User`s manual

Section 3: Configure Menu, Part I - General System Setup

Water Sampler Configuration

For real-time data acquisition, a Sea-Bird CTD can be integrated with a water

sampler when used with a deck unit. The water sampler bottles can be fired

by command from SEASAVE (see Firing Bottles in Section 7: Real-Time

Data Acquisition).

Bottle firings can be recorded in the data in several ways:

• SEASAVE automatically writes bottle sequence number, bottle position,

date, time, and beginning and ending scan numbers to a bottle log (.bl) file

each time a bottle fire confirmation is received from the water sampler.

The beginning and ending scan numbers correspond to approximately a

1.5-second duration for each bottle.

• For a 911plus system, SEASAVE automatically sets the bottle confirm bit

in the data (.dat) file for all scans within a 1.5-second period after a bottle

firing confirmation is received from the water sampler.

• If desired, you can use SEASAVE’s Mark Scan feature to manually note

when bottles are fired, creating a .mrk file.

SBE Data Processing can use the bottle firing information, in any of these

forms, to assist you in processing the water bottle data.

To enable and set up the water sampler:

1. In the Configure menu, select Water Sampler Configuration. The Water

Sampler Configuration dialog box appears:

Make the desired selections and click OK.

See Firing Bottles in Section 7: Real-Time Data Acquisition for details on

firing the bottles during data acquisition.

• Sequential - When commanded to fire,

bottles are fired in order of position (bottle

in position #1 fired first, bottle in position #2

fired second, etc.).

• User input - When commanded to fire,

SEASAVE prompts you to select which

bottle to fire.

• Table driven - When commanded to fire,

bottles are fired in order pre-defined by

user-input table. Click Bottle Positions for

Table Driven to input bottle positions.

SBE Carousel

(SBE 32), G.O.1015

or 1016, Hydro-Bios,

IOW, or None.

Can be configured with up to 36 bottles,

depending on water sampler capacity.