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Section 4: Installing and Using Sea-Bird Software
SBE 11plus V2
3.
In Configure Inputs, set up the following:
• Instrument Configuration – instrument configuration (.xmlcon or
.con) file, which defines what sensors are integrated with the CTD
and what channels are used by the sensors, sensor calibration
coefficients, and what other data is integrated with the data stream
from the 9plus
• Serial Ports – define communication parameters for SBE 11 Interface
channel (sends commands to and receives replies from 9plus); COM
port for Modem Channel (sends commands to and receives replies
from the water sampler, and sends pump on/off commands to 9plus
with custom pump control); and COM ports for serial data output and
SBE 14 Remote Display
• Water Sampler – enable and set up control of bottle firing for a
water sampler
• TCP/IP Ports – define ports for communication with Seasave and for
publishing data to remote clients
• Miscellaneous – define parameters required for output of depth,
average sound velocity, descent rate, acceleration, oxygen, plume
anomaly, and/or potential temperature anomaly
• Pump Control – enable user pump control for a custom 9plus
4.
In Configure Outputs, set up the following:
• Serial Data Out – enable and set up output of selected raw data
(frequencies and/or voltages) and/or converted data (engineering
units) to a COM port on your computer
• Serial Ports – define communication parameters for SBE 11 Interface
channel (sends commands to and receives replies from the 9plus);
COM port for Modem Channel (sends commands to and receives
replies from the water sampler, and sends pump on/off commands to
9plus with custom pump control); and COM ports for serial data
output and SBE 14 Remote display
• Shared File Out – enable and set up output of selected raw data
(frequencies and/or voltages) and/or converted data (engineering
units) to a shared file on your computer
• Mark Variables - define variables to be written to a file each time the
user marks a scan in Seasave during data acquisition
• TCP/IP Out – enable and set up output of raw and/or converted
(engineering units) data to TCP/IP ports
• TCP/IP Ports – define ports for communication with Seasave and for
publishing data to remote clients
• SBE 11plus Alarms – enable and set up Deck Unit’s pressure and/or
altimeter alarm
• SBE 14 Remote Display – enable and set up data output to an SBE 14
Remote Display, and set up SBE 14 pressure, altimeter, and/or
bottom contact switch alarms, for an SBE 14 connected to a
computer COM port
• PC Alarms – enable and set up pressure, altimeter, and/or bottom
contact switch alarms in the computer running Seasave
• Header Form – create a customized header written to the data file
• Diagnostics – enable and set up diagnostic outputs, to assist in
troubleshooting if you encounter difficulty running the software
5.
When ready to begin data acquisition, select Start in the Real-Time Data
menu. See Section 11: Operating System for details.
Notes:
• The Deck Unit’s alarm does not
require any setup for a bottom
contact switch integrated with
the 9plus.
• SBE 14 Remote Display does not
apply to an SBE 14 connected
directly to the Deck Unit’s Remote
Out connector, which is the typical
usage. See Section 8: Setting Up
Remote Output for setup for the
typical usage.
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