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Logbook Admin General
david.barker@LIGO.ORG - posted 18:20, Friday 25 June 2010 (25)
alog is being backed up to CDS file system
Jonathan wrote a cronjob on alog to create two backup files daily: sql dump file
of the text content and compressed tar file of the graphical files.

I just wrote a cronjob, which runs on control100 within CDS, to scp these files
into /data/backup/alog every morning at 05:30. From there they are rsynced to 
the CDS backup disk, and then written to tape.

This backup scheme will be replaced with rsync later because the graphical file will
get very large very quickly.
H2 DAQ
david.barker@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:09, Friday 25 June 2010 - last comment - 19:12, Friday 25 June 2010(24)
H2 DAQ rack construction
The H2 DAQ rack is a new style (beige) rack located in the MSR nearest
the hallway. It has two Sun X4270 computers, which will be the H2 DAQ
frame writers/QFS masters.

Cyrus is working on installing sol10 on these systems. He will also test the
DAQ networking switches and spare units using this rack.

We encountered a problem with the rack mount KVM switch in this rack, the internal
power connector to the PCB is flakey. The flatscreen monitor signals this with
a "cable not connected" error and powers itself down.
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cyrus.reed@LIGO.ORG - 19:12, Friday 25 June 2010 (27)
Both machines are loaded with Sol 10.  h2daqfw1 had some bus errors from one of the PCIe cards on first boot, which I'll have to investigate more closely when I return from vacation after the Jul 4 holiday.  Re-seating cards may help if the issue persists.  Also still to do is add non-root accounts to h2daqfw0/1, configure iLOM, configure the switches in the rack (verifying first that we actually have the correct switches installed), basic network throughput tests, etc.

A current stab at a (test) IP numbering scheme is as follows:
172.17.0.1/24: h2daq test stand

172.17.0.1/28: Routers, switches, gateways
172.17.0.17/28: DAQ Servers

Currently assigned:

172.17.0.1: (Reserved for default route(r), not installed)
172.17.0.18: h2daqfw0
172.17.0.19: h2daqfw1
Logbook Admin General
david.barker@LIGO.ORG - posted 15:55, Friday 25 June 2010 - last comment - 16:05, Friday 25 June 2010(22)
added X1 suspension tags
added the following sus tags (as requested by Betsy)
X1 SUS QUAD
X1 SUS BS/FM
X1 SUS HSTS
X1 SUS HLTS
X1 SUS OMC
X1 SUS IOAUX
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david.barker@LIGO.ORG - 16:05, Friday 25 June 2010 (23)
H2 is back baby! 
Added tag "H2 DAQ" for the construction of the
aligo H2 DAQ rack in the MSR.
H2 General
keith.thorne@LIGO.ORG - posted 08:44, Friday 25 June 2010 (21)
LLO Seismic Test Racks - Initial setup complete
The electronics test racks for seismic testing at LLO are through the initial setup and checkout.  
There are two racks. 
   llosei1 - HAM-ISI testing
   llosei2 - Seismometer huddle testing
David Kinzel assembled the racks, installing the equipment shipped from Pasadena and Hanford.
Keith and Rolf got the front-end computers set up.
Ben and Sam Abbott were here this week to do the electronics checkout with the initial models.

The test racks are presently on the CDS network, but are reachable from outside at
 llosei1 - llocds.ligo-la.caltech.edu  Port 9001   (DNS name dts1 within llocds)
 llosei2 - llocds.ligo-la.caltech.edu  Port 9002   (DNS name dts2 within llocds)

* We clearly need some X2 tasks added
X1 SEI
corey.gray@LIGO.ORG - posted 21:41, Thursday 24 June 2010 - last comment - 09:37, Monday 28 June 2010(18)
Displacement Sensor & GS13 Spectra: What's Wrong With Our H3 GS13?
Today, dtt was used to obtain spectra for the LHO HAM ISI Assy #1 located at the SEI Test Stand.  This measurement was run with the dial indicators disconnected.  Two measurements were run:  The first one ("T1") had H1V1H2V2 Displancement Sensors & ALL GS13's.  The second measurement ("T2"), had H3V3 Displacement Sensors.  Two measurements were needed because of the ~0.3Hz noise seen between both Displacement Sensor "mini-racks".

One blaring feature (see attached spectra) is the H3 GS13---something looks amiss with it.  Checked the rack for anything obviously wrong, but all HAM Interface Chasis looked fine.

Vincent suggested putting a 300count vertical offset on the H3 Actuator, and this clearly showed something wrong with this GS13 (see attached screenshot).
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corey.gray@LIGO.ORG - 21:49, Thursday 24 June 2010 (19)
The screenshot I tried attaching above didn't seem to work (it was a .tiff screen shot from a Mac & was treated as a quicktime file when I tried clicking it from the log).  Attached here is a .jpg version of the same file.  Hopefully this works.
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fabrice.matichard@LIGO.ORG - 07:03, Friday 25 June 2010 (20)
I am attaching a Power Spectrum from last week. It looks like H3 was fine.

Also, looking at the time series, it seems that there is some signal, but much lower (about two order of magnitudes on the power spectrum).  Could it be a BIO filter improperly switched?

