I've added the following channels to the framebuilder:

$(IFO):SUS-$(OPTIC)_L3_OPLEV_SEG1_IN1     2048
$(IFO):SUS-$(OPTIC)_L3_OPLEV_SEG2_IN1     2048
$(IFO):SUS-$(OPTIC)_L3_OPLEV_SEG3_IN1     2048
$(IFO):SUS-$(OPTIC)_L3_OPLEV_SEG4_IN1     2048


which required adding these channels to the 
${userapps}/release/sus/common/models/QUAD_MASTER.mdl
then recompiling, reinstalling, restarting, and restoring the QUAD test mass models:
${userapps}/release/sus/h2/models/h2susitmy.mdl
${userapps}/release/sus/h2/models/h2susetmy.mdl

Before restarting, I created new safe.snap files, in
/opt/rtcds/userapps/release/sus/h2/?tmy/h2sus?tmy_safe.snap
in order to capture the new optical lever calibration.

After restarting, I restored to the following snap files:
/ligo/cds/lho/h2/burt/2012/07/27/14:00/h2sus?tmyepics.snap

Before we started the fine tune of the balance for ISI Testing, I locked up the HEPI.  There appears to be a real rotation of the HEPI as measured by the Dial Indicators compared to the signed off position of Wednesday 7-25.  I locked down corner 1 (NE Pier) and then locked up Corner 4 (SE).  When doing this, one watches the dial indicators keeping the Indicators reading the recorded position.  When I went to corner 3 (SW), I noticed a big offset.  I was suspicious of the cable pulling activity had disturbed this DI.  So I released all the stops again and I see a coherent shift in the indicator readings.  This suggest to me that it wasn't any DI bump but something real. If so the move is on order of 0.5mm ==> likely about 2x requirement in rotation.  I was rushed a bit hoping to get the ISI ready for weekend testing so I just locked the HEPI.
When testing is complete I want to do a more careful job of unlocking HEPI and make sure nothing is pulling it out of position.  If it still looks real, I may request another IAS look to confirm or correct what I see.

- Cavity Scanning: Daniel
- H1 SEI chassis powered down
- H1 DAC restart
- H2, added ISC and slow EPICS channels to front end
- Large oscillations on ITM ISI and quad.  Watch dogs tripped at about 22:47:50

Locked doors at 4:36 PM Pacific time

HughR, HugoP, GregG, JimW

This afternoon HAM3 was finally fully balanced and the Stage1 left floating for testing over the weekend, prior to next weeks planned install activities. It's condition is a little rough, with one locker that seems to need a shim adjustment and a number of SEI-responsible SUS/ISC/what-have-you cable-ends that are sitting on the optical table because they have nowhere to go yet (they are, however, clamped to the table to keep them from rattling too much, see pic). There are also some small issues with the lock/unlock positions that maybe due to temperature differences or differences in support structure (staging building test stand vs HEPI/crossbeams/etc) that we won't fix until the payload is in a more final state.

The PR2 now in chamber-side testing has had its matrix and filter bank settings installed.  

A good snapshot to revert the PR2 lives in:
"/opt/rtcds/userapps/release/sus/h1/burtfiles/20120726_h1suspr2.snap"

J. Kissel, J. Garcia, D. Barker 

The Simulink user models were modified today to incorporate IPC functionality on 'h1sush34'.  This library part is using Shared Memory on "h1sush34" only, so communication across different I/O chassis is not needed.  The motivation behind the modifications was the fact that the BIO switch cards allow only one user model to send and receive signals to the hardware.  So, the solution was to use the MC2 user model, "h1susmc2", as the communicator to the BIO card hardware.  Signals sent and received to the BIO card must be routed through the MC2 user model.  The control input, however, is controlled in the individual models ("h1suspr2" & "h1sussr2") but sent to MC2 by shared memory to switch the BIO card hardware.  A signal to the BIO card for the PR2 channels can still be entered from a PR2 medm, but in reality the signal is routed through the MC2 user model.  So, in order to control the BIO switched for PR2 or SR2, the "h1susmc2" model must be running for the full functionality.

All three models were recompiled and installed on "h1sush34" along with a reboot of the DAQ.  

