CU IP change and login troubles

Today I changed the CU IP address from 10.170.152.78 to 129.175.131.6.



When trying to sign on to the CU windcube with direct connection, I encountered an issue getting through the windows login.  I could not find a way to login, so I ended up unplugging the Verizon modem and plugging it back in to make sure the computer had an internet connection.  I then went over to check on the NCAR windcube.

While directly connected to the NCAR windcube, I remotely connected to the CU windcube through TeamViewer using the NCAR internet connection.  For whatever reason I had no problem getting through the windows login with the remote connection.  I then went into the CU windcube user account settings and reloaded the user name and password in windows.  Upon trying the direct connection to the CU windcube everything worked as it should have.

Otherwise both systems were operating normally in clean air.  There was a little bit of loose ice in each water container.

NCAR Windcube Stop/Start

At 22:19 UTC on 1/29/2013 I stopped and started the NCAR windcube.  The CU windcube was seeing up to 160m reliably; however, the NCAR system was not seeing any returns.  The stop and start did not seem to help the system.

The NCAR alarm files do not indicate anything obvious.  This may be an interesting case study.

Windcube time since August 2012

The CU Windcube endured a (seemingly) chaotic timestamp from Aug. 2012 through early Jan. 2013.  To correct the data to UTC use the following chart:

Windcube Time                                               UTC                                               
2012/08/02 at 22:10 - 2012/09/14 at 02:52                            2012/08/02 at 16:10 - 2012/09/13 at 20:52    
Note:     Windcube is 6 hours ahead of UTC.

2012/09/14 at 14:54 - 2013/01/01 at 17:56                            2012/09/13 at 20:54 - 2013/01/01 at 00:56    
Note:     Windcube is 18 hours ahead of UTC.  Data concludes in WLS7-68_2013_01_01__06_00_00.sta

2013/01/01 at 06:02 - 2013/01/03 at 05:38                            2013/01/01 at 01:02 - 2013/01/03 at 00:38    
Note:      Windcube is 6 hours 4 minutes ahead of UTC.  Data begins in WLS7-68_2013_01_01__06_01_03.sta

2013/01/03 at 19:00 - present                                                2013/01/03 at 19:00 - present                        
Note:      Windcube is 0 hours ahead of UTC.

This table can also be found on breeze in: /data/fielddata/WC_Info/CUwindcubeTimeCorrection.txt

The goal is to keep the Windcube and all other data streams on UTC time from here on out.

New Year Update

I checked on the NCAR and CU windcubes at the NWTC on 12/31.  Both systems were operating normally snow free, without a connection to the internet.  Both water buckets were also frozen, nothing was done with either wiper system since neither one was working before the cold weather.

It looked like the NCAR hatch had been inhabited by a visitor who wanted a warm place to stay...

Later that evening both system clocks were synchronized with UTC at 17:00 Mountain time on 12/31, thus the clocks were synchronized at midnight UTC.  The CU windcube seemed to be wandering considerably away from the correct date and time.  There will be more to come on the details of what timestamp the CU windcube was recording and when.