def fifteen_sec_updates():


    '''
    These are the things to do once every 15 Seconds

    Collect Data
    '''

    global cont
    global to_modem
    global modem
    global modem_status
    global head_left
    global head_right
    global run_cyc
    global dt

    global now2

    save_controller() ##  Save current contrloller state

    data_to_store = {key:cont[key] for key in ['gmid','seq','pressure','runcycles','faults','mode','temp','current']}

    # Reset Sequence Count afer 4 entries (test) (*** 40 entries in production)

    cont['pressure'] = round(cont['pressure'],2)

    data = {'id' : cont['gmid'],'s':cont['seq'], 'p':cont['pressure'], 'r':cont['runcycles'], 'f':cont['faults'], 'm':cont['mode'], 't':cont['temp'], 'c':cont['current']}

    modem.append(data)

    if not now2:
        now2 = get_time()


    Eastern_tz = tz.gettz('EST5EDT')
    dt = now2.now(tz=Eastern_tz)

    UTC_tz = tz.tzutc()
    dt_utc = now2.now(tz=UTC_tz)

    to_file = data
    to_file['dt'] = dt.strftime("%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S%Z")
    to_file['utc'] = dt_utc.strftime("%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S%Z")

    if DEBUGGING:
    
        print(f"Logging data #:{cont['seq']}")

        print(f'15 sec run_cyc: {run_cyc}')

    ###
    ###  CHANGE NOTICE:
    ###  Changed comparison below from == to >= on 7/27/21 to ensure that records are pass AFTER reaching 40 records.  
    ###  It would have been possible to miss a 10 minute wndow if the system was in the process of downloading a new 
    ###  program.
    ###


    last_cycle = cont['cycles_per_block'] - 1

    if (cont['seq'] >= last_cycle) and (not file_download):

        req = {"req" :"note.add"}
        req["file"] = "vstdata.qo"
        req["sync"] = True
        req["body"] = {"data" : modem}

        try:
            rsp = card.Transaction(req)

        except:
            modem_status = 'ERR:OFFLINE'
            if DEBUGGING:
                print(f'Modem Not Responding... ')

            logging.info(f'Modem Not Responding... ')
                

        req = {"req" : "hub.status"}

        try:

            rsp = card.Transaction(req)

        except:
            
            modem_status = 'ERR:OFFLINE'
            if DEBUGGING:
                print(f'Modem Not Responding... ')

            logging.info(f'Modem Not Responding... ')
        else:
            print(f'Hub Status:')
            print(rsp)


            req = {"req": "hub.sync.status"}
            rsp = card.Transaction(req)
            print(f'Hub SYNC Status:')
            print(rsp)

            modem_status = 'TRANSMITTING'

            #print(rsp)
            #pprint(req)

            ## Only empty the modem array if there was a successful transmission,
            ## If not, continue to accumulate

            modem = []
            cont['seq'] = 0

    else:
    
        modem_status = f"ADDING REC: {cont['seq']}"
        cont['seq'] = cont['seq'] + 1

    ###
    ###  Write data to a file
    ###

    try:

        f = open("/media/pi/DATA/logfile.csv","a")

    except IOError as e:
    #except Exception as e:
        print(e)
    #except:
        logging.error("USB Flash media not found.")
        alarms['sd_card_alarm'] = True
        
    else:

        f.write(f'{to_file}\n')
        f.close()        

        to_file = []
        alarms['sd_card_alarm'] = False