User`s manual

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Table of Contents
Limited Liability Statement ................................................................ 2
Declaration of Conformity .................................................................. 3
Table of Contents ................................................................................. 4
Section 1: Introduction ........................................................................ 6
About this Manual ............................................................................................. 6
Quick Start ......................................................................................................... 6
Unpacking FastCAT .......................................................................................... 7
Section 2: Description of FastCAT ..................................................... 8
System Description ............................................................................................ 8
Specifications ................................................................................................... 11
Dimensions and End Cap Connector ............................................................... 12
Cables and Wiring ........................................................................................... 13
Data I/O ........................................................................................................... 14
Section 3: Power and Communications Test ................................... 15
Software Installation ........................................................................................ 15
Test Setup ........................................................................................................ 15
Test .................................................................................................................. 16
Section 4: Deploying and Operating FastCAT ................................ 20
Sampling Modes .............................................................................................. 20
Polled Sampling ........................................................................................ 21
Autonomous Sampling ............................................................................. 22
Real-Time Data Corrections ............................................................................ 24
Baud, Cable Length, and Data Transmission Rate ........................................... 25
Power and Cable Length for FastCAT without Deck Unit .............................. 26
Command Descriptions .................................................................................... 27
Data Output Formats ........................................................................................ 34
Optimizing Data Quality .................................................................................. 36
Expelling Air from Plumbing for Optimal Pump Operation..................... 36
Directing Exhaust away from Intake vs. Equalizing Bernoulli Pressures . 37
Equalizing Pressures when Mounted on a Vehicle ................................... 38
Profiling Speed when Profiling from a Ship ............................................. 38
Positioning Relative to Other Instruments and Package ........................... 38
Temperature Equilibration ........................................................................ 38
Setup for Deployment ...................................................................................... 39
Deployment ...................................................................................................... 40
Acquiring and Processing Data with Seasave and SBE Data Processing ........ 41
Verifying Contents of Configuration (.xmlcon or .con) File .................... 41
Acquiring Real-Time Data with Seasave .................................................. 42
Processing Data with SBE Data Processing ............................................. 43
Acquiring Real-Time Data with ROV, AUV, etc.
for Processing by Sea-Bird Software ............................................................... 44
Recovery .......................................................................................................... 45
Editing Raw Data File ...................................................................................... 46