User`s manual

Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Section 1: Introduction....................................................................................5
How to Contact Sea-Bird ...................................................................................5
Summary............................................................................................................5
System Requirements .................................................................................6
Instruments Supported................................................................................6
Differences from SEASOFT-DOS.....................................................................6
Section 2: Installation and Use........................................................................7
Installation .........................................................................................................7
SEASAVE Use ..................................................................................................8
SEASAVE Window....................................................................................8
SEASAVE Menus ....................................................................................10
Getting Started .................................................................................................12
Displaying Archived Data - Sea-Bird Demo Files....................................12
Acquiring and Displaying Real-Time Data ..............................................13
File Formats .....................................................................................................14
Section 3: Configure Inputs, Part I -
Instrument Configuration (.con file)............................................................16
Introduction......................................................................................................16
Instrument Configuration.................................................................................16
Viewing, Modifying, or Creating .con File...............................................17
SBE 9plus Configuration..........................................................................19
SBE 16 SEACAT C-T Recorder Configuration .......................................21
SBE 16plus SEACAT C-T Recorder Configuration.................................22
SBE 19 SEACAT Profiler Configuration.................................................24
SBE 19plus SEACAT Profiler Configuration ..........................................26
SBE 21 Thermosalinograph Configuration...............................................28
SBE 25 SEALOGGER Configuration ......................................................30
SBE 45 MicroTSG Configuration ............................................................32
SBE 49 FastCAT Configuration...............................................................33
Section 4: Configure Inputs, Part II - Calibration Coefficients.................34
Accessing Calibration Coefficients Dialog Boxes...........................................34
Calibration Coefficients for Frequency Sensors ..............................................35
Temperature Calibration Coefficients.......................................................35
Conductivity Calibration Coefficients ......................................................36
Pressure (Paroscientific Digiquartz) Calibration Coefficients..................37
Bottles Closed (HB - IOW) Calibration Coefficients ...............................37
Sound Velocity (IOW) Calibration Coefficients.......................................37
Calibration Coefficients for A/D Count Sensors..............................................38
Temperature Calibration Coefficients.......................................................38
Pressure (Strain Gauge) Calibration Coefficients.....................................38
Calibration Coefficients for Voltage Sensors ..................................................39
Pressure (Strain Gauge) Calibration Coefficients.....................................39
Altimeter Calibration Coefficients............................................................39
Fluorometer Calibration Coefficients .......................................................39
Methane Sensor Calibration Coefficients .................................................43
OBS/Nephelometer Calibration Coefficients............................................43
Oxidation Reduction Potential (ORP) Calibration Coefficients ...............44
Oxygen Calibration Coefficients ..............................................................45
PAR/Irradiance Calibration Coefficients..................................................46
pH Calibration Coefficients ......................................................................47
Pressure/FGP (voltage output) Calibration Coefficients...........................47
Suspended Sediment Calibration Coefficients..........................................47
Transmissometer Calibration Coefficients................................................48
User Polynomial (for user-defined sensor) Calibration Coefficients........49
Zaps Calibration Coefficients ...................................................................49