User`s manual

Manual revision 016 Section 4: Deploying and Operating FastCAT SBE 49

5. In the Start Real-Time Data Acquisition dialog box, click Start.

A. If you selected Begin archiving data immediately or Begin archiving

data when ‘Start Archiving’ command is sent above, and selected

Prompt for Header Information in the Header Form setup (Configure

Outputs), the Header Information dialog box appears. Fill in the

desired header and click OK.

B. If you selected NMEA position data added in the .xmlcon or .con file,

Seasave initializes NMEA communications.

C. If you selected Check Scan Length in the Options menu, Seasave

checks the .xmlcon or .con file to verify that the scan length defined by

the configuration file matches the FastCAT (i.e., inclusion of Scan time

added and inclusion of NMEA is as defined in the file). If a Scan length

error appears, verify that:

• You are using the correct .xmlcon or .con configuration file.

• The configuration file has been updated as necessary if you added

or deleted NMEA.

D. Seasave sends a message: Waiting for data . . .. Seasave times out if

data is not received within Timeout in seconds at startup.

E. Real-time data then starts appearing in the screen displays.

6. To stop real-time data acquisition: In the Real-Time Data menu,

select Stop.

7. Stop sampling:

• If AutoRun=Y: Remove external power.

• If AutoRun=N: Close Seasave, then open Seaterm and send Stop.

Processing Data with SBE Data Processing

1. In SBE Data Processing’s File menu, select Data Conversion to convert

the raw hex (.hex) data file to engineering units (.cnv file).

• Data Conversion and some other processing modules require the

instrument configuration (.xmlcon or .con) file for input. See

Verifying Contents of Configuration (.xmlcon or .con) File above for

a description of the configuration file, which is used in both Seasave

and in SBE Data Processing.

2. The .cnv file can be further processed and plotted in SBE Data

Processing’s other modules.

Note:

See the SBE Data Processing manual

and/or Help files.