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Date |
Author |
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Category |
Subject |
Text |
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16697
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Thu Mar 3 15:37:40 2022 |
Anchal | Summary | CDS | c1teststand restructured | c1teststand has been restructured. There
is no port computer called 'c1teststand'
anymore. When you ssh into the c1teststand |
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16698
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Thu Mar 3 17:09:46 2022 |
Paco | Update | BHD | Re-susspension of AS1 | [Anchal, Paco]
Wire clamp spare was installed,
furthermore AS1 was reinstalled on adapter, |
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16699
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Thu Mar 3 17:21:11 2022 |
Ian MacMillan | Update | SUS | ETMY 1Y4 Electronics Replacement | [Koji, Ian]
1) We attached the 30 coil driving
cables to the vacuum feed through to the |
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16700
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Fri Mar 4 11:04:34 2022 |
Anchal | Summary | CDS | c1susaux2 system setup and running | I took the c1teststand computer from teststand
and converted it into c1susaux2. To do so,
I installed a fresh copy of debian 10 on |
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16701
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Fri Mar 4 18:12:44 2022 |
Koji | Update | VAC | RGA pumping down | 1. Jordan reported that the newly installed
Pirani gauge for P2 shows 850Torr while PTP2
show 680 Torr. Because of this, the vacuum |
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16702
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Sat Mar 5 01:58:49 2022 |
Koji | Summary | CDS | paola rescue | ETMY end ThinkPad "paola" could
not reboot due to "Fan Error".
It seems that it is the failure of the CPU |
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16703
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Sat Mar 5 02:03:46 2022 |
Koji | Update | SUS | ETMY 1Y4 Electronics Replacement | Oplev saga
Summary
- The new coil driver had not enough |
6x |
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16704
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Sun Mar 6 18:14:45 2022 |
Tega | Update | VAC | Ongoing work to get the FRG gauges readouts to EPICs channels | Following repeated failure to establish
communication between c1vac and the XGS600
controller via Perle IOLAN serial device |
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16705
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Mon Mar 7 10:06:32 2022 |
Yehonathan | Update | IOO | IMC unlocked again, completely misaligned | Came this morning and saw that the IMC
is unlocked.
Went into MC Lock screen and see |
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16706
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Mon Mar 7 13:53:40 2022 |
Tega | Update | VAC | Ongoing work to get the FRG gauges readouts to EPICs channels | So it appears that my deduction from
the pictures of needing a cable swap was
correct, however, it turns out that the installed |
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16707
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Mon Mar 7 14:52:34 2022 |
Koji | Update | VAC | Ongoing work to get the FRG gauges readouts to EPICs channels | Great trouble shoot!
> I guess, the only remaining
issue now is the incorrect atmospheric |
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16708
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Mon Mar 7 14:55:33 2022 |
Koji | Update | IOO | IMC unlocked again, completely misaligned | Hmm, the bias values were reset at 2022-03-03-20:01UTC
which is 2022-03-03-12:01 PST with no apparent
disruption of the data acquisition (= no |
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16709
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Mon Mar 7 16:44:15 2022 |
Ian MacMillan | Update | SUS | ETMY SUS Electronics Replacement | Now that the ETMSUS is back up and running
I reran my measurements from the beginning
of the process. The results below show |
6x |
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16710
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Mon Mar 7 16:56:08 2022 |
Yehonathan | Update | BHD | Re-susspension of AS1 | {Paco, Yehonathan}
We tried to roughly balance the
adapter with two counterweights at the front, |
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16711
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Mon Mar 7 18:53:16 2022 |
Koji | Update | BHD | Re-susspension of AS1 | Not sure if that small difference can cause
the alignment inability. Particularly, the
removed metal was just below the wire. This |
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16712
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Mon Mar 7 19:38:47 2022 |
Anchal | Summary | CDS | c1susaux2 slow controls issues | I tried to perform a simple enabling test
of coils using c1susaux2 modbus channels
but failed. I'm able to do the enabling |
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16713
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Tue Mar 8 12:08:47 2022 |
Tega | Update | VAC | Ongoing work to get the FRG gauges readouts to EPICs channels | OMG, it worked! It was indeed a calibration
issue and all I had to do was press the "OK"
button after selecting the "CAL" |
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16714
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Tue Mar 8 12:24:13 2022 |
Yehonathan | Update | BHD | Re-susspension of AS1 | The gluing seemed to be successful. I assembled
the side block with the magnet on the adapter.
