2010 November Nome Trip

For Starters, the to do list:

Pre-trip to do

• Set up Two Radios... Done

Things Jessie needs to buy

• TBD

Stuff to bring out

Required Hardware

• New Base Radio
• New Anvil Radio
• 2 New Blue Power/Comm cables (One for Anvil, One for Nome Base)
• 2 New Serial Cables for Nome Base (Perhaps bring out null modems x2 and genderbenders, too)
• AC Adapter for Nome Base

Technical Gear

• Keypad
• Tool Bag
• Computer & SC32B
• Serial Cables & spares

Station by Station to do

Northwest Campus

• Replace Base Radio with new one.
• Plug 'DataPort' on Blue power cable into Moxa COM1 using a new serial cable for Nome Base
  • Use serial cable / null modem / gender bender as required
• Plug 'DiagPort' on blue power cable into Moxa COM2 using a new serial cable for Nome Base
  • Use serial cable / null modem / gender bender as required

Anvil

• Replace Anvil radio with new one.
  • If you switch to the blue cable (just for this winter) then the current power plug powering the replacement radio out there now will plug into the blue power/comm cable.
  • The CSIO / Modem Gray adapter may need to be unscrewed from the enclosure. If that is the case you'll need a Square Drive Bit to accomplish this. Then, plug the 'DataPort' on the blue power/com cable into the Modem side of the gray adapter.
• Leave Radio in ON position, Flag 1 High:
  • Plug in Keypad
  • Press * 6 To move to the input locations memory star mode
  • Press A To advance one position into the input locations memory
  • Press D To Display flags 1-8
  • Press 1 To toggle flag one to be on (1 = on, 0 = off); screen should show: '1000 0000'
  • Press * 6 To move to the input locations memory star mode
  • Press A To advance one position into the input locations memory
  • Press 0 To Display flags 8-1,
  • Press 8 To toggle control port eight to be on (1 = on, 0 = off); screen should show: '1000 0000'
  • Press *0 To exit the data logger star mode.

Optionally:

• Test comms to Kig 1 & 2 & Skookum (if there at top of the hour)
  • Open DevConfig, set baud rate to 19,200
    • Push button on the back of radio to bring up the setup menu
    • Select 0 Set Operation Mode from the menu
    • Change the operation mode from Mode 4 Slave/Repeater to Mode 6 Slave/Master Switchable
    • Hit 'Esc' twice to exit Setup mode
  • Disconnect the 19,200 connection
  • Reconnect to the radio at 9600
  • Try dialing Skookum, type (all caps) ATD9066041
    • Should see OK then CONNECT
    • Give a few carriage returns after seeing 'CONNECT' and should see *
  • Disconnect, reconnect at 9600 again
  • Try dialing Kigluaiks #1, type (all caps) ATD9066018
    • May see OK then CONNECT
    • Give a few carriage returns after seeing 'CONNECT' and should see *
  • Disconnect, reconnect at 9600 again
  • Try dialing Kigluaiks #2, type (all caps) ATD9164336
    • May see OK then CONNECT
    • Give a few carriage returns after seeing CONNECT and should see *
  • Disconnect
  • Important to finish with these steps!
    • Reconnect at 9600 again
    • Enter the setup mode by typing (all caps) ATXS
    • Select 0 Set Operation Mode from the menu
    • Change the operation mode from Mode 6 Slave/Master Switchable to Mode 4 Slave/Repeater
    • Hit Esc twice to exit Setup mode

• Check out WS/WD & AT/RH data

Nome Highschool

• Touch base that everything looks good on site.

Snake River

• Remove site?