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To start the WindView software on the computer in Met Trailer and begin logging data follow these steps:

• Double-click on the Gill WindView icon on the Desktop
• Select Menus →File→Connect
• A window will pop up.
  • Enter MetTrailer-YYYY in the 'Name' field box, where YYYY is current year, for example 2021.
  • Select 'GILL_POLAR_TWO_AXIS' in 'Output Format' Pull down menu
  • Select COM11 in the 'Port' Pull Down menu
  • Select 9600 in the 'Baud Rate' Pull Down menu
  • Select NONE in the 'Parity' Pull Down menu
  • Click 'Connect' Button
• Should see data coming in on left side of window (with 'Data' tab selected), if not, reset power on Sonic Anemometer.
• Select Menus →Settings→Logging
• The 'Log Settings' window will pop up.
  • Check 'Enable' under 'Segmented Logging'
  • Select 6 mins in 'Create new log file every' field.
  • Check 'Append Time Stamp' field.
  • The 'Directory' field should Dropbox folder c:\Users\Students\Dropbox\Surface\MetTrailer\data\WindSonic\raw
  • The 'File Name (prefix) field should be Wind.txt
  • Click 'Apply' Button
  • Click 'OK' Button in pop up Window.
• Select Menus →Log→Start

• Transfer to Aircraft Server
  • Crontab runs /nas/Surface/MetTrailer/ingest/scripts/rsync_cirrus2aircraft to transferred from Dropbox folder to Aircraft server.
  • Data is stored in /nas/Surface/MetTrailer/data/WindSonic/raw/ on Aircraft server.
• Create Plots on Delene's Website
  • The script /nas/Surface/MetTrailer/display/scripts/process_all_MetSonicWinds creates all plots.
  • Plots are stored in /nas/Surface/MetTrailer/data/WindSonic/plots on Aircraft server.
  • Transfer to Web Server
    • The /nas/Surface/MetTrailer/ingest/scripts/rsync_aircraft2adiabat copy plots to Web server.
• Upload Data to UND CHORDS Server
  • Upload script /nas/Surface/MetTrailer/ingest/scripts/Wind-2_Realtime2chords.py
• Automated (crontab)
  • The Data Stream is automated using the david.delene user's crontab on Aircraft server.
  • The crontab information is archived in /nas/Surface/CH601/control/contab

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