ID |
Date |
Author |
Type |
Category |
Subject |
Text |
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16822
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Mon May 2 10:00:34 2022 |
Jordan | Update | VAC | TP3 Forepump tip seal replacement | [JC, Jordan]
Jordan recieved the new tip seal
Friday afternoon and I continued the replacement |
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16823
|
Mon May 2 13:30:52 2022 |
JC | Update | Coil Drivers | Coil Drivers Update | The DCC has been updated, along with the
modified schematic. Links have been attached.
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16824
|
Mon May 2 17:51:30 2022 |
Anchal | Update | BHD | POX Beam aligned on RFPD, YARM locked | [Paco, Anchal]
We found that one of the Y1-1037-45P
marked mirror that we used was actually curved. |
|
16825
|
Tue May 3 13:18:47 2022 |
JC | Update | VAC | RGA Pump Down | Jordan, Tega, JC
Issue has been resolved. Breaker
on RP1 was tripped so the RP1 button was |
|
16827
|
Tue May 3 21:05:23 2022 |
yuta | Update | BHD | AS path alignment, removing a lot of green stuff | [Tega, Yehonathan, Koji, Yuta]
We tried to align AS path this afternoon. |
7x |
16828
|
Tue May 3 21:07:17 2022 |
Yehonathan | Update | BHD | BHD Readout simulation | I feel like there is an instability in
my thought process on this. Before my tendency
to try to scale and generalize this problem |
|
16829
|
Wed May 4 13:09:42 2022 |
Anchal | Update | BHD | IMC table balanced again, IMC is locking, YARM is locking | [Paco, JC, Anchal]
We balanced the IMC table back
again to point that got us 50% of nominal |
|
16830
|
Wed May 4 15:08:59 2022 |
Tega | Update | BHD | XARM alignment to get flashing | [Yuta, Tega]
We aligned the BS, ITMY, and ETMY
PIT and YAW to get the flashing on X-arm |
|
16831
|
Wed May 4 18:52:43 2022 |
Tega | Update | BHD | POP beam too high at POP SM4 on the ITMX chamber | [Yuta, Tega]
We needed to sort out the POXDC
signal so we could work on X-arm alignment. |
|
16832
|
Thu May 5 14:46:22 2022 |
Anchal | Update | BHD | POP beam height lowered, POP_SM4 raised | [Anchal, JC]
We first aligned the single arm
cavity resonance for both arms to get maximum |
|
16833
|
Thu May 5 17:05:31 2022 |
Tega | Update | BHD | IMC & X/Y-arm alignment | [Yuta, Tega]
In order to setup POP camera and
RFPD on the ITMX table, we decided to first |
|
16834
|
Thu May 5 17:50:48 2022 |
Yehonathan | Update | BHD | BHD Readout simulation | I have made a Simulink diagram to use in
the MICH modeling (attachment) for the homodyne
angle detection scheme. The model will be |
|
16835
|
Fri May 6 13:48:34 2022 |
Anchal | Update | BHD | WFS loop instability fixed | [Yuta, Anchal]
We investigated why WFS loop wasn't
working. It seemed like WFS1 PIT error signal |
|
16837
|
Mon May 9 18:43:03 2022 |
Anchal | Update | BHD | ITMX table layout corrected | As I went to correct the ITMX Oplev mirrors,
I found that both mirrors were placed in
very different positions than the design |
|
16838
|
Mon May 9 18:49:05 2022 |
Tega | Update | BHD | Relocate green TRX and TRY PDs/cams/optics from PSL table to BS table | [Paco, Tega]
Started work on the relocating
the green transmission optics, cameras and |
 |
16839
|
Mon May 9 22:19:06 2022 |
Koji | Update | BHD | BHD Platform Progress status | [Don, Koji]
Don is working on finalizing the
BHD Platform design. All the components on |
 |
16840
|
Mon May 9 23:18:44 2022 |
Koji | Update | BHD | BHD Platform Progress status | I quickly ran the FEA model to check the
resonant freqs of the BHD platform.
