EVENT LOG FOR SITE IHA Most recent activity to be listed first. First line of each entry lists date, time and who is reporting. Subsequent lines of each entry aligned under Time column. Do not use tabs, only spaces. Date Time Who What ---------- ----- -------- ----------------------------------------------- 12/31/2003 08:14 Alan Sucessfully resent IHA03364.C1 through .F1 from PC1 to fill a gap created when the server wouldn't accept them yesterday. 12/24/2003 09:32 Alan I submitted files IHA03357.F1, G1, & H1 which didn't make it to the server. 12/21/2003 10:15 Troy PCAnywhere'd into these sites to check on them as file submission has not been turned back on due to the moving of servers from Gladstone to Portland. 12/12/2003 13:01 scott IHA-PC1 interrogation software was upgraded from Minimon Ver. 1.0.81 to 1.4.3 on Dec. 12, 03 @ 12:43:24. Sent diagnostic test to the FTP server to verify file submission was successful. This upgrade is for evaluation purposes only. IHA-PC2 is still currently running Minimon Ver.1.0.81. The evaluation period is expected to last until after the first of the new year, and if at that time no problems have occured, the decision will be made to globaly upgrade all appropriate data collection computers project wide. 12/12/2003 09:52 alan@ruf 04:TestTagFailure: No apparent reason for this failure. PTOC will continue to monitor. 11/22/2003 10:45 PTOC_Bot I PCA'd into PC1 to see why the files hadn't loaded and found Minimon iterrogating to one big file. I stopped and restarted minimon to change the file then manually submitted IHA03325.D, IHA03325.E, and IHA03326.A. 11/18/2003 15:00 Scott_Li PCA'd to the sites and verified that the PTTP loader was sucessfull in transfering files during the last upload interval. No problems to report. 11/18/2003 09:11 Scott_Li PCA's into each of the sites and manually pushed files to PTAGIS. The Minimon application was stopped then restarted in order to syncronize the PTTP loader and close the current files being built. This manual process will continue up until the problems with the firewall in Gladstone are corrected. 11/17/2003 09:40 Darren_C Site was checked for loading and file generation due to the firewall issues that we have been experiencing at Gladstone. The current file is: IHA03321.D and there were no files to send. 11/16/2003 11:27 Dave pcA'd in at 11:00AM today to find IHA-PC1 collecting data to IHA03319.D, opened since 9:00AM yesterday, and the PTTP module suspended. This was the result of a firewall issue on the PSMFC communications server. Closed IHA03319.D and opened IHA03320.A; this cleared the PTTP error, and allowed the upload of IHA03319.D. No data were lost. 11/16/2003 10:33 scottl This site is not submitting data files since day 319 file .C Due to unknown problems with the local VPN client , I am unable to connect to the primary computer via PCA and check on the disposition of it. Will contact someone else in the group and see if they are able to access PC1 and push files to PTAGIS.... 11/15/2003 14:26 Dave The ftp.pittag.org server failed at 11:15 AM. Coincident with this failure, interrogation site data files were not received at noon today. The FTP server was restored at 1:35 PM. Subsequently, I manually retrieved all outstanding files from the active interrogation sites maintained by PSMFC (BO1, BO2, BO3, MC1, MC2, IHA, and GRA). At BO3, PTTP-Uploader was observed to be in a suspended state. This was corrected. No problems were observed at the other sites polled. No data were lost at any site. 11/14/2003 14:28 Alan_Bro I PCA'd into these sites to assess the file loading of these sites. I found BO1 and MC2 in a normal state. BO2 and MC1 had not changed or uploaded files since yesterday. I stopped and restarted Minimon, verified that all data had been collected properly, and sent the files to PTAGIS. BO3 was manually sent by Darren as he was onsite. IHA and GRA were fixed by Scott this morning. We are continuing to monitor these sites as well as the inactive sites for proper file changes and uploads. 11/13/2003 13:32 Dave Responding to persistent "Problems with remote data sites" messages, I pcA'd into IHA-PC1 at 1pm. There was one file available for upload. IHA03317.A was created at midnight last night, and closed at 3:00 am this morning. IHA-PC1 was currently writing to IHA03317.B. This file had been open for 10 hours (since 3:00 am). I stopped and started data collection, to force the close of the current file and the creation of a new file IHA03317.C. I uploaded IHA03317.A and B to PTAGIS. Re-starting data collection reset the schedule for uploads, so further uploads today will be delayed approximately one hour; this will auto-correct at midnight. The failure to upload file IHA03317.A, and the disruption in the normal file creation schedule (as observed in the persistence of IHA03317.B) are both likely results of the failure of the PSMFC communications firewall early this morning. The adult ladders at Ice Harbor are currently watered up and passing fish; no data were lost at IHA as a result of the communications fault. 