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  8962   Fri Aug 2 22:51:10 2013 JenneUpdateGeneralAll vent tasks complete, just need oplev check[Manasa, Koji, Jenne]
We went into the BS and IOO chambers,
and aligned the green beams such that they
  
  15578   Wed Sep 16 17:44:27 2020 gautamUpdateCDSAll vertex FE models restartedI had to make a CDS change to the c1lsc
model in an effort to get a few more signals
into the models. Rather than risk requiring
 CDS.png 
  14591   Fri May 3 09:12:31 2019 gautamUpdateSUSAll vertex SUS watchdogs were trippedI found the 8 vertex watchdogs tripped
today morning. The ETMs were fine, suggesting
this was not an actual earthquake. I suspect
 SUSwatchdogs.png 
  14596   Mon May 6 11:05:23 2019 JonUpdateSUSAll vertex SUS watchdogs were trippedYes, this was a consequence of the systemd
scripting I was setting up. Unlike the old
susaux system, we decided for safety NOT
  
  305   Sat Feb 9 13:32:07 2008 JohnSummarySUSAll watchdogs trippedWhen I arrived this afternoon the watchdogs
had tripped on all optics. I reset them and
enabled the coil currents.
  
  306   Sun Feb 10 20:47:01 2008 AlanSummarySUSAll watchdogs trippedA moderate earthquake occurred at 11:12:06
PM (PST) on Friday, February 8, 2008.
The magnitude 5.1 event occurred 21 km (13
  
  15373   Wed Jun 3 19:19:11 2020 gautamUpdateSUSAll watchdogs trippedThis
EQ seems to have knocked all suspensions
out. ITMX was stuck. It is now released,
  
  2467   Wed Dec 30 10:58:48 2009 AlbertoUpdateGeneralAll watchdogs tripped this morningThis morning I found all the watchdogs
had tripped during the night.
I restored them all.
  
  2468   Wed Dec 30 18:01:03 2009 Alberto, RanaUpdateGeneralAll watchdogs tripped this morning


   
        
            
  
  15155   Sun Jan 26 13:30:19 2020 gautamUpdateSUSAll watchdogs tripped, now restoredLooks like a M=4.6
earthquate in Barstow,CA tripped all
the suspensions. ITMX got stuck. I restored
 EQ_Jan25.pdf 
  15335   Fri May 15 19:10:42 2020 gautamUpdateSUSAll watchdogs tripped, now restoredThis
EQ in Nevada seems to have tripped all watchdogs.
ITMX was stuck. It was released, and all
  
  1294   Wed Feb 11 15:01:47 2009 josephbConfigurationComputersAllegraSo after having broke Allegra by updating
the kernel, I was able to get it running
again by copying the xorg.conf.backup file
  
  2509   Tue Jan 12 11:34:26 2010 josephbUpdatePEMAllegra dataviewer

    
        
  
  3017   Sun May 30 17:51:04 2010 kiwamuHowToPEMAllegra dataviewerI found the dataviewer didn't work only
on Allegra. This thing sometimes happened
as described in
  
  15246   Wed Mar 4 11:10:47 2020 YehonathanUpdateComputersAllegra revivalAllegra had no network cable and no mouse.
We found Allegra'snetwork cable (black)
and connected it.
  
  5778   Tue Nov 1 18:45:48 2011 JenneUpdateComputersAllegra's screensI was trying to give Allegra a second head,
and it didn't quite work.  It's still
in progress.  Steve, you might not like
  
  14425   Fri Feb 1 01:24:06 2019 gautamUpdateSUSAlmost ready for pumpdown tomorrow[koji, chub, jon, rana, gautam]

Full story tomorrow, but we went
through most of the required pre close-up
  
  17116   Wed Aug 31 01:22:01 2022 KojiUpdateGeneralAlong the X arm part 1 

Attachment 5:
RF delay line was accommodated in 1X3B. (KA)
 9x 
  17129   Fri Sep 2 15:30:10 2022 AnchalUpdateGeneralAlong the X arm part 1[Anchal, Radhika]

Attachment 2: The custom
cables which were part of the intermediate
  
  17117   Wed Aug 31 01:24:48 2022 KojiUpdateGeneralAlong the X arm part 2 

 
 9x 
  17118   Wed Aug 31 01:25:37 2022 KojiUpdateGeneralAlong the X arm part 3 

 
 9x 
  17119   Wed Aug 31 01:30:53 2022 KojiUpdateGeneralAlong the X arm part 4Behind the X arm tube  PXL_20220831_020757504.jpgPXL_20220831_020825338.jpgPXL_20220831_020856676.jpgPXL_20220831_020934968.jpgPXL_20220831_021030215.jpg 
  17120   Wed Aug 31 01:53:39 2022 KojiUpdateGeneralAlong the Y arm part 1 

 
 9x 
  17121   Wed Aug 31 01:54:45 2022 KojiUpdateGeneralAlong the Y arm part 2   8x 
  17130   Fri Sep 2 15:35:19 2022 AnchalUpdateGeneralAlong the Y arm part 2[Anchal, Radhika]

The cables in USPS open box were
important cables that are part of the new
  
  6373   Wed Mar 7 13:59:07 2012 Ryan FisherSummaryComputer Scripts / ProgramsAlterations to base epics install for installing aLIGO conlog:In order to install the necessary extensions
to epics to make the aLIGO conlog work, I
have edited one file in the base epics install
  
  6377   Wed Mar 7 18:00:39 2012 Ryan FisherSummaryComputer Scripts / ProgramsAlterations to base epics install for installing aLIGO conlog:


   
        
            
  
  6387   Thu Mar 8 17:18:19 2012 Ryan FisherSummaryComputer Scripts / ProgramsAlterations to base epics install for installing aLIGO conlog:I have the aLIGO Conlog 'working' at http://192.168.113.209/conlog/conlog.php

  
  6391   Fri Mar 9 11:02:56 2012 Ryan FisherSummaryComputer Scripts / ProgramsAlterations to base epics install for installing aLIGO conlog:[H1]Too Many Fast Changing EPICS in New Conlog[/H1]
I have been monitoring the new conlog, and
it already has far too many rows.
  
