As we're setting up we'll put in the numbers we're recording...
Note St9 is slightly different because we didn't notice until later that the compass had a previous non-zero deviation cranked in, which we subsequently removed and took the 'correct reading'. ie. all compass readings are with respect to a '0-degree' deviation angle.
Note: Sonic angles are looking into the boom. ie the sensors are pointing to the northeast roughly toward the wind generator.
Note: Gill angles are looking from the boom to the SE. The red dot is oriented pointed toward the boom, ie 180+reading.
CHECK/EDIT: Note Comms (8/19): It's possible that cell coverage is more spotty on the west side of the network and links may not be as good. At one point we thought Vipers had a unique problem connecting but on 8/19, site 2 came up just fine, whereas sites on the west have had significantly more drops.
Readings by Steve&Andy starting 9/23 using the binoculars.
| Site | Date | CPU | CSAT s/n | CSAT height | CSAT boom | Gill s/n | Gill boom | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8/22 | T | 536 | 3.155 | 219 218 219 | 1536006 | 130 127 127 | B1 | |
| 2 | 8/19 | V | 539 | 3.16 | 224 222 | 1536004 | 135 134 | - | Removed baro per SteveO |
| 3 | 8/19 | T | 671 | 3.14 | 223 221 | 1536011 | 134 310 | B7 | Sites 2,3 can be accessed using john boat up canal except +/- 1 hour or more (1.5) from low tide. Both sites very wet/standing water at high tide. |
| 4 | 8/18 | T | 672 | 3.16 | 226 227 | 1536007 | 320 136 | - | no Pmon cable. |
| 5 | 8/20 | T | 674 | 3.14 | 227 222.5 223 | 1422017 | 138 135 138
| - | Light blue values added on 10-26-2016 |
| 6 | 8/23 | T | 673 | 3.15 | 226 225 | 1336044 | 318 139 137 | - | The PV stand got marsh water on it above the 'top' connector panel; sprayed/lubed but watch this maybe |
| 7 | 8/23 | V | 800 | 3.138 | 223 221 | 1335016 | 136 136 | - | Viper bootup speed system services issues here. /media/usbdisk mounted but there data recording did start until we remove/re-installed the disk when the dsm was up. Ditto for the usb cell modem |
| 8 | 8/22 | T | 540 | 3.11 | 225 222 222 | 1335017 | 131 135 128 127 | - | Blue values were measured on 10/12 (tripod may have been the issue, had some affect on the compass reading) |
| 9 | 8/15 | T | 853 | 3.13 | 210 210 | 1536009 | 120 118 | - | |
| 10 | 8/15 | T | 856 | 3.16 | 226 223.5 226.5 | 1336043 | 138 133 135.5 | - | |
| 11 | 8/16 | V | 855 | 3.16 | 220 221 | 1536010 | 130 133 | - | Cell modem was started up by Gary's technique of unplugging and replugging it in and then the cdc_ether services / eth1 came up and established cell connectivity. |
| 12 | 8/17 | T | 537 | 3.135 | 228 226 224 | 1536008 | 141 136 131 | - | No PwrMon cable. 8/23: Gill 2D was bad because of the bad cable. Swapped it and put the sensor back on port 4 after presumably DrO. reassigned it to 6. ie locally edited vertes.xml back to '4' |
| 13 | 8/16 | T | 1117 | 3.20 | 231 | 1536012 | 139 | - | PwrMon has the old style 3AG fuse. Using 20 or 25A Green values shot Oct 11, after replacing 3D sonic with EC150. 2D Gill shot from the East. |
| 14 | 8/18 | V | 677 | 3.155 | 221 219 | 1536005 | 131 132 | - | Very wet. Access via john boat up small canal +/-2 hours from high tide. Last ditch on walk-in side of canal can't be crossed near high tide; low tide only walk-in. See 'cell modem' note from 8, similar situation |
| 15 | 8/24 | T | 1312 | 3.10 | 225 225 225 | 1536013 | 313 136 129 131 | B4 | Has 3 Radiometers and leaf wetness but no soil sensors yet since the marsh appears to be getting swept with a few inches of water every high tide. |
| Tall |
While doing inventory for Perdigao shipping, I note that the TP01 S/Ns for VERTEX should be: 200241, 200242, 200591 and the HFT S/Ns should be: H103632, H103636, H103638.
Gordon, Aug 15.
First time in archive file: Aug 15, 20:42 UTC, 16:42 EDT.
