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14278
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Tue Nov 6 19:41:46 2018 |
Jon | Omnistructure | | c1vac1/2 replacement | This afternoon I started setting up the
Supermicro 5017A-EP that will replace c1vac1/2.
Following Johannes's procedure in |
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14282
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Wed Nov 7 19:17:18 2018 |
Jon | Omnistructure | | modbusIOC is running on c1vac replacement | Today I finished setting up the server
that will replace the c1vac1/2 machines.
I put it on the martian network at the unassigned |
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14287
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Fri Nov 9 22:24:22 2018 |
Jon | Omnistructure | | Wiring of Vacuum Acromag Chassis Complete | Wiring of the power, Ethernet, and indicator
lights for the vacuum Acromag chassis is
complete. Even though this crate will only |
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14296
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Wed Nov 14 21:34:44 2018 |
Jon | Omnistructure | | Vacuum Acromags installed and tested | All 7 Acromag units are now installed in
the vacuum chassis. They are connected to
24V DC power and Ethernet. |
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14308
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Mon Nov 19 22:45:23 2018 |
Jon | Omnistructure | | Vacuum System Subnetwork | I've set up a closed subnetwork for
interfacing the vacuum hardware (Acromags
and serial devices) with the new controls |
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14309
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Mon Nov 19 23:38:41 2018 |
Jon | Omnistructure | | Vacuum Acromag Channel Assignments | I've completed bench testing of all
seven vacuum Acromags installed in a custom
rackmount chassis. The system contains |
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14315
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Sun Nov 25 17:41:43 2018 |
Jon | Omnistructure | | Vacuum Controls Upgrade - Status and Plans | New hardware has been installed in the
vacuum controls rack. It is shown in the
below post-install photo. |
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14320
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Mon Nov 26 21:58:08 2018 |
Jon | Omnistructure | | Serial Vacuum Signals | All the serial vacuum signals are now interfaced
to the new digital controls system. A set
of persistent Python scripts will query each |
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14420
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Tue Jan 29 16:12:21 2019 |
Chub | Update | | | The foam in the cable tray wall passage
had been falling on the floor in little bite-sized
pieces, so I investigated and found a fiber |
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14435
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Tue Feb 5 10:22:03 2019 |
chub | Update | | oil added to RP-1 & 3 | I added lubricating oil to roughing pumps
RP1 and RP3 yesterday and this morning.
Also, I found a nearly full 5 gallon jug |
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14437
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Wed Feb 6 10:07:23 2019 |
Chub | Update | | pre-construction inspection | The Central Plant building will be undergoing
seismic upgrades in the near future.
The adjoining north wall along the Y arm |
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14476
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Fri Mar 8 08:40:26 2019 |
Anjali | Configuration | | Frequency stabilization of 1 micron source | The schematic of the homodyne configuration
is shown below.
Following are the list of components |
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14621
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Sat May 18 12:19:36 2019 |
Kruthi | Update | | CCD calibration and telescope design | I went through all the elog entries related
to CCD calibration. I was wondering
if we can use Spectralon diffuse |
6x |
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14626
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Mon May 20 21:45:20 2019 |
Milind | Update | | Traditional cv for beam spot motion | Went through all of Pooja's elog posts,
her report and am currently cleaning up her
code and working on setting up the simulations |
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14782
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Fri Jul 19 22:48:08 2019 |
Kruthi | Update | | Dataviewer error | I'm not able to get trends of
the TM adjustment test that Rana had
asked us to perform, from the dataviewer. |
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14783
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Sat Jul 20 01:03:37 2019 |
gautam | Update | | Dataviewer error | What channels are you trying to read?
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14869
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Tue Sep 10 16:10:40 2019 |
Chub | Update | | Rack Update | Still removing old cable, terminal blocks
and hardware. Once new strain reliefs
and cable guides are in place, I will need |
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15225
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Wed Feb 26 17:17:17 2020 |
Yehonathan | Update | | Arms DC loss measurements | {Yehonathan, Gautam}
In order to measure the loss in
the arm cavities in reflection, we use the |
6x |
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15729
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Thu Dec 10 17:12:43 2020 |
Jon | Update | | New SMA cables on order | As requested, I placed an order for an
assortment of new RF cables: SMA male-male,
RG405. |
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15739
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Sat Dec 19 00:25:20 2020 |
Jon | Update | | New SMA cables on order | I re-ordered the below cables, this
time going with flexible, double-shielded
RG316-DS. |
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15740
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Sat Dec 19 02:42:56 2020 |
Koji | Update | | New SMA cables on order | Our favorite (flexible) RF cable is Belden's
1671J (Jacketed solder-soaked coax cable).
It is compatible RG405. I'm not sure |
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16308
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Thu Sep 2 19:28:02 2021 |
Koji | Update | | This week's FB1 GPS Timing Issue Solved | After the disk system trouble, we could
not make the RTS running at the nominal state.
