Wed Sep 27 14:01:11 2023, yuta, Update, SUS, Whitening/dewhitening check at Yend   
|
[Paco, Yuta]
We checked whitening and dewhitening situations in all the suspensions, and fixed them for ETMY. |
Mon Sep 25 17:01:46 2023, Murtaza, Update, , IFO ALIGNED (WITH SOME ISSUES)
|
[JC, Paco, Radhika, Murtaza]
IFO ALIGNED
1. WFS Relief
We tried to change the gain to offload the offsets in the reliefMCWFS script but it The gains might need some tuning |
Mon Sep 25 15:32:57 2023, JC, Update, IOO, IMC Alignment After C1Sus2 Crash This Morning
|
[Paco, Murtaza, JC]
Fixed C1SUS2 Crash from this morning
|
Thu Sep 7 14:09:37 2023, Koji, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics Transition 
|
The vertex electronics transition work will begin on Monday. We expect the ongoing ASS-X work to be completed by then. But if it needs more time, we
must hear a shouting signal from the ASS team.
Is there any other preparation to be done this week to reasonably compensate for changes in gain and TF associated with the transition? |
Tue Sep 12 18:55:55 2023, Koji, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics Transition
|
We are ready to do the transition from Wed 1PM.
The items for the upgrade was collected around the vertex area (Attached photo).
- aLIGO-style DC power strip (+/-18V) x3 |
Tue Sep 12 23:10:06 2023, Koji, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics Transition
|
Note on Sorensen:
- Eurocard crate requires +-15V. We can place two 15V Sorensens on 1X4 for Eurocard crate or just leave the current +/-15V supplies.
- The aLIGO units requires +/-18V. We can place two 15V Sorensens on 1X5 or just leave two of the current supplies and set them to +/-18V. |
Wed Sep 13 12:46:03 2023, Koji, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics Transition ~ final prep
|
[OK] Reflected the sorensen setup (minimal change from the conventional config. (See the attachment)
Before
destroying the current setup, bring the alignment biases for the vertex 8 sus to zero and record all the OSEM values.
=> Radhika did it (next ELOG) |
Wed Sep 13 13:50:48 2023, Radhika, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics Transition ~ final prep
|
OSEM values for 8 vertex optics ~before~ electronics upgrade (averaged over 60 s):
['C1:SUS-BS_ULSEN_IN1', 'C1:SUS-BS_URSEN_IN1', 'C1:SUS-BS_LRSEN_IN1', 'C1:SUS-BS_LLSEN_IN1', 'C1:SUS-BS_SDSEN_IN1',
'C1:SUS-ITMX_ULSEN_IN1', 'C1:SUS-ITMX_URSEN_IN1', 'C1:SUS-ITMX_LRSEN_IN1', 'C1:SUS-ITMX_LLSEN_IN1', 'C1:SUS-ITMX_SDSEN_IN1', |
Wed Sep 13 14:02:29 2023, Koji, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics Transition ~ final prep
|
- 4x 1064nm NPROs are OFF. The lab hall is laser safe, although the oplev lasers are
on.
The Laser Warning Signs were turned off by the interlock switch at the PSL enclosure (control room side) |
Wed Sep 13 17:26:26 2023, Koji, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics Transition ~ DAY 1  
|
[Radhika, Paco, Murtaza, Koji]
- Removed all the units that will not be used in the new setup.
- Removed the sidepanel crossconnects |
Thu Sep 14 11:46:28 2023, Koji, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics Transition ~ DAY 2 
|
[Radhika, Paco, Murtaza, Koji]
Morning work:
Power Strip assembly
Power Strip cable crimping
c1lsc fiber routing (the PCIE fiber was in danger) / c1lsc machine |
Fri Sep 15 12:51:29 2023, Koji, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics Transition ~ DAY 3  
|
[Radhika, Paco, Murtaza, Koji]
We made great progress today. It's going well so far.
Morning work (10:30AM~): |
Fri Sep 15 22:57:15 2023, Koji, Summary, Electronics, c1sus ADC1 AA chassis fix
|
c1sus ADC1 AA chassis fix.
Brought the chassis on the workbench.
Opened the chassis and "alas!" The internal
power cables were not connected to the PCBs. This makes sense why there was no current draw at all.
The cables were connected.
The |
Mon Sep 18 10:26:12 2023, Koji, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics Transition ~ DAY 4 
|
[JC, Paco, Radhika, Koji]
Morning/Afternoon work:
Long DB cable installation (contd)
14 DB25 cables went through the cable-rack bridge above the ITMX chamber. It's twice |
Mon Sep 18 18:38:02 2023, Radhika, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics Transition ~ DAY 4
|
[Koji, Paco, Radhika]
We recorded the 5 OSEM sensor readings for each of the 8 upgraded optics.
1. The correct scale factor seems to be 9x for the sensible OSEM readings. This is consistent |
Mon Sep 18 20:16:03 2023, Koji, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics Transition ~ DAY 4
|
- Here is the thought how does the factor of 9 come from:
We are driving OSEM LEDs at 35mA rather than at 25mA. (Honeywell LED SME2470 has quite a linear response for Irradiance vs. Forward
Current.)
The TIA of the OSEM PD is now 121K instead of the previous 39.2K
The OSEM output is received by differential AA.
|
Wed Sep 20 00:20:09 2023, Koji, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics ~ change in the actuator calibration
|
I found the actuator calibration is more complicated. The numbers I reported in the previous elog was not correct.
Here I summarize the numbers of the voltage-to-current conversion.
=== Previous=== |
Wed Sep 20 14:04:58 2023, Radhika, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics ~ change in the actuator calibration  
|
MC1/MC2/MC3 damping restored
I tweaked the coil actuation
gains for MC1/MC2/MC3 according to Koji's updated calculations:
1/9.6 for face coils
|
Wed Sep 20 17:02:22 2023, Radhika, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics ~ change in the actuator calibration
|
[Paco, Radhika]
IMC LOCKED
We used the pre-upgrade C1:SUS-MC1/2/3_SUSPIT/YAW/POS_INMON
values as a baseline to restore IMC alignment. |
Mon Sep 18 23:09:40 2023, Koji, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics Transition ~ DAY 4
|
MC1 is ready for the damping test
Trouble shooting plan
Is the LED on? => Check all the LED mon outputs of the sat amp. It should show 5V if the output current is 35mA. If the constant current |
Tue Sep 19 17:25:38 2023, Radhika, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics Transition ~ DAY 5 
|
MCs OSEM input / coil output gain tuning
Seeing that MC1,
MC2, MC3 OSEM readings looked reasonable and consistent, I worked on updating the input OSEM cts2um filter for the 3 suspensions. MC1
OSEM input gains were changed by a factor of 2.15; MC2 and MC3 OSEM input gains were changed by a factor of 8.64 (see previous ELOG for |
Tue Sep 19 19:21:10 2023, Radhika, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics Transition ~ DAY 5
|
[Koji, Radhika]
Update to the Foton/Load Coefficients issue:
- "Save" in
foton writes/updates filters correctly to chans/C1MCS.txt. However, "Load Coefficients" is currently not |
Wed Sep 20 00:03:22 2023, Koji, Summary, Electronics, re: Filter Coefficient Loading Issue
|
I asked CDS mattermost for help. Chris (Wipf) checked it and reported it is working fine as usual (without fixing anything).