11/13/2003 08:04 scottl@r 03:LowExcCurrent,06:LowExcCurrent,09:TestTagFailure: Alarms for antennas 03,06 were cuased by PTOC during site GMC 11/07/2003 16:31 scottl Retuned all transceivers in the north and south ladders. Some antennas need an extreme amount of course adjustment to bring back into tune. This is interesting because the transceivers are in a reletively temperate enviroment, meaning temperature stable. Suspect that the antennas are the reason why some of the transceivers needed such a drastic adjustment. 11/06/2003 08:30 scottl@r 03:ExcessiveNoise,04:ExcessiveNoise,06:ExcessiveNoise,0B:ExcessiveNoise,0D :ExcessiveNoise,0F:ExcessiveNoise,10:ExcessiveNoise: Site will be tuned today to reduce or minimize Excessive Noise Alarms 11/06/2003 08:23 Scott_Li Antenna 02 has elevated noise .. This will be corrected today... ~02-5 11/06/03 03:31:49 ALARM Average: 38 % ~02-5 11/06/03 03:31:49 ALARM Peak: 61 % ~02-5 11/06/03 03:31:49 ALARM FDXB Peak: 67 % 10/31/2003 11:01 Scott_Li PTOC is looking into the low efficiencies for Weir 437 , Antennas 03 and 04. For some reason it seems that this weir is always , or at least most of the time , deficient by 2 fish compared to the rest of the ladder antennas. See below snippett from a raw interrogation file. The noise report for antennas 03 and 04 just happen to report at the same time that a fish was transiting the ladder. The fish was not seen on either antenna 3 or 4 , but per the noise report , there is no indication of high noise levels that would hinder the detection of that fish..There has been Speculatiion that one of the antennas maybe failing or have a dead zone in the field. PTOC will continue to try an explain and remedy the situation... | 18 10/30/03 11:36:44 3D9.1BF1695C5B XX 07 | 18 10/30/03 11:36:45 3D9.1BF1695C5B XX 07 | 18 10/30/03 11:36:45 3D9.1BF1695C5B XX 07 | 18 10/30/03 11:36:45 3D9.1BF1695C5B XX 07 | 18 10/30/03 11:36:45 3D9.1BF1695C5B XX 07 | 18 10/30/03 11:36:45 3D9.1BF1695C5B XX 07 | 18 10/30/03 11:36:45 3D9.1BF1695C5B XX 07 | 18 10/30/03 11:36:45 3D9.1BF1695C5B XX 07 | 18 10/30/03 11:36:45 3D9.1BF1695C5B XX 07 | 18 10/30/03 11:36:45 3D9.1BF1695C5B XX 07 | 18 10/30/03 11:36:45 3D9.1BF1695C5B XX 07 ~03-8 10/30/03 11:36:45 ALARM Noise report for Reader ID#03 ~03-8 10/30/03 11:36:45 ALARM Average: 5 % ~03-8 10/30/03 11:36:45 ALARM Peak: 15 % ~03-8 10/30/03 11:36:45 ALARM FDXB Peak: 16 % ~04-9 10/30/03 11:36:57 ALARM Noise report for Reader ID#04 ~04-9 10/30/03 11:36:57 ALARM Average: 3 % ~04-9 10/30/03 11:36:57 ALARM Peak: 13 % ~04-9 10/30/03 11:36:57 ALARM FDXB Peak: 14 % | 14 10/30/03 11:36:59 3D9.1BF1695C5B XX 05 | 14 10/30/03 11:36:59 3D9.1BF1695C5B XX 05 | 14 10/30/03 11:36:59 3D9.1BF1695C5B XX 05 | 14 10/30/03 11:36:59 3D9.1BF1695C5B XX 05 | 14 10/30/03 11:36:59 3D9.1BF1695C5B XX 05 | 14 10/30/03 11:36:59 3D9.1BF1695C5B XX 05 | 14 10/30/03 11:36:59 3D9.1BF1695C5B XX 05 | 14 10/30/03 11:36:59 3D9.1BF1695C5B XX 05 | 14 10/30/03 11:36:59 3D9.1BF1695C5B XX 05 ~01-4 10/30/03 11:37:04 ALARM Noise report for Reader ID#01 ~01-4 10/30/03 11:37:04 ALARM Average: 0 % ~01-4 10/30/03 11:37:04 ALARM Peak: 0 % ~01-4 10/30/03 11:37:04 ALARM FDXB Peak: 8 % ~05-20 10/30/03 11:38:38 ALARM Noise report for Reader ID#05 ~05-20 10/30/03 11:38:38 ALARM Average: 0 % ~05-20 10/30/03 11:38:38 ALARM Peak: 8 % ~05-20 10/30/03 11:38:38 ALARM FDXB Peak: 59 % | 04 10/30/03 11:39:46 3D9.1BF1695C5B XX 01 | 04 10/30/03 11:39:46 3D9.1BF1695C5B XX 01 | 04 10/30/03 11:39:46 3D9.1BF1695C5B XX 01 | 04 10/30/03 11:39:46 3D9.1BF1695C5B XX 01 | 04 10/30/03 11:39:46 3D9.1BF1695C5B XX 01 10/29/2003 08:11 darren@r 09:TestTagFailure: No direct cause for this failure. PTOC personnel will be checking the transceiver for tune and hit rate on the timer tag on the next site visit. 10/24/2003 09:37 Dave Received IHA03296.H from Alan via e-mail. Renamed this file to IHA03296.H2, inside and out, and uploaded the renamed file to PTAGIS. 10/23/2003 15:06 Alan Security Updates for Windows XP (KB828035, KB825119, KB823182 and KB824141) were applied to both PC1 and PC2. PC1 was out of data collection for approximatly 12 minutes. The file created on PC2 during that time (IHA03296.H) was e-mailed directly to Dave Marvin to be loaded into the database. Prior to the reboot, PC1 was 1:48 behind and PC2 was 0:14 ahead of Atomic time. They are both now within one second of Atomic time. 10/23/2003 13:43 scott Tuned all transcievers during the GMC. Noticed that 03,04 had excessive noise levels that could have been a contributing factor for the lower than normal efficiencies. Replaced two "Self Ballasting Bulbs" bulbs in the south gallery. These types of bulbs are a known noise source. All transcievers noise levels are now at an acceptable level. The j-box covers on the sill plates for each wier are being sealed today to prevent rain water from accumulating and freezing this winter. 10/21/2003 09:15 darren@r 0D:ExcessiveNoise,0F:ExcessiveNoise,10:ExcessiveNoise: Noise levels and tune will be checked on the next site visit. 10/20/2003 08:24 Scott_Li PTOC is looking into why Coil 03,04 are chronically lower in efficiency than the other antennasin the left ladder. PCA'd into the stie and the status dump indicates that antenna 03 has an elevated noise floor at 20 percent. Antenna 04 seems relatively quite at 8 percent but still could use some fine tuning. PTOC will be correct these problems on Oct. 23rd during the GMC. 10/19/2003 08:35 darren@r 09:TestTagFailure: No direct cause for the test tag failure. We will investigate on the next site visit. 