| Date | Operational? | Description/reason | Last updated by |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 11, 2024, 10:15 p.m. | No | Kennel stuck, tracker iffy | nmd03 |
| Oct. 5, 2023, 1:06 a.m. | Yes | We're back baby! | nmd03 |
| March 18, 2023, 12:20 a.m. | No | Laser failure | nmd03 |
| Feb. 2, 2023, 12:25 a.m. | No | Tracker shutter not working | nmd03 |
| June 22, 2022, 11:53 p.m. | Yes | Running, but tracker needs TLC, including kickstart about every 2 days. | nmd03 |
| June 16, 2022, 4:21 a.m. | No | IFS incommunicado | nmd03 |
| June 8, 2022, 11:07 p.m. | Yes | Operational, but needs manual intervention every day or two for tracker | nmd03 |
| March 10, 2022, 12:22 a.m. | Yes | Currently operational, but expecting further problems | nmd03 |
| March 4, 2022, 1:31 a.m. | No | Vacuum failure. | nmd03 |
| Feb. 23, 2022, 1:14 a.m. | Yes | Tracker repaired, mirrors replaced. Running again! | nmd03 |
| Feb. 6, 2022, 10:08 p.m. | No | Tracker cover failure | nmd03 |
| Dec. 6, 2021, 10:33 p.m. | Yes | All good | nmd03 |
| Oct. 5, 2021, 8:37 p.m. | Yes | Running as normal | nmd03 |
| July 8, 2021, 8:48 p.m. | Yes | nmd03 | |
| June 10, 2021, 8:34 p.m. | Yes | All good, apart from broken NIR source | nmd03 |
| April 11, 2021, 8:32 p.m. | Yes | Still running | nmd03 |
| Jan. 24, 2021, 9:46 p.m. | Yes | Working | nmd03 |
| Dec. 11, 2020, 4:45 a.m. | Yes | Back after maintenance visit | nmd03 |
| Nov. 14, 2020, 10:50 p.m. | No | Sporadic downtimes due to maintenance visit | nmd03 |
| Oct. 22, 2020, 2:39 a.m. | Yes | Running as per brochure | nmd03 |
| July 30, 2020, midnight | Yes | nmd03 | |
| Nov. 12, 2019, midnight | Yes | nmd03 | |
| Oct. 20, 2019, midnight | No | voltaire | |
| Oct. 13, 2019, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| April 18, 2019, midnight | No | Solar tracker azimuth drive failure. | voltaire |
| Feb. 28, 2019, midnight | Yes | Replaced internal laser diode detectors and I21446 board. | voltaire |
| Oct. 4, 2018, midnight | No | Probable laser failure, pending sleuthing | nmd03 |
| June 28, 2018, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| March 29, 2018, midnight | No | voltaire | |
| March 15, 2018, midnight | No | voltaire | |
| March 9, 2018, midnight | No | Robodome failure | voltaire |
| March 1, 2018, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| March 1, 2018, midnight | Yes | Robodome fixed temporarily | voltaire |
| Feb. 7, 2018, midnight | No | Robodome Error | voltaire |
| Jan. 14, 2018, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Nov. 27, 2017, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Nov. 27, 2017, midnight | No | On hold for aircon. maintenance | voltaire |
| Oct. 25, 2017, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Aug. 29, 2017, midnight | No | Power failure affecting half of Darwin city | voltaire |
| July 14, 2017, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| March 9, 2017, midnight | No | voltaire | |
| March 2, 2017, midnight | No | voltaire | |
| Feb. 16, 2017, midnight | No | voltaire | |
| Feb. 9, 2017, midnight | No | Tracker Failure | voltaire |
| Jan. 19, 2017, midnight | No | Tracker Failure | voltaire |
| Jan. 5, 2017, midnight | No | Tracker Failure | voltaire |
| Dec. 15, 2016, midnight | No | Tracker Error | voltaire |
| Dec. 15, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Dec. 10, 2016, midnight | No | voltaire | |
| Nov. 23, 2016, midnight | No | Tracker failure | nmd03 |
| Nov. 3, 2016, midnight | No | Dome error | voltaire |
| Oct. 27, 2016, midnight | Yes | Solar tracker fixed, back to optimal operation | voltaire |
| Oct. 20, 2016, midnight | No | voltaire | |
| Oct. 13, 2016, midnight | No | voltaire | |
| Oct. 6, 2016, midnight | No | Solar Tracker Hardware Error | voltaire |
| Oct. 4, 2016, midnight | No | Solar Tracker Hardware Error | voltaire |
| Oct. 2, 2016, midnight | No | On hold for maintenance works | voltaire |
| Sept. 22, 2016, midnight | Yes | AOK. Note Alice Springs campaign with EM27 26Sep-7Oct for GOSAT M-gain comparison | voltaire |
| Sept. 8, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Sept. 3, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Aug. 25, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Aug. 5, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| July 28, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| July 14, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| July 1, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| June 24, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| June 16, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| June 3, 2016, midnight | Yes | Ok after IFS125HR Power cycle | voltaire |
| June 2, 2016, midnight | No | 125HR network unreachable | voltaire |
