R2R Event Logger User Guide
R2R Elog Quickstart Guide
R2R ELOG Quickstart Guide
Before the ship leaves the dock:
Choose one of these two possibilities when you navigate your browser to the configuration page for the shipboard elog server(http://<shipboard elog server/IP>:8090/
):
- USE DEFAULT TEMPLATE
- Enter: CruiseID
- click "Create New Cruise"
- Configure ELOG w/ Cruise Info, Instruments and Participants
- SUBMIT FINAL PRECRUISE CONFIGURATION
- LOAD PRECRUISECONFIG FILE (if you have a file made previously on the shore server: elog-dev.whoi.edu)
Browse to file, UPLOAD
REFRESH FORM
INSTALL PRE-CRUISE CONFIG
in both cases you should now be at Operational State:
Event Collection In Progress
If the server is not pointed to the configuration page with Operational State: Ready to start event logger for new cruise, look here
Start to Log events by clicking on "Show Eventlog" tab which opens a new browser tab with the list of events which will be empty at this point.
- Select 'New' to enter a new event
- Enter the 'Ship->Start Cruise' event as the ship leaves port
- Each time something significant happens, enter a 'New' event.
This includes the expected, like deploying/recovering instruments, and the unusual like a pod of whales being sighted or a rain storm.
- Use 'List','Edit', Duplicate' as needed to monitor and maintain the logbook during the cruise.
- Enter the 'Ship->End Cruise' event when ship arrives at dock
- For more details on entering events look here
At the end of the cruise:
- On ecfmhome tab: END EVENT LOGGING
- Download csv file and tar file. Give copy to ship's tech for distribution.
- END CRUISE
(The next user will start back at the top, ready to configure or upload a config. file for next cruise.)
Notes and general guidelines for getting started using elog on your cruise:
- First time users of the R2R Eventlogger are encouraged to fill out the request form : http://www.rvdata.us/contact/elog to initiate contact with the R2R team who can help you prepare for using the Eventlogger.
- Consider shoreside configuration of elog for your cruise at least a few weeks in advance of the cruise to give time for review and refinement of your instrument list
- It is also possible to configure the cruise on the ship without configuration on shore ahead of time.
- For configuration advice, seek advice from the elog team (elog@rvdata.us) or other users of elog. Look at sample configurations here
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- If a cruiseID already exists, it cannot be reused. Seek help if you can't get past the configure screen or you get an error page. See Here for more.
- check logbook daily to ensure each 'start' event has a corresponding 'end'
- spot check positions with bridge log to catch any problems early
- Assign someone in the science party to be the elog 'watchdog'. They should be monitoring the logbook to ensure all event 'authors' are being consistent with their use of elog.
- Editing events is allowed! See here
- If any events have nan for lat, lon, or GPS_Time edit these events to ensure all have position information. Occasional timeouts are possible but can be filled in after the fact. More info here.
- Before and during the cruise enter test events and practise editing them to get used to using elog. Mark tests clearly as tests and delete these test events when they are no longer needed, but before end event logging is selected to avoid test events in the final logbook.
- Be on the lookout for duplicate events. Sometimes the same event gets entered twice because of difficulty connecting an iPad via wireless or because two authors entered the same event. Delete the duplicate. If information from both entries is useful, consider editing one event to include the other event's info.
- If the cruise schedule changes(e.g. pulling in early), let the elog team know (elog@rvdata.us)
- At the end of the cruise, don't forget to end event logging and download the two files: archive and csv. Give these to the tech to include on the data distribution disk.
More information
For more information or if you have additional questions about the current cruise ELOG send email to:
elog@rvdata.us
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