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  8650   Tue May 28 17:06:04 2013 KojiUpdateLSCPRMI sensing matrix: Got it!- We want to add POX11/POY11 in the collection.
They may indicates some abnormal asymmetry
between two arms (for PRMI).
  
  8651   Tue May 28 19:35:17 2013 ManasaUpdateGreen LockingStill searching for the X green beat noteProcedure
1. Aligned X-arm to IR.
2. Aligned green to the X-arm.
  
  8652   Tue May 28 22:11:23 2013 AnnalisaUpdate40m upgradingETMY - Yarm shutter cable 
 For some strange reason the
Yarm shutter cable runs up to the POY table,
  
  8653   Thu May 30 01:02:41 2013 ManasaUpdateGreen LockingFound it!X green beat note
found!
 IMG_0598.JPGIMG_0599.JPG 
  8654   Thu May 30 10:40:59 2013 JamieConfigurationCDSAttempt to cleanup c1ioo ADC connectionsI have attempted to reconcile all of the
ADC connections to c1ioo.  Upon close
inspection, it appears that there was a lot
  
  8655   Thu May 30 11:10:00 2013 SteveUpdateendtable upgradeETMY - oplev

    

       
            
 ETMYoplev.jpg 
  8656   Thu May 30 11:28:34 2013 JamieConfigurationCDSc1als model cleanupThe c1als model was pulling out some ADC0
connections that were no longer used for
anything:
  
  8657   Thu May 30 11:33:26 2013 JamieConfigurationComputer Scripts / ProgramsASS medm/model changes need to be committed to SVNThere are a lot of changes to the ASS stuff
that have not been committed to the SVN:

controls@rossa:/opt/rtcds/userapps/release/isc/c1
  
  8658   Thu May 30 17:18:58 2013 JenneUpdateASCNew POP pathI have placed the G&H mirrors and the
Y1 as pictured in my proposed layout in elog
  
  8659   Thu May 30 18:29:21 2013 ManasaUpdateGeneralALS medm screens editedRenaming of the c1gcv model earlier (elog
7011) had left white boxes in most of
  
  8660   Thu May 30 20:45:53 2013 AnnalisaUpdateendtable upgradeETMY - oplev

    

       
            
  
  8661   Fri May 31 10:25:17 2013 steveUpdatesafetyfirst aid kits refilled

    

       
            
 refilledFAidK.jpg 
  8662   Fri May 31 11:15:01 2013 AnnalisaUpdateendtable upgradeETMY - Mode Matching for green - new calculation Since the beam waist after the Faraday
had changed since the last time I measured
it (maybe alignment changed a bit), I made
  
  8663   Sat Jun 1 14:14:56 2013 JenneUpdateASCNew POP pathI have a lens solution for the new POP
QPD, plotted below.  To get the beam
size, I started with the waist at the ITM,
 POX_table_30May2013progress.pdfPOP_QPD_lensSolution.png 
  8664   Mon Jun 3 09:46:40 2013 SteveUpdateVACRGA scan at day 100 Vacuum normal condition at pumdown
day 100
 
 d100Mpd75.pngd100Mpd75p.pngbadguys.png 
  8665   Mon Jun 3 18:49:44 2013 GautamUpdateGeneralITMx Oplev Fixed  (Manasa)
The ITMx Oplev was misaligned. Switched
the ITMx Oplev back on and fixed the alignment.
  
  8666   Mon Jun 3 21:09:55 2013 ManasaUpdateGreen LockingX green beatnote through beatboxI connected the X green beat PD output
back to the beatbox, did the usual PSL alignment
for green and searched for the beat note
 IMG_0608.JPG 
  8667   Mon Jun 3 22:36:07 2013 ranaUpdateLSCALS-TRY_OUT needs anti-whitening After
working some more on the EY table, we are
 try.pdf 
  8668   Tue Jun 4 10:33:09 2013 ranaUpdateSUSETMY oplev path redone We also redid
the oplev path.
Someone
had used the illegal tactic of using aluminum
  
  8669   Tue Jun 4 10:44:13 2013 SteveUpdateendtable upgradePI pzt holders are readyThe PI pzt holders are back from the shop.
They are numbered 1, 2 & 3 and machined
to match.
 PIpztholders.jpg 
  8670   Tue Jun 4 10:47:57 2013 SteveUpdatesafetysafety trainingOur early bird surf student Gautem has
received 40m specific basic safety training
today.
  
  8671   Tue Jun 4 16:04:34 2013 AnnalisaUpdateLSCALS-TRY_OUT needs anti-whitening

    

       
            
  
  8672   Tue Jun 4 17:28:09 2013 AnnalisaUpdateLSCC1:ALS-TRY_OUT filter and green progress [Annalisa, Gautam, Rana]
I made the anti-whitening filter
for the C1:ALS-TRY_OUT channel.
 green.JPGQUAD1_1054358327.mp4 
  8673   Tue Jun 4 20:19:07 2013 ranaConfigurationIOOChanged threshold for FSS SLOW loopThe FSS SLOW actuator often   
  8674   Tue Jun 4 21:50:23 2013 AnnalisaUpdateLSCC1:ALS-TRY_OUT filter and green progress 
 [Annalisa, Gautam]
 The green beam alignment has
  
