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150 Tue 28-Sep-2004 today's tasks all oncley
148 Tue 28-Sep-2004 some ids all oncley
141 Wed 22-Sep-2004 today's tasks all oncley
138 Fri 17-Sep-2004 task list all oncley
136 Fri 17-Sep-2004 tour all oncley
125 Thu 09-Sep-2004 today's tasks all oncley
123 Wed 08-Sep-2004 today's tasks all oncley
114 Tue 31-Aug-2004 sensor heights all oncley
113 Tue 31-Aug-2004 today's tasks all oncley
105 Fri 27-Aug-2004 site visit all oncley
104 Fri 27-Aug-2004 site visit all oncley
103 Fri 27-Aug-2004 site visits all oncley
75 Fri 13-Aug-2004 today's tasks all oncley
74 Thu 12-Aug-2004 today's tasks all oncley
57 Thu 05-Aug-2004 ALL (major) SENSORS UP! all oncley
53 Tue 03-Aug-2004 guy wire tensions pine oncley
49 Tue 03-Aug-2004 yesterday's tasks all oncley
47 Fri 30-Jul-2004 WSU gone pine oncley
46 Fri 30-Jul-2004 today's tasks all oncley
44 Thu 29-Jul-2004 today's work all oncley
43 Thu 29-Jul-2004 Yesterday's activities all oncley
41 Tue 27-Jul-2004 today's work all oncley
38 Mon 26-Jul-2004 sensor list aspen oncley
36 Thu 22-Jul-2004 task list all oncley
32 Fri 16-Jul-2004 aspen almost up aspen oncley
30 Thu 15-Jul-2004 aspen sensors mounted aspen oncley
1 Mon 07-Jun-2004 Logbook created none maclean



150: LOG, Site all, Tue 28-Sep-2004 21:49:39 MDT, today's tasks
Chris and I arrived about 4:30!

willow:
- tried out the NETS e-net adaptor.  it worked for my laptop, but wouldn't let
  any other devices (cosmos,aircoa1,aircoa3) through.  ended up reinstalling
  breezecom (yet again!) after managing to completely shut off communication to
  the NETS Cisco box.
- rebooted cosmos several times
- left aircoa3 unplugged to see if this helps

pine:
- cycled power on upper breakout box, which revived CR10x (rads)
- changed Hydra dessicant
- removed Li7500
- retrieved my hat!

aspen:
- installed Li7500 and rebooted (to change config), but then marigold died.
  marigold back up when I checked at 9:30pm -- did Gordon fix something?
  li7500 data still not coming in.  might be strange serial connections
  inside DAQ box.

left site about 6:20pm
148: LOG, Site all, Tue 28-Sep-2004 13:36:52 MDT, some ids
Some sensor ids:

Willow:
kh2o.2m 1392
kh2o.17m 1391

Pine:
kh2o.2m 1389
kh2o.30m 1133
csat.2m 672
csat.30m 674

Aspen:
kh2o.2m 1390
kh2o.30m 1394
nuw.1m nuw6 (tram)
csat.2m 677
gill.6m
atik.10m 980505
atik.17m 980504
csat.30m 537 (536 initially)

141: LOG, Site all, Wed 22-Sep-2004 17:22:52 MDT, today's tasks
Aspen:
- installed new hilo pump -- works a lot better (but needed to be connected to
  the transformer input
- Moved TRH.6m to 2m to test affect of noise
- changed mote 16 batteries
- swapped HiCal cylinders with one of Sean's labeled 401.8ppm.  I didn't 
  remember how to set the regulator, so I just made it about equal to LoCal.

Willow:
- changed mote 20 batteries
- installed D-Link e-net adaptor, but made things worse. 
  Chris will go back up tonight to reinstall the Breezecom

138: LOG, Site all, Fri 17-Sep-2004 21:57:51 MDT, task list
aspen:
- new hilo pump
- change hilo HiCal cylinder (use one of Sean's)
- swap 50Y probes with T/RHs.

136: LOG, Site all, Fri 17-Sep-2004 21:52:35 MDT, tour
Gave a tour to about 6 RTF staff from 10-12:20 this morning.  Everyone seemed
pleased!