Models are checked into the svn locally in:

/opt/rtcds/lho/h1/userapps/release/sus/h1/models/
"h1susmc2"
"h1suspr2"
"h1sussr2"

(CHANNEL, OLV, Offset, Gain)

TOP BOSEMS M1

H1:SUS-PR2_M1_OSEMINF_T1_INMON  29963 

H1:SUS-PR2_M1_OSEMINF_T2_INMON  27895

H1:SUS-PR2_M1_OSEMINF_T3_INMON  28003

H1:SUS-PR2_M1_OSEMINF_LF_INMON  28986

H1:SUS-PR2_M1_OSEMINF_RT_INMON  30722

H1:SUS-PR2_M1_OSEMINF_SD_INMON  27004

MIDDLE AOSEMS M2

H1:SUS-PR2_M2_OSEMINF_UL_INMON  25961

H1:SUS-PR2_M2_OSEMINF_LL_INMON  28699

H1:SUS-PR2_M2_OSEMINF_UR_INMON  25278

H1:SUS-PR2_M2_OSEMINF_LR_INMON  25061

LOWER AOSEMS M3

H1:SUS-PR2_M3_OSEMINF_UL_INMON  23599

H1:SUS-PR2_M3_OSEMINF_LL_INMON  24880

H1:SUS-PR2_M3_OSEMINF_UR_INMON  26085

H1:SUS-PR2_M3_OSEMINF_LR_INMON  24842

From the above OLVs, offsets were calculated -(x/2) and gains were calculated 30,000/x, snapshots attached.

This is an update to the calibration performed on June 25 2012. The TMS offsets have changed significantly since the previous calibration. Also note that the channel name for PD1 has changed from CHAN_30 to CHAN_26.

For PIT, PD3 and PD2 are separated by about 6.25 in and 21600 counts. The corresponding calibration is 6.25*25.4e-3/4000/21600 = 1.84 nrad/ct.

Also for PIT, PD4 and PD4 are separated by about 11 in and 37100 counts. The corresponding calibration is 11*25.4e-3/4000/37100 = 1.88 nrad/ct.

For YAW, PD2 and PD1 are separated by about 11 in and 14980 counts. The corresponding calibration is 11*25.4e-3/4000/14980  = 4.66 nrad/ct.

Range is calculated using +-131072 cts in the TMS pointing range.

The ISC signals have been added to the ETMY HEPI model. Changes have been committed to the svn. The model has been successfully compiled and installed. We should be ready to offload.

J. Kissel, T. Vo

We received the daughter boards (D1001631) which take place of the Binary I/O connection for control of the Oplev Whitening chassis (D1100013), specifically the internal ISC Whitening board (D1001530). For each of the 4 channels, the whitening board has 7 independently switchable states:

(1) 24 dB (x16)  Gain
(2) 12 dB (x4)   Gain
(3) 6 dB  (x2)   Gain
(4) 3 dB  (x1.4) Gain
(5) [10:1] Whitening
(6) [10:1] Whitening
(7) [10:1] Whitening

where my notation for zeros and poles is [z:p]. So, Thomas and I installed the daughter on H2 SUS ITMY's optical lever, and explored the raw voltage spectra of the QPD segments with each of the settings on (well, most of them). I attach the results.

To fill out the legend:

RED: This was the state that the optical levers had been in, with no control (i.e. the BIO input spigot was left open).
BLUE: Daughter board installed, but with all switched flipped to OFF. This is the same as red -- good. That means the chassis doesn't *need* the daughter board to be functional, and the board sits at its default state (no stages engaged) with nothing plugged in. Fair enough. 
GREEN: 12 dB Gain stage turned ON
BROWN: 4 dB Gain stage turned ON
MAGNENTA: One [10:1] whitening stage turned ON
CYAN: Two [10:1] whitening stages turned ON
BLACK: All Three [10:1] whitening stages turned ON

Note that we tried switching on the 24 dB gain stage (alone), as well as having both 6 dB gain + One [10:1] whitening stage. Both of these configurations saturated the ADC.

Assuming the amplitude of the signal represents a reasonably quiet time, we decided to leave the chassis in the CYAN state, with two [10:1] whitening stages and no gain, to give some head room for noisy day time activity, or when the ISI is not functioning as well as it is now. Because we now have whitening in the chain, these filters have been compensated for in the $(IFO):SUS-$(OPTIC)_L3_OPLEV_SEG# banks (in addition to the -1 discussed in earlier logs).

One thing to note: the ADC noise floor (visible in the unwhitened spectra, above ~40 Hz) is 5 uV/rtHz.

Calibration Details:
--------------------
Here's a schematic of the QPD signal chain: 

                                                                                          +--- $(IFO):SUS-$(OPTIC)_L3_OPLEV_SEG1_IN1
      +-------+                                                                           |
Up ^  | 1 | 3 |      +-------------------+      +-----------------------+      +-----+    +--- $(IFO):SUS-$(OPTIC)_L3_OPLEV_SEG2_IN1
   |  |---+---| ---- | Whitening Chassis | ---- | Anti-aliasing Chassis | ---- | ADC | ---| 
   |  | 4 | 2 |      +-------------------+   ^  +-----------------------+      +-----+    +--- $(IFO):SUS-$(OPTIC)_L3_OPLEV_SEG3_IN1
      +---+---+                              |                                            |
                                             |                                            +--- $(IFO):SUS-$(OPTIC)_L3_OPLEV_SEG4_IN1
                                        equivalent
                                   voltage measured here

(staring at the face of QPD, as though you were an incident laser beam). 

