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  6686   Fri May 25 19:13:10 2012 Duncan MacleodSummaryComputer Scripts / Programs40m summary webpages40m summary webpages
 The
aLIGO-style summary webpages are now running
on 40m data! They are running on megatron
  
  6687   Fri May 25 20:45:25 2012 Duncan MacleodSummaryComputer Scripts / Programs40m summary webpagesThere is now a job in the crontab that
will run the shell wrapper every hour, so
the pages _should_ take care of themselves.
  
  6694   Sun May 27 17:19:27 2012 ranaSummaryloreStrawberries We have placed some sweet giant strawberries
in the fridge; free for eating for anyone
working in the lab today or tomorrow:
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  6756   Tue Jun 5 20:42:59 2012 SureshSummaryIOOTip-Tilt CablingI have made a preliminary sketch of the
cabling involved in connecting the Tip-tilt
coil drivers.   This is a preliminary
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  6759   Tue Jun 5 22:39:06 2012 JenneSummaryIOOTip-Tilt Cabling2 questions (so far) regarding your diagram
/ doc:
We are using 3 of the feed-throughs
  
  6762   Wed Jun 6 01:23:32 2012 SureshSummaryIOOTip-Tilt Cabling
  
  6770   Wed Jun 6 19:46:46 2012 SureshSummaryIOOTip-tilt assembly: current status and work remaining 
Recent History
The lower blades which I had given
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  6775   Thu Jun 7 01:46:05 2012 yutaSummaryGreen LockingY green beat - found it!!I found the big big Y green beat. Details
will be posted later.
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  6817   Thu Jun 14 04:53:39 2012 yutaSummaryGreen Lockingdesigning ALS loop for mode scan[[Requirement]]
 Arm cavity FWHM for IR is 
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  6828   Mon Jun 18 02:31:43 2012 yutaSummaryGreen Lockinganalysis of mode scan dataI analyzed mode scan data from last week.
Mode matching ratio for Y arm is 86.7
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  6830   Mon Jun 18 17:28:03 2012 yutaSummaryComputersbugs in CDS_PARTS/simLinkParts/FcnFcn module in CDS_PARTS is used to include
a user defined function in a model.
We should be able to use this by entering
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  6839   Wed Jun 20 18:00:10 2012 ranaSummaryPSLsummaries Nice PSL summaries from LHO:
https://alog.ligo-wa.caltech.edu/aLOG/index.php?callRep=3187
  
  6861   Sat Jun 23 19:57:22 2012 yutaSummaryComputersc1ioo is downI tried to restart c1ioo becuase I can't
live without him.
  
  6865   Mon Jun 25 10:35:59 2012 JenneSummaryComputersc1ioo is down

    

       
            
  
  6867   Mon Jun 25 11:27:13 2012 JamieSummaryComputersc1ioo is down

    

       
            
  
  6870   Mon Jun 25 16:21:10 2012 KojiSummaryIOOSelection of motorized mirror mountsI am considering to have 3 to 6 motorized
optical mounts at the PSL and end tables
for remote beam steering.
  
  6874   Tue Jun 26 01:30:13 2012 yutaSummaryGreen Lockingsimultaneous hold and release of the arm (aka two arm ALS)To get the feeling of the master of IFO,
I;
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  6876   Wed Jun 27 03:43:52 2012 yutaSummaryIOOhow to improve mode matching to armsFrom the mode scan measurements of the
arms(elog #6859),
~6% of mode-mismatch comes from 2nd-order
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  6877   Wed Jun 27 10:27:09 2012 ranaSummaryIOOhow to improve mode matching to armsThe MC waist is correct as is the arm RoCs.
Most likely the error is in the telescope
length or its distance from the MC. Jenne
  
  6880   Wed Jun 27 11:35:06 2012 SashaSummaryComputer Scripts / ProgramsSURF - Week 1 - SummaryI started playing with matlab for the first
time, accurately simulated a coupled harmonic
oscillator (starting from the basic differential
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  6881   Wed Jun 27 14:12:44 2012 EricSummaryGeneralSURF Week 1I started work familiarizing myself with
the ELOG and some of the control systems
at the 40m. I spent a fair bit of time gaining
  
  6882   Wed Jun 27 14:18:30 2012 Yaakov SummarySTACISFirst week summaryThe beginning of my first week was spent
at various orientations and safety meetings,
some for general SURF and some more specific
  
  6900   Sun Jul 1 23:48:15 2012 yutaSummaryGeneralclipping at BS, my plan[Koji, Yuta]

We aligned PRMI and inspected BS chamber.
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  6901   Mon Jul 2 00:41:13 2012 ranaSummaryGeneralclipping at BS, my plan 
 Start pumping on Monday before
Steve goes home.
  
