Equipment and Calibration History

History for Gill WM 1590 074417

Rec No.DateLoc FromTitleLoc ToNotes
5380 2021-07-20 Lab none Installed Bouldin Alfalfa Anemometer Installed at Bouldin Alfalfa to replace sn 152806 for advection experiemnt. This sonic was compare to the other three used for the advection experiement.
4411 2020-03-23 Factory none Returned Lab none Returned from Novanlynx and Gill - rebuilt from spare parts due to lost transducer, cracked spar and internal water damage. Maybe more detail on packing slip?
4329 2020-01-21 Lab Shipped Factory Shipped to Novalynx which will send it on to Gill for repair of the missing transducer and test to Specification.
4276 2019-12-02 Bouldin Corn Anemometer Removed Lab none One traducer missing. Removed from Bouldin Corn site and brought back to the lab after the tower fell down during a rain/wind storm on 2019-11-26.
2717 2017-04-26 Lab none Installed Bouldin Corn Anemometer Installed at 5.2m agl at the Bouldin Corn site with the initial set up of the tower.
2621 2017-02-17 Lab none Upgrade Lab none Upgraded firmware to correct for W bug. The upgrade failed the first time because the Power-on message had been turned off. Without the Power-on message, the upgrade wizard cannot check if the checksums are correct. After I turned on the Power-on message, I used the second upgrade (X074417-s.gcu) file to complete the upgrade.

Old SN: Y074417
New SN: X074417
Upgrade file: Y074417-Y124215-m.gcu, X074417-s.gcu
Old firmware: 2329-114-01
New firmware: 2329-116-01

All Checksum fields report PASS.

Log file: WMUpgradeLog_X074417_170217_121544.txt

Config file below. If there are two entries in a field, the first entry is the old setting and the second entry is the new setting.

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THE FOLLOWING FIELDS HAVE CHANGED

Output rate : P2 2 Hz
Output rate : P8 20 Hz

THE NEW CONFIGURATION IN FULL

====DETAILS OF DETECTED ANEMOMETER========================

Serial Number : X074417

----SW VERSION--------------------------------------------
Anemometer Firmware Version: 2329-116

----HW DETAILS OF ANEMOMETER------------------------------
Detected Anemometer Class : WindMaster 20Mhz
Number of AXIS on this unit : 3
ADC resolution of attached unit : 14
DAC resolution of attached unit : 14
Number of ADC channels : 4
Number of DAC channels : 4
Maximum sampling rate : (8) P8 20 Hz

----USER CONFIGURATION OF ANEMOMETER----------------------
Baud Rate : 19200
Output Message Format : M1 UV(W)
Output Message Velocity Units : m/s
Output Message Terminator :
Retries : ON
Instantaneous Sampling : OFF
Factory Calibration : ON
Physical Communications : Auto
Resolution settings : High resolution
Alignment settings : North to spar
Averaging settings : Averaging inactive
Output rate : P2 2 Hz
Output rate : P8 20 Hz
Polar angle minimum magnitude: 0.050 m/s
Power-On Message : Display Power On Message
ASCII Format : Fixed Field
SOS and Sonic Temperature display : SOS
Analogue input display : OFF
Analogue output mode : -5V to 5V
Unit Identifier : 'Q'
Output Channel 1 : U output (full range = 30m/s)
Output Channel 2 : V output (full range = 30m/s)
Output Channel 3 : W output (full range = 5m/s)
Output Channel 4 : Speed of Sound

2596 2017-01-26 Mayberry Anemometer Removed Lab none Removed from Mayberry tower so we could take it back to the lab for firmware upgrade. It was replaced by sn 153804.
548 2012-04-24 Lab none Installed Mayberry Anemometer Installed on the Mayberry eddy tower the new Licor GHG system to swap out WMP sonic sn 000019. The old sonic did not have analog output, the new one does.
1675 2012-02-25 Factory Returned Lab none Returned from factory upgrade through Dynamax. 4x14 bit analog outputs were added.
1674 2012-01-05 Lab none Shipped Factory Shipped to Dynamax to add 4x14 bit analog outputs.
352 2009-09-17 Factory Returned Lab none Returned from PP Systems for and upgrade of the firmware to fix smoothing problem with air temperature.
1962 2009-06-26 Sherman-2ndTower Removed Lab none Removed from the secondary tower at Sherman. This sonic has a bug that smoothes the SOS or T channel. It will be sent to Gill for a firmware upgrade.
1961 2008-11-25 Lab none Installed Sherman-2ndTower Installed on a secondary tower about 1m north of the main tower. Installed with a 7500 and CR1000.