125: LOG, Site all, Thu 09-Sep-2004 17:32:33 MDT, today's tasks
Today was mostly a hydra reconfiguration day (I'll make a separate entry next.)
Here are the non-hydra things we did:

aspen:
- verified that the regenerative blower can't handle the flow resistance.  will
  try to order a reciprocating pump ASAP.
- Turned off hilo pumps for about 10 minutes, ending 10:50 to evaluate source
  of noise on TRH [NO EFFECT -- pumps aren't generating noise]

all 3 sites:
- recorded mote locations with differential GPS system.
123: LOG, Site all, Wed 08-Sep-2004 21:39:31 MDT, today's tasks
w/Chris:

w:
- kleaned krypton at 2m
- read gauges: Hical ~900/Local ~1400 [chris should update]
- found mote 21 trampled and all but one sensor pulled.  Reset post, taped up
  box, replanted probes.  (profile to the East, orange to SW, yellow stayed
  planted to W, green to N)

p:
- kleaned krypton at 2m
- inventoried extra decabond tubing and fittings (10) [chris has numbers]
- retaped sign

a:
- replaced 330uF cap in TRH.2m in trailer (100uF replaced in lab)
- hung old TRH.2m -- still noisy; tried to plug in new power supply, plugged
  in wrong at first, checked power supply internal wiring, fixed minor problems,
  plugged in correctly -- noise is gone.  left power supply running all tower
  sensors (powering the breakout boxes)
- propped hilo blower box open -- did help cool
- new batteries in mote 16
- new batteries (and solar reconnected) in mote 26
- read gauges: Hical now very low, others okay [chris?]
- kleaned krypton at 2m
- retaped sign

Now, ALL sensors working!  (But still pretty sure that hilo.a blower isn't 
working well enough.)
114: LOG, Site all, Tue 31-Aug-2004 17:43:14 MDT, sensor heights
These are the heights I measured of sonics on pine and aspen.  TRH inlet 
locations should be the same.

Aspen:
1m = 2.09-1.00+0.09 = 1.18m
2m = 2.09+0.12 = 2.21m
 (but just to the base of the CSAT mounting block.  need to add ~5cm)
6m = 5.76+0.12 = 5.88m (to top of boom, array center ~55cm higher)
10m = 9.42+0.86 = 10.28m
17m = 16.76+0.86 = 17.62m
30m = 29.60+0.89 = 30.49m (base of CSAT block. add ~5cm)

Pine:
1m = 3.13-1.71-0.03 = 1.39m
2m = 3.13-0.96 = 2.17m (base of CSAT block. add ~5cm)
6m = 4.96+0.86 = 5.82m
10m = 8.63+0.86 = 9.49m
17m = 15.91+0.86 = 16.77m
30m = 28.76+0.88 = 29.64m (base of CSAT block. add ~5cm)
113: LOG, Site all, Tue 31-Aug-2004 17:32:08 MDT, today's tasks
Aspen ~1030-1300:
- retensioned guy wires -- took up 5 clicks total
- swapped HC11 in 30m sonic -- now krypton data okay
- checked 30m hilo inlet -- looks okay
- checked 30m TRH noise -- lower w/o Tsfc, but still there.  Swapped with 2m
  TRH.  TRH now at 30m is okay, even with Tsfc.  TRH now at 2m still very 
  noisy -- especially with Tsfc.  Spare Tsfc acts the same as mounted Tsfc.
  TRH that was at 30m brought back to Boulder -- now no TRH at 2m.
- installed mote 16 and replanted probes.  All data were okay with probes
  sitting on the ground.  black and brown failed once planted.  This is too
  frustrating -- I'm giving up.
- replaced batteries at mote 26 with non-rechargable alkalines and disconnected
  solar panel -- seems okay.
- replace HiLo ref cylinder with one left over from Niwot02 labeled:
  "hydra ref" 228.12ppm
- removed empty ref cylinder
- measured boom heights -- see next logbook entry.

