May 31- June 6th, 2015 site visit

Instal evap pan

• field calibrate
• edit program
• for platform
  • exterior grade plywood - home depot will cut it
  • exterior deck screws
• calibrate in mm to get units in mm

Wind sensors replacement

• calculate multiplier for wind direction sensor. for back calculation purposes
• Replace wind direction sensors
• align (declination: 18.5 degrees)
  • North (0/360 degrees) when nose points AWAY from box, for both sensors
  • aligned in office so that when nose faces same way as box, reads 180.
• to install propeller, hand tighten then tighten with channel locks
• both wind sensors can use same excitation port
• White = 5106, Black = 5103

Telemetry

Finish installing radio + ethernet for redundancy

• old RF310B is in WQ in computer racks to left after enter
  • black box with campbell scientific marking
  • put timer on power source
• radio connected to CR3000 with CS10 port gets power from this port as well
• check config settings on NL201 nl201.toolik.uaf.edu should be:
  • HwAddr: 00:D0:2C:02:0D:73.
  • IP address: 137.229.91.81
  • Subnet MASK: 255.255.255.192
  • Default Gateway/Router:137.229.91.65

• for NL100 I'm bring up
  • HwAddr (MAC address): 00d02c0004c0
  • IP address: 137.229.91.82
  • Subnet MASK: 255.255.255.192
  • Default Gateway/Router:137.229.91.65

Items to bring up

• alcohol swabs
• compass
• outlet timer for old radio
• NL100
• smart phone
• evap gauge
• two RM young wind sensors
• sleeping bag
• nut driver for tower base
• drill + charger
• tube for leveling platform
• wood and screws for platform
• zip ties
• null modem cable for NL100 communication
• cat5 cable and tools for creating connectors
• wire to power NL100 from CR3000 AND ac adapter if outlet space
• field laptop + charger
• laptop + charger
• plywood boards
• field notebook
• camera
• tool bag
• fish tape
• electrical tape
• ethernet-usb plug
• serial-usb plug
• rag
• cable housing
• pertinent manuals
• extension chord
• disc
• printed copies of the plan
• gloves

Items to purchase

• alcohol swabs
• power strip
• compass
• 32 AA batteries for GardenCam
• plywood +screws for base

Tipping tower

• grab 2 saw horses
• undo one guy wire, loosen others
• undo one leg bolts, loosen others
  • 2 bolts on each leg, take off both on one leg, just loosen bottom screw for other 2 legs
• CAREFUL of sensor wires when lowering tower
• have WD40 with me in case can't get wind sensor screws undone

when raise tower, make turnbuckles taught but not too tight

PLAN

Telemetry

• plug in timer to old radio base
• check config settings on NL201 in CPS shed
• run cat5 line from radio in CPS shed
• leave NL100 in enclosure, wire power from data logger or outlet
• (grab ladder against back of tool shed to look into box)

Wind Sensors + Garden Cam

• Alignment
  • which way does tower tip and how is crossbar oriented
  • stake out east west
• Tip Tower
• Reset Garden Cam
  • remover flash drive (may need to cut tape for this)
  • download pics
  • clear drive
• Replace Wind sensors
  • use old mounts or change if necessary
  • screw on propeller, hand tighten then tighten with channel locks
  • alignment ring then sensor
• zip tie wires and pull them into box
• Wire Sensors

' RM Young 5103 Wind Monitor (black)

' Red Wire -- CR3000 P1

' Green Wire -- CR3000 SE1

' Blue Wire -- CR3000 VX1

' Clear Wire -- CR3000 AG

' Black Wire -- CR3000 AG

' White Wire -- CR3000 AG

' RM Young 5106 Wind Monitor(white)

' Red Wire -- CR3000 P2

' Green Wire -- CR3000 SE2

' Blue Wire -- CR3000 VX1

' Clear Wire -- CR3000 AG

' Black Wire -- CR3000 AG

' White Wire -- CR3000 AG

• Download data files from CR3000
• upload new program
• Align Wind sensors on ground as best as possible
  • first horizontal plane
  • second east-west
• Raise tower
  • have Brie climb it to align sensors if necessary
• Replace batteries in Garden Cam power case (24 AA batteries)

Evaporation Gauge

• Build platform with pallets and plywood
• attach gauge to pan with pipe
• run wire through housing and into enclosure
  • ' Evaporation Pan
  • ' White Wire -- CR3000 SE16
  • ' Red Wire -- CR3000 VX3
  • ' Black Wire -- CR3000 Signal Ground
• Calibrate
  • Fill pan partway with water, measure height with ruler in mm
  • Measure voltage by reading the EvapLevelTemp variable on the program
  • Add more water, measure water depth in pan
  • Measure voltage
  • Calculate multiplier and offset using y = mx+b
    • m(multiplier) = (height1-height2)/(voltage2-voltage1)
    • b(offset) = height1-(m*voltage1)
• Change multiplier and offset in program
  • download data
  • upload new program

Additional tasks

(grab ladder against back of tool shed to look into box)

• download CR3000 + radio device config settings
• level and alcohol swab radiometer (par)
• level and alcohol swab 3 radiometers on old tower (net Rad, UVA, UVB)

• Pluvio
  • Hole in mesh to craw in, 3 captive screws holding on outer shield
  • empty most of water inside plastic inner tub
  • remove any dead animals

• note any damage
• Make sure no water in battery box
• inspect seals where wires go in
• inspect solar panels

TODO

• TELEMETRY
• PR and purchase stuff
• update program for evap pan, wind sensors, snow depth quality number
• program NL100
• evap gauge base supplies and logistics
• learn ethernet cable connectors
• GardenCam (how reset? what does PI want?)
• figure out where wind sensor go on data logger, and how to mount
• re-align wind sensor from basement
• read pluvio manual
• find photo of evap pan base
• ask toolik for pallets
• new longer cable for wind sensor
• instal skype on iphone
• get wind sensor mounting pole from basement
• check types of wind instruments
• write out plan
• pack
• check how long cable on evap gauge is