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Equipment

Cruiser (Instrumentation Van)

Developed in house as a mobile command center.
The instrumentation van is designed to be able to get to and operate in remote locations for extended periods of time. It provides power, communication, video uplink, and data streaming capabilities at the experiment site.

Specifications and Optional Equipment

• Modified 8-person Chevy 650 extended wheel-base cargo van
• 7.5 kW Onan diesel engine generator, 12 and 120 volt service
• Sound dampening wall construction
• Air conditioned workspace with space for 2-3 people
• Environmental sensors to monitor temperature and humidity in the work space
• External Awning
• Battery backup and surge protection system
• Cellular modem with maximum data rate of 512Kbps down and 512Kbps up
• Encrypted VPN connection between the field network and the campus NEESpop
• Linux server
  • On-site data storage (270GB RAID array)
  • Telepresence
  • Data processing
  • Operating system on a RAID array
• Windows server
  • DataPhysics DAQ software (for VXI DAQ)
  • Data processing
  • CD and DVD burning
  • Operating system on a RAID array
• Solaris server
  • Sercel DAQ Software
  • Data processing
• Data acquisition systems
  • VXI Analyzer
  • Sercel 408XL
• Two 19" LCD display units with access to all computers
• Gigabit backbone between all computers
• 54Mbps wireless network
• Digital video camera (stream video and record to DV tape)
• Pan/Tilt/Zoom camera (stream video)
• GPS
• Two 400,000 candlepower robotic flood lights