I've reverted the copied C1MCS.txt back in the chans dir (/opt/rtcds/caltech/c1/chans). The filter coefficients were loaded from the GDS
screen. The filters were properly updated. |
Wed Sep 20 17:28:17 2023, Radhika, Summary, Electronics, re: Filter Coefficient Loading Issue
|
I noticed the same issue today with C1RMS.txt, when trying to update the coil actuation gains for SRM. The filter changes were saved to chans/C1RMS.txt,
so next I checked chans/tmp/. There is no chans/tmp/C1RMS.txt, or chans/tmp/C1RMS.diff. The updated filters do not load.
Update from Chris:
C1RMS.txt is a remnant from some model that doesn't |
Tue Sep 19 19:48:20 2023, Koji, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics Trouble shooting
|
[Paco, Murtaza, JC, Koji, Radhika]
MC1/MC2 was working fine.
At this point MC3, SRM, and ITMY are also working fine. |
Tue Sep 19 20:49:08 2023, Koji, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics Trouble shooting    
|
[Murtaza, Koji]
ITMX / BS / PRM sat amps were removed from the rack and checked on the workbench. They all work fine with
the OSEM simulation box. |
Tue Sep 19 23:40:33 2023, Koji, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics Wed Plan
|
Plan for Sept 20, 2023
For morning people:
We don't need to replace the long cables. They seem all fine.
Close the lid of the repaired sat amps. |
Wed Sep 20 18:18:38 2023, Koji, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics Wed Plan
|
[Koji, Murtaza, JC]
Regarding PRM/BS:
PRM2 cable and BS2 cable were wrongly connected. This was corrected. |
Thu Sep 21 14:22:02 2023, Radhika, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics CDS Update
|
I recalculated the scale factors between OSEM sensor readings after/before the upgrade. The expected factor is 8.64, although we may want to rethink
this if measurements are disagreeing.]
If ITMY can be restored, we can proceed to locking the YARM while PRM/ITMX/BS are worked on. |
Fri Sep 22 16:20:25 2023, Radhika, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics CDS Update 
|
Today we tried to debug the unreasonable OSEM readings (see previous ELOG)
PRM process
Starting state: PRM face + side values bogus (~0)
1. Somehow through retightening connections, PRM LR+SD counts looked reasonable (and positive). Yay! |
Fri Sep 22 18:26:08 2023, Radhika, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics CDS Update 
|
[Koji, Radhika, Murtaza]
All upgraded suspensions have reasonable OSEM readings! Ready for damping tests and
alignment next week.
We fixed PRM OSEM reading by isolating pin5 of the first DB25 [ |
Fri Sep 22 19:38:06 2023, Murtaza, Summary, Electronics, Vertex Electronics CDS Update 
|
PRM CHANNEL 1-4 (BS FEEDTHROUGH 1-3)
[Koji, Radhika, Murtaza]
Connector on the BS Chamber that feeds to PRM |
Fri Sep 22 19:31:24 2023, Koji, Update, SUS, Fixed IMC/IFO alignment screens 
|
Fixed IMC/IFO alignment screens |
Thu Sep 21 12:02:25 2023, Koji, Update, General, Power Outage Sept 21, 2023 ~9AM 
|
[JC, Paco, Koji]
We had a power outage on Sept 21, 2023 at ~9AM. This is the third power outage this month as far as I remember.
- JC reported the outage was ~2sec. Some UPS supported machines were affected, while some unsupported machines also survived the incident cf |
Fri Sep 22 19:05:19 2023, Koji, Update, General, Power Outage Sept 21, 2023 ~9AM
|
Pumping configuration changed. Now TP2 is backing TP1 and TP3 is pumping annuli.
|
Wed Aug 23 19:47:53 2023, Koji, Update, CDS, Dolphin Fencing Investigation / Full CDS crash / nodus reboot / recovered all
|
Dolphin Investigation
- I made a basic description on a wiki page: https://wiki-40m.ligo.caltech.edu/CDS/DolphinSwitch
- Investigation crashed c1lsc/c1sus/c1iscex/c1sus2. Well, it's time to test the dolphin fencing. It |
Fri Sep 15 18:50:34 2023, Koji, Update, CDS, Dolphin Fencing Investigation / Full CDS crash / nodus reboot / recovered all
|
Dolphin Fencing technique
I believe that the dolphin emits some glitches to the other hosts during the host machine shutting down and starting up.
However, if the dolphin is disabled, that FE process will not run. |
Wed Aug 16 17:16:13 2023, Koji, Update, General, BHD / Misc Inventory 11x
|
== BHD Components ==
BHD BS:
We still have a spare BHD BS @South end optics cabinet. (Attachment 1) |
Tue Aug 22 15:56:53 2023, Koji, Update, General, BHD / Misc Inventory
|
Photodiode inventory: [OMC ELOG 615] |
Tue Aug 29 01:39:47 2023, Koji, Update, General, BHD / Misc Inventory
|
40m BHD OFI Inventory
OFI HWP 1
Motorized Rotary Stage Thorlabs PDR1V Qty 1
0.5inch HWP: QWPO-1064-05-2 |
Tue Sep 12 18:49:51 2023, Koji, Update, General, Transformed 3x 18bit AI chassis into 16bit   
|
For the preparation of the electronics upgrade, three 18bit DAC AI chassis were transformed to 16bit version.
The power supply connections were touched, so the units were tested with +/-18V, and they work as expected. |
Wed Aug 23 16:52:52 2023, Paco, Radhika, Murtaza, Update, ASS, Reducing XARM-ASS Errors
|
We're trying to reduce the demodulated error signals after running the ASS script for the XARM.
