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  4208   Wed Jan 26 12:04:31 2011 josephbUpdateCDSExplanation of why c1sus and c1lsc models crash when the other one goes downSo apparently
with the current Dolphin drivers, when one
of the nodes goes down (say c1lsc), it causes
  
  4212   Thu Jan 27 15:16:43 2011 josephbUpdateCDSUpdated generate_master_screens.pyI modified
the generate_master_screens.py script in
/opt/rtcds/caltech/c1/medm/master/ to handle
  
  4219   Fri Jan 28 11:08:44 2011 josephbUpdateGreen Lockingno transmission of ALS signalsAs you've
correctly noted, the source of the C1:GCV-SCX_ETMX_ALS
channels is in the c1gcv model.  The first
  
  4220   Fri Jan 28 12:15:58 2011 josephbUpdateCDSUpdating conlog channel list/ working on "HealthCheck" scriptI've updated
the scan_adls script (currently located in
/cvs/cds/caltech/conlog/bin) to look at new
  
  4231   Mon Jan 31 10:31:30 2011 josephbUpdateWienerFilteringImprovement in H1 Wiener FF prediction by using weights and tapsRossa is a rather beefy machine. It effectively
has 8 Intel i7 Cores (2.67 Ghz each) and
12 Gigs of ram.  Megatron only has 8
  
  4241   Wed Feb 2 15:07:20 2011 josephbUpdateCDSactivateDAQ.py now includes PEM channels[Joe, Jenne]
We
modified the activateDAQ.py script to handle
  
  4246   Thu Feb 3 16:45:28 2011 josephbUpdateCDSGeneral CDS updatesUpdated
the FILTER.adl file to have the yellow button
moved up, and replaced the symbol in the
  
  4247   Thu Feb 3 17:25:03 2011 josephbUpdateComputersrsync script was not really backing up /cvs/cdsSo today,
after an "rm" error while working
with the autoburt.pl script and burt restores
  
  4249   Fri Feb 4 13:31:16 2011 josephbUpdateCDSFE start scripts moved to scripts/FE/ from scripts/All start
and kill scripts for the front end models
have been moved into the FE directory under
  
  4250   Fri Feb 4 13:45:25 2011 josephbUpdateComputersTemporarily removed cronjob for rsync.backup<p>I removed the rsync backup from nodus'
crontab temporarily so as to not have multiple
backup jobs running.  The job I started
  
  4251   Fri Feb 4 15:03:20 2011 josephbUpdateComputersModified cshrc.40mRemoved
some lines from the PATH environment variable
since they point to old codes which no longer
  
  4256   Mon Feb 7 10:37:28 2011 josephbUpdateComputersTemporarily removed cronjob for rsync.backupThe backup appears to have finished on
nodus, and I've put the rsync job back in
the crontab.
  
  4262   Tue Feb 8 16:04:58 2011 josephbUpdateCDSHard coded decimation filters need to be fixed[Joe, Rana]
Filter definitions for the decimation
filters to epics readback channels (like
  
  4265   Wed Feb 9 15:26:22 2011 josephbUpdateCDSUpdated c1scx with lockin, c1gcv for green transmission pdUpdated
the c1scx model to have two Lockin demodulators
(C1:SUS-ETMX_LOCKIN1 and C1:SUS-ETMX_LOCKIN2). 
  
  4270   Thu Feb 10 14:07:18 2011 josephbUpdateCDSUpdating dolphin drivers to eliminate timeouts when one dolphin card is shutdown[Joe,Alex]

Alex
  
  4291   Mon Feb 14 18:27:39 2011 josephbUpdateCDSBegan updating to latest CDS svn, reverted to previous state[Joe, Alex]
This morning I began the process
of bringing our copy of the CDS code up to
  
  4300   Tue Feb 15 11:56:17 2011 josephbUpdateCDSUpdated some DAQ channel namesThat is my fault for not running the activateDAQ.py
script after a round of rebuilds.  I have
run the script this morning, and confirmed
  
  4302   Tue Feb 15 15:06:25 2011 josephbUpdateCDSCDS todo list for tomorrow morningCurrently, there is a test directory called
/opt/rtcds/caltech/c1/new_core where we have
the latest svn checkout.  Tomorrow (after
  
  4308   Wed Feb 16 12:16:14 2011 josephbUpdateCDSFixed Optical level SUM channel names[Joe,Valera]
Valera
pointed out the OPLEV SUM channels were incorrect. 
  
  4311   Thu Feb 17 11:20:04 2011 josephbUpdateCDSstart scripts no longer need sudoI've modified the rc.local file to run
the IOC codes as controls, which means they
no longer write root permission log files
  
  4312   Thu Feb 17 11:49:48 2011 josephbUpdateCDSFront end start/stop scripts go to /scripts/FE againI modified the core/advLigoRTS/Makefile
to once again place the startc1SYS and killc1SYS
scripts in the scripts/FE/ directory.
  
  4313   Thu Feb 17 11:51:14 2011 josephbUpdateCDSLockin filter names too long - broke loadingProblem:
Could not load filters into the C1:SUS-ETMX_LOCKIN1_SIG
filter bank.
  