| May 26, 2016, midnight | No | Telstra internet down, no direct ssh access to Hercules | voltaire |
| May 23, 2016, midnight | No | Maintenance Works | voltaire |
| May 19, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| May 12, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| May 5, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| April 28, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| April 21, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| April 15, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| April 7, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| March 31, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| March 26, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| March 17, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| March 10, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| March 3, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Feb. 25, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Feb. 18, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Feb. 11, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Feb. 6, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Jan. 28, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Jan. 17, 2016, midnight | No | on hold for maintenance | voltaire |
| Jan. 14, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Jan. 7, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Jan. 5, 2016, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Dec. 26, 2015, midnight | Yes | on hold due to bad weather, operational when sunny again | voltaire |
| Dec. 25, 2015, midnight | Yes | but on hold due to intermittent rains, chance of thunderstorms. | voltaire |
| Dec. 22, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Dec. 21, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Dec. 19, 2015, midnight | Yes | but on hold due to intermittent rains, chance of thunderstorms. | voltaire |
| Dec. 17, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Nov. 25, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Nov. 19, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Nov. 15, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Nov. 5, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Oct. 29, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Oct. 16, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Oct. 15, 2015, midnight | Yes | griffith | |
| Oct. 8, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Oct. 2, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Sept. 24, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Sept. 17, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Sept. 10, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Sept. 8, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Aug. 31, 2015, midnight | No | Internet works | voltaire |
| Aug. 26, 2015, midnight | Yes | on hold but operational on designated target days | voltaire |
| Aug. 20, 2015, midnight | No | IFS125HR Failure | voltaire |
| Aug. 13, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Aug. 6, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Aug. 4, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| July 29, 2015, midnight | Yes | All good, temperature sensor fixed. | voltaire |
| July 23, 2015, midnight | Yes | nominal status, faulty instrument temperature sensor | voltaire |
| July 16, 2015, midnight | No | network unreachable | voltaire |
| July 9, 2015, midnight | No | network unreachable | voltaire |
| June 25, 2015, midnight | No | just moved, sorting out internet connections | voltaire |
| June 12, 2015, midnight | Yes | Voltaire on travel but will check once in a while | coleen |
| May 28, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| May 24, 2015, midnight | No | IFS125 Error | voltaire |
| May 24, 2015, midnight | Yes | Fixed by power cycle: IFS125 Error | voltaire |
| May 22, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| May 14, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| May 10, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| May 7, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| April 30, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| April 29, 2015, midnight | No | Scanner Error | voltaire |
| April 26, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| April 24, 2015, midnight | No | oh hold, dome failure | voltaire |
| April 16, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| April 11, 2015, midnight | No | scanner error | voltaire |
| April 9, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| March 26, 2015, midnight | No | Scanner Errors | voltaire |
| March 24, 2015, midnight | No | Scanner Errors | voltaire |
| March 19, 2015, midnight | Yes | network fixed | voltaire |
| March 19, 2015, midnight | No | Network unreachable | voltaire |
