I apologize for the delayed response. I was not available today to check the RTN. We have been having issues with the cluster connections in morning. I will log in tomorrow morning to manually start them and hopefully that will get everyone up and running. I sent a service ticket to DOT IT for assistance location the cause for the cluster disconnection. Thank you for your patience, Dan Messerich, PLS Iowa DOT RTN Administrator
The mountpoint issue is improving. Users should be able to connect to the RTN now. As more GPS satellites come online, the connection should stabilize more. Thank you for your patience, Dan Messerich, PLS Iowa DOT RTN Administrator
We are having troubles with the mountpoints activating this morning. If you are having trouble connecting to the IaRTN please be patient. We are working to fix the issue. Thank you for your patience, Dan Messerich, PLS Iowa DOT RTN Administrator
Hello IaRTN users, The Missouri DOT will be updating their software on July 13th from 8:00 to Noon. There may be connection issues along the Iowa south boarder during that time. Please plan accordingly if you are working on the southern boarder of Iowa. Thank you for your patience, Dan Messerich, PLS Iowa DOT RTN Administrator
Hello IaRTN user, This message is for high accuracy users (like surveyors) working with project control in the Centerville and West Union areas. The northing position of the Centerville (IAC1) reference station has moved out of the 2 cm horizontal tolerance specified on the IaRTN homepage. The Ellipsoidal Height at the West Union (IAWU) reference station has moved out of the 4 cm vertical tolerance. In order to keep the IaRTN reference stations aligned to the NSRS, new positions have...
I created 2 new videos that explains how to use your smart phone check if the IaRTN is working. A second video explains the mount points and which one you should use. Please take a look at those videos if you are a surveyor, ag user, construction worker, or any other type of user. The IaRTN videos can be found on the the IaRTN Homepage under the IARTN RESOURCES tab. Thank you, Dan Messerich, PLS Iowa DOT RTN Administrator
I apologize for the confusion, but the notice for the May 2nd outage stated the RTN should be back up shortly and you should be able to restart. By the time I typed up the notice IT had the issue fixed. For those of you who are still wondering if the RTN is back online, it is. It is difficult to know how many notices to send out. I don't want to bombard users with the notices. When in doubt...
Good morning, I created a couple videos on the IaRTN YouTube playlist. These videos go over the Computation and Virtual RINEX tools available to you in SBC. Take a look at these videos and the other videos in the playlist to get a better understanding of what is available to you with the IaRTN. You can find this playlist and other useful information on the Iowa RTN homepage under the 'IARTN RESOURCES' link. Feel free to give me a call...
We are having an issue with the servers. IT is working to resolve the issue as quickly as they can. The RTN should be back online shortly. Thank you for your patience, Dan Messerich, PLS Iowa DOT RTN Administrator
We will be installing an update on the IaRTN Thursday Jan. 27th at 5:00 PM. The RTN will be offline for a couple hours at that time. Please plan accordingly. Thank you for your patience, Dan Messerich, PLS Iowa DOT RTN Administrator