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Wed Oct 31 15:02:59 2007 |
tobin | Routine | IOO | Mode Cleaner Mode Tracking | I processed the heterodyned mode cleaner data
yesterday, tracking the three 28 kHz modes
corresponding to MC1, MC2, and MC3. Unfortuntately |
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Thu Nov 1 11:45:30 2007 |
tobin | Configuration | IOO | Mode cleaner drag-wiping | Andrey, Bob, David, John Miller, Rana, Rob,
Steve, Tobin
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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 |
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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 |
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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:
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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
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84
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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.
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85
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Thu Nov 8 18:44:01 2007 |
tobin | Configuration | PSL | ISS | Tobin, Rob
With the Sense PD blocked, I adjusted the |
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100
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Wed Nov 14 12:33:35 2007 |
tobin | AoG | Environment | construction | The construction crews are running a jack-hammer
right outside of the control room. |
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Wed Nov 14 12:47:19 2007 |
tobin | Update | PSL | ISS | John, Tobin
With John's notch filter installed and the |
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103
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Wed Nov 14 17:50:00 2007 |
tobin | Update | PSL | ISS | Here's the current wiring between the ISS
and its PDs:
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106
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Thu Nov 15 18:06:06 2007 |
tobin | Update | Computers | alex: linux1 root file system hard disk's dying | I just noticed that Alex made [url=http://www.ldas-sw.ligo.caltech.edu/ilog/pub/ilog.cgi?group=40m&date_to_view=11/14/2007&anchor_to_scroll_to=2007:11:14:20:00:29-aivanov]an
entry in the old ilog[/url] yesterday, saying:
"[color=red][b]Looks like linux1 root filesystem |
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Thu Nov 15 18:37:06 2007 |
tobin | Update | Computers | possible replacement for linux1's disk | It looks like the existing disk in linux1
is a Seagate ST380013A (this can be found
either via the smartctl utility or by looking |
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Fri Nov 16 11:27:18 2007 |
tobin | Update | Computers | script fix | I added a tidbit of code to "LIGOio.pm" that
fixes a [url=http://lhocds.ligo-wa.caltech.edu:8000/40m/EZCA]problem
with ezcastep on Linux[/url]. Scripts such |
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Fri Nov 16 14:11:26 2007 |
tobin | Update | Computers | op140 | Alan called to say that Phil Ehrens will be
coming by to take [b]op140[/b] off our hands. |
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Fri Nov 16 14:31:43 2007 |
tobin | Update | Computers | op140 disks | Phil Ehrens stopped by and took op140's disks. |
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117
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Tue Nov 20 11:10:07 2007 |
tobin | Update | Computers | epics access from matlab | I installed "[url=http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~strauman/labca/]labca[/url]",
which allows [b]direct access to EPICS channels
from within Matlab[/b]. It comes with both |
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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.
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Tue Nov 27 20:47:00 2007 |
tobin | Update | PSL | FSS | Rana, Tobin
We looked at the RF PD signal to the FSS |
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136
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Wed Nov 28 19:44:18 2007 |
tobin | Update | PSL | HEPA | I found the HEPA turned off completely. I
turned it on. |
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137
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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 |
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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].
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Mon Dec 3 16:24:47 2007 |
tobin | HowTo | Computers | GNU screen | [url=http://jmcpherson.org/screen.html]GNU
screen[/url] is a utility that can be quite
handy for managing long-running psuedo-interactive |
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Mon Dec 3 17:55:39 2007 |
tobin | HowTo | Computer Scripts / Programs | linemon | Matlab's Signal Processing toolbox has a [url=http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/toolbox/signal/index.html?/access/helpdesk/help/toolbox/signal/spectrum.html]set
of algorithms for identifying sinusoids in
data[/url]. Some of them (e.g., [url=http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/toolbox/signal/index.html?/access/helpdesk/help/toolbox/signal/rootmusic.html&http://www.mathworks.com/cgi-bin/texis/webinator/search/]rootmusic[/url]) |
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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 |
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Tue Dec 4 23:16:35 2007 |
tobin | Update | PSL | ISS | I was confused to find that I could increase
the ISS gain slider all the way from 15dB
to 30dB without seeing much of any increase |
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Wed Dec 5 16:57:36 2007 |
tobin | HowTo | Computer Scripts / Programs | SR785 data converter on linux | I was pleased to find that the SR785 Data
Viewer (including the command line conversion
utility) installs and works in linux using |
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Wed Dec 5 17:49:57 2007 |
tobin | Update | PSL | ISS | Attached is a plot of the ISS RIN with a variety
of gain settings.