| March 12, 2015, midnight | Yes | Put on hold in the afternoons due to thunderstorms, surface pressure sensor experiencing errors | voltaire |
| March 5, 2015, midnight | Yes | But occasionally put on hold due to bad weather, surface pressure sensor experiencing errors | voltaire |
| Feb. 26, 2015, midnight | Yes | But occasionally put on hold due to bad weather, surface pressure sensor experiencing errors | voltaire |
| Feb. 19, 2015, midnight | Yes | Cyclone coming to NT, may be put on hold depending on cyclone extent. | voltaire |
| Feb. 12, 2015, midnight | Yes | occasionally put on hold due to thunderstorms | voltaire |
| Feb. 5, 2015, midnight | Yes | but sometimes on hold due to thunderstorm threat | voltaire |
| Jan. 29, 2015, midnight | Yes | intermittently put on hold due to thunderstorms | voltaire |
| Jan. 22, 2015, midnight | Yes | intermittently put on hold due to thunderstorms | voltaire |
| Jan. 15, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Jan. 8, 2015, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Jan. 7, 2015, midnight | No | On Hold due to bad weather | voltaire |
| Dec. 30, 2014, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Dec. 25, 2014, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Dec. 18, 2014, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Dec. 11, 2014, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Dec. 4, 2014, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Nov. 30, 2014, midnight | Yes | HeNe laser OK. | voltaire |
| Nov. 28, 2014, midnight | No | HeNe Status: Fail, will try to fix remotely | voltaire |
| Nov. 20, 2014, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Nov. 13, 2014, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Nov. 6, 2014, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Oct. 30, 2014, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Oct. 24, 2014, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Oct. 16, 2014, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Oct. 9, 2014, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Oct. 2, 2014, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Sept. 25, 2014, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Sept. 18, 2014, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Sept. 14, 2014, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Sept. 11, 2014, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Sept. 4, 2014, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Aug. 28, 2014, midnight | Yes | griffith | |
| Aug. 21, 2014, midnight | Yes | good to go | voltaire |
| Aug. 14, 2014, midnight | Yes | good to go | voltaire |
| Aug. 8, 2014, midnight | Yes | No errors since last visit | voltaire |
| July 3, 2014, midnight | Yes | Maintenance works accomplished | voltaire |
| June 30, 2014, midnight | No | On hold for maintencance | voltaire |
| June 15, 2014, midnight | Yes | Scanner Failure fixed | voltaire |
| May 19, 2014, midnight | No | On hold, scanner failure | voltaire |
| Feb. 7, 2014, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Jan. 20, 2014, midnight | No | On Hold for Maintenance | voltaire |
| Sept. 5, 2013, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Aug. 26, 2013, midnight | No | On Hold for maintenance | voltaire |
| June 12, 2013, midnight | Yes | Dome fixed | voltaire |
| May 31, 2013, midnight | No | on Hold | voltaire |
| March 31, 2013, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| March 28, 2013, midnight | Yes | On Hold due to heavy rains | voltaire |
| Jan. 3, 2013, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| Jan. 2, 2013, midnight | No | On Hold due to bad weather | voltaire |
| Nov. 20, 2012, midnight | Yes | Restarted after dome failed to close | voltaire |
| Nov. 18, 2012, midnight | Yes | but on Hold, storm brewing | voltaire |
| Oct. 24, 2012, midnight | Yes | Restarted 25 Oct after realignment and ghost reduction. | griffith |
| Oct. 22, 2012, midnight | No | Alignment ongoing | voltaire |
| Sept. 9, 2012, midnight | Yes | recovered after temperature failure | voltaire |
| Aug. 27, 2012, midnight | No | system closed, shutdown | voltaire |
| Aug. 24, 2012, midnight | Yes | Test run on temporary ADSL network. No emails/notifications being sent | voltaire |
| Aug. 23, 2012, midnight | Yes | running but under observation | voltaire |
| Aug. 20, 2012, midnight | Yes | Running but IFS status intermittently goes under "stress" | voltaire |
| Aug. 19, 2012, midnight | No | On Hold, waiting for Ethernet Switch replacement | voltaire |
| Aug. 13, 2012, midnight | No | on Hold | voltaire |
| Aug. 12, 2012, midnight | Yes | Harware reset finished | voltaire |
| Aug. 12, 2012, midnight | No | Failure mode. Waiting for hardware reset | voltaire |