Paco helped me hang the adapter on the SOS |
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16715
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Tue Mar 8 19:29:36 2022 |
Paco | Update | BHD | Re-balance of AS1 | [Paco]
Installed AS1 in vacuum, near the
center of the table, and installed the OSEMs. |
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16716
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Wed Mar 9 09:35:26 2022 |
Paco | Update | BHD | Re-balance of AS1 | [Paco]
AS1 is installed, OSEMs balanced,
and the optic damped successfully. We should |
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16717
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Wed Mar 9 10:23:28 2022 |
Jordan | Update | VAC | Leak Testing of New Manual Gate Valve - Attempt #1 | Jordan, Chub, Paco
Chub and I went into the lab this
morning to leak check the new gate valve |
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16718
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Wed Mar 9 11:52:18 2022 |
Yehonathan | Update | BHD | Simplified BHD readout sketch on ITMY table | I have made an editable
draw.io diagram of the planned simplified
BHD setup on the ITMY table (see attached). |
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16719
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Wed Mar 9 12:57:52 2022 |
Koji | Update | BHD | Simplified BHD readout sketch on ITMY table | - BHD beams were already mixed in the chamber.
So we don't need a BS on the table. (Probably
there is no BS already) |
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16721
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Thu Mar 10 09:39:59 2022 |
Jordan | Update | VAC | Leak Testing of New Manual Gate Valve - Attempt #2 | This morning Chub and I leak checked the
manual gate valve with the RGA and helium.
There was no change in the helium partial |
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16722
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Thu Mar 10 10:05:49 2022 |
Paco | Update | SUS | AS1 free swing test | [Paco, Ian]
Begin free swinging test
for AS1 at 10:05 AM, set for ~ 2.04 hours.
Test |
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16723
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Fri Mar 11 16:43:03 2022 |
Ian MacMillan | Update | SUS | ETMY SUS Electronics Replacement | I updated the gain of the ct2um filter
on the OSEMS for ETMY and decreased their
gain by a factor of 9 from 0.36 to 0.04. |
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16724
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Mon Mar 14 12:20:05 2022 |
Anchal | Summary | CDS | c1susaux2 slow controls acromag chassis installed | [Anchal, Yehonathan, Ian]
We installed c1susaux2 acromag
chassis in 1Y0 with c1susaux2 computer. We |
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16725
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Tue Mar 15 10:45:31 2022 |
Paco | Update | General | Assembled small in-vac optics | [Paco]
This morning I assembled LO3,
LO4 and AS3 (all |
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16726
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Tue Mar 15 11:52:34 2022 |
Anchal | Summary | CDS | c1su2 model updated for sending Run/Acquire Binary Output to Binary Interface card | I routed the XXX_COIL_DW signals from the
7 SOS blocks in c1su2.mdl (located at /cvs/cds/rtcds/userapps/trunk/sus/c1/models/c1su2.mdl)
to the binary outputs from the FE model. |
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16727
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Tue Mar 15 13:49:44 2022 |
Ian MacMillan | Bureaucracy | Treasure | New Screwdriver Bits | I have received the new screwdriver bits
that will work with the two electric screwdrivers
we have. I have distributed them in the 40m. |
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16728
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Tue Mar 15 14:10:41 2022 |
Anchal | Summary | CDS | c1su2 model remade, reinstalled, restarted after the update | I have restarted c1su2 model with the connections
of Run Acquire switch to analog filters on
coil drivers. Following steps were taken: |
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16729
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Tue Mar 15 18:42:37 2022 |
Anchal | Summary | BHD | Part IX of BHR upgrade - AS1 resuspended and OSEMs tuned | http://nodus.ligo.caltech.edu:8080/40m/16722
http://nodus.ligo.caltech.edu:8080/40m/16716 |
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16730
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Tue Mar 15 18:45:12 2022 |
Anchal | Summary | BHD | Part X of BHR upgrade - BHDBS Path setup | [Paco, Anchal]
BS Chamber work
ASL
was positioned in nominal place.
