January 2014 - TD 302 Operating Manual for Pressure 4117/4117R Tide 5217/5217R, Wave & Tide 5218/5218RPage 17
1.5.3
Additional sensor properties for Wave and Tide Sensor 5218/5218R
The user accessible properties of the Wave and Tide sensor are the same properties as for the Pressure sensor,
refer Table 1-2. Additional sensor properties are listed in Table 1–4.
Table 1-4 Additional sensor properties for Wave and Tide sensor, SC = System Configuration, DS = Deployment Setting.
ENUM=Enumeration, INT =Integer, BOOL=Boolean(‘yes’/’no’)
Property
Type
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s
Air Pressure
Float
1
Nominal air pressure
DS
No
Local gravity
Float
1
Set the local gravity
Salinity
Float
1
Set the salinity at the deployment site
Distance to seafloor
Float
1
Set the distance between the sensor and the seafloor
Installation Depth
Float
1
Installation depth in meter relative to chosen datum, by
default set to zero = instrument referred
DS
Low
Enable Wave
BOOL
1
Enable Wave output parameters
SC
Low
Number of samples
ENUM
1
Set the number of samples: (256, 512, 1024, 2048)
Enable Tide
BOOL
1
Enable Tide output parameters
Tidal Average Period
ENUM
1
Set the averaging interval for the tide measurements (10 s, 20
s, 30 s, 40 s, 50 s, 1 min, 2 min, 3 min, 4 min, 5 min, 6 min, 7
min, 8 min)
Enable high sample rate
BOOL
1
Set the sample rate to 4 Hz
Enable Spectrum
BOOL
1
Controls inclusion of spectrum elements in the output string.
UM
High
Enable Pressure Series
BOOL
1
Controls inclusion of the measured hydrostatic pressure in
the output string.
1.6
Specifications
For product specifications refer Datasheet D362 for 4117/4117R, D405 for 5217/5217R, and D407 for
5218/5218R on our web site
You will always find the latest version of our documentation on the web.