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Wed Dec 5 18:22:03 2007 |
tobin | Update | PSL | ISS dark noise | Attached is a plot of the dark noise spectrum
of the ISS photodiodes (1) before fooling
with them, (2) after replacing the 4151's |
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Wed Dec 5 20:32:51 2007 |
tobin | Update | PSL | ISS dark noise | The ISS dark noise is not coming from the
PD heads; the spectrum is essentially unchanged
when the PD is unplugged from the ISS. Did |
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Thu Dec 6 19:30:43 2007 |
tobin | Update | PSL | ISS dark noise - 60 Hz! | A higher resolution spectrum [attached] shows
that nearly all of the excess dark noise
on the ISS is in 60 Hz harmonics (with some |
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Fri Dec 7 18:28:30 2007 |
tobin | Update | Computer Scripts / Programs | compiled matlab hoses itself | Andrey pointed out to me that some matlab
functions in the Signal Processing Toolbox
were dying with errors. Looking into the |
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Fri Dec 7 18:31:30 2007 |
tobin | Update | Computer Scripts / Programs | compiled matlab hoses itself | Addendnum. The reason the linemon_mcr command
was in the path was because of the user issuing
the command "addpath(genpath(pwd))" where |
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Fri Dec 7 19:14:30 2007 |
tobin | Update | PSL | ISS dark noise - ground loop enlightenment | My alleged 60 Hz harmonics were all from a
ground loop created by connecting the SR785
ground to the ISS circuit ground; they disappeared |
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Mon Dec 10 18:42:20 2007 |
tobin | Update | PSL | ISS RIN script | I wrote a script to measure the ISS RIN.
The script uses the "labca" interface (described
in an [url=http://dziban.ligo.caltech.edu:40/40m/117]earlier |
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Mon Dec 10 19:08:03 2007 |
tobin | Configuration | PSL | MZ | The MZ seems finicky today--it keeps unlocking
and relocking.
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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):
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Wed Dec 12 22:24:48 2007 |
tobin | Frogs | PEM | weather station | I poked at the weather station briefly this
evening.
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Tue Dec 18 16:50:35 2007 |
tobin | Update | SAFETY | uvex laser safety glasses defective | A few days ago we noticed what appeared to
be a blotched, speckled fracturing of the
coating of the "UVEX" laser safety glasses. |
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Tue Dec 18 21:31:31 2007 |
tobin | Update | PSL | ISS RIN | My measurements of the ISS RIN via the SR785
and via the DAQ disagree considerably. The
spectral shapes are very similar, however, |
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Fri Dec 21 20:32:25 2007 |
tobin | Update | Photos | GigE camera | I couldn't resist any longer: I plugged in
the Prosilica GC 750 GigE camera and took
it for a spin. This is the little CMOS camera |
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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 |
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Sat Dec 22 15:32:11 2007 |
tobin | AoG | Environment | ants | Ants are everywhere: on the PSL table, on
the circuit board I'm soldering...
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Wed Jan 2 11:38:56 2008 |
tobin | Summary | WIKI-40M Update | wiki spam | Our wiki keeps getting spammed. It turns
out that you can upload attachments without
a password, which is a bug. I'll ask David |
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Thu Jan 10 00:12:01 2008 |
tobin | Summary | Locking | DR | [John, Tobin, Rana]
1. We found SUS_BS_SENSOR_UL to have a ratty |
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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 |
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Tue Jan 15 13:15:27 2008 |
tobin | Update | Environment | lots of noise | They're throwing concrete around at the construction
site. |
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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 |
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Thu Jan 17 20:50:55 2008 |
tobin | Update | General | fiber coupling | Sam, John, and I matched the beam from an
NPRO into a fiber on the SP table today.
In doing so we used our GigE camera for |
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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 |
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