGO.ORG - posted 19:04, Friday 14 February 2014 (10116)
Iss saturation
I noticed from the ODC summary that the ISS was running out of range again. I  changed the set point (ISS_REFSIGNAL) from -1.93 to -1.88.

I also verified  that this was not due to a noise eater oscillation (ODC didn't indicate it as such, and toggling it didn't change it.)

H1 SEI (ISC, SEI)
hugo.paris@LIGO.ORG - posted 17:40, Friday 14 February 2014 (10114)
SEI Platform Status

Foton files were cleaned up for every SEI platform (ISI + HEPI). Details about the cleanup process can be found in SEI aLog #370

Every SEI platform was turned off, had its filter coefficient reloaded, and turned back on exepted ETMX ISI and HEPI, which ISC commissioners needed. ETMX's platforms will get their filters reloaded at the next window of opportunity.

Work started at 4:50PM and just finished. It was performed under WP #4435 which is now closed.

 

SEI crew (Jim, Hugh, Hugo) left its platforms in the following state:

H1 SEI (INS)
jim.warner@LIGO.ORG - posted 17:27, Friday 14 February 2014 (10115)
Good install progress on ETMY ISI today, but more to go

Hugh and I mostly finished cabling ETMY ISI today, but were held up by an issue with the CPS's and some broken test feed thru components. After we powered up the CPS's, we were systematically disconnecting sensors to verify routing and we noticed that the corners 2 and 3 were acting weird. After rounds of calling Richard, plugging and unplugging various cables, we figured out that the ribbon cable that carries the sync signal from the satellite rack chassis to it's power/distribution board was plugged in backwards. The other racks have keyed cables to prevent this, but this rack had an unkeyed cable. After fixing this we found that we also have a dead sensor, further debugging has that narrowed down to a broken probe. We don't have time today to finish balancing, so we'll continue on Tuesday.

H1 DAQ (CDS)
david.barker@LIGO.ORG - posted 17:15, Friday 14 February 2014 (10113)
DAQ Restart

Late entry, DAQ restart performed at 15:59PST.

Restarted the DAQ for three reasons:

The frame broadcaster had the following channels added

+[H1:PEM-EX_SEIS_VEA_FLOOR_X_DQ]
+[H1:PEM-EX_SEIS_VEA_FLOOR_Y_DQ]
+[H1:PEM-EX_SEIS_VEA_FLOOR_Z_DQ]
+[H1:PEM-EY_SEIS_VEA_FLOOR_X_DQ]
+[H1:PEM-EY_SEIS_VEA_FLOOR_Y_DQ]
+[H1:PEM-EY_SEIS_VEA_FLOOR_Z_DQ]+[H1:PEM-EX_SEIS_VEA_FLOOR_X_DQ]
+[H1:PEM-EX_SEIS_VEA_FLOOR_Y_DQ]
+[H1:PEM-EX_SEIS_VEA_FLOOR_Z_DQ]
+[H1:PEM-EY_SEIS_VEA_FLOOR_X_DQ]
+[H1:PEM-EY_SEIS_VEA_FLOOR_Y_DQ]
+[H1:PEM-EY_SEIS_VEA_FLOOR_Z_DQ]
 
More will be added during next Tuesday's maintenance.
H1 General
andres.ramirez@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:00, Friday 14 February 2014 - last comment - 16:02, Friday 14 February 2014(10111)
Ops Shift Summary
8:50      PSL Check ok. NOTE: ISS Diffracted Power is low (1.4%) and unstable with peaks over 20%. It should be 5-15%)
9:00-12:00 Going to End X to do cabling – Luis/Filiberto
10:00-12:00 Baffle work (disassembling contaminated scrapple baffle, searching for parts for arm cavity installation, and general cleanup) in LVEA West bay – Mitchell
11:01-11:03 DAQ restart – Dave
11:10-11:45 heading into the LVEA to get parts – Gerardo
12:12-12:15 Change h1iopsusey model to remove the DC OSEM component from the software watchdog – Dave 
14:15-15:51 PCAL assembly on H2 PSL – Joe
14:22-   Taking some parts to End Y – Corey
15:02-15:50 Back into the LVEA West bay (Searching and organizing Baffle parts – Mitchell
15:59   DAQ restart - Dave

NOTE: I noticed that the ISS Diffracted Power has been unstable today. It was about 1.4% in the morning with high peaks over 20% during the day (is this normal?). Based on one of the PSL trainings it should be 5-15%. I have added some pics from today and one from the last 5 days.
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andres.ramirez@LIGO.ORG - 16:02, Friday 14 February 2014 (10112)


		
		
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H1 SEI (SEI, SYS)
hugo.paris@LIGO.ORG - posted 15:45, Friday 14 February 2014 (10109)
HAM4-IS - 100% ready for Guardian testing

We could not close the ISO loops on HAM4-ISI yesterday, even thought those are Level 1 generic loops. We ran transfer functions overnight, which allowed me to tweak the symmetrization filters. I also corrected a few minor typos in the unit-specific scripts. 

ISO Lv1 loops are now stable with any of the 4x blend filters installed:

I duplicated ISO Lv1 into the filter modules reserved to Lv2 and Lv3. Those use more that one filter bank. I filled the extra filter banks with gains of one. Same goes for the Boost filters. Those only use 1x filter module though.

