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152: co2, Site aspen, Wed 29-Sep-2004 12:49:41 MDT, LICOR 7500 up on Marigold

THe Licor 7500 is now going through serial port 215 on Marigold (pine).

151: data_system, Site aspen, Wed 29-Sep-2004 11:33:16 MDT, marigold reboot

Just rebooted marigold (twice) to load configs which put Li7500 on channel 215,
since 212's Emerald port was stolen by 200, etc.

145: hygro_thermometers, Site aspen, Mon 27-Sep-2004 11:17:15 MDT, work at Aspen on 9/24, TRH

I was working on the TRH sensors at Aspen between 1:30 and 3:30 on 9/24.
During this time I moved the 6 meter TRH back up to 6 meters.
TESTS:
  There was 3 tests I conducted on the 2m TRH. The first was to disconnect
the TRH from the data system completely and see if noise was still existing
on the temperature channel. The results showed a small amount of variation,
approximately .02 C. It was not obvious if this was a noise problem of just
random changes in the atmosphere. The second test was too put a fixed voltage
reference in on the temperature channel. In this case the output signal was
solid with no changes.
 The third test was with the reference signal as input with the TRH
communicating with marigold. Based on Splus plots the noise was not present.
As a fourth test we will change the 50Y probe. Unfortunately I do not have
an extra probe. Will try in the next day or two.

108: hygro_thermometers, Site aspen, Sat 28-Aug-2004 21:56:56 MDT, Oscillation in 30m TRH

I've just noticed that all of the outputs from the 30m TRH have an alternate sample oscillation -- in T of about 0.5C now.  This has been the case since the
beginning of the aspen data set (I just spot-checked 8/27, 8/20, 8/2 data),
though the amplitude varies.

For testing, I just reduced the number of channels to 2 ("CHNL 0 1" command to
the TRH) and still see the oscillation, though only with a 0.1 C amplitude.
I've returned it back to 4 channels.

Undoubtedly, this is due to the Tsfc being connected -- even when it isn't being
converted.  Should we switch this Tsfc to the CR10 box?

106: co2, Site aspen, Fri 27-Aug-2004 10:08:06 MDT, hilo.a cals changed from 9 to 19 hrs

Given that the aspen HiCal now also is getting low, I've just lowered the 
calibration cycle to 19 hours, as I did to willow last weekend.

99: co2, Site aspen, Mon 23-Aug-2004 15:21:24 MDT, hilo.a recal

Sean and I just attempted a recal of the li7000 for hilo.a.
With N2 into both cells, CO2 read +48 before cal.
then did "make B=A" on H2O and CO2
With N2 into cellA, HiCal into cellB, CO2 read about 120
then did "make B=395.45" (from Britt)
Then put LoCal into cellB, reads 359.5 (should be 337).

Thus, still strange, but better than it was??

Back to original setup, cellB=10 (with ref=310 is still low)

98: sonics, Site aspen, Sat 21-Aug-2004 21:43:52 MDT, 10m aspen sonic dead

10m atiK is dead since this AM -- reason unknown, but rain/water problems likely.

96: tsoil, Site aspen, Fri 20-Aug-2004 16:19:08 MDT, Mote #16 working

8/20/04  ~11:30 local
Put in new batteries to Mote #16 and reinstalled daugther board.

91: co2, Site aspen, Fri 20-Aug-2004 16:10:12 MDT, Gas Readings Willow...Ref empty and...

8/20/04  Gas readings at Willow:
Ref = empty !
Local = 1410
Hical =  160 !

90: co2, Site aspen, Fri 20-Aug-2004 16:08:05 MDT, Gas Readings Aspen

8/20/04  Gas readings at Aspen:
Ref = 400
Local = 1190
Hical =  820

82: tsoil, Site aspen, Tue 17-Aug-2004 13:01:53 MDT, Tsoil work

12:30-12:45
Mote 16 Needs AA batteries!  Has low voltage.
Tried to add foil around posts for 16,24,25 but not 15.
Need to bring trowel to dig the wires into the gnd from
post to where probe is.
Lightning in area, decided to wait / move-on.