A part of the troubleshoot FB1 was rebooted. |
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16339
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Thu Sep 16 14:08:14 2021 |
Ian MacMillan | Frogs | | Tour | I gave some of the data analysts a look
around because they asked and nothing was
currently going on in the 40m. Nothing was |
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16812
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Mon Apr 25 18:00:03 2022 |
Ian MacMillan | Update | | Cable supports update | I have designed new cable supports for
the new ribbon cables running up the side
of the tables in the vacuum chambers. This |
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17418
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Wed Jan 25 10:02:47 2023 |
yehonathan | Update | | Earthquake, MC3 watchdog tripped | We came this morning and noticed the FSS_FAST
channel was moving very rapidly. Short inspection
showed that MC3 watchdog got tripped. After |
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17595
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Fri May 19 09:23:58 2023 |
Paco | Update | | MCF Noise | The fan behind the
PSL controller is injecting excess band limited |
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17630
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Tue Jun 13 14:12:34 2023 |
Mayank | Configuration | | Restarted the NDS2 script on Megatron | [Radhika, Mayank]
Restarted the NDS2 script on Megatron
following the instructions here |
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17636
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Fri Jun 16 23:09:31 2023 |
Mayank | Update | | IFO working after ETMX electronics upgrade | After lots of burtrestores and alignment
by Koji. The interferometer is live again.
The X/Y green beams are resonating. |
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17637
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Fri Jun 16 23:23:56 2023 |
Koji | Update | | IFO working after ETMX electronics upgrade | Remaining work:
Hardware
The +/-15V power supply |
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17638
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Mon Jun 19 01:05:49 2023 |
Koji | Update | | IFO working after ETMX electronics upgrade | ETMX
Eurocard Crate investigation ~ Summary
- |
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17642
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Wed Jun 21 08:21:03 2023 |
JC | Update | | IFO working after ETMX electronics upgrade | Andrei asked me yesterday for the location
of the ambient temperature sensor for the
X-end. He mentioned that he needed to run |
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17646
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Thu Jun 22 00:27:27 2023 |
Koji | Update | | IFO working after ETMX electronics upgrade | [Koji, Hiroki]
ETMX OPLEV QPD was fixed.
- What we knew was that |
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17647
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Thu Jun 22 00:47:00 2023 |
Koji | Update | | IFO working after ETMX electronics upgrade | [Mayank, Koji]
ETMX Sat amp (D080276)
CH3 PD receiver circuit fixed. |
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17648
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Thu Jun 22 01:04:42 2023 |
Koji | Update | | IFO recovery | I wanted to check the oplev functionality
but the IFO was not well aligned. So started
the CDS recovery. |
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17651
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Thu Jun 22 22:34:43 2023 |
Koji | Update | | IFO recovery | [Hiroki, Mayank, Koji]
The X end PZT driver for green
alignment: |
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17819
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Thu Aug 31 10:15:21 2023 |
Radhika | Update | | Electronic CARM to ALS CARM handoff | [Paco, Radhika]
ALS control of CARM
Yesterday |
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17833
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Thu Sep 7 21:09:17 2023 |
Paco | Update | | eCARM and eDARM to ALS CARM and ALS DARM | Tonight
I managed to lock CARM and DARM under ALS
control only |
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2653
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Wed Mar 3 18:32:25 2010 |
Alberto | Update | 40m Upgrading | 11 MHz RFPD elctronics | ** Please
add LISO file w/ component values.
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2655
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Thu Mar 4 08:43:35 2010 |
Alberto | Update | 40m Upgrading | 11 MHz RFPD elctronics |
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2656
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Thu Mar 4 19:53:56 2010 |
Alberto | Update | 40m Upgrading | 11MHz PD designed adjusted for diode's resistance; 55 MHz RFPD designed | After
reading this study done |
6x |
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2657
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Thu Mar 4 22:07:21 2010 |
rana | Update | 40m Upgrading | 11MHz PD not yet designed | Use 10 Ohms for the resistance - I have
never seen a diode with 25 Ohms.
p.s. PDFs can be joined together |
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2704
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Tue Mar 23 22:46:43 2010 |
Alberto | Update | 40m Upgrading | REFL11 upgraded | I modified REFL11 according to the changes
lsited in this
schematic (see wiki / Upgrade 09 |
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2711
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Wed Mar 24 14:57:21 2010 |
Alberto | Update | 40m Upgrading | REFL11 upgraded |
Hartmut suggested a possible
explanation for the way the electronics transfer |
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2715
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Thu Mar 25 17:32:42 2010 |
Alberto | Update | 40m Upgrading | REFL55 Upgraded | I upgraded the old REFL199 to the new REFL55.
To do that I had to replace the old
photodiode inside, switching to a 2mm one. |
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2761
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Sat Apr 3 19:54:19 2010 |
Alberto | Update | 40m Upgrading | REFL11 and REFL55 PDs Noise Spectrum | These are the dark noise spectrum that
I measured on the 11MHz and 55MHz PD prototypes
I modified. |
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2767
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Mon Apr 5 10:23:40 2010 |
Alberto | Update | 40m Upgrading | REFL11 Low Frequency Oscilaltion Reduced | After adding an inductor L=100uH and a
resistor R=10Ohm in parallel after the OP547A
opamp that provide the bias for the photodiode |
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2782
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Thu Apr 8 10:17:52 2010 |
Alberto | Update | 40m Upgrading | REFL11 Noise Vs Photocurrent | From the measurements of the 11 MHz RFPD
at 11Mhz I estimated a transimpedance of
about 750 Ohms. (See attached plot.) |
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2783
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Thu Apr 8 10:24:33 2010 |
Alberto | Update | 40m Upgrading | REFL11 Noise Vs Photocurrent |
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2784
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Thu Apr 8 20:53:13 2010 |
Koji | Update | 40m Upgrading | REFL11 Noise Vs Photocurrent | Something must be wrong.
1. Physical Unit is wrong for the
second term of "Vn = Vdn + Sqrt(2 e |
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2785
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Fri Apr 9 06:45:28 2010 |
Alberto | Update | 40m Upgrading | REFL11 Noise Vs Photocurrent |
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