Electronic Data Solutions (Elecdata) will design, build, install and support your remote data acquisition system. We configure complete systems including sensors, dataloggers, telecommunications equipment, and the software to manage, analyze and display the collected data in a variety of applications. Rugged, reliable dataloggers are at the center of the data acquisition systems. All are built to withstand harsh environments and wide operating temperatures. Each feature a variety of low power consumption options and are compatible with many telecommunication options. A wide variety of sensors can be accommodated to meet a variety of measurement and control applications in: Surface water Groundwater Rural water supplies Meteorology Forestry Irrigation canal control Aquaculture System design is critical and we can help you clearly define your objectives and select the most practical and cost effective method of reaching them. Once the system is installed, we document the system and train your personnel on how to operate and maintain it. If a system requires custom software Elecdata, with its in-house team of system programmers, can often accommodate that need as well. Elecdata can also offer routine maintenance on a contract basis. Telecommunications Elecdata personnel have many years of experience designing, specifying, installing and supporting systems that rely on telecommunications to provide the link between the base station and the remote sites. In addition, we have good relationships with several manufacturers of this type of equipment. Supported methods of telecommunications include: UHF and VHF radio, spread spectrum radio, GOES satellite, and telephone (both land line and cellular). Software Development and Integration Elecdata maintains in house expertise to write, modify, test and document custom software for applications in natural resources, water resources, and GPS/GIS. Examples of Recent Systems The Cedar River Watershed provides a major portion of the culinary water to Seattle and several nearby cities. The watershed produces very high quality water and the city has not been forced to install a typical sand filter. As a result, the city monitors and controls all uses within the watershed to maintain that high quality. The Bonneville Power Authority needed to install a second major transmission line across the watershed (with all attendant soil disturbing activities associated with a job of this scope) and agreed to install an alarm system which would allow the city to turn off the water supply intakes in the event of a high turbidity condition in the river or in a selected tributary stream. Weber Basin Watershed/Rees Creek is located close to the WY/UT border just SW of Evanston, WY. Rees Cr. is an upper tributary of the Weber River and has been identified as a major source of sediment into the river. The stream is intermittent and the Campbell Scientific, Inc. CR10X datalogger is programmed to measure water level and, when water is detected, to also measure conductivity and turbidity and to initiate a sample using a water sampler. Sensors are installed at the entrance of a 12 in. Parshall flume. This allows calculation of discharge from the stage (water level) reading. Power is from a deep cycle marine battery that is charged by a 20 Watt solar panel. Avista Corp. generates hydro electrical power in the Pacific Northwest. As part of this effort, the company must monitor the total dissolved gas above and below the generating facilities in the dams. The company contracted with Electronic Data Solutions to provide, integrate and install monitoring systems for three systems on the Clark Fork River in western Montana. Key elements in the systems are the Campbell Scientific, Inc. CR510 datalogger, a high quality barometric sensor and a water quality probe with a total dissolved gas sensor manufactured by Alpha Designs. Data are retrieved over a spread spectrum radio link. For one site, the link is to a fixed base station at the Avista office. For the other two sites a portable base station (designed and fabricated by Electronic Data Solutions) is used. One of the monitoring sites is on float boat in the river and the portable base station is especially valuable since the technician no longer has to trailer a boat down a very rough road to provide access to the site. The technician simply parks near the river bank, plugs the base station into the power point in the dashboard and collects the data. The other site is on a dam forebay where access is time consuming. The technician retrieves the data from a spot across the river using the spread spectrum radio link. The Poulsbo Marine Science Center is a non-profit educational facility located on Liberty Bay on the west side of Puget Sound. The Center contracted with Electronic Data Solutions to provide, integrate, and install a weather station and a water quality monitoring station in a buoy in the bay. The weather station sensors are hard-wired to a Campbell Scientific, Inc. CR10 datalogger which, in turn, is connected to PC with a large color monitor. The PC is running a special Campbell Scientific, Inc. software and displays the data in both graphical and tabular form. Campbell Scientific, Inc. Dataloggers and Telemetry Equipment PConnect - Allegro & Archer Software for use with Campbell Scientific Dataloggers - PDF Format 72K Home * Search * Info Request * Downloads * Tech Support Last Modified 07/17/2006 © 2006 Electronic Data Solutions All Rights Reserved DataPlus, HydroPlus, and Electronic Data Solutions are registered trademarks of Field Data Solutions, Inc. 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