EVENT LOG FOR SITE MC1 The first line of each entry contains a date/time stamp & who is reporting. The most recent entry is listed first. Date Time Who ---------- ----- -------- 12/26/2007 07:17 troy@ruf 04:LowExcCurrent: Alarm threshold adjusted yesterday. 12/25/2007 09:54 troy@ruf 04:LowExcCurrent: The current alarm threshold was lowered from 3600 to 3200 as the transceiver was running at 3500mA. 12/24/2007 09:04 troy@ruf 04:LowExcCurrent: The LowExcCurrent alarm threshold was lowered from 2500 to 2400 as the transceiver is currently running at 2.6A. The tuning will be addressed on the next site visit. 12/24/2007 08:56 troy@ruf 08:TestTagFailure: Noted. 12/23/2007 09:30 troy@ruf 04:LowExcCurrent: This transceiver may have drifted out of tune causing the LEC. PSMFC will monitor and if the alarms continue the Low Current Alarm Threshold will be adjusted remotely. 12/19/2007 12:29 Alan A GMC was performed 12/19/2007. All transceivers were checked and tuned as necessary. The clocks on both PCs were set to within one second of atomic time, no problems found. 12/05/2007 07:16 alan@ree 01:LowExcCurrent,02:LowExcCurrent,03:LowExcCurrent,04:LowExcCurrent: These alarms were caused by PTAGIS Field Operations personnel during a site visit. 12/04/2007 11:33 Alan A GMC was performed 12-4-2007. All transceivers were checked and tuned as necessary. The clocks on both PCs were set to within one second of atomic time, no problems found. 11/21/2007 07:56 alan@ree 02:LowExcCurrent: This alarm was caused by PTAGIS personnel during a site visit. 11/20/2007 17:03 Alan A GMC was performed 11-20-2007. All transceivers were checked and tuned as necessary. In an effort to facilitate more efficient file uploading, the temp folders were cleared out on both PCs (four files on PC2, 13,000+ on PC1). PC1 was re-booted for good measure. No fish data was observed on PC2 during PC1's downtime. The clocks were set to within one second of atomic time on both PCs. No other problems found. 11/19/2007 09:04 Scott_Li MC1 stopped sending files at 0300 hrs 11/19. PCA'd into the site and found in the Minimon/temp folder the .ZIP file for that transaction time. Deleted that file and the PTTP uploads were then successful. We have experienced this problem more and more in the recent past. It appears that the .Temp folders are filling up to their capacity and for some reason hindering the whole PTTP process. It also appeared that the folder contained well in excess of ~ 2000 archaic files. Started to remotely purge the directory but given the inherent properties of PCA , this would have taken all day and jeopardized the data collection platform. A GMC is scheduled for tomorrow 11/20 and will purge this Temp directory while on site. 11/19/2007 08:20 Scott_Li MC1 is experiencing some difficulties with uploading files. Problem has been corrected and trying to retrieve the offending file. Will post more information when available. 11/14/2007 08:05 Scott_Li Unit 01 appears to be in need of a slight tune adjustment, will correct on the next site visit. 10/25/2007 07:47 Alan Manually pushed MC107298.B1 to PTAGIS via PCA. 10/24/2007 10:01 Troy A site GMC was performed 10/24/2007. All transceivers were checked for tune and adjustments made where needed. No problems to report. 10/11/2007 08:16 Alan Manually pushed MC107284.B1 to PTAGIS via PCA. 10/09/2007 12:06 Darren A site GMC was performed today (10-9-07). All transceivers were checked for tuning, noise, and detection ability. The slight drop in efficiencies on antenna 01 were investigated. After talking with site biologist Brad Eby and the fish counting personnel it appears there could a couple of contributing factors. First the backboard frame work for the counting window was damaged somtime after the ladder was watered up and there could possibly be some broken metal that is vibrating under the water this is to be repaired when the ladder is watered down this year. Second it appears that with quite a few Steelhead in the system the fish do not seem to go through both antennas right away. PSMFC will look at the counting window over a longer duration than one day to see if the efficiencies for both antennas don't increase. 