User`s manual

Section 2: Installation and Use
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Acquiring and Displaying Real-Time Data
Follow these steps to get started using SEASAVE to acquire and display
real-time data:
1. Set up the instrument, and define SEASAVE operating parameters
(see Sections 3, 4, and 5: Configure Menu):
• Instrument Configuration (.con) File - define what sensors are
integrated with the instrument, each sensor’s calibration coefficients,
and what other data is integrated with the data stream from
the instrument.
• Alarms - enable and set up altimeter alarm in Deck Unit (if altimeter
integrated with instrument) and/or SBE 14 Remote Display alarm
(if SBE 14 connected to a computer COM port).
• ASCII Output - enable and set up output of ASCII data (converted
data in engineering units) to a COM port on your computer or to a
shared file on your computer.
• Header - create a customized header for the data.
• Mark Variable Selection - set up format for marking of selected scans
of data.
• NMEA Lat/Lon Interface - define what navigation data is written to
the data file.
• Remote Display - enable and set up output of data to an SBE 14
Remote Display (if SBE 14 connected to a computer COM port).
• Water Sampler Configuration - enable and set up control of bottle
firing for a water sampler.
2. Define SEASAVE displays. SEASAVE can have up to ten displays total.
Three types are available: fixed, scrolled, and overlay (plot) displays.
See Section 6: ScreenDisplay Menu - Setting Up SEASAVE Displays.
3. Start real-time data acquisition. If applicable (and if enabled in Step 1),
fire bottles, mark scans, and / or send Lat/Lon data to a file during
acquisition. See Section 7: Real-Time Data Acquisition.