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Entry  Wed Sep 6 01:09:11 2017, johannes, Update, Computer Scripts / Programs, New set of loss measurements XARM_20170905.pdfYARM_20170905.pdf
    Reply  Mon Sep 11 12:56:40 2017, johannes, Update, Computer Scripts / Programs, lossmap attempts 
       Reply  Mon Sep 11 16:46:09 2017, Steve, Update, PEM, earthquakes M5.4eq.png
          Reply  Tue Sep 19 14:00:41 2017, Steve, Update, PEM, earthquakes 7.1MX5.3J.png
             Reply  Fri Oct 27 09:34:20 2017, Steve, Update, PEM, earthquakes recentEQs.png
                Reply  Fri Nov 10 13:46:26 2017, Steve, Update, PEM, M3.1 local earthquake 3.1M_local_EQ.png
                   Reply  Mon Apr 9 08:39:39 2018, Steve, Update, PEM, M5.3 eq Souther CA M5.3_Santa_Cruz_Is.CA.pngafter_M5.3.pngM5.3vac.png
                Reply  Thu Jan 25 08:27:25 2018, Steve, Update, PEM, earthquakes M4_local_eq.pngM4.pngM5.8Ferndale_CA.png
       Reply  Mon Sep 25 17:56:33 2017, johannes, Update, Computer Scripts / Programs, transmitted power during lossmap 
    Reply  Thu Oct 11 13:40:51 2018, yuki, Update, Computer Scripts / Programs, loss measurements 
       Reply  Fri Oct 12 12:29:34 2018, yuki, Update, Computer Scripts / Programs, loss measurements 
          Reply  Fri Oct 12 20:20:29 2018, yuki, Update, Computer Scripts / Programs, loss measurements 
             Reply  Sat Oct 13 20:11:10 2018, yuki, Update, Computer Scripts / Programs, loss measurements 
                Reply  Mon Oct 15 10:32:13 2018, yuki, Update, Computer Scripts / Programs, loss measurements XARM_20181015_1500.pdfYARM_20181015_1500.pdf
                   Reply  Tue Oct 16 00:44:29 2018, yuki, Update, Computer Scripts / Programs, loss measurements 
                   Reply  Fri Nov 2 19:25:16 2018, gautam, Update, Computer Scripts / Programs, loss measurements 
    Reply  Mon Oct 15 12:52:54 2018, yuki, Update, Computer Scripts / Programs, additional comments 
       Reply  Fri Nov 2 16:42:31 2018, aaron, Update, Computer Scripts / Programs, arm loss measuremenents 
          Reply  Mon Nov 5 13:52:18 2018, aaron, Update, Computer Scripts / Programs, arm loss measuremenents 
             Reply  Tue Nov 6 10:19:26 2018, aaron, Update, Computer Scripts / Programs, arm loss measuremenents 
                Reply  Tue Nov 6 15:23:48 2018, gautam, Update, IOO, IMC problematic MCwonky.png
                   Reply  Tue Nov 6 19:02:35 2018, aaron, Update, IOO, IMC problematic 181106_MCTRANS.jpg
                      Reply  Sat Nov 10 17:40:00 2018, aaron, Update, IOO, IMC problematic 
                         Reply  Mon Nov 12 13:53:20 2018, rana, Update, IOO, loss measurement: oscope vs CDS DAQ 
                         Reply  Thu Nov 15 10:21:07 2018, aaron, Update, IOO, IMC problematic 181115_chansDown.pngPD_noise.png
                            Reply  Fri Nov 16 10:53:07 2018, aaron, Update, IOO, IMC problematic Screenshot_from_2018-11-16_19-22-34.png
                               Reply  Sat Nov 17 18:59:01 2018, aaron, Update, IOO, IMC problematic 
                Reply  Wed Nov 7 05:16:16 2018, yuki, Update, Computer Scripts / Programs, arm loss measuremenents 
Message ID: 14277     Entry time: Tue Nov 6 19:02:35 2018     In reply to: 14275     Reply to this: 14289
Author: aaron 
Type: Update 
Category: IOO 
Subject: IMC problematic 

That was likely me. I had recentered the beam on the PD I'm using for the armloss measurements, and I probably moved the wrong steering mirror. The transmission from MC2 is sent to a steering mirror that directs it to the MC2 transmission QPD; the transmission from this steering mirror I direct to the armloss MC QPD (the second is what I was trying to adjust).

Note: The MC2 trans QPD goes out to a cable that is labelled MC2 op lev. This confusion should be fixed.

I realigned the MC and recentered the beam on the QPD. Indeed the beam on MC2 QPD was up and left, and the lock was lost pretty quickly, possibly because the beam wasn't centered. Lock was unstable for a while, and I rebooted C1PSL once during this process because the slow machine was unresponsive.

When tweaking the alignment near MC2, take care not to bump the table, as this also chang es the MC2 alignment.

Once the MC was stably locked, I was able to maximize MC transmission at ~15,400 counts. I then centered the spot on the MC2 trans QPD, and transmission dropped to ~14800 counts. After tweaking the alignment again, it was recovered to ~15,000 counts. Gautam then engaged the WFS servo and the beam was centered on MC2 trans QPD, transmission level dropped to ~14,900.

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