User`s manual

Section 4: Configure Menu, Part II - Instrument .con File
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Instrument Configuration - Old Style
The discussion of old 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. In the Configure menu, select Old Style Instrument Configuration. The
Select Instrument Configuration File dialog box appears:
2. To create a new .con file: Click Create New [.con] File. In the dialog
box, browse to the desired location for the new .con file, enter the desired
file name, and click OK. Go to Step 4.
3. To select and view or modify an existing .con file: Click Select [.con]
File. In the dialog box, browse to the desired file and click OK.
4. Click Examine / Change [.con] File. The Examine / Change Instrument
Configuration File dialog box appears. An example is shown below:
A. If creating a new .con file: Select the desired instrument type from
the Instrument Type pull down menu.
Note:
Unless noted otherwise, SEASAVE
supports only one of each brand and
type of auxiliary sensor interfacing
with a CTD. For example, you cannot
specify two Chelsea Minitracka
fluorometers, but you can specify a
Chelsea Minitracka and a Chelsea
Aqua 3 fluorometer. SEASAVE’s Old
Style Instrument Configuration will
not give you an error message if you
select two or more of the same
sensor; however, it will use the
calibration coefficients of the first
sensor for all identical sensors. See
the individual sensor descriptions in
Section 5: Configure Menu, Part III –
Calibration Coefficients for those
sensors that SEASAVE does support
in a redundant configuration (two or
more of the same sensor interfacing
with the CTD) when using the Old
Style configuration.