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Installed DC power supply in the power/network enclosure at turbulence tower. It is charging one battery for the beacon and ?? two batteries for the data system and sensors.
Removed solar panels and other batteries from the site.
Fabian and Armando terminated and tested the fibers, installed fiber patch panels
at the tower enclosure and in the seatainer, and connected the fiber/copper media converters. The media converters (need model number) are temperature rated from are from Transition Networks, model E-100BTX-FX-05. I believe that they are the standard temperature models (not the "HT", versions), and so their temperature range is 0 to 50 degC. At the enclosure it tower the converter is in the metal enclosure with the power supply. Hopefully the converter's own heat and heat from the DC supply will keep it warm enough.
The 30 foot run of ethernet cable from the enclosure to the data system at the tower is currently an indoor-rated cat 5 cable, with RJ45 connectors on each end. It is routed through a 1/2 inch hole in the side of the adam and through a knock-out in the bottom of the enclosure. It should be replaced with an outdoor rated cable through conduit to prevent critter chewing.
We removed the WIFI equipment and cables at the turbulence tower and the walkup tower.
Configured the data system with IP address 192.168.100.202, since with . With the fiber link it is now directly on the 192.168.100 subnet.
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The adam had been working, even though it wasn't reachable over the wifi because of the problem with etherant C. The pocketec (#5) contained 12 days of data. Swapped in pocketec #3 and brought back #5 to Boulder.
Updated the NIDAS software on the system, revision 4985.
Measured the power draw of the data system with 5 sonics, GPS, barometer, PC104 stack and pocketec disk (no etherant): 12.8 Volts, current: 1.4 to 1.61 A.
The fiber link was operational at 2:20 MDT. Left site shortly after. Late lunch at the BuckSnort in Sphinx Park.