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Project Acronym: TOWUTI | State: Completed | Expedition ID: 5055

ins.: 2015-05-20 02:00, 10 yrs ago
By: Scientists
Category: Towuti_auto
Towuti_auto

Towuti: 2015-05-20

Today Ryan and I spent 6 or so hours rebuilding ...
Our barge in port in Timampu -Marina Morlock (TDP on facebook)

Today Ryan and I spent 6 or so hours rebuilding the electronics of the Mag Susc meter on the Geotek. We replaced the boards and wiring- didn't work. We replaced the various cables- didn't work. We reset all comm ports, shifting sensors cabling and other things one by one to the computer- didn't work. In the meantime, the computer failed to boot, so we had to deal with the BIOS again (for the 5th time or so). Didn't work. Then, we put the old electronics board back in the equipment. Works perfectly. You just never know. But finally, we'll get data!!! Meanwhile, the DES team has nearly finished building the barge. Time to finalize our safety review and anchoring plans, as we probably tow the barge out to our drilling sites on Thursday! (TDP on facebook)