10/09/2003 08:27 alan@ree 03:BadExcFreq,03:BadOscFreq,03:LowExcCurrent,04:LowExcCurrent,05:BadExcFre q,05:BadOscFreq,05:LowExcCurrent,06:LowExcCurrent,08:LowExcCurrent,0E:Test TagFailure: These alarms were caused by PTOC personel during a site GMC. 10/08/2003 15:42 Darrent A site GMC was performed and all transceivers were checked for tuning and noise. No problems were found. PTOC personnel is also performing a test on weirs 436 and 437 of the south ladder. This is being done to try and isolate a possible problem with either a transceiver or an antenna. We will conduct this test until Monday or Tuesday fo next week. 10/07/2003 08:10 alan@ree 03:TestTagFailure,04:TestTagFailure: These alarms were caused by PTOC personel during a site visit. 10/06/2003 15:46 Alan The sensitivity of transceivers 03 and 04 was adjusted down in an effort to get the efficiency of that weir to match the other wiers on the South ladder. Security Updates for Windows XP (KB828750 and KB828026) were applied to both PC1 and PC2. PC1 was out of data collection for approximatly 22 minutes. The file created on PC2 during that time (IHA03279.G) was e-mailed directly to Dave Marvin to be loaded into the database. 09/30/2003 08:59 scottl@r 04:TestTagFailure: IHA03272.G2 , FILE CREATED 29 SEPTEMBER 2003 AT 10:29. FILE CLOSED: 29 SEPTEMBER 2003 AT 10:36. Note by clicking on the time stamp link takes you to the .G2 file which closes before the latest time stamp in the link above. This confusion is more than likely due to the patching of the data set using PC2's fileduring the time frame in which PC1 was down. 09/29/2003 15:21 Dave Alan sent me a patch file from IHA-PC2. I renamed it to IHA03272.B2 inside and out, and submitted it to PTAGIS. 09/29/2003 12:32 Alan A GMC was performed on 9/29/2003. All transceivers were tuned. The sensitivity was increased on Coil 04. No problems found. Security Update for Windows XP (KB824146) was applied to both PC1 and PC2. PC1 was out of data collection for approximatly six minutes. The file created on PC2 during that time (IHA03272.G) was e-mailed directly to Dave Marvin to be loaded into the database. Both PCs clocks had drifted almost two minutes slow. The clocks were adjusted to within one second of atomic time. 09/26/2003 11:11 darren@r 04:TestTagFailure,09:TestTagFailure: The timer tag failure on coil 04 could have been caused by a PITtag in close to the feild of the coil. the FDXB peak signal was at 100% at the time of the firing. The timer tag failure on coil 09 was just a failure, no real explanation. it did fire on it's scheduled intervals after the failure. 09/25/2003 13:31 Darren A site gmc was performed. The noise and tune was adjusted on all transceivers. No other problems were found. 09/22/2003 10:10 Alan On 8/28/2003, Troy and I replaced 67 self-ballasting fluorescent light bulbs with incandescent light bulbs. The area covered was from the North Gallery by the Navigation Lock into the Main Gallery past the spillway to the Powerhouse. This alleviated the noise problems we had been experiencing on the North Ladder. Although the spillway is a considerable distance from our transceivers, we found that replacing those had a significant improvement on noise performance. We are currently procuring signs to place near each light fixture that read "Replace with Incandescent Bulbs Only" to eliminate further confusion. 09/22/2003 08:20 scott_li Noticed in the Recent Interrogation File Load stats that not upload the 265.b file. Checked the Files Received but Loaded folder and the.B and C files are sitting in the cue waiting to be processed. No other action required. 09/21/2003 09:10 darren@r 04:TestTagFailure,09:TestTagFailure: These alarms will be addressed on the next site visit. 09/11/2003 08:45 alan@ree 09:TestTagFailure: These tags fired during status dumps. 09/04/2003 13:38 Alan_Bro A GMC was performed 9-4-2003. The noise reporting has been disabled on the North ladder since the noise problems have been rectified. All transceivers were tuned, no problems found. 09/04/2003 11:24 Alan I updated Windows XP on both PCs with "Security Update for Microsoft Windows (KB824105)". Both PCs are up to date. Both PCs are within 1 second of each other and three seconds of Atomic Time. The data collected on PC2 (IHA03247.G) during the six minute gap created while PC1 was being updated was emailed directly to Dave Marvin, who the renamed it to IHA03247.G2 (inside and out) and uploaded it to PTAGIS. 09/04/2003 08:06 scott_li The site did not did not upload files at the 0600 interval. Will monitor this morning and or pop in via PCA and manually initiate the file transfer process.. 08/29/2003 07:55 scottl@r 09:ExcessiveNoise,0B:ExcessiveNoise,0D:ExcessiveNoise,0E:ExcessiveNoise,0F :ExcessiveNoise: Noise issues have been resolved. 08/25/2003 08:15 Alan A GMC was performed 8/21/2003. All transceivers were tuned. Transceiver 0D was replaced. On 8/18/2003 transceiver 0D was found powered down due to a tripped breaker. Further investigation showed serious internal power supply problems. It will be returned to Destron for repair. No other problems found. 