Tech Staff Meeting Notes January 29, 2019

The top priority is always repair of down stations.
NM problem stations
ET problem stations

Duty Table updated October 2017


Priorities


News & Highlights

The CERI external review will be Feb 11-12. The reviewers are Jonathan Lees and Keith Koper.

Year 5 funds are now avaible.

Legal completed a review of the Choctaw Spectrum Lease and sent it to Edwina Washington for review of spectrum details.

There may be funds available next year for another round of Deferred Maintenance. Conversion of the NM network to digital is the obvious choice with Ogweno's EEW map as a guide for setting priorities. What other needs are there? Mitch needs a bulleted list by the end of the month--it need not be detailed.

USGS funding is in place for our three approved Deferred Maintenance items.

NC is reviewing the GFM agreement

There will be a GPS week rollover (max week count exceeds 1024) in April 2019. Some of our clocks may be affects. Dave Wilson at ASL is taking the lead to contact vendors for information on expected behavior.

SIS

SIS areas of responsibility


XP retirement. ET will be entirely digital by summer 2019 if all goes as planned. We need a plan for NM.


RTCC on Ubuntu 16 is able to get /parameters but fails with /status-control on loopback and RTPD hangs. It works in Ubuntu 18 but openvpn does not. Wait for that fix then leapfrog OS to 18.

The four wheeler is now in ET--a new one for NM is in the works.

NMSZ

NMSZ Routing service is just over half complete. Stations not serviced in 2018 will be high priorities for 2019.

NMDown


Data taken from:
/dat1/seisadm/Working/NM/201901/20190129_074437_MAN

NM Down
CATM
CWPT.EHN
HTAR.EHN see image
MSAR.EHE see image
PPLM
NHIN.EH*
NHIN.HN*
HICK.HH*
HICK.HN*
MKAR
SEAR

Misc Problems
HOVM -spikes

AG Down
HHAR.HH*
HHAR.HN*

There are 1 of 7 ISIS3 upgrades remaining (NHAR).

Make permanent repair receive mast for WYBT at HOPT install four 52 watt panel.

Strongmotion stations NAIT, SEAR, and NHIN are having trouble moving up the priority list. of the three, SEAR is most valuable. NHIN is probably a fuse but can wait until there is a new obisidian to replace the 5TD.

NODE Tasks

DBB:

MKTA:

LNXT:

Adjust startup delay in transfer switch settings to give generator time to warm up.

NMAD:

AZTN/HDBR: Need to pull the 200' sensor at the weigh station. Probable water damage. There is no budget for this. Should we try to repair the sensor at MPHB and put it at HDAR2 (MPHB is over two decades old, possibly closer to three)? Should we turn off the HDAR2.*.20 channels until the sensor can be replaced?

CERI:
Server room power is unbalanced. Need to balance when three new AQMS machines are racked.


ETSZ

DYTN Reftek has network card that keeps hanging (on its third hang in N months). John will replace it with his spare. Mitch will include replacing UofM owned Refteks in 2019 Deferred Maintenance request.

Conversion to Digital

We have 4 USGS funded upgrades, and will have 9 remaining under the Choctaw project. USGS deadline is 1/31/2020 so the Choctaw upgrades are the priority

Need to determine the revised budget and acquire funding.

High Peak will work with a single master at the node but Star Mt will not.

Geobits are working well

John has a lead on AMTS radios that may be more robust and less power hungry than the Orbits.

Replacement station for GTTN and RBNC needs a new plan. A cell modem would provide more options.

Need to remove antennas, coax, and any other hardware from the tower at Greentop. John and Chris will schedule a trip.

ETDown


Data taken from:
/dat1/seisadm/Working/ET/201901/20190129_010110_MAN
/dat1/seisadm/Working/ET/201901/20190129_010110_MAN

Down
DYTN.EH*
DYTN.HN*
GMG.EH*
GMG.HN*
BCRT.HN*

Misc Problems
VHTN.EHN see image
WMTN.EHN - spikes

CPRT has many gaps though the telemetry is solid. This is Phase I of the Choctaw Short-term Plan

STAR Node

Move PMTN due to excessive noise and vandalism. John has a site and sent a draft MOU to Mitch. The University did not ask for changes and asked for the WMA director to sign first, its currently in Nashville for approval. A portable was installed and shows no surprises, it should a good quiet site.

HPNC Node

MTTN Node


GPS

Eleven receivers for 2018 Deferred Maintenance arrived. Need to replace as trips allow. Funds (including travel) need to be spent by the end of May 2019.

All GPS sites need PM visit.

There was an internet "upgrade" at MACC. Need to reconfigure GPS networking configs; James may be able to do it remotely.


AG Network

Vilos is not in the allowed list of IP's for AR park internet access. Mitch will check with Cramer on shutting down smeagol and enabling its IP on a third NIC.

Z41A has a leaky vault. It will need to be replaced with a CERI style vault.

HHAR needs a bigger solar regulator. The new one should last a year.


FDL

The FDL wiki is here: https://umwiki.memphis.edu/display/FDL/CERI+FDL


MISCELLANEOUS

The seisnet group on umdrive is at http://umdrive.memphis.edu/mwithers/seisnet You will need your uuid and password.

The seisnet wiki is at https://umwiki.memphis.edu/display/CERITech/CERI+Tech You will need your uuid and password.