Yes as Patrick logged, the PISI was removed yesterday from BSC7--CoreyG JimW Zack Rodney Chris & HughR We pulled the dome before lunch. There was quite a bit a stuck O-Ring during the separation but we got it back in place without any unusual effort requiring maybe 20-30 minutes. No issues after that--remember to PULL the draw string when installing a flat cover! After lunch we went for the PISI pull. The bolts below on the inside of the Support Tubes were generally bound and did not un-thread readily as they did in MidY. The top bolts were fine. Relief came with a little lift from the crane but we didn't fine tune that too much. There are only 18 bolts below and James powered through. Again, as at MidY, no trouble pulling the Support Table from between the Tubes. We pulled the Work Platforms before we exited. Except for flange/o-ring cleaning/inspection and Dome balancing, the Chamber is ready to be buttoned back up. The Stack is now by the LEA roll-up door and we be de-stacked today. Good location for a look-see of the simpler times of iLIGO. I don't have any photos but Dale video'd and photo'd the entirety; I'm sure we'll see something good from him.
Unifirst delivery Paradise water delivery Mount's Lock & Key on site Drain Surgeon on site Interwest Systems on site BSC7 dome and passive ISI removed
Increased amount of Matlab's java Heap Memory from default of 128M to 512M on the workstation attached to the SEI test stand. This is to try to solve an error reporting that the java Heap Memory has been exhausted when a large test script was loaded. The new value is probably too big, but I didn't see the error any more. Note that the maximum value allowed is over 3G.
In preparation for the H1 PSL run tonight, we powered up the VME epics IOC rack (h1psl), the beckhoff controller box in the LVEA and the ethercat-OPC-EPICS system (h1pslopc). all IOCs were burt restored back to early Sep 2010. Epics records are resolving and green, but show zeros at the moment (needs more boxes to be powered up in the diode room?).
The two CDS file servers cdsfs0 and h2boot are no longer dual ported machines on both the CDS LAN and H2FE LAN. Clients on either lan now contact the remote file server via the cdsnat1 router. As mentioned in the previous alog, routing tables are being changed using the new puppet configuration control system.
performed upgrades and reboots of:
cdsnat0 (strawberry)
cdslogin
cdswiki
Routing tables on the nfs clients is being handled by the configuration control system (puppet)
MSR UPS was moved from the 10.1.0.0 iligo network to the new aligo admin lan.
John, Kyle -> Noted dome flange position shear relative to chamber flange for future reference (This dome had position-dependent annulus leak historically. Will attempt to approximate position when joining dome back to chamber) Kyle -> Decoupled cords and cables from gauge pair and annulus ion pump located on BSC7 dome. Kyle, Chris -> Removed BSC7 east door.
Started a second stage of heaters in X and Y mid stations Repaired broken temperature sensor(wall mount)in LVEA.
- Interwest Communications (?) comes to assist in running single-mode fiber optic line from OSB MSR to LSB LDAS. - Oscar finishes baling tumbleweeds at ~13:20. - Bolts loosened on BSC7 - Cleaning around BSC7 and HAM12 - Cryopump 1 is constantly alarming. Kyle reports that it may be due to a crow chewing on a valve and subsequent freezing of the part. Cryopump alarms are serious! Whereas some Ion Pump alarms may be ignored during pumping, Cryopump alarms are always serious and should be reported immediately, to Kyle. - One of the LVEA Zone 5 thermostats was malfunctioning, as it was reporting that the temperature jumped to >250 degrees F. This was also confusing the HVAC servos. Ski investigated and fixed the problem.
CP1 and CP2 experiencing problems with icing of the LLCV actuation components -> thawed using heat gun as temporary fix. Will address as permanent fix as time permits.
Kyle - Connected aux. pump cart to GV7 annulus and am pumping against closed valve*Spun-up XBM MTP*Vented XBM Chris - prepped BSC7 east door for removal tomorrow
(Chris, Corey, Jim, Rodney, & Zach) In preparation for this week's BSC7 iLIGO BSC SEI extraction, the Dome & Door bolts were pulled out of BSC7 (except for four for each connection). John asked to check the orientation of the BSC Dome once we have bolts out (there were issues with the O-ring when this Dome was last installed). From the top and referencing bolt holes, the Dome is roughly rotated counter-clockwise. A side note is that the outer diameters of both flanges on this connection must have not had high tolerances, because these diameters aren't very circular---i.e. sections of Dome flange overhung the Chamber flange in non-circular ways. As with BSC8, the Scissors Tables for the chamber were set to their midpoints and Scissors Table Stop Links were installed to keep them there. Jim's pair of fall-arrest plates were installed on the Clean Room.
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I can log onto blue remotely but can't view the vacuum screen displayed on VE terminal in control room???
(Corey, Hugh, Jim, Mitchell) The Scissors Tables (and basically the entire Seismic Isolation System) were vertically adjusted such that the Scissors Tables were set to their "mid-point" elevations. Shipping/Llot Links were installed to hold the Scissors Tables here (as we did for the H2 HAMs). The Scissors Tables were actuated manually via a rod attached to a motor underneath the Scissors Table. We needed a special key-ed tool to turn the crank and actuate the Scissors table. We will do BSC7 next time we get a chance.
Sock replaced on BSC7 KingSoft water on site for monthly service Terri and Christina cleaned BSC7 and performed vacuum tests - we will need more tests next week Richard to MX and EX
Highlights: - HAM10 Door Re-Hung, Cleanroom moved to HAM12, doors taken off of HAM12 - Kyle notices LN2 issue Other, times in PST: 0926 - "QMA" calls Control Room to solicit business 1032 - CS Air Handler Hot Deck Alarm (~90deg F) 1421 - Oscar done with tumbleweed bailing
Kyle, Chris, Jodi, Zak, Rodney, Ski -> Hung HAM10 North door, moved cleanroom from HAM10 to HAM12, removed HAM12 South and North doors.