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 ---------- ----- -------- 12/26/2008 10:05 alan@bay 02:TestTagFailure: This will be addressed during the next site visit. 12/24/2008 07:43 alan@bay 02:TestTagFailure: This will be addressed during the next site visit. 12/23/2008 07:17 alan@bay 02:TestTagFailure,11:TestTagFailure: These transceivers have drifted out of tune. They will be tuned during the next site visit. 12/17/2008 07:49 darren@b 0D:TestTagFailure: The system appears to be drifting in and out of tune and will be addressed during the next site visit. 12/14/2008 11:34 scottl Due to the drastic change in weather, the counting window xcvrs should probably be retuned as reflected in the TT report. No fish were detected in the CEA report therefore more the reason to retune the sites. 12/12/2008 07:23 troy@bay 05:BadExcFreq: Noted, PSMFC will monitor for future occurances. 11/30/2008 09:02 troy@bay 05:BadExcFreq: Noted 11/15/2008 07:07 Alan Manually pushed MC108320.B1 to PTAGIS via PCA. 11/13/2008 07:47 Darren I spoke with Brad Eby this morning and he explained to me that the Picketed leads on both counting windows have been raised since counting has been completed for the season. The Washington shore leads were raised on Saturday November 1, and the Oregon shore leads were raised on Monday November 3. Brad was unsure of the exact times. This would explain why there have not been many if any detections on these detectors. 11/08/2008 07:46 darren@b 02:TestTagFailure: This alarm will be investigated during the next site visit. 11/07/2008 12:48 Don_Warf Manually pushed delinquent files from MCJ, MC1 and GRJ. Attempts to push delinquent files from GOJ and MC2 were unsuccessful. PCA connections were good at all sites. Verified data collection at MC1 and GOJ. Will wait for the next automated load to see if MC2 and GOJ are successful. 11/06/2008 07:25 darren@b 0D:LowExcCurrent: Alarm generate by PSMFC during a site GMC. 11/05/2008 13:28 Darren A site GMC was performed today (11-5-08). All the transceivers were adjusted for tuning, noise, and detection ability. Transceiver 10 was severely out of tune and was retuned and tested. PSMFC was also on site to test for possible satellite communications. 10/29/2008 16:37 Troy manually pushed MC108303.E1 09/29/2008 16:58 Dave I updated the Timer Tag definitions file for MC1 by removing the entry for tag 3E7.000001D008, which was used during the evaluation of the DF2020 transceiver. 09/19/2008 15:45 Dave I updated the MC1 timer tag list to include the '3E7.000001D008' tag for the DF2020 transceiver. 09/19/2008 14:28 Darren PSMFC was on site today to run tests with the DF2020 transciever. After getting it to tune on antenna 08 it was decided to leave it in place through the weekend to see how efficiently it detects tags on this system. The timer tag will be firing but with the ID of 3E7.000001D008. This code wil need to be added to the timer tag report so that we can verify the heartbeat of this instrument. 09/18/2008 16:16 Darren The files were uploaded automatically at 16:00 09/18/2008 15:13 Darren_C The firewall issues with the Portland District COE has finally been resolved. We were inadvertently blocked and Chris Sampier did not realize that we owned the whole block of addresses. He initially unblocked only one address which allowed us to PCA into the sites but we could not send any data to our servers. After he realized that we needed all the addresses we were able to get in and send the files via PTTP and PCA. We will monitor for the 16:00 upload to ensure that the sites are loading on their own and continue to watch fro any other aspects that may not be working. The sites appear to be functioning properly at this time. Darren R. Chase PSMFC Office :(509) 735-2773 Ext. 3 Cell: (509) 539-6786 09/18/2008 13:15 Darren_C The PCA connection has been resolved. Although we can get to the platforms we are still unable to send data or do any ftp sessions from the sites out. I am still working to resolve this issue. Dave Marvin has grabbed the outstanding files and uploaded them manually. Until this issue is fully resolved we not receive any files from the WW district sites. Darren R. Chase PSMFC Office :(509) 735-2773 Ext. 3 Cell: (509) 539-6786 09/18/2008 09:28 Darren_C I am currently in the process of trying to get in touch with Chris Sampier or Antonio Sanchez from the Portland District