09/27/2007 08:35 troy@ree 01:LowExcCurrent,01:TestTagFailure,02:BadExcFreq,02:BadOscFreq,02:LowExcCu rrent: These alarms were generated during a site GMC. 09/26/2007 13:39 Darren A site GMC was performed today (9-26-07). All transceivers were checked fro tuning, noise, and detection ability. Antenna 01 has started to display some noise elevations (10 -15% signal) and some slight current loss (600mA) over the past few months. All tested indications are that the problem is out at the antenna. PSMFC will investigate this to the fullest extent above the water line to determine what the problem may possibly be. The antenna is detecting PITtag with high efficiency. No other problems were discovered during this GMC. 09/18/2007 07:07 scottl@r 01:LowExcCurrent,0D:BadExcFreq,0D:BadOscFreq,0D:LowExcCurrent,0E:BadExcFre q,0E:BadOscFreq,0E:LowExcCurrent: Errors were generated by PSMFC personnel while troubleshooting the system. 09/13/2007 12:42 Troy A GMC was performed 09/13/2007. All transceivers were checked for tune. There is 'rolling noise' on the entire system. Unplugging the HDX system did not help(the HDX was off line for ~5min). PC1 and PC2 are 17 seconds behind atomic time. No adjustment to the clocks was made. No other problems to report. 09/03/2007 08:01 darren@r 09:HighTemp: A common alarm this time of year. We will continue to monitor for future alarms. 09/03/2007 07:40 Darren_C The Walla Walla district T1 communications were restored yesterday around 14:00 PDT. The files that were outstanding loaded on there own at the 15:00PST load time. 09/02/2007 10:03 Darren_C I was able to verify that the Walla Walla district communications are down. According to Lin Ming at Little Goose Dam he received and e-mail yesterday that stated because of a severe storm in Walla Walla there was some damage to a 4 ton Air Conditioning unit at the district office and that the communications would be down until Monday, probably Tuesday because of the Holiday. I will have to verify all platforms with the help of site personnel as best I can. I was able to verify GOJ data collection. 09/02/2007 09:14 Darren_C It appears that there is some problems with the Walla Walla District communications and has been since yesterday afternoon. I have been trying to reach Pete Peterson or Dave Dave Demaris to verify the problem. I will continue to try and get into the sites and verify when communications are restored. 08/30/2007 08:23 darren@r 0D:LowExcCurrent: Alarm may have been caused by PSMFC personnel while performing a site GMC. 08/29/2007 16:33 Alan A GMC was performed 8/29/2007. All transceivers were checked and tuned as necessary. The clocks on both PCs were set to within one second of atomic time, no problems found. 08/16/2007 08:31 scottl@r 05:BadExcFreq,05:BadOscFreq,05:LowExcCurrent: Problem noted, not of concern at this time. 08/15/2007 12:26 scottl Performed GMC, all transceivers were tuned and recalibrated as necessary. No other problems to report. 08/05/2007 08:39 troy@ruf 09:HighTemp: The time of this alarm is of some concern. This time of year it is not unusual to receive high temp alarms but this alarm occoured near midnight. PSMFC will monitor for future alarms. 08/01/2007 10:34 Alan Manually pushed MC107213.C1 to PTAGIS via PCA. 07/30/2007 13:24 Darren A site GMC was performed today (7-30-07). All transceivers were checked for tuning, noise, and detection ability. No problems were found. 07/20/2007 08:21 alan@ruf 0D:LowExcCurrent: These alarms were caused by PTAGIS Field Operations personnel during a site visit. 07/12/2007 08:47 darren@r 05:HighTemp: Alarm is common during this time of year. 07/11/2007 09:05 troy@ruf 0C:HighTemp: Ambient temperature has been high, causing this alarm. 07/07/2007 08:14 alan@ruf 01:LowExcCurrent,02:LowExcCurrent,03:LowExcCurrent,0E:TestTagFailure: These alarms were caused by PTAGIS Field Operations personnel during a site visit. 