User`s manual

Section 5: Configure Inputs, Part III – Serial Ports, Water Sampler, TCP/IP Ports, Miscellaneous, and Pump Control
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Water Sampler
For real-time data acquisition, a Sea-Bird CTD can be integrated with a water
sampler when used with a deck unit (SBE 11plus or SBE 33 as applicable).
Water sampler bottles can be fired:
• By command from SEASAVE
• Autonomously, based on user-input, pre-defined pressures or depths.
See Firing Bottles in Section 8: Real-Time Data and Real-Time Control -
Real-Time Data Acquisition for details on firing the bottles.
Bottle firings can be recorded in the data in several ways:
• SEASAVE automatically writes bottle sequence number, bottle position,
date, time, and beginning and ending scan numbers to a bottle log (.bl) file
each time a bottle fire confirmation is received from the water sampler.
The beginning and ending scan numbers correspond to approximately a
1.5-second duration for each bottle.
• For a 911plus system, SEASAVE automatically sets the bottle confirm bit
in the data (.hex) file for all scans within a 1.5-second period after a bottle
firing confirmation is received from the water sampler.
• If desired, you can use SEASAVE’s Mark Scan feature to manually note
when bottles are fired, creating a .mrk file.
SBE Data Processing can use the bottle firing information, in any of these
forms, to assist you in processing water bottle data.
To enable and set up the water sampler, click Configure Inputs. In the
Configure Inputs dialog box, click the Water Sampler tab:
Make the desired selections. Click OK or click another tab in
Configure Inputs.
• Sequential - When commanded to
fire, bottles are fired in order of position
(bottle in position #1 fired first, bottle in
position #2 fired second, etc.).
• User Input - When commanded to fire,
SEASAVE prompts you to select which
bottle to fire.
• Table Driven - When commanded to
fire, bottles are fired in order pre-
defined by user-input table. Click Bottle
Positions for Table Driven to input
bottle positions.
• Auto Fire – Fire bottles automatically
at user-input, pre-defined pressures or
depths, on upcast. Click Auto-Fire
Pressures & Positions to input
parameters. See discussion below.
SBE Carousel (SBE 32, 32C, or 32SC),
G.O.1015 or 1016, Hydro-Bios, IOW, or
None. Define serial port for water
sampler operation on Serial Ports tab.
Note: Hydro-Bios and IOS for custom
applications only.
Total number of bottles to be closed - up to
36, depending on water sampler capacity.
Remote firing will be available in a
future release of SEASAVE.