349P – Part II TECHNICAL REPORTS
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LO – ALO Handover notes

William Mills, Tim BronK, KRISTIN BRONK Lisa Crowder & CHIEH PENG

Expedition 349P – PART II:

Objective:

• Restore labs from the shipyard chaos
• Upgrade the Microscope Lab
• Survive Xmas in Subic Bay
• Conduct the "Kick-the-Tires" and TOP Academy
• Transit to Hong Kong and conduct the VIT camera tests and 6-5/8" drill pipe handling tests

Dates:

Start

• November 28^th Keppel Shipyard

End

• Port: Hong Kong, China
• Estimated Arrived: 26 January 2014 @ 0730

General information

• IODP-USIO staff arrived from Manila on the 28^th and moved onto the ship at the Keppel Shipyard;
• After several weeks at the Keppel Shipyard the ship was relocated to the Subic Bay Free Zone;
• Loaded Expedition 349 science supplies;
• Additional staff arrived mid-January to conduct kick-the-tire activities and the TOP academy;

Transit activities

• Vessel departed Subic for Hong Kong and completed VIT camera testing and limited 6-6/8 drill pipe handling tests.
• Successfully tested the repaired magnetometer transceivers;
• Repaired frozen level-wind motor on the magnetometer winch;
• Conducted extensive classes and discussion regarding shipboard track systems and hardware management;

ShipmentS

• Surface shipments from College Station had to be sent well in advance. Once the shipments arrived in the Philippines it took on average a week to clear Customs and be forwarded to the ship.
• There was an issue with Hydrogen Peroxide leaking from the original shipping containers;
• There was a near-miss with a forklift puncturing a DOT box containing acid. The practice of randomly wedging the hazardous shipment between crates of surface freight needs to stop before we have a serious incident! All hazardous freight needs to palletized or crated.
• There was one shipment of Science equipment sent to CS in a 40' container from Kepple, one air freight shipment sent from Subic Free Zone. Additional air and surface freight are planned from Hong Kong;

AMS/Inventory

• Spot physical counts were performed on high-usage items
• A couple of AMS bugs were sent to Rakesh and Saravanan and fixed promptly.

AREA-BY-AREA SUMMARY

Core Deck

Core Entry:

• Installed new "thru beam" top-of-core sensors supports on the two whole round tracks;
• Installed new water drip system for the p-wave logger;

Splitting Room:

• Cleaned and serviced the core splitter;
• Installed new working D-Tube rack;

Core Description Lab:

• Partially completed the Image Tagging and Crop Length project on the SHIL;
• Replaced the core tray on the SHIL;
• Refinished the forward-starboard desks;
• Moved the close-up table into the microscope lab and installed open countertop and shelving in its place;
• Relocated the Color Printer next to the table;
• Installed a large format display above the table;

CryoMag:

• Replaced brittle chill water hoses with Stainless Steel hard piping;
• Repaired chill water piping insulation;
• Refinished countertops;

Microscope lab:

• Removed existing desktop from adjustable foundations and installed custom countertops with additional shelving;
• Merged microscope parts with close-up table and PICAT station;
• Removed wall cabinets and replaced with open shelving. The majority of the ship's library was transferred to the conference room;
• Installed a new Archive D-tube rack;
• Installed a new SEM station;
• Moved computers off of floor and installed on overhead shelving;
• Rehung the curtain around the fluorescent microscope. Added a light with a separate switch.

Fo'c'sle Deck

Chemistry Lab:

• Installed one new GCs;
• Installed repaired SRA;
• Installed three new hydraulic pumps on the IW presses;

Conference Rm:

• Straighten and repaired electrical Isoduct on outboard wall;
• Cleaned tape and other residues from walls;
• Removed wall cabinet and replaced with book shelving for shipboard library;

Poop Deck

Underway Geophysics:
Magnetometer:

• Re-installed magnetometer cable onto the port winch;
• During the installation, we found more jacket cuts, possibly shark strikes. These cuts were sealed with scotch-coat and bulldog tape. When the cable is fully deployed for the first time, it should be carefully inspected for further damage.
• Installed and tested repaired transceivers, all good;
• During the above test, we only did a partial deployment behind the ship because the level wind motor was seized. The motor was disassembled and repaired and put back into service. The issue was a buildup of rust on the shaft;
• While repairing the level wind, we noticed that the chain is stretched and then tensioner pulley if fully engaged. Looks like we may need to remove a link.

