To make the beam on the MC trans camera bigger, I removed the lens + ND filter that was in that path.
The camera was getting the transmission through a BS1-33 (33% reflector). The reflection went to the TRANS QPD. I changed
the R=33% into an HR mirror (Y1-45P) so now the camera has a nice beam. The QPD was now saturating so I put a ND06 into that path
so now the TRANS_SUM is ~4.5-5 V when the MC is aligned.
The MC was also misaligned and failing to lock all weekend (why??) so I aligned the MC mirrors to get it to acquire again. Since we want to
collect MC seismic data, please make sure the MC is locked and running after finishing with your various MC or PSL work (this means YOU). |