  6394   Fri Mar 9 15:48:56 2012 Ryan FisherSummaryComputer Scripts / ProgramsAlterations to base epics install for installing aLIGO conlog:[SIZE=1]
I decided to make a backup of the database
and then delete it and make a new database:
  
  6396   Fri Mar 9 16:28:10 2012 Ryan FisherSummaryComputer Scripts / ProgramsAlterations to base epics install for installing aLIGO conlog:I created a page on the wiki for the new EPICS
log (conlog):
https://wiki-40m.ligo.caltech.edu/aLIGO%20EPICs%20log%20%28conlog%29
  
  7001   Mon Jul 23 07:39:55 2012 Ryan FisherSummaryComputer Scripts / ProgramsAlterations to base epics install for installing aLIGO conlog:Note:  The Conlog install instructions that
I started from were located here:
https://awiki.ligo-wa.caltech.edu/aLIGO/Conlog
  
  8185   Wed Feb 27 14:59:01 2013 EvanUpdate Altered MC demodulation phase I took out a short (~12 cm) SMA cable
from the "LO input" path into the
MC demod board in an attempt to maximize
 Q_and_I_before.epsQ_and_I_after.eps 
  14544   Mon Apr 15 22:39:10 2019 gautamUpdateFrequency noise measurementAlternate setup with PSL pickoff[anjali, gautam]

just main points, anajli is going
to fill out the details.
  
  12834   Thu Feb 16 13:29:38 2017 gautamSummaryGeneralAlternative Calibration SchemeSummary:

Craig and I have been trying to
put together a Simulink diagram of the proposed
 AltCal.pdf 
  12835   Thu Feb 16 21:55:47 2017 ranaSummaryGeneralAlternative Calibration SchemeQuestion for Craig: What does the SNR of
our lines have to be? IF we're only trying
to calibrate the actuator in the audio band
  
  12842   Tue Feb 21 13:51:35 2017 CraigSummaryGeneralAlternative Calibration SchemeWe get SNR in two ways: the amplitude of
applied force and the integration time. 
So we are limited in two ways: stability
  
  12845   Wed Feb 22 10:16:54 2017 ranaSummaryGeneralAlternative Calibration SchemeOK, but the questions still stands: "   
  11981   Mon Feb 8 15:36:37 2016 gautamUpdateGreen LockingAlternative mode-matching schemeI looked in the optics cabinet to see what
lenses we have available, and re-ran the
mode-matching calculation to see if we could
 Modematch_alternative.pdf 
  3981   Tue Nov 23 22:45:59 2010 kiwamuUpdateComputersAltiumI installed
and activated Altium, a PCB design software,
  
  1476   Sun Apr 12 19:31:43 2009 ranaSummaryElectronicsAmphony 2500 HeadphonesWe bought the Amphony 2500 Digital Wireless
headphones recently. The other cheapo headphones
we have are OK for control room use, but
  
  14482   Sun Mar 17 21:06:17 2019 AnjaliUpdateALSAmplifier characterisationThe goal was to characterise the new amplifier
(AP1053). For a practice, I did the characterisation
of the old amplifier.This test is similar
 Gain_measurement.pdfAmplifier_gain.pdfnoise_measurement.pdfnoise_characterisation.pdf 
  9991   Sat May 24 22:56:57 2014 JenneUpdateElectronicsAmplifier removed from BeatX pathI just realized that I forgot to elog this,
but yesterday afternoon I bypassed the amplifier
in the BeatX path, and now the X beatnote
  
  9992   Mon May 26 07:59:23 2014 KojiUpdateElectronicsAmplifier removed from BeatX pathAnd the out-of-loop level of the ALSX compared
with the previous measurement is ...?

  
  9995   Tue May 27 11:58:45 2014 JenneUpdateElectronicsAmplifier removed from BeatX pathSorry, I had been in a hurry when I worked
on this last week, and again when I wrote
the elog, but I wanted to at least put in
 ALS_outofloop_27May2013.pdf 
  5156   Tue Aug 9 16:00:58 2011 JennyUpdatePSLAmplitude response of PZT   AMresponsePZT.pngAMresponsePZT.png 
  15457   Mon Jul 6 17:41:19 2020 gautamUpdateLSCAn LSC puzzlerLast Tuesday evening, while attempting
the PRFPMI locking, I noticed a strange feature
in the LSC signals, which is shown in 
 LSCsignals.jpg 
  10093   Tue Jun 24 16:52:43 2014 NichinUpdateElectronicsAn RF cable re-installed

    

       
            
  
  10667   Tue Nov 4 19:17:53 2014 ericqUpdateComputer Scripts / ProgramsAnaconda + CDSutilsI've fallen down the rabbit hole of trying
to reconcile our desire for newer versions
of the Numpy and Scipy python packages with
  
  10688   Sat Nov 8 11:31:51 2014 ranaUpdateComputer Scripts / ProgramsAnaconda + CDSutils

    

       
            
  
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