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Autor: Eric Schmidt | Última actualización: 08/28/2025 | Comentarios: 0
Cybersecurity isn’t just a buzzword. It’s an everyday priority. In today’s world, where data privacy is critical, keeping your monitoring systems secure is just as important as keeping them accurate. That’s why we at Campbell Scientific introduced Secure by Default—an initiative designed to strengthen data...
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Autor: Jacob Davis | Última actualización: 09/10/2024 | Comentarios: 2
The Campbell Scientific Learning Center is launching as a third training option, bringing self-paced learning to our customers. I am excited for this opportunity to expand our training availability beyond our current offerings: live, in-person training and live, online training.
I hope you can take advantage...
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Autor: Eric Schmidt | Última actualización: 03/05/2024 | Comentarios: 0
Did you read our Southwest: Solving the Mystery of Erroneous Dam Monitoring Data case study? Want to get some more details? In this article, we’re going to take a closer look at that case study. If you haven’t read the case study yet, please do...
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Autor: Nathanael Wright | Última actualización: 12/20/2023 | Comentarios: 1
In this blog article, I’ll share with you the next five tips (6 through 10) that you can use to help troubleshoot your radio frequency (RF) networks. This is the second article in our three-part series. If you missed my first article or want to...
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Autor: Nathanael Wright | Última actualización: 10/31/2023 | Comentarios: 0
In this blog article, and the next two in the series, I’m going to share with you some tips you can use to help troubleshoot your radio frequency (RF) networks.
In large RF networks, it can be challenging to achieve reliable spread-spectrum radio communications. (For our...
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Autor: Nathanael Wright | Última actualización: 10/17/2023 | Comentarios: 0
Typically, when you use long cable lengths for your vibrating wire measurements, you experience a weaker signal with a greater chance of interference. So, how do you overcome this challenge and improve your measurement quality? Keep reading to find out.
At Campbell Scientific, our vibrating wire...
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Autor: Jacqalyn Maughan | Última actualización: 04/06/2023 | Comentarios: 0
Have you ever thought your bad vibrating wire sensor measurements were caused by erratic or erroneous data? You may be surprised to learn that data issues may not be the cause. If you are using a data-acquisition system other than one of the Campbell Scientific...
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Autor: Nathanael Wright | Última actualización: 03/28/2023 | Comentarios: 0
Campbell Scientific vibrating wire measurement hardware, with our patented VSPECT™ technology, offers a distinct advantage over all other vibrating wire measurement systems. Unlike non-Campbell Scientific vibrating wire interfaces that use pulse counting to derive vibrating wire frequency, Campbell Scientific's VSPECT vibrating wire measurement products use spectral...
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Autor: Nathanael Wright | Última actualización: 01/12/2023 | Comentarios: 4
Campbell Scientific’s CELL2XX cellular modems (CELL205, CELL210, CELL215, CELL220, and CELL225) are commonly used as a low-power alternative to the many industrial cellular solutions available on the market today and are built to easily interface with all Campbell Scientific data loggers and data-acquisition systems. Occasionally,...
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Autor: Bruce Smith | Última actualización: 04/15/2021 | Comentarios: 2
Has an electrical surge or other event made you concerned that your COM port or short haul modem may not be operating properly? Do you know how to test for this? In this brief article, we’ll look at some simple tests you can perform to...
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Autor: Timothy Jeppsen | Última actualización: 10/07/2020 | Comentarios: 0
In 1997, I had my first introduction to using vibrating wire piezometers to measure groundwater fluctuations. A large engineering firm was monitoring water level to ensure that construction of a large pipeline through the San Bernardino Mountains was not intruding on the groundwater. I was...
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Autor: Jacob Davis | Última actualización: 12/19/2018 | Comentarios: 0
Have you experienced a scenario similar to this one? You have an automated weather station with a retired Edlog data logger (such as the CR10X), which has been running great for 20 years. Recently, the data logger stopped transmitting data to your server, so you...
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Autor: Jacob Davis | Última actualización: 01/31/2018 | Comentarios: 4
At some point, you may have watched the real-time wind readings from your data logger and seen the wind speed bouncing back and forth. Then, you probably wondered if it really was that gusty outside. In many cases, what you are seeing is the resolution...
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Autor: Gary Roberts | Última actualización: 05/31/2017 | Comentarios: 2
Maybe you’re like me when it comes to skipped scans. I have always disliked seeing skipped scans in my data loggers. I have been trained to watch out for them and do my best to write my CRBasic programs in a way that makes them...
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Autor: Paul Smart | Última actualización: 03/08/2017 | Comentarios: 6
Have you ever set up a Campbell Scientific data logger as a Modbus server and discovered that your data was not arriving at your SCADA system as you expected? You may have quickly realized two things: troubleshooting the communication problem is not an easy task,...
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Autor: Robin Deissinger | Última actualización: 05/25/2016 | Comentarios: 0
You’ve got your weather station set up and running, your data is coming across just fine, and then a bird decides your station is a wonderful place to make a home. That’s great for the bird, but not so great for the performance of your...
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Autor: Jason Ritter | Última actualización: 11/24/2015 | Comentarios: 5
Are you having communication problems or seeing readings you don't trust? Is it possible your solar-charged power supply is the cause? How can you find out for sure?
As we mentioned in the “6 Steps to Determine if Your Data Logger Needs Repairing” blog article, many data...
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Autor: Dana Worley | Última actualización: 11/18/2015 | Comentarios: 0
When you have work to do, there’s nothing more frustrating than being unable to connect to your datalogger in the field. We’ve all been there: You’re in LoggerNet’s Connect window pressing the Connect button, and you’re met with nothing but the endless flashing “connecting cable”...
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Autor: Jason Ritter | Última actualización: 07/08/2015 | Comentarios: 0
Are your current troubleshooting methods not as helpful as you’d like them to be? This article discusses a number of troubleshooting best practices you can use, which may help you determine the source of the problem and resume your data collection more quickly. When I...
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Autor: Jacob Davis | Última actualización: 05/29/2015 | Comentarios: 9
Your data logger may record great data, but if you can't retrieve it, the data isn’t going to do you much good. To ensure your successful data retrieval, it’s essential that you can troubleshoot possible problems that may arise with PC-to-data-logger communication over a serial...
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