Misc

• Couches in the movie room and LO were re-upholstered;
• All fabric covered office chairs were cleaned;
• Carpets in the conference room and offices were scrubbed using the orbital floor cleaner and then the extractor was used. This technique recovered the rugs from the damage in drydock.

XRD & ICP SAMPLE PREP LABS

Kristin BRONK
The XRD is not currently functional. It was turned on the first day of light the fires/kick the tires and I had it run the corundum standard. Everything started normally, but when I returned from eating lunch, the theta and 2theta angles were not changing and the webcam showed the sample was rotating inside. I tried to 'halt or stop all jobs,' but it did not recognize it was running a sample. I ultimately ended up powering down the D4. I tried cycling the power on the computer and D4, we checked the voltage on the power socket, etc. Each time in the process when I powered on the Vantec controller, the 'low voltage ready' light would come on, but only a quick flash of 'system activity' followed by nothing and the 'high voltage ready' never lit.
In explaining this to Bruker via e-mail, Dan Gray wanted me to try a manual controller recovery, which is in the manual on: IODP Share\XRD\XRDdocs\Reference\Bruker docs\Vantec1 Users Manual and also a copy now on the desktop. This required hooking the computer directly to the controller via a null modem cable. (The MCSs had to install COM2 and COM4 as the XRD computer had no COM ports.) We were never able to proceed beyond "listening for COM1 for controller to become ready." We did other tests to make sure the cable was good and the computer was trying to talk to the controller. I wrote results back to Dan and thinks the power supply in the controller has gone out. This not being a spare we have, a new one has been ordered and will be air freighted to Hong Kong. Dan says it is something our electronics technicians can do and is ready to give pointers on the process. He does suggest pulling the controller completely out of the D4 to be ready. I've taken photos and labeled all the cables so they can be easily reconnected.
If the power supply does not correct the problem, the controller and the detector (as they are matched) will have to be sent to Bruker Madison for repair, and there would be no XRD on 349. They could hopefully be repaired or replaced to make the shipment to Keelung and have a service call to be re-installed.

shipments:

• • 9 Pt crucibles (see comments below)
  • one replacement mortar and three replacement pestles
  • three new tungsten carbide vessels for shatter box

ISSUES

• The new crucibles are not going to work as-is and should be sent back to the manufacturer for polishing. They are not smooth enough on the inside to allow a bead to form. The flux just solidifies to the bottom of the crucible. I attempted polishing one of them and it made a slight difference, but not enough to make a proper bead. I think it will take a professional to polish them well enough on the bottom and sides to be useable. They are also very pliable.
• XRD dongles were removed from the computers in the microscope lab for safe keeping during the renovation. The two dongles were re-installed on a port side computer in the microscope lab and the fwd stbd core lab computer (both computer monitors have a label for XRD software). This is a total of three EVA workstations in the core lab, one in the user room, and one in the XRD lab.
• Note the bead maker is set to slightly higher temps than the old bead maker (875°C for temp one and 1200°C for temp two). This worked well on X345. I requested from the ETs last year a temperature probe to verify temps that high but it was never received. I believe it's a matter of the new bead maker not heating up quite as high as it displays.
• All equipment tested.
• The new floor was poured in the lab prior to my arrival and it received two coats of paint.

Chemistry Lab

Lisa Brand and Rachael GRAY

Ampulator

The ampulator was not checked as of 1000 1/15/14..

Balances

The Mettler balance was checked out and worked fine. Weighed 10 calibration weights with good results. It was used to weigh reagents with no issues. The Cahn 29 balance was checked (10 calibration weights) and used to weigh samples for CHNS, Carbonate, and SRA analyses. (The upper range is still garbage). We received a "new to us" but used Cahn C-31 microbalance that is to be used as a spare. David checked it out and after re-arranging the dip switches, it talks to our software and measures fine.