office to find out why the Walla Walla district sites have no communications. I am not able to get to any of the platforms and they are not able to send. I am not sure if this has anything to do with the line that was cut yesterday between Starbuck and Dayton but I will hopefully find out more when I speak with Portland District. Darren R. Chase PSMFC Office :(509) 735-2773 Ext. 3 Cell: (509) 539-6786 09/11/2008 07:32 Troy Manually pushed delinquent MCJ08255.102, MC108255.B1 09/04/2008 10:03 Darren I was on site today to replace what was thought to be a transceiver that had stopped working on Saturday. When I arrived I found that the transceiver was indeed working and was in tune and detecting PIt tags. When I went into the PITtag room I found that only PC2 was receiving data from transceiver 0D. I checked the "Y" cable but found it to be in good working order. I swapped ports on the expansion chassis and we now have data to PC1 and PC2 from 0D. The port that went bad is com 8. I had to reconfigure Minimon so there is a small file gap during which time no PITtag data was received on PC2. 08/25/2008 16:31 Darren Missing files were uploaded to PTAGIS via PCA. 08/16/2008 08:16 alan@bay 10:Overrun: This will be investigated during the next site visit. 08/16/2008 08:12 alan@bay 12:LowExcCurrent: This was addressed yesterday during a site visit. 08/15/2008 15:45 Alan A GMC was performed 8/15/2008. All transceivers were checked and tuned as necessary. The exciter voltage was increased on transceiver 12 to increase the current by 300mA and eliminate the low current alarms. The PCs clocks (~ 00:01:30 slow) were set to within one second of atomic time. No other problems found. 08/15/2008 08:33 alan@bay 12:LowExcCurrent: This will be investigated today during a site visit. 08/02/2008 08:26 troy@bay 07:LowExcCurrent,08:LowExcCurrent,09:LowExcCurrent: These alarms may have been the result of changing out sync cables. PSMFC will monitor. 07/25/2008 08:36 troy@bay 12:LowExcCurrent: This alarm will be looked into on the next site visit. 07/24/2008 08:39 troy@bay 02:LowExcCurrent,0F:TestTagFailure: These alarms appear to have been generated during a site GMC. PSMFC will monitor. 07/23/2008 13:07 Alan A GMC was performed 7/23/2008. All transceivers were checked and tuned as necessary. Transceiver 0F was replaced because of a bad VTT. Transceiver 02 has noise bouncing into the 40's that could not be tuned out, most likely due to the large accumulation in the picketed leads. The PCs clocks (~ 00:00:30 slow) were set to within one second of atomic time. No other problems found. 07/23/2008 09:00 alan@bay 0F:TestTagFailure: This will be addressed today during a site visit. 07/22/2008 08:05 darren@b 0F:TestTagFailure: This system has been well documented and will be investigated during the next site visit. 07/21/2008 11:02 Alan Manually pushed GOJ08203.103, MC108203.C1 and MCJ08203.103 to PTAGIS via PCA. 07/20/2008 07:59 darren@b 0F:TestTagFailure: Alarm noted. PSMFC will address this issue on the next site visit. 07/19/2008 07:45 darren@b 0F:TestTagFailure: Alarm noted. 07/18/2008 07:54 darren@b 0F:TestTagFailure: Alarm noted. PSMFC will address this documented alarmduring the next site visit. 07/17/2008 08:29 Alan Manually pushed MC108199.B1 to PTAGIS via PCA. 07/17/2008 08:24 darren@b 0F:TestTagFailure: This alarm has been investigated by PSMFC and will be addressed at some time. The transceiver is detecting tags with high efficiency. 07/16/2008 15:53 Troy Took a look at the TT issue on 0F. The VTT may be faulty. Put the VTT for 10 on OF and was able to adjust the hit rate to 100%. Returned 10's VTT to it's proper place and put OF's VTT back on. PSMFC will either replace the VTT or the transceiver in the near future. The Transceiver is reading fish well. 07/16/2008 07:51 darren@b 0F:TestTagFailure: This alarm will be addressed curing the next site visit. 07/15/2008 08:11 alan@bay 0F:TestTagFailure: This transceiver is having some noise issues but is reading PIT Tags with high efficiency. PTAGIS Field Operations will investigate during the next site visit. 07/14/2008 08:13 darren@b 0F:TestTagFailure: Alarm will be investigated during the next site visit. 07/13/2008 07:28 darren@b 0F:TestTagFailure: Alarm will be addressed during the next site visit. 07/12/2008 08:12 darren@b 0F:TestTagFailure: This alarm will be addressed during the next site visit. 