8
Base Transceiver Setup and System Power up
Attach the base transceiver to your PC using the cable supplied. Attach the base unit antenna.
Apply power to the base through the black Kobiconn DC connector using the accompanying
adapter. The base LEDs should all be red.
Flip the toggle switch on the Riverboat to turn on the power. (Confirm power to your instruments-
is your battery charged?)
Shortly after both units are powered up they should establish a communications link with each
other to complete the connection. Refer to Table ML2-1 below to confirm that a proper link has
been established. This table is also printed on both transceivers. (In this initial test condition, with
ADCP and both transceivers powered up and the laptop off, transceiver LEDs should conform to
line two on the table “link established, remote sending data”.)
Table ML2-1
Status
Remote Transceiver
Base Transceiver
LED 1 LED 2 LED 3 LED 1 LED 2 LED 3
Power On, No Link SR SD SR SR O BR
Link Established,
Remote sending
data
SG IF IF SG IF IF
Link Established,
Remote sending
data
SG SR SR SG SD SR
Link Established,
Base sending data
SG SD SR SG SR SR
Setup
Mode SG SG SG SG SG SG
Legend:
BR Blinking Red
IF Intermittent Flash Red
O Off
SD Solid Red, Dim
SG Solid Green
SR Solid Red, Bright
WinRiver Setup
Start the base PC and the corresponding application software.
Open your
Acquire
version of WinRiver. Go to s
ettings
and open the heading
communications
. Click
add
, then Broad Band ADCP, then Next. You will be asked
“on which port is it attached?”
Port
identification may be different for each laptop so make sure the correct port is chosen. Once you
have chosen a port and clicked
next
, you will be prompted for the baud rate. Select the same baud
rate that is being used by the HydroLink transceivers and ADCP. Set
parity
at
none
and
stop bits
at
1
. Click
next
and be prepared to wait a few seconds. The
general
screen should appear with two
boxes; check
use software Breaks
(===) only. Click
finish.
If you have other devices, such as a GPS or