After running the ASS script, we initially tried to play around with the with the EXC Gain and brought all of them down to 300. It didn't
make a huge difference on the error signals or the transmission signal. We then tried tweaking the XARM_OUT_MTRX by flipping the signs/changing the magnitude |
Fri Sep 1 18:06:35 2023, Paco, Radhika, Murtaza, Update, ASS, Reducing XARM-ASS Errors
|
[Radhika, Murtaza]
XARM ASS
We resumed playing around with ASS for XARM. We approached
each error signal one at a time to try to determine the sign of actuation and ensure the error was reduced. |
Tue Sep 5 11:04:33 2023, rana, Update, ASS, Reducing XARM-ASS Errors
|
I recommend usinng the DC offset method that Koji and I used for measuring the IMC WFS sensing matrix (not the AC method that Anchal used). With a sensing
matrix, you should be able to do some partial inversion.
Without any sensing matrix inversion, we would have to rely on a gain hierarchy for getting the loops to work. |
Wed Sep 6 12:53:11 2023, Paco, Radhika, Murtaza, Update, ASS, Reducing XARM-ASS Errors 
|
[Radhika, Murtaza]
To create the sensing matrix, we tried the DC offset method by giving offsets in the Pitch and Yaw DOFs for ITMX, ETMX and the BS respectively.
The signals we looked at were the demodulated ETMX_L, ETMX_T and ITMX_T. We wrote a quick notebook that does the following things for each DOF: |
Thu Sep 7 18:42:02 2023, Paco, Radhika, Murtaza, Update, ASS, Reducing XARM-ASS Errors  
|
[Radhika, Murtaza]
We recalculated the sensing matrix for XARM ASS by collecting each sensor's step response to an offset in each DOF. This produced the following dense
output matrix A (see Attachment 1 for rows/cols): |
Sat Sep 9 16:25:07 2023, Radhika, Update, ASS, Reducing XARM-ASS Errors 
|
[Radhika, Murtaza]
This post summarizes XARM ASS efforts from Friday 9/8 and Saturday 9/9.
FRIDAY
On Friday, we continued with our previous output |
Mon Sep 11 19:35:27 2023, Radhika, Update, ASS, Reducing XARM-ASS Errors
|
[Radhika, Murtaza, Paco]
Today we decided to take a closer look at the demod phases of the T and L error signals for XARM ASS. By eye we tuned the phases to minimize
the signal in Q. Here are the new demod phases: |
Fri Sep 8 17:11:53 2023, Koji, Update, CDS, FSSSlow restoration
|
I came to the lab to see the recovery work from the power glitch this morning 8:15AM. All CDS seems up. The suspensions are somewhat aligned. Some of
them were not damped. The oplevs were off. Radhika is working on the recovery of the FP arms.
I noticed that FSS Slow servo is not working. I always forget what is the right way to turn it on. Here is the summary: |
Thu Aug 31 10:15:21 2023, Radhika, Update, , Electronic CARM to ALS CARM handoff 
|
[Paco, Radhika]
ALS control of CARM
Yesterday evening, Paco and I aimed
to: |
Thu Sep 7 21:09:17 2023, Paco, Update, , eCARM and eDARM to ALS CARM and ALS DARM  
|
Tonight I managed to lock CARM and DARM under ALS control only
Configuration
Arm cavities well aligned, TRY ~ 1.07, TRX ~ 0.98, GTRY ~ 1.2, GTRX ~ 0.77
HEPA off, WFS 60s offloaded, PD offsets removed, |
Wed Aug 30 17:40:31 2023, Murtaza, Update, SUS, ETMX Testing   
|
Update to 17809. The free swing test for ETMX took quite some time, here's a brief summary
of what was going wrong and a small update on it.
tldr: The scripts haven't been too helpful to obtain the resonant frequencies. Paco (to the rescue) suggested pulling up the raw data from |
Thu Sep 7 16:25:01 2023, Murtaza, Update, SUS, ETMX Testing   
|
COIL BALANCING FOR ETMX
Summary : I ran coil balancing on ETMX using the CoilStrengthBalancing.ipynb script to get a feel for it, no
changes were required from the last time it was run by Paco. I realized I was |
Tue Sep 5 18:46:08 2023, Koji, Summary, General, Dsub 9 (DB9) cable inventory
|
I went to Section Y7 to check the stock DB9-MF cables. The custom dsub cables are also there.
DB9 1FT / QTY 26
DB9 2.5FT / QTY 42
DB9 5FT / QTY 49
DB9 10FT / QTY 30
DB9 15FT / QTY 9
Let's
say this is (26, 42, 49, 30, 9) |
Tue Sep 5 04:48:20 2023, Hiroki, Summary, General, Summary of the late submitted entries
|
After I came back to Japan, I wrote and revised some Elog entries that I was not able to finish during my stay.
I am sorry for the late submission and revision.
Toward locking PRFPMI |
Sat Aug 5 01:46:01 2023, Koji, Update, Optical Levers, BS/PRM/SRM Oplev dead 
|
[Koij Hiroki]
While KA was working on the DAC issue, BS/PRM/SRM Oplev died.
It seems that the BS/PRM/SRM HeNe died and was replaced in 2019 (4yrs + 200 days ago) and 2021 Jan (2yrs + 209 days ago). |
Mon Aug 7 11:25:50 2023, Paco, Update, Optical Levers, BS/PRM/SRM Oplev replaced HeNe
|
[JC, Paco]
We replaced the HeNe laser for the BS/PRM/SRM Oplev.
After we found a 1103P head replacement in a cabinet along the YARM, JC and I swapped the Oplev laser for BS/PRM/SRM. |
Sun Sep 3 08:47:43 2023, Hiroki, Update, Optical Levers, Found a fiber-coupled visible diode laser (iFLEX-1000) 
|
[Koji, Hiroki]
*This work was done on Aug. 11th.
We found a fiber-coupled visible diode laser (iFLEX-1000) in a shelf on YARM (Attachment 1 and 2). |
Tue Jul 18 00:16:01 2023, Hiroki, Update, General, Removed T&R measurement setup
|
I removed the T&R measurement setup with permission from Radhika (Attachment
1).
I will put away the chopper used in the setup tomorrow (the location of the chopper will be written here: elog |
Sun Sep 3 08:37:18 2023, Hiroki, Update, General, Put away beam chopper
|
*This work was done on Aug. 11th.