81: krypton, Site aspen, Tue 17-Aug-2004 13:00:32 MDT, Cleaned 2m Kh20

12:25 local
Distilled water used.
Note began raining within 15min or so afterwards so
the data may not show improved signal for a bit.

80: co2, Site aspen, Tue 17-Aug-2004 12:59:25 MDT, Reset Aircoa

12:30 local
Aircoa data system had been down.
Performed reset on cpu.

65: radiation, Site aspen, Tue 10-Aug-2004 14:06:47 MDT, PAR gain changed

Just changed PAR gain in the CR10x from 0.25869 to 0.22930 (which is what it
should be for Q89084: 138.5/604 = 0.22930.

48: co2, Site aspen, Sat 31-Jul-2004 21:57:38 MDT, marigold li7000 reset

I finally got around to checking the Li7000 settings at marigold, which were
off.  Following the settings given in my WWW cheet sheet, I set:
(Pump (FlowRate Slow))
(Reference (H2O Dry))
(Reference (CO2 Zero))
(RS232 (Rate 10Hz))
(RS232 (Timestamp None))
(RS232 (Sources ("P kPa" "RH %" "T C" "Flow V" "CO2A abs" "CO2B abs" "CO2A um/m" "CO2B um/m" "H2OA mm/m" "H2OB mm/m")))
(Filter (Time 0))
They are set using rserial. Note that all commands are terminated by a linefeed (not return).

I removed the "W" values given on my cheet sheet and just set the format to
licor_7000_3 to compensate.

Hopefully, we are now taking reasonable data!

45: data_system, Site aspen, Fri 30-Jul-2004 10:26:46 MDT, marigold up at aspen

Finally, a data-system at the aspen site!
This is a new prometheus:  SN# #237296
Emerald#0:  W241864
Emerald#1:  W242889
Lab testing of emerald W241864 indicated that port 0 (/dev/ttyS4, which
is normally channel 200) does not receive characters.

Also emerald W242889, port 2 (/dev/ttyS14, normally channel
210) did not receive characters.

To work around these bad ports, I changed connections at the
patch panel.  The sensors are still connected to the same
ports on the break-out boxes, but inside the data-system box,
channel 200 is connected to port 4 on emerald#1 (/dev/ttyS16)
and channel 210 is connected to port 5 on emerald#1 (/dev/ttyS17).

Here is channel.txt:
200     /dev/ttyS16
201     /dev/ttyS5
202     /dev/ttyS6
203     /dev/ttyS7
204     /dev/ttyS8
205     /dev/ttyS9
206     /dev/ttyS10
207     /dev/ttyS11
208     /dev/ttyS12
209     /dev/ttyS13
210     /dev/ttyS17
211     /dev/ttyS15
216     /dev/ttyS0
217     /dev/ttyS2
218     /dev/ttyS3

42: tsoil, Site aspen, Thu 29-Jul-2004 21:58:27 MDT, Mote14 installed at Aspen

This comment from yesterday, when I couldn't get through on the net:

Location is about 8m N of the outer SE guy point, in a peat bog.  I mixed
up Brown and Black, so Brown is at 15cm, Black is at 10cm, and the rest at 5cm.
All holes filled up with water to about 5cm when dug out, so the sensors were
installed at, or below, water line in peat.

This should complete installation of all the Tsoil probes!

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)

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.

28: status, Site aspen, Wed 14-Jul-2004 17:57:34 MDT, aspen booms mostly up

Today was spent setting up booms on aspen.  We have a few more guy wires (mostly
down-guys) which need turnbuckles that we didn't have.

Today also Jielun, Sean, Roberto, and Tony worked to get the hydra analyzer and
cal gases installed.  The hydra inlet tubes still need both to be connected to
hydra and inlet filters installed.  I tried, but failed, to get the opto22 stuff
running -- I'm not sure yet why.