User`s manual

Section 5: Configure Menu, Part III - Calibration Coefficients

Section 5: Configure Menu, Part III -

Calibration Coefficients

This section describes the calculation and/or source of the calibration

coefficients for the configuration (.con) file, for each type of sensor supported

by Sea-Bird CTDs. SEASAVE uses the sensor calibration coefficients to

convert the raw data stream into engineering units for display during real-time

data acquisition. This section covers:

• Accessing calibration coefficient dialog boxes

• Calibration coefficients for frequency sensors

• Calibration coefficients for A/D count sensors

• Calibration coefficients for voltage sensors

For all other details on the setup of the .con file, see Section 4: Configure

Menu, Part II - Instrument .con File

For setup of the other items in the Configure menu (Alarms, ASCII Output,

Header Form, Mark Variable Selection, NMEA Lat/Lon Interface, Remote

Display, and Water Sampler Configuration), see Section 3: Configure Menu,

Part I - General System Setup.

Accessing Calibration Coefficients Dialog Boxes

The method for accessing the calibration coefficients to view or modify them

is dependent on whether you are using the Old Style Instrument Configuration

or New Style Instrument Configuration, and is summarized below:

• Old Style Instrument Configuration - In the Configure menu, select Old

Style Instrument Configuration. Click Select [.con] File; browse to the

desired file. Click Examine/Change[.con] File. Click Change Calibration

Coefficients. Double click on the desired sensor; the calibration

coefficients dialog box for the sensor appears.

• New Style Instrument Configuration - In the Configure menu, select New

Style Instrument Configuration / Select Instrument Configuration; browse

to the desired file. In Configure menu, select New Style Instrument

Configuration / Modify Selected Instrument Configuration. Double click

on the desired sensor; the calibration coefficients dialog box for the

sensor appears.