I put away the beam chopper used in T&R measurement into the shelf in
YARM (Attachment 1). |
Tue Aug 8 20:32:37 2023, Hiroki, Update, LSC, Automated locking of PSL frequency with ALSY  
|
[Paco, Yuta, Hiroki]
We locked PSL frequency using ALSY beat signal and succeeded in sweeping IR resonance for YARM (Attachment 1): |
Wed Aug 9 19:32:38 2023, Hiroki, Update, LSC, Automated locking of PSL frequency with ALSX    
|
[Hiroki, Paco, Yuta]
Success in XARM locking with ALSX: |
Fri Aug 11 14:06:34 2023, Hiroki, Update, LSC, Revised automated locking of FPMI   
|
[Hiroki, Paco, Yuta]
As mentioned in elog #17768, we are trying to lock PRFPMI.
To start with a simpler system step by step, we locked FPMI by revising the script for automated locking on Aug. 10th. |
Thu Aug 31 02:05:09 2023, Hiroki, Update, LSC, MICH noise in various conditions
|
[Yuta, Hiroki]
*This work was done on Aug. 10th.
|
Wed Aug 16 18:33:40 2023, yuta, Update, LSC, PRMI 1f/3f switching in both carrier/sideband resonant configurations
|
[JC, Yuta]
Transitioning from 1f to 3f in both PRMI carrier and sideband is now smooth
once you have PRMI nicely aligned (key is to tweak TT1 and TT2). |
Sun Sep 3 08:30:56 2023, Hiroki, Update, LSC, ALS noise on Aug. 10th
|
[Yuta, Hiroki]
*This work was done on Aug. 10th.
We measured the ALSX noise and ALSY noise on Aug. 10th as shown in Attachment 1. |
Wed Jun 7 10:35:42 2023, Radhika, Update, Daily Progress, T&R measurement setup for PR2   
|
[Radhika, Aaron, Mayank, Paco]
Here I'll describe the setup for T&R measurements of a PR2 replacement,
using the Lightwave NPRO laser located at the S/E corner of the PSL table. Our transmittivity prior for this optic is ~20-30 |
Fri Jun 9 11:12:05 2023, Radhika, Update, Daily Progress, T&R measurement setup for PR2   
|
After talking with Koji, the layout was revised as in Attachment 1. Instead of using reflection from the first PBS to obtain s-polarization,
we'll use transmitted p-polarization and rotate to s with HWP2. This is because the reflection from a PBS isn't pure s-polarization.
A second PBS will be used to verify that we have s-polarization (no light transmitted) and then removed for measurement. |
Tue Jun 20 11:53:09 2023, Radhika, Update, Daily Progress, T&R measurement setup for PR2 
|
The transmissivity setup layout can be seen in Attachment 1. As in Aaron's measurements in cryo lab, the DUT beam passes through the outer spokes
of the chopper wheel (frequency ftest). The reference beam passes through the inner spokes of the wheel (fref). The TRANS PD receives
both beams; the REF PD only receives the reference beam. The DUT can be removed from the primary beam path. The only change to the initial design |
Wed Jul 5 10:25:31 2023, Radhika, Update, Daily Progress, T&R measurement setup for PR2   
|
After recovering a transmissivity of ~7% for the 90-10 BS (in AC chopper configuration), I moved on to PR2. I mounted PR2 on a rotation stage to control
the angle of incidence (AOI) [Attachment 1]. I did a quick check to see if transmitted light through the DUT was measureable on the TRANS PD on its
existing gain setting (0 dB). It was, which means the dynamic range of the PD at that gain setting is large enough and the |
Mon Jul 17 07:47:32 2023, Radhika, Update, Daily Progress, T&R measurement setup for PR2    
|
Just realized I wrote out but failed to post this ELOG update before I left last week:
On Thursday 07/05, I simplified the transmission measurement setup since a gain reference signal was no longer needed [Attachment 1]. (This
is because the reference beam previously had to hit the TRANS PD, and now this wasn’t needed). |
Tue Jul 18 14:47:03 2023, Koji, Update, Daily Progress, T&R measurement setup for PR2
|
What's the nominal AOI for the mirror and the T value at that angle in a number? We will need that later.
|
Tue Aug 29 18:02:35 2023, Radhika, Update, Daily Progress, T&R measurement setup for PR2
|
The intented AOI for PR2 is 1.5 degrees. I averaged the peak measurements from the Moku:Go spectrum analyzer and from manual python FFT.
The transmissivities for p- and s-polarizations are:
p-pol
|
Tue Aug 29 02:02:51 2023, Koji, Update, BHD, BHD Prep Status
|
Ready / Soon Ready
- BHD OMC Cables ready
- OMC#1 / OMC#4 ready |
Fri Aug 12 02:02:31 2022, Koji, Update, General, Power Outage Prep: nodus /home/export backup
|
Took the backup (snapshot) of /home/export as of Aug 12, 2022
controls@nodus> cd /cvs/cds/caltech/nodus_backup
controls@nodus> rsync -ah --progress --delete /home/export ./export_220812 >rsync.log& |
Fri Aug 25 22:52:30 2023, Koji, Update, General, Taking nodus /home/export backup
|
Took the backup (snapshot) of nodus' /home/export as of Aug 25, 2023
controls@nodus> cd /cvs/cds/caltech/nodus_backup
controls@nodus> rsync -ah --progress --delete /home/export ./export_230825 >rsync.log& |
Thu Aug 24 02:54:19 2023, Koji, Update, BHD, OMC Interface Aligner / BHD OFI arrangement  
|
OMC Interface Aligner - (It's upside down...)
BHD OFI arrangement |
Fri Aug 25 20:27:33 2023, Koji, Update, BHD, OMC Interface Aligner
|
A bit improved the design of OMC Interface Aligner
The idea is...The OMC I/F aligner covers the OMC for aligning the kinematic mounts (3 pairs of a V-groove and a ball) on the OMC. This makes
the kinematic mount of two OMCs identical. |
Thu Jul 13 15:48:34 2023, Jc, Update, General, Green laser at Y-End
|
[Yuta, JC]
Yuta and I tested at the Y End for Green Beam
Yuta and I went over
the the Yend to check on the green laser. Yuta and I tried a couple of test to see if there was a quick fix. |
Thu Jul 13 17:05:10 2023, Koji, Update, General, Green laser at Y-End
|
The LED blinking on the head is normal. We can ignore that.
It is likely that the controller is the issue. I brought the PSL AUX laser controller to the Y End, and the laser turned on / the green
light was visible. |
Thu Jul 13 19:34:08 2023, Koji, Update, General, Green laser at Y-End   
|
Borrowed an NPRO controller from Liyuan @ Downs B138
Model M125/6-OPN-PA
SN 359M |
Wed Aug 9 12:06:45 2023, Paco, Update, General, Excess noise on YALS BEAT 
|
[Paco, yuta]
We found excess noise on the YAUX - PSL ALS beat.
