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Reports until 16:32, Wednesday 06 November 2013
LHO VE
kyle.ryan@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:32, Wednesday 06 November 2013 (8407)
GV6 leak repair attempt
Kyle, John 

We desire to repair a "legacy" leak on the 1.33" CFF on the north side of GV6.  Our preference is to vent GV6's annulus volume and remove the flex line portion of the external piping (redundant) to this joint and just install blank flanges in place of the removed flex line -> Unfortunately, we weren't able to get GV6 to close enough to vent GV6's gate annulus volume to do this.  Even after 70 psi was applied to the top of the pneumatic piston, GV6 never indicated "RED" or "hard-closed".  Furthermore, introducing small amounts of air into the combined annulus volumes via the vent orifice of the small turbo connected to the annulus pump port resulted in PT124B and PT114B increases which verified the fact that GV6 isn't sealing when closed.  

We will discuss options tomorrow but for tonight we restored the nominal state with the exception of leaving the YBM turbo valved-in and IP5 valved-out
H1 SEI (SEI, SUS)
hugo.paris@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:22, Wednesday 06 November 2013 (8406)
Removed IPC receivers for SUS Offloading - HAM2-ISI & HAM3-ISI

SUS offloading IPC receivers were left in HAM2-ISI and HAM3-ISI models.I removed those receivers and grounded the related master model inputs.

The new models are commited under the SVN:
    - h1isiham2.mdl -r6195
    - h1isiham3.mdl -r6196

Work was covered under ECR E1300578 and WP# 4180 (still open)

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H1 ISC (ISC)
keita.kawabe@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:13, Wednesday 06 November 2013 (8405)
OMC and some tools are moved to the clean room by H2 PSL room.

They will be moved in the H2 PSL on Friday, but if you want to move these before then, let me know.

 

Best,

Keita

LHO General
thomas.vo@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:13, Wednesday 06 November 2013 (8404)
11/06/2013 Ops Summary
SEI at EX tying up loose ends
IAS at ITMX taking a shot of position
Work on the ISS PD Array
Close GV6 for vacuum work
Move SEI storage containers to mid station
PSL crashed, brought up partially but the ref cav is not locked
Waste removal was on site
Roofers continued
Cryopump baffle needs mod
H1 AOS (SEI, SUS)
jason.oberling@LIGO.ORG - posted 15:45, Wednesday 06 November 2013 (8403)
WBSC3 ITMx Alignment

After the CPB installation and yesterday's SUS/SEI tweaks I set my equipment back up and took another look at ITMx.

The yaw error is only approximate, ±150 µrad or so.  Due to this large yaw error I wasn't able to get an accurate yaw measurement or a pitch measurement; getting a return beam back into the autocollimator resulted in the beam being steered off the optic.  After talking with Hugh this morning the HEPI dial indicators did not show a large yaw movement, and double checking my setup did not yield different results.  It is possible yesterday's SUS move induced the yaw error; it wouldn't take much more than pushing one side of the suspension 0.5 mm farther than the other to cause it.  Will discuss path forward with Betsy and Hugh tomorrow.

H1 SYS
jodi.fauver@LIGO.ORG - posted 14:02, Wednesday 06 November 2013 (8402)
3IFO Storage
The dedicated truck carrying 2 BSC and 1 HAM ISI Storage Containers arrived this morning. Old Yeller (driven by John W.) was used for unloading. Ski, Mark H. and Kyle used two regular pallet jacks to move the containers past the first bay. The BSC containers are in the VEA and the HAM container is in the middle bay.
H1 INS (INS)
jodi.fauver@LIGO.ORG - posted 13:57, Wednesday 06 November 2013 (8401)
Apollo work for 06 Nov 2013
The bulk of the work today was concentrated at X End. After consultation with Michael, we altered our plans slightly and then proceeded. Jim Warner unlocked the ISI so that testing could continue uninterrupted.I moved all the items out of the staging space in the lower level cleanroom and then staged the welding cart and laser for removal from the VEA. Mark, Randy, Ed and Tyler started clearing the garbing area. When that work was complete, I checked dust monitors (one to the left of the chamber door, one on the floor to the right of the chamber and one handheld: dust levels were very good (highest reading was 1 count at 3 um). We opened the roll-up door, moved the ISCT from the middle bay to the VEA under the Test Stand cleanroom and checked particle counts again. Things still looked good, so we moved various items out of the VEA and closed the roll up door. Particle counts were still good. The next task was to replace the door on the east side of the chamber and that was quickly accomplished. A garbing/staging cleanroom was was flown over the beam tube along with the engine hoist in preparation for door removal early next week. The dismantling of the Test Stand cleanroom started after lunch. That gets us through #15 on a checklist of 30 items.
H1 CDS (PSL)
david.barker@LIGO.ORG - posted 12:51, Wednesday 06 November 2013 - last comment - 11:06, Thursday 07 November 2013(8400)
Restarted h1psl0 after crash