| May 24, 2012, midnight | Yes | Restarted IFSloop. ZENO refreshes every 30 seconds instead of 1 second. Still looking and asking around how to change it. Any ideas? | macatang |
| May 24, 2012, midnight | No | Looking at Zeno data through qtalk | macatang |
| May 17, 2012, midnight | Yes | remnants of ghosts busted, maintenance procedures finished | voltaire |
| May 13, 2012, midnight | No | On Standby. Ghost measurements, maintenance procedures going on | voltaire |
| April 25, 2012, midnight | Yes | ok after hardware reset | voltaire |
| April 23, 2012, midnight | No | Shutdown Completely, waiting for Hardware Reset | voltaire |
| April 1, 2012, midnight | Yes | voltaire | |
| April 1, 2012, midnight | No | Vacuum Failure (IFS Press. >~1.12hPa) . Instrument evacuated manually. Restarted, now OK | voltaire |
| Feb. 15, 2012, midnight | No | Tracker stuck again (same AZI as last time). So far the only way fix is to restart tracker PC and e-box BUT no tech support on site till 26Feb | voltaire |
| Feb. 15, 2012, midnight | Yes | Solar Tracker was re-initialized remotely | voltaire |
| Feb. 13, 2012, midnight | Yes | tracker got stuck, restarted tracker computer and electronics box. | voltaire |
| Jan. 31, 2012, midnight | Yes | macatang | |
| Jan. 30, 2012, midnight | No | On Hold due to stormy weather | voltaire |
| Jan. 26, 2012, midnight | Yes | macatang | |
| Jan. 26, 2012, midnight | Yes | But ON HOLD. Stormy up here! | macatang |
| Jan. 26, 2012, midnight | Yes | macatang | |
| Jan. 25, 2012, midnight | Yes | Testing... | macatang |
| Jan. 22, 2012, midnight | No | Laser board exchange | macatang |
| Jan. 15, 2012, midnight | Yes | Limited Connectivity. | macatang |
| Jan. 13, 2012, midnight | No | Currently ON HOLD after dome failed to close. | macatang |
| Jan. 11, 2012, midnight | Yes | Sends out ifsreduce.log once again after Hercules remote restart. | macatang |
| Jan. 9, 2012, midnight | Yes | Restarted Hercules remotely. | macatang |
| Jan. 9, 2012, midnight | No | Restarting Hercules remotely. | macatang |
| Jan. 8, 2012, midnight | Yes | Producing savesets but NOT sending out ifsreduce.log reports. Slayed memo process, but could not slay rdr. Restarted IFSloop. Limited connectivity. | macatang |
| Jan. 4, 2012, midnight | Yes | Pumped down and re-initialized. Limited Connectivity. Following-up with ARMM. | macatang |
| Dec. 27, 2011, midnight | No | IFS125 failed on 15-Dec-2011. No SSH connection since 24-Nov-2011. | blavier |
| Nov. 30, 2011, midnight | Yes | Limited Connectivity. | macatang |
| Nov. 24, 2011, midnight | Yes | We are back online | macatang |
| Nov. 23, 2011, midnight | Yes | Cannot connect to Hercules or the webcam; NO technician on site too until 12 Dec 2011. | macatang |
| Nov. 10, 2011, midnight | Yes | Re-initialised. | macatang |
| Nov. 9, 2011, midnight | No | Currently ON HOLD due to inclement weather. | macatang |
| Nov. 9, 2011, midnight | Yes | Dome position looks OK. Solar elevation angle is just near the zenith. | macatang |
| Oct. 27, 2011, midnight | Yes | Re-initialised. Dome seem to have been pointing in the wrong direction. Observing... | macatang |
| Oct. 18, 2011, midnight | Yes | macatang | |
| Oct. 11, 2011, midnight | Yes | Re-initialised. | macatang |
| Oct. 11, 2011, midnight | No | On Hold. Looks like bad weather. | macatang |
| Oct. 9, 2011, midnight | Yes | Reinitialised. | macatang |
| Oct. 8, 2011, midnight | No | On Hold. Looks like bad weather. | macatang |
| Oct. 3, 2011, midnight | Yes | macatang | |
| Sept. 27, 2011, midnight | Yes | Running InSb | macatang |
| Sept. 26, 2011, midnight | Yes | macatang | |
| Sept. 23, 2011, midnight | No | Shutdown this weekend...No one to look after it...will resume on Monday :) | macatang |
| Sept. 18, 2011, midnight | Yes | The ghost remains... | macatang |
| Sept. 15, 2011, midnight | Yes | Still observing... | macatang |
| Sept. 12, 2011, midnight | Yes | On site. Still observing. | macatang |
| July 5, 2011, midnight | No | Tracker azimuth and elevation motors get stuck 5 mins after it goes to TPS or TTM (see Instrument History). Will be sending back tracker control box. | macatang |
| July 5, 2011, midnight | No | Tracker azimuth and elevation motors get stuck 5 mins after it goes to TPS or TTM (see Instrument History). | macatang |
| July 5, 2011, midnight | No | Tracker azimuth and elevation motors get stuck 5 mins after it goes to TPS or TTM. | macatang |
| July 4, 2011, midnight | Yes | Replaced ME-30 board. No dice! Still Stales out (see Instrument History). Will do more tests tomorrow. | macatang |
| July 3, 2011, midnight | No | Flights done! Replacing ME-30 board. | macatang |
| June 26, 2011, midnight | Yes | On-site. Will be running everyday to diagnose tracker problem. HIPPO IV flights scheduled for Friday (descent) and Monday (ascent) | macatang |