Carver Presses

The right-angle elbows were received in the air freight shipment, so Chieh and Brad went ahead and installed the new Motorpaks for the Carver Presses. We raised and lowered each pedestal several times. They appear to be working smoothly. Keep an eye out for oil leaks but so far so good.

Cary Spectrophotometer

Ran phosphate. Calibration curve looked good through 100 µM. Not linear above 100. Changed out the lamp but calibration looked the same before and after. Old data also shows non-linearity above 100 µM for phosphate so this is probably not a problem (or not a new problem anyway). Spreadsheet uploader is working fine for this.

CHNS

Ran a calibration and ran several standards as unknowns. Calibration looked good, standards run as unknowns came in a bit low but pretty consistent. Column has been on since before dry-dock so even though it hasn't been used much it's probably due for a change. When uploading we had issues with MUT rejecting the Excel file. Algie figured out this was due to a bunch of blank lines in the Excel file. The workaround is to delete any blank lines between the data and line 200 in the XLS file. Algie is working on a more permanent fix.

Coulometer

Some issues upon startup. The cell set-up process showed a too-high value of 4095 (maxed out). A rep with UIC talked us through adjusting the voltage as described in UIC Technical Bulletin #70, which got the cell set-up number back within an acceptable range. The CaCO3 standards were still coming in too low, and inconsistent. Swapped out the actual instrument for the spare, blew out the moisture from the nitrogen line from the acidification module to instrument, and removed extraneous check valve from same. The software display now shows strange drops in signal the early parts of the titration (screenshot) but the standards are now coming in nearly perfect, so we decided to stop messing with things. Results uploaded no problem.

Freeze-drier

We turned this on to check that it worked. No problems.

Gas Lines/manifold

There was a little bit of weirdness when I turned on the helium bottle. I had to adjust the regulator down above the bottles to increase the pressure being delivered to the lab. It appeared to stabilize, but then my FID's went down, and I saw that the pressure had decreased. I re-adjusted the regulator at the bottles, and then it was stable. I would keep an eye on this, especially when you put a new bottle on.

GC3/NGA

The new NGA, dubbed NGA-1, was installed during the Philippines tie-up. We had several issues with it, and decided to leave GC3 in place, just for safety's sake. The old NGA is in a yellow box to be shipped back to College Station. The other new GC, dubbed NGA-2, is in a box in the aft bay of the chem lab, across from the ICP. If the new GC works well during operations, perhaps the other new GC can be installed.

GC3

GC3 was booted up. No problems connecting to MUTT. I had some issues getting the FID to ignite, but I pulled the coil of the glow plug out into the gas stream a little bit, and this solved it. Also, the valve box had become slightly unscrewed from the rotor, so that it was just rotating on its own when the valve fired, instead of turning the rotor. I screwed the rotor back on tighter. After that, it worked fine. As of 1300 1/25/14, the GC3 had been calibrated through Methane 10%.