08/25/2003 08:08 alan@ruf 0D:BadExcFreq,0D:BadOscFreq,0D:LowExcCurrent,0D:Overrun,0D:TestTagFailure: These alarms were generated by PTOC personel during a GMC. 08/21/2003 12:17 Alan I installed Windows patches 822925 and 823718 (released 8/20/2003) on both PC1 and PC2. The data collected on PC2 during PC1's downtime is contained in the file IHA03233.G. 08/18/2003 14:47 Alan I patched Windows XP on both PC1 and PC2. All critical patches were installed, most significantly MS03-026 which eliminates DCOM vulnerability as per the Walla Walla district request. The data missed by installation and re-booting on PC1 was filled with data from PC2 (file IHA03230.G2). 08/18/2003 10:32 darren@r 04:TestTagFailure,09:TestTagFailure,0D:LowExcCurrent: There was no direct cause for the two Timer Tag failures. The LowExcCurrent failures for 0D was generated by PTOC personnel while testing the lighting circuits for noise effects. 08/14/2003 08:35 scottl@r 07:ExcessiveNoise,09:ExcessiveNoise,0A:ExcessiveNoise,0B:ExcessiveNoise,0C :ExcessiveNoise,0D:ExcessiveNoise,0E:ExcessiveNoise: A site visit yesterday found the source of the erronious noise was again the compact flouresent lighting in the galleries. There are 5 main branch circuits that control the gallerie lights. All lighting was turned off, then each circuit was energized and the transceivers were monitored for effects. No one branch lighting circuit was the sole source of the interference. The accumulative effect of all the circuits with flouresent lights raised the noise levels to an unacceptable level. Will consult with Don and possably Walla Walla COE district to have all the existing lights in the gallery with incandesent bulbs. Per Rick Weis, Ice Electrical forman, BPA purchased these energy saving bulbs and sent them to all the projects trying to save some electricity. 08/08/2003 21:48 troy@ree 0B:BadOscFreq,0B:LowExcCurrent,0B:TestTagFailure: These alarms were caused by PTOC personel investigating the cause of high noise. 08/08/2003 16:30 Darren PTOC personnel were on site on the North Shore ladder investigating elevated noise and FDXB levels. I was on site from 11:00 to 14:30 PST. No immediate noise sources were discovered. I did swap some cables and it appears the noise may be generated from an outside source or possibly from cables. This will be further investigated. 08/07/2003 13:51 scottl@r 03:ExcessiveNoise,04:ExcessiveNoise,05:ExcessiveNoise,06:ExcessiveNoise,07 :ExcessiveNoise,08:ExcessiveNoise,09:ExcessiveNoise,0A:ExcessiveNoise,0B:E xcessiveNoise,0C:ExcessiveNoise,0D:ExcessiveNoise,0E:ExcessiveNoise,0F:Exc essiveNoise,10:ExcessiveNoise: The noise problem is being addressed and a solution has been found.. 08/06/2003 13:44 Alan Rick Weiss with COE at Ice Harbor called 8/5/2003 to say that they had exchanged all the fluorescent bulbs with incandescent bulbs in the circuit controlled by Breaker 16 (Lock Grout Gallery Lights), and that he could see a noticeable improvement in noise performance on Transceiver 0B. I went to IHA 8/6/2003 to tune the transceivers and see how much noise remained. The current signal levels are as follows: Coil 09 12-16% Coil 0A 9-13% Coil 0B 16-20% Coil 0C 10-14% Coil 0D 12-16% Coil 0E 10-14% Coil 0F 5-9% Coil 10 5-9% 08/05/2003 09:42 Alan I went to IHA 8/4/2003 to work on lowering the noise we've seen on the right ladder. Spectrum analysis showed no unusual RF in the gallery. Looking at the FDXB signal on Transceiver 0B, I noticed what appeared to be a 120HZ "burst envelope" similar to what we saw on the left ladder during installation. That problem turned out to be a combination of self- ballasting fluorescent bulbs in the vicinity of our equipment and a bad transformer. I then met with COE personnel J.W. Black, Rick Weiss, and Sam Liming. In the process of opening breakers to find a culprit, we found that opening breaker 16 (Lock Grout Gallery Lights) reduced the on screen signal of Transceiver 0B from ~50% to ~25%, and I was then able to tune it down to ~16%. We closed breaker 16 then J.W. Black went down to that gallery (about 70 feet below the gallery with our equipment) and turned off the lights. This did nothing to lower our noise floor. The COE personnel indicated they had no more time, but indicated they would look at documentation to determine what is on that circuit and change out the fluorescent bulbs with incandescent bulbs. I've offered my help and will talk with Rick Weiss 8/5/2003 to further discuss the situation. 08/05/2003 08:12 alan@ree 0B:LowExcCurrent: This alarm was caused by PTOC personel onsite diagnosing noise problems. 08/02/2003 10:11 troy@ree 0B:LowExcCurrent,0D:LowExcCurrent,0E:LowExcCurrent: These alarms were caused by PTOC personel performing a site GMC. We will continue to monitor for future failures. PTOC personel will be onsite monday 8/4/03 08/01/2003 16:25 scottl During the GMC today, it was noticed that the noise floors on all the right ladder transceivers had increased dramatically to the tune of ~20 to 25 percent above the normal operating noise levels of 6 % to 10 %. The interference could not be overcomed by tuning. Further investigation found that some significant event happened on 7/29/03 @ 16:19:05. Turned noise reports on for all 8 units and will evaluate the reports for an indication of whether or not the noise is of a cyclic or persistent pattern. Either way, PTOC will be on site Monday, Aug. 4th to further diagnose. Verified that the reader were in fact reading stick tags but this occurance needs further attention. All transceivers in the South gallery were checked and no problems found. The ghost of haunted past may have taken up residence on the other side of the river. More next week. 08/01/2003 11:56 scottl@r 05:ExcessiveNoise,09:ExcessiveNoise,0A:ExcessiveNoise,0B:ExcessiveNoise,0C :ExcessiveNoise,0D:ExcessiveNoise,0E:ExcessiveNoise: Trancievers will be tuned today 8/01. Noise reports will be turned on for all transcievers on the right ladder for evaluation. 