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ID Date Authorup Type Category Subject Text Attachments
  2819   Tue Apr 20 13:37:36 2010 JenneUpdateGreen Locking1W NPRO output profile


   
        
            
  
  2820   Tue Apr 20 18:02:22 2010 JenneUpdateCOCNew SRM and PRM Hung[Jenne, Steve]
We removed the old SRM and PRM from
their cages, and are temporarily storing
  
  2825   Wed Apr 21 15:53:57 2010 JenneUpdatePEMSeismometers now on the granite slabThe 3 seismometers are now on the granite
slab.  The Ranger is now aligned with
the Xarm (perpendicular to the Mode Cleaner)
 P4210048.JPG 
  2833   Thu Apr 22 20:28:40 2010 JenneUpdatePEMSeismometer Noise Characteristics


   
        
            
 Gur1_Gur2_noise.png 
  2889   Thu May 6 18:25:20 2010 JenneUpdatePEMAcc power supply turned onThe accelerometer power supply / preamp
board has been OFF because of exciting new
accelerometer measurements.  It's now
  
  2892   Thu May 6 19:51:22 2010 JenneUpdatePEMNew 'Seismic Spectrum of the 40m'For reasons unknown, the seismic spectra
posted above Rosalba has been wrong since
~January when it was first posted. 
 SeisRef_6May2010_AccelCalFudged.png 
  2934   Fri May 14 16:19:22 2010 JenneUpdatePEMGuts of a Guralp[Jenne, Rana]
We took apart and examined one of
the Guralp seismometers this afternoon. 
  
  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
  
  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
  
  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! 
  
  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
  
  2962   Fri May 21 00:21:24 2010 JenneUpdateSAFETYDon't walk down the Y(new convention) arm tonight!All clear.

  
  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
  
  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.
  
  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
  
  2993   Wed May 26 15:34:00 2010 JenneUpdateIOOMirrors moved in prep for round 2 of MC mode measuring


   
        
            
  
  3006   Fri May 28 11:26:35 2010 JenneUpdatePEMNew Foam Box installed


   
        
            
  
  3010   Fri May 28 13:51:51 2010 JenneUpdateVACvacuum work


   
        
            
  
  3011   Fri May 28 14:24:30 2010 JenneUpdateVACvacuum workI just got off the phone with Alberto and
Kiwamu, and I'm going to try to recalculate
things based on their measurements of the
  
  3045   Thu Jun 3 14:13:20 2010 JenneUpdateIOOmode measurement of new input optics


   
        
            
  
  3076   Mon Jun 14 22:16:08 2010 JenneUpdateIOOMode scan after Mode Matching Telescope[Jenne, Kiwamu]
We measured the mode after the Mode
Matching Telescope. 
 after_MMT.png 
  3094   Mon Jun 21 18:01:34 2010 JenneUpdate40m UpgradingSRM, PRM hung, magnets inspected[Jenne, Kiwamu, Rana, Eric Gustafson]
The SRM and PRM have been re-hung,
and are ready for installation into the chambers. 
  
  3098   Tue Jun 22 18:56:32 2010 JenneUpdateEnvironmentBad placement of recycling binSomeone has been moving the big blue recycling
bin in front of the laser-chiller-chiller
(the air conditioner in the control room). 
 BlockingLaserChillerChiller_small.jpg 
  3099   Tue Jun 22 20:07:08 2010 JenneUpdate40m UpgradingFirst attempt at Tip Tilt hanging[Jenne, Steve, Nancy, Gopal]
We
made an attempt at hanging some of the Tip
 2_ECDs_small.jpgMagnetStickingOutFar_small.jpg 
  3104   Wed Jun 23 12:47:43 2010 JenneUpdateSUSPRM, SRM ready for vacuumI fitzed
with the PRM and SRM briefly, and I now believe
 SRM_pitch_offset_small.jpg 
  3115   Thu Jun 24 13:02:59 2010 JenneUpdateComputersSome lunchtime reboots[Jenne, Megan, Frank]
We rebooted c1iovme, c1susvme1, and
c1susvme2 during lunch.  Frank is going
  
  3121   Fri Jun 25 15:22:45 2010 JenneOmnistructureSAFETYNo entry to the 40m LVEA until further notice!                                                                                                
           
  
  3131   Tue Jun 29 08:55:18 2010 JenneFrogsEnvironmentWe're being attacked!   Infested_InvasionOfKillerBugs.jpgAntInvasion_small.jpg 
  3133   Tue Jun 29 11:48:17 2010 JenneConfigurationSAFETYBack in LASER HAZARD mode. [Steve, Kiwamu, Jenne]
The 40m is now
  
  3139   Tue Jun 29 20:47:19 2010 JenneUpdatePEMTerminator put on Guralp BoxA little D-sub terminator was put on the
Gur1 input to the Guralp box, to check again
the noise level of the box.
  
