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  1370   Sun Mar 8 23:09:26 2009 ranaUpdateComputersNot even data retrieval workingAlthough getting the regular DAQ data works,
we can't get any testpoints.
  
  1372   Mon Mar 9 10:59:05 2009 AlanOmnistructureComputersssh agent on fb40m restarted for backupAfter the boot-fest, the nightly backup
to Powell-Booth failed, and an automatic
email got sent to me. I restarted the ssh
  
  1373   Mon Mar 9 11:09:33 2009 AlbertoUpdateComputersRe: Not even data retrieval working[quote]Although getting the regular DAQ data
works, we can't get any testpoints.
  
  1374   Mon Mar 9 12:04:18 2009 YoichiUpdateComputersTPs and AWG are backI had to do one more reboot of tpman and daqd
to get the TPs working.
I confirmed the alignment scripts run fine.
  
  1378   Mon Mar 9 19:27:16 2009 ranaConfigurationComputersMove of the CLIO Digital Controls test setupBecause of the network interference
we've had from the CLIO system for the past
3-4 days, I asked the guys to remove
  
  1381   Mon Mar 9 23:55:38 2009 OsamuDAQComputersbscteststand and kami1 outside martianThis morning there was a confliction of
tpman running on fb40m and kami1. Alex fixed
it temporary but Rana suggested it was better
  
  1404   Sun Mar 15 21:50:29 2009 Kakeru, Kiwamu, OsamuUpdateComputersSome computers are rebooted We found c1lsc, c1iscex, c1iscey, c1susvme,
c1asc and c1sosvme are dead.
We  turned off all watchdogs
  
  1457   Tue Apr 7 21:39:57 2009 YoichiConfigurationComputersLSC code recompiled with a fix for denormalization problemThis is not my work but I will put it for
the record.
  
  1460   Wed Apr 8 18:18:33 2009 ranaConfigurationComputersLSC code recompiled with a fix for denormalization problemBelow is the link to the anti-denormalization
technique that Rolf and Alex implemented
at the sites,
  
  1467   Fri Apr 10 01:24:08 2009 ranaUpdateComputersallegra update (sort of)I
tried to play an .avi file on allegra. In
a normal universe this would be easy, but
  
  1474   Sun Apr 12 01:19:30 2009 YoichiConfigurationComputersNew FE codes for suspensions not successfulAlex recompiled the suspension FE codes for
c1susvme1 and c1susvme2 to fix the denormalization
problem.
  
  1479   Mon Apr 13 18:57:03 2009 AlbertoFrogsComputersGPIB/ETH Interface TroublesI really don't understand why my programs
that I used to use to get data from the HP
Spectrum Analyzer and the Marconi frequency
 sweepfrequencyPRC.pyHP8590PRC.py 
  1481   Tue Apr 14 12:10:11 2009 AlbertoFrogsComputersGPIB/ETH Interface Troubles


   
        
            
  
  1483   Wed Apr 15 02:18:42 2009 ranaConfigurationComputersnodus vfstab changed for rigelnodus was hanging because it was trying
to mount the 
  
  1508   Thu Apr 23 13:55:43 2009 josephb, peterUpdateComputersRCG example We successfully compiled and installed
the Real time Code Generator "Hello
World" example (which is a skeleton
  
  1551   Wed May 6 16:56:35 2009 rana, alex, joeConfigurationComputersdaqd log, cront, etc.While Alex came over, we investigated the
log file problems with DAQD and NDS on FB0.
There was a lot of
  
  1554   Thu May 7 12:21:36 2009 josephb, alexConfigurationComputersfb40m Having determined that Rana (the computer)
was having to many issues with testing the
new Raid array due to age of the system,
  
  1555   Thu May 7 15:22:19 2009 josephb, albertoConfigurationComputersfb40m


   
        
            
  
  1564   Fri May 8 10:05:40 2009 AlanOmnistructureComputersRestarted backup since fb40m was rebootedRestarted backup since fb40m was rebooted.   
  1574   Mon May 11 12:25:03 2009 josephb,AlexUpdateComputersfb40m down for patchingThe 40m frame builder is currently being
patched to be able utilize the full 14 TB
of the new raid array (as opposed to being
  
  1589   Fri May 15 14:05:14 2009 DmassHowToComputersHow To: Crash the ElogThe Elog started crashing last night. It
turns out I was the culprit, and whenever
I tried to upload a certain 500kb .png picture,
  
  1622   Fri May 22 17:05:24 2009 rob, peteUpdateComputershard reboot of vertex suspension controllerswe did a hard reboot of c1susvme1, c1susvme2,
c1sosvme, and c1susaux.  We are hoping
this will fix some of the weird suspension
  
  1623   Sun May 24 11:24:08 2009 robUpdateComputerselog restartedI just restarted the elog.  It was
crashed for unknown reasons.  The restarting
instructions are in the wiki.
  