07/25/2003 08:17 darren@r 04:TestTagFailure: Test Tag Failure may have been caused by the noise report and the timer tag firing at the same time. We will discuss turning the noise reports "off" at this site since we found the source of noise at the south ladder. 07/22/2003 08:24 darren@r 10:BadOscFreq: PTOC personnel will investigate this alarm on next site visit. I PCA'd into site and placed the reader into standby and then read to clear the "OSC" alarm. The transceiver does seem to be a little noisy but that could have been caused by the reset. We will check the OSC frequency for 134.2Khz, that is what caused the clock to switch to master. 07/17/2003 15:45 darren@r 0D:LowExcCurrent: The alarm was generated by PTOC personnel while performing a site GMC. 07/17/2003 08:11 Darren_C A site GMC was performed on 7-15-03. All transceivers were checked for tune and noise. No problems were found. 07/04/2003 09:41 alan@ruf 09:LowExcCurrent: These alarms were generated by PTOC personel during a GMC. 07/02/2003 11:19 Alan_Bro A GMC was performed 7/1/2003. Transceivers were tuned. Coils 09, 0B, 0C, 0E, and 10 on the North ladder were a little bit noisy (11% - 17%). PTOC will investigate further. 06/26/2003 15:36 darren@r 04:TestTagFailure: Alarm was generated when the time tag fired and the noise report was being sent. The timer tag is firing on the scheduled interval. 06/08/2003 09:48 darren@r 04:TestTagFailure,09:LowExcCurrent,09:Overrun,09:TestTagFailure,0B:LowExcC urrent,0B:Overrun: These alarms were generated by PTOC personnel while performing site GMC. 06/06/2003 15:49 troy Performed GMC and addressed the test tag failure of coil 04. The timer tag was in the OFF position, put switch in the ON position and set the hit rate to 100% with the door closed. All trancievers were checked for tune and no problems were found. Placed two 'replace with incandescent bulbs only' signs to test different bounding material. 06/04/2003 08:06 scottl@r 04:TestTagFailure: Testtag problem will be addressed today, or tomorrow at the latest. 05/22/2003 08:25 darren@r 04:TestTagFailure: This alarm will be addressed on the next site visit. 05/18/2003 09:04 darren@r 01:TestTagFailure,03:LowExcCurrent,03:TestTagFailure,04:TestTagFailure,08: LowExcCurrent,08:TestTagFailure: All alarms with the exception of the TestTag failure on coil 04 were created by PTOC personnel. The alarm on coil 04 will be addressed on next site visit. 05/15/2003 15:52 scott Final calibration was performed on all 8 transceivers in the left gallery. Equilization was balanced and comparator was adjusted to reduce noise levels. By slightly clamping down on the comparators, the sensitivity to external interence is reduced and read range is effected, but not to a level that would degrade the overall reading efficiency. In fact it may improve the overall efficiency of the transcievers. All left ladder transceivers noise levels are at 3-8 percent. Note that coil 04 acts a little peculiar when tuning. The phase does not shift at any point in the adjustment on the vari-cap. Also note that transceiver 04 has all but 1000 pf cap in the array. When adding the 1000 pf cap in to the array, the phase then shifts drastically by ~5%. The cause could be the transceivers analog pcb, specifically the vari-cap itself.PTOC will replace the analog pcb in Coil 04 on the next site visit to diagnose the problem. If this does not improve or fix the situation, We will look at capacitors at the antenna. Luckly enough that this is a SLOT antenna therefore are able to access the cap. bank without extracting the antenna from the ladder. Also note, I was sending remote command to the transceivers in the left ladder from PC2 and not when a command was issued to coil 06, the query responded with status from 0D. this was not the case when the same exercize was done from PC1. Found that the RP cable on PC2 expansion chassis for 06 and 0D were flipflopped and corrected the problem. Starting with the file IHA03135.I , All coils report correctly with respect to their RP address. Knight Const and John Elect. installed the heat pump for the air conditioner today and is now operational. All the loose ends and ongoing issues have been taken care of , IHA is now completed. PTOC will monitor noise reports closely to ensure the stability of the entire system. 05/15/2003 08:55 scottl@r 01:ExcessiveNoise,02:ExcessiveNoise,03:ExcessiveNoise,04:ExcessiveNoise,05 :ExcessiveNoise,06:ExcessiveNoise,07:ExcessiveNoise,08:ExcessiveNoise,09:E xcessiveNoise,0A:ExcessiveNoise,0B:ExcessiveNoise,0C:ExcessiveNoise: The excessive noise problems on the left ladder has been corrected. Transceivers 01 thru 08 are currently running at ~ 2-7 % and stable. Will perform the final calibration procedure today. 