Blog

Power cable and data cables between the walk-up and turbulence towers were trenched into position on Monday, October 5 2009. Connections at either end of the cables will be completed shortly.

Mostly Sunny.  Cold and breezy. 

Karl and I inspected "ding" in tower.  Nothing was resolved of what could've done this dent.  There's not paint/led/copper transfer for a bullet/arrow.  It almost looks like somone tried to hang something over wrenched it.  ??

TRH's sensors were removed and taken back to NCAR.  Some of them were VERY dusty.  I kept shields and cables all plugged in and at their heights.  However, I did remove all TRH port fuses.  So be careful when opening the ADAM box since the fuses are just loose inside. 

Taped pressure port.

Removed one battery from the beacon battery bank and added it to the ADAM battery bank.  So four batteries on ADAM and two on beacon.  Also took a rack of panels(good ones) from the beacon and moved it to the two banks for the ADAM.  So hopefully where they are positioned we will have more charging throughout the day.  Beacon's one rack is getting morning and some afternoon sun.  All batteries seem to be around 12.5V. ADAM was down when we arrived (~10:30).

Took guy-wire tensions.  Will add readings to the guy-wire sheet.  They look good!

Boom angles (rough shots).  Starting from 2m to 45m (in degrees).  40.9, 46.3, 41.9, 72.9, 109.3.  I don't feel very comfortable with the data scope.  We may want to shoot with theodolite.  Add 180 degrees to these angles.

Removed Oncley's trailer from ACD site. 

Fire line is covered again with pine needles.  FYI.

The 16 meter TRH did not survive the power outages on Sep 16.

It was running fine up to the 03:20 am dropout but has just
given a few sporadic points since.

I logged into the manitou system and tried rserial to port 11
(rs 11), but got nothing back.

The data system at manitou died at around 03:20 am MDT on Sep 16,
and and came back at 8:30 am. It died again at 10:34 pm Sep 16 and
came up at 8:30 the next morning. Looks like we're not
getting enough solar charging.

It has stayed up since Chris G swapped batteries on Sep 18.

Stopped by the 45m tower and noticed a fire line that has been scratched around the tower and anchors.  The line comes about five feet from anchors and approx. seven feet from solar panels.  Looked a little close if the burn gets out-of-hand.  Also swapped NDAQ and beacon batteries.  The batteries on beacon were around 13V while the NDAQ were at 11V.  The solar panels for the NDAQ were really never in the sun while I was there (~9 - 10am) with the beacon panels were in full sunlight the whole visit time.

Firelines

N 39°06.045'
W 105°06.319'

2385m elevation

246°

GPS unit was set to true north.

Used the ACD/BEACHON Magellan GPS from the Chemistry trailer.

Should be confirmed due to potential operator error.

Andy Turnipseed replaced the 2m TRH on Wednesday. So far so good.

TRH015, installed at 2m on Aug 12 18:51 UTC also reports
incorrect humidities. Its cutoff is around 45%. Above 45%
the reported humidity is anti-correlated with the 4 other
sensors - looking more like a temperature.

In this plot, the night of Aug 11-12 shows the problem with
unit 013, and the next night shows the problem with 015:

replaced 2m TRH sensor at 11:50 MST on August 12

Added by maclean:
Old unit was TRH013, new is TRH015. Here's a data_dump:

2009 08 12 18:51:00.1002 0.839 30 TRH013 28.47 13.81 6804 506\r\n
2009 08 12 18:51:00.9311 0.8308 30 TRH013 28.43 13.73 6800 504\r\n
2009 08 12 18:51:01.7703 0.8392 30 TRH013 28.34 13.59 6791 501\r\n
2009 08 12 18:51:09.4970 7.727 3 \x00\n
2009 08 12 18:51:10.7516 1.255 17 \r Sensor TRH015\n
2009 08 12 18:51:10.7625 0.01084 29 \rcalibration coefficients:\r\n
2009 08 12 18:51:10.8164 0.05398 21 Ta0 = -4.036598E+1\r\n
2009 08 12 18:51:10.8577 0.04124 21 Ta1 = 1.024538E-2\r\n
2009 08 12 18:51:10.9015 0.04383 21 Ta2 = -2.186790E-8\r\n
2009 08 12 18:51:10.9406 0.0391 21 Ha0 = -1.041986E+1\r\n
2009 08 12 18:51:10.9814 0.04083 21 Ha1 = 4.165513E-2\r\n
2009 08 12 18:51:11.0218 0.04031 21 Ha2 = -3.136109E-6\r\n
2009 08 12 18:51:11.0664 0.04469 21 Ha3 = 6.878648E-2\r\n
2009 08 12 18:51:11.1117 0.04531 21 Ha4 = 7.258961E-5\r\n
2009 08 12 18:51:11.4406 0.3289 30 TRH015 29.78 14.38 6950 540\r\n
2009 08 12 18:51:12.2807 0.84 30 TRH015 29.82 14.42 6954 541\r\n
2009 08 12 18:51:13.1207 0.84 30 TRH015 29.88 14.39 6960 540\r\n
2009 08 12 18:51:13.9616 0.841 30 TRH015 29.93 14.39 6965 540\r\n

