| ID |
Date |
Author |
Type |
Category |
Subject |
Text |
 |
|
71
|
Tue Nov 6 16:48:54 2007 |
tobin | Configuration | Computers | scopes on the net | I configured our two 100 MHz Tektronix 3014B
scopes with IP addresses: 131.215.113.24
([url=http://scope0/]scope0[/url]) and 113.215.113.25 |
|
|
72
|
Tue Nov 6 18:18:15 2007 |
tobin | Configuration | Computers | I broke (and fixed) conlogger | It turns out that not only restart_conlogger,
but also conlogger itself checks to see that
it is running on the right machine. I had |
|
|
73
|
Tue Nov 6 23:45:38 2007 |
tobin | Configuration | Computers | tektronix scripts! | I cooked up a little script to fetch the data
from the networked Tektronix scope. Example
usage:
|
|
|
74
|
Wed Nov 7 00:51:33 2007 |
andrey, rob, tobin | Configuration | IOO | MC ringdowns | We completed several ringdown measurements
this afternoon; Andrey is currently processing
the data. |
|
|
77
|
Wed Nov 7 10:55:21 2007 |
ajw | Configuration | Computers | backup script restarted | Following the reboot of computers on 10/31/07,
the backup script required restart (which
unfortunately "can't" be automated because |
|
|
78
|
Wed Nov 7 13:54:44 2007 |
rob | Configuration | IOO | Mode Cleaner transfer function | I performed the same procedure described [url=http://dziban.ligo.caltech.edu:40/40m/40]
here[/url], and re-measured the transfer
function of the mode cleaner to see the effect |
|
|
80
|
Wed Nov 7 14:05:59 2007 |
tobin | Configuration | IOO | MC ringdown | Modeling the mode cleaner as a simple cavity
with all losses lumped together, we expect
the cavity power to be
|
|
|
84
|
Thu Nov 8 15:57:53 2007 |
tobin | Configuration | PSL | shelf removed | I removed the sheet metal shelf from the PSL
enclosure, for easier access to the ISS.
|
|
|
85
|
Thu Nov 8 18:44:01 2007 |
tobin | Configuration | PSL | ISS | Tobin, Rob
With the Sense PD blocked, I adjusted the |
|
|
89
|
Fri Nov 9 17:33:33 2007 |
rob | Configuration | PSL | ISS |
The 3.7 MHz is actually on the light. It's
the beat between the 29.5 MHz sidebands and |
|
|
90
|
Fri Nov 9 21:36:14 2007 |
rob | Configuration | PSL | FSS | rob, rana
We looked at the FSS a bit today. The most |
|
|
95
|
Mon Nov 12 15:05:49 2007 |
rob | Configuration | PSL | FSS |
Spent a bit of time fiddling with the FSS
again today. In a not-particularly-systematic |
|
|
118
|
Tue Nov 20 13:06:57 2007 |
tobin | Configuration | Computers | linux1 has new disk | Alex put the new hard disk into linux1 along
with a fresh install of linux (CentOS).
The old disk was too damaged to copy.
|
|
|
124
|
Tue Nov 27 15:45:08 2007 |
rob | Configuration | PSL | FSS loop |
It's unclear (to me, at least) what was the
end result of the FSS path tweaking before |
|
|
125
|
Tue Nov 27 15:47:17 2007 |
rob | Configuration | IOO | MC loop | After the FSS running pretty quick, I checked
the MC loop. I used TPA 1&2.
|
|
|
126
|
Tue Nov 27 16:18:58 2007 |
rob | Configuration | IOO | MC loop | Reduced the common gain to 22dB in the [COLOR=blue]mcup[/COLOR]
script, so that the WFS would not blow the
lock. The above measure of the OLG was done |
|
|
132
|
Wed Nov 28 16:46:28 2007 |
rana | Configuration | Computers | scientific linux 5.0 | I tried installing Scientific Linux on Tiramisu.
