Subject: Re: xFOCE Review - Thank You
From: Tom O'Reilly <[email-masked]>
To: Kent Headley <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 11:10:26 -0700

Hi Kent,

Here are my somewhat sparse notes from the review - Tom

Adina: could be useful to continue measurements with surviving  
instruments even if one instrument dies. E.g. use historical  
correlation data to continue CO2 injection in "stand by" mode if pH  
sensor fails. This has implications for electrical design; individual  
instrument isolation or not?

Chaffey: would be very useful to know exactly which sensor failed.

Davey: if sensor node is basic replacement unit, have to carefully  
think about how to group instruments based on their calibration/ 
maintenance cycles

If some nodes are partially populated for the above reason, have to  
ensure that gateway has sufficient serial capability for many nodes.

Davey: pump power overwhelms everything else.

Chaffey: Coletti, McGill have been using DSL very effectively

Roman: Can mitigate multiple-toolchain issue (gateway + sensorpod) by  
keeping sensorpod firmware generic, so that all sensorpods have the  
same firmware. Put instrument-specific logic (drivers) on gateway, or  
make a "generic" driver  for sensorpod that can be parameterized at  
runtime

On May 14, 2012, at 8:04 PM, Kent Headley wrote:

>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> On behalf of the FOCE team, I'd like to thank our many reviewers for  
> making the time and effort to participate in today's xFOCE/swFOCE  
> concept design review.
> There was quite a lot of material to take in, and your thoughtful  
> comments and dialog are essential to planning the next steps towards  
> building a user community around xFOCE. If you weren't able to make  
> it this time, please don't hesitate to send review inputs, and we'll  
> look forward to meeting with you soon.
>
> To the team, many thanks for your long preparation for this  
> milestone, and for a good set of presentations.
>
> I'll work up a summary of the meeting and circulate it in the next  
> few days.
>
> Thanks again and Best Regards,
> Kent
>
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