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MER-2040 Software Instruction Manual

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Figure 3.6. M24-READ Pen Plotter Parameters.

Figure 3.7. Spectral Distribution vs. Depth Plot.

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Summary of Contents for MER-2040

Page 1: ...40 2041 2050 Moorable Reflectance Radiometer Software User s Manual Biospherical Instruments Inc 5340 Riley Street San Diego CA 92110 619 686 1888 FAX 619 686 1887 Version 003110UB DOC Date Printed 04...

Page 2: ...incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this material This document contains proprietary information that is protected by copyright All rights are r...

Page 3: ...ume risk for loss or damage in transit to prepay shipping charges to the San Diego California Service Center to use the original shipping container or equivalent and to pay for return shipping charges...

Page 4: ...CASTCARD 18 K ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT CALCULATION 18 R RAW DATA IN HEX 19 V FORCE ALL READINGS TO VOLTS 19 Z CLEAR THE MIN AND MAX R ECORD LIMITS 19 3 3 M24 READ GRAPHICS AND PLOTTING OPTIONS 19 B PA...

Page 5: ...ON FILE EDITING 29 5 2 MENU 2 SETUP OPTIONS 29 5 3 MENU 3 ADDITIONAL SETUP OPTIONS 32 5 4 PRINTER CONTROL CODE SEQUENCES 33 6 0 CALIBRATION FILES 34 APPENDIX A GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED 36 APPENDIX B RS...

Page 6: ...ogram M24SETUP has been provided to facilitate customization of this file All data covering the exact configuration of an instrument and its calibration constants are contained in a second ASCII file...

Page 7: ...there are options dealing with frequency channels These options only apply to the larger MER instruments and should be ignored if you are using a smaller i e fewer channels MER 1 2 SOFTWARE REQUIREME...

Page 8: ...program s execution If this file is not found an error will occur and program execution will stop You will then have to make sure that this file is found in the directory from which you are operating...

Page 9: ...be BIN to indicate that it is a binary file You may override the automatic filename by choosing N and then selecting your own filename NOTE NEVER edit the binary file for two reasons 1 it is original...

Page 10: ...s option can be used only if you have a graphics monitor If you enter G and you do not have a graphics monitor or if you have specified the wrong graphics adapter the program will crash If you selecte...

Page 11: ...ptions Data will not be recorded until the F4 key is pressed At this point if you selected the Option for graphics display data will be plotted as shown in Figure 2 5 Data will be recorded to disk and...

Page 12: ...5 As each operation is initiated it is annotated in the castcard file F1 Switch the pump off and on F2 Switch the fluorometer off and on F3 Arm and fire the rosette F4 Start or end data recording F5 D...

Page 13: ...n the DEFAULTS CFG file i e C DEMO or C MERPROG Choose the data file you wish to analyze If the computer finds this file the program will then display the master menu shown in Figure 3 1 The top secti...

Page 14: ...ng are general functions that apply in almost any menu of the program QUICK HINTS Offers a quick preview of all key assignments ESC RETURN TO MAIN MENU Returns the user to the main menu Figure 3 1 at...

Page 15: ...ress the space bar When you want to resume updating the screen with new readings press the space bar again Notice that the second line of the All Channels Display contains the current record number Wh...

Page 16: ...d to select a new end record or max record View the depth channel by selecting 33 You will see the record numbers and depth readings quickly scrolling up the screen To pause or restart the display pre...

Page 17: ...MER 2040 Software Instruction Manual 003110UB DOC BIOSPHERICAL INSTRUMENTS INC 17 17 Figure 3 3 M24 READ Available Channels Figure 3 4 M24 READ Standard Deviation Analysis...

Page 18: ...oducts and computes sums until all points have been read Next a least squares fitting of a selected number of records before and after each data value is computed For example a choice of eleven point...

Page 19: ...MAX R ECORD LIMITS Option Z will clear the current start and stop record numbers so that you can access the entire data file These reading stops are continuously displayed on the main menu The defaul...

Page 20: ...e To alter any of the listed parameters enter the number to the left of the selection You will then be prompted accordingly The format of these plots is depth versus up to four selected parameter s De...

Page 21: ...4 will allow you to read a previously recorded plot description file You will see a directory of the PLT files present and be asked to select among them 5 Record This Set of Plotting Parameters This s...

Page 22: ...wavelength This section will be described later but first a description of the pen plotter translation of the CRT plots follows When you select Graphics Device 0 in the Vertical Profile Plotting Menu...