Pine ~1330-1500:
- retensioned guy wires -- 13 clicks total
- Performed huff test on hydra using rrelay with Sean.  Delay times ~ 1s/m.
  No mislabeled inlets found.
- measured boom heights -- see next logbook entry

Willow ~1515-1600:
- retensioned guy wires, some were 50lbs, now all >100lb.
- replaced Hilo HiCal with Airgas cylinder from CU labeled 409.2ppm.
- removed empty HiCal and Ref cylinders.
- took photos of Windsonic -- it is ~1m higher than the "ref" at 6m

105: LOG, Site all, Fri 27-Aug-2004 09:13:27 MDT, site visit
I did a quick visit yesterday afternoon (26 Aug):

Willow (first):
- changed Mote 22 batteries and reconnected power cable (accidentally pulled),
  also pulled solar panel plugs.  Now working again

Pine:
- replaced TRH.2m.p, tested connection to Tsfc (seems okay).  A/D was set to
  mV, Steve S. changed coefs by factor of 10 about an hour later.

Aspen:
- tested Mote 16 (later found out was reporting volts, not degrees) which was
  reading quite high.  Ended up pulling out entire string for lab testing.

104: LOG, Site all, Fri 27-Aug-2004 09:05:36 MDT, site visit
John and I did a site visit Monday, 23 Aug.  The hilo.a recal (logbook #99) was
part of this visit.  We also:

Willow (visited after pine):
- attempted, but failed to install optoisolator 
- noted that HiCal pressure is pegged at 0

Pine:
- cleaned 2 & 30m.p kryptons
- rezeroed 1m.p sonic (to make tc more reasonable)
- replanted the red Tsoil at mote 12 (p), noting that the green Tsoil seems to
  be in the profile location (i.e. Tsoil.A.a.5cm.p and Tsoil.A.d.5cm.p are
  switched)

Aspen (first stop):
- remounted sonic 10m.a?

Aspen (concurrent with willow visit):
- recalibrated hilo.a (see logbook #99)

103: LOG, Site all, Fri 27-Aug-2004 09:02:07 MDT, site visits
I'm behind on logbook entries.  This entry I just wanted to mention that Chris
and I did a quick 2-hr site visit I think on 20 Aug midday.  I think this was
primarily to reinstall the TRH.2m.a

75: LOG, Site all, Fri 13-Aug-2004 16:11:37 MDT, today's tasks
A strange day (friday the 13th):  We made changes that we were sure would fix
problems but often they didn't...

Aspen:
- loaded NCHAN=1 into serializer, but still converting 2 channels. why??
- repaired mote 26 Tsoil wire break, but still losing d.5cm. why??
  (also still losing mote 16 a.15cm, now a.5cm, but didn't see break to fix)
- looked at transformer/resecured AC plug (which briefly fell out)
- hung warning sign

Pine:
- hung mote 25 -- now working.
- hung TRH.6m -- now working
- repaired mote 12 Tsoil breaks, but still losing a.5cm, b.5cm, c.5cm. why??
- repaired mote 13 Tsoil breaks -- fixed.
- hung warning sign
74: LOG, Site all, Thu 12-Aug-2004 22:18:28 MDT, today's tasks
willow:
- hung warning sign
- read HiLo cal gas pressures -- low cal was <400/tighted outside bulkhead 
  connections
- change base mote -- old had water damage/moved to tree
- disconnect solar panels for motes 20 and 21
- repair/replant mote 23 Tsoils, but killed mote 23 in the process -- brought
  back
- hung CR10 logger box/connected Rnet and PAR to it/connected to ch 212/
  changed channel_config and prep.config/rebooted cosmos
NEED: 
- replacement mote 23
- install B&B on ch 217 (mote base)

pine:
- replaced mote 25 -- no signal unless very close (<2m) from base/brought back
  [John suggets changing antenna]
- replaced mote 15/repaired obvious cable damage/now okay!
- put NUW3 back at 1m/NUW5 back at 10m/NUW5 still noisy/swapped sonics/noise
  (eventually) went away on both (and on 6m) -- had done some cable tightening
- cleaned 2m krypton/no change, but did affect signal properly
- discovered that bad TRH fan at 6m was corroded connector/brought back for
  repair
NEED:
- working mote 25
- more shrink tubing to repair mote 12&13 (and 25?) probes
- forgot to hang sign

aspen:
- replaced 2m TRH/still bad with Tsfc -- found lots of water and corroded
  connector/replaced Tsfc with new/now works!
- found mote 24?? cut wires but didn't fix
- blew into HILo 2m inlet at 1618-1621 to check if proper sampling [have seen
   strange fluxes]
NEED:
- more shrink tubing to repair 1 Tsoil
- forgot to hang sign
- reprogram serializer to 1 chan. -- skips samples when doing 2ch.

