Set Up a Station

The term station originates with weather stations, but it has since been used more generally. A station in Dendra simply means a datalogger at a site.

What follows are instructions on how to onboard a datalogger and its sensors.

Check your Organization’s Controlled Vocabularies

1. Under the System Organizations tab, select your organization. If you are a curator for your organization, you will be able to edit the organization’s configuration.

2. Near the bottom is a section called Subscribed Vocabularies.

   By default, all organizations use the Measurement (Dq) as required. This ensures consistency and findability across orgs. However, you can add other vocabularies as Required or Optional.

Create a New Station

1. Choose Stations, near the top in the menu.

2. The + New button on the top right brings up a new station dialogue.

   Note

   If you do not see the button, check that

   • You are in the correct Organization (listed at top)
   • You have Curator status within your organization

3. Name the station. The full dialogue shows up once it is named.

   The Station Readiness Checklist now appears in the top right corner in bright red.

   Tip

   This checklist is your guide to setting up a station. Refer back to this checklist as you work through the steps.

Define a Site

This can be done from within the station configuration form.

1. Scroll down to Station Deployments.

2. Click + Add.

3. If you have already created a site, choose the existing site. Otherwise, the system will use the station’s name for the site as well.

4. Choose a time zone.

   Note

   You must choose a time zone. The time zone is critical for processing and distributing the data.

5. Specify when the station was first deployed. Dendra allows stations to be moved, so multiple deployments are supported.

   If this was a finite campaign, close out the deployment with an end date. Otherwise, leave it blank.

6. Rare: If you have a mobile system such as a boat/ship-mounted logger, or a drone/car based system, select Roaming Deployment. This assumes the incoming data have x, y, z on every datapoint along with the timestamp.

7. Hit Save.

Finish Configuration

1. Fill out as much information as you have.

   We strongly encourage Curators to add photos of their station, ideally

   • Photos from each cardinal direction
   • A photo of the inside of the logger box for troubleshooting, if appropriate.

2. Check your Station Readiness Checklist.