User`s manual

Section 7: Real-Time Data Acquisition

Firing Bottles

Water sampler bottles can be fired by command from SEASAVE. SEASAVE

automatically writes bottle sequence number, bottle position, date, time, and

beginning and ending scan numbers to a bottle log (.bl) file each time a bottle

fire confirmation is received from the water sampler. The beginning and

ending scan numbers correspond to approximately a 1.5-second duration for

each bottle. For a 911plus system, SEASAVE also automatically sets the

bottle confirm bit in the data (.dat) file for all scans within a 1.5-second

duration after a bottle firing confirmation is received from the water sampler.

To fire bottles:

1. Set up the water sampler in the Configure menu

(see Water Sampler Configuration in Section 3: Configure Menu,

Part I - General System Setup).

2. Start real-time data acquisition.

3. In the View menu, select Fire Bottle Control. The Bottle Fire dialog

box appears.

4. When desired, click Fire Bottle.

• If you selected Sequential or Table driven in Water Sampler

Configuration (Step 1), the dialog box displays the number of the

fired bottle.

• If you selected User Input in Water Sampler Configuration (Step 1),

SEASAVE prompts you to enter the bottle number.

Note:

The .bl file has the same file

name and is placed in the same

directory as the data file. For

example, if the data file is

test1.hex, the .bl file is test1.bl.

Note:

If desired, you can fire bottles

without using the Bottle Fire

dialog box. Each time you want to

fire a bottle, select Fire Bottle in

the RealTimeData menu, or press

Ctrl F3.