We used DTT to measure the above listed channels, which were then calibrated using the 16-bit ADC calibration of
40 / 2^16 [V/ct] = 6.1e-4 [V/ct]
hence, as I point out in the diagram, we're effectively measuring the output of the whitening chassis since the AA chassis has a gain of 1 and no frequency response.

For the record (and long overdue), here is the payload weight of the SUS components on BSC8:

44 lbs = 8 x 5.5 lbs for Vibration Absorbers
~60 lbs  = FMy Stays
~2 lbs = FMy Sheer Plate dampers
10 lbs  = Cabling   
2 lbs = Cable Brackets
3 lbs  = Ring Heater + Brackets + Cables
266 lbs = ITMy QUAD Upper Structure
531 lbs = ITMy QUAD Lower Structure
44 lbs = QUAD Sleeve
2 lbs = QUAD sleeve wedges
341 lbs = FMy SUS (weighed in at 394lbs with the 53 lb LSAT attached prior to install)
55 lbs = 1.26 lbs X Dog Clamps (33 long + 22 short)

TOTAL = 1360 lbs = 641 kg

J. Kissel, T. Vo

Now that we're sure we completely understand the calibration of the two optical levers, I've installed Thomas' calibration in the gain field of the $(IFO):SUS-$(OPTIC)_L3_OPLEV_[PIT/YAW] filter banks. The resulting calibrated spectra are attached.

Several things to note:

- After proper whitening, I believe that the ITMY optical lever is measuring real motion out to the limit of the spectra I show (hundred of Hz).
- I think the "real" motion, above ~5 Hz is dominated by structural resonances of the lever launcher/receiver, and probably other various not-test-mass-motion things.
- The low-frequency (< 5 Hz) motion of the ITM (in both Pitch and Yaw) is just about what has been predicted / measured by other independent methods.
- ETMY *does not* have his whitening control board installed yet, so there's no whitening on the signal and is hence dominated by ADC noise, especially in Yaw.
- The ETM Pitch spectra looks also roughly at the amplitude expected, and similar to the ITM Pitch spectra, but 
- The ETM Yaw signal appears orders of magnitude below ETM Pitch, as well as ITM Yaw, assuming the only feature in the spectra (at 0.43 Hz) is real motion. Why? The spot needs centering, that's all -- it currently shows it's off in the weeds somewhere mrads away from center.


Tomorrow: 
- Center the spot on the ETM QPD
- Install whitening control board, explore parameters a bit (just to see if it's different from ITMY -- my guess is that it won't be)
- Remeasure.

Almost there....

P.S. For future reference, once the calibration is installed (which it is now for H2 ITMY and H2 ETMY), the following channels are calibrated into microradians:

$(IFO):SUS-$(OPTIC)_L3_OPLEV_PIT_OUT_DQ
$(IFO):SUS-$(OPTIC)_L3_OPLEV_YAW_OUT_DQ

The Arm locks again, with the spectra attached (first attachement). The positive message is that the ISI performance has greatly improved. The drop at 0.5 Hz is the Quad pendulum  mode. At higher frequencies (above ~0.6 Hz) we are most likely dominated by frequency noise.

We optimised the SHG temperature, so there is more power in the green (an extra 10mW). This is meant to remidy the power fluctuations we were seeing when we drifted further away from our nominal VCO frequency. We will see if that is the case. I reduced the CMB-B input gain by 3dB (down to -17dB!)  to make up for the increase of light on the diode, but I forgot to measure the UGF of the PDH loop (nominal 11 kHz).

Local damping to M0 and L1 on both Quads are engaged, and the length feedback is of loaded to the ETM M0. The power drops over the longer time scale (>1 hr), is most likeli becasue I haven't inserted the decoupling. I tried to decouple it in pitch without much succes.

In the spectrum, the features at 2.75 Hz and 4 Hz are seen in the Reference Cavity transmitted power, and are imposed on the laser in the end station.

The problem we currently having is that the VCO seems to jump every ~8 min, when it reaches 40.2 MHz (about 600 kHz from the nominal 39.6 MHz), seen in the second attachment. The cavity seems to stay lock and all keeps running 'smoothly'. Due to this jump I was not able to do more than 4 averages in the spectrum.

The cavity has been locked for over an hour, which is an improvement. I unlocked the cavity before I left.

On request ... the traces are taken at 1) 27/7/2012-02:47:57, 2) 19/7/2012-7:17:00, 3) 19/7/2012-6:40:00 and 4) 19/7/2012-7:40.

Attached are plots of dust counts > .5 microns in particles per cubic foot.