[ANSS-netops] Basalt failures?

[Croker, David]

NCSN has had no problems with Basalts (I think we got lucky and missed the
batch with the bad CF cards).  I know Jim Smith and the NSMP has had many
issues but mostly all related to the CF card issue that Doug mentioned, and
have fixed most of the problems with new cards.


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On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 5:37 PM, Lynn Simmons <simmonsl at uw.edu> wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> We currently have 19 basalts running in our network (8 have internal
> decks). We are running either RockToEW or RockToSlink depending on the age
> and location, and one running in Altus Emulation mode. We have several
> units that are bench testing as well.
>
> In addition to unit with the power failure that Marc Biundo mentioned, we
> have one other unit that had a timing problem (the system clock was not
> syncing with the GPS and had an error message RockFrontEnd: Large OS Time
> adjustment requires reboot). Kinemetrics has repaired the unit with the
> timing problem and the only note on the Repair Report was that they
> replaced the CF card.
>
> Initially we had experienced issues in the past with rebooting but they
> have been resolved with Rockhound version 3.11.
>
> We have also had issues with box cars and noise with the internal Basalts
> on older units where the magnets do not have a nickle plate. Tom Yelin has
> more details on this problem.
>
> Regards,
> Lynn
>
> **************************************************
> Lynn Simmons, U.S. Geological Survey
> Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network
> Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences, Univ. of WA
> Johnson Hall 070, Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195
> Phone: 206-543-9024    Cell phone: 206-459-9420
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>
> On Mon, 24 Aug 2015, Wilson, David wrote:
>
> Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 15:36:44 -0600
>> From: "Wilson, David" <dwilson at usgs.gov>
>> To: anss-netops at geohazards.usgs.gov
>> Subject: [ANSS-netops] Basalt failures?
>>
>>
>> I have been hearing that some groups are experiencing problems with
>> Basalts, so I am fishing here for more stories of Basalt
>> failures to see if there is something we need to bring up with the
>> manufacturer.
>> If you have been having issues with Basalts, can you send me some details
>> such as number of occurrences and failure mode (disk,
>> networking, power, software, etc.)
>> Thanks,
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>>
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