07/06/2007 13:13 Darren A site GMC was performed today (7-6-07). All transcievers were checked for tuning, noise, and detection ability. I exchanged the analog boards on antennas 01, 02, and 0E with test boards. The original boards will be sent back to have the NPO capaitors installed and then returned to thier rightful origin. No other problems were found. 07/06/2007 09:02 darren@r 05:HighTemp,0A:HighTemp: Alarms due to extreme weather. 06/22/2007 08:10 scottl@r 01:TestTagFailure: Noted 06/21/2007 15:53 Darren_C A site GMC was performed today since the power was out yesterday. All the transceivers were checked for tuning, noise and detection ability. The counting window detection system 01 was checked very thoroughly because of the drop in efficiencies reported today. The investigation of raw files indicates that this could be related to fish behavior in several instances it was noticed that fish detected on 02 were traveling back down the ladder after awhile. The system is detecting PITtags very well and does not show any signs of degradation. PSMFC will continue to monitor this and address issues that arise. 06/21/2007 08:56 Alan No further data exist to fill the 08:24:00 gap on 6/20/2007. 06/20/2007 11:22 Darren PSMFC was on site today to investigate why the site had not loaded. Upon arrival it was discovered that there was a scheduled power outage. The outage started at around 07:00 and will last until about 15:00 today. PSMFC will ensure that once the power is restored that the site is operational. 06/20/2007 08:18 Scott_Li Site had not loaded files since 0300 this morning. PC1 nor PC2 can be remotely accessed. In route to site for diagnosis and repairs. 06/13/2007 16:29 darren@r 08:TestTagFailure: Alarm was generated by PSMFC personnel during a site GMC. 06/13/2007 14:56 Darren A site GMC was performed today (6-13-07). PSMFC was also inspecting the cause fo the infrequent high noise that has been reported on transceivers 0B-0E by working with the U of I and having them shut down the HDX system that is above antennas 03 and 04. When the FDX systems were checked today there was no noise present, the systems were viewed for about 30 minutes with no noise reported. The HDX system was cycled on and off a couple of times with no change to the FDX systems from 03 to 12. The noise that was present on antenna 01 was not present during this GMC, The counting window personnel informed me that there was some large sticks removed up by the antenna and that the trash racks are not being cleaned but a couple of times a week. PSMFC will continue to monitor for the noise phenomenon that has been present on 0B-0E but for now there were no problems found. 06/09/2007 09:25 troy@ruf 01:LowExcCurrent,01:Overrun,01:TestTagFailure,02:BadExcFreq,02:BadOscFreq, 02:LowExcCurrent: These alarms were generated by PSMFC personel while investigating the low current alarm on 01 06/08/2007 11:09 troy@ruf 01:LowExcCurrent: 01:LowExcCurrent: PSMFC will investigate this while on site today. 06/08/2007 11:09 troy@ruf 01:LowExcCurrent: PSMFC will investigate this while on site today. 06/07/2007 08:19 troy@ruf 01:LowExcCurrent: The current was running at the current alarm threshold (4000 mA). I remotely lowered the Current Alarm Threshold to 3700 mA. The change in current is most likely due to tuning performed during a GMC. 06/06/2007 14:38 scottl Performed GMC, units 0D,0E and 0C are still experiencing intermittent and random noise events. All attempts to isolate the problem failed. Suspect the issue is below the water line. Although the units are experiencing problems, the tag detection rates are still well within exceptable. 06/01/2007 09:04 troy@ruf 01:LowExcCurrent: PSMFC will monitor for future occurances. 05/31/2007 14:47 Darren A site GMC was performed today (5-31-07). All transceivers were checked for noie, tuning, and detection ability. We are still noticing that at certain times there seems to be some random noise that travels through the 0B, 0C, 0D, and 0E. I inspected the grounds at the Power Distribution Panel and tried moving antenna cables around but there did not seem to be any smoking gun. The noise eventually subsided but PSMFC will keep investigating the possibilities to find the source. No other problems were found. 