User`s manual

Section 2: Installation and Use
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SEASAVE Menus
A brief description of SEASAVE’s menus follows:
• File –
¾ Open Setup File – Select a setup (.psa) file. In the Open dialog box, if
you select Open as read only, SEASAVE will prompt you to enter a
new file name when you next try to save the .psa file (it will not allow
you to overwrite the existing file).
¾ Save Setup File – Save all the entered settings to the currently open
.psa file.
¾ Save Setup File As – Save all the entered settings to a new .psa file.
¾ Restore Setup File – Discard all changes to settings (made in
Configure Inputs, Configure Outputs, Display, and Options menus)
since the last time you saved the .psa file.
¾ Exit – Close SEASAVE.
¾ Recent Setup Files – Provides a list of the 10 most recently used
.psa files.
• Configure Inputs – setup of instrument configuration (.con) file (defining
sensors and sensor coefficients), serial ports, water sampler, TCP/IP ports,
miscellaneous parameters, and pump control for a custom 9plus CTD
(see Sections 3, 4, and 5: Configure Inputs).
• Configure Outputs – Set up of serial data output, serial ports, shared file
output, mark variables, TCP/IP output and ports, SBE 11plus alarm,
SBE 14 remote display and alarm, header form, and diagnostics
(see Section 6: Configure Outputs).
• Display – Set up of fixed, scrolled, and plot displays, as well as displays
to view status and NMEA data (see Section 7: Display – Setting Up
SEASAVE Displays).
• Real-Time Data – Acquire, process, and display real-time data
(see Section 8: Real-Time Data and Real-Time Control – Real-Time
Data Acquisition).
• Real-Time Control – Control water sampler bottle firing, mark scans, and
(custom 9plus CTD only) turn the CTD pump on or off (see Section 8:
Real-Time Data and Real-Time Control – Real-Time Data Acquisition).
• Archived Data – Process and display a previously acquired data file
(see Section 9: Archived Data).
Notes:
• The .psa file contains all information
entered in Configure Inputs and
Configure Outputs (instrument .con
file path and name, CTD serial port,
water sampler, TCP/IP input and
output ports, serial data output, etc.)
as well as size, placement, and
setup for each display window.
• When you click OK in the Configure
Inputs and Configure Outputs dialog
boxes, and/or create/modify a
display, SEASAVE saves the
changes to a temporary location.
However, the changes are not
saved to the program setup (.psa)
file until you select Save Setup
File or Save Setup File As in the
File menu.
• A display setup (.dsa) file defines
the size, placement, and setup for a
display window. The information in
the .dsa file is also incorporated into
the program setup (.psa) file. You
can import and export .dsa files,
allowing you to create the desired
displays once and then reuse them
later for other instruments /
deployments. See Section 7: Display
– Setting Up SEASAVE Displays.