The installation process was so bad (really)
that I quit after 15 minutes. Its back to |
|
|
133
|
Wed Nov 28 17:15:26 2007 |
rana | Configuration | SUS | ETMY damping / watchdogs | Steve has noted that ETMY was often tripping
its watchdog. I saw this again today.
|
|
|
137
|
Wed Nov 28 21:51:52 2007 |
tobin | Configuration | PSL | ISS | I replaced the front-end differential receivers
for the ISS's "inner-loop" sensor and monitor
diode inputs with lower-noise [url=http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/ths4131.html]THS4131[/url]'s |
|
|
138
|
Thu Nov 29 10:36:47 2007 |
alberto | Configuration | Computer Scripts / Programs | Agilent 82357B GPIB to USB Interface Installation Procedeure | To run the Agilent Automation-Ready CD provided
with the interface is only the first step
of the installation. Apparently there should |
|
|
140
|
Thu Nov 29 14:29:22 2007 |
tobin | Configuration | Computers | linux1 httpd/conlogger fixed | I think I fixed the [url=http://linux1/cgi-bin/conlog_web.pl]conlogger
web interface on linux1[/url].
|
|
|
141
|
Thu Nov 29 15:17:53 2007 |
rob | Configuration | PSL | ISS |
I put some ISS beam on the diode on the PSL
table. In the previous layout, this was |
|
|
145
|
Fri Nov 30 11:44:57 2007 |
rob | Configuration | Electronics | ETMX oplev | In the interests of getting the Xarm alignment
script working again, I reset the local damping
gains for the test masses to their previous |
|
|
146
|
Fri Nov 30 13:46:50 2007 |
rob | Configuration | Electronics | ETMX oplev dead again | [quote]In the interests of getting the Xarm
alignment script working again, I reset the
local damping gains for the test masses to |
|
|
147
|
Fri Nov 30 19:11:05 2007 |
rana | Configuration | Electronics | ETMX oplev dead again | I removed the ETMX HeNe and put in on a test
table and it fired up fine. In its
previous location the light on the HeNe power |
|
|
148
|
Fri Nov 30 19:29:14 2007 |
rana | Configuration | SUS | new screen | Andrey is working on a new screen to show
us the drift of the optics by alarming on
their osem values. [COLOR=darkred]You can |
|
|
149
|
Fri Nov 30 19:46:58 2007 |
rana | Configuration | Computers | EPICS Time Bad again | The time on the EPICS screens is off by 10
minutes again. Por Que?
|
|
|
151
|
Fri Nov 30 20:17:26 2007 |
Andrey | Configuration | PEM | Accelerometers and alum.plates for them | All 6 accelerometers which were located near
the ITMX are turned off and disconnected
from the power cords.
|
|
|
154
|
Sun Dec 2 21:02:12 2007 |
rana | Configuration | IOO | MC SUS re-alignment | [COLOR=purple][SIZE=2][B][FONT=Comic Sans
MS]The spot on MC2 was not centered, so I
put it back in the center:[/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/COLOR]
|
|
|
155
|
Sun Dec 2 21:07:39 2007 |
rana | Configuration | IOO | MC SUS re-alignment | [COLOR=darkblue][CODE]you asked for: diff
2007/12/01,4:58:48 2007/12/03,4:58:48 utc
'MC.*COMM'
|
|
|
156
|
Sun Dec 2 21:13:16 2007 |
rana | Configuration | IOO | MC SUS re-alignment | |
|
|
161
|
Mon Dec 3 19:44:58 2007 |
Accelerometers on new mounts | Configuration | PEM | Andrey |
I (Andrey) continued today working with new
accelerometer mounting. (see entry #151 about |
|
|
162
|
Mon Dec 3 22:20:09 2007 |
tobin | Configuration | PSL | ISS | I replaced the painfully short 1' cables on
the ISS photodiodes with luxurious five foot
cables, made by chopping a ten foot Amphenol |
|
|
172
|
Wed Dec 5 23:19:03 2007 |
Andrey | Configuration | PEM | Accelerometers are turned on |
All accelerometers have been turned on, as
Alan asked during Wednesday meeting.