  8675   Wed Jun 5 10:22:12 2013 ManasaUpdateGeneralProjector - viewsonicUpdate: We don't have our BIG screen    
  8676   Wed Jun 5 10:46:43 2013 GautamUpdateGeneralCable re-routing at 1Y4 There were 4 cables running over
the front side of rack 1Y4 such that the
front door could not be closed. I re-routed
 before.JPGafter.JPG 
  8677   Wed Jun 5 14:01:37 2013 ranaUpdateLSCC1:ALS-TRY_OUT filter and green progressThe rejected beam from this Faraday comes
out at a tiny, tiny angle and so its tough
to pick it off without clipping the main
  
  8678   Wed Jun 5 14:39:41 2013 Max HortonUpdate Importing New CodeMost dependencies are met.  The next
issue is that matplotlib.basemap is not installed,
because it is not available for our version
  
  8679   Wed Jun 5 14:43:42 2013 AnnalisaUpdateLSCALS-TRY_OUT DQ channels

    

       
            
  
  8680   Wed Jun 5 15:03:42 2013 AnnalisaUpdateLSCC1:ALS-TRY_OUT filter and green progress

    

       
            
 faraday_rejected_beam.JPG 
  8681   Wed Jun 5 15:48:02 2013 SteveUpdateGeneralfast 2004 qpdThank you Ben Abbott forwarding this information:
 QPD Amplifier
 D990272qpd.jpginterfaceD990692.jpg 
  8682   Wed Jun 5 15:55:16 2013 SteveUpdateGeneralProjector - lightbulb ordered

    

       
            
  
  8683   Wed Jun 5 17:37:10 2013 ranaUpdateGeneralfast 2004 qpd

    

       
            
  
  8684   Wed Jun 5 20:45:19 2013 gautamUpdateGeneralITMx Oplev Fixed

    

       
            
 ITMx_overview.JPGITMx_clipping_.JPG 
  8685   Thu Jun 6 09:58:13 2013 SteveUpdateendtable upgradeenclosure to chamber connection 
 Thin
wall connector from McMCarr#55275K25
 thinwallconnector.jpg06061301.PDF 
  8686   Thu Jun 6 15:46:10 2013 Max HortonSummaryGeneral Smart UPS 2200 Batteries ReplacedReplaced the batteries successfully in
the control room.  We just had to switch
the clips from the old batteries to the new
  
  8687   Thu Jun 6 16:33:19 2013 steveUpdatesafetyupdated laser inventory Updated laser inventory and operator
list. They are posted in the 40m wiki and
entry doors of the 40m IFO room.
 ELSOconnected.jpg 
  8688   Fri Jun 7 17:12:46 2013 gautamUpdateGeneralProjector - lightbulb replaced

    

       
            
  
  8689   Fri Jun 7 21:33:39 2013 ManasaUpdatePSLPSL green to Y- BEAT PD blockedTo allow Annalisa to work on the Y-green
alignment as I work with the X-green, the
part of the PSL green beam that goes to the
  
  8690   Fri Jun 7 23:44:54 2013 KojiUpdateGeneralProjector - lightbulb replacedhttp://nodus.ligo.caltech.edu:8080/40m/7885   
  8691   Sat Jun 8 00:24:11 2013 AnnalisaUpdateGreen LockingY arm locked with green but bad mode matching[Annalisa, Nic]
After connecting the PD with the
reflection from the arm  to the PDH
  
  8692   Mon Jun 10 21:39:26 2013 AnnalisaUpdateGreen LockingY arm locked with green but bad mode matching 
Still no good locking! 
  
  8693   Tue Jun 11 10:00:54 2013 nicolasUpdateGreen LockingY arm locked with green but bad mode matching

    

       
            
  
  8694   Tue Jun 11 22:16:56 2013 ManasaSummaryGreen LockingALS for X armI discussed with Yuta about the ALS servo
and phase tracker and found that there was
a lot of information lying around from last
  
  8695   Wed Jun 12 01:56:58 2013 AnnalisaUpdateGreen LockingY arm locked with green but bad mode matching 
 For the mode matching calculation
I was using the ETMY focal length that I
 waistVaryingLensPos.pdfgreen.JPGModeMatchingY.pdf 
  8696   Wed Jun 12 22:48:10 2013 AnnalisaUpdateGreen LockingY arm locked with green but bad mode matchingAfter restoring alignment I could see again
strong 00 flashes (about 250-300 counts on
ALS-TRY). So I locked the arm with IR and
  
  8697   Wed Jun 12 23:06:33 2013 JenneUpdateGreen LockingY arm locked with green but bad mode matchingHmmm.  You seem to be saying that more light
is reflected than is injected. Is this a
units problem? Or was some IR on the power
  
  8698   Thu Jun 13 00:35:23 2013 ManasaUpdateGreen LockingY arm locked with green but bad mode matching> Hmmm.  You seem to be saying that more light
is reflected than is injected. Is this a
units problem? Or was some IR on the power
  
  8699   Thu Jun 13 10:57:36 2013 AnnalisaUpdateGreen LockingY arm locked with green but bad mode matching> > Hmmm.  You seem to be saying that more
light is reflected than is injected. Is this
a units problem? Or was some IR on the power
  
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