On day 3 we had our individual test planned for after the “Good Morning Meeting”. But first we had to integrate the experiment onto the gondola, and everything went as planned. We set up the groundstation and waited for the go!
At first we expected to see how the experiment boots up, but we did not, however with a look on the network we saw data coming in, so there was no need to worry. As we plotted, we explained to the observing SSC personnel what they see.
The first test within the test was an ethernet-drop-out-simulation, which we passed. Then we moved on to the power cycle, where power was turned off and turned on again. We noticed that the plotting script showed some unwanted behaviour: There is an incomplete interval and resulted in dividing by 0 in the plot – which of course is not possible. The team acted fast and solved this issue. We passed the individual test and the experiment stayed on the gondola. From then we had to wait for the other teams mounted on the same gondola.
We were free for the rest of the day, so Milan taught us how to play Skat and we enjoyed it!
On day 4 we had not done much, since we were waiting the whole day for the interference test. All experiments on the gondola were supposed to be running and tested for issues. In the meanwhile we went for a hike to the nearby lake but it turned out to be a more adventurous hike than planned, since it was more of a bog.
The interference test had not taken place, but we hope to do it on day 5!