  6902   Mon Jul 2 10:45:25 2012 JenneSummaryGeneralclipping at BS

    

       
            
  
  6915   Thu Jul 5 01:20:58 2012 yutaSummaryCDSslow computers, 0x4000 for all DAQ statusALS looks OK. I tried to lock FPMI using
ALS, but I feel like I need 6 hands to do
it with current ALS stability. Now I have
  
  6922   Thu Jul 5 13:38:05 2012 yutaSummaryLockingcavity g-factor from mode scanCavity
g-factor for X arm is 0.3737 +/- 0.002, Y
arm is 0.3765 +/- 0.003.
  
  6931   Fri Jul 6 14:10:31 2012 yutaSummaryLSCcalculation of FPMI using ALSFrom calculation, phase fluctuation of
reflected beam from length stabilized arm
is not disturbing MI lock.
  
  6938   Sun Jul 8 00:27:54 2012 yutaSummaryLockingcalibrating phase tracking mode scan dataFSR
for X/Y arm are 3.97 +/- 0.03 MHz and 3.96
+/- 0.02 MHz respectively. This
  
  6939   Sun Jul 8 00:58:08 2012 KojiSummaryLockingcalibrating phase tracking mode scan data

    

       
            
  
  6956   Wed Jul 11 09:48:24 2012 LizSummaryComputer Scripts / ProgramsUpdate/daily summary testingI have been
working on configuration of the Daily Summary
webpages and have been attempting to create
  
  6957   Wed Jul 11 10:17:18 2012 SashaSummarySimulationsSURF - Week 2 and 3 - SummaryThese past two weeks, I've been working
on simulating a basic 
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  6958   Wed Jul 11 11:00:45 2012 MashaSummaryGeneralWeek SummaryThis week, my work fell into two categories:
Artificial Neural Networks and lab-related
projects.
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  6962   Wed Jul 11 14:22:54 2012 EricSummaryGeneralSURF UpdateHere's
what I accomplished since my last elog: 
  
  6963   Wed Jul 11 14:27:29 2012 YaakovSummarySTACISCurrent STACIS StatusThe X and Y directions in the STACIS still
both oscillate uncontrollably in closed loop,
so I'll be doing my testing in Z for now.
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  6984   Wed Jul 18 09:44:13 2012 MashaSummaryGeneralWeek SummaryThis week, I continued to work with my
Artificial
Neural Network. Specifically, I implemented
  
  6985   Wed Jul 18 09:53:20 2012 SashaSummarySimulationsSURF - Week 4 - SummaryThis past week, I've been working on moving
forward with the basic cavity
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  6990   Wed Jul 18 15:38:05 2012 EricSummarySimulationsSURF UpdateMost of my work has been on continuing to develop the
Simulink model of the differential arm length
  
  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
  
  7022   Wed Jul 25 10:31:33 2012 SashaSummarySimulationsSURF - Week 5 - SummaryThis week I've been working on refining
my simulation and getting it
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  7025   Wed Jul 25 11:34:31 2012 EricSummarySimulationsSURF UpdateI am continuing work on simulating the
DARM control loop. There is now a block for the length response
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  7028   Wed Jul 25 14:35:45 2012 SashaSummarySimulationsSURF - Week 5 - Summary

    

       
            
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  7064   Wed Aug 1 10:38:11 2012 EricSummaryGeneralSURF UpdateSince my last update I have modified the DARM control
loop model to the extent that it resembles
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  7065   Wed Aug 1 10:45:38 2012 SashaSummarySimulationsSURF - Week 6 - SummaryThis week, I worked on transferring my
Simulink
simulation to the RCG
  
  7066   Wed Aug 1 11:46:16 2012 MashaSummaryGeneralWeek Summary A lot of my time this week was spent
struggling with implementing my neural network
code in Simulink in order to experiment with
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  7068   Wed Aug 1 11:54:59 2012 YaakovSummarySTACISGeophone calibration and open loop gainsThis week I've looked into finding an accurate
sensitivity for the geophones in the STACIS.
I found that when placing a geophone and
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  7078   Thu Aug 2 11:09:52 2012 EricSummaryLSCFree-Swinging Michelson MeasurementsTo take the free swinging Michelson measurements
for the interferometer calibration Jamie
aligned the beam splitter with ITMX and ITMY.
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  7116   Wed Aug 8 11:16:06 2012 SashaSummarySimulationsSURF - Week 7 - SummaryThis week, I brought my c1lsp model online
and fixed up some the
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  7117   Wed Aug 8 11:46:09 2012 MashaSummaryGeneralWeek SummaryThe main thing that I did this week was
write a C
block that, given static weights,
  
  7118   Wed Aug 8 11:47:52 2012 YaakovSummarySTACISWeekly summaryAs Rana pointed out (http://nodus.ligo.caltech.edu:8080/40m/7112),
the geophone/accelerometer noise lines from
my last eLog (http://nodus.ligo.caltech.edu:8080/40m/7109)
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