ID |
Date |
Author |
Type |
Category |
Subject |
Text |
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9808
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Mon Apr 14 17:59:05 2014 |
Jenne | Configuration | PEM | New T-240 cable | As payment for borrowing 2 of our seismometers,
Zach has made us a new Trillium cable, to
go from the granite station to the readout |
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9807
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Mon Apr 14 13:20:45 2014 |
Jenne | Update | LSC | IFO Configure screen updated, CARM / DARM scripts added | I have compressed the IFO Configure screen.
All PRMI things (sideband lock and carrier
lock) are in the PRMI button, all arm things |
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9806
|
Mon Apr 14 11:19:55 2014 |
Jenne | Update | LSC | MC WFS found off | I'm not sure why, but the WFS were turned
off when I came in this morning. The
MC was not staying locked, and even during |
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9805
|
Sun Apr 13 13:03:34 2014 |
rana | Update | LSC | | That's a very smooth DARM transition -
its good news that the dALS signals don't
have a huge offset w.r.t the real error signal. |
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9804
|
Fri Apr 11 18:55:28 2014 |
manasa | Update | LSC | arm length measurements | Arm lengths were measured
using ALS
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9803
|
Fri Apr 11 16:04:31 2014 |
Koji | Update | LSC | congratulation | It's
just one of the stepping stones, but not
yet a mile stone. |
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9802
|
Fri Apr 11 14:57:53 2014 |
steve | Update | LSC | congratulation |
|
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9801
|
Fri Apr 11 12:32:33 2014 |
ericq | Update | LSC | CARM and DARM both on IR signals!!!!!!!!! |
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9800
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Fri Apr 11 12:21:27 2014 |
Koji | Update | LSC | CARM and DARM both on IR signals!!!!!!!!! | About the ADC range,
According to the elogs, DARM = AS55Q/400.
So in the current level, the error has +/-40cntpp |
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9799
|
Fri Apr 11 11:58:24 2014 |
Jenne | Update | LSC | CARM and DARM both on IR signals!!!!!!!!! | A few time series from last night's
data.
300 seconds, starting from 1081240100, |
    |
9798
|
Fri Apr 11 10:30:48 2014 |
jamie | Update | LSC | CARM and DARM both on IR signals!!!!!!!!! |
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9797
|
Fri Apr 11 02:09:31 2014 |
Jenne | Update | LSC | CARM and DARM both on IR signals!!!!!!!!! | [EricQ, Jenne]
A few more details on our work for
the evening, of |
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9796
|
Fri Apr 11 01:02:07 2014 |
Jenne | Update | LSC | CARM and DARM both on IR signals!!!!!!!!! | [EricQ, Jenne]
We're still working, but I'm really
excited, so here's our news: |
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9795
|
Thu Apr 10 16:09:29 2014 |
Steve | Update | VAC | RGA scan at 75% pumping speed |
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9794
|
Thu Apr 10 10:52:15 2014 |
manasa | Summary | IOO | MC2_TRANS path in WFS servo |
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9793
|
Thu Apr 10 01:56:05 2014 |
Jenne | Update | LSC | CARM transitioned to IR error signals! | [Jenne, EricQ]
This |
|
9792
|
Wed Apr 9 16:08:33 2014 |
Jenne | Update | LSC | CARM loop gains vs. CARM offset | I have taken EricQ's simulation results
for the CARM plant change vs. CARM offset,
and put that together with the CM and CARM |
8x |
9791
|
Wed Apr 9 02:34:20 2014 |
Jenne | Update | LSC | Jumping over the CARM resonance point | Koji was right, and I was using much too
large of a CARM offset. |
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9790
|
Tue Apr 8 23:04:14 2014 |
manasa | Update | LSC | arm length measurements |
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9789
|
Tue Apr 8 19:10:39 2014 |
rana | Update | LSC | arm length measurements | Since we don't have an arm length
precision measurement (i.e. better than centimeters),
why not just do as Koji suggests and use |
|
9788
|
Tue Apr 8 10:44:53 2014 |
Koji | Update | LSC | Playing with PRMI + 2 arms | I vaguely remember that the ALS count (Phase
Tracker output) is converted to Hz@532nm
by a factor ~20kHz/cnt. |
|
9787
|
Tue Apr 8 01:58:53 2014 |
Jenne | Update | LSC | Playing with PRMI + 2 arms | I played around with the PRMI + 2 arms
situation again this evening. (I'm
not ready to call it "PRFPMI" until |
|
9786
|
Mon Apr 7 15:26:32 2014 |
jamie, ericq | Update | CDS | aborted attempt to update c1sus machine with second CPU | This morning we attempted to replace the
c1sus front end machine with a spare that
had been given a second CPU, and therefore |
|
9785
|
Fri Apr 4 18:51:29 2014 |
ericq | Summary | LSC | MORE CARM related modeling | In today's ISC call, Kiwamu was comparing
two ways to approach resonance:
"C-Type": The |
9x |
9784
|
Thu Apr 3 18:55:10 2014 |
ericq | Summary | LSC | Some CARM related modeling | The other day, Jenne and I were comparing
my MIST simulation to her Optickle simulation
for the CARM transfer functions I posted |
  |
9783
|
Thu Apr 3 18:09:54 2014 |
ericq | Update | LSC | Attempt at PRMI+2 arms | So, here's the basic: "We reduced
the CARM offset and saw more TRY" plot.
