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User Manual for AML Oceanographic’s Smart SV&T
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Appendices
Commands
Some commands are only available on instruments enabled with Xchange™ sensors.
Command Short form
Uses
TALK
mode
Xchange
only
Description
DISPLAY OPTIONS DIS OPT
Displays a listing of the instrument configuration and
settings
SCAN S Takes a single data sample
MONITOR M
Repeatedly takes samples at the programmed sampling
rate. This can be interrupted by pressing the ENTER
key.
VERSION V Displays the instrument header information
SET SAMPLE RATE n/u
SET S C
SET S 10/s
SET S 2m Changes the sampling rate in numbers and units. I.e.
Continuous (25 per second), 10 per sec, 2 minutes, 1
hour, etc. The range is 25/s to 1 hour.
DISPLAY SAMPLE RATE DIS S Displays the current sampling rate
SET SV UNITS x/x SET SV U x/x
•
Set the sound velocity units. Options are m/s and ft/s
SET STARTUP HEADER SET ST H Enables the instrument header on power up
SET STARTUP NOHEADER SET ST NOH Disables the instrument header on power up
SET STARTUP MONITOR SET ST M Instrument will start monitoring on power up.
SET STARTUP SCAN SET ST S
Instrument will take one scan on power up and then
return a prompt.
SET STARTUP PROMPT SET ST P
Instrument will issue a prompt on power up and wait for
a command
DISPLAY STARTUP DIS ST Displays the current startup conditions
DISPLAY COEFFICIENTS DIS C Displays the current calibration coefficients
SET DETECT ab SET DET ab
Set the baudrate auto detection parameters. a is the
number of detection attempts (0=fixed baudrate, 1= 1
attempt, up to F=15 attempts) and b is the baudrate to
default to if autobauding is not successful (1=600,
2=1200, 3=2400, 4=4800, 5=9600, 6=19200, 7=38400,
8=57600 SV.X only, 9=115200 SV.X only)
SET EMU SVT SET EMU SVT Changes the output channel order to T then SV
SET EMU OFF SET EMU OFF Returns the output channel order to SV then T
DISPLAY DETECT DIS DET
•
Displays the current autobaud detection parameters
SET SV FORMAT nn SET SV F nn
•
Sets the number of digits before and after the decimal
point.
SET TEMP FORMAT nn SET TEM F nn
•
Sets the number of digits before and after the decimal
point.
SET AVERAGE n SET AV n
• •
Sets the number of scans used for each SV sample
output. Options should be 1, 2, 4, 8. (Default value is 1)
SET ECHO SET EC Enables the echoing of characters
SET NOECHO SET NOEC Disables the echoing of characters
SET RXON SET RXON Enables the reception of commands at next power up
SET RXOFF SET RXOF
Disables reception of characters at next power up. To
exit the RXOFF mode, hold down the carriage return
key and power up the unit, then from the prompt, issue
the SET RXON command.
TALK 1 TALK 1
•
Talk mode 1. Enters direct communications with the
sensor board in slot 1. Use Cntrl C to exit talk mode.