05/14/2003 15:51 scott The transformer in FCQ3 has been replaced and signficantly improved the noise emmisions in the gallery and the noise induced into the transceivers. A residual noise problem was detected and was isolated to the lighting in the gallery. The light bulbs being used in the lighting circuit was self balasting energy saving bulbs that were appearently giving off emmissions. After replacing all the bulbs with regular incendesent 60 watt bulbs, the emmisions were reduced by 15 percent. The average noise for the left ladder is 2-7 percent. Will retune the entire facility on 5/15/03 and that should be a wrap. 05/14/2003 08:21 scottl@r 01:LowExcCurrent,02:LowExcCurrent,02:Overrun,03:LowExcCurrent,04:TestTagFa ilure,10:BadExcFreq: Errors caused by PTOC personell during Maintenence 04/30/2003 14:52 Scott_Li I talked with Rick Weis ( Electrical Forman ) at Ice today on the status of replacing the transformer in RCQ3 thats interfering with Pittag detection on the Left ladder. He indicated that the order was placed today , the delivery date would be around May 8th, and the installation would be no later than May 13th. So things are moving ahead... Rick also informed me that Pittag detection for the Left ladder was interrupted on 4/26/03 starting around 0515 and was restored at ~ 0630 due to a fish pump malfunction caused by excessive rain?? Didn't quite understand that... but nevertheless we have record of the event. 04/29/2003 08:06 scottl@r 08:TestTagFailure: Not of concern at this time. 04/23/2003 09:30 scottl@r 01:ExcessiveNoise,02:ExcessiveNoise,03:ExcessiveNoise,04:ExcessiveNoise,05 :ExcessiveNoise,06:ExcessiveNoise,07:ExcessiveNoise,08:ExcessiveNoise,0A:E xcessiveNoise,0B:ExcessiveNoise,0F:ExcessiveNoise: A site visit is scheduled for today to retune and optimize the readers the best we can until the noise issue in the gallery can be resolved. Currently the COE is evaluating the health of the the transformer in MCC-FCQ3, compartment 5D which is the primary source of the interference. 04/23/2003 08:12 scottl@r 02:LowExcCurrent,04:LowExcCurrent,05:BadExcFreq,05:BadOscFreq,05:LowExcCur rent,08:LowExcCurrent: These errors were generated by PTOC. Current alrms thresholds have been adjusted to 300 mA below the measured antenna current. 04/21/2003 09:17 Scott_Li The primary source if interference that has been plaguing the left ladder transceivers has been identified. A 10 kva xformer located in the MCC for the left gallery, was momentarily turned off and all interference had completely diminished. Taking this a step further , each individual breaker that was being fed from this transformer was turned off one at a time in order to possably isolate which branch circuit was the problem. The one circuit that was most likely to be the culprit was Breaker # 16 that according to the panel schedule, fed xformer 21, a remote xformer that could not be located. Due to a faulty breaker, we were unable to turn off this circuit. The power house operator on the project at the time, has submitted a repair ticket to have this breaker replaced. PTOC will be back on the project this morning to further diagnose the situation and should have a defined action plan as to what needs to be done or replaced to elimate the interference. More soon.... 04/20/2003 10:46 scott Correction, error on coil 08 will corrected on 4/21/03 04/20/2003 10:44 scottl@r 08:LowExcCurrent: This error will be corrected on monday 3/21/03 04/19/2003 07:45 darren@r 07:BadExcFreq,07:BadOscFreq,07:LowExcCurrent,07:Overrun,07:TestTagFailure, 08:BadExcFreq,08:BadOscFreq,08:LowExcCurrent,08:TestTagFailure,10:BadOscFr eq: These alarms were created by PTOC personnel while testing for possible noise solutions. 04/18/2003 18:43 scottl@r 01:LowExcCurrent,04:BadExcFreq,04:BadOscFreq,04:LowExcCurrent,04:Overrun,0 4:TestTagFailure,05:BadExcFreq,05:BadOscFreq,05:LowExcCurrent,07:LowExcCur rent,07:Overrun,08:BadExcFreq,08:BadOscFreq,08:LowExcCurrent,08:TestTagFai lure: These errors were generated by PTOC while attempt were made to correct the excessive noise in the left ladder. A status report of the entire facility outlining what we have done to correct the situation will be documented and posted early next week.. 04/17/2003 11:50 darren@r 08:LowExcCurrent: The alarm is being generated because the threshold and current are equal. We will adjust the threshold and watch for current dropping. 04/16/2003 12:54 scottl@r 08:LowExcCurrent,09:Overrun,0A:Overrun,0B:Overrun,0C:Overrun,0D:Overrun,0E :Overrun,0F:Overrun,10:Overrun: This situation with the excessive overruns is being addressed. Laurie Newsome,the project K-grade is referencing the control room event logs for info that hopefully will explain this event. Will post info as it becomes available. 04/16/2003 11:56 scottl@r 01:ExcessiveNoise,03:ExcessiveNoise,04:ExcessiveNoise,05:ExcessiveNoise,06 :ExcessiveNoise,07:ExcessiveNoise,08:ExcessiveNoise,09:ExcessiveNoise,0A:E xcessiveNoise,0B:ExcessiveNoise,0C:ExcessiveNoise,0D:ExcessiveNoise,0E:Exc essiveNoise,0F:ExcessiveNoise,10:ExcessiveNoise: PTOC is in the process of defining the source of erronious interference. 04/15/2003 09:00 troy@ree 01:LowExcCurrent,02:TestTagFailure,07:LowExcCurrent,08:LowExcCurrent: Current alarm thresholds will be adjusted during next site visit, scheduled for today. 