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  4927   Fri Jul 1 07:01:23 2011 SureshUpdateIOOWFS2 resonances and installationThis was the WFS whose photodiode was repaced
as the old one was found to be damaged. 
I retuned the resonances and the
 WFS2new.pdf 
  4928   Fri Jul 1 11:47:25 2011 ranaUpdateIOOWFS2 resonances and installationWhat is implicit
in Suresh's entry is that we decided to run
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  5761   Sat Oct 29 02:35:39 2011 SureshUpdateIOOWFS_MASTER screen and lockin screens fixedI have fixed the WFS_MASTER screen and
several of the subscreens such as the MCASS
and MC_WFS_LKIN.
  
  13305   Mon Sep 11 09:47:53 2017 SteveUpdateGeneralWIMA caps refilledInstock WIMA caps refilled to a minimum
50 pieces each.
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  3592   Tue Sep 21 15:33:02 2010 steveMetaphysicsTreasureWagonga alartJohn Miller has arrived from Australia
with 3 bags of  Wagonga Coffee. Trade
bargaining has started on
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  11150   Fri Mar 20 12:42:01 2015 JenneUpdateIOOWaking up the IFOI've done a few things to start waking
up the IFO after it's week of conference-vacation.

PMC trans was at 0.679, aligned
  
  11151   Fri Mar 20 13:29:33 2015 KojiUpdateIOOWaking up the IFOIf the optics moved such amount, could
you check the PD alignment once the optics
are aligned?
  
  11152   Fri Mar 20 16:44:49 2015 ericqUpdateIOOWaking up the IFOX arm ASS is having some issues. ITMX
oplev was recentered with ITMX in a good
hand-aligned state. 
  
  11153   Fri Mar 20 23:37:46 2015 JenneUpdateSUSWaking up the IFOIn addition to (and probably related to)
the XARM ASS not working today, the ITMX
has been jumping around kind of like ETMX
  
  10941   Mon Jan 26 21:10:04 2015 JenneUpdateModern ControlWaking up the OAFI had a look at the OAF model today. 

Somehow, the screens that we had
weren't matching up with the model. 
  
  11014   Thu Feb 12 12:23:21 2015 manasaUpdateGeneralWaking up the PDFR measurement system[EricG, Manasa]

We woke up the PDFR measurement
setup that has been sleeping since summer.
  
  11132   Wed Mar 11 15:35:38 2015 manasaUpdateGeneralWaking up the PDFR measurement systemI was around the 1Y1 rack today. Trials
were done to get the PDFR of AS55.

  
  11209   Wed Apr 8 21:10:55 2015 manasaUpdateGeneralWaking up the PDFR measurement systemI was poking around with the PDFR hardware today.

I moved the Agilent which had its
screen projected on the monitor. I have put
  
  11493   Tue Aug 11 11:56:36 2015 Ignacio, JessicaUpdatePEMWasps obliterated maybe...The wasp terminator came in today. He obliterated
the known wasp nest.

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  11512   Mon Aug 17 17:48:12 2015 KojiUpdatePEMWasps obliterated maybe...We found the same wasp in the 40m. Megan
found it walking behind Steve desk!
  
  3473   Thu Aug 26 13:08:03 2010 josephbUpdateCDSWatch dogs for Vertex optics turned offWe are in the process of doing a damping
test with the real time code and have turned
off the vertex optics watchdogs temporarily,
  
  3479   Fri Aug 27 14:03:43 2010 kiwamuUpdateCDSWatch dogs for Vertex optics turned offFor
a futher damping test, I again turned off
the vertex optics watchdogs temporarily,
  
  14564   Tue Apr 23 19:31:45 2019 JonUpdateSUSWatchdog channels separated from autoBurt.reqFor the new c1susaux, Gautam and I moved
the watchdog channels from autoBurt.req to
a new file named autoBurt_watchdogs.req. When
  
  5559   Tue Sep 27 20:02:19 2011 KojiUpdateSUSWatchdog rearmedI came to the control room and found the
PMC and IMC were unlocked. ==> Relocked
I found the watch dogs of the vertex
  
  5560   Wed Sep 28 00:06:21 2011 JenneUpdateSUSWatchdog rearmed

    

       
            
  
  15862   Thu Mar 4 11:59:25 2021 Paco, AnchalSummaryLSCWatchdog tripped, Optics damped backGautam came in and noted that the optics
damping watchdogs had been tripped by a >5
magnitude earthquake somewhere off the coast
  
  15863   Thu Mar 4 15:48:26 2021 KojiSummaryPEMWatchdog tripped, Optics damped backEQs seen on Summary pages
https://nodus.ligo.caltech.edu:30889/detcharsummary/day/20210304/pem/seismic_blrms/
  
  2532   Tue Jan 19 16:21:18 2010 AlbertoUpdateABSLWatchdogs not working and then fixedThis afternoon the watchdogs stopped working:
they didn't trip when the suspension positions
crossed the threshold values.
  