RH at 2m went walkabout on about Jul 30 02:30 MDT.

After that time it disagrees with the other RH's above ~60%. This looks like what we
saw in ASP09.

This may have happened during a rain event - the sonic diagnostic
flags were high during that time.

The following dump of CSAT sonic parameters is from /var/log/isfs/manitou_BEACHON_SRM_csat3.log
on the data system. It was generated on Jul 17 when the data acquisition process was last started.
These serial numbers agree with Chris' sensor height blog entry.

{{
##################
csat3: manitou:/dev/ttyS1 SN1124 3.0f
time: 2009 07 17 19:42:24
ET= 20 ts=i XD=d GN=212a TK=1 UP=5 FK=0 RN=1 IT=1 DR=102 rx=2 fx=038 BX=0 AH=1 AT=0 RS=1 BR=0 RI=1 GO=00000 HA=0 6X=3 3X=2 PD=2 SD=0 ?d tf=02600 02600 02600
WM=o ar=0 ZZ=0 DC=4 ELo=016 016 016 ELb=016 016 016 TNo=bea d TNb=ad9 JD= 007
C0o=-2-2-2 C0b=-2-2-2 RC=0 tlo=8 8 8 tlb=8 8 8 CA=1 TD= duty=050 AQ= 20 AC=1 CD=0 SR=1 UX=0 MX=0 DTU=02320 ss=1 XP=2 RF=018 DS=007 SN1124 31jul08 JC=3 CB=3 MD=5 DF=05000 RNA=1 sa=1 rev 3.0f cs=17145 &=0 os=
##################
csat3: manitou:/dev/ttyS6 SN1120 3.0f
time: 2009 07 17 19:42:27
ET= 20 ts=i XD=d GN=312a TK=1 UP=5 FK=0 RN=1 IT=1 DR=102 rx=2 fx=038 BX=0 AH=1 AT=0 RS=1 BR=0 RI=1 GO=00000 HA=0 6X=3 3X=2 PD=2 SD=0 ?d tf=02600 02600 02600
WM=o ar=1 ZZ=0 DC=4 ELo=016 016 016 ELb=016 016 016 TNo=bdc d TNb=bcc JD= 007
C0o=-2-2-2 C0b=-2-2-2 RC=0 tlo=8 8 8 tlb=8 8 8 CA=1 TD= duty=046 AQ= 20 AC=1 CD=0 SR=1 UX=0 MX=0 DTU=02320 ss=1 XP=2 RF=018 DS=007 SN1120 05jun08 JC=3 CB=3 MD=5 DF=05000 RNA=1 sa=1 rev 3.0f cs=38395 &=0 os=
##################
csat3: manitou:/dev/ttyS10 SN0673 3.0f
time: 2009 07 17 19:42:31
ET= 20 ts=i XD=d GN=445a TK=1 UP=5 FK=0 RN=1 IT=1 DR=102 rx=2 fx=038 BX=0 AH=1 AT=0 RS=1 BR=0 RI=1 GO=00000 HA=0 6X=3 3X=2 PD=2 SD=0 ?d tf=02600 02600 02600
WM=o ar=0 ZZ=0 DC=4 ELo=015 016 016 ELb=015 016 015 TNo=cda d TNb=ecc JD= 007
C0o=-2-2-2 C0b=-2-2-2 RC=0 tlo=7 8 8 tlb=7 8 7 CA=1 TD= duty=050 AQ= 20 AC=1 CD=0 SR=1 UX=0 MX=0 DTU=02320 ss=1 XP=2 RF=018 DS=007 SN0673 13nov07 JC=3 CB=3 MD=5 DF=05000 RNA=1 sa=1 rev 3.0f cs=59504 &=0 os=
##################
csat3: manitou:/dev/ttyS15 SN0672 3.0f
time: 2009 07 17 19:42:35
ET= 20 ts=i XD=d GN=535a TK=1 UP=5 FK=0 RN=1 IT=1 DR=102 rx=2 fx=038 BX=0 AH=1 AT=0 RS=1 BR=0 RI=1 GO=00000 HA=0 6X=3 3X=2 PD=2 SD=0 ?d tf=02600 02600 02600
WM=o ar=0 ZZ=0 DC=4 ELo=015 016 015 ELb=015 016 015 TNo=8bb d TNb=abb JD= 007
C0o=-2-2-2 C0b=-2-2-2 RC=0 tlo=7 8 7 tlb=7 8 7 CA=1 TD= duty=049 AQ= 20 AC=1 CD=0 SR=1 UX=0 MX=0 DTU=02320 ss=1 XP=2 RF=018 DS=007 SN0672 14nov07 JC=3 CB=3 MD=5 DF=05000 RNA=1 sa=1 rev 3.0f cs=62873 &=0 os=
##################
csat3: manitou:/dev/ttyS16 SN0677 3.0f
time: 2009 07 17 19:42:39
ET= 20 ts=i XD=d GN=443a TK=1 UP=5 FK=0 RN=1 IT=1 DR=102 rx=2 fx=038 BX=0 AH=1 AT=0 RS=1 BR=0 RI=1 GO=00000 HA=0 6X=3 3X=2 PD=2 SD=0 ?d tf=02600 02600 02600
WM=o ar=0 ZZ=0 DC=4 ELo=016 016 016 ELb=016 016 016 TNo=99b d TNb=a9a JD= 007
C0o=-2-2-2 C0b=-2-2-2 RC=0 tlo=8 8 8 tlb=8 8 8 CA=1 TD= duty=050 AQ= 20 AC=1 CD=0 SR=1 UX=0 MX=0 DTU=02320 ss=1 XP=2 RF=018 DS=007 SN0677 30oct07 JC=3 CB=3 MD=5 DF=05000 RNA=1 sa=1 rev 3.0f cs=06092 &=0 os=
##################
}}