While preparing for a PRFPMI lock, we checked the ALS noise first on YAUX. To our surprise there is significant excess noise |
Thu Aug 10 12:54:22 2023, Paco, Update, General, Excess noise on YALS BEAT
|
[Hiroki, Paco, Yuta, JC]
Hiroki realized the gain on the AUX feedback loop was slightly high, which was at least partially responsible for the excess frequency noise;
after this the lock would still break and result in a mode hop so we tried adjusting the loop gains again this morning. The algorithm that seemed to work |
Wed Aug 23 16:11:03 2023, Paco, Update, General, Excess noise on YALS BEAT
|
[Paco]
Tuning the YAUX laser lowered the excess BEATY noise.
Since as of this post the only change in the YAUX setup was the death and replacement |
Thu Aug 24 11:16:44 2023, rana, Update, General, Excess noise on YALS BEAT
|
With such a big temperature change, do you still get a reasonable beat note frequency? There's some previous elog of Koji I think that explains how
we need to tune the lasers to get the 3 lasers to give 2 beat notes that are below 150 MHz.
|
Thu Aug 24 17:08:38 2023, Koji, Update, General, Excess noise on YALS BEAT
|
Paco took the data which means he already had the beat note.
There is some chance that the beat was recovered after some mode "jumps" but usually the temp gap for the same beat frequency is ~2degC.
So my speculation is that there is a big temp gradient in the crystal now and had to compensate it with the struggle of the crystal TEC. |
Thu Aug 24 13:10:17 2023, Murtaza, Summary, SUS, ETMX Testing
|
Koji suggested going through the following steps to check the ETMX suspension:
1. Do a free swing test to obtain the input matrix
2. Run the coil balancing script to change the gains on the them |
Tue Aug 1 20:29:12 2023, Hiroki, Summary, General, ADC/DAC Noise of Moku:GO [Reprinted elog from Ando Lab at University of Tokyo]   
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This post is reprinted from the elog of Ando Lab at the University of Tokyo.
[Author: Satoru Takano]
Recently some people are interested in ADC/DAC noise of Moku:GO. I measured them, and found
that ADC noise is much larger than expected (quantization error). |
Wed Aug 2 17:56:25 2023, Radhika, Summary, General, ADC/DAC Noise of Moku:GO [Reprinted elog from Ando Lab at University of Tokyo] 
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Repeating ADC/DAC noise measurements
I carried out the same measurements
of the Moku:Go ADC and DAC noise to compare to the results from Ando Lab. Instead of a flat filter with 50dB
of gain, I used the uPDH box fitted filter shape. I recorded spectral densities with an SR785; results are in Attachment 1. These measurements |
Wed Aug 16 16:42:22 2023, Radhika, Summary, General, Moku Go/Pro delay measurements 
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I measured the Moku:Go and Moku:Pro delay using a Agilent 4395A network analyzer. I considered the PID controller (0 dB gain); the IIR filter box
with a 2nd-order low-pass filter; the FIR filter box with 2 coefficients and 201 coefficients (both low-pass). The current XAUX laser lock is done with
a Moku:Go using the IIR filter box, so we would expect ~12 µs of delay. |
Tue Aug 22 16:44:08 2023, Radhika, Summary, General, Moku Go/Pro delay measurements   
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Here are the results for Moku Go/Pro delay measurements with the filter shapes removed [Attachments 1, 2]. The PID
controller, IIR filter, and FIR filter were all flat in magnitude and phase. The PID controller was the same as before: P=1, I=D=0.
The IIR filter was given the form H(s) = 1. The FIR filter was given an exponential form e^(-10t), as done here. |
Tue Aug 22 13:36:05 2023, Ian MacMillan, Update, SEI, Accelerometer calibration
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[Ian, Torrey Cullen, Sander Vermeulen]
We are trying to calibrate one of the Wilcoxon accelerometers from the cryo lab to do a seismic study of campus. To calibrate it, we took data
on Friday afternoon until about 6 pm for the Wilcoxon in the X, Y, and Z orientations and took cross-spectra with the seismometer down the end of |
Tue Aug 22 10:29:14 2023, paco, Update, Optical Levers, Storm and earthquake recovery -- ETMY oplev laser dead, ITMY stuck?
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[JC, paco]
This morning we noted most optics were tripped, probably as a result of a recent M>5 earthquake in the area (on Sun 08/20). Most optics were
restored and damped nicely, except for ITMY. |
Tue Aug 22 11:31:38 2023, paco, Update, Optical Levers, Storm and earthquake recovery -- ITMY restored
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[JC, Koji-remote, paco]
ITMY stuck --> Shaken remotely and restored, ARMS aligned
With Koji's assistance we restored ITMY (it was stuck) and finished aligning both arms. Then JC centered the OpLevs for ETMs, ITMs and BS |
Tue Aug 22 10:52:17 2023, Murtaza, Update, General, Acoustic Noise Spectrum  
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This is an update for 17794.
The UMIK 1 + REW combination gave satisfactory results for creating the acoustic noise spectrum for various spaces. This combination was corroborated
using the NIOSH app on iOS (by OSHA) and the real time readings were usually in the +-2dB range of each other. dBA scale (reference |
Mon Aug 21 10:56:16 2023, JC , Update, VAC, Vacuum Loss of N2 Pressure
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There was a loss of N2 pressure over this weekend. When I came in to check the cylinder pressures, I was able to hear a hissing sound come from the copper
fittings. I attached a photo of where the leak was coming from. I proceeded to tighten the fitting and check with soap and water for any leaks. To do this,
I preffered to work with low pressure to make sure nothing would pop off while I was fixing this. Everything is back to normal here, but the vacuum interlocks |
Mon Jul 24 13:45:58 2023, advait, Update, PEM, Seismometer heating power supply 
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On Friday afternoon, I added a couple of fuses to complete the circuit for a power supply for the heater that is inside the seismometer can. A cable
had been set up previously and connected to the X end rack, but the connection was broken. I am adding before and after images to show the change.
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Mon Jul 24 15:11:34 2023, advait, Update, PEM, Seismometer heating power supply
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Also, if someone could share resources for adding channels it would be great. There were two old slow Acromag channels, C1:PEM-SEIS_EX_TEMP_MON and C1:PEM-SEIS_EX_TEMP_CTRL_WATTS
before, but these were disconnected and are now in use for something else. Yehonathan said there are no Acromag channels available now, but I might be
able to set up fast channels to replace these. |
Mon Jul 24 17:25:41 2023, Koji, Update, PEM, ADC/DAC setup of the temp sensor / heater for the X End Seismometer enclosure 
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[Koji, Advait]
Summary
Spare ADC/DAC channels were prepared for Advait's experiment. |
Tue Jul 25 10:22:09 2023, Koji, Update, PEM, Remarks on the IFO recovery after CDS restart.