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9782
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Thu Apr 3 17:05:52 2014 |
Steve | Update | VAC | Maglev controller swapped |
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9781
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Thu Apr 3 03:06:34 2014 |
Jenne | Update | LSC | Attempt at PRMI+2 arms | [EricQ, Jenne]
Much more success later!
We've had the arms locked on ALS |
|
9780
|
Thu Apr 3 00:30:52 2014 |
Jenne | Update | LSC | Attempt at PRMI+2 arms | [EricQ, Jenne]
We started out this evening by
locking the PRMI, on different REFL PDs, |
|
9779
|
Wed Apr 2 23:08:51 2014 |
Koji | Summary | ASC | New PRM ASC is running | The new PRM ASC design
Pitch
FM1: zero at 0Hz, pole at 2000Hz, |
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9778
|
Wed Apr 2 20:13:04 2014 |
Jenne | Update | PEM | More Chile EQs | 2 more earthquakes in Chile: a M6.4
and a M7.8.
We got them about 15 minutes ago |
|
9777
|
Wed Apr 2 19:50:12 2014 |
Koji | Summary | ASC | New PRM ASC is running | As the designed ASC filters in this
entry had too little phase margins (~10deg),
I had to compromise the servo design. |
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9776
|
Wed Apr 2 16:34:15 2014 |
Steve | Update | VAC | Maglev controller needs service |
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9775
|
Wed Apr 2 09:31:22 2014 |
Steve | Update | PEM | local 3.0M earthquake |
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9774
|
Wed Apr 2 01:18:30 2014 |
Jenne | Update | LSC | Attempt at PRMI+2 arms | I was trying to lock PRMI+2 arms, but I'm
losing patience with the MC losing lock.
It's mostly well-behaved, but every now and |
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9773
|
Tue Apr 1 22:03:44 2014 |
Koji | Summary | ASC | New PRM ASC is running | [Koji Jenne]
New PRM ASC was implemented. [to
be cnt'd] |
|
9772
|
Tue Apr 1 21:45:01 2014 |
Jenne | Summary | LSC | PRM violin notch not at correct freq? | Koji and I have the PRMI locked right now,
and we hear a very strong violin mode ringing
up, at 628Hz. This is, according to |
|
9771
|
Tue Apr 1 20:56:27 2014 |
Jenne | Update | PEM | No noticeable effect from Chile's M8.2 earthquake | Koji locked the MC, arms, and PRMI, with
no troubles, after the M8.2 earthquake off
the coast of Chile, that happened about 4 |
|
9770
|
Tue Apr 1 17:37:57 2014 |
Evan | Update | Computer Scripts / Programs | Comsol 4.4 upgrade | Comsol 4.4 is now installed under /cvs/cds/caltech/apps/linux64/COMSOL44.
I've left the other installations alone. |
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9769
|
Mon Mar 31 23:57:22 2014 |
Koji | Summary | ASC | PRM ASC characterization / design | A
series of measurements / calculations for
the PRM ASC characterization and servo design |
7x |
9768
|
Mon Mar 31 21:23:30 2014 |
Gabriele | Summary | LSC | MICH sensing oddities in REFL 3F |
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9767
|
Mon Mar 31 17:47:57 2014 |
ericq | Summary | LSC | MICH sensing oddities in REFL 3F | Last week, while I had the PRMI locked
on REFL33, I did some poking around with
mirror excitation to RFPD quadrature transfer |
 |
9766
|
Mon Mar 31 13:26:23 2014 |
manasa | Update | LSC | LSC model modified | I have included Yarm CESAR to the LSC model.
It was just a copy paste of the Xarm CESAR.
Since we are now meditating about implementing |
|
9765
|
Mon Mar 31 13:15:55 2014 |
manasa | Summary | LSC | Alignment update |
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9764
|
Mon Mar 31 11:34:00 2014 |
manasa | Summary | IOO | MC2 moved |
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9763
|
Mon Mar 31 08:11:00 2014 |
Steve | Update | SUS | recovery from earthquakes |
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9762
|
Sat Mar 29 00:11:39 2014 |
Koji | Configuration | General | NTP setting on nodus | FB: /etc/ntp.conf was updated as
below such that it refers nodus and also
caltech server when nodus is not available |
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9761
|
Fri Mar 28 23:28:13 2014 |
Koji | Configuration | General | NTP setting on nodus | [Koji Rana]
We are looking at NTP settings. I
looked at nodus. |
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9760
|
Fri Mar 28 22:10:00 2014 |
rana, koji | Update | SUS | recovery from | * EQ Southeast of LA around 45 minutes
ago. Callum and I felt it.
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9759
|
Fri Mar 28 20:23:02 2014 |
rana | Summary | IOO | MC2 moved | I aligned MC2 suspension by 0.01 in pit
and yaw to align the MC better to the PSL
beam. Then I turned the WFS back on. The |
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