  3147   Wed Jun 30 14:38:04 2010 JenneUpdatePEMGuralp terminator is switchedI moved the Guralp box's input terminator
from Gur1 to Gur2 a minute or so ago to check
the other channels.
  
  3149   Wed Jun 30 17:30:54 2010 JenneUpdatePEMSeismometers moved for MC Wiener workNow that the MC is back up and running,
I put the Guralp seismometers at the ends
of the mode cleaner.  Gur1 is near MC2,
  
  3154   Thu Jul 1 14:28:39 2010 JenneUpdatePEMMC1 Accelerometers in placeKevin sent me an email with top secret
info on where one of the other accelerometer
cubes was hiding (it was with his shaker
  
  3162   Tue Jul 6 17:38:27 2010 JenneUpdateSUSTip Tilt Progress![Jenne, Kyung Ha]
We successfully suspended the 4 eddy
current dampers for the first Tip Tilt. 
  
  3171   Wed Jul 7 19:41:27 2010 JenneUpdateSUS1.5 more ECD sets suspended for tip tilts[Jenne, Kyung Ha]
We made some good progress on suspending
the Tip Tilt ECDs today.  We finished
 ECDbackplane_blackdump_small.jpgECDbackplane_foil_small.jpg 
  3172   Wed Jul 7 22:22:49 2010 JenneUpdateComputersSome channels not being recorded!!![Rana, Jenne]
We discovered
  
  3196   Mon Jul 12 14:22:36 2010 JenneSummaryPSLThings I did to the PSL today: Refcav, PMC, cameras, etc.


   
        
            
  
  3205   Tue Jul 13 11:51:19 2010 JenneUpdatePEMGur1 has no signal?!?!?!?![Sanjit, Jenne]
Sanjit discovered that the Gur1 channels
are all digital 0.  We determined that
 Gur1_noSignal_13Jul2010.png 
  3211   Tue Jul 13 23:20:37 2010 JenneUpdatePEMGur1 has no signal?!?!?!?!

    
        
  
  3220   Wed Jul 14 16:39:06 2010 JenneUpdateDAQDebugging Guralp and reboots[Joe, Jenne]
Joe got on the phone with Alex, and
Alex's magic Alex intuition told him to ask
  
  3249   Tue Jul 20 11:49:31 2010 JenneUpdateSUSSome Suspensions not damping[Jenne, Koji]
I moseyed into the control room this
morning, to find ITMX and ITMY both with
  
  3295   Mon Jul 26 20:30:35 2010 JenneUpdateSUS2 Tip Tilts suspended and balanced[Koji, Jenne]
We were on Team Cleanroom, while
Kiwamu and Alberto were on Team Chamber. 
  
  3303   Tue Jul 27 23:46:45 2010 JenneUpdateSUSQ measurements of 2 TTs[Koji, Jenne]
We took measurements of the Q of
all the modes that we could think of for
  
  3314   Wed Jul 28 18:24:57 2010 JenneUpdateGreen Locking2 Green Periscopes have mirrors, aligned[Koji, Jenne, Kiwamu]
This is to describe the work that
went on in the Cleanroom today.  Kiwamu's
  
  3334   Fri Jul 30 17:24:22 2010 JenneUpdatePEMGuralps back in the 40mI brought the GUR2 seismometer back from
Bridge so I can get some more MC/Seismic
data during the next week while we're pumped
  
  3349   Mon Aug 2 18:02:46 2010 JenneUpdatePEMSeismometer Update: Still not good, but perhpas getting betterToday's seismometer diagnosis activities
are still underway, this is just an update
(since I did some reboots):
  
  3351   Tue Aug 3 01:51:01 2010 JenneUpdatePEMSeismometer Update: Still not good, but perhaps getting better


   
        
            
  
  3354   Tue Aug 3 11:50:16 2010 JenneUpdatePEMSeismometer Problem Tracked downAfter some cable swapping this morning,
I have determined which cable is bad. 
It's the Gur1 cable between the seismometer
  
  3356   Wed Aug 4 03:01:56 2010 JenneUpdatePEMCatastrophic Cable Failures


   
        
            
  
  3362   Wed Aug 4 20:15:07 2010 JenneUpdatePEMYay! Guralps work again!After much hassle, the Guralp cable from
the ADC Out of the breakout box to the ADC
is fixed, and 
  
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