User`s manual

Section 4: Configure Menu, Part II - Instrument .con File

The .con file discussion is in several parts:

• Instrument Configuration - New Style (in this section):

Configuration dialog box for each instrument available in the new style

(SBE 911/917plus, 16, 16plus, 19, 19plus, 21, 25, 45, and 49).

• Instrument Configuration - Old Style (in this section):

Configuration dialog box for each instrument available in the old style

(SBE 911plus, 911e, 911, 16, 19, 21, 25, and 31).

• Section 5: Configure Menu, Part III - Calibration Coefficients: calculation

of calibration coefficients for each type of frequency, A/D count, and

voltage sensor.

Instrument Configuration - New Style

The discussion of new style instrument configuration is in two parts:

• General description of how to view, modify, or create a .con file

• Detailed description of the Configuration dialog box for each instrument

Viewing, Modifying, or Creating .con File

1. To create a new .con file: In the Configure menu, select New Style

Instrument Configuration / Create New Instrument Configuration and

select the desired instrument. Go to Step 3.

2. To select and view or modify an existing .con file:

A. In the Configure menu, select New Style Instrument Configuration /

Select Instrument Configuration. In the dialog box, browse to the

desired file and click OK.

B. In the Configure menu, select New Style Instrument Configuration /

Modify Selected Instrument Configuration.

3. The Instrument Configuration dialog box appears. The selections at the

top of the dialog box are different for each instrument. An example is

shown below for the SBE 19plus.

Note:

Unless noted otherwise, SEASAVE

supports only one of each brand and

type of auxiliary sensor (for example,

you cannot specify two Chelsea

Minitracka fluorometers, but you can

specify a Chelsea Minitracka and a

Chelsea UV Aquatracka fluorometer.

See the individual sensor

descriptions in Section 5: Configure

Menu, Part III – Calibration

Coefficients for those sensors that

SEASAVE supports in a redundant

configuration (two or more of

the same sensor interfacing with

the CTD) when using the

New Style configuration.