The boundary conditions were: |
6x |
16842
|
Tue May 10 15:46:38 2022 |
JC | Update | BHD | Relocate green TRX and TRY components from PSL table to BS table | [JC, Tega]
Tega and I cleaned up the BS OPLEV
Table and took out a couple of mirrors and |
 |
16843
|
Tue May 10 16:31:14 2022 |
Tega | Update | BHD | ITMX optlev return beam steered to QPD | Followed the steps below to complete the
ITMX optlev installation. The ITMX optlev
return beam now reaches its QPD without being |
|
16844
|
Tue May 10 18:25:43 2022 |
Paco | Update | BHD | Green Transmission path | [Yuta, Paco]
We installed GRX_SM1,
GRX_SM2, and finished aligning |
|
16845
|
Wed May 11 15:49:42 2022 |
JC | Update | OPLEV Tables | Green Beam OPLEV Alignment | [Paco, JC]
Paco and I began aligning the Green
Beam in the BS Oplev Table. while aligning |
|
16846
|
Thu May 12 13:46:59 2022 |
Jc | Update | Alignment | POP Beam | [Tega, JC]
Tega and I went in to adjust the
POP being in the ITMX Table. The beam entered |
|
16847
|
Thu May 12 17:20:08 2022 |
Paco | Update | Alignment | POP Beam on CCD | [Paco]
Got POP beam centered on camera
and nominally on the two PDs. Attachment |
|
16848
|
Thu May 12 19:55:01 2022 |
Tega | Update | BHD | AS path alignment | [Yuta, Tega]
We finally managed to steer the
AS beam from ITMY chamber, through BS and |
 |
16849
|
Thu May 12 20:11:18 2022 |
Anchal | Update | BHD | BHDBS Output beams steered out to ITMY table | I successfully steered out the two output
beams from BHD BS to ITMY table today. This
required significant changes on the table, |
|
16850
|
Thu May 12 20:24:29 2022 |
yuta | Update | BHD | POX and POY investigation | [Anchal, Yuta]
We checked POX and POY RF signal chains |
|
16851
|
Fri May 13 14:26:00 2022 |
JC | Update | Alignment | LO2 Beam | [Yehonathan, JC]
Yehonathan and I attempted to align
the LO2 beam today through the BS chamber |
|
16852
|
Fri May 13 18:42:13 2022 |
Paco | Update | Alignment | ITMX and ITMY sat amp failures | [Yuta, Anchal, Paco]
As described briefly by JC, there
were multiple failure modes going during |
|
16853
|
Sat May 14 08:36:03 2022 |
Chris | Update | DAQ | DAQ troubleshooting | I heard a rumor about a DAQ problem at
the 40m.
To investigate, I tried retrieving |
|
16854
|
Mon May 16 10:49:01 2022 |
Anchal | Update | DAQ | DAQ troubleshooting | [Anchal, Paco, JC]
Thanks Chris for the fix. We are
able to access the testpoints now but we |
|
16855
|
Mon May 16 12:59:27 2022 |
Chris | Update | DAQ | DAQ troubleshooting | It looks like the RFM problem started a
little after 2am on Saturday morning (attachment
1). It’s subsequent to what I did, |
 |
16856
|
Mon May 16 13:22:59 2022 |
yuta | Update | BHD | REFL and AS paths aligned at AP table | After Xarm and Yarm were aligned by Anchal
et al, I aligned AS and REFL path
in the AP table. |
 |
16857
|
Mon May 16 14:46:35 2022 |
Tommy | Update | Electronics | RFSoC MTS Work | We followed the manual's guide for
setting up MTS to sync on external signal.
