User`s manual

Section 3: Configure Menu, Part I - General System Setup
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ASCII Output
SEASAVE can output ASCII data (converted data in engineering units) to a
COM port on your computer or to a shared file on your computer.
If outputting ASCII data to a shared file, you can use Word, Notepad, or some
other program to open and look at the data while SEASAVE continues to
acquire more data. However, the data you are viewing will not refresh while
the ASCII file is open; in other words, you must close the file and reopen it to
view the latest data.
To enable and set up ASCII data output:
In the Configure menu, select ASCII Output. The ASCII Output Set Up dialog
box appears:
Make the desired selections and click OK.
Controls how often data for
selected variables is
converted to engineering
units and sent to COM port.
Time between updates
interacts with instrument’s
data output baud rate and
number of output variables
selected. SEASAVE will not
work properly if data is
presented to COM port
faster than COM port
can transmit it at selected
baud rate. For full rate
data, set to 0.
Click to select desired variables
for each column of data. A
dialog box with a list of
variables appears; make your
selection and click OK.
Enter desired number
of digits to right of
decimal point for each
variable’s data.
If you select Generate Shared
File, Shared File defines output
file location and name.
If you select Output ASCII
Data to COM, ASCII Data
Output Port and Comm
Settings define COM port
(COM1 through COM10
are available), baud rate,
data bits, and parity for
output data.