05/30/2007 08:37 darren@r 10:TestTagFailure: The test tag failed because there appears to have been a PITtag nearing the field at the time the timer tag was trying to fire. 05/26/2007 11:07 troy@ruf 08:TestTagFailure: Noted 05/24/2007 14:58 Darren A site GMC was performed today (5-24-07). All the transcievers were checked for tuning, noise, and detection ability. No problems were found. 05/23/2007 08:21 troy@ree 07:LowExcCurrent: This will be investigated on the next site visit. 05/16/2007 13:02 scottl Performed GMC, recalibrated and tuned transceivers as necessary.No problems to report. 05/16/2007 08:12 troy@ree 07:TestTagFailure: Noted 05/15/2007 16:05 darren@r 06:LowExcCurrent: This alarm will be investigated by PSMFC personnel tomorrow during a site visit. The alarm threshold will be adjusted to avoid generating large files until then. 05/15/2007 08:27 troy@ruf 06:LowExcCurrent: 06:LowExcCurrent: This transceiver could possibly have drifted out of tune, but is still reading PIT Tags. This will be investigated during a site visit this week. 05/15/2007 08:27 troy@ruf 06:LowExcCurrent: This transceiver could possibly have drifted out of tune, but is still reading PIT Tags. This will be investigated during a site visit this week. 05/14/2007 08:47 troy@ree 06:LowExcCurrent: PSMFC will monitor for future occurances. 05/12/2007 08:10 alan@ree 06:LowExcCurrent: This transceiver could possibly have drifted out of tune, but is still reading PIT Tags. This will be investigated during a site visit next week. 05/08/2007 13:40 Alan A GMC was performed 5/8/2007. All transceivers were checked and tuned as necessary. The VTT was adjusted on transceiver 0D. The clocks on both PCs were set to within one second of atomic time. No other problems found. 05/05/2007 08:30 darren@r 0D:TestTagFailure: This alarm will be addressed on the next site visit. 05/04/2007 10:32 alan@ree 0A:TestTagFailure: Clearing the TASS panel, the timer tag was adjusted on the last site visit. 05/04/2007 10:27 Alan A GMC was performed 5/3/2007. All transceivers were checked and tuned as necessary. The timer tag was adjusted on transceiver 0A. No other problems found. 05/02/2007 08:27 darren@r 0A:TestTagFailure: We will be checking this alarm during the next site visit. The system is detecting PITtags well but just not firing the timer tag. 04/30/2007 08:39 darren@r 0A:TestTagFailure: Alarm will be addressed on the next site visit. 04/28/2007 10:38 scottl@r 0A:TestTagFailure: Noted 04/27/2007 08:41 darren@r 07:LowExcCurrent,0A:TestTagFailure,0D:LowExcCurrent: Alarms were generated by PSMFC personnel while performing site GMC maintenance. 04/26/2007 08:00 scottl@r 0A:TestTagFailure: Noted 04/25/2007 13:26 Alan_Bro Manually pushed MC107115.D1 to PTAGIS via PCA. 04/20/2007 14:21 Alan A GMC was performed 4/20/2007. All transceivers were checked and tuned as necessary. The clocks on both PCs were set to within one second of atomic time, no problems found. 04/13/2007 08:12 troy@ruf 01:LowExcCurrent,08:TestTagFailure,0C:LowExcCurrent: These alarms were most likely generated during a GMC. 04/12/2007 16:13 Alan A GMC was performed 4/12/2007. All transceivers were checked and tuned. The hit rate was adjusted on transceivers 07, 08 and 01. The clocks on both PCs were set to within one second of atomic time. No problems found. 04/12/2007 08:08 alan@ruf 07:TestTagFailure,08:TestTagFailure: These alarms will be investigated today during a site visit. 04/11/2007 08:25 alan@ruf 07:TestTagFailure,08:TestTagFailure: PTAGIS Field Operations will investigate on the next site visit. 04/07/2007 07:53 scottl@r 07:TestTagFailure,08:TestTagFailure: Will address on the next site GMC 03/31/2007 08:03 darren@r 08:TestTagFailure: Alarm will be addressed on the next site visit. 03/29/2007 07:27 darren@r 08:TestTagFailure: Site was visited yesterday for a GMC. 03/28/2007 15:15 Darren A site GMC was performed today. All the transceivers were checked for tuning, noise and detection ability. No problems were found. 03/28/2007 07:39 darren@r 07:TestTagFailure,08:TestTagFailure: Alarms will be addressed on the next site visit. 