NGA-1

Most of the problems encountered with NGA-1 were software and network configuration problems.
When we first booted up the computer and the NGA-1 hardware, the software was not talking to the instrument. We finally got the IP addresses sorted out, and entered onto the hardware, which is done on the front panel of the instrument. We also set up the network connections like we had it set up on shore. The AS and instrument are connected to a switch, which is connected to the computer, and the computer is also connected to the network. After we got all this set up, the software talked to both the GC and the AS, and could also access the ship's network.
I began calibrating the NGA-1 using manual injections. We built a new sampler thingy for the gas standard bottles, since we can't use the luer-lock adapters due to we need to inject onto the column. We used the syringes that came with the Gerstel autosampler to do the injections. They had a narrow enough, yet still sharp with a side-hole needle.
I calibrated the method MANUAL_INJ_GCD.M using manual injections through calibration standard D. I noticed that the retention times had shifted. I got all of the peaks on the FID sorted out, but still had some questions about the TCD.
I configured the reports and worked with Algie to make the new files MUTT-able. The software generates 3 csv files. NGA100.csv has all of the identifying information about the run. NGA101.csv has the FID results. NGA102.csv has the TCD results. Mutt is expecting the files to be named NGA100, NGA101, and NGA102.csv, so if those are changed, MUTT will have to be reconfigured. The csv naming is done in the method files.
I initially tested the uploader by manually copying the files into the uploader IN directory. Everything worked fine. I checked the results in LIMS reports, and noticed that some of the results were not being parsed. This was because some of the component names were not matching between our calibration table/Chemstaion software configurations and LIMS. For example, in the software, we called iso octane "iso-octane" but LIMS was expecting iso_octane. The component names have to match to be parsed correctly. I got all of the FID components sorted out correctly. The TCD components still need to be looked at.
After I got the files working manually, I began to work on the Macro that copies csv files from the main directory into the MUTT in directory. I copied the macro GC3_LIMS.MAC from the gc3 computer. I then worked on a new macro based off of that called NGA1_MUTT.MAC. I got the macro working, but for manual injections only. Note: In order to use any macros, they need to be in the C:…Chem 32\Core directory.
For some reason, when I do a sequence, the macro does not work. This still needs to be sorted out. I emailed agilent tech support about this, and they gave me a couple suggestions. If those don't work, and the developers can't sort it out, if Agilent needs to write us one they will need a PO.
One note, on the NGA-1 computer, any Microsoft office software keeps coming up with a "this needs to be registered" message. We tried to get the MCS's to go through and register the software, but they had a lot of problems doing so. This still needs to be sorted out. I think it's mostly a problem because the MCS's get confused because the computer has two networks on it, the NIC card and the ship network, so I guess connecting to the internet to register Office is challenging.
Still to be done: Reroute the exhaust somehow? It's pretty intense coming off the back of the GC.

Hydrogen generators

Both hydrogen generators were turned on and worked with no problems. I did drain the old water completely out and added new fresh Nanopure.

IC

We did a test calibration and run on the IC. After a test calibration, the anions looked great, but cations were poor. We replaced the guard and cation columns. After this, the cations looked a lot better, with the exception of Potassium. Still not clear what is causing the potassium issues. On the DF350 and DF500 standards the software is not recognizing K peaks at all without forcing a manual integration. The K peaks are very short, broad, and have a large water dip before each. If this continues after the next cation column change it may be worth an email to Metrohm.
Ran some IAPSO dilutions as unknowns, and they uploaded without issue. When uploading use the Export Template REG test (Determination>Export…>Export Template) to give output files more meaningful file names.
Created a new database called 349P, suggest a new one be created each expedition to keep the software from getting too bogged down from giant databases.
Keep an eye on the instrument toward the end of a run. The software keeps appending lines to do a spiking procedure of some sort after running a sequence. It will apparently run indefinitely and waste eluent if you don't shut the hardware down.

ICP

When starting up the ICP, the temperature on the chip was staying at room temp and not decreasing. This was the same behavior we witnessed at the Victoria start-up. I took the front cover off to examine the water pump that recirculates the chilling water. The pump had air bubbles in it, and could not get started pumping. I took the water bottle out of its holder and raised and lowered it several times to work the water and air through it. When we turned the power on, we could then see water traveling through the pump and water bubble. It's slightly challenging to see, but if you hold a flashlight up to the side viewing window, when you turn the power on and the pump is working, you can see the water level kind of gently moving/bubbling. It's probably a good idea for the next tie-up to just turn the ICP power on every few days so the pump does not get air-locked.
Chieh performed a test run on the ICP. The plasma ignited with no problems and everything seemed to work fine. She replaced the torch and all tubings. IW glassware is in place.

salinity

Optical refractometers are fine. Did not test the digital one.

SRA

The SRA was received in the air freight. We did a test run of 5 samples. I did not bother aligning or messing with the autosampler tray, I just ran it in manual mode, which worked well. The results were fairly repeatable, but S1 values were a bit too low.

Pipettors

Pipettors were used; no issues reported.

titrations

alkalinity

Autotitrator lost communication with PC during testing. Multiple restarts of software, instrument, and PC, swapped out cable, swapped back in cable, finally got them talking again for no apparent reason. Not sure what the issue was. Everything's working well now, multiple IAPSO titrations looked good. Data uploaded without issue.

