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  1795   Mon Jul 27 09:34:07 2009 steveSummaryIOOAligning the mode cleaner


   
        
            
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  1802   Wed Jul 29 11:15:06 2009 steveBureaucracySAFETYKevin receives safety trainingKevin Vigue, our high school summer student
went through the 40m specific safety traning
yesterday.
  
  1831   Wed Aug 5 07:33:04 2009 steveDAQComputersfb40m is down    
  1838   Wed Aug 5 16:33:50 2009 steveConfigurationPSLnew PSL output irisI installed an improvised version of PSL
output beam iris at the output periscope
last week.
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  1840   Thu Aug 6 09:05:29 2009 steveUpdateVAClarge O-rings of vacuum envelopeThe 40m-IFO vacuum envelope doors are sealed
with dual viton O-rings and they are pumped
through the annulos lines.
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  1852   Fri Aug 7 09:50:57 2009 steveConfigurationVACIFO pressure rose to 2.3 mTorrIFO pressure was 2.3 mTorr this morning,
The Maglev's foreline valve 
V4 was closed so P2 rose to 4 Torr. The Maglev
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  1864   Fri Aug 7 19:34:40 2009 steveSummaryVACUPS failedThe Maglev is running on single phase 220V
and that voltage  was not interrupted.
TP1 was running undisturbed with V1 and V4
  
  1865   Fri Aug 7 19:55:08 2009 steveSummaryVACopening V1 when PTP1 is brokenThe swapped in 307 convectron gauge controller 
is very likely to have the  RS232 connection 
wired differently from the old one.
  
  1931   Thu Aug 20 09:16:32 2009 steveHowToPhotosControl Room Workstation desks lowered to human height


   
        
            
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  1937   Mon Aug 24 16:48:57 2009 steveHowToVACnew UPS installed


   
        
            
  
  1943   Tue Aug 25 18:42:42 2009 steveUpdatePSLreference cavity temp box temporarly out of order


   
        
            
  
  1948   Wed Aug 26 14:45:14 2009 steveUpdatePSLPSL-FSS_RCTEMP of 4 yearsThe reference cavity vacuum chamber temp
is plotted starting Feb 22 of 2005
This plot suggest that the MINCO
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  1952   Wed Aug 26 16:31:34 2009 steveUpdatePSLreference cavity temp box temporarly out of order


   
        
            
  
  1958   Thu Aug 27 16:14:28 2009 steveSummaryOMCburned photodiodeOld -pre 6/2009  LLO DCPD 3 mm od
GTRAN photodiode
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  1961   Fri Aug 28 15:30:15 2009 steveConfigurationGeneralPOX rfpd removedI removed POX rfpd to see how it is mounted
on its base. It is here on the work bench
just in case someone wants to use it the
  
  1962   Tue Sep 1 11:23:36 2009 steveUpdateGeneralelectrical groundI was told yesterday, that on Friday the
construction people accidentally ripped out
one of the 40m soil ground.....AND HOW MANY
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  1963   Tue Sep 1 13:52:06 2009 steveConfigurationGeneralPOX rfpd is back & needs alignment


   
        
            
  
  1965   Thu Sep 3 11:20:26 2009 steveUpdateGeneralelectrical ground in place


   
        
            
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  1974   Tue Sep 8 16:01:52 2009 steveConfigurationVACRGA was separeted from IFOThe RGA isolation valve VM1 was closed
since Aug 24, 2009  I installed the
new UPS that time.
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  1980   Wed Sep 9 10:13:31 2009 steveBureaucracyGeneralthe use of FAX machine, scanner & toaster 
 You said that the use of FAXST
was forbidden for phds and graduate students.
  
  1987   Tue Sep 15 15:46:05 2009 steveUpdatePEMPEM and VACFSS_RMTEMP is moving up and  daily
fluctuations  are  less . 120 and
16 days plots are below.
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  1993   Fri Sep 18 16:26:02 2009 steveSummaryPSLNeslab chiller is OKRob found puddles of water very close to
the chiller during lunch time. We raised
the unit and took the side cover off. All
  
