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In the real-time archive, the DSMs at the main tower ceased reporting on Sep 27 21:03:05 UTC (15:03:05 MDT).
Station 12 also quit reporting at that time, and a TRH at C20 and Ah6 also quit at that time.
Kurt restored power mid-morning Sept 28 and we assessed damage to the main tower. Our best guess is that the lightning struck near the base trailer and a current surge flowed down the power cable to DSM M21, trashing the charge controller, the PC104 stack, and the power interface panel. Many of the sensors associated with M21 were found inoperative, but M21 appears to have acted as an expensive 'fuse', limiting damage to M22 and its associated sensors. Gordon wrote:
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Serial Port | Sensor | Status |
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s7 | 1.5m TRH | quit, but resumed on Sep 28 04:29 UTC |
s10 | PTB | NG no data |
Station 12 also quit reporting at 21:03:05, but is now working after replacing the charging controller. However data from the TRHs at 12 via the bluetooth mote is not coming in.
Coincidentally a TRH at 6 Coincidentally the following sensors at other sites also stopped reporting right at that time, as seen with
data_stats isfs_20120927_200000.dat.bz2, and . The following sensors at the A stations are still not reporting, as of Sep 29, not reporting:
site | sensors | status |
|---|---|---|
6 | 0.5m TRH | NG, not reporting |
12 | 0.5 m TRH, 2m TRH (via btmote) | NG, no data from Bluetooth mote |