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Yesterday during the recovery work from the CDS restart, I found ASS was not working for both arms. Both arms were flashing and locking, but their alignment
seemed suboptimal.
Also, something seemed wrong: For example, the ITMX was too excited when the OPLEV servos were on. The arm locking was achieved when the ITMX |
Tue Jul 25 15:06:57 2023, Yehonathan, Update, PEM, Remarks on the IFO recovery after CDS restart.
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Yes, it seems like ITMX UL sensor issue has reared its ugly head again (see attachment).
Quote:
Yesterday during the |
Thu Jul 27 21:39:50 2023, Hiroki, Update, PEM, Remarks on the IFO recovery after CDS restart. 
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[Koji, Hiroki]
We resotred the noisy ITMX UL sensor reported in elog #17713 |
Fri Jul 28 00:27:17 2023, Koji, Update, PEM, ITMX issue continues
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Even though the noise issue of an OSEM was resolved, the issue with ITMX still continues.
OPLEV pitch servo can't be turned on as it induces the suspension running. So there is something systematically wrong with the suspension.
This requires some checking of the whitening / dewhitening situation, or even other unknown cause. |
Sat Jul 29 00:08:35 2023, Hiroki, Update, PEM, Remarks on the IFO recovery after CDS restart.  
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[Koji, Hiroki]
We investigated the cause of the unstable OPLEV damping in ITMX and found some clues.
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Sat Jul 29 00:44:57 2023, Koji, Update, PEM, Remarks on the IFO recovery after CDS restart.   
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I had a suspicion that some of the ITMX coils were not properly working. So individual coils of the 4 test masses were excited while the arm-locking
servo output was observed.
The servo output of the arm locking (denoted as |
Mon Jul 31 15:46:03 2023, yuta, Update, SUS, Strange behavior of ITMX and ITMY probably due to DAC issue
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I did the same test we did in 40m/17616 to see if DACs are working fine for ITMX and ITMY.
I used awggui to excite all the coil outputs of the optic with 0.1 Hz with an amplitude of 3000 counts, and checked VMons.
Found that ITMX, ITMY, PRM and BS face coil DAC outputs cannot drive positive voltages. In |
Mon Jul 31 22:25:07 2023, Koji, Update, PEM, FIXED: Strange behavior of ITMX and ITMY probably due to DAC issue   
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[Hiroki, Yehonathan, Yuta, Koji]
Summary
The c1sus DAC0 issue seemed to be the driving capability of the DAC card.
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Thu Aug 3 20:00:59 2023, Hiroki, Update, Calibration, Calibrations of actuators after replacing Anti-Imaging modules   
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[Yuta, Hiroki]
Calibrated the actuators after replacing anti-imaging modules.
As shown in elog #17738, the anti-imaging modules for c1sus DAC0 have been replaced with |
Sat Aug 5 01:42:19 2023, Koji, Update, PEM, c1sus DAC1/DAC2 negative side DAC outputs were isolated from the downstream chain 9x
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As reported already, we resolved the c1sus DAC0 issue by introducing the differential receivers for the DAC output CHs.
The issue remained in DAC1 (SRM/MC2/MC1/MC3) and DAC2 (All 8 vertex side OSEMs). Their outputs were still received by the single-ended AI boards.
This meant that DAC1 and DAC2 negative side outputs were shorted to ground. This was not great. |
Wed Jul 26 16:29:37 2023, advait, Update, PEM, ADC/DAC setup of the temp sensor / heater for the X End Seismometer enclosure
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[advait, andrei]
We needed two additional ADC channels for the seismometer setup, to read out the temperature of the seismometer can/enclosure, and another for
the ambient temperature near the can. Koji let me know that there are two EPICS ADC channels, C1:X01-MADC0_EPICS_CH29 and C1:X01-MADC0_EPICS_CH30 |
Thu Jul 27 12:04:20 2023, advait, Update, PEM, Seismometer temperature sensors 
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As we move towards the goal of controlling the temperature of the seismometer near the X end, I am setting up hardware and interfaces to provide sensor
readout and heater control there.
Seismometer temperature sensor configuration: |
Fri Jul 28 12:11:45 2023, advait, Update, PEM, Seismometer heater and temp sensors
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I added a heater circuit to the seismometer, and moved the 4 channel temperature readout circuit that I built in there as well. The heater uses the lowermost
power supply available on the 1x9 rack, visible below reading 24V -
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Fri Aug 18 15:40:23 2023, andrei, Update, PEM, Seismometer heater and temp sensors  
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Dismantled the seismometer circuit
At Rana's request, Deven and I have pulled all the wires out of the seismometer at the X end that Adviat set up the heater and sensors for.
Right now, the seismometer is uncovered (no can) and the can I had to move next to the server rack that is close to the X end. I am attaching pictures |
Fri Aug 18 16:07:38 2023, deven, Update, PEM, Seismometer heater and temp sensors
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I've turned off the power supply. I've attached a picture of the rack with the switch that I flipped circled |
Fri Aug 18 14:43:24 2023, Murtaza, Update, General, Acoustic Noise Spectrum of various lab spaces. (100Hz-10kHz)
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dB(A) (A-weighted) scale and the Noise Criterion (NC) scale are popularly used in the United States for creating the spectrum.
dB(A) Explanation: https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/decibel-d_59.html
NC Explanation: https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/nc-noise-criterion-d_725.html |
Tue Jul 11 08:00:16 2023, JC, Summary, Daily Progress, Preparing a clean room.
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[Yuta, Yehonathan, JC]
We have moved a Smaller Table and moving forward with preparing a clean room.
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Thu Aug 17 15:24:46 2023, JC, Summary, Daily Progress, Preparing a clean room.
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[Yuta, Yehonathan, JC]
The Frame for The Cleanroom has Constructed and Placed.
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Wed Aug 16 20:34:22 2023, Deven, Update, LSC, PRMI OLTFs measured with new input matrix
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After Yuta locked PRMI and measured the sensing matrix, I changed the input matrix to the following and measured the MICH and PRCL OLTFs.
