Tech Notes from the Field

A fine crazy week of catchup and finishing touches. All is running fine with the Nautel NV20s. No complaints here. We are awaiting word from Daysequerra on the M2.2R issue I mentioned in an earlier post. Again, I will post the details once we receive and are satisfied with the solution.

So, while we wait we attacked our PAD data. As we use the Enco DAD system, we decided to attempt the PADapult. After one week of IT playing the “it’s your problem” tag war with Enco, it turns out to be Enco’s problem. We want to use the serial input to the computer running PADapult. Hyperterminal shows the data coming in, so what is the software doing? Friday we received word that Enco has duplicated the issue. They said PADapult needed to be re-engineered. We use serial as we do not wish to bridge networks. Simple. Make it work. We cannot be the only ones doing this.

I also learned this week, Friday, that there is an firmware update to the Sine System 1.5 controller. Version 1.52 is to fix an issue with input being configured properly, but not working as reported. Sine Systems was quite helpful and we should receive the update next week.

As you can see, it has been a daily grind to get through this past week. Routine turned into issues. At least it makes for some interesting work as routine can get a bit “grinding”.