User guide
A-2  ADS Model 4000 Manual 
Operating 
Temperature 
0° to 60° C (32° to 140° F) 
Power 
Primary Power: 12-volt battery pack (approximate 
life-span of 365 days at 15-minute sample rate) 
Memory Backup: 3-volt lithium battery (maintains 
monitor memory during primary power loss or 
battery swap) 
Secondary Backup: Battery-backed RAM 
(maintains monitor memory during primary power 
and lithium battery failure) 
Connectors 
U.S. MIL-C-26482 series 1 with gold-plated 
contacts 
Inputs and 
Outputs 
Ultrasonic depth sensor input 
Doppler velocity sensor input 
Pressure depth sensor input 
Sampler output/rain gauge input/external power 
input 
Communication (telemetry or DMI cable) 
 Processor Board 
Processor 
80C31 CMOS Microprocessor 
Memory 
EPROM: 64K bytes (program storage) 
RAM: 1024K bytes (battery-backed data storage) 
Data Storage 
365 days (1 velocity and 2 depth readings at a 15-
minute sample rate) 
Programming 
Language 
BASIC 
Protocol 
Proprietary YAPP query-response protocol with 
CRC-16 error detection for modem and serial 
communications 
Discrete Input 
16-bit counter for counting external contact 
closures 
Discrete Output 
Optically-isolated, open collector programmable 
output 