  7576   Thu Oct 18 15:36:57 2012 SteveUpdateCamerasWatec cameras & Tamron lensesI purchased 3x  1/2"
ccd cameras and 3x  F  50
mm lenses for the lab.
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  7322   Thu Aug 30 20:20:52 2012 JenneUpdateSUSWatek camera placed on SE viewport of ITMX to look at PRM[EricQ, Jenne]
We placed the Watek camera on the
SE viewport of the ITMX chamber, and focused
  
  16942   Thu Jun 23 15:05:01 2022 Water MonitorUpdateUpgradeWater Bottle Refill22:05:02 UTC Jordan refilled his water
bottle at the water dispenser in the control
room.
  
  3208   Tue Jul 13 17:36:42 2010 nancyUpdateIOOWavefront Sensing Matrix ControlFor yesterday - July 12th.
Yesterday, I tried understanding
the MEDM and the Dataviewer screens for the
  
  3236   Fri Jul 16 15:39:27 2010 nancyUpdateIOOWavefront Sensors- switched offI tuned the gain of WFS to 0 last night
at about 3am.
I turned it back on now.
  
  16006   Wed Apr 7 22:48:48 2021 gautamUpdateIOOWaveplate commissioningSummary:

I spent an hour today evening checking
out the remote waveplate operation. Basic
 remotePowCtrl.pdf 
  16036   Thu Apr 15 15:54:46 2021 gautamUpdateIOOWaveplate commissioning - hardware installed[jordan,
gautam]
  
  16022   Tue Apr 13 17:47:07 2021 gautamUpdateIOOWaveplate commissioning - software preparedI spent some time today setting up a workable
user interface to control the waveplate.


Created some EPICS database
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  2410   Mon Dec 14 12:13:52 2009 JenneUpdateTreasureWe are *ROCKSTARS* ! IFO is back up[Jenne, Kiwamu, Koji]
We
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  2412   Mon Dec 14 13:17:33 2009 robUpdateTreasureWe are *ROCKSTARS* ! IFO is back up 
 
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  7859   Wed Dec 19 20:18:51 2012 ranaUpdateComputersWe are Changing the Passwerdz next week----Be Prepared
http://xkcd.com/936/
  
  9602   Wed Feb 5 15:39:41 2014 manasaUpdateGeneralWe are pumping down[Steve, Manasa]
I checked the alignment one last
time. The arms locked, PRM aligned, oplevs
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  4873   Thu Jun 23 23:54:29 2011 KojiOmnistructureEnvironmentWe are savedSonali, Ishwita, and another anonymous
SURF saved the long-lasted water shortage
of the 40m
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  2948   Tue May 18 16:19:19 2010 josephbUpdateCDSWe have two new IO chassisWe have 2 new IO chassis with mounting
rails and necessary boards for communicating
to the computers.  Still need boards
  
  2483   Thu Jan 7 14:08:46 2010 JenneUpdateComputersWe haven't had a bootfest yet this week.....so today's the dayAll the DAQ screens are bright red. 
Thumbs down to that.
  
  2484   Thu Jan 7 14:55:36 2010 JenneUpdateComputersWe haven't had a bootfest yet this week.....so today's the day

    
        
  
  1849   Thu Aug 6 20:03:10 2009 KojiUpdateGeneralWe left two carts near PSL table.Stephanie and Koji
We left two carts near the PSL table.
We are using them for characterization
  
  5548   Mon Sep 26 17:49:21 2011 JenneUpdateComputersWe now have BURT restore for slow channelsKoji and Suresh found that there have not been any autoburt snapshots   
  5552   Mon Sep 26 22:40:41 2011 JenneUpdateComputersWe now have BURT restore for slow channels[Jenne, Koji]

After much Perl-learning and a few iterations,
  
  7872   Wed Jan 2 15:33:23 2013 JenneHowToLockingWe should retry in-air lockingImmediate things to do include finishing
installation of new TTs and re-routing of
oplev paths in the BS chamber, but after
  
  921   Thu Sep 4 10:13:48 2008 JenneUpdateIOOWe unlocked the MC temporarily[Joe, Eric, Jenne]

While trying to diagnose some DAQ/PD problems
  
  3131   Tue Jun 29 08:55:18 2010 JenneFrogsEnvironmentWe're being attacked!   Infested_InvasionOfKillerBugs.jpgAntInvasion_small.jpg 
  7694   Fri Nov 9 17:15:05 2012 Manasa, Steve, AyakaUpdateGeneralWe're closed! Pumping down monday morning

    

       
            
  
  8284   Wed Mar 13 10:26:58 2013 ManasaUpdateLockingWe're still good!!We're still good with the IFO alignment
after 7hours. 
  
  420   Wed Apr 16 09:47:35 2008 AndreySummaryPEMWeather Station The weather station is functional again.

The long ethernet Cat5 cable connecting 'WeatherLink'
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  7014   Mon Jul 23 21:17:58 2012 LizUpdatePEMWeather Station Works!Rana and I traced the cables that ran from
c1pem1 to the
  
  7015   Mon Jul 23 21:54:48 2012 ranaUpdatePEMWeather Station Works!To get the code to run on c1pem1, we had
to move the old target back into the /cvs/cds/caltech/target/
directory.  It is in /cvs/cds/caltech/target/c1pem1/.
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