All sensors reporting.
sensor dsm sampid nsamps |------- start -------| |------ end -----| rate minMaxDT(sec) minMaxLen
s10:/dev/ttyS1 10 6 7 2016 08 15 23:00:16.656 08 15 23:00:28.628 0.50 1.995 1.995 41 41
s10:/dev/gps_pty0 10 10 27 2016 08 15 23:00:18.565 08 15 23:00:31.545 2.00 0.032 0.977 69 73
s10:/var/log/chrony/tracking.log 10 15 1 2016 08 15 23:00:26.478 08 15 23:00:26.478 nan 0.000 0.000 100 100
s10:/dev/ttyS2 10 20 14 2016 08 15 23:00:18.485 08 15 23:00:31.571 0.99 1.006 1.007 36 37
s10:/dev/ttyS5 10 50 273 2016 08 15 23:00:18.126 08 15 23:00:31.726 20.00 0.041 0.059 12 12
s10:/dev/ttyS4 10 100 137 2016 08 15 23:00:18.157 08 15 23:00:31.754 10.00 0.067 0.133 32 32
Battery voltage 13.1 V
I cleared off the archive files taken during the pre-project testing from the local USB disk.
Gordon, Aug 15, 12:30 pm MDT
Gary noticed that isfs9 is online.
First time in archive is Aug 15, 17:21 UTC, 13:21 EDT
These sensors are reporting:
sensor dsm sampid nsamps |------- start -------| |------ end -----| rate minMaxDT(sec) minMaxLen
s9:/dev/ttyS1 9 6 4 2016 08 15 18:24:41.659 08 15 18:24:47.659 0.50 2.000 2.000 42 42
s9:/dev/ttyS2 9 20 8 2016 08 15 18:24:42.577 08 15 18:24:49.616 0.99 1.005 1.006 38 38
s9:/dev/ttyS5 9 50 160 2016 08 15 18:24:41.760 08 15 18:24:49.710 20.00 0.039 0.061 12 12
s9:/dev/ttyS4 9 100 80 2016 08 15 18:24:41.828 08 15 18:24:49.726 10.00 0.073 0.129 32 32
The GPS is not reporting. The required gps processes, tee_tty, and gpsd are running:
ps -ef | fgrep gps
root 1296 1 0 17:21 ttyS3 00:00:00 /opt/nidas/bin/tee_tty /dev/ttyS3 4800n81lnrxx -p 60 -l 18 /dev/gps_pty0 /dev/gpsd_pty
gpsd 1339 1 0 17:21 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/gpsd -b -n -P /run/gpsd/gpsd.pid /dev/gpsd_pty
On port 3, cktty shows:
sudo cktty 3
3: uart:XR16850 mmio:0x10000000 irq:122 tx:74 rx:74 RTS|DTR
74 characters transmitted (by the gps configure program) but only 74 (echo?) received.
This looks to me like its connector has fallen loose from the interface panel.
So that this system has good time, Gary suggested we configure a chrony server for it, so I un-commented:
server 0.debian.pool.ntp.org offline minpoll 8
in /etc/chrony/chrony.conf, via sudoedit, and then
sudo service chrony restart
Chrony now shows that it is synced to the network server:
cs
210 Number of sources = 3
MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample
===============================================================================
#? NMEA 0 4 0 10y +0ns[ +0ns] +/- 0ns
#? PPS1 0 4 0 10y +0ns[ +0ns] +/- 0ns
^* helium.constant.com 2 8 377 85 -16ms[ -19ms] +/- 129ms
I cleared off the archive files taken during the pre-project testing from the local USB disk.
Later, at 16:10 MDT, noticed that the GPS is now coming in.
From an email from Kurt:
Well, here we are in Lewes De. and is it hot!All personnel are now here for the set up phase as of last night and we have finally got the boats and motors in hand.The 15 foot Jon boat was purchased yesterday, and the cataraft was constructed.We picked up the motor for the cataraft today and installed it on the boat.We also took both boats out onto the water this afternoon for a test cruise and pronounced them both sea worthy.The base is in place and mostly set up, although I can see we will have to look into a place to store all the empty sensor boxes and extra hardware.Possibly a storage establishment close to the campus.Our plan is to enter the marsh tomorrow to begin the infrastructure installations.Kevin Beam will join us on Friday to assist with station locations.
It has been a long but good day.With Kevin Beams help we have located 12 sites and installed tripods at 10 of them bringing the total to 12 sites so far with some infrastructure at each. Still needs much work at each site, but looking good so far.All are tired and going to bed.Good night!
From an email from Kurt
heat is brutal, progress slow.Still working out details of boat operations (modified shop cataraft motor mount at the end of today).We installed two tripods only today, 10 hrs worked.(stations 6 and 12)Good news is the foot pads and screw anchors seem to work ok, but need to step up installation process.Transit times and access due to tides are proving to be unnerving.Modifying the installation procedure as we go to step up the progress.Hope to improve tomorrow...Will keep you informed.