Sheila, Richard, Jim, Patrick, Dave

Commissioning work on the rotation stage controller caused a 24VDC power glitch to the h1psl0 IO Chassis at 10:55 local time today. The FE computer did not crash, it allowed us to log in and verify that no ADC/DAC cards were visible via the One Stop system.

We powered down the FE computer, power cycled the IO Chassis, powered up the FE computer. When the models auto started with their safe.snap epics settings restored the PSL camera images all went blank due to a shutter closure in the Diode Room. We had seen this before and now know the recovery. On the PSL_LASER MEDM screen, the "External Shutter Request" section, the "Flow sensor" must be set to OPEN by pressing the small RESET button immediately below it. Only when all the requests are GREEN can the main RESET button be pressed. At that point a reset button has to be pressed on the Beckhoff controls system. At the moment this requires someone going into the Diode Room and pressing the button on the Beckhoff PC console. We should set up remote desktop to allow this from the control room.

The safe.snap settings do not appear to be correct. Sheila burt restored ISS, FSS and PMC from 23:00 27th Oct and the upper right video image came to life (PMC refl). But the PMC is not currently locking.

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patrick.thomas@LIGO.ORG - 11:06, Thursday 07 November 2013 (8419)CDS, IOO, PSL
The two long cables for the IOO rotation stage were run early this week from the H1 PSL ENV Beckhoff chassis in the CER to the H1 PSL racks in the LVEA. At the same time Thomas V. and I moved the rotation stage and interface box from the CER to next to the H1 PSL racks. We reconnected them to these cables and continued testing there. Yesterday I wanted to try a different interface box. I disconnected the rotation stage from it (to avoid damaging the stage). I left the break out board on the end of the cable and removed the rotation stage from it. I then swapped the cables over to the other interface box, but did not reattach the rotation stage. I should have turned off the Beckhoff chassis first. I went back into the CER and saw the lights off on the Beckhoff chassis. I tried rocking the power switch, and the lights flashed briefly and then it wouldn't toggle anymore. It appears I tripped a breaker and took out the H1 PSL IO chassis which is in the same rack. It may be possible that the breakout board shorted out on the metal table it was sitting on, but I don't know.

Richard pulled the Beckhoff chassis out, replaced something, and put it back. It appears to be working again.
H1 TCS (TCS)
thomas.vo@LIGO.ORG - posted 12:15, Wednesday 06 November 2013 (8399)
TCS Beckhoff PLC Clean Up
The compilation of the TCS Beckhoff code was giving some warnings and needed to be cleaned up. This is done now.
H1 AOS
mitchell.robinson@LIGO.ORG - posted 11:18, Wednesday 06 November 2013 (8398)
ITMX Manifold Cryo Pump Baffle Installation
Scott S, Nicole W, Gerardo M, Randy (Apollo, Mitchell R

Yesterday the ITMX MCPB was installed just before lunch. This baffle was slightly larger in diameter than previous assemblies causing a difficult install. The larger diameter necessitated a modification to the lower copper plate D1100821 which is part of the eddy current damper. The range of adjustment allowable by the slots was insufficient for proper spacing on the eddy current damper. The work around is to lengthen the slot. The two lower copper plates needed for this baffle will be modified clean and installed once the parts are available. The remaining parts will be modified and re-classed. The lack of sufficient travel on lower copper plate was also an issue for both ITM's at LLO although modification was not needed. 
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H1 CDS
james.batch@LIGO.ORG - posted 09:15, Wednesday 06 November 2013 (8395)
Restarted h1sush34, DAQ
Found h1sush34 frozen following an attempt at restarting user models (yesterday evening).  This caused mx-stream issues which affected most front-ends in the corner station.  I removed h1sush34 from the dolphin network and power cycled it. As soon as the computer restarted, the mx-stream errors went away.  