57: LOG, Site all, Thu 05-Aug-2004 17:03:26 MDT, ALL (major) SENSORS UP!
Having just installed the NUWT sonic at 1m at aspen, I'm now declaring us 
operational!  The only down sensors I know of are some Tsoil motes.  We
also need to make sure that we have calibrations/boom angles for everything
(which hasn't yet been done.)  Soon...
53: LOG, Site pine, Tue 03-Aug-2004 17:19:10 MDT, guy wire tensions
These taken by Chris, 7/26 at pine:

(all bottom to top of tower)

NW: 360 550 340 460 400
NE: 380 450 310 360 410
SE: 450 375 425 450 460
SW: 460 450 600 460 360
tensions on all towers were measured and some adjusted 8/31 by Kurt as follows 
(light winds throughout proceedure)

Aspen
	bottom				middle				top
    initial/final reading 
NW      350/650		550/525		375/600		450/450	  	450/450
NE	450/525		340/600		410/600		440/550		410/460
SE	300/510		250/500		600/680		425/475		410/425
SW	390/570		560/710		560/670		490/500		515/600

Pine

NW	400/450		440/600		375/470		440/500		400/470
NE	340/500		425/540		290/540		300/475		375/550
SE	390/600		340/510		390/570		390/500		410/510
SW	400/525		410/650		550/525		480/650		350/540

Willow

SW	60/100				65/110				50/100
NW	50/115				60/110				70/90
E	50/110				60/110				60/130
49: LOG, Site all, Tue 03-Aug-2004 09:55:43 MDT, yesterday's tasks
Aspen:
- mounted "fixed" csat at 30m -- still might have serializer cabling issues
- affixed HiLo tubing to this sonic
- reattached daughter boards on Motes 24 and 26
- Tony lowered HiLo ref flow, since tank down to 1100
- pulled off Gill R2 at 6m along with cabling for lab testing
- Britt/Andy had moved aircoa2 here on Sunday.

Daisy:
- installed BB optoisolators on ch 217&218
- turned of hydra C3 which had leaked
- reset hydra dry flow from 50 to 25 (since dessicant was full -- replaced
  dessicant)
- reattached daughter board on Mote 25; tried Mote 15 as well, but saw funny
  lights: green then red+yellow, rather than just red

Willow:
- removed BB optoisolators since don't seem to work -- brought back to lab
- cycled power on HiLo6251, but serializer still dies after 6s
- HiLo ref was empty, replumbed to absolute mode, now 6251 serializer okay
  (problem when signal is negative?)

Tasks:
- still more motes to check
- still need to shoot 30.a and most .w boom angles
- fix/replace 1&6m.a sonics
- some T/RH issues??
47: LOG, Site pine, Fri 30-Jul-2004 21:28:40 MDT, WSU gone
Brian Lamb's group has pulled out on schedule, so there should be no more SF6 data and the "tent" at pine is gone.
46: LOG, Site all, Fri 30-Jul-2004 21:14:15 MDT, today's tasks
Willow:
- disconnected aircoa serial signals.  The 25s noise disappeared, so we'll keep on running this way (since Gordon now has aircoa data also coming over the network).
- Gordon corrected the config for the WindSonic.