BEACHON Heights and Sensors
*Note:  The heights were from top of boom to top of plate.
42.86m    CSAT    0677
    TRH
29.90m    CSAT    0672
    TRH
16.06m    CSAT    0673
    TRH
7.42m    CSAT    1120
    TRH
2.04m    CSAT    1124
    TRH

BEACHON Tower Guy-Wire Tensions (lbs).....THIS SHOULD BE AN ON-GOING LOG

Inner to Outer...

South Guy-Wire:

Northwest Guy-Wire:

Northeast Guy-Wire (nearest to the road)

Modifications:

090717, jwm     Added readings by Ned Patton on 7/17/09.  Note roughly 100-lb drop on each, but there was no shift on the anchors/base per-paint applied; ie stretching.

090828, egp Anchors did not exhibit any shifting, added new readings to the tables above.

091001, csg  Anchors looked good.  Tensions were fine.  May need some tensioning on South guy-wires soon.

100528, egp  Anchors looked good, not shifting.  Kurt recommends re-tensioning guy wires complete with transits to re-plumb tower.  July 2010?

7/22/10 re-tensioned all guy wires using transits to plumb tower, also replaced 7m & 15m trh cables as well as 7m trh sensor.

111014, csg  Check tensions.  All looked great!

8/15/2012:  csg  Tower looking a little odd up top.  Ned did notice the tower was a little wabbly towards the top.  Tower should be re-tensioned this year.

Jul 17, 2009

Installed AP24, 802.11 access point on walkup tower, just above the 11th section. Ethernet IP: 192.168.100.202, Wireless IP: 192.168.12.251.

Borrowed 100 ft white cat 5 cable in server seatainer for the run from the network switch in the seatainer up the tower.

Installed a Patton Model 570 ethernet surge protector in the seatainer. I believe it was installed
between the white cable coming from the tower and the AP24 power injector. The other possibility is
that it was installed between the AP24 power injector and the network switch. It was grounded
to a cover plate screw on a power outlet.

Installed etherant on turbulence tower, 192.168.12.35. It is connected to the eth1 port on the front of the adam.
Installed a 4 port linksys switch in the adam.

Viper CPU in ADAM has address 192.168.12.167.

Set up ssh port forwarding so that Viper is addressable from 192.168.100 net without a routing table entry.

Installed a Patton 570 surge protector inside the adam at the flux tower, grounded to the chassis,
between the inside RJ45 connector of the ethernet port on the interface panel and the 4 port switch in the box.