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Section 3: Software Installation and Use
SBE 53
File Types
File extensions are used by Seasoft for Waves to indicate the file type:
Extension
Description
Bitmap graphics file created by Plot Data.
.bmp
Barometric pressure data, used by Merge Barometric Pressure to
remove barometric pressure from the tide data (.tid) file. This
file, not supplied by Sea-Bird, is created by user, based on local
.bp
barometric pressure data (such as that from a local weather
station). See Section 7: Tide Data Processing – Merge
Barometric Pressure.
Real-time data, queried data, and/or diagnostics captured
.cap
using SeatermW.
Data uploaded from SBE 53 memory using SeatermW.
.hex
There are two .ini files used in Seasoft for Waves:
• SeasoftWaves.ini contains the location and file name of the
last saved Program Setup (.psa) file and options settings for
each module with a .psa file (Convert Hex, Merge
Barometric Pressure, and Plot Data).
• SeatermW.ini contains the last instrument type (SBE 26 or
26plus), COM port, and baud rate used in SeatermW for
.ini
communicating with the instrument.
Note: SBE 26plus communications settings are compatible
with the SBE 53.
The .ini files are saved to
%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Apps\Sea-Bird
(Example C:\Documents and Settings\dbresko\
Local Settings\Apps\Sea-Bird)
JPEG graphics file created by Plot Data.
.jpg
Program Setup file, used by Convert Hex, Merge Barometric
Pressure, and Plot Data to store setup information (such as input
and output file names and locations, and processing instructions).
The user can save the .psa files to the desired locations.
.psa
As a default, the .psa files are saved to
%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\SeasoftWaves
(Example C:\Documents and Settings\dbresko\
Application Data\Sea-Bird\SeasoftWaves).
Reference frequency file, created from uploaded .hex file by
.ref
Convert Hex.
Tide measurements in engineering units, created from uploaded
.hex file by Convert Hex. Also, file format for tide data that has
.tid
had barometric pressure removed by Merge Barometric Pressure.
Windows metafile graphics file created by Plot Data.
.wmf
See Appendix III: Data Formats for details on the format of each file.
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