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  2990   Wed May 26 12:59:26 2010 josephbUpdateCDSCreated sus, sup, scx, spx modelsI created the sus model, which is the suspension
controller for ITMX, ITMY, BS, PRM, SRM. 
I also created sup, which is the suspension
  
  2989   Wed May 26 10:58:29 2010 josephbUpdateCDSNew RCG checkout for use with all machines plus some issuesNow that we have multiple machines we'd
like to run the new front end code on, I'm
finding it annoying to have to constantly
  
  2988   Wed May 26 04:14:21 2010 kiwamuUpdateGreen LockinglockedI guess
I succeeded in locking of the cavity with
 OLTF_endPDH.png 
  2987   Wed May 26 00:50:16 2010 JenneUpdateIOOMirrors moved in prep for round 2 of MC mode measuring[Jenne, Kevin, Kiwamu]
We moved some optics in preparation
for measuring the MC mode after the first
  
  2986   Tue May 25 17:22:56 2010 KevinUpdateIOOBeam Profile After Mode Cleaner

    
        
 mcfit.png 
  2985   Tue May 25 17:09:22 2010 KojiUpdateIOOBeam Profile After Mode CleanerVery nice as usual. Can you add the curve
to show the ideal mode of the MC on the profile
plot?
  
  2984   Tue May 25 17:04:37 2010 KevinUpdate Beam Profile After Mode CleanerI fit the data from the beam profile that
Jenne measured on 5/21/2010. The distances
are measured from halfway between MC1 and
 mcfit.pngmcerrors.png 
  2983   Tue May 25 16:40:27 2010 josephb, alexUpdateCDSFinally tracked down why new models wouldn't talk to each otherThe problem with the new models using the
new shared memory/dolphin/RFM defined as
names in a single .ipc file.
  
  2982   Tue May 25 16:32:26 2010 kiwamuHowToElectronicsfront ends are back [Alex, Joe, Kiwamu]
Eventually
  
  2981   Tue May 25 10:06:09 2010 kiwamuUpdateElectronicsbad power supply of a vme rack I
got a VME crate from Peter's lab. It is already
  
  2980   Tue May 25 09:12:46 2010 kiwamuConfigurationGreen Lockingeffect from air conditionerWe should
completely turn off the air conditioner when
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  2979   Tue May 25 07:58:23 2010 kiwamuUpdateelogelog downI found the elog got down around 7:30 am
in this morning.
So I restarted it by running the
  
  2978   Tue May 25 07:22:59 2010 kiwamuUpdateElectronicsbad power supply of a vme rackNotes on May 25th
  
  2977   Tue May 25 00:10:24 2010 ZachUpdateIOOIMC table leveled againThe IMC table had to be leveled again,
for two reasons: 1) It was un-leveled when
Jenne and Kiwamu removed an extra beam dump
  
  2976   Mon May 24 16:34:22 2010 KevinUpdatePSLND Filters for 2W Beam ProfileI tried to measure the beam profile of
the 2W laser today but ran into problems
with the ND filters. With the measurements
  
  2975   Mon May 24 14:28:35 2010 kiwamuUpdateElectronicsbad power supply of a vme rackIn this morning I found daqawg didn't work.
After looking for the cause, I found
  
  2974   Mon May 24 11:32:05 2010 ranaUpdateLSC40mUpgrade Field Power and RF Power Spectrum at the ports. 38m/38.55m arm length issue.


   
        
            
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  2973   Mon May 24 10:03:14 2010 ranaUpdateLSC40mUpgrade Field Power and RF Power Spectrum at the ports. 38m/38.55m arm length issue. 
 If you have a working 40m Optickle
model, put it in a common place in the SVN,
  
  2972   Mon May 24 07:53:57 2010 steveConfigurationPEMair cond. just turned ONIFO room temp 27.5C , Please remember to
turn AC back on !
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  2971   Fri May 21 16:41:38 2010 Alberto, JoUpdateComputersIt's a boy!Today the new Dell computer for the GSCS
(General SURF Computing Side) arrived.
We put it together and hooked it
  
  2970   Fri May 21 16:37:35 2010 steveConfigurationVACtp3's drypump replacedBob replaced the tipseal in an other drypump
and I swapped it in. TP3 turbo is running
again, it's foreline pressure is 40 mTorr.
  
  2969   Fri May 21 16:27:45 2010 AlbertoOmnistructureEnvironmentThe control room is molding...... not just because we haven't locked
the interferometer for quite some time. I
mean, it literally stinks. The chiller's
  
  2968   Fri May 21 16:24:11 2010 KojiUpdateLSC40mUpgrade Field Power and RF Power Spectrum at the ports. 38m/38.55m arm length issue.1. Give us the designed arm length. What
is the criteria?
2. The arm lengths got shorter as
  
  2967   Fri May 21 14:31:46 2010 josephb,alexUpdateCDSNew computer and IO chassis working in 1X4Alex brought over a ADC, DAC, and PCIe
card which goes into the computer and talk
to the IO chassis.  We tried installing
  
  2966   Fri May 21 11:56:34 2010 AlbertoUpdate40m Upgrading40mUpgrade Field Power and RF Power Spectrum at the ports. 38m/38.55m arm length issue.I update my old 40mUpgrade Optickle model,
by adding the latest updates in the optical
layout (mirror distances, main optics transmissivities,
 7x 
  2965   Fri May 21 08:28:29 2010 steveConfigurationVACTP3 turned off


   
        
            
  
  2964   Fri May 21 00:51:06 2010 JenneUpdateIOOFirst MC mode measuring (hopefully) done[Jenne, Kiwamu, Steve]
Round 1 of measuring the MC mode
is pretty much done.  Yay.
  
