Carblogger Digital Diagnostic Data System Matthew Vona Matthew
Carblogger Digital Diagnostic Data System Matthew Vona & Matthew Quok Air Monitoring Technical Advisory Committee 2011 California Air Resources Board 1 AMTAC 2011
Agenda • Background • What is Open Source? • What is CARBLogger? • Current Features • CARBLogger Demonstration • Current Example Drivers • Example Data Record • CARBLogger Extensions • Lessons Learned • Closing Remarks • Contacts & Resources • Questions and Answers California Air Resources Board 2 AMTAC 2011
Background • ARB operates over 40 air monitoring stations • We are currently collecting hourly data. • We manually populate check sheets once per week to note the operating conditions of each instrument. • CARBLogger is now installed and running at eleven of these field monitoring stations. California Air Resources Board 3 AMTAC 2011
What is Open Source California Air Resources Board 4 AMTAC 2011
What is CARBLogger • A collection of shell scripts comprising – A User Interface – A Driver For Each Instrument – Plain Text Data Records – Various Reporting Systems California Air Resources Board 5 AMTAC 2011
Current Features • • Diagnostic Data Reporting via Email All Data, Unprocessed in Plain Text. A “Virtual Terminal” An Ingest Mechanism and My. SQL Database • Can Use Wireless, Wired, or Modem California Air Resources Board 6 AMTAC 2011
CARBLogger Demonstration • Adding an instrument California Air Resources Board 7 AMTAC 2011
Example Data Record • API_CO: : 08 -21 -2010_00: : : T 0300 CO=0. 124 PPM • API_O 3: : 08 -21 -2010_00: : : T 0000 RANGE=500 PPB • API_O 3: : 08 -21 -2010_00: : : T 0000 O 3 MEAS=3042. 4 MV 233: 00: 01 232: 23: 56 California Air Resources Board 8 AMTAC 2011
Current Example Drivers • API 200, API 200 A, API 200 EU, API 300 EU, API 400 A, API 400 E, BAM AUTOMET, BAM 1020 COARSE, TECO 42 i. Y, TECO 43 ITLE, TECO 5020 i. SO 4, Magee. Scientific Aetholometer, RM Young 3 D Ultrasonic Anemometer, and the Environics 9100 calibrator. California Air Resources Board 9 AMTAC 2011
CARBLogger Extensions 10 California Air Resources Board AMTAC 2011
Lessons Learned The Good The Bad Anyone can modify CARBLogger. We can extend the functionality to meet almost any purpose. This takes a lot of time and can introduce bugs. Any user can update the operating system! We store the source code on Source. Forge. This allows point and click script installation, review, and change management. Our change control software can be buggy for the developers. Hardware requirements are relatively low. You could end up repurposing older PC’s which should be replaced. 11 California Air Resources Board AMTAC 2011
Closing Remarks • Increased access to remote locations • Decreased maintenance response times • Increased data quality • Flexible data logging and reporting • Future plans 12 California Air Resources Board AMTAC 2011
Contacts/Resources • LIST OF DESIGNATED REFERENCE AND EQUIVALENT METHODShttp: //www. epa. gov/ttnamti 1/files/ambient/criteria/ reference-equivalent-methods-list. pdf • CARBLOGGER WIKI http: //sourceforge. net/apps/mediawiki/carblogger/index. php? title =Main_Page Matt Vona (916) 323 -9688 mvona@arb. ca. gov Matt Quok (916) 445 -2555 mquok@arb. ca. gov Glen Jennings (916) 324 -9748 gjenning@arb. ca. gov 13 California Air Resources Board AMTAC 2011
Questions & Answers 14 California Air Resources Board AMTAC 2011
Thank You 15 California Air Resources Board AMTAC 2011
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