| June 21, 2011, midnight | Yes | Running only on GOSAT +/- 1.5 hour overpass times and with qtalk in the background. | macatang |
| May 15, 2011, midnight | Yes | Running only on GOSAT +/- 1.5 hour overpass times and with qtalk in the background. | macatang |
| May 12, 2011, midnight | Yes | Running only on GOSAT +/- 1 hour overpass times and with qtalk in the background. | macatang |
| May 12, 2011, midnight | Yes | Running only on GOSAT overpass times and with qtalk in the background. Awaiting Brukers reply on ME30 board tests. | macatang |
| May 10, 2011, midnight | No | Tracker is not staling out anymore, but azimuth motor still gets stuck. | macatang |
| May 9, 2011, midnight | No | Running only on GOSAT overpass times and with qtalk in the background. Awaiting Brukers reply on ME30 board tests. | macatang |
| May 9, 2011, midnight | Yes | Hmmm...the tracker seemed to have fixed itself!!! | macatang |
| April 27, 2011, midnight | Yes | Pumping down. Running with qtalk in the background. GOSAT overpass today. Got ME-30 board test program from Axel. Will test after GOSAT overpass. | macatang |
| April 20, 2011, midnight | No | Gets stuck quite often now. Running only on GOSAT week days. | macatang |
| April 20, 2011, midnight | Yes | Running with qtalk in the background. Guys at site on stand-by for tracker electronic box and computer restart. | macatang |
| April 19, 2011, midnight | No | Shutdown IFSloop. Sent test results to Bruker. Awaiting response from Bruker. | macatang |
| April 19, 2011, midnight | No | Tracker Azimuth got stuck at 336.46 degrees. | macatang |
| April 19, 2011, midnight | Yes | Running with qtalk in the background. | macatang |
| April 18, 2011, midnight | Yes | Running with qtalk in the background. | macatang |
| April 18, 2011, midnight | No | Looking like a tracker electronic box or ME-30 board problem after tests. Will inform Bruker and get their opinion on what is the best course of actn | macatang |
| April 18, 2011, midnight | No | Doing more tracker tests: Electronic box turned off to see if we still get bad blocks. | macatang |
| April 17, 2011, midnight | No | Got stuck at 318.86 degrees azimuth. Testing using instructions from Axel. | macatang |
| April 17, 2011, midnight | Yes | Running with qtalk in the background. | macatang |
| April 14, 2011, midnight | Yes | Running with qtalk in the background. Strong possibility it will get stuck. | macatang |
| April 14, 2011, midnight | No | Running with qtalk in the background. Strong possibility it will get stuck. | macatang |
| April 13, 2011, midnight | Yes | Guys checked out tracker. Nothing obvious mechanically blocking tracker. Got stuck when Hercules issued ROA command (see Instrument History). | macatang |
| April 13, 2011, midnight | Yes | Will be running momentarily with qtalk in the background and when there is remote operator. | macatang |
| April 13, 2011, midnight | No | Tracker azimuth got stuck again, but this time at a different angle. Its beginning to look more like a tracker electronics problem | macatang |
| April 12, 2011, midnight | No | Ran OK with qtalk on the background all day. Got stuck towards end of day. Having guys check it out. | macatang |
| April 12, 2011, midnight | Yes | Running with qtalk in the background. | macatang |
| April 11, 2011, midnight | No | IFSloop shutdown for the moment for testing with qtalk. | macatang |
| April 11, 2011, midnight | No | Can connect now. IFSloop shutdown for the moment. Awaiting further testing. | macatang |
| April 11, 2011, midnight | No | Couldnt connect. Hercules hung. Had the guys at the site restart it. Still not able to connect. | macatang |
| April 10, 2011, midnight | Yes | Testing Tracker. Running Qtalk on the background. | macatang |
| April 10, 2011, midnight | Yes | Testing Tracker | macatang |
| April 7, 2011, midnight | No | Lost power on router adapter. Guys at site looking for replacement. | macatang |
| April 6, 2011, midnight | Yes | TTM tests. Looking good, but off_azi and off_ele displayed on tracker computer but not on hercules. Tracker still stales out when not qtalkin (see IH) | macatang |
| April 6, 2011, midnight | Yes | Testing if tracker gets stuck when it switches to TTM. Looking good. off_azi and off_ele displayed on tracker computer but not on hercules (see IH) | macatang |
| April 5, 2011, midnight | No | Testing in TPS mode only to see if tracker azimuth will stall. | macatang |
| April 3, 2011, midnight | No | Suntracker azimuth stalled even when qtalking on background. Looks like an azimuth motor voltage problem (see notes in Instrument History). | macatang |
| April 3, 2011, midnight | No | Suntracker azimuth stalled even when qtalking on background. Looks like an azimuth motor voltage problem (see notes below). | macatang |