07/11/2008 08:11 darren@b 0F:TestTagFailure: This problem will be addressed during the next site visit. The tag is not firing possibly due to elevated signal levels. 07/10/2008 08:33 darren@b 09:LowExcCurrent,0A:LowExcCurrent: Alarms were generated by PSMFC personnel during a site GMC. 07/10/2008 08:30 darren@b 0F:LowExcCurrent,0F:TestTagFailure: The LowExcCurrent alarm was generated by PSMFC personnel during a site GMC. The test tag failures appear to be the result of elevated noise levels indicating a slight shift in the tuning of the system. 07/09/2008 13:42 Alan A GMC was performed 7/9/2008. All transceivers were checked and tuned as necessary. Transceivers 07, 08, 09 & 0A were set to run in sync with each other to try to improve noise performance. A direct burial ground cable was found cut near the bridge across the ladder. It had been pulled above the turf, but the cable was corroded suggesting the line had been cut a while ago. No more noise than usual was observed on our equipment, but perhaps this could be associated with the intermittent noise troubles of late. Brad Eby and Bobby Johnson were both notified and they will facillitate corrective action. The PCs clocks (~ 00:01:00 slow) were set to within one second of atomic time. No other problems found. 06/30/2008 08:45 troy@bay 0C:LowExcCurrent: This transceiver is running at 4500 mA and the Current Alarm Threshold is at 4500mA. The threshold was dropped to 4200 mA. the cause of the current drop may be tuning. PSMFC will investigate on the next site visit. 06/24/2008 08:04 darren@b 09:HighTemp: Not an uncommon alarm for this time of the season. 06/19/2008 14:49 troy@psm A site GMC was performed 06/19/2008. OD and OE have noise in the mid teens to mid twenties that cannot be tuned out. The surrounding transceivers have occassional noise spikes. No other problems to report. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange 06/11/2008 13:38 Troy A site GMC was performed 06/11/2008. All transceivers were checked for tune and adjustments made where needed. OF was found to have 'Unique ON' this was changed to OFF. No other problems to report. 06/11/2008 08:10 Alan Manually pushed MC108163.B1 to PTAGIS via PCA. 06/06/2008 12:16 Alan I traveled to the site to determine transceiver 0D's absence from the data set. I found that transceiver 0D could only communicate with PC2. The problem turned out to be a bad Y-cable, which was replaced. File MC108158.L2 fills the data gap created on PC1 during the troubleshooting process. No further problems to report. 06/03/2008 13:02 Alan A GMC was performed 6/3/2008. All transceivers were checked and tuned as necessary. The PCs clocks (~25 seconds slow) were set to within one second of atomic time. No problems found. 05/30/2008 07:38 darren@r 0D:LowExcCurrent: No direct cause for this alarm. PSMFC will continue to monitor for future alarms. 05/28/2008 14:35 Alan A GMC was performed 5/28/2008. All transceivers were checked and tuned as necessary. The PC's clocks are 20 seconds behind atomic time. No problems found. 05/22/2008 14:40 Darren A site GMC was performed today (5-22-08). All transceivers were checked for tuning, noise, and detection ability. No problems were discovered during this visit. 05/16/2008 11:51 Alan A GMC was performed 5/16/2008. All transceivers were checked and tuned as necessary. The PCs clocks were set to within one second of atomic time. No problems found. 05/08/2008 12:11 Darren A site GMC was performed today (5-8-08). All transceivers were checked for tuning, noise, and detection ability. No problems were discovered during this visit. 05/01/2008 12:49 Troy A site GMC was performed 05/01/2008. All transcievers were checked for tune and adjustments made where needed. 04/22/2008 16:01 Alan A GMC was performed 4/22/2008. All transceivers were checked and tuned as necessary. The PCs clocks are 19 seconds behind atomic time. No problems found. 04/21/2008 08:19 darren@r 06:LowExcCurrent: The level did drop below the threshold but only for a brief period of time. The current dropped .5A but returned to almost the original level. There does not appear to be any direct cause for this failure. PSMFC will investigate during the next site visit. 04/10/2008 13:51 Alan A GMC was performed 4/10/2008. All transceivers were checked and tuned as necessary. The clocks on both PCs (~ four minutes slow) were set to within one second of atomic time. No problems found. 