Hi dear bloggers!
The end of the first week and we have achieved a lot but still have a long way to go!!!
Mark and Christophe installed the equipent at Amersfoort Water Treatment Works and have been able to prove the communications between the pumps and the PLC. At this site we have taken signals from two large water pumps feeding the Daggakraal community reservoir.
We are also hoping to take the signal from the flow meter from the dam. However, to do this we need to understand the wiring and this is something we will have to find out. We have not been able to take the signals from the dosing pumps as originally planned.
Marcel has spent the day in Secunda sorting out the communications problems and trying to find a way around the obstacles that we have. Time is getting short now. It is important that we get the web based communications going otherwise the systems we have installed will not be able to communicate with the main computer in Secunda and the whole point of the MIS will be missed.
Luckily Marcel was able to get some communications of the citec system updated and connected to the MIS without a remote network. We still do not have a fixed IP address and the municipality and the district have still not been able to deliver the web based communications facility.
Nikki accompanied Mark and Christophe to Amersfoort. She was working on the business plan with one of the PCs. This does not seem as exciting as drilling and fixing!
We have been able to get some accommodation in Kruger Park for tomorrow night and so we will travel over early tomorrow morning. Unfortunately we only booked it this morning and so there was not a lot left – it will be a bit of a mystery until we get there!!
See you next time!
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