| April 3, 2011, midnight | No | Suntracker stalled even when qtalking on background. | macatang |
| April 3, 2011, midnight | Yes | Qtalking to the tracker on background. off_azi and off_ele are always 0.00. Checking if t_int is enough for tests. | macatang |
| March 24, 2011, midnight | No | Tracker electronic box and computer has to be restarted for it to go to sun position in the mornings. Once in sun position, tracker stales out! | macatang |
| March 24, 2011, midnight | No | Zeno back to 1 Hz sampling interval. Sampling interval changed on serial cable swap. Will now look at tracker. | macatang |
| March 24, 2011, midnight | No | Suntracker does not stale out when qtalking to it on the background. | macatang |
| March 24, 2011, midnight | No | Suntracker does not stale out when qtalking to it on the background. IFSloop shutdown now (see notes in Instrument History). | macatang |
| March 23, 2011, midnight | No | Put back to original serial connections. Same as swapped! Testing. | macatang |
| March 23, 2011, midnight | No | Swapped tracker and Zeno serial connections. Zeno refreshes stale after 30 s. Suntracker showing same symptoms as before. Still testing. | macatang |
| March 23, 2011, midnight | Yes | Swapped tracker and Zeno serial connections. Serial comms more responsive than before but both tracker and zeno comms seem slow. Still testing. | macatang |
| March 22, 2011, midnight | Yes | Swapped serial port. Still observing. | macatang |
| March 22, 2011, midnight | No | Swapped serial tracker and Zeno serial connections. Serial comms more responsive than before but both tracker and zeno comms seem slow. | macatang |
| March 22, 2011, midnight | No | Swapped tracker and Zeno serial connections. Serial comms more responsive than before but both tracker and zeno comms seem slow. Still testing. | macatang |
| March 14, 2011, midnight | Yes | Double check on tracker azimuth. Watch out for gusts as well. | macatang |
| March 14, 2011, midnight | No | Dome NOT Pointing in the right direction | macatang |
| March 14, 2011, midnight | No | Suntracker Azimuth not pointing in the right direction. Comm problems? | macatang |
| March 14, 2011, midnight | Yes | Suntracker Azimuth pointing in the right direction now (see instrument history) | macatang |
| March 14, 2011, midnight | No | Suntracker Failure. Checking if its connecting to the time server. | macatang |
| March 14, 2011, midnight | No | Getting Unexpected serial proxy memos. Connected to time server. | macatang |
| March 14, 2011, midnight | Yes | Suntracker Stale Counter now refreshing. | macatang |
| March 14, 2011, midnight | No | Still getting unexpected serial proxy memos and stales out. | macatang |
| March 14, 2011, midnight | No | Cant ping the time server and getting SunTr: TIME: unrecognized status: 163.049 type of memos | macatang |
| March 14, 2011, midnight | No | Serial connection seems intermittent. Cant ping the time server and getting SunTr: TIME: unrecognized status: 163.049 type of memos | macatang |
| March 14, 2011, midnight | No | Serial connection seems slow and intermittent and stales out. | macatang |
| March 14, 2011, midnight | No | Serial connection seems slow and intermittent and stales out. Cant ping the time server and getting SunTr: TIME: unrecognized status: 163.049 memos | macatang |
| March 13, 2011, midnight | Yes | Watch out for gusts. Email distribution working now. | macatang |
| March 13, 2011, midnight | No | Dome NOT Pointing in the wrong direction | macatang |
| March 13, 2011, midnight | No | Dome NOT Pointing in the right direction | macatang |
| March 13, 2011, midnight | Yes | Dome pointing now in the right direction (see instrument history). | macatang |
| March 12, 2011, midnight | Yes | Watch out for gusts. Not sending out emails. | macatang |
| March 11, 2011, midnight | Yes | Watch out for gusts. | macatang |
| March 11, 2011, midnight | No | Currently ON HOLD. Gusty. 30 km/hr average wind speeds. | macatang |
| March 10, 2011, midnight | No | Currently ON HOLD. Gusty again. | macatang |
| March 10, 2011, midnight | Yes | Re-initialised. Still investigating what caused dome failure yesterday. | macatang |
| March 9, 2011, midnight | No | Currently ON HOLD after dome failure today. Will do testing tomorrow. | macatang |
| March 6, 2011, midnight | Yes | Operational with regular NIR | macatang |
| Feb. 23, 2011, midnight | Yes | Dome fixed. | macatang |
| Feb. 22, 2011, midnight | Yes | macatang | |
| Feb. 21, 2011, midnight | No | On site visit fixing dome. | macatang |
| Feb. 14, 2011, midnight | Yes | Wakes up at Ele > 40. Getting noon time data only. | macatang |