Chloride

No problems to report. Uploading fine to the database.

Water system

We had several major problems with both water systems. I replaced all of the cartridges in both units. When I turned on the Nanopure unit, I could not get anything to come up on the display. We tried unplugging the display from the wall and plugging it directly into the unit itself, but that did not help. If I hit buttons, I could get lights to come on. After emailing technical support, we couldn't determine if it was a board or display problem, so we ordered both and they are being delivered to Hong Kong. After we gave up, Garrick took the display apart, and we found out that it was a problem with a diode on the display. He SA-engineered something to replace the diode, and now the display works.
After that, both systems worked well for a few days, and then the Barnstead RoPure system went down. We kept getting a "low membrane" pressure light, and little to no water was being delivered to the storage tank. According to the manual, this can be due to problems with the incoming feed water, or clogs in the membranes, Prefilter, or carbon filter. I thought maybe there was a problem with the feed water, since we were still on Philippines port water, but Bill talked to the engineers and there was nothing weird on their systems. I went ahead and put on another new pre-filter and carbon filter, and the problems went away. It might be a good idea to install a general sediment filter inline before the water even gets to the prefilter of the ROpure system.

TOC

David worked on the TOC…

Misc

The water coming from the safety shower is disgusting. It might be worth running it a few times to try and flush the pipes (or just look at it as extra motivation to not spill chemicals on yourself).
All MBIO chemicals specially requested by X349 scientists are in the under-counter fridge nearest to the autoclave.

THIN SECTION LAB

EMILY FISHER
As submitted
5145 36^th Ave.
Hudsonville, MI
(248) 525-1275Emily M. Fisher
Detail-oriented technician that assists where needed
Education:
B.S. Northern Michigan University (NMU), 2008
Double major in Economics and History
Minor in Geographic Informational Systems
Overall GPA: 3.5 Cum Laude
Work Experience:
Marine Lab Specialist, Thin Section Technician
International Ocean Discovery Program onboard the research vessel JOIDES Resolution,
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
March 2012-November 2013

• Managed the thin section lab for the past year. Responsible for performing regular maintenance on equipment, producing samples for researchers, keeping inventory, entering samples into the database, and writing lab reports.

Carpenter, Refinisher, Floor Repair, and Painter
International Ocean Discovery Program onboard the research vessel JOIDES Resolution,
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
November 2013-January 2014

• Lab refinishing the core lab. Assisting with architectural design.

Technical Skills:

• Master in repairing cracks in cement floors by routering them and applying Red Hand epoxy to reseal them.
• Skilled in stripping and refinishing counter tops.
• Assisted Geometrist by rearranging the placement of tables on dangle's to save space in a laboratory.
• Expert in painting floors of scientific research spaces.
• Supervisor of marine window gasket repair.
• Supervisor of seven couch reapostry project.
• Constructed and refinished tables for laboratory research.
• Assisted with extreme shelf building for books and computers in a moving environment.

ET REPORT

Garrick Van Rensburg & Randy GjesvolD

Summary:

This was a drydock in Subic Bay, Philippines and transit to Hong Kong expedition

LO's Office:

Removed an MCT block for the dock side internet cable to enter above the LO's desk.

ET Shop:

Assisted in troubleshooting the Rignet System. Rigged the Spectrum Analyzer to the Rignet Satellite dome for testing. Made some screen captures upon request from the beach and sent that information back to shore.

Microscope Lab:

Disassembled the lab and manufactured new tables, shelves and benches. Manufactured new computer mounts and installed them. Disassembled the isoduct at the aft end of the lab and moved all of the services to new locations. Re installed the fire break. Re built the ceiling on the aft end of the lab. Discovered moisture in the insulation around the Chill Water Piping which was dripping down into the wiring. The water is coming from the fan room. Siem staff added more insulation to the Chill Water Piping. Painted out the Microscope lab. Repaired the fan in the KL 2500 Light Source. A second light source failed to operate in the range above 2500 Kelvin. Found the limit switch misaligned. Bent the operating arm up so it would reengage the operating mechanism. A third microscope light source failed. (KL1500 S/N KLI500E101015) Found one wire on the Triac barely connected. This was repaired. Found some insulation on one of the wires damaged. Installed heat shrink over it. Found damage to the black wire on the variable resistor. After installing a second new bulb the unit began working again.

