ID |
Date |
Author |
Type |
Category |
Subject |
Text |
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9824
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Thu Apr 17 16:59:45 2014 |
jamie | Update | CDS | slightly more successful attempt to get Dolphin working on c1ioo | So it turns out that the card that Rolf
had given me was not a Dolphin host adapter
after all. He did have an actual host |
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9825
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Thu Apr 17 17:15:54 2014 |
jamie | Update | CDS | mx_stream not starting on c1ioo | While
trying to get dolphin working on c1ioo,
the c1ioo |
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9831
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Fri Apr 18 19:05:17 2014 |
jamie | Update | CDS | mx_stream not starting on c1ioo |
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9881
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Wed Apr 30 17:07:19 2014 |
jamie | Update | CDS | c1ioo now on Dolphin network | The
c1ioo host is now fully on the dolphin network!
After the mx |
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9882
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Wed Apr 30 17:45:34 2014 |
jamie | Update | CDS | c1ioo now on Dolphin network | For reference, here are the new IPC entries
that were made for the ALS X/Y phase between
c1als and c1lsc: |
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9883
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Wed Apr 30 18:06:06 2014 |
jamie | Update | CDS | POP QPD signals now on dolphin | The POP QPD X/Y/SUM signals, which are
acquired in c1ioo, are now being broadcast
over dolphin. c1ass was modified to |
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9890
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Thu May 1 10:23:42 2014 |
jamie | Update | CDS | c1ioo dolphin fiber nicely routed | Steve and I nicely routed the dolphin fiber
from c1ioo in the 1X2 rack to the dolphin
switch in the 1X4 rack. I shutdown |
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9903
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Fri May 2 11:14:47 2014 |
jamie | Update | CDS | c1ioo dolphin fiber nicely routed |
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9910
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Mon May 5 19:34:54 2014 |
jamie | Update | CDS | c1ioo/c1ioo control output IPCs changed to PCIE Dolphin | Now the c1ioo in on the Dolphin network,
I changed the c1ioo MC{1,2,3}_{PIT,YAW} and
MC{L,F} outputs to go out over the Dolphin |
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9911
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Mon May 5 19:51:56 2014 |
jamie | Update | CDS | c1oaf model broken because of broken BLRMS block | I finally tracked down the problem with
the c1oaf model to the BLRMS part:
/opt/rtcds/userapps/release/cds/common/models/BLRMS.mdl |
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9916
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Tue May 6 10:31:58 2014 |
jamie | Update | CDS | c1ioo dolphin fiber |
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9922
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Wed May 7 16:31:12 2014 |
jamie | Update | CDS | cdsutils updated to version 226 |
controls@pianosa:~ 0$ cd /opt/rtcds/cdsutils/trunk/
controls@pianosa:/opt/rtcds/cdsutils/trunk
0$ svn update
...
At revision 226.
controls@pianosa:/opt/rtcds/cdsutils/trunk
0$ make
echo "__version__ = '226'" >lib/cdsutils/_version.py
echo |
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9926
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Wed May 7 23:30:21 2014 |
jamie | Update | CDS | cdsutils should be working now | Should be fixed now. There were python2.6
compatibility issues, which only show up
on these old distros (e.g. ubuntu 10.04). |
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9931
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Thu May 8 15:55:43 2014 |
jamie | Update | CDS | python issues |
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10155
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Tue Jul 8 17:59:12 2014 |
jamie | Omnistructure | Electronics | Jamie 1811 power supply fixed! | I finally made good on the LIFE TIME WARRANTY
on the ancient, Jamie-made 1811 power supply
with the faulty switch: |
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10156
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Tue Jul 8 18:20:15 2014 |
jamie | Omnistructure | Electronics | Jamie 1811 power supply fixed! | Placed in PD cabinet in Y arm, next
to the OTHER Jamie-made 1811 power supply
from 1998. |
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10177
|
Thu Jul 10 17:33:26 2014 |
jamie | Omnistructure | Computer Scripts / Programs | ubuntu12 software installed, gds 2.16.3.2 | Rana wanted the latest GDS installed (for
newest DTT), so I made an ubuntu 12 install
directory into which I installed |
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10426
|
Fri Aug 22 18:00:08 2014 |
jamie | Omnistructure | CDS | ubuntu12 awgstream installed | I installed awgstream-2.16.14 in /ligo/apps/ubuntu12.
As with all the ubuntu12 "packages",
you need to source the ubuntu12 ligoapps |
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10478
|
Tue Sep 9 14:25:46 2014 |
jamie | Update | LSC | Figuring out where to do DARM->AS55 |
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10623
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Fri Oct 17 15:17:31 2014 |
jamie | Update | CDS | Daqd "fixed"? | I very tentatively declare that this particular
daqd crapfest is "resolved" after
Jenne rebooted fb and daqd has been running |
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10624
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Fri Oct 17 16:54:11 2014 |
jamie | Update | CDS | Daqd "fixed"? |
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10628
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Tue Oct 21 17:44:28 2014 |
jamie | Omnistructure | Computer Scripts / Programs | new version of cdsutils (351) installed | I just installed cdsutils r351 at /ligo/apps/linux-x86_64/cdsutils.
It should be available on all workstations.