  4320   Thu Feb 17 23:56:53 2011 josephbUpdateCDSDaqd was rebuilt, now reverted.As one of the trouble shooting steps for
the daqd (i.e. framebuilder) I rebuilt the
daqd executable.  My guess is somewhere
  
  4323   Fri Feb 18 13:41:22 2011 josephbUpdateCDSCDS fixesI talked to Alex today and had two things
fixed:
First the maximum length of filter
  
  4343   Wed Feb 23 10:37:02 2011 josephbSummaryIOOMyterious data loss: FB needs investigationFriday: 
In addition to the other fixes, Alex
rebuilt the daqd process.  I failed to
  
  4344   Wed Feb 23 11:53:30 2011 josephbUpdateCDSUpdated mx driversAlex and I updated the open mx drivers
from 1.3.3 to 1.3.901 (1.4 release candidate). 
We downloaded the drivers from:
  
  4364   Mon Feb 28 11:22:40 2011 josephbSummaryGeneralto do list

   
        
            
  
  4380   Mon Mar 7 17:22:39 2011 josephbUpdateCDSNew simulated plant work[Joe, Jamie]
We modified the c1scx model to have
a switch to go between simulated and real
  
  4388   Tue Mar 8 16:59:47 2011 josephbUpdateCDSSimulated Plant WorkThe screens for the simplified c1spx model
have been updated.  I re-introduced
the suspension point information into the
  
  4396   Thu Mar 10 13:44:56 2011 josephbUpdateCDSAdded digitization noise to the c1spy model for simulated ADCs/DACsTo simulate digitization noise, the easiest
way I found was to use the MathFunction block,
found in the CDS_PARTS model, under simLinkParts. 
  
  4404   Fri Mar 11 11:33:24 2011 josephbUpdateCDSFixed mistake in Matrix of Filter banks naming conventionWhile fixing up some medm screens and getting
spectra of the simulated plant, I realized
that the naming convention for the Matrices
  
  4409   Sun Mar 13 16:46:48 2011 josephbUpdateCDSETMY Sim work4. The blue Output Filters  section
has been changed to agree with the new filter
of matrices row, column labeling.  My
  
  4410   Fri Mar 18 11:29:36 2011 josephbUpdateCDSMinute trend issues[Joe, Alex]
Steve pointed out to me today he
couldn't get trends for his PEM slow channels
  
  4415   Fri Mar 18 17:25:21 2011 josephbUpdateCDSLockins in c1sus update, suspension screens updatedI updated our lockin simulink pieces to
use the newer, more streamlined lockin piece
that is currently in CDS_PARTS (with new
  
  4431   Wed Mar 23 10:34:17 2011 josephbUpdateCDSTrend issue fixed[Joe, Alex]
Yesterday during the day, Alex ran
a script to fix the time stamps in the trends
  
  4438   Thu Mar 24 13:56:05 2011 josephbUpdateelogelog restarted at 1:55pmRestarted elog.   
  4444   Fri Mar 25 11:16:19 2011 josephbFrogsGreen Lockingdigital frequency countingI modified
the c1gfd.mdl simulink model.  I made
a backup as c1gfd_20110325.mdl. 
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  4445   Mon Mar 28 15:18:04 2011 josephbUpdateCDSCDS updates on FridayLast Friday, we discovered a bug in the
RCG where the delay part was not actually
delaying.  We reported this to Alex
  
  4446   Mon Mar 28 15:49:18 2011 josephbUpdateCDSLessons from LST[Koji,Joe]
PART 1:
Koji was unable to build his c1lst
  
  4499   Thu Apr 7 13:14:23 2011 josephbUpdateCDSProposed plan for ITMX/ITMY control switchProblem:
The controls (fast
and slow both) think ITMX is ITMY and ITMY
  
  4515   Tue Apr 12 12:01:30 2011 josephbUpdateGeneralIFO controls, now with 10% less lying (ITMX/ITMY controls swapped)The ITMX/ITMY control swap is complete.
The
steps from this
elog were followed.
  
  4516   Tue Apr 12 16:01:33 2011 josephbUpdateGeneralRFM errorsProblem:
Currently the c1scy,
c1mcs, and c1rfm models are reporting an
error with receiving some data sent over
  
  4518   Wed Apr 13 11:34:07 2011 josephbUpdateCDSFixed IFO_ALIGN.adlProblem:
I switched the
ITMX and ITMY control channels yesterday,
  
  4524   Thu Apr 14 12:57:15 2011 josephbUpdateCDSRFM network happy again[Joe, Alex]
Problem Symptoms:
There
were red lights on the status screen indicating
  
  4543   Tue Apr 19 15:48:43 2011 josephbUpdateCDSMEDM screens and Front Ends updated to new MatricesProblem:
The original matrix
naming conventions for the front ends was
  
  4545   Wed Apr 20 11:02:18 2011 josephbUpdateCDSMEDM screens and Front Ends updated to new MatricesWe simply didn't any matrices larger than
16x16.  If we had, than that matrix would
not have worked properly since the beginning.



  
  4580   Thu Apr 28 10:53:50 2011 josephbUpdateCDSAdventures in Hyper-threadingWhat was done:
1) Turn off MC1,
MC2, MC3, BS, ITMX, ITMY, PRM, SRM watchdogs.
2) Turn c1sus computer off (sudo
  
  4581   Thu Apr 28 12:25:11 2011 josephbUpdateCDSFurther adventures in Hyper-threadingFirst, I disabled front end starts on boot
up, and brought c1sus up.  I rebuilt
the models for the c1sus computer so they
  
  4608   Tue May 3 10:41:35 2011 josephbUpdateCDSMorning maintenance1) Filled in the C1SUS_BS_OLMATRIX properly
so as to make the BS oplev work for Steve.
2) Turned on the ITMX damping. 
  
  4609   Tue May 3 10:59:31 2011 josephbUpdateCDS1Y2 binary output adapter board now poweredI temporarily turned off the power to the
1Y2 rack this morning while wiring in the
binary output adapter board power (+/- 15V)
  
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