Pine:
- replaced 2m krypton stub cable with RTV sealed one
- noted that cylinder pressures were all "close to 2000"

Aspen:
- RTV sealed 2m krypton stub cable.  All are now sealed
- Determined (perhaps incorrectly) that 30m CSAT is completely dead.  Removed and brought back to lab
- Fixed the several wiring problems in HiLo relay control and started and adjusted HiLo flows:
  - 6 lpm when sampling
  - -1 lpm on sample when calibrating
  - barely perceptable flow through ref.
  I had to adjust the cylinder regulators to about 5 on ref, 30 on HiCal, and 38
  on LoCal, though I then used the needle valves to back these down somewhat.
  - set HiLo to cme_hilo program
- rewired ethernet connector.  All are now set to pins 1-4.

Tasks:
- check willow blackbox power -- motes are dead
- determine fixes for 3 aspen sonics (rent??)
- fix TRH.2m.a (too large T, even after "MR")
- shoot remaining boom angles (30m aspen, 10,17m willow)
- note all heights
44: LOG, Site all, Thu 29-Jul-2004 22:03:11 MDT, today's work
Willow:

- Tony finished HiLo connections to cal/ref gases
- Aircoa
	- traced power/ground -- all looks okay
	- tested no interference from HiLo
	- fixed serial comm: wrong com port
	- added network to aircoa2
- shot boom angles using datascope for 1,2,6m

Pine:
- hydra:
	- fixed cme_hilo.txt -- one valve setting off
          IMPORTANT HYDRA NOTE: prior to today, C4 was never being used.
          C3 was during C4's time slot, C2 was during C3's time slot and
          C1 was during C2's time slot. No air was flowing during C1's time
          slot.  Since "mode.hydra.p" is derived from the actual valve setting,
          it should correctly sort all of this out without modification.
	- set calib flows using secondary regulators
- shot boom angles using datascope for 1,2,6,10m

Aspen:
- Gordon installed marigold!!!
- shot boom angles using datascope for 1,2,6,10m
- removed 1m sonic for repair

Tasks:
- drop extension cord at aspen
- fix 1m aspen sonic, return to tower
- check/fix aspen HiLo valve control
- start aspen HiLo
- debug 30m aspen sonic (bypass serializer -- bring spare???)
- debug 6m aspen sonic (gill)
- add 2m aspen krypton cable
- sextant boomangle shoot at 30m aspen

- install optoisolators at pine

- figure out why optoisolator killed mote at willow
- fix config for WindSonic
43: LOG, Site all, Thu 29-Jul-2004 21:59:58 MDT, Yesterday's activities
Aspen:
- installed transformer ground rod (is now bent)
- installed 3-1 AC plug
- plugged in Li7000
- installed last Mote
- got sextant angles for 6,10,17m
Pine:
- installed transformer ground rod
- removed Hydra C3 cylinder, replaced with new (but still off)
- got sextant angles for 10,17,30m
Willow:
- partially installed ndaq stack ground strap
- moved in and connected cal gasses, but didn't turn on
- partially connected reference gas
- got sextant angles for 1,2m
All motes now installed
All cylinders now in place and connected
Needs:

Aspen:
- marigold!
- turn on HiLo
- 30m sextant shoot, 1,2m datascope shoot
Pine:
- 1,2,6m datascope shoot
- 30m krypton cable?
Willow:
- needle valve for ref, finish connection (has been running in "absolute mode" so
  far, with ref in closed loop through scrubber)
- 6,10,17m sextant or datascope shoot
- 2m krypton cable
41: LOG, Site all, Tue 27-Jul-2004 17:49:19 MDT, today's work
aspen:
- grounded data system stand.  Still need ground rod for transformer?
- fiber-optic based networking now up.  (Only 2 fibers good.)  
- RF netorking removed.
- HiLo tubing installed and run up the tower; HiLo boxes and cylinders placed.
  Need a few more cables.
- Some existing sensors tested.  Most good.  Exceptions:
  200 - 1m NUW (Tram) sonic: dead
  203 - 2m TRH, bad data, no response to keyboard
  217 - Motes - garbled message - wrong baud rate??
  218 - 6m Gill sonic: garbled message -- may be okay.