AS55Q |
REFL11_I |
Wed Aug 16 12:49:37 2023, Deven, Update, LSC, PCA of noise spikes in sensor ASDs 6x
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Basic Idea
The idea behind this study was that in several frequency ranges, there are spikes, or just dominant features, in the ASD of each of the sensors.
I’ll model these noise sources as a signal where |
Mon Aug 14 14:38:04 2023, Yehonathan, Update, IOO, PMC offset voltage issue fixed. IMC WFS recentered and offsets zeroed.
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{JC, Yehonathan}
When JC came this morning the IMC was completely misaligned. After tweaking the MC alignment we realized the MC WFS where comletely off the rail.
We cleared their history and returned the suspensions to their original position. MC locked immediately. |
Mon Aug 14 15:16:40 2023, Koji, Update, IOO, PMC offset voltage issue fixed. IMC WFS recentered and offsets zeroed.
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1. Well, it seems that the PMC error offset issue still remains.
2. The IMC transmon QPD had been aligned for some reference e.g. Max transmission, Center of the MC2 mirror,
lowest noise, or else. It's not arbitrary. |
Tue Aug 15 00:41:17 2023, Koji, Update, IOO, PMC issue cont'd 
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I went down to the IFO hall and checked the PMC situation. The freq mixer fixed on the rack 1X1 had BNC-T, so the raw error was checked while the PMC
was swept around the resonance.
The error signal was ~1mVpp while there is ~1mV offset. |
Tue Aug 15 09:56:52 2023, yuta, Update, IOO, PMC aligned, c1sus2 crashed
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[JC,
Yuta]
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Tue Aug 15 17:11:17 2023, Koji, Update, IOO, FIXED: PMC issue 7x
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Summary
The problem in the PMC Frequency Reference Card (35.5MHz) was fixed.
The last opamp stage of the attenuator control (LT1125) had the negative rail, and the EOM drive level was maximally attenuated. |
Thu Jul 27 12:11:57 2023, andrei, Update, PEM, RL for nonlinear controllers
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Here is a rundown of my work so far on RL controllers for the puck:
Environment: I implemented an environment that simulates the puck's temperature, according to our crude fits of the step response
and pid controller of the puck in foam. Currently, this environment assumes constant ambient temperature and doesn't simualte the delays between the |
Tue Aug 1 14:26:11 2023, andrei, Update, PEM, RL for nonlinear controllers
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Update
I have finished setting up Neptune for easy access to the train/eval metrics of the RL models. Here is a link
where you can track my progress. Neptune is an extremely useful tool that allows you to see in real time how the models are bahving: you can see nice plots |
Tue Aug 15 09:42:18 2023, andrei, Update, PEM, RL for nonlinear controllers 
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Update
In the past 2 weeks I have finalized the pipeline for hyperparameter testing and speeding up the training dramatically. Here is a rundown of
the most recent developments: |
Tue Aug 15 00:44:29 2023, Koji, Update, General, ELOG slowness fixed
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Elog was continuously accessed by net crawlers or something similar. They continuously retrieve random logs and also randomly hits the entries with invalid
attachments. The invalid attachments call "convert" to make thumbnails, but fail. Because the crawlers fail to obtain the thumbnails, they try
the same URL again, and again. |
Thu Aug 3 21:35:50 2023, Koji, Configuration, PEM, PSL Flow speed sensor channels added
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As the preparation of the flow sensor installation, I added two slow channels via c1psl (Acromag IOC).
C1:PEM-HEPA_FLOW_PSL1
C1:PEM-HEPA_FLOW_PSL2 |
Tue Aug 8 01:07:52 2023, Hiroki, Update, PSL, Testing and wiring the PSL Flow speed sensor 
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For monitoring the statuses of the PSL HEPA fans, we are planning to attach flow speed sensors (D6F-V03A1)
on the HEPA fans.
Before installing the flow sensors, I have finished the followings: |
Wed Aug 9 02:54:06 2023, Hiroki, Update, PSL, Installed PSL Flow speed sensor    
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[Paco, Hiroki]
Installed two flow sensors on the PSL HEPA fans
To monitor the
flow speed of the PSL HEPA fans, we installed two flow sensors: |
Sat Aug 12 02:21:12 2023, Hiroki, Update, PSL, Calibrated PSL Flow speed sensor  
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[Koji, Hiroki]
Calibrated flow sensor signals from [volt] to [m/s] and displayed them on CDS screen
We
added the EPICS calc records to /cvs/cds/caltech/target/c1psl/psl/pem.db (Attachment 1) and |
Fri Aug 11 20:44:00 2023, Koji, Update, PSL, CDS crash / PMC recovery and mystery / IFO recovery 
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[JC, Koji]
In the morning, JC came in and found that c1sus had crashed. JC tried to save the situation by rebooting the host, inevitably, all the CDS machines
needed to be rebooted. |
Thu Aug 10 20:19:40 2023, Hiroki, HowTo, CDS, Fixing error of "Unable to obtain measurement data"
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[JC, Koji, Yuta, Hiroki]
When we tried to measure the spectrum of C1:LSC-DARM_IN2 with the diaggui, the following error was occured and were not able to measure
the spectrum: |
Tue Jun 26 01:30:13 2012, yuta, Summary, Green Locking, simultaneous hold and release of the arm (aka two arm ALS)
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To get the feeling of the master of IFO, I;
1. Stabilized both arm length using ALS. |
Thu Aug 10 19:52:47 2023, yuta, Summary, ALS, simultaneous hold and release of the arm (aka two arm ALS)
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I just wanted to take the same time series data I took back in 2012 (40m/6874).
ALS noise look much better than 2012, but MICH contrast during both arms hold on IR resonance with ALS looks pretty bad compared with 2012, which
indicate unbalance of the arms. |
Mon Aug 7 14:02:52 2023, Radhika, Update, AUX, xend AUX fully locking with Moku:Go  
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Moku:Go used for full locking of green laser - OLTF to come
Picking up from where
Reuben left off, I used the Moku:Go in multi-instrument mode to replace the signal generator and uPDH
box entirely (Moku:Go setup shown in Attachments 1+2). The lock-in amplifier sourced the modulation for the PZT: 210.5 |
Thu Aug 10 14:35:13 2023, Radhika, Update, AUX, XAUX out of loop error 
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[Radhika, Yuta, Hiroki, Paco]
During YAUX noise measurements, we also locked IR and green lasers in xarm (using Moku:Go lock-in amplifier + digital controller) to look at
ALS noise in XARM. I adjusted the controller gain until green transmission looked tightly controlled (less fuzzy). We measured the out-of-loop |
Wed Aug 9 15:02:45 2023, Yehonathan, Update, SUS, ETMX coil balancing
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Upgrading the ETMX coil drivers calls for new coil balancing.