Page 23: ...MER 2040 Software Instruction Manual 003110UB DOC BIOSPHERICAL INSTRUMENTS INC 23 23 Figure 3 6 M24 READ Pen Plotter Parameters Figure 3 7 Spectral Distribution vs Depth Plot...

Page 24: ...iter specified in the DEFAULTS CFG file This delimiter is usually a comma and the file created is thus known as a CSV file comma separated value Each data record begins on a new line This extraction p...

Page 25: ...t and choose another calibration file if necessary After calibration file selection you will be presented the M24 TEST menu shown in Figure 4 1 To proceed further you must have your MER connected to t...

Page 26: ...er than the one that recorded the data error may result E EXAMINE ONE CHANNEL WITH STATISTICS This option first prompts you to choose between units and volts and then asks for the instrument and chann...

Page 27: ...s you with a list of the available channels This list will include both the real and the computed or derived pseudo channels For example salinity is a derived channel since the salinity measure is der...

Page 28: ...ecified calibration file is probably incorrect An example would be if you selected the demo calibration file DEMO1 yet were connected to a MER 1010 Since the calibration file specifies many more chara...

Page 29: ...ay types printer control codes channels of most interest and location of the communications port M24SETUP facilitates editing of this defaults file To start the program from the MERPROG directory prom...

Page 30: ...32 serial port address that will be used by the MER This address can be either 1 or 2 for COM1 or COM2 The port will automatically be set to 9600 baud for data transmission Line 3 contains the disk de...

Page 31: ...ne 8 The data file listed here is a profile with a MER 1048 to 65 meters in coastal water with clear skies The demo data file C870919E BIN requires the calibration file CALYPS87 CFL In normal operatio...

Page 32: ...generating ASCII extracted data files Normally this is a comma 5 3 MENU 3 ADDITIONAL SETUP OPTIONS Figure 5 3 presents the next menu seen in M24SETUP Line 1 contains the name of the plot description f...

Page 33: ...S Figure 5 4 shows you the final menu in M24SETUP This will allow you to define printer control code sequences used during most printer outputs Figure 5 4 M24SETUP Printer Control Code Sequences Follo...

Page 34: ...ion marks This is the number of channels to be read Lines 4 through 30 have the following format 1 1 Ed410 006919 001519 0001 5 dnwell irr uW cm2 nm 1 25 5 These parameters are as follows 1 Channel ty...

Page 35: ...resenting the Sea Bird Electronics calibration factors for the frequency output temperature probe These numbers are used to calculate temperature in degrees C from the output frequency using an equati...

Page 36: ...as correctly transmitted CONSOLE The keyboard or other interactive device CRT The Cathode Ray Tube or display monitor CTD CABLE Cable commonly found on oceanographic ships and normally consists of an...

Page 37: ...for commands or batch files that were not found by a search of the current directory PLOTTER An external graphic device For the MER programs it must use the Hewlett Packard Graphics Language HPGL and...

Page 38: ...WILL PROBABLY NOT WORK WITH YOUR X Y PLOTTER Consult the manual for your plotter to obtain the proper cable for its operation Plotter will need to be connected to the same input as the MER Deck Box w...

Page 39: ...s connected to the IBM PC through the Serial Printer Output It is VERY IMPORTANT to use the DOS MODE command to set the baud rate before running either the PREAD or M24 READ programs with the XY plott...

Page 40: ...able B 4 DB25 versus DB9 connectors PLOTTER male RS 232 IBM PC female DB 25 P DB 9 S FG 1 9 RI TD 2 2 RD RD 3 3TD RTS 4 8 CTS CTS 5 7 RTS DSR 6 DCD 8 4 DTR SG 7 5 SG DTR 20 6 DSR 1 DCD The plotter set...

Page 41: ...tents of the root directories do not copy subdirectories of the original diskettes to the MERPROG directory using copy A C V i e copy with verify 5 Make a subdirectory called DEMO md DEMO 6 Copy the s...

Page 42: ...gle color higher resolution version at 200 640 resolution which does not use colors on a color monitor For hard copy use the print screen option after first running the DOS utility GRAPHICS and choose...

Page 43: ...us channels Don t change this string length from that in the calibration file or messy displays will result This will allow you to switch between exponential format and various digits in relation to t...

Page 44: ...RICAL INSTRUMENTS INC 44 44 14 DELIMITER A character defined in the DEFAULTS CFG file to delimit individual values in an ASCII data file that is being written to disk The most frequent value here is a...

Page 45: ...rmally hold the copyright for this software so we prohibit you from ripping off this code for other purposes 5 If you want to receive software updates send in the following registration form This is t...

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