04/14/2003 11:37 scottl@p 01:ExcessiveNoise,03:ExcessiveNoise,04:ExcessiveNoise,05:ExcessiveNoise,06 :ExcessiveNoise,07:ExcessiveNoise,09:ExcessiveNoise,0A:ExcessiveNoise: 01:ExcessiveNoise,03:ExcessiveNoise,04:ExcessiveNoise,05:ExcessiveNoise,06 :ExcessiveNoise,07:ExcessiveNoise,09:ExcessiveNoise,0A:ExcessiveNoise: Noise issues are being addressed by PTOC 04/14/2003 11:36 scottl@p 01:ExcessiveNoise,03:ExcessiveNoise,04:ExcessiveNoise,05:ExcessiveNoise,06 :ExcessiveNoise,07:ExcessiveNoise,09:ExcessiveNoise,0A:ExcessiveNoise: Noise issues are being addressed by PTOC 04/14/2003 08:18 scottl@p 01:LowExcCurrent,02:TestTagFailure,07:LowExcCurrent,08:LowExcCurrent: PTOC will adjust the current threshold alarm for Coil 08 and 07. 04/11/2003 07:58 scottl@p 02:ExcessiveNoise,03:ExcessiveNoise,04:ExcessiveNoise,05:ExcessiveNoise,06 :ExcessiveNoise,07:ExcessiveNoise,08:ExcessiveNoise,09:ExcessiveNoise,0A:E xcessiveNoise,0B:ExcessiveNoise,0C:ExcessiveNoise,0D:ExcessiveNoise,0E:Exc essiveNoise,0F:ExcessiveNoise,10:ExcessiveNoise: Site will be retuned today as we continue to find the primary source of information. 04/10/2003 09:43 darren@p 02:TestTagFailure,08:LowExcCurrent,09:TestTagFailure: Alarms will be addressed on the next site visit. The Low ExcCurrent alarm is due to the current and the alarm being equal. We will adjust the alarm threshold when on-site. 04/08/2003 07:39 alan@psm 02:TestTagFailure: This alarm was likely generated because it occurred coincidentally with a status report. PTOC personel will continue to monitor. 04/07/2003 09:33 alan@psm 02:TestTagFailure: We will be onsite today. The test tag failure is probably due to the fact that it is firing coincidentally with the status report. 04/06/2003 14:52 darren@p 02:TestTagFailure,08:LowExcCurrent: Site will be visited tomorrow for more noise solving. We will inspect all transceivers for failures. 04/05/2003 11:27 D._Chase The files that appear to missing in the load status report are in the "raw files" report for each of the site. I checked the "open" and "close" times on files and they are correct. I am not sure why they are not appearing in the load status report. 04/05/2003 07:13 darren@p 02:TestTagFailure,07:LowExcCurrent: Alarms were generated by PTOC personnel while testing for noise on the south shore. This site will be revisited on Monday 4-7-03 for more noise analysis. 04/04/2003 16:36 Scott_Li A major attempt at finding and resolving the erroneous noise issues on the South ladder was made. The external shield grounds and main ground feed were evaluated in depth to ensure integrity but with no resolution to the problem. No problems were discovered with the antenna shield grounds. One problem that was identified, was that the shield ground inside the isolation transformer was tied to the L-2 line which effectively could have been inducing noise generated by the transformer itself back onto the AC line powering the transceivers. Corrected the wiring problem but had no positive effect relating to the problem at hand. It's become apparent that the noise issues we are experiencing are most likely are due to environmental conditions and will be the focus of our efforts next week issue. 04/04/2003 08:27 troy@psm 02:LowExcCurrent,02:TestTagFailure,03:LowExcCurrent,04:LowExcCurrent,07:Lo wExcCurrent,08:LowExcCurrent: PTOC personnel will be onsight to investigate these alarms today. 04/03/2003 23:00 ptagdev@ 0F:ExcessiveNoise: Still testing. Doug Clough 04/03/2003 22:35 ptagdev@ 10:ExcessiveNoise: Testing again. Doug Clough 04/03/2003 22:16 ptagdev@ 10:ExcessiveNoise: Testing reset mechanism. Doug Clough 04/02/2003 15:57 ptagdev@ 10:ExcessiveNoise: Clearing red light to test reset functionality. Doug Clough 04/02/2003 08:57 ptagdev@ 10:ExcessiveNoise: Clearing alarm to see if the light turns green. Doug Clough 04/02/2003 08:03 scottl@p 01:ExcessiveNoise,02:ExcessiveNoise,03:ExcessiveNoise,04:ExcessiveNoise,05 :ExcessiveNoise,06:ExcessiveNoise,07:ExcessiveNoise,08:ExcessiveNoise,09:E xcessiveNoise,0A:ExcessiveNoise,0B:ExcessiveNoise,0C:ExcessiveNoise,0D:Exc essiveNoise,0E:ExcessiveNoise,0F:ExcessiveNoise,10:ExcessiveNoise: The source of the excessive noise on the left ladder is being investigated. Noise reports will be turned on for the Right ladder transceivers also for evaluation. 04/02/2003 06:58 ptagdev@ 10:ExcessiveNoise: Testing only. Doug Clough 03/31/2003 10:34 scott The transformer feeding the breaker panel for the south shore transceivers has been replaced with the correct device. Unsure as to when this happen. Knight Const. was not on the project today so could not confirm the date and time that the transformer was swapped. The noise levels in several Left Ladder transceivers are still not at acceptable levels. Coil 07 has excessive noise and cannot be tuned. Swapped antenna lead from 07 to 08 and and the noise follows the antenna, not the transceiver. PTOC will be looking at the antenna connector in the cast box in the weir walkway for possable cause of the noise. Note that transceiver 04 has manufacturing defects in the way that the metal backpanel inside the xcvr is not fastened down tight and cannot be. Suspect that the standoffs are the wrong size or that the screws holding down the back plate are to long. Will address this issue with Destron and replace the reader. 03/27/2003 14:27 Dave Resubmitted data files IHA03078.A - IHA03080.H, previously (and erroneously) submitted to TESTDATA, to the PTAGIS production file and database servers. 