: Station Maintenance [1310]
- routine site maintenance, including:
- adjusted anemometer (tightened set screw)
- sealed wire entry to enclosure

- routine site maintenance, including:
- adjusted anemometer (tightened set screw)
- sealed wire entry to enclosure
- replaced logger (CR1000 -> CR6)
- includes leaf wetness upgrade (237 -> LWS)
- new soil sensors (including sensor at 100cm)
- logger program: rvl-bssdF.cr6*
* includes "maintenance mode"
- routine site maintenance, including:
- checked anemometer (good)
- checked battery (13.33 V)
- checked solar panel (19.51 V)
- checked wind vane (properly aligned)
- cleaned atmp/relh sensor and radiation shield
- routine site maintenance, including:
- checked anemometer (good)
- checked battery (13.17 V)
- checked pyranometer (good, adjusted level)
- checked soil sensor cables (good)
- checked solar panel (19.25 V)
- checked tipping-bucket rain gauge (good)
- checked wind vane (properly aligned)
- checked / tested leaf wetness [standard mount] (good)*
- cleaned atmp/relh sensor and radiation shield
- cleaned battery terminals
- cleaned solar panel
- weed removal / trimming
* this site does not include a canopy sensor
- routine site maintenance, including:
- checked anemometer (good)
- checked battery (13.32 V)
- checked pyranometer (adjusted level0
- checked soil sensor cables (good)
- checked solar panel (20.06 V)
- checked tipping-bucket rain gauge (good)
- checked wind vane (properly aligned)
- checked / tested lead wetness [standard mount]*
- cleaned atmp/relh sensor and radiation shield
- cleaned battery terminals
- cleaned solar panel
* this site does not include a canopy sensor
- routine site maintenance, including:
- checked anemometer (bearings good)
- checked battery (13.15 V)
- checked pyranometer (good, level)
- checked soil sensor cables (good)
- checked solar panel (19.17 V)
- checked tipping-bucket rain gauge (good)
- checked wind vane (properly aligned)
- checked / tested leaf wetness [standard mount] (good)*
- cleaned atmp/relh sensor and radiation shield
- cleaned battery box
- cleaned solar panel
* this site does not have a canopy sensor
- routine site maintenance, including:
- checked anemometer (good)
- checked battery (13.33 V)
- checked pyranometer (good)
- checked soil sensor cables (good)
- checked solar panel (19.33 V)
- checked tipping-bucket raing gauge (good)
- checked wind vane (properly aligned)
- checked / tested leaf wetness [standard mount] (good)*
- cleaned battery box
- cleaned solar panel
* this site does not have a canopy sensor
- routine site maintenance
- routine site maintenance
- logger maintenance:
- reinstalled logger enclosure
- upgraded modem
- replaced faulty relative humidity sensor (hmp45c)
- loaded logger program: rvl-bbaa
- replaced logger (CR1000 -> CR1000)
- added PakBus modem
- loaded logger program: rvl-bbaa
- routine station / site maintenance
- corrected communication issue
- annual maintenance (including loss of data)
- loaded logger program "rvl-bbaa"
- HMP45C continuous power
- replaced/rewired ATMP/RELH sensor:
- HMP45C (7 wire) -> HMP45C (6 wire)
- loaded logger program "rvl-bbaa-20171009"
- NOTE: temporary fix
- loaded logger program "rvl-bbaa"
- NOTE: broke ATMP/RELH... need to recheck wiring
- annual maintenance
- annual maintenance
- loaded logger program "rvl-bbaa"
- soil moisture data once again reporting properly
- soil moisture sensors replaced (CS615 -> CS616)
- routine station maintenance, including:
- replaced leaf wetness sensor (standard mount)
- loaded logger program "baaa-rvl"
- connection / collection issues not completely resolved
- replaced logger (CR10 -> CR1000)
- moved data-collection to new LoggerNet server
- loaded logger program "mawn_aacf"
- replaced anemometer (i.e. wind speed)
- routine annual maintenance
- Checked / Cleaned the Air Temp / RH Sensor
- Routine maintence, including:
- cleaned solar panel
- apparently 2nd leaf wetness is coiled-up at attached
to tripod leg.
- General station maintenance and system checks, including:
- Tipping-bucket rain gauge test (faulty pcpn data
that was introduced was removed on 06/08/09)
- Faulty wind vane was replaced.
- Loaded MAWN Program - AACF (hourly power cycle) [0008]
- Station added to MAWN web site.
- Data Collection and Data Archive for new station begins:
First data report: Dec 19, 2008 - 00:05 (Day=354)
- Established telecommunication between station cell-modem and
data collection PC/server on campus.
- Loaded MAWN Program: MAWN_ABCW (3-hour power cycle)
- Now able to collect raw weather data.
- Need to create new database tables/reports for "rvl"
- Saginaw MAWN station was moved to new location. The new
location is still affiliated with the MSU Saginaw Valley
Dry Bean & Sugar Beet Research Farm but is now located
near Richville/Frankenmuth and will be known as
Richville (RVL)