Specifications

Channel Master Operation Manual
page 120 Teledyne RD Instruments
The data in this structure is from the last burst in an ensemble.
Table 27: Surface Track Amplitude Output
Hex Digit Binary Byte Field Description
1-4 1,2 VB_AMP_ID /
Vertical Beam
Amp ID
Stores the Vertical Beam Amplitude ID word 4002
(02 40h). LSB is sent first.
5,6 3 Pings in Burst
(NPing)
Number of surface track pings in an ensemble
burst
7-10 4,5 Bin Location of
Surface (Avg)
Final bin location of the surface based on either
averaged RSSI data or averages of detected bin
locations from single pings. Units: Samples
11,12 6 Filter Evalua-
tion Amp (Avg)
Final filter evaluation amplitude based on either
averaged RSSI data or averages of evaluation
amplitudes from single pings. Units: Counts
13,14 7 Amplitude at
Surface (Avg)
Final amplitude based on either averaged RSSI
data or averages of amplitudes from single pings.
Units: Counts
15-18 8,9 W Filter Bin
Location of
Surface (Avg)
W filter bin location of the surface from averaged
RSSI data. Units: Samples
19,20 10 W Filter
Evaluation Amp
(Avg)
Evaluation amplitude output of the W Filter where
the filter detects the surface using averaged RSSI
data. Units: Counts
21,22 11 W Filter Ampli-
tude at Surface
(Avg)
RSSI amplitude at the bin location where the W
filter detects the surface using averaged RSSI
data. Units: Counts
23-26 12,13 Leading Edge
Filter Bin Loca-
tion of Surface
(Avg)
Leading edge filter bin location of the surface from
averaged RSSI data. Units: Samples
27,28 14 Leading Edge
Filter Evalua-
tion Amp (Avg)
Evaluation amplitude output of the leading edge
filter where the filter detects the surface using av-
eraged RSSI data. Units: Counts
29,30 15 Leading Edge
Amplitude at
Surface (Avg)
Leading edge amplitude at the bin location where
the Filter detects the surface using averaged RSSI
data. Units: Counts
31 to
31+4*NPing
16 to
16+2*NPing-1
W Filter Bin
Location (Indi-
vidual Pings)
W filter bin location where the filter detects the
surface for individual pings in the ensemble burst.
Units: Samples
31+4*NPing+
1 to
31+6*NPing
16+2*NPing to
16+5*NPing-1
W Filter
Evaluation
Amplitude (In-
dividual Pings)
W filter evaluation amplitude where the filter de-
tects the surface for individual pings in the ensem-
ble burst. Units: Counts
31+6*NPing-1
to
31+8*NPing
16+5*NPing to
16+6*NPing-1
W Filter Ampli-
tude (Individual
Pings)
W filter amplitude where the filter detects the sur-
face for individual pings in the ensemble burst.
31+8*NPing-1
to
31+10*NPing
16+6*NPing to
16+7*NPing-1
Status of Indi-
vidual Pings
Final status of each ping after data quality checks.