Core Lab:

Re attached the Haskeris chill water cooler to the Cryomag. The air cooled Haskeris system was boxed up and sent back to IODP. Monitored the Cryomag. Dec 27 manufactured a stainless steel water header for the cooling system. This was attached between the compressor and the Haskeris. Installed a new filter in the Haskeris Dec 28, 2013. The Cryomag degousing coils wouldn't ramp up. Conducted a power on re set. Moved the PICAT system from the microscope lab to the core lab starboard side forward. Mounted the monitor to the table top and manufactured a mount to keep the computer itself off of the floor. Manufactured a second mount for one of the other computers. Moved the stereo receiver to the aft end of the lab under the new TV. Re-routed the wiring for the speakers and hooked the TV into the stereo receiver. Painted out most of the Core Lab Dec 29. Manufactured a jig to install endcaps with the core samples for the camera track. Added a drip water system to the WRMSL. Re installed photo optic switches on the WRMSL and the Fast Track. Manufactured a cable to go from the computer to the new pump. Modified the mount for the sensor on SHMSL.

Core Splitting Room:

Will need to add standardized hoses and fittings to the core splitting saws.

Liquid and GAS N2 Gen:

Shut down during the dry dock period. Started again at 10:30 am Jan 10, 2014.

-80Freezer:

Cleaned out the filter. Changed the batteries for the alarm and changed out the battery holder due to corrosion.

Chem Lab:

One of the displays for the Barnstad Watermakers is faulty. Found a blown fuse in the display face. This was replaced. Assisted the Chem Tech's taking voltage readings to calibrate the Coulometer. Assisted installing the new Carver Press hydraulic pumps.

Conference Room:

Manufactured six shelves and installed them in the forward port corner of the room. Manufactured two more for the forward end of the room. Removed the isoduct and moved the power to the side wall. Re ran wiring for the TV system to the Samsung TV. Straightened the isoduct on the starboard side. Aft most receptacle had a mounting screw missing. This was replaced. Assisted in hanging the TV for the passageway outside of the conference room.

Photo Lab:

Manufactured a large shelf and installed it.

Upper Tween Deck:

Painted out the lift and pallet receiving area.

Hold Reefer:

Assisted in returning the -20 freezer. Freezer was returned to the ship after repair and was installed in the Hold Reefer. Setpoints were reset. Battery never charged. Removed from the freezer and tried charging it from a DC power supply. Will not hold a charge. New one ordered. (BB Battery BP 1.2-12 (12V, 1.2 AH/ 20 Hr)

Gym:

Added air to the Speed Bag. Repaired wiring to the new TV. Removed door bar mounts. Replaced front cover to the Cybex 750 Treadmill. Small Treadmill had an error 9 displayed. Replaced the brushes and re aligned the motor.

Movie Room:

Re installed the shelf again. Mounted studs with wing nuts on them so no tools needed to remove them. On the back of the stereo receiver the HDMI sockets are showing signs of damage. It is highly recommended that the back sockets be left in their current configuration so this receiver is not destroyed like the last one. Re set the Stereo Receiver so that the devices matched the programing in the receiver. The aft tall speakers are showing signs of malicious damage.

Fantail:

Re installed the Magnetometer tow cable. Found two nicks in the outer shell of the cable. These were Scotch Coated and bulldog taped. Cleaned all of the shipyard debris off of the Seismic Reel Wind. Removed the grease from the slide bars on the follower and applied a light coat of oil. During Magnetometer deployment found that the follower would't move. During troubleshooting found and replaced a bad fuse. Motor for the follower still didn't function. The motor is receiving proper voltage. Removed the motor for repair. Found the bearings ceased. Working on repair or replacement.