04/04/2008 08:44 darren@r 05:BadExcFreq,05:BadOscFreq,05:LowExcCurrent: Alarms were generated by PSMFC personnel while performing maintenance on the site. 04/02/2008 12:25 scottl Performed GMC, all transceivers were tuned and calibrated as necessary. All internal batteries were replaced. No problems to report. 03/22/2008 10:02 alan@ruf 06:LowExcCurrent: This will be investigated during a site visit next week. 03/18/2008 08:05 Scott_Li Units 06 and 08 have had random noise events that prevented the TT from firing. As of this morning, the transceiver noise reports indicate that the systems are quite and TT's are firing. Will monitor for re-occurring events. 03/18/2008 08:00 alan@ruf 05:BadExcFreq,05:LowExcCurrent: This alarm was generated by PTAGIS Field Operations during a site visit. 03/18/2008 07:54 Alan Manually pushed MC108077.E1 & F1 to PTAGIS via PCA. 03/17/2008 14:25 scottl Also, archived all old data files for the year 07 in the 2007 Data directory and purged the Log directory of old clutter on both PC1 and 2. 03/17/2008 14:23 scottl Replaced UPS's,no fish traffic was observed during the brief outage of PC1. Performed GMC, tuned and calibrated all transceivers as necessary. It appears that we still have noise issues with units 0D and 0E. OE was meggered at the time that the antenna cables were replace and found that the White and Ground were a direct short circuit. It also appears that 0D may have a problem of it's own at the antenna level. OD's megger measurments were not favorable but were not out of line. Either way, the effects of 0D and OE appears to be bleeding over to 0B and OC. The antennas are firing test tags and detecting fish but it should be noted that the situation is not desirable. 03/01/2008 07:40 darren@r 01:TestTagFailure,03:LowExcCurrent,04:LowExcCurrent,05:BadExcFreq,05:BadOs cFreq,05:LowExcCurrent,06:TestTagFailure,08:LowExcCurrent,0C:LowExcCurrent ,0D:LowExcCurrent,0E:LowExcCurrent,11:LowExcCurrent: These alarms were generated by PSMFC personnel while tuning the entire system as the ladder has watered up. 02/28/2008 11:01 scottl Performed GMC, retuned units 0D and 0E and all others as required. Prior to pulling in new antenna cable, a megger test was performed on Antenna 0E. The test indicated that there was a short circuit between the White (Pin 1) and ground (Pin 6). Unit is still detecting fish and the TT hit rates are more than excepable. 02/21/2008 12:18 scottl Due to previously documented problems with antenna 0D, the antenna cable was replaced and a J-Box installed on the ladder wall in order to facilitate the cable replacement. Also, in order to install the J-box, the cable for antenna 0E also had to be replaced. After the installation, the transceivers were tuned to a dry enviroment. As is stands, it appears that the cable replacement for 0D corrected the intermittent noise problems but will have to wait for water and monitor situation over time. While in the ladder, performed the annual ladder inspection. no problems were detected other than some of the blocking plate screws had came loose. Retightend all that were loose to correct the problem. 01/26/2008 07:22 alan@ruf 0D:TestTagFailure: This alarm will be addressed during the next site visit. 01/25/2008 07:38 alan@ruf 0D:TestTagFailure: This alarm will be addressed during the next site visit. 01/23/2008 07:48 darren@r 0D:TestTagFailure,11:TestTagFailure: These alarms will be addressed druing the next site visit. 01/22/2008 07:44 alan@ruf 0D:TestTagFailure: This transceiver might be slightly out of tune. PTAGIS Field Operations will continue to monitor. 01/10/2008 07:56 troy@ruf 01:TestTagFailure,0E:LowExcCurrent: These alarms were generated during a GMC. 01/09/2008 14:46 Darren A site GMC was performed today 1-9-08. The test analog boards were replaced with the original analog boards on transceiver 01, 02, and 0E. These analog boards now have NPO capacitors installed. The rest of the transceivers were checked for tuning, noise, and detection ability. No problems were discovered. 01/09/2008 07:49 alan@ruf 0D:TestTagFailure: This transceiver was experiencing noise during this one time alarm. PTAGIS Field Operations will continue to monitor. 01/07/2008 15:34 Alan Manually pushed MC108007.E1 to PTAGIS via PCA. 01/01/2008 00:00 PTOC_Bot Annual log file initiation for MC1 #### End of Event Log for MC1 ###