  1634   Sat May 30 12:36:52 2009 robUpdateComputersc1susvme2, c1iscex running latec1susvme2 has been running just a bit late
for about a week.  I rebooted it. 
The plot shows SRM_FE_SYNC, which
 srmsync.jpgetmxsync.jpg 
  1635   Mon Jun 1 13:25:00 2009 robUpdateComputersc1susvme2, c1iscex running late

    
        
 doublesync.jpg 
  1642   Tue Jun 2 23:12:08 2009 robConfigurationComputersntp on op440mI restarted ntpd on op440m to solve a "synchronization
error" that we were having in DTT. 
I also edited the config file (/etc/inet/ntp.conf)
  
  1643   Tue Jun 2 23:53:12 2009 peteDAQComputersreset c1susvme1rob, alberto, rana, pete
we reset this computer, which was
out of sync (16384 in the FE_SYNC field instead
  
  1657   Fri Jun 5 16:45:28 2009 rob, peteHowToComputerstdsavg failure in cm_step script


   
        
            
  
  1668   Thu Jun 11 14:54:18 2009 josephb, albertoUpdateComputersWireless networkAfter poking around for a few minutes several
facts became clear:
1) At least one GPIB interface has
  
  1682   Wed Jun 17 01:07:50 2009 robConfigurationComputersmatapps on /cvs/cdsI checked out a copy of matapps into /cvs/cds/caltech/apps/lscsoft
so that I could find the matlab function
strassign.m, which is necessary for some
  
  1683   Wed Jun 17 01:09:47 2009 robUpdateComputers/cvs/cds 91% fullIn /cvs/cds/caltech
 
  
  1686   Fri Jun 19 13:38:42 2009 AlbertoConfigurationComputerselog rebootedToday I found the elog down, so I rebooted
it following the instructions in the wiki.
  
  1688   Fri Jun 19 14:30:47 2009 AlbertoConfigurationComputerselog rebooted


   
        
            
  
  1689   Sun Jun 21 00:08:26 2009 ranaConfigurationComputerselog rebooted 
nodus:log>dmesg
  
  1699   Wed Jun 24 14:43:19 2009 robUpdateComputerstdsresp on linux => pzresp 
tdsresp is broken on our linux control
room machines.  I made a little perl
  
  1702   Thu Jun 25 17:27:42 2009 ranaUpdateComputerstdsresp on linux I downloaded the tdsresp.pl from LLO and put
it into the various TDS/bin paths. Also updated
the LLO specific path stuff. It runs.
  
  1722   Wed Jul 8 11:13:36 2009 AlbertoOmnistructureComputerswireless router disconnectedOnce again, this morning I found the wireless
router disconnected from the LAN cable. No
martian WiFi was available.
  
  1733   Sun Jul 12 20:06:44 2009 JenneDAQComputersAll computers downI popped by the 40m, and was dismayed to
find that all of the front end computers are
  
  1735   Mon Jul 13 00:34:37 2009 AlbertoDAQComputersAll computers down


   
        
            
  
  1736   Mon Jul 13 00:53:50 2009 AlbertoDAQComputersAll computers down


   
        
            
  
  1737   Mon Jul 13 15:14:57 2009 AlbertoUpdateComputersDAQAWGToday Alex came over, performed his magic
rituals on the DAQAWG computer and fixed
it. Now it's up and running again.
  
  1743   Tue Jul 14 14:54:19 2009 steveConfigurationComputersfb40m2 in 1Y6Alex and Steve,
SunFire x4600 ( not  MEGATRON
2 , it is fb40m2 ) and JetStor ( 16 x 1 TB
  
  1746   Wed Jul 15 08:59:30 2009 steveUpdateComputersfb40m The fb40m just went out of order with status
indicator number 8
It recovered on its own five minutes
  
  1752   Wed Jul 15 17:18:24 2009 JenneDAQComputersDAQAWG gone, now backYet again, the DAQAWG flipped out for an
unknowable reason.  In order of restart
activities listed on the Wiki, I keyed the
  
  1756   Thu Jul 16 09:49:52 2009 AlanUpdateComputersfb40m


   
        
            
  
  1766   Tue Jul 21 01:11:30 2009 DmassAoGComputersAlarms going offI came into the 40m to sign things out
briefly then swiftly return them, and the
alarms were going off on op540m at 1am.
  
  1771   Tue Jul 21 18:46:47 2009 steveConfigurationComputerscomputers are downAll suspentions are kicked up. Sus dampings
and  oplev servos turned off.
c1iscey and c1lsc are down. c1asc
  
  1772   Wed Jul 22 01:57:19 2009 AlbertoConfigurationComputerscomputers are down


   
        
            
  
  1773   Wed Jul 22 09:04:10 2009 AlbertoConfigurationComputerscomputers are down


   
        
            
  
  1776   Wed Jul 22 11:14:11 2009 AlbertoConfigurationComputerscomputers are down


   
        
            
  
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