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  5280   Tue Aug 23 00:55:13 2011 JenneUpdateGeneralIFO ready for doors[Kiwamu, Jenne]
After the IFO was aligned in air
one final time, we tapped on a few OSEMs
  
  5279   Mon Aug 22 21:32:10 2011 kiwamuUpdateGeneralmore in-vac work : AS clipping fixed and OSEM/oplev adjustment[Keiko / Jenne / Jamie / Kiwamu]
 We
did the following things today :
  
  5278   Mon Aug 22 20:37:43 2011 AnamariaConfigurationRF SystemPlan for install of 3f PDsI made a quick sketch of how to include
two more RF PDs on the REFL beam, given the
space we have on the table. We want to install
 40m3fReflPdLayout.pdf 
  5277   Mon Aug 22 16:28:44 2011 SureshUpdateGeneralSRM tower shifted on Friday[Kiwamu,
Suresh]   This is a belated elog
entry from last Friday night + Saturday morning! 
  
  5276   Mon Aug 22 11:40:08 2011 steveUpdateVACcranes checkedCranes are  checked and they are ready
for lifting. At the east end will use the
manual Genei-lift to put door on.
  
  5275   Mon Aug 22 02:43:28 2011 kiwamuUpdateGeneralin-vac work[Kieko / Kiwamu]
 The
AS beam shows a little bit of clipping and
  
  5274   Sat Aug 20 23:01:39 2011 JennyUpdatePSLTaking temperature step-response data: successes and tribulationsAfter finishing my last elog entry, I monitored
the digital loop's error signal (the control
signal for the fast loop) and the output
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  5273   Sat Aug 20 00:42:22 2011 KeikoUpdateLSCTolerance of PRC, SRC, MICH length = 2 mm ? 
  
  5272   Fri Aug 19 23:41:20 2011 JennyUpdatePSLRelocking NPRO to reference cavity.

    

       
            
  
  5271   Fri Aug 19 19:08:40 2011 JennyUpdatePSLRelocking NPRO to reference cavity. I am trying again to measure a temperature
step response on the reference cavity on
the PSL table.
  
  5270   Fri Aug 19 15:31:53 2011 steveUpdateGeneralpower interruption rescheduled to 10-1-2011       
       
UTILITY
  
  5269   Fri Aug 19 10:26:53 2011 steveUpdateSUSOSEM sensor spectraFree swingging OSEM sensors LL at atm  8freeSUSosemSensors.jpg 
  5268   Fri Aug 19 09:14:56 2011 steveUpdateIOOdegrading laser power at atmLight into the MC is 20 mW at atm, MC_Transmitted
~10 MW = 400 count
The PMC_T is OK but something else
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  5267   Fri Aug 19 01:46:06 2011 SureshUpdateGeneralIFO alignment[Keiko, Jamie, Kiwamu, Anamaria,
We followed the procedure that we
laid-out in our elog
  
  5266   Fri Aug 19 01:15:22 2011 SureshUpdateSUSFreeSwing all opticsI ran "freeswing all" at Fri
Aug 19 01:09:28 PDT 2011 (997776583) 
and "opticshutdown"  as well.
  
  5265   Thu Aug 18 22:24:08 2011 jamieOmnistructureVIDEOUpdated 'videoswitch' scriptI have updated the 'videoswitch' program
that controls the video MUX.  It now
includes the ability to query the video mux
  
  5264   Thu Aug 18 15:54:35 2011 steveUpdateSUSdamped and undamped OSEMsdamped sus at atm1 and freeswingging sus
at atm2
 
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  5263   Thu Aug 18 12:22:37 2011 jamieUpdateSUSsuspension updateMost of the suspension look ok, with "badness"
levels between 4 and 5.  I'm just posting
the ones that look slightly less ideal below.
 6x 
  5262   Thu Aug 18 10:59:04 2011 steveUpdateTreasurePrepared for drag wiping

    

       
            
  
  5261   Thu Aug 18 10:17:04 2011 kiwamu, steveUpdateSUSoplevs reestablished at VertexKiwamu and Steve, from yesterday
PRM and BS oplev paths were relaid
after setting 1/2 OSEM voltages. The incident
  
  5260   Thu Aug 18 00:58:40 2011 jamieUpdateSUSoptics kicked and left free swingingALL optics (including MC) were kicked and
left free swinging at:
997689421
  
  5259   Thu Aug 18 00:53:48 2011 jamie, kiwamu, suresh, jenneUpdateGeneralPUMP PLAN ABORTED; need to work more on IFO alignmentWe have decided that
the IFO alignment is bad enough that we're
not ready to pump down.  PUMP ABORTED.
The
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  5258   Wed Aug 17 20:14:49 2011 jamie, kiwamu, suresh, jenne, keiko, anamariaUpdateGeneralin-vacuum work status, prep for pumpThis afternoon's work:

    OSEMs were adjusted on
all suspended optics.
    X and
  
  5257   Wed Aug 17 17:51:54 2011 JenneUpdateTreasurePrepared for drag wipingWhile waiting for the IFO team to align
things (there were already ~5 people working
on a ~1 person job...), I got all of our
  