It includes a bunch of bug fixes |
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10854
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Mon Jan 5 20:17:26 2015 |
jamie | Configuration | CDS | GDS upgraded to 2.16.14 | I upgraded the GDS and ROOT installations
in /ligo/apps/ubuntu12
the control room workstations: |
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10878
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Thu Jan 8 09:24:40 2015 |
jamie | Update | Computer Scripts / Programs | ELOG 3.0 |
Quote:
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10906
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Thu Jan 15 18:10:19 2015 |
jamie | Update | Computer Scripts / Programs | Installed kerberos on Rossa |
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11077
|
Thu Feb 26 13:55:59 2015 |
jamie | Update | Computer Scripts / Programs | FB IO load | We should use "ionice" to throttle the rsync.
Use something like "ionice -c 3 rsync ..."
to set the priority such that the rsync process |
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11409
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Tue Jul 14 11:57:27 2015 |
jamie | Summary | CDS | CDS upgrade: left running in semi-stable configuration |
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11410
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Tue Jul 14 13:55:28 2015 |
jamie | Update | CDS | running test on daqd, please leave undisturbed | I'm running a test with daqd right
now, so please do not disturb for the moment.
I'm
temporarily writing frames into a tempfs, |
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11413
|
Tue Jul 14 17:06:00 2015 |
jamie | Update | CDS | running test on daqd, please leave undisturbed | I have reverted daqd to the previous configuration,
so that it's writing frames to disk.
It's still showing instability. |
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11420
|
Thu Jul 16 11:18:37 2015 |
jamie | Update | General | Starting IFO recovery, DAC troubles |
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11426
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Sat Jul 18 14:55:33 2015 |
jamie | Update | General | all front ends back up and running | After some surgery yesterday the front
ends are all back up and running:
Eric found that one of |
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11428
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Sat Jul 18 16:03:00 2015 |
jamie | Update | CDS | EPICS freezes persist | I notice that the periodic EPICS freezes
persist. They last for 5-10 seconds.
MEDM completely freezes up, but then it comes |
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11429
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Sat Jul 18 16:59:01 2015 |
jamie | Update | CDS | unloaded, turned off loading of, symmetricom kernel module on fb | fb has been loading a 'symmetricom'
kernel module, presumably because it was
once being used to help with timing. |
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11627
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Mon Sep 21 15:22:19 2015 |
jamie | Update | DAQ | working on new fb replacement | I've been putting together a new machine
that Rolf got for us as a replacement for
fb. |
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11636
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Tue Sep 22 17:30:55 2015 |
jamie | Update | DAQ | attempts at getting new fb working | Today I've been trying to get the new
frame builder, tentatively 'fb1',
to work. It's not fully |
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11645
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Fri Sep 25 17:51:11 2015 |
jamie | Update | DAQ | fb replacement work update | Brief update about the fb replacement status.
The new hardware for fb is in the
rack, temporarily sitting on top of megatron, |
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11653
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Wed Sep 30 13:59:49 2015 |
jamie | Update | DAQ | attempts at getting new fb working | I got Steve to get us a new Myrinet fiber
network adapter card for fb1:
Myrinet 10G-PCIE-8B-S
I |
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11655
|
Thu Oct 1 19:49:52 2015 |
jamie | Update | DAQ | more failed attempts at getting new fb working | Summary
I've not really
been able to make additional progress with
the new 'fb1' DAQ. It's |
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11656
|
Thu Oct 1 20:24:02 2015 |
jamie | Update | DAQ | more failed attempts at getting new fb working | I just realized that when running fb1,
if a single mx_stream dies they all die. |
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11657
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Thu Oct 1 20:26:21 2015 |
jamie | Update | DAQ | Swapping between fb and fb1 | Swapping between fb and fb1 as DAQ is very
straightforward, now that they are both on
the DAQ network: |
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11661
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Sun Oct 4 12:07:11 2015 |
jamie | Configuration | CDS | CSD network tests in progress | I'm about to start conducting some
tests on the CDS network. Things will
probably be offline for a bit. Will |
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11662
|
Sun Oct 4 13:53:30 2015 |
jamie | Update | LSC | SENSMAT oscillator used for EPICS tests | I've taken over one of the SENSMAT
oscillators for a test of the EPICS system.
These are the channels I've |
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11663
|
Sun Oct 4 14:23:42 2015 |
jamie | Configuration | CDS | CSD network test complete | I've finished, for now, the CDS network
tests that I was conducting. Everything
should be back to normal. |
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11664
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Sun Oct 4 14:28:03 2015 |
jamie | Update | DAQ | more failed attempts at getting new fb working | I tried to look at fb1 again today, but
still haven't made any progress.
The one thing I did notice, though, |
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11665
|
Sun Oct 4 14:32:49 2015 |
jamie | Configuration | CDS | CSD network test complete | Here's an example of the glitches we've
been seeing, as seen in the StripTool trace
of the front end oscillator: |
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11859
|
Mon Dec 7 11:25:10 2015 |
jamie | Update | CDS | daqd is mad |
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11868
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Wed Dec 9 19:01:45 2015 |
jamie | Update | CDS | back to fb1 | I spent this afternoon trying to debug
fb1, with very little to show for it.
We're back to running from fb. |
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12152
|
Tue Jun 7 11:12:47 2016 |
jamie | Update | CDS | DAQD UPGRADE WORK UNDERWAY | I
am re-starting work on the daqd upgrade again
now. Expect the daqd |
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12155
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Tue Jun 7 20:49:50 2016 |
jamie | Update | CDS | DAQD work ongoing | Summary: new daqd code
running overnight test on fb1. Stability
issues persist. |
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12156
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Wed Jun 8 08:34:55 2016 |
jamie | Update | CDS | DAQD work ongoing | 38 restarts overnight. Problem definitely
not fixed. I'll be reverting back
to old daqd and fb this morning. Then |
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