Sensor Relay Pole RP5 deployment at Heron Island as part of the Facility for the Automated Intelligent Monitoring of Marine Systems - FAIMMS

A series of six 6m steel poles have been installed in the lagoon of Heron Island as part of the sensor network deployment at Heron Island. The poles serve two purposes; their primary purpose is to form the backbone of a wireless network that covers the entire lagoon system and secondly they themselves support a range of sensors mounted onto the pole or leading away from the pole. This pole (RP5) also supports a Vaisala WXT520 weather station.\n\nThis record is for Sensor Relay Pole 5. The pole is solar powered and routes data from the Sensor Floats and other Sensor Relay Poles back to the Base Station located on Heron Island. The system uses the Campbell Scientific CR1000 loggers and RF411 Spread-Spectrum radios to process and route the data. The poles also can support a range of sensors, this pole also has a simple bottom mounted thermistor using the MEA thermistors as well as a Vaisala WXT520 weather station.\n\nThe unit will be serviced every six months and will be used in the future for attaching new sets of sensors.

为推进苍鹭岛（Heron Island）传感器网络部署项目，六根6米长的钢制立柱已安装于该岛泻湖区域。此类立柱具备两项核心功能：首要功能是构建覆盖整个泻湖系统的无线网络骨干架构；其次，立柱自身可搭载一系列安装于柱体或从柱体延伸布设的传感器。本立柱（RP5）还搭载了一台维萨拉WXT520型气象站 (Vaisala WXT520)。

本记录对应传感器中继立柱5号（RP5）。该立柱采用太阳能供电，负责将传感器浮标及其他传感器中继立柱传回的数据转发至位于苍鹭岛的基站。该系统采用坎贝尔科学（Campbell Scientific）CR1000型数据采集器与RF411扩频无线电设备完成数据处理与转发工作。此类立柱均可搭载多种传感器，本立柱还搭载了一套采用MEA热敏电阻的简易底部安装式热敏传感器，同时配备一台维萨拉WXT520型气象站。

该装置每六个月将接受一次定期维护，未来还可用于加装新的传感器套件。