  2963   Fri May 21 00:30:44 2010 JenneUpdateVACTP3 fore pump is very loud[Jenne, Kiwamu, and Steve via phone]
Around 9:30pm, Kiwamu and I came
back from dinner, and were getting ready
  
  2962   Fri May 21 00:21:24 2010 JenneUpdateSAFETYDon't walk down the Y(new convention) arm tonight!All clear.

  
  2961   Thu May 20 20:03:37 2010 JenneUpdateSAFETYDon't walk down the Y(new convention) arm tonight!Please don't go
down the Yarm (Old Xarm) for right now, or
  
  2960   Thu May 20 14:18:59 2010 kiwamuUpdateGreen Lockingmode profile of 40m cavityThe mode
profile of the green beam going through 40m
 MMT40mcavity.png 
  2959   Thu May 20 13:29:40 2010 kiwamuUpdateGreen Lockingmode profile at PPKTP crystal I measured again the mode profile
of the beam going through the PPKTP crystal
by using the beam scan.
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  2958   Thu May 20 13:12:28 2010 josephbUpdateCDSPreparations for testing lsc,lsp, scy,spy togetherIn /cvs/cds/caltech/target/fb modified:
master: cleaned up so only io1 (IO
processor), LSC, LSP, SCY, SPY were listed,
  
  2957   Thu May 20 12:34:46 2010 kiwamuConfiguration40m Upgradingoptical breadboards with legsYesterday Steve and I revived two legs
to mount some optical breadboards outside
of the end table.
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  2956   Thu May 20 12:10:44 2010 kiwamuUpdatePhotosETMY end table I updated the photo of ETMY end table
on the wiki.
http://lhocds.ligo-wa.caltech.edu:8000/40m/Optical_Tables
 ETMY_s.png 
  2955   Thu May 20 10:06:56 2010 AidanHowToPhase CameraPhase Camera- raw data video    
  2954   Wed May 19 22:28:05 2010 KojiUpdateIOOHooray! We locked the MC! (and some other stuff)Good! What was the key?
The MC2 spot looks very high, but
don't believe the TV image. Believe the result
  
  2953   Wed May 19 16:09:11 2010 josephbUpdateCDSRacks to small for IO Chassis railsSo I discovered the hard way that the racks
are not standard width, when I was unable
to place a new IO chassis into the racks
  
  2952   Wed May 19 16:00:18 2010 JenneUpdateIOOHooray! We locked the MC! (and some other stuff)[Jenne, Kevin]
We opened up the MC chambers again,
and successfully got the MC locked today! 
  
  2951   Wed May 19 14:36:46 2010 AidanHowToPhase CameraPhase Camera algorithm and stuff I had a think about the algorithm
we might use for the phase camera measurement.
MATLAB has an fft function that will allow
 phase_camera_DC_comp.pdfphase_camera_F1_comp.pdfphase_camera_F2_comp.pdfload_raw_data.m 
  2950   Tue May 18 23:03:08 2010 JenneUpdateIOONo real progress....[Jenne, Kevin]
No real progress today.  We
opened the chambers and again tried to lock
  
  2949   Tue May 18 16:44:35 2010 KojiUpdateIOOFirst steps toward MC mode measuringHere is the upadted list http://lhocds.ligo-wa.caltech.edu:8000/40m/Upgrade_09/Optics

  
  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
  
  2947   Tue May 18 15:09:02 2010 steveConfigurationSAFETYPSL output shutter in order again


   
        
            
  
  2946   Tue May 18 14:30:31 2010 josephbUpdateCDSLSC.mdl problem found and fixedAfter having checked old possibilities
and deciding I wasn't imagining the lsc.mdl
file not working, but working as another
  
  2945   Tue May 18 12:04:13 2010 robUpdateIOOFirst steps toward MC mode measuring


   
        
            
  
  2943   Tue May 18 11:54:29 2010 steveConfigurationSAFETYpsl mechanical shutter is not workingAs we learned yesterday, the PSL laser
power out put mechanical shutter is not working
in the remote mode. It only works in local
  
  2942   Tue May 18 01:40:56 2010 KojiUpdateIOOFirst steps toward MC mode measuringOK. Don't worry. This is just an initial
confusion which we also had for the suspensions
a while ago.
  
  2941   Mon May 17 19:42:11 2010 JenneUpdateIOOFirst steps toward MC mode measuring[Jenne, Kevin, Steve]
We made some progress toward getting
the MC's beam profile measured.  In
  
  2940   Mon May 17 17:17:49 2010 josephb, steve, alberto, kiwamuUpdateCDSNew CDS computers now in racks.We placed 3 new computers in the racks. 
One in 1X4 (machine running SCX) and 2 in
1Y4 (LSC and SUS).  These are 1U chassis,
  
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