| Jan. 27, 2011, midnight | Yes | Wakes up at Ele > 40. Getting noon time data only. | macatang |
| Jan. 27, 2011, midnight | No | Wakes up at Ele > 40. Getting noon time data only. | macatang |
| Jan. 18, 2011, midnight | Yes | Wakes up at Ele > 40 getting noon time data only. | macatang |
| Jan. 16, 2011, midnight | No | Proc Fault Error in Software | macatang |
| Jan. 9, 2011, midnight | Yes | Wakes up at Ele > 40 getting noon time data only. No more HeNe Laser Warning. Counter was reset. | macatang |
| Jan. 9, 2011, midnight | Yes | Wakes up at Ele > 40 getting noon time data only. HeNe Laser Warning: "Main End of lifetime is nearly reached". Will reset counter. | macatang |
| Nov. 27, 2010, midnight | Yes | Wakes up at Ele > 40. Dome azimuth set to home. Azimuth backside tracks are low. Pinion gear slips. | macatang |
| Nov. 22, 2010, midnight | Yes | Wakes up at Ele > 40. Dome azimuth set to home. Backside tracks are low. Pinion gear slips. | macatang |
| Nov. 22, 2010, midnight | Yes | Wakes up at Ele > 40. Dome azimuth set to home. Backside tracks are low. Pinion gear slips. Internet down. | macatang |
| Nov. 18, 2010, midnight | Yes | Starts measurements at local noon until Ele < 60 (encompasses GOSAT overpass time). Dome azimuth set to home. Backside tracks too low. | macatang |
| Nov. 18, 2010, midnight | Yes | Starts measurements at local noon until Ele < 60 (encompasses GOSAT overpass time). Dome azimuth set to home. Backside tracks too low. Internet down. | macatang |
| Nov. 18, 2010, midnight | Yes | Wakes up at Ele > 40. Dome azimuth set to home. Backside tracks are low. Pinion gear slips. Internet down. | macatang |
| Nov. 18, 2010, midnight | Yes | Wakes up at Ele > 40. Dome azimuth set to home. Backside tracks are low. Pinion gear slips. Internet just got back up. | macatang |
| Nov. 17, 2010, midnight | Yes | Measures only at elevation angles > 60 degrees (SZA < 30 degrees). Dome azimuth set to home. Backside tracks too low and motor gear slip. Re-glue. | macatang |
| Nov. 17, 2010, midnight | Yes | Measures only during noon in the meantime. Dome azimuth backside tracks are too low. Reglue necessary. | macatang |
| Nov. 17, 2010, midnight | No | The dome azimuth gear still slips off its tracks even after replacing it...will take a look again tomorrow...really rainy and thunderstormy here!!! | macatang |
| Oct. 29, 2010, midnight | Yes | Will operate from Mondays-Fridays from 9 AM to 5 PM as long as the guys are here. Dome gear slips at a certain angle. | macatang |
| Oct. 29, 2010, midnight | No | The dome azimuth gear still slips off its tracks and fails to go to home position and closes shutter. Manual intervention is needed to drive it home. | macatang |
| Oct. 28, 2010, midnight | No | Dome azimuth gear slipping from the dome tracks. Azimuth tracks look worn out. The tracks on one side of the shutter have lost adhesion. | macatang |
| Oct. 28, 2010, midnight | No | Dome gear got dislodged from motor shaft. Made repairs, but gear is intermittently backlashing. Shutter also, now backlashing. | macatang |
| Oct. 25, 2010, midnight | Yes | Operational. Still observing tracker offsets and dome home contacts. | macatang |
| Oct. 20, 2010, midnight | No | Limit switch re-intalled for further test. Unable to go to position of the sun. | macatang |
| Oct. 13, 2010, midnight | Yes | Tracker has a large TTM-TPS offset in the afternoon and stops tracking during cloud breaks; acts like a Northern Hemisphere tracker when put to TPS | macatang |
| Oct. 11, 2010, midnight | Yes | Tracker has a large TTM-TPS offset in the afternoon and stops tracking during cloud breaks | macatang |
| Oct. 6, 2010, midnight | Yes | Operational, unsure about status of elevation mirror | macatang |
| Oct. 4, 2010, midnight | Yes | Operational, unsure about status of elevation mirror; Dome Errors persistent; Source turns ON even when NOT taking cell spectra; webcam offline | macatang |
| Oct. 4, 2010, midnight | No | Operational, unsure about status of elevation mirror; Dome Errors persistent; Source turnd ON even when NOT taking cell spectra; webcam offline | macatang |
| Oct. 4, 2010, midnight | Yes | Operational, but unsure about status of elevation mirror re: limit switches; Dome Errors persistent; Source Turn ON even when NOT taking cell spectra | macatang |
| Sept. 23, 2010, midnight | Yes | Operational, but unsure about status of elevation mirror re: limit switches | macatang |
| Sept. 15, 2010, midnight | Yes | Operational, but unsure about status of elevation mirror re: limit switches | nmd03 |
| Sept. 10, 2010, midnight | Yes | Still under observation. | macatang |
| May 11, 2010, midnight | No | Tracker motor defective. Sent to Bruker for repair / replacement. | macatang |
| May 5, 2010, midnight | No | Tracker motor defective. To be sent to Bruker for repair / replacement. | macatang |
