R2R Event Logger User Guide  

R2R End of Cruise

 R2R ELOG End of Cruise 

Before the end of the cruise it is a good idea for someone to browse through the entered events to ensure:

Once the cruise has ended it is no longer possible to edit the events. The above checking can be done periodically throughout the cruise to catch any mistakes and to minimize the effort required to identify and fix any mistakes as the end of the cruise draws near.

At the end of the cruise, when all of the events have been entered and checked, the final operation is to go back to the ECFM Home page at this URL:
http://[elog server]:8090/
which is directed here:
http://[elog server]:8090/[cruiseID]-SE/?cmd=ecfmhome

The screen looks like this:

R2R Cruise Active

and select END EVENT LOGGING.
A confirmation page appears:

R2R Cruise End Confirm

When 'OK' is selected, two files are created. One file contains an archive of the eventlogger files in a compressed tar file(.tgz) and the other contains a .csv file of event data.
The 'Operational state' of the ECFM Home page changes to 'Event Collection Complete':

R2R end/new cruise

Now the files for this cruise can be downloaded. Selecting DOWNLOAD ARCHIVE FILE downloads the '.tgz' (tar archive with gzip compression) file that was created when END EVENT LOGGING was selected. The file name includes the date and time that the files were created. The file contains all of the configuration and event information for this cruise.
Selecting DOWNLOAD CSV FILE downloads a '.csv' (comma separated variables) file that contains all of the event information in a format that can be loaded into a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel.
A copy of both of these files should be given to the Shipboard Technician for inclusion in the official shipboard data distribution.
The archived '.tgz' file can be used to view the events using a local installation of the ELOG application which can be found here: https://midas.psi.ch/elog . Some instructions for how to make this work on a local machine with the downloaded R2R EventLog data can be found here.

Once the files have been downloaded, select END CRUISE. This locks out the ability to download the cruise archive files so make sure they have been downloaded first. Now the ECFM Home page appears as it did before the beginning of the cruise.

R2R ECFMHome Ready to Start

The EventLogger can be left in this state, ready for the next science party to upload their configuration file or load the default template for their cruise.


 More Information 

For more information or if you have questions about the Current Cruise ELOG send email to: elog@rvdata.us

   

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