User`s manual

Section 2: Installation and Use
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• Options
¾ Prompt to save program setup changes - If selected, when you exit
SEASAVE (by selecting Exit in the File menu or clicking the close
button in the upper right hand corner of the window), SEASAVE
prompts you to save the program setup (.psa) file if desired.
¾ Automatically save program setup changes on exit – If selected, when
you exit SEASAVE (by selecting Exit in the File menu or clicking
the close button in the upper right hand corner of the window),
SEASAVE automatically saves the program setup (.psa) file
before exiting.
Note: If neither Prompt to save program setup changes or Automatically
save program setup changes on exit is selected, SEASAVE will not
provide a warning and will not save changes to the program setup file
before exiting.
¾ Confirm Instrument Configuration Change – If selected, Save & Exit
button in Configuration dialog box changes to Exit; when you click
Exit, SEASAVE prompts you to save the configuration (.con) file
changes if desired. Otherwise, clicking Save & Exit automatically
saves the configuration changes.
¾ Confirm Display Setup Change – If selected, when you exit a Display
dialog box, SEASAVE prompts you to save the display setup (.dsa)
file if desired. If not selected, SEASAVE will not save the display
settings to a .dsa file.
¾ Confirm Output File Overwrite – If selected, SEASAVE provides a
warning if you select an existing file name for a data output file
and/or shared output file. Otherwise, SEASAVE does not provide a
warning, and overwrites the data in the existing file.
¾ Check Scan Length – If selected, SEASAVE checks the data scan
length against the expected length (based on setup of the .con file)
during real-time data acquisition and/or archived data playback; if the
scan length does not match the .con file, it provides a warning that
there is an error, but continues with data acquisition / data playback.
Otherwise, SEASAVE does not provide a warning.
¾ Compare Serial Numbers – (Applicable only to Archived Data
playback) If selected, SEASAVE checks the temperature and
conductivity sensor serial numbers in the data file header against the
serial numbers in the .con file; if the serial numbers do not match, it
provides a warning that there is an error, but continues with playback.
• Help – Help files contain much of the same information in this manual.
Notes:
• The program setup (.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.
• The configuration (.con) file defines the
instrument – sensors, sensor channels,
calibration coefficients, etc. SEASAVE
uses this information to convert the raw
data stream into engineering units for
display during real-time data acquisition.
Sea-Bird supplies a .con file with each
instrument. The .con file must match
the existing instrument configuration
and contain current sensor calibration
information.
• 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. Even if you do not export
the display setup to a separate .dsa file,
the changes in the display are
incorporated in the .psa file the next time
you save the .psa file. See Section 7:
Display – Setting Up SEASAVE
Displays.