I was bad, and forgot to elog the most important part of my work yesterday - that I had rotated the POP QPD by 90 degrees, so that I could fit the micrometer onto the table. There is a sticker on the front of the QPD to indicate which direction is "X" and "Y" for the output of the readout box. Right now (and the way that I will mount the QPD to the table, after I redo the calibration today), X is PITCH, and Y is YAW. Koji and Nic swapped the cables to the ADC to make this all consistent.
Yesterday, I locked the PRM-ITMY half cavity, and tried to take calibration data. However, with no ASC servo engaged, the beam was still moving. Also, with only the half-cavity, I had very little light on the QPD, and since it has internal normalization, the outputs can get a little funny if there isn't enough light. I had checked, and even with the gain cranked up to maximum, the "light level too low" LED was illuminated. So, my calibration data from yesterday isn't really useful.
Today, hopefully after lunch, I will lock the PRMI with the new AC-coupled ASC servo, so that I can have the servo on, and the PRMI locked on the sideband, so that I have more light on the QPD.
After that, it seems that the final thing we need to do before we vent is hold an arm near, but off resonance, lock the PRMI, and then swing the arm in and out of resonance a bit. |