Following this, several models had a 0x2000 status left over from installation of modified models, so I restarted the DAQ (at 9:01 PST).
H1 TCS (TCS)
thomas.vo@LIGO.ORG - posted 09:13, Wednesday 06 November 2013 (8397)
TCS SM1 fixture install in BSC3
Greg Grabeel, Thomas Vo

We spent the afternoon yesterday installing the fixture for the TCS steering mirror in BSC3.  It was a pretty tight fit but we got all the parts in there, I dropped one class A washer under the floor plate.
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H1 SUS (CDS, DAQ)
jeffrey.kissel@LIGO.ORG - posted 19:57, Tuesday 05 November 2013 - last comment - 22:16, Tuesday 05 November 2013(8393)
ECR 1300578 Progress -- All HLTS, HSTS, and MC Model Modifications Complete; Havoc Created Upon Installation
J. Kissel

Nine for the mortal men, doomed to die...

Another successful evening of CDS bug-finding. The h1sush34 computer has locked up, and the data concentrator / DAQ / framebuilder is dead because of my further attempts to make front end model changes to the SUS. 
YOU'RE WELCOME. 
Details and status below.

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After completing the pending model changes on the HXTSs, I began recompiling, reinstalling, restarting, and restoring (4R'ing) all SUS on each of there respective front ends. Here's the rather gloomy status report:
             Main Library Part       Changes complete       Successfully Compiles        Installed         FE Process Restarted            Clean DAQ Status
h1suspr3        HLTS_MASTER               yes                       yes                     yes                    yes                            no
h1sussr3        HLTS_MASTER               yes                       yes                     yes                    yes                            yes
 
h1susmc1        HSTS_MASTER               yes                       yes                     yes                    yes                            no
h1susmc3        HSTS_MASTER               yes                       yes                     yes                    yes                            no
h1suspr2        HSTS_MASTER               yes                       yes                     yes                    yes                            no
h1sussr2        HSTS_MASTER               yes                       yes                     yes                    no(see detail 1)               no

h1susmc2        MC_MASTER                 yes                       no(see detail 2)        n/a                    n/a                            n/a
h1susprm        MC_MASTER                 yes                       no(see detail 2)        n/a                    n/a                            n/a
h1sussrm        MC_MASTER                 yes                       no(see detail 2)        n/a                    n/a                            n/a


Detail 1:
After successfully modifying and 4R'ing 3 of the 4 HSTSs which use the HSTS_MASTER, I figured the last would be a breeze. Of course not. Doing things no differently than on he other three, I successfully compiled and installed the h1sussr2 front end code. However, when I restarted the front-process,  the restart hung in the middle of turning on EPICs communication, and proceeded to crash the front end, and take down the entire data concentrator / DAQ / frame builder. I have a feeling that this is because of an error similar to what we found last Thursday on the h1sush56 computer (see LHO aLOG 8335). Note that h1sussr2 lives on a different computer -- h1sush34.

Detail 2:
Each of the models using the MC_MASTER library part complain the following same error snippet during compilation which is beyond me:

/opt/rtcds/lho/h1/rtbuild-2.7.2/src/fe/h1susmc2/h1susmc2.c: In function 'feCode':
/opt/rtcds/lho/h1/rtbuild-2.7.2/src/fe/h1susmc2/h1susmc2.c:1718: error: 'adc0' undeclared (first use in this function)
/opt/rtcds/lho/h1/rtbuild-2.7.2/src/fe/h1susmc2/h1susmc2.c:1718: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/opt/rtcds/lho/h1/rtbuild-2.7.2/src/fe/h1susmc2/h1susmc2.c:1718: error: for each function it appears in.)
make[3]: *** [/opt/rtcds/lho/h1/rtbuild-2.7.2/src/fe/h1susmc2/h1susmc2.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/opt/rtcds/lho/h1/rtbuild-2.7.2/src/fe/h1susmc2] Error 2
make[1]: *** [default] Error 2

This smells like it has something to do with the connections to the ADC0 parts, because there is certainly an ADC0 in every one of these models -- that the error says adc0 is undeclared must be a red herring. I've got an email out to the relevant CDS crew, I hope to hear from them and fix these problems by the morning.

