The annual PIT Tag Steering Committee (PTSC) meeting was held online on February 7, 2022. The meeting notes can be viewed in the Document Library, where all previous PTSC annual meeting notes are also available.
John Tenney provided an update about the PTAGIS Portland office accomplishments in 2021 and plans for 2022. Highlights include:
- New website released in June 2021
- M5 collecting production interrogation data at 25 PTAGIS sites
- Community release of M5 coming soon, including version able to run on Raspberry Pi devices
- I5 released February 2022
- User survey showed high user satisfaction with website, reporting system and P4
Don Warf provided an update about the PTAGIS Kennewick office accomplishments in 2021 and plans for 2022. Highlights include:
- Upgraded PIT tag rooms at 25 PTAGIS sites to install new industrial PCs, PLCs, HMIs and UPSs
- Upgraded LMJ to be the first SbyC site to run M5 in production for 2022
- Plan to upgrade the remaining SbyC sites over the next few years
- Remaining construction issues at Lower Granite Spillway resolved in 2021
- BO2 Cascades Island relocation project will be completed before start of 2022 season, new UMT and counting window antennas will replace original weir orifice antennas
- BO4 slot antennas were replaced prior to 2021 season
- Developed prototype antenna for an automated gate at the Bonneville Ice and Trash Sluiceway
- Installed antennas to monitor barge load lines at LMJ, GOJ and GRJ
Gabriel Brooks provided an update on the NOAA PIT R&D project and the IPTDS Subcommittee. Gordon Axel provided an update on the plans for a live fish test of the Lower Granite Spillway detection system (GRS). Tim Ludington briefed the committee on PIT tag procurement for the Fish and Wildlife Program.