Station Servicing
Introduction:
These documents can help guide you through various aspects of Station Servicing, including Time required, Crew needs, Recordkeeping considerations, and Suggested Materials.
Servicing:
A servicing team should consist of a minimum of 2 people for safety concerns.
Station servicing time should average approximately 30 to 45 minutes with no repairs needed on the station.
Below is an example of a station Service Sheet. Please have PASSCAL review the Service Sheets (and Install Sheets) you plan on using for your experiment, even if you downloaded them from the PASSCAL website. We tailor the Sheets to your experiment, specifically the equipment you've borrowed. Plus datalogger firmware changes, newly discovered bugs, etc. necessitate revisions to these Sheets. Thank you.
SERVICE SHEET Station:___
Local Date/Time:_ GMT Date/Time:__
Field Team:
GPS Location of Site:
Equipment
DAS S/N:___
Clock S/N:___
If tetlemetered: Modem S/N:_ Modem IP:__
(Do the next step within the “Service” and look for sensor information in the parameter set from Clie below):
Sensor S/N Sensor Type: __
Get DAS initial Status:
DAS Status (Control ==> Status)
Acq: Start On / Off
Events: RAM: of
Disk 1: of Disk 2: of
Temp: *Power: Input Bkup chg:
Ch: DS:
* If Power is Low, follow instructions at the end “IF POWER IS BAD”; otherwise continue.
Clock Status (Control ==> Status ==>GPS)
Sec since LL:________ Phase Diff__________ SV’s:_________
Service
1. Stop Acquisition (Control ==>Status ==>Stop Acq)
2. Get RT130 parameters from the DAS
Work with Config ==>From DAS ==>Edit ==>Verify experiment name: __________
Get Sensor Serial Number: ==>Channels==>Details==>record sensor S/N above
3. Swap Disks (wait for disk writing to finish)
Orig. Disk 1 S/N: ______ Size: ______ Orig. Disk 2 S/N: ________ Size: _________
LABEL these DATA Disks - do not reuse them until data are downloaded and backed up
Swap Disk 1 S/N: _ Size: _ Swap Disk 2 S/N: _ Size: _
5. Clear RAM (Control ==>RAM ==>Clear)
6. Reset System (Control ==>Reset) Note: this initializes the GPS
7. Format Flash Disk (Control ==>Format Disk ==> Disk 1: _______ Disk 2:__________
8. Check Mass Position Offsets (Control ==>Aux. Control ==>Aux Channel)
Mass position should be within +1.5V to -1.5V
Ch 1: _______V
Ch 2: _______ V
Ch 3: _______ V
9. Monitor/Stomp Test (Control ==>Monitor ==>Stream 1)
Ch 1: _________ Ch 2: _________ Ch 3: _______
10. Check Clock Status (Control ==>Status ==>GPS)
Sec since LL: _______ *Note clock MUST lock before starting acquisition
Phase Diff _________ us (should be a small number)
SV’s: _________
11. If telemetered : Check communications (Control ==>Net)
IP : 192.168.33.2 Line down: Toss
Mask : 255.255.255.0 Toss after: 70 min
RTPD : 129.138.26.198 (at PASSCAL) E Control: ON
Gateway:192.168.33.1
Communications OK: Yes / No
12. Start Acquisition: (Control ==>Status ==>Start Acq)
Start time: __
13. Verify RAM Increasing (Control ==>Status ==>Update) Yes / No
14. Force RAM Dump to Disk (Control ==>RAM ==>Dump)
Verify RAM decreases Yes / No
AND Disk (1 or 2) increases Yes / No (Control ==>Status ==>Update)
* NOTE Either Disk 1 OR Disk 2 is (Current) and should be a non-zero value.
Whichever disk is NOT Current must be zero (formatted and ready for data after the first Disk (1 or 2) is full)
15. Check Disk Setup (Control ==>Disk):
If telemetered: Auto-wrap Yes
If stand-alone: Auto-wrap No
16. Write .CFG File to Disk (Control==>Status==>DAS LP/WP)
Tap the WRITE button to write the .cfg file to the disk.
Verify that the value of disk space used increases (Control ==>Status).
17. DAS status (Control ==>Status)
Acq: Start On / Off - NOTE Acquisition MUST be ON to get data
Events: _____ RAM: of __________
*Disk 1: _____ of_______ Disk 2: _______of________
Temp: Power: Input _____ Bkup chg:________
Ch: DS:
Firmware Version (Control==>Satus==>Versions)
18. If telemetered: Communications status
(Control ==>Status ==>Net ==>Ethernet ==>RTP)
Connected Yes / No
Server IP: ___
Make sure all plugs and connections have been replaced.
IF POWER IS BAD
POWER: Check Power ONLY IF the station has Power Problems
NOTE: The following tests should be performed with the solar panels in full sun. Check solar panel is clean.
1. Disconnect the solar panel.
2. Test output of the batteries (12.5 - 13 Volts DC
WARNING: DO NOT test the current of the battery)
3. Test the voltage out of the power box to the DAS from pin A+ to C-. (Same as battery voltage measured above).
Make sure the polarity is correct
4. Test the solar panel output (18 Volts DC)
7. Connect the solar panels to power box
8. Test the voltage at the battery terminals (Greater than the battery voltage measured above).
Attachments:
File RT130BB_service_2008206.doc
File IMG_5715 ASF 640x480C.jpg