XARM locking using ETMX actuation shows a lot of TRX variation. To make life slightly easier I switch to ITMX actuation. Indeed, the ITMX variation.
1. I drive the ETMX butterfly mode at 13Hz, 10000 cts, and measure the XARM_IN1 signal on diaggui to minimize BUT->POS coupling. There is |
Thu Aug 10 12:01:10 2023, Paco, Update, SUS, ETMX coil balancing and local damping redux
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[Paco, yehonathan]
Following Yehonathan's work from yesterday, I found the following coil balancing gains for ETMX:
['UL', 'UR', 'LR', 'LL'] |
Thu Aug 10 11:33:47 2023, Deven Bowman, Update, LSC, A look at error signal of fused sensors    
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Prompted by the events documented in this previous elog, I used the data I grabbed from the
sensors during a previous PRMI lock, described here. I took the time series data from the following
channels and compared AS55_Q and REFL11_I to the signals from the fused sensors. |
Tue Aug 8 20:13:55 2023, Deven Bowman, Update, LSC, Sensor fusion test with PRMI Lock 
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Yehonathan, Paco, and Hiroki helped lock the interferomter into PRMI. While locked, the sensing matrix was calaculated with scripts/CAL/SensingMatrix/ReadSensMat.ipynb. Several of the matrix elements flipped sign from the previous matrix I've used: measured in described in this
elog. The results are shown in attachement 1. The interferomter was locked with AS55_Q sensing MICH and REFL11_I sensing PRCL. Also, data was |
Tue Aug 8 10:27:22 2023, Stella Kraus, Update, Lab Organization, Moved HF2LI
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We moved the Zurich instruments HF2LI to CAML. IMG_7669.JPG |
Thu Jul 13 17:20:53 2023, yuta, Update, LSC, PRMI 1f not locking stably   
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PRMI carrier on 1f now locks for ~1min but not more. Below is the configuration.
The configuration is the same as basically the same as 40m/17578, except for PRCL gain.
Maybe the RF demodulation phases changed? |
Wed Jul 19 04:01:35 2023, Hiroki, Update, LSC, PRMI 1f not locking stably 
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[Yuta, Hiroki]
We conducted the followings for the PRMI experiment on Jul. 18:
Leaned alignment tips?
Measured the OLTFs for PRCL (UGF~220Hz) and MICH (UGF~50Hz)
Data for noise budget: |
Wed Aug 2 03:30:22 2023, Hiroki, Update, LSC, Trials for sideband-resonant PRMI locking
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[Yuta, Hiroki]
In preparation for locking the PRFPMI, we tried to lock the sideband-resonant PRMI (but failed) on Aug.
1st: |
Sat Aug 5 01:13:06 2023, Hiroki, Update, LSC, Succeeded in locking sideband-resonant PRMI w/ 3f    
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[Yuta, Koji, Hiroki]
Succeeded in locking sideband-resonant PRMI w/ 3f
We worked on the PRMI and
achieved the followings: |
Mon Aug 7 23:58:30 2023, Hiroki, Update, LSC, Stabler lock of sideband-resonant PRMI w/ 3f
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[Paco, Yehonathan, Yuta, Hiroki]
Achieved stabler lock of sideband-resonant PRMI w/ 3f by tuning feedback damping
We
worked on the PRMI and achieved the followings: |
Fri Aug 4 20:50:13 2023, Koji, Summary, CDS, The location where the wiper script is running
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The raw frame file is stored in /frames at fb. Before the disk space is flooded, the wiper script deletes the old raw frame files.
I wonder what the state of the wiper script is.
There are wiper scripts (wiper.pl) in /opt/rtcds/caltech/c1/target/fb and /opt/rtcds/caltech/c1/target/daqd, but they no longer seemed to be |
Thu Aug 3 17:27:07 2023, Koji, Update, CDS, Slow machine target folder clean up
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I went to /cvs/cds/caltech/target and found some folders for apparently old targets.
c0daqawg
c0daqctrl |
Tue Aug 1 21:52:46 2023, Hiroki, Update, PSL, Remote switching of PSL shutter is not working
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[Yuta, Hiroki]
Remote switching of PSL shutter is not working.
When
we tried to reset the LSC offsets, we found that the remote switching of the PSL shutter was not working. |
Wed Aug 2 14:50:22 2023, Koji, Update, PSL, FIXED: Remote switching of PSL shutter is not working
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[JC Koji]
c1vac was hard rebooted. This fixed the PSL shutter issue.
Checked the Unibritz Shutter Controller for the PSL shutter. It seems that it responds to the NO/NC switch no matter how the |
Wed Aug 2 17:17:37 2023, Koji, Update, PSL, IMC Locking (FIXED: Remote switching of PSL shutter is not working)
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After the exploration of c1psl, the IMC locking was not functioning well. It looked like the MC autolocker issue.
Now I remember that the autolocker was running on docker. I followed the instruction on the wiki page. https://wiki-40m.ligo.caltech.edu/Computers_andScripts/AlwaysRunningScripts
Remember: Docker is running on optimus / systemctl is running on megatron! |
Fri Jul 28 22:43:26 2023, JC, Update, BHD, BHD Platform Preparation.  
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BHD Platform has been washed and set to dry over the weekend
Yesterday, I began to wipe down the BHD platform in the C&B lab. While I was cleaning, I wanted to be very particulate of
how clean it was here because of how long it was sitting in Don’s office. There was dust that was built up in the crevasses of the underside of the |
Mon Jul 31 15:34:56 2023, JC, Update, BHD, BHD Platform Preparation.    
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[Maty, JC]
This morning, Maty and I proceeded to work on the BHD Platform work. We rinsed off the BHD platform one more time with water and placed onto the
work bench. Here, we wiped down using IPA and removed a ton of the metal shavings from the platform. (Attachment #2 & #3 ) The threads in the platform |
Mon Jul 31 16:04:54 2023, JC, Update, BHD, BHD Platform Preparation.
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[JC]
I began to prepare the temporary clean room where we will be putting together the BHD Platform Assembly - D2100085. I wiped down the table with
the Acetone and IPA multiple times. After this, I used Mylar sheets to use as the cleanroom walls. I slit the sheet into separate pieces to allow easy |
Wed Aug 2 10:33:53 2023, JC, Update, BHD, BHD Platform Preparation.
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BHD platform is estimated to stop baking by the end of the day. We are following the LIGO Procedure and baking at 150°C By tomorrow morning, I will
have the platform out of the Air Bake Oven.
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