  2031   Thu Oct 1 08:37:43 2009 steveUpdateSUSsuspention damping restored and MZ HV stuckEarthquake 
of magnitude 5.0  shakes ETMY loose.
MC2 lost it's damping later.
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  2033   Thu Oct 1 10:23:00 2009 steveUpdatePSLMC2 damping restored again The EQ did not change the input beam
pointing. All back to normal, except MC2
wachdogs tripped again.
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  2097   Thu Oct 15 09:23:07 2009 steveSummaryLockingnever had it so goodAwesome 5 hrs of locking  Rob!  5hlock.jpg 
  2102   Fri Oct 16 10:15:02 2009 steveUpdateIOOIP ang & pos recenteredPointing stability of 4 days. Initial pointing
does not go through suspended optics. It
is launched  right after the Piezo Jena
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  2115   Mon Oct 19 11:00:52 2009 steveHowToSAFETY40m safety trainingKiwamu, Alex and Zach are practicing mandatory
IR-safety scan at the 40m-PSL
40m specific safety indoctrination
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  2124   Tue Oct 20 10:46:18 2009 steveUpdateIOOclipping IP-ANG beam at ETMX chamberInitial pointing beam is clearly clipping
on 2" pick off mirror in  ETMX
vacuum chamber.
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  2132   Thu Oct 22 08:45:58 2009 steveUpdateIOOIP ang & pos recentered

    
        
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  2137   Fri Oct 23 09:13:45 2009 steveSummaryVACRGA scanPump down #66 is 435 days old. RGA scan
is normal. New maglev is fine. New UPS is
in place but not hooked up to communicate.
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  2142   Mon Oct 26 15:40:01 2009 steveUpdatePSLlaser power is down The laser power is down 5-6%  laserpowerdown.jpg 
  2155   Wed Oct 28 09:12:18 2009 steveUpdatePSLPMC power on the rise?The PMC power is seems to be on the rise,
( MOPA_AMPMON is dropping ?) but I do not
think it is real. We have Santa Anna wind
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  2156   Wed Oct 28 14:39:10 2009 steveUpdatePEMafter the tour of the 40m Illuminators and PSL lights turned off.
HEPA filter speed increased from 20 to 100%
  
  2164   Fri Oct 30 09:24:45 2009 steveHowToMOPAhow to squeeze more out of little


   
        
            
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  2190   Fri Nov 6 07:55:59 2009 steveUpdateComputersRFMnetwork is downThe RFMnetwork is down.  MC2 sus damping
restored.
  
  2191   Fri Nov 6 09:17:53 2009 steveOmnistructurePEMPSL HEPAs turned onThe PSL enclosure HEPAs turned on at 30%   
  2207   Mon Nov 9 08:43:16 2009 steveUpdateSUSMC2 damping restoredMC2 damping restored,  MZ locked and
the arms are flashing now.
  
  2234   Wed Nov 11 09:48:04 2009 steveUpdateIOOwhere is IOO-RFAMPD_DCMON ?RFAMPD_DCMON disappered on Nov 5, 2009  rfampddc.jpg 
  2248   Thu Nov 12 09:43:29 2009 steveUpdatePEMconstruction has started at CESThe concrete  floor cutting has begun
next door at CES
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  2272   Mon Nov 16 09:37:41 2009 steveUpdatePEMconstruction is getting noisier 
ATM1: Seismometers are saturating,
suspensions are OK
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  2297   Thu Nov 19 09:25:19 2009 steveUpdateMOPAwater was added to the laser chillerI added ~500 cc of distilled water to the
laser chiller yesterday.
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  2298   Thu Nov 19 09:48:54 2009 steveUpdatePEMconstruction effect8 days plot: Thurdsay, Friday, Sat and
Sun without construction
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  2312   Mon Nov 23 10:11:03 2009 steveUpdatePEMlong term temp fluctuation of the 40m lab

    
        
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  2313   Mon Nov 23 11:03:00 2009 steveUpdateSUSjackhammer special well under control


   
        
            
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  2314   Mon Nov 23 16:28:12 2009 steveSummaryCamerasVideo swicher options


   
        
            
  
  2370   Wed Dec 9 09:07:32 2009 steveUpdatePEMhigh seismic activityThe construction activity is shaking the
tables in the control room.  The compactor-
large remote controlled jackhammer is in
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  2377   Thu Dec 10 08:43:25 2009 steveFrogsEnvironmentdiesel fumes are less


   
        
            
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  2388   Thu Dec 10 16:51:35 2009 steveUpdateVACpumpdown will start tomorrow morningThe vacuum system is at 760 torr 
All chambers with doors on and their annuloses
are pumped down.
  
  2394   Fri Dec 11 08:35:04 2009 steveConfigurationVACpumpdown has startedOplev positions before and after drag wiped
arm TMs as of yesterday. Slow-mode pumpdown
has started with 3/4 turn opened  RV1
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  2400   Fri Dec 11 15:21:40 2009 steveConfigurationVACpumpdown#67 is completed

    
        
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