|
7x |
|
176
|
Thu Dec 6 19:19:47 2007 |
Andrey | Configuration | SUS | Suspension damping Gain was restored |
Suspension damping gain was disabled for
some reason (all the indicators in the most |
|
|
186
|
Mon Dec 10 19:08:03 2007 |
tobin | Configuration | PSL | MZ | The MZ seems finicky today--it keeps unlocking
and relocking.
|
|
|
187
|
Mon Dec 10 20:35:59 2007 |
tobin | Configuration | Computer Scripts / Programs | autolocking scripts | I added this tidbit of csh code to the MZ
autolocker to prevent multiple copies from
running (on one computer):
|
|
|
191
|
Thu Dec 13 23:56:02 2007 |
Andrey | Configuration | Computer Scripts / Programs | Overnight measurements |
[COLOR=blue]After my disease[/COLOR] (fever,
vomitting, nose problem, overall weakness) |
|
|
194
|
Mon Dec 17 23:42:08 2007 |
Andrey | Configuration | Computer Scripts / Programs | Overnight measurements in X-arm |
I am making overnight measurements this night
(from Monday to Tuesday) in XARM.
|
|
|
198
|
Tue Dec 18 23:27:36 2007 |
Andrey | Configuration | Computer Scripts / Programs | New overnight measurements (this night from Tue to Wed) |
[COLOR=red]I am making overnight measurements
in XARM tonight.[/COLOR]
|
|
|
211
|
Sat Dec 22 00:52:57 2007 |
tobin | Configuration | PSL | ISS surgery | In an attempt to quell oscillations in the
(unused) outer loop portion of the ISS, I
shorted the "PD+" and "PD-" signals from |
|
|
238
|
Mon Jan 14 23:11:26 2008 |
tobin | Configuration | General | fiber | John and I removed the fiber that ran from
the SP table to the cleanroom. We plan to
build a MZ interferometer with this fiber |
|
|
243
|
Wed Jan 16 19:57:49 2008 |
tobin | Configuration | Photos | ISCT_EX | Here's a photo of the ISCT_EX table, for the
purpose of planning our auxiliary laser arm
locking scheme. Note the (undumped!) beam |
|
|
250
|
Fri Jan 18 20:53:56 2008 |
tobin | Configuration | General | ETMY oplev | I monkeyed around with the ETMY oplev, adding
a folding mirror and moving the HeNe so that
John, Sam, and I have more room for our auxiliary |
|
|
260
|
Thu Jan 24 20:03:40 2008 |
Andrey | Configuration | SUS | Changes to Dataviewer channels (XARM) |
1) [COLOR=blue]Good news.[/COLOR] I added
a chanel "C1:SUS-ETMX_POS" to Dataviewer.
|
|
|
261
|
Thu Jan 24 22:10:49 2008 |
Andrey | Configuration | Computer Scripts / Programs | Problem with channels - help of Rana, Robert or Steve is needed |
I definitely spoiled something (changes some
settings) by chaotically clicking those blue |
|
|
263
|
Fri Jan 25 08:55:26 2008 |
rob | Configuration | General | Changes to Dataviewer channels (XARM) |
As a general rule,
|
|
|
265
|
Fri Jan 25 10:14:35 2008 |
rob | Configuration | SUS | Changes to Dataviewer channels (XARM) | [quote]
2) [COLOR=red]BAD NEWS.[/COLOR] While "clicking
the appropriate blue button" on the DAQ MEDM |
|
|
266
|
Fri Jan 25 11:38:16 2008 |
josephb | Configuration | Cameras | Working GiGE video on Linux - sort of | 1)I have been able to compile the SampleViewer
program which can stream the video from the
Prosilica 750C camera. This was accomplished |
|
|
267
|
Fri Jan 25 13:36:13 2008 |
josephb | Configuration | Cameras | Working GiGE video on Mafalda | Finally got the GiGE camera sample viewer
video running on Mafalda by updating to the
latest API (version 1.16 from Dec 16, 2007) |
|