03/26/2003 10:49 darren@p 02:TestTagFailure: 02:TestTagFailure: 02:TestTagFailure: This failure may due to the noise that is being seen on this side of the ladder. There is going to be a transformer changed out by John's Electric I believe and when that happens we will be on site to fine tune all transceivers for the south shore ladder. 03/26/2003 10:48 darren@p 02:TestTagFailure: 02:TestTagFailure: This failure may due to the noise that is being seen on this side of the ladder. There is going to be a transformer changed out by John's Electric I believe and when that happens we will be on site to fine tune all transceivers for the south shore ladder. 03/26/2003 10:47 darren@p 02:TestTagFailure: This failure may due to the noise that is being seen on this side of the ladder. There is going to be a transformer changed out by John's Electric I believe and when that happens we will be on site to fine tune all transceivers for the south shore ladder. 03/26/2003 10:31 darren@p 02:TestTagFailure: This failure may due to the noise that is being seen on this side of the ladder. There is going to be a transformer changed out by John's Electric I believe and when that happens we will be on site to fine tune all transceivers for the south shore ladder. 03/25/2003 10:40 darren@p 08:LowExcCurrent: The alarm was generated by the current falling below the alarm threshold. The site has been retuned after the initial install. It will be revisited and final tuning will be performed at that time. 03/25/2003 10:08 darren@p 07:LowExcCurrent: Current appears to have dropped below the current threshold. This site has some resolution to be fully completed. The threshold will be changed to alleviate the alarm. We will monitor for further alarm conditions. 03/22/2003 10:18 scottl@p 04:ExcessiveNoise,08:ExcessiveNoise,09:ExcessiveNoise,0B:ExcessiveNoise,0F :ExcessiveNoise,10:ExcessiveNoise: 04:ExcessiveNoise,08:ExcessiveNoise,09:ExcessiveNoise,0B:ExcessiveNoise,0F :ExcessiveNoise,10:ExcessiveNoise: Site is still being evaluated for source of erronious noise. PTOC will be on site next week and will also be evaluating noise reports to determine if there is a pattern or trend that would indicate a time of day that these noise levels are elevated. The Left ladder transformer should be replaced on Tuesday 3/25 by Johns electric. 03/21/2003 16:15 scott Heres the site status and events that occured during the week of 3/11 and 3/18. 3/11/03 @~ 1500hrs. Left ladder transceivers begin collecting data to internal storage buffers. 3/12/03 @~ 1200hrs. Right ladder transceivers begin collecting data to internal storage buffers 3/19/03 @ 1546 hrs. Fiber Optic Communications established with all 16 transcievers. Transceivers begin sending information to interrogation platform. File name: IHA03078.A 3/20/03 @~ 1340 hrs. Left ladder is shutdown due to an open ground situation on the AC circuit providing power to the transceivers. 3/20/03 @ 1630 hrs. I/P connection established. PC1 not engaged to auto submit files. 3/21/03 @~ 1100 hrs. AC power to the Left ladder is restored. Problem is corrected. Turns out that the GND and Neutral line inside the transformer where not properly terminated. 3/21/03 @1600 hrs. Previously generated files were manually submitted to PTAGIS. 3/21/03 @ 1248 hrs.RIGHT LADDER Transceiver buffers were downloaded to the interrogation platform. Buffers erased after each download was complete. FILE: IHA03080.F 3/21/03 @ 1344 hrs. LEFT LADDER Transceiver buffers were downloaded to the interrogation platform. Buffers erased after each download was complete. FILE: IHA03080.H 3/21/03 @1600 hrs. PC1 is set to auto-upload files . Interrogation platform configuration has been completed, site is online. NOTE: Noise alarms were set to report every 5 minutes on the left ladder xcvrs for evaluation. 03/21/2003 13:41 Dave I enabled site polling. 03/21/2003 11:15 Scott_Li Due to a ground fault in the electrical wiring that provides power to the transceivers in the south gallery, Coils 01 through 08, the main breaker feeding that circuit was turned off and tagged out until the problem can be corrected. The condition of the power circuit could be potentially dangerous and will not be reactivated until the problem is resolved. Knight counts. informed the electrical sub-contractor, John's Elect.to have this corrected no later than the afternoon of 3/21/03. The circuit was de-energized and detection ceased at 1340 hrs Pst on 3/20/03. FYI... The content of the North and South ladder transceiver buffers will be will be downloaded today via the transceiver keypad directly to the interrogation plaform. Will update pitevent with complete details on events that occurred at the facility later this afternoon... 03/20/2003 13:38 Dave Scott Livingston reports the South Ladder transceivers were shut down at ~2:00pm on 3/20/03 due to the discover of an open ground in the circuit providing AC power to those transceivers. The transceivers will remain powered down until the COE is able to affect repairs to that circuit. 02/18/2003 15:42 Don_Warf The south ladder was watered up for the season today at 8:20. 01/01/2003 12:12 Dave Initialized new event log for 2003. This is a new site definition. ####End of Event Log for IHA###