User`s manual

Section 1: Introduction

System Requirements

Sea-Bird recommends the following minimum system requirements for

SEASOFT-Win32: Pentium 90 CPU, 64 Mbyte RAM, Windows 98 or later.

Products Supported

SEASAVE supports the following Sea-Bird instruments:

• SBE 911plus, 917plus, 911, and 911e CTD system

• SBE 16plus and 16 SEACAT C-T (optional pressure) Recorder

• SBE 19plus and 19 SEACAT Profiler

• SBE 21 SEACAT Thermosalinograph

• SBE 25 SEALOGGER CTD

• SBE 31 Multi-Channel Logger

• SBE 45 MicroTSG Thermosalinograph

• SBE 49 FastCAT CTD Sensor

Additionally, SEASAVE supports many other sensors / instruments

interfacing with the instruments listed above, including Sea-Bird oxygen, pH,

and ORP sensors; SBE 32 Carousel Water Sampler; and assorted equipment

from third party manufacturers.

Differences from SEASOFT-DOS

SEASOFT was previously available in a DOS version. Following are the

differences between SEASOFT-Win32 and SEASOFT-DOS, as they relate

to SEASAVE:

1. SEASOFT-Win32 includes several stand-alone programs; you can install

any or all of these programs as desired:

• SEASAVE - Windows-based SEASAVE replaces SEASAVE and

SEACON in SEASOFT-DOS

• SBE Data Processing - replaces the data processing programs and

SEACON in SEASOFT-DOS

• Terminal Programs - Windows-based terminal programs SEATERM

and SeatermAF replace the terminal programs in SEASOFT-DOS

(TERM1621, TERM17, TERM19, TERM25, TERM37, TERMAFM,

TERM11, and TMODEM).

• Plot39 - Windows-based plotting program for SBE 39 and 48 data.

2. SEASAVE now supports use of serial ports COM1 through COM10.

3. Up to 10 displays can be active on the desktop at once. Displays can be

added, deleted, and modified without interrupting data acquisition.

4. Each display in the SEASAVE window has its own display setup file.

Save the file to a new name after modifying the display to build an

accessible list of pre-configured displays. File extensions for display setup

files vary, depending on the display type: .dso extension for overlay

(X-Y) displays, .dsf extension for fixed displays, and .dss extension for

scrolled displays.

5. Processing capability (for example, interfacing to additional auxiliary

sensors) added to our software after November 2000 has been added only

to the Windows version.