pine:
- most extra cylinders and all empty boxes removed
- grounded data system stand.
- guy wire tensions measured

willow:
- PAR/Rnet IDs recorded.
- external network rewired from Amp 3,6,7,8 to Amp 1,2,3,4 on both cosmos and
  aircoa1. [Now different from all the rest -- might change back.]
- 17m sonic cable extension replaced -- was bad.  ch208 still didn't work, so
  changed to ch213 (this might require an ops change??)
- 2-D Gill hung, connected to ch 214 (but I didn't make a channel_config entry)
- aircoa1 networking checked out 
- aircoa2 added to ch 212 (but may not have power)

other:
- CUFF trailer: fiber optics transceiver installed
- C1: tractor and trailer removed

Still need:
- Aster AC power cable at willow for aircoa2 (then move to aspen)
- Aster AC power cable at aspen for Li7000
- AC Cube at aspen for HiLo pumps (if on separate circuit)
- Serial 4ch cable and breakout box at aspen for aircoa2
- Ground rod at aspen for transformer
- Ground strap from cosmos Prometheus stack to box.
- marigold, of course!

38: LOG, Site aspen, Mon 26-Jul-2004 14:17:30 MDT, sensor list
These are the sensors we logged prior to Aspen set-up:
30m: KH1394
     CSAT 0536
     PAR 89084 gain: -138.50, Tcoef 0.0036
     Rnet Q97034 gain: +9.21, -11.37

17m: ATIK 980504

10m: ATIK: 980505

6m: Gill R2

2m: KH1390
    CSAT 0677

1m: NUW6 (Tram)

36: LOG, Site all, Thu 22-Jul-2004 07:20:27 MDT, task list
willow:
- DONE: Replace krypton Y at 17m with RTV'd
- 17m sonic: new cable; tape barrel; clean breakoutbox corrosion
- HiLo: install cal gases (currently at Pine -- need tractor)
- figure out Rnet/PAR calibrations

pine:
- DC power: reduce
- get SF6 signal in (7 bit serial message)
- check/load CR10 calibration coefs.
- clean 30m krypton
- check 2&30m krypton Y cables for RTV
- hydra:
  - leaky cal3 (currently shut off)
  - cal4 not switching??
  - configure data output from li7000
- Ground NDAQ

aspen:
- XXXX install marigold (waiting for Steve/Gordon to figure out how to get a stable
  stack)
- XXXX get D-Link e'net running (fallback is to use fiber from CUFF trailer)
- Install repaired marigold
- Install Fiber Optics transceiver (AnyTwist) in CUFF trailer
- install HiLo (waiting for Tony to finish Li7000 installation in box)
- check/load CR10 calibration coefs. (Jason wrote down)
- clean 2&30m krypton
- remount gill using stub boom
- Ground NDAQ

All:
- shoot boom angles (using sextant/datascope)
- tape all barrels/check o-rings
- RTV krypton Y-cables
- Install surge protection on COM1-4
32: LOG, Site aspen, Fri 16-Jul-2004 14:05:50 MDT, aspen almost up
Left to do on Aspen:
- mount Gill sonic
- mount 2m Tsfc
- figure out why network isn't up (bad e-net cable? Stn Adaptor not turned on?)
  I think both should be okay, though I brought up new e'net cables to replace
  one I borrowed from Sean and a PAM cable.  I can't get into the box now due
  to rain.
- dress cables at base of tower
- check dressing of upper cables (2/6/10m)
- connect pressure port hose
We should be able to do all this today.

Things we won't do today:
- extend 10m ATI cable (2m too short :( )
- deploy Tsoils
- deploy HiLo (need to build the Li7000 box! [and deploy tubing])
- put caps on all exposed connectors (there are a bunch)
- and, of course, clean kryptons

30: LOG, Site aspen, Thu 15-Jul-2004 21:39:01 MDT, aspen sensors mounted
today was monstly for mounting aspen sensors.
we didn't get marigold running due to a wrong power cable end.
we didn't mount CSATs due to no krypton box clamps.
we didn't mount the lowest nuw due to the boom needding to be milled.
otherwise, most things were done.

1: LOG, Site none, Mon 07-Jun-2004 15:45:11 MDT, Logbook created
initial log file /home/isff/aster/projects/CME04/logbook/tklog.log created by USER maclean