I have still not begun MEDM screen modifications. I will do so once we resurrect each of the nine mortal men.
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john.zweizig@LIGO.ORG - 22:16, Tuesday 05 November 2013 (8394)
This seems to have affected the frame broadcaster also... Most channels are tagged with dataValid errors.
H1 IOO
joseph.gleason@LIGO.ORG - posted 18:20, Tuesday 05 November 2013 (8392)
Black Glass installed in HAM 3
I've installed the black glass plates on optics RH3, RH5, RH8 and LH3 in HAM 3. The left over spares are on the upper shelf in the clean room outside HAM 2 and the remaining black glass holders are bagged on the lower shelf.
LHO General
patrick.thomas@LIGO.ORG - posted 18:12, Tuesday 05 November 2013 (8391)
Ops Summary
LN2 delivery to CP4

Cheryl V., Joe D. working on mode cleaner

08:47 Reverse osmosis service
09:22 CPB work start in North bay
10:16 Kyle R. to replace the instrument air pressure regulator at CP4's level control valve
10:38 Thomas V. testing rotation stage electronics in CER, LVEA by H1 PSL racks
11:11 Kyle R. done replacing instrument air pressure regulator
11:50 Rick S. to lab to toggle noise eater on the H1 PSL laser
12:21 Reverse osmosis service
13:21 CPB work start
13:30 Jim B., Richard M. restarting H1 PSL frontend and IO chassis
13:30 Jodi F., Apollo installing dome on BSC9
13:44 Corey G. getting parts out of test stand clean room
14:13 Hugh R. seismic leveling of ITMX with HEPI
15:16 Jeff K. restarting SUS models
15:55 CPB work done
H1 SEI
hugh.radkins@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:58, Tuesday 05 November 2013 (8390)
WBSC3 SEI HEPI Raised to Put ITMx at height

As SUS completed the ~6mm shift North yesterday, our turn to hoist the ITMx to height.  IAS logged that the ITMx need to be lifted by 3.6mm; however on 24 Oct I observed the Optical Table to be just 1.8mm low.  So I split the difference and lifted the system 2.7mm.  All went smoothly with low SD of the DI readings and very little off axis movement.  We'll see what IAS says next.  I was not able to evaluate the level of the table.  We'll do that when we do next tweeks and personnel are available.

H1 AOS (AOS)
douglas.cook@LIGO.ORG - posted 15:34, Tuesday 05 November 2013 (8389)
BSC 10 support tube nozzle measurements
Jason and I measured the support tube nozzle flange location with respect to the chamber center position.
Measurement was shot to the back side of the flange where it joins the the nozzle tube.
The results are:

Right side angle is 120deg, 34', 12" at a horizontal distance from the total station of 2356mm.
Left side angle is 59deg, 19', 17" at a horizontal distance from the total station of 2354mm.
 Difference is Y- 1.9mm.
LHO VE
kyle.ryan@LIGO.ORG - posted 15:09, Tuesday 05 November 2013 (8388)
~1430 started leak detector and YBM turbo pump


			
			
H1 SYS (CDS, SYS)
stefan.ballmer@LIGO.ORG - posted 11:28, Monday 04 November 2013 - last comment - 09:14, Wednesday 06 November 2013(8369)
Another look at the EPICS delay test setup
Attached is a plot of the round trip delay times of EPICS PULL (active read) EPICS PUSH (active write) and EPICS PUSH/PULL (active write to 3rd channel, followed by active read from that channel).

PUSH and PUSH/PULL are dominated by a 2Hz update cycle. PULL sees a 8Hz update cycle.

The minimum delay for PUSH is around 110msec, for PULL and PUSH/PULL it is about twice that.

The delay for all three channels is about 10x too slow to be really useful (i.e. for acknowledgment returns shorter than the blink of an eye.)


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stefan.ballmer@LIGO.ORG - 09:14, Wednesday 06 November 2013 (8396)CDS, SYS
A last snapshot of the EPICS test setup.

Note that the intermediate EPICS server for the Push/Pull line was rebooted. an EPICS error was indeed reported.
I backed out the temporary changes for testing from h1odcmaster and h1ascimc.
Both models were re-compliled and re-installed and restarted without the changes.

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