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- An email and support ticket have been sent to SyQwest to see if we can get any help making the 5920/5921 set of boards work with our software. The working 6209/6210 set of boards has been replaced back in the unit with the original NetBurner boards and has been tested and both communicates with the software and pings.
Next Steps for Bathy2010
We have not been able to determine if the high power problem is in the cabling/connector below the Obrien hatch or in the deck unit. There was some conversations with Jurie Kotze Sr. about the problems he'd seen in the past with the high voltage output on the acquisition boards, see EXP 349 tech report. He thinks the problem could be there but troubleshooting will need to be done while the sonar is pinging at high power and the boards measured. With approval from the captain and vessel manager, the hatch to the dome will need to be opened and the cables checked further down. This process was started with the Captain and Chief Engineer but was not completed before crew change.
Magnetometer
- Cable was taken from underway and spooled back onto the winch.
- The depth is still not being recorded properly but it was decided that we did not have the expertise on board to fix the internal electronics even if we opened it up and identified the problem.
- One short deployment was conducted during the transit back to Kristiansand. No issues running the instrument and collecting data besides the depth displaying as 0.
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