User`s manual

Section 7: Real-Time Data Acquisition
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Section 7: Real-Time Data Acquisition
This section covers:
• Starting and stopping real-time data acquisition
• Firing bottles
• Marking scans
• Adding NMEA navigation data to a .nav file
• Manually turning an SBE 9plus pump on and off
Starting and Stopping Real-Time Data Acquisition
1. In the RealtimeData menu, select Start Acquisition.
2. The Acquire and Display Real-Time Data Setup dialog box appears:
The dialog box selections include:
• Select .con File: Click to select the instrument configuration file.
The Select Instrument Configuration File dialog box appears. Browse
to the desired file and click OK.
• Exam / Change .con File: Click to view or modify the instrument
configuration and calibration coefficients. See Section 4: Configure
Menu, Part II - Instrument .con File.
• Output Data Options: Select Store on Disk to store the raw
(frequencies, A/D counts, and/or voltages) real-time data. If storing
real-time data, click Enter Output Data File Name. Enter Output
Data File Name dialog box appears; browse to the desired file
location, enter the desired file name, and click OK.
• Number of Scans to Average in the Deck Unit: Applicable to the
SBE 911, 911e, 911plus, and 31 only. For full rate data, set to 1.
NOTE: The SBE 911plus with a new style configuration (.con) file
also has an entry for Scans to Average. The entry in this dialog box
overrides the entry in the .con file.
Note:
Note that just above the Start Acquire
button, the dialog box indicates if
Output ASCII data (to a COM port, not
to a shared file) and/or sending data to
a Remote Display (through a COM
port) was enabled in the Configure
menu. See ASCII Output and Remote
Display in Section 3: Configure Menu,
Part I - General System Setup.
Note:
To start acquisition without a mouse:
• Windows 2000 / XP – Press the Alt
key to show the keyboard shortcuts
(underlines) on menus. Press the
appropriate letter (for example, R for
RealtimeData menu) and use the
arrow and Enter keys to navigate.
• Windows 95 / 98 / NT – Keyboard
shortcuts (underlines) appear on
menus at all times. Press the Alt key
and appropriate letter and use the
arrow and Enter keys to navigate.
Note:
For SBE 16plus, 19plus,
and 49: Instrument must be
set up to output raw hex
data (
OUTPUTFORMAT=0)
for SEASAVE to interpret
the data. See the
instrument user manual.