Underway:

Re installed the Transceiver for the Towed Magnetometer. Deck tested the Magnetometer.


h1. Expedition 349P System Manager's Report
Mike Hodge

Summary:

EXP349P was a dry dock and tie up period. This report concerns the tie up period and transit to Hong Kong. The data center was shut down at the beginning of the tie up period. Userroom workstations and all ship board VDU systems were stowed in Developer's office. Microscopy and other Bridge and Corelab systems were stowed in Paleo Lab in Corelab. This tie up period was devoted to re-installation of this equipment, restoration of data center services and installation of new HP tape library.

Servers (Microsoft):

• Encountered a power supply failure after shutting down the data center on McKinley. This power supply was replaced with a spare unit from our spares inventory and HP contacted for a replacement unit.

Servers (OES)

• There continues to be two outstanding OES server issues; slow iManager response for managing the cluster and CIFS protocol requiring manual start, not able to automatically start. OES servers are operational but, requires more system administration when moving services or restarting servers.

Servers (Solaris):

• Cluster status indicated a failed DID (disk) device. Worked with vendor to resolve configuration matter causing failed device.

EVA4000 Storage:

• Replaced failed EVA Drive Enclosure Blower Module from our spares inventory. HP contacted and replacement unit to be shipped.
• No other incidents with the EVA.

Network:

• During the Microscopy Lab remodeling project, discovered chilled water line dripping water into Isoduct and shorting one of the network drops. Premise wiring was immediately disconnected and switch ports verified operational. The premise wiring drop was re-terminated and verified functional.

PC Workstations:

• Re-installed stowed PCs in Userroom and Microscopy Labs.
• Configured new PC for LO.
• Finished updating all host instrument PCs as per agreed Change Notice started on Expedition 346. Only general workstations were done during Exp346. Main upgrades were Firefox v23.0.1 and Java JRE-7u41 for developers.

MAC WORKSTATIONS:

• Re-installed stowed MAC workstations in Userroom, Microscopy lab and VDU systems around the labstack.

Satellite/Internet/Phones:

• Upon arrival to the ship discovered the bow dome to be malfunctioning (not tracking satellite). Further investigating showed no bow obstructions. Spectrum Analysis indicated signal from BDE to dome. We had a spare Solid State Power Amp (SSPA) and installed it. This brought the Bow dome back online and operational.
• While at ship yard and before repair of Bow dome system encountered multiple outages on aft dome due to crane obstruction.
• During power cycling of aft dome the aft ACU stopped tracking, investigated aft dome and discovered blown fuse in Codan transceiver. Replaced fuse returned aft dome to operational state.
• PBX lost configuration during power outages from ship yard activities. Vendor restored configuration and brought PBX operational enabling phone services.
• While transiting from ship yard to Rivera Wharf encountered total loss of internet and phone services. BDE equipment not tracking satellite. Manual adjustments did not resolve matter. Using Spectrum Analyzer discovered interference from another source diminishing our receive signal. Working under consultation with RigNet implemented configuration changes to our equipment and vendor satellite provided limited services. Changes are to be reversed upon departure from Subic Bay.
• Due to diminished VSAT services a DSL land line was procured from PLDT Subictel and installed on Bridge deck along with local router and Wi-Fi switch on Dec. 24^th. On Jan 9th PLDT Subictel implemented IPSEC tunneling protocol on our DSL circuit. RigNet made router configuration changes on their equipment and we were able to restore internet and phone services to the ship. Changes are to be reversed upon departure from Subic Bay.

Other Equipment/Projects:

• LT level AC system failed along with auxiliary AC unit. Caused data center to overheat and several servers locked up. Siem restore deck AC system and replaced broken belt on auxiliary AC unit. Data center servers were rebooted to operational status.
• MGE UPS – RASP panel non-functioning, troubleshot to blown fuse, replaced fuse restored function but indicating wrong status. Contacted vendor and received instructions on resetting UPS status restored correct status indicators.
• Brought CommVault backup software online but, encounter errors. Tape Library was disabled due to ship yard activities and backup scheduler not stopped. This created excessive amount of tape library requests that were not processed causing the software system to disable tape library. Reset of tape library errors allowed tape library to be enabled.
• Decommissioned HP MSL6060 tape library and installed new HP MSL8048 tape library and made operational.