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jeffrey.kissel@LIGO.ORG - 11:53, Saturday 26 June 2010 (29)
Are Fabrice's spectra with the table locked, and Corey's without? The high-frequency (>10 Hz) structure has changed dramatically on *all* the sensors between those two spetra. If these two spectra were taken with the table in the exact same state, then this might be another clue...
corey.gray@LIGO.ORG - 09:37, Monday 28 June 2010 (30)
(Vincent L., Richard M., Corey G.)

There is no BIO for the SEI Test Stand.  And yes, it should be noted that the spectra from Fabrice's post was from a couple weeks ago.  It was a quick one we ran with the SYSTEM LOCKED (we were performing a quick check to investigate the 0.3Hz signal on the Displacement Sensor Mini-Racks).  So, it was wrong for me to say everything looked good from that spectra--I had assumed assumed the ISI was un-locked.

Last Friday, we performed a few more checks on the GS13.  The most telltale check was a cable swap.  From the "feedthrough interface", the GS13 Horiz/Vert cable runs to the H/V location.  Here is a connection to a plug which splits into two separate cables--one goes to the Horiz GS13 & the other goes to the Vert GS13.  We unplugged the H3/V3 cable here, and ran it to the H1/V1 cable.  Dataviewer showed that the problem stayed with the H3-GS13 (i.e. H1 was now ugly).  

Therefore something is wrong with H3 GS13.

Reconnected cables to their original configuration.  

As another check, we locked up the Table and ran another power spectrum [attached].  Sure enough, we had similar results to what we saw a couple of weeks ago (i.e. Fabrice's post)---where all the spectra, for the most part, look similar.

Thinking their may be a mounting issue, or something wrong with the mechanical structure of the GS13 inside, we will take a look for any rubbing in the area of H3/V3.  We'll then take off the H3 door, and perform some checks on H3 (while watching with DV & quick spectra).
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H2 General
rana.adhikari@LIGO.ORG - posted 21:18, Thursday 24 June 2010 (17)
Tinsley Phase Map
The attached image shows the the contrast defect from using the phase map of one of the AdvLIGO optics. The file name is 's1tins'.
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X1 DTS
david.barker@LIGO.ORG - posted 18:26, Thursday 24 June 2010 - last comment - 18:32, Thursday 24 June 2010(15)
dtsfw1 (X4270 Sun) installed solaris and sunstudio
Installation work on the new solaris frame writer (dtsfw1, X4270):

Used LSI bios to build RAID1 mirror on the two boot disks (called IM)

Installed sol10 from external DVD unit, using ZFS for the boot disk.

Created a controls account.

Installed Sun Stu-stu-studio 12.1 in /opt/SunStudio, controls account path
set to find these binaries.

Quick test, compiled a "hello world" C file.

Note: /cvs does not want to mount on reboot, so at the moment I'm logging in
as root and manually mounting it.
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david.barker@LIGO.ORG - 18:32, Thursday 24 June 2010 (16)
Note that the unit has the 10GigE pci-e card and both
fiber channel pci-e cards installed, but these have not
been configured.

ethernet port 0 and the ilom network ports are both connected
to the 10.11.0/24 switch. The ilom is using the default password.
X1 DTS
david.barker@LIGO.ORG - posted 08:36, Thursday 24 June 2010 (12)
Sun x4270, no pre-installed solaris?
Fired up the DTS X4270 last night and like the one in the MSR
it didn't boot solaris, rather gave a "bad PBR" error and then
went into PXE boot search mode. This is the Primary Boot Record
so does this mean solaris was not pre-installed?
H2 General
david.barker@LIGO.ORG - posted 15:24, Wednesday 23 June 2010 (10)
Computer and network drawing of LHO test stands
The drawing of the LHO test stands in the staging building
and the OSB can be found in the following DCC document:

network drawing (pdf file)
X1 DTS
david.barker@LIGO.ORG - posted 15:15, Wednesday 23 June 2010 - last comment - 15:17, Wednesday 23 June 2010(8)
Sun X4270 racked up on DTS
Ben rack mounted a X4270 unit immediately above the X2200 systems (nds, etc.)
This will become the test frame writer/QFS machine and will run sol10.
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david.barker@LIGO.ORG - 15:17, Wednesday 23 June 2010 (9)
Ben also racked up two X4270 machines in the H2 DAQ rack in the MSR, following
Rolf's DAQ rack layout drawing.
X1 DTS
david.barker@LIGO.ORG - posted 15:13, Wednesday 23 June 2010 (7)
DAQ DTS tag/keyword change
In keeping with the X1 SYS SUB alog tag convention,
the DTS is now tagged "X1 DAQ DTS"
X1 SEI
david.barker@LIGO.ORG - posted 15:11, Wednesday 23 June 2010 (6)
Changed sei alog tags/keywords
In consultation with Hugh, we decided to change the keyword "X1 seiteststand" with 
a more accurate "X1 SEI HAM ISI" for the current work going on in the staging
building.
Logbook Admin General
jonathan.hanks@LIGO.ORG - posted 13:05, Wednesday 16 June 2010 (3)
Test of the LIGO.ORG infrastructure in use by the logbook
The logbook Shibboleth SP has been configured to behave like a wiki.  This extends the session time such that users will not need to roundtrip to the IdP longer, and helps with POST requests that might be made across a session boundary.

I am also using this entry to test the L-mail feature.
Logbook Admin General
admin - posted 15:18, Friday 21 May 2010 (1)
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