Per phone conversation, Dec 17, pm.
It appears that the CTR350 router had somehow lost its configuration and had reverted to factory defaults. Ling re-configured the CTR350 router at this site, with the configuration file at http://svn.eol.ucar.edu/svn/projects/PCAPS/ISFF/config/ctr350.gws. Ling sees good cellular signal level at this site.
John poured roughly 1 liter of water in the rain gauge at about 21:07:37 UTC. After roughly two minutes it reported tips. Counted a total of 66 tips. [p.s. 0.01"/tip in a 12" gauge should produce 54 tips for 1 liter. Thus, this works out to 1.22 liters. John thinks that he "double poured" when he initially didn't see tips, so 1.22 liters is possible...SPO]