PR3 |
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16731
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Thu Mar 17 11:40:41 2022 |
Paco | Update | SUS | ETMY green PZT HV supply | [Anchal, Paco]
We installed a HV kepco power supply
for the green PZT steering the YAUX beam. |
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16732
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Thu Mar 17 16:50:53 2022 |
Paco | Update | BHD | XARM AUX alignment | [Ian, Paco]
We opened the ITMX chamber and
Inspected PR2 and LO1 and |
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16733
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Thu Mar 17 17:23:22 2022 |
Anchal | Summary | BHD | Part IIa of BHR upgrade - Green laser alignment | [Anchal, Yehonathan] (on Y Arm)
We first checked if the PZT mirrors
M1 and M2 can be controlled. They indeed |
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16734
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Thu Mar 17 19:12:44 2022 |
Anchal | Summary | CDS | c1auxey1 slow controls acromag chassis installed, not powered | [Anchal, Tega]
We installed c1auxey1 computer
and the acromag chassis in 1Y4. The computer |
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16735
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Fri Mar 18 17:15:19 2022 |
Paco | Update | BHD | XARM AUX alignment cont. | [Paco, Ian]
First, we re-balanced the ITMX
OSEMs so that they would damp at around half-a-shadow. |
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16736
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Fri Mar 18 18:39:13 2022 |
Yehonathan | Summary | CDS | c1auxey1 slow controls acromag chassis installed, powered | {Yehonathan, Anchal}
We connected the c1auxey1 chassie
to the different boxes (coil drivers, SAT |
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16737
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Fri Mar 18 19:10:51 2022 |
Anchal | Summary | CDS | c1auxey1 slow controls issues | I started the modbusIOC service on c1auxey1
and added PD variance channels for UR and
SD as well. There are unfortunately |
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16738
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Mon Mar 21 14:22:52 2022 |
Anchal | Update | SUS | ETMY Alignmnet offsets needed to be changed | I'm not sure why but the PIT and YAW
offset values of +2725 and -2341 were not
sufficient for the reflected OPLEV beam to |
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16739
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Mon Mar 21 18:00:05 2022 |
Ian MacMillan | Update | BHD | XARM AUX alignment cont. | [Ian, Paco]
Continuing with the previous alignment
that we stoped on friday, we re set up my |
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16740
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Mon Mar 21 18:24:07 2022 |
Anchal | Summary | BHD | Part IIa of BHR upgrade - Green laser alignment on Yarm | [Anchal, Tega]
We did the following alignment
steps on Yarm today: |
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16741
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Mon Mar 21 18:42:06 2022 |
Anchal | Summary | CDS | c1auxey1 slow controls issues | Another issue, Green Y Shutter can not
be controlled with the EPICS controls right
now. This needs to be investigated. |
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16742
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Thu Mar 24 19:20:28 2022 |
Anchal | Summary | BHD | Part IIa of BHR upgrade - Green laser alignment on Yarm | [Anchal, Paco]
Uneloged: yesterday, Paco
and Ian tried locking the green laser on |
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16743
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Fri Mar 25 11:39:14 2022 |
Anchal | Update | SUS | ETMY SUS Electronics Replacement - Questions | After Ian updated the cts2um filters for
OSEM, shouldn't the damping gains be
increased back by factor of 10 to previos |
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16744
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Fri Mar 25 18:20:28 2022 |
Anchal | Summary | BHD | Part IIa of BHR upgrade - Green laser alignment on Yarm | [Anchal, Paco, Shruti]
Today we found out that
the laser controller at the Yend had it's |
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16745
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Sat Mar 26 13:04:38 2022 |
Paco | Summary | BHD | Part IIa of BHR upgrade - Green laser alignment on Yarm | I came for a bit to check on the "1Y0
burning smell" reported by Koji last
evening. I agree that there's a toasty |
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16746
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Mon Mar 28 16:25:34 2022 |
Ian MacMillan | Update | SUS | ETMY SUS Electronics Replacement - Questions | The point of changing the gains was to
return the system to its origional state.
ie I wanted the over all gain of the physical |
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16747
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Tue Mar 29 15:07:11 2022 |
Tega | Summary | VAC | Opening of MC and ETM chambers | [Anchal, Chub, Ian, Paco, Tega]
Today, we opened the MC chamber,
ETMX chamber and ETMY chamber. |
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