03/26/2007 07:16 darren@r 08:TestTagFailure: Alarm will be investigated on the next site visit. 03/24/2007 08:46 troy@ree 07:TestTagFailure,08:TestTagFailure: Noted 03/23/2007 07:45 troy@ree 08:TestTagFailure: Noted. 03/14/2007 16:49 Alan_Bro Manually pushed MC107073.E1 to PTAGIS via PCA. 03/09/2007 08:17 darren@r 04:LowExcCurrent,05:BadExcFreq,05:BadOscFreq,05:LowExcCurrent: These alarms may have been generated by PSMFC personnel while performing a site GMC. 03/08/2007 12:28 Alan A GMC was performed 3/8/2007. All transceivers were tuned and hit rate adjusted. The buffers were erased on each transceiver. Files from 2006 were moved to the appropriate subfolder on each PC. The clocks on both PCs were set to within one second of atomic time. No problems found. 03/06/2007 16:42 Dave Enabled site-check notification to all PTAGIS recipients. 03/06/2007 07:19 darren@r 02:LowExcCurrent,03:LowExcCurrent,04:LowExcCurrent,09:LowExcCurrent,0C:Low ExcCurrent: The ladder was watered up yesterday at around 08:00. These alarms were a results of the ladder being de-watered. The site will be visited this week for site maintenance. 03/03/2007 10:15 scottl@r 02:LowExcCurrent,04:LowExcCurrent,09:LowExcCurrent,0C:LowExcCurrent: Alarm thresholds will be adujusted in order to avoid persistent alarms. 02/13/2007 13:46 Darren_C Today Joe Fisk of the Electronics Systems Control group called to let us know that the power for the fiber to copper converters for all three sites was going to be cleaned up and remounted. He called around 08:30 and informed us that this would be happening before lunch. I was able to check after about 13:00 and found that the connections to MC1 PC's were not available. I called Joe and he checked the converters for a link light and must have cycled the power because the connection was re-established. I was able to PC into the site and send the two files that were missing manually via PCA. 02/03/2007 08:05 darren@r 0C:BadExcFreq,0C:BadOscFreq,0C:LowExcCurrent,0C:TestTagFailure,0D:LowExcCu rrent: These alarms will be addressed on the next site visit. 01/29/2007 08:23 Scott_Li FYI...Dave DeMaris from the WW district IS dept. called to give us a heads ups that the network cabinet in the PH at McNary is scheduled to be renovated sometime in the near future. Data services for this site will be temporarily interrupted during the move. WW IS will give PSMFC notice well in advance prior to the move. Dave indicated that the outage would only be for a couple of hrs so, this notice is just FYI... 01/29/2007 08:23 Scott_Li FYI...Dave DeMaris from the WW district IS dept. called to give us a heads ups that the network cabinet in the PH at McNary is scheduled to be renovated sometime in the near future. Data services for this site will be temporarily interrupted during the move. WW IS will give PSMFC notice well in advance prior to the move. Dave indicated that the outage would only be for a couple of hrs so, this notice is just FYI... 01/09/2007 07:45 Scott_Li The annual ladder inspection and repair of some failing components was completed on Jan 8,07. Problem with antenna 0B turned out to be a Defective antenna cable. Pulled new cable to antenna, terminated and tested good. Antenna current is now at 4.0 amps and noise levels are at 0 to 3 percent. The loose PIT tag that was jamming antenna 0F was recovered from under the floor plate . Floor plate was reinstalled and seams were filled with Seca-Flex material in order to try and prevent this happening in the future. Due to excessive water in the ladder, the Seca-Flex material may not adhere as well as it should. Grounding conduit for antenna 03 or 04 has broken were the RGS and PVC. PSMFC to send failure report to COE site Bio for further repair. 01/02/2007 07:23 darren@r 02:LowExcCurrent,03:LowExcCurrent,09:LowExcCurrent,0B:TestTagFailure,0F:Lo wExcCurrent: The site is scheduled to be de-watered today. PSMFC will verify with site personnel and post the findings. The alarms will be cleared. 01/01/2007 00:00 PTOC_Bot Annual log file initiation for MC1 #### End of Event Log for MC1 ###