| Feb. 2, 2010, midnight | No | Not operational. Sun tracker failure. Waiting on debugging from ARM site staff | nmd03 |
| Jan. 11, 2010, midnight | Yes | Operational, but occasional (unexplained) dome failures | nmd03 |
| Dec. 22, 2009, midnight | Yes | Operational, but occasional (unexplained) dome failures | nmd03 |
| Dec. 9, 2009, midnight | Yes | Operational, but occasional (unexplained) dome failures | macatang |
| Dec. 9, 2009, midnight | No | UPS is dead; organizing for replacement tomorrow; IFS on Hold | macatang |
| Dec. 9, 2009, midnight | No | UPS is dead; organizing for replacement tomorrow | macatang |
| Dec. 8, 2009, midnight | No | IFS seems to have lost power (being checked by on site personel) | macatang |
| Nov. 22, 2009, midnight | Yes | Operational, but occasional (unexplained) dome failures | nmd03 |
| Nov. 8, 2009, midnight | Yes | Operational | nmd03 |
| Nov. 1, 2009, midnight | Yes | Operational - quadrant sensor realignment seems okay | nmd03 |
| Oct. 25, 2009, midnight | Yes | Operational - need to check quadrant sensor realignment | nmd03 |
| Oct. 18, 2009, midnight | Yes | Operational, but probably not tracking centre of sun | nmd03 |
| Oct. 11, 2009, midnight | Yes | Operational, but probably not tracking centre of sun | nmd03 |
| Oct. 4, 2009, midnight | Yes | Operational. Need to check with new laser | nmd03 |
| Sept. 27, 2009, midnight | Yes | Operational. Need to check with new laser | nmd03 |
| Sept. 20, 2009, midnight | Yes | New laser installed. Still under observation. | macatang |
| Sept. 13, 2009, midnight | No | Laser failure but successfully collecting on GOSAT overpass days. Laser to be installed this week | nmd03 |
| Sept. 6, 2009, midnight | No | Laser failure but successfully collecting on GOSAT overpass days. New laser to be installed next week | nmd03 |
| Aug. 30, 2009, midnight | No | Laser failure but successfully collecting on GOSAT overpass days. Laser now in Wollongong | nmd03 |
| Aug. 23, 2009, midnight | No | Laser failure but successfully collecting on GOSAT overpass days. New laser being returned | nmd03 |
| Aug. 16, 2009, midnight | No | Laser failure but successfully collecting on GOSAT overpass days. New laser being returned | nmd03 |
| Aug. 9, 2009, midnight | No | Laser failure but successfully collecting on GOSAT overpass days. New laser being returned | nmd03 |
| Aug. 2, 2009, midnight | No | Laser failure but successfully collecting on GOSAT overpass days. New laser being returned | nmd03 |
| July 26, 2009, midnight | No | Laser failure but successfully collecting on GOSAT overpass days. | nmd03 |
| July 20, 2009, midnight | No | Laser failure but successfully collecting on GOSAT overpass days. | nmd03 |
| July 12, 2009, midnight | No | Laser failure but successfully collecting on GOSAT overpass days. (Dome fixed) | nmd03 |
| July 5, 2009, midnight | No | Not operational - dome failure | nmd03 |
| June 28, 2009, midnight | No | Laser failure but successfully collecting on GOSAT overpass days. | nmd03 |
| June 21, 2009, midnight | No | Laser failure but successfully collecting on GOSAT overpass days | nmd03 |
| June 15, 2009, midnight | No | Laser failure but successfully collecting on GOSAT overpass days | nmd03 |
| June 8, 2009, midnight | No | Successfully collecting on GOSAT overpass days | nmd03 |
| May 31, 2009, midnight | No | Successfully collecting on GOSAT overpass days | nmd03 |
| May 24, 2009, midnight | No | Laser failure. Trying to collect on GOSAT overpass days (every 3rd day). | nmd03 |
| May 22, 2009, midnight | No | Laser Failure / Intermittant | wennberg |
| April 5, 2009, midnight | Yes | Operational. Daily leak to ~ 6mb. | nmd03 |
| March 29, 2009, midnight | Yes | Operational. Daily leak to ~ 6mb. | nmd03 |
| March 22, 2009, midnight | Yes | Operational. Daily leak to ~ 6mb. | nmd03 |
| March 15, 2009, midnight | Yes | Operational. Daily leak to ~ 6mb. | nmd03 |
| March 8, 2009, midnight | Yes | Operational. Daily leak to ~ 6mb. | nmd03 |
| March 1, 2009, midnight | Yes | Operational but not evacuated | nmd03 |
| Feb. 22, 2009, midnight | No | Not operational - valve failure | nmd03 |
| Feb. 15, 2009, midnight | Yes | Operational. Daily leak to ~ 6mb. | nmd03 |
| Feb. 8, 2009, midnight | Yes | Operational. Daily leak to ~ 6mb. | nmd03 |
| Feb. 1, 2009, midnight | Yes | Operational. Daily leak to ~ 6mb. | nmd03 |
| Jan. 29, 2009, midnight | Yes | Operational. Daily leak to ~ 6mb. | dwunch |
| Jan. 25, 2009, midnight | Yes | No change to previous | nmd03 |
| Jan. 22, 2009, midnight | Yes | Operational but leaking. Pressure cutoff set to 10mb, so no error message. 19-Jan-2009 by ND | dwunch |
| Jan. 22, 2009, midnight | Yes | Operational. Daily leak to ~ 6mb. | nmd03 |