  5256   Wed Aug 17 15:55:01 2011 JenneUpdateGeneralin-vac work : the end is near


   
        
            
  
  5255   Wed Aug 17 15:47:18 2011 AnamariaUpdateSUSETMX Side Sensor slow channel down for a long timeJenne, Anamaria
We aligned the ETMX OSEMs and ran
into this issue. Looking at the SENSOR_SIDE
  
  5254   Wed Aug 17 12:14:27 2011 Josh SmithOmnistructureComputer Scripts / Programs40m summary page plansJosh Smith, Fabian Magana-Sandoval, Jackie
Lee (Fullerton)
Thanks to Jamie and Jenne for the
  
  5253   Wed Aug 17 06:42:38 2011 kiwamuUpdateGeneralin-vac work : the end is nearWe will pump
down the chambers on Thursday morning.
  
  5252   Wed Aug 17 03:10:06 2011 kiwamuUpdateGeneralcurrent status of in-vac work[Jamie / Suresh / Kiwamu] 
The in-vac
  
  5251   Wed Aug 17 02:48:56 2011 kiwamuUpdateRF SystemRe: AM in the PM[Keiko / Suresh / Anamaria / Kiwamu]
 The AM
  
  5250   Tue Aug 16 17:09:55 2011 JenneUpdateGeneraltoday's work to do


   
        
            
  
  5249   Tue Aug 16 16:59:20 2011 AnamariaUpdateRF SystemAM in the PMKiwamu, Keiko, Anamaria
Looking at the I and Q signals coming
from REFL11 and REFL55 we saw large offsets,
  
  5248   Tue Aug 16 11:49:17 2011 jamie, jenneUpdateGeneraltoday's work to do>If necessary steer ETMs and ITMs to
make the X and Y green beam flashing.
Green is now flashing in both X and
  
  5247   Tue Aug 16 10:59:06 2011 jamieUpdateSUSSUS updateData taken from: 997530498+120
Things are actually looking ok at
the moment.  "Badness" (cond(B))
 6x 
  5246   Tue Aug 16 04:50:17 2011 kiwamuUpdateSUSfree swinging again Since Suresh and I changed the DC
biases on most of the suspension, the free
swingning spectra will be different from
  
  5245   Tue Aug 16 04:28:09 2011 kiwamuUpdateGeneraltoday's work to doThe
main goal of today is to extract the pick-off
beams 
  
  5244   Tue Aug 16 04:25:34 2011 Suresh, KiwamuUpdateSUSalignment of MC output to Y-arm using PZTsWe did several things today+night. 
The final goal was to lock the PRC so that
we could obtain the POX, POY and POP beams. 
  
  5243   Mon Aug 15 21:43:29 2011 Anamaria and KeikoSummaryLockingcentral part ifo locking project REFL33 and REFL165 cables were connected
from the AP table to the rack.  Cables
on the rack for REFL33I, 33Q, 165I, 165Q
  
  5242   Mon Aug 15 17:38:07 2011 jamieUpdateGeneralFoil aperture placed in front of ETMYWe have placed a foil aperture in front
of ETMY, to aid in aligning the Y-arm, and
then the PRC.  It obviously needs to
  
  5241   Mon Aug 15 17:36:10 2011 jamieUpdateSUSStrangeness with ETMY (was: Monday SUS update)For some reason ETMY has changed a lot. 
Not only does it now have the worst "badness"
(B matrix condition number) at ~10, but the
  
  5240   Mon Aug 15 17:23:55 2011 jamieUpdateSUSfreeswing script updatedI have updated the freeswing scripts, combining
all of them into a single script that takes
arguments to specify the optic to kick:
  
  5239   Mon Aug 15 14:10:56 2011 JenneUpdateSUSMonday SUS updateThe
moral of the story here is that none of the
suspensions are overwhelmingly awesome, but
 7x 
  5238   Mon Aug 15 14:07:39 2011 kiwamuUpdateIOORe: MC misaligned a lotThe leveling
was still okay. The MC mirrors were realigned
  
  5237   Mon Aug 15 13:16:50 2011 JenneUpdateSUSRe: ETMY hopefully good again


   
        
            
  
  5236   Mon Aug 15 10:58:52 2011 kiwamuUpdateIOOMC misaligned a lotThis morning Steve and I opened the doors
on the IOO and OMC chamber to let the IR
beam go to MC.
  
  5235   Mon Aug 15 10:02:27 2011 kiwamuUpdateSUSBS OSEM adjustment done[Suresh / Kiwamu]
 Adjustment of the OSEMs on BS
  
  5234   Sun Aug 14 22:48:37 2011 kiwamuUpdateSUSfree swinging againExcited all optics
Sun Aug 14 20:22:33 PDT 2011
997413768
  
  5233   Sun Aug 14 20:04:40 2011 Keiko, Anamaria, Jenne, and KiwamuSummaryLockingcentral part ifo locking planGOAL : To lock the central part of ifo

Here is the plan:
  
  5232   Sun Aug 14 19:06:50 2011 JenneUpdateelogelog dead. Brought back to lifelike the subject says...   
  5231   Sun Aug 14 17:47:39 2011 NicoleSummarySUSTT Shaking Today and Hopefully More?

    

       
            
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