User`s manual

Section 2: Installation and Use
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Output files:
File
Extension
Description
.bl
Bottle log information - output bottle file, containing bottle firing
sequence number and position, date, time, and beginning and
ending scan numbers for each bottle closure. Scan numbers
correspond to approximately a 1.5-second duration for each
bottle. Information is written to file by SEASAVE each time a
bottle fire confirmation is received from a water sampler. Can be
used by SBE Data Processing’s Data Conversion module.
.bmp
Bitmap graphic output from Plot display when you click Save to
file icon in plot toolbar or right click in plot and select Save as.
.dat
Data - binary raw data file created by older versions (< 6.0) of
SEASAVE from 911plus real-time data. File includes header
information. Can be used by SBE Data Processing’s Data
Conversion module.
.hdr
Header – Includes same header information (software version,
serial numbers, instrument configuration, etc.) as in data file.
.hex
Data:
• Hexadecimal raw data file created by SEASAVE from real-time data
stream from SBE 9plus, 16, 16plus, 19, 19plus, 21, 25, or 49.
• Data uploaded from memory of SBE 16, 16plus, 16plus-IM, 17plus
(used with SBE 9plus CTD) 19, 19plus, 21, or 25.
• Converted (engineering units) data file created by SEASAVE from
real-time data stream from SBE 45.
File includes header information. Can be used by SBE Data
Processing’s Data Conversion module.
.jpg
JPEG graphic output from Plot display when you click Save to
file icon in plot toolbar or right click in plot and select Save as.
.mrk
Mark scan information - output marker file containing sequential
mark number, system time, and data for selected variables.
Information is written to file by SEASAVE when user clicks on
Mark Scan during data acquisition to mark significant events in
cast. Can be used by SBE Data Processing’s Mark Scan module.
.nav
Navigation information - output navigation file (for system
integrated with NMEA navigational device) containing latitude,
longitude, time, scan number, and pressure. Information is
written to file by SEASAVE when user clicks on Add to .nav
File in NMEA Display during real-time data acquisition to mark
significant events in cast.
.txt
Text file:
• Output file created if you configure SEASAVE to output data to a
shared file.
• Program setup report file (PsaReport.txt), which documents .psa file
settings. PsaReport.txt is created when you click Report in Configure
Inputs or Configure Outputs dialog box. SEASAVE creates this as a
temporary file and opens it in Notepad; if you want to save it to
document your settings, select File, Save As and enter desired file
name and location.
• Configuration report file (ConReport.txt), which documents .con file
settings. ConReport.txt is created when you click Report in
Configuration dialog box. SEASAVE creates this as a temporary file
and opens it in Notepad; if you want to save it to document your
settings, select File, Save As and enter desired file name and location.
• Diagnostics log files (default names SSLog.txt and SALog.txt),
created if you enable diagnostic log(s) on Diagnostics tab in
Configure Outputs.
.wmf
Windows metafile graphic output from Plot display when you
click Save to file icon in plot toolbar or right click in plot and
select Save as.