User`s manual

Section 3: Configure Inputs, Part I - Instrument Configuration (.con file)
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SBE 19 SEACAT Profiler Configuration
SEASAVE always treats the SBE 19 as if it is a Profiling instrument (i.e., it is
in Profiling mode). If your SBE 19 is in Moored Mode, you must treat it like
an SBE 16 (when setting up the .con file, select the SBE 16).
See reply from status command (DS).
Used to determine strain gauge pressure
sensor data format.
Number of 0.5 second intervals
between samples; used to compute
time between samples. SEASAVE
uses this to calculate elapsed time, if
you select time as a parameter for a
display window. Must agree with
number programmed into SBE 19 with
SR command; see reply from status
command (DS).
• Surface PAR - Select if using with
deck unit connected to Surface PAR
sensor. SEASAVE appends Surface
PAR data to every scan. Adds
2 channels to Channel/Sensor table.
Do not increase External voltage
channels to reflect this; External
voltage channels reflects only
external voltages going directly to
SBE 19 from auxiliary sensor.
See Application Note 47.
• NMEA - Select if using with deck unit
connected to NMEA navigation
device. SEASAVE adds current
latitude, longitude, and universal
time code to data header; appends
NMEA data to every scan; and
writes NMEA data to .nav file every
time Ctrl F7 is pressed or Add to
.nav File is clicked (see Adding
NMEA Data to .nav File in Section 8:
Real-Time Data and Real-Time
Control - Real-Time Data
Acquisition).
Click a sensor
and click Modify
to change
calibration
coefficients for
that sensor.
New to create new
.con file for this CTD.
Open to select
different .con file.
Save or Save As to
save current .con file
settings.
Opens a .txt file (for viewing
and printing only; cannot be
modified) that shows all
parameters in .con file.
Channel/Sensor table reflects this
choice. Must agree with number
programmed into SBE 19 with SVn
(n=0, 2, or 4) command; see reply
from status command (DS). Voltage
channel 0 in .con file corresponds to
sensor wired to channel 0 on end cap
connector, voltage channel 1 in .con
file corresponds to sensor wired to
channel 1 on end cap connector, etc.
Shaded sensors cannot be removed or changed to
another t
yp
e of senso
r
. All others are o
p
tional.
Click to exit dialog box. If you made changes and did
not Save or Save As, SEASAVE asks if you want to
save changes.
Click a (non-shaded) sensor and click Select to pick a different sensor for
that channel. A dialog box with a list of sensors appears. Select sensors
after number of voltage channels have been specified above.
Select strain gauge or Digiquartz with
temperature compensation.