Here is what is loaded in the ISO filter banks:

I tried turning on different combination of ISO and DAMP with the control scripts. They all worked. HAM4-ISI good to go as far as starting Guardian testing goes! yes

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LHO VE
kyle.ryan@LIGO.ORG - posted 15:13, Friday 14 February 2014 (10108)
~1330 hrs. local -> Stopped pumping CP8 dewar's vacuum jacket @ X-end
Will resume on Tuesday
H1 AOS
mitchell.robinson@LIGO.ORG - posted 13:28, Friday 14 February 2014 (10107)
SC2 Scrapper baffle for HAM4
The SR2 Scrapper Baffle (D1200922) was found to have been contaminated sometime during storage. This was discovered while staging for install on HAM 4. The baffle has been dis-assembled and taken to clean and bake to be re-classed. 
H1 CDS (SEI, SUS)
david.barker@LIGO.ORG - posted 13:00, Friday 14 February 2014 (10106)
new h1iopsusey model, removed DC component from the Software Watchdog
WP#4447
Created new h1iopsusey model to remove the DC components of the ETMY software watchdog. At the same time I did the same for TMSY though this is not used in the WD trigger circuit. Related changes to the safe.snap and the MEDM screen were made. at 12:17 local time the h1susey models were stopped to install the new IOP model. I tested the WD using the PANIC button on the SUS DACKILL. I then restarted the h1susetmy and h1sustmsy models, burt restoring to 11am today.
A DAQ restart is needed for the IOP model, can wait till later.
H1 CDS (CDS, SEI)
sheila.dwyer@LIGO.ORG - posted 12:06, Friday 14 February 2014 (10105)
SEI scripts don't work on the end station workstations

ETMX hepi tripped, there was activity in the end station electronics rack when the trip happened.  

The scripts for plotting the trip, the command scripts for HEPI and the ISI and the buttons to switch the blend filters don't work on the Imac's at the end station.  Alexa is working on bringing ETMX back up from the control room.  

H1 SEI
hugh.radkins@LIGO.ORG - posted 11:23, Friday 14 February 2014 (10104)
ETMY Late Morning Update--Sensors emulated

Jim and I emulated the Sensors and they look correct so we are go for complete sensor plug in.  We are still rigging up the CPS and some of the coil driver feedthrus need replacing.  It might be optimistic that we'll run transfer functions tonight but maybe.  We should be floated and balanced for sure though by the end of the day.

H1 DAQ (CDS)
david.barker@LIGO.ORG - posted 11:05, Friday 14 February 2014 (10102)
DAQ Restart, new h1isiham4 model
11:01PST restarted DAQ to support Hugo's change of the h1isiham4 model.
H1 SEI (SEI, SUS)
hugo.paris@LIGO.ORG - posted 11:01, Friday 14 February 2014 (10101)
HAM4-ISI - Added SUS SR2 WD connection

h1isiham4.mdl was updated to receive SUS WD signals from h1sussr2.

HAM4-ISI's model was recomiled and restarted successfully (See attached Log.txt). The new version of h1isiham4.mdl was commited to the SVN:
/opt/rtcds/userapps/release/isi/h1/models/h1isiham4.mdl -r7133

The DAQ had was restarted at 11:01AM.

The Safe.snap of HAM4-ISI was updated with the latest matrices and filers to be engaged and commited to the SVN:
/opt/rtcds/userapps/release/isi/h1/burtfiles/h1isiham4_safe.snap    -r7132

h1sussr2.mdl still needs to be updated, as it current sends out a constant (coding SUS untripped) to the ISI model. See attached screenshot.

Work was performed under WP #4445 which is now closed.

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H1 ISC
kiwamu.izumi@LIGO.ORG - posted 04:13, Friday 14 February 2014 - last comment - 11:11, Friday 14 February 2014(10091)
TMSX red QPD centering: good enough

Yuta, Evan, Kiwamu

We steered the picomotors on TMSX again tonight to center the red transmitted light on the QPDs. After a couple of hours of struggling, we managed to bring both of them within their linear range. This is good enough for now as this should be able to monitor some alignment-related signals. The numbers below are the current picomotor settings:

M4 X = -12813, Y = 38475

M14 X = -12810, Y = -75268

Because of this alignment work, we lost the red trans signal and red trans camera view again. We don't have energy to realign them on ISCTEX table at the moment and therefore are leaving it as it is.

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sheila.dwyer@LIGO.ORG - 10:06, Friday 14 February 2014 (10097)

This morning we found the beam was clipped coming out of the viewport onto the ISC table, so we moved M4 to get it back.  The current position is X:9267 Y: 1665

Also, the IR camera was moved so that the beam was directly incident on it. This doesn't work, you can't se the difference between the different modes.  I put it back the way I had it set up originally, with the beam incident on the baffle and the camera focused on the baffle.  This was kind of a pain to redo, Alexa and I replaced the dichroic with a green optic to find the image of the green beam, re set up the camera, then replaced the optic. 

We see now flashed of up to 60000 counts on the TR X PD.

kiwamu.izumi@LIGO.ORG - 11:11, Friday 14 February 2014 (10103)

I am sorry. That's me who changed the camera setup (alog 10086).

For future reference: the CCD was OK without the TV lens last night as the camera automatically adjusts the gain. The higher spatial mode was distigushiable from the 00 mode. Also, the alignment could be done by the infrared when it is on a resonance either by ALS or infrared locking.

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