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That "seen once" was corrected by a restart of RigWatch. Not a desirable activity during rig-floor operations and continuous data collection.

Change

20210804 df Smoke test. Last logging run of the expedition. TBD.

20210803 df Adapt Schlumberger Winch Data transfer to RigWatch System (SLB to RW) document to this form.

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• Last bit: restart RigWatch Master. It was insufficient to "hang-up" and reconnect the "COM1 - Remote 6" device.
  Full system observed to operated end-to-end. But once again only for the latter portion of a logging cycle.
• Run a repair install of NI Serial. Some event (unplug?) caused the driver to uninstall.
• Observed that COM1 and COM2 designations in software were swapped with respect to the physical configuration. Re-assigned the serial ports using the Device Manager > Properties > Advanced... settings.
• Conducted a variety of tests to gauge the effects of serial port driver removal, device disable/enable, and COM port renumbering. Every variant requires a host system restart.
• Incidentally useful background toward making sense of WinTemp inability to quickly recognize the availability of the APCT tool..

20210720 df Delivered winch telemetry over the Dell 53043. Demonstrated workable for the latter half remainder of that logging cycle.

20210718 df, nl Commit to rebuilding winch telemetry on new hardware. Selected the ruggedized Dell (53043), though any of the others would sufficean NI RS4585 USB-to-serial device, and a Tripplite Keyspan USB-to-serial device.

• Repeated install and rollback attempts with the NI PXI-8106 embedded controller led to the realization that its on-board network controller is failing.
• The device has been carried forward as a one-off without spares for some time.

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