Operating instructions
SEA M300USERSGUIDE
WELCOME
14
• During playback mode the user can write data to M300 binary file.
• Capability to playback data from an open growing file on another system over the network connection.
• Maximum system frequency of 10000 hz.
• Network data acquisition from sockets.
• Network data output via sockets.
• Individual computations can be scheduled at different frequencies.
• Individual displays can be scheduled at different frequencies.
• Capability to watch and alter any formula value.
• Same ASCII file output capabilities as M200 with scheduling capability added.
• Built in system status/health information available for acquisition mode.
• Support for all of the existing M200 functions. New ones will be added as necessary.
• New display types for Radar Reflectivity, Moving Air Mass, Hodograph and Skew-T displays.
• Improved Position display with wind barbs along track.
• The M300 supports all the M200 math functions as well as some new ones.
• Support for double, float, signed/unsigned long, signed/unsigned integer, signed/unsigned char and string
data types.
• All M300 windows have date and time information.
• All M300 windows have a pause, grid toggle, print, properties and color buttons.
• Technically unlimited Strip Charts and X vs. Y plots per window. The M200 limited the user to 3.
• Enhanced capability to print any M300 window (printer output or bitmap file).
• Data acquisition and playback support via same software package.
• Capability to make upgrades to the M300 software to support more and more instruments with
corresponding displays. The M200 development is halted due to severe memory limitations for executable
source code and data structures.
We hope this gives you a good idea of what the M300 is all about. The system is doing well and
growing at a fast pace. At this stage of development, sometimes we get a great idea about making
things simpler and easier and are forced to make changes. Don't be alarmed if the next time you see
it, you can't recognize it!