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==== Report for the week of 2/25 ==== ==== Report for the week of 4/8 ====
 * Support of Type Bp
  * Mark made lots of Guardian improvements:
   * Used Guardian's timer functionality to drastically reduce the number of notifications during ramping.
   * Added new requestable states DCCTRL_ONLY and NEUTRAL (and associated transitional states) to facilitate testing.
   * Tidied up the code to use tabs consistently throughout for indentation.
   * Disabled the test for the IM-H coil driver WD (to work around the fact that only the relay in the chassis has been disabled, not the WD signals going to the BIO).
 * We opened the BS tank lid and offloaded a large IM-Y offset to F0-Y with manual adjustment of the broken yaw mechanism).
 * We opened the SR2 side doors and adjusted the V1 OSEM to mid-range.
 * Mark offloaded a large SR2 IM-Y offset to F0-Y.
 * Mark did health checks for BS, SR2 and SR3.
 * Fabian offloaded yaw from SRM and did the SRM health check.
 * Fabian updated the Python code for the stepper driver MEDM screen to reflect that two stepper drivers have different mappings to work around dead channels.
 * Fabian monitored pumpdown on Friday afternoon and will continue on Saturday.
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 * Fabian monitored suspensions during the vent.
 * Terrence and Mark made lots of changes to the Guardians and RTMs:
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 * Fabian went inside the SRM chamber and diagnosed the problem that had appeared shortly before vent. It turned out to be yaw of the IP causing a payload cable to touch. He fixed it with the F0 yaw stepper. (He had tried this earlier without success but it turned out the problem was another dead output on the stepper driver.)
 * Terrence traced the geophone issue to a group of dead channels on the AA chassis. We tried replacing the chassis and it fixed not only the geophone issue but an issue in the
==== Plan for week of 2/25 ====
 * Mark from Tuesday.
 * Enzo from Monday lunchtime.
 * Continue debugging stepper reset system.
 * Continue monitoring SRM yaw drift.
 * Install new RTMs and Guardian.
 * Debug SRM geophones.
 * Setup SRM and SR3 LEN OLs (low priority).		 ==== Plan for week of 4/15 ====
 * Mark, Hirata-san at Kamioka Tue-Thu.
 * Fabian at Kamioka Mon-Wed.
 * All at f2f Meeting 4/19-21.
 * Post-pumpdown health checks.
 * Teach Hirata-san about the computer systems and control theory.
 * Work with Lucia to do blending of the IP LVDTs and geophones.
 * More Guardian improvements.
  * Update vistools.py (formerly LIGO sustools.py) for Type B and KAGRA, and have the TYPEB.py Guardian use it where appropriate.
  * Modify RT models and/or Guardian to revert to the SAFE state under control in all but the most extreme emergency situations (rather than suddenly shutting off all output).
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 * Tidy up.
  * Gather and clean tools.
  * Gather and organize unused parts and fasteners.
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 * Enzo vacation, 3/5 and possibly 3/6.
 * Enzo et al. Farewell Party, 3/7.
 * Enzo at JPS then final vacation, 3/13-29
 * Terrence's last day, 3/29.		  * Mark at Mitaka 4/15.
 * f2f 4/19 (Friday), 4/20, 4/21.
 * Terrence's next visit from 4/18.
 * Fabian's vacation 4/26 to 5/10.
 * Mark's US vacation from 5/22 to 6/11.
 * Mark's final day 6/28.

Scraps of text for incorporation in the VIS Meeting Minutes

KAGRA/Subgroups/VIS/MeetingNAOJ

Type B (Mark)

Report for the week of 4/8

  • Support of Type Bp
    • Mark made lots of Guardian improvements:
      • Used Guardian's timer functionality to drastically reduce the number of notifications during ramping.
      • Added new requestable states DCCTRL_ONLY and NEUTRAL (and associated transitional states) to facilitate testing.
      • Tidied up the code to use tabs consistently throughout for indentation.
      • Disabled the test for the IM-H coil driver WD (to work around the fact that only the relay in the chassis has been disabled, not the WD signals going to the BIO).
  • We opened the BS tank lid and offloaded a large IM-Y offset to F0-Y with manual adjustment of the broken yaw mechanism).
  • We opened the SR2 side doors and adjusted the V1 OSEM to mid-range.
  • Mark offloaded a large SR2 IM-Y offset to F0-Y.
  • Mark did health checks for BS, SR2 and SR3.
  • Fabian offloaded yaw from SRM and did the SRM health check.
  • Fabian updated the Python code for the stepper driver MEDM screen to reflect that two stepper drivers have different mappings to work around dead channels.
  • Fabian monitored pumpdown on Friday afternoon and will continue on Saturday.

Plan for week of 4/15

  • Mark, Hirata-san at Kamioka Tue-Thu.
  • Fabian at Kamioka Mon-Wed.
  • All at f2f Meeting 4/19-21.
  • Post-pumpdown health checks.
  • Teach Hirata-san about the computer systems and control theory.
  • Work with Lucia to do blending of the IP LVDTs and geophones.
  • More Guardian improvements.
    • Update vistools.py (formerly LIGO sustools.py) for Type B and KAGRA, and have the TYPEB.py Guardian use it where appropriate.
    • Modify RT models and/or Guardian to revert to the SAFE state under control in all but the most extreme emergency situations (rather than suddenly shutting off all output).
  • Work on Type B paper.
  • Tidy up.
    • Gather and clean tools.
    • Gather and organize unused parts and fasteners.

Vacation/Travel Info

  • Mark at Mitaka 4/15.
  • f2f 4/19 (Friday), 4/20, 4/21.
  • Terrence's next visit from 4/18.
  • Fabian's vacation 4/26 to 5/10.
  • Mark's US vacation from 5/22 to 6/11.
  • Mark's final day 6/28.

KAGRA/Subgroups/VIS/TypeB/Minutes (last edited 2022-10-28 10:02:46 by fabian.arellano)