In the xrfdc package, we update the RFdc |
|
16858
|
Mon May 16 16:13:01 2022 |
Yehonathan | Update | BHD | Initial BHD modeling: Damped suspension model | I was finally able to set up a stable suspension
model with the help of Yuta and I'm now
ready to start doing some MICH noise |
  |
16859
|
Mon May 16 19:14:17 2022 |
Anchal | Update | BHD | Camera set on AS path and BHDBS output path | [Anchal, Paco, Yuta]
We aligned AS path avoiding
any clipping to the AP table where we setup |
|
16860
|
Tue May 17 18:43:38 2022 |
Anchal | Update | BHD | Placed SRM in ITMY Chamber | [Anchal, Paco, Yuta]
SRM Placement
SRM
was moved from its parked location to the |
|
16861
|
Wed May 18 08:30:29 2022 |
Paco | Update | BHD | SRM OpLev | [Paco]
The SRM Oplev injection and detection
paths interfere heavily with the POY11. Due |
|
16862
|
Wed May 18 09:02:52 2022 |
Anchal | Update | BHD | WFS1 PD centered | I centered WFS1 PD so that IMC WFS Servo
does not go out of range.
|
|
16863
|
Wed May 18 17:23:15 2022 |
Anchal | Update | BHD | Placed PRM in BS Chamber | [Anchal, Paco, Yuta, JC]
SRM Oplev setup
We
setup SRM oplev path for the aligned position |
|
16864
|
Thu May 19 08:51:40 2022 |
Paco | Update | BHD | SRM OpLev | [Paco, Ian]
After agreement from Yuta/Anchal,
I moved POYM1 yaw to clear the aforementioned |
|
16865
|
Thu May 19 18:56:08 2022 |
yuta | Update | BHD | Current OSEM sensor values with all the suspensions aligned | Current OSEM sensor values with all the
suspensions aligned are attached.
For 'BS','ITMX','ETMX','ITMY','ETMY','PRM','SRM','LO1','LO2', |
|
16866
|
Thu May 19 19:05:59 2022 |
Anchal | Update | BHD | BS Chamber all work finished, BHD path setup | [Anchal, Paco, Yuta]
BS Oplev Path
The
changed position of PRM (40m/16863) |
|
16867
|
Fri May 20 12:42:23 2022 |
Tega | Update | VAC | Door installation on the end stations | [JC, Tega, Chub]
Today we installed the 200 lbs
doors on the end station chambers. |
|
16868
|
Fri May 20 20:03:48 2022 |
Paco | Update | BHD | ITMY chamber work finished - LO and AS overlapped | [Paco, Anchal, Yuta]
Today, in short we:
Recovered alignment of |
 |
16869
|
Mon May 23 13:16:59 2022 |
Paco | Update | BHD | End of vent - checks | [Paco, Yuta]
Prep for closing and pump down.
Aligned IFO to maximize |
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16870
|
Tue May 24 10:37:09 2022 |
Tega | Update | VAC | added FRG channels to slow channel ini file | [Vacuum gauge sensors]
Paco informed me that the FRG sensor
EPICS channels are not available on dataviewer, |
|
16871
|
Tue May 24 11:04:53 2022 |
JC | Update | VAC | Beginning Pumpdown | [JC, Jordan, Paco, Chub]
We began with the pumpdown this
morning. We started with the annulus volume |
 |
16872
|
Tue May 24 15:21:13 2022 |
Anchal | Update | BHD | Freeswing tests of new SOS started | I modified the script freeSwing.py
to use damping loop output switches to free
the optic instead of watchdog or coil output |
|
16873
|
Wed May 25 16:38:27 2022 |
yuta | Update | SUS | Suspensions quick health check | [JC, Yuta]
We did a quick health check of
suspesions after the pump down. |
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16876
|
Thu May 26 15:55:10 2022 |
Tommy | Update | Electronics | RFSoC Power Spectrum | Finished building power spectrum analyzer
for the RFSoC. There are two things that
I would like to address down the road. First |
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