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Manual revision 013 Section 3: Preparing SBE 38 for Deployment SBE 38
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4. In the Communications menu, select Options / Cycle baud
when connecting .
5.
Click Connect on the Toolbar. SEATERM tries to connect to the SBE 38
at the baud set in Step 3. If it cannot, it cycles through all other possible
baud rates to try to connect. When it connects, the display looks like this:
SBE 38 V 1.4 S/N 0090 (this line may not appear)
S>
This shows that correct communications between the computer and the
SBE 38 has been established.
If the system does not provide the S> prompt:
• Click Connect again.
• Verify the correct instrument was selected in the Configure menu and
the settings were entered correctly in the Configuration Options
dialog box. Note that the baud rate’s factory setting is documented on
the Configuration Sheet in this manual.
• Check cabling between the computer and the SBE 38.
6. Display SBE 38 status information by clicking Status on the Toolbar. The
display looks like this:
SBE 38 V 1.4 S/N = 0090
NAVG=1
Not sampling data
Automatically start sampling on power up
Default interface is RS-232
7. Command the SBE 38 to take a sample by typing
TS
and pressing the
Enter key. The display looks like this if the output format was set to
converted data ( Format=C ) with 4 digits to the right of the decimal place
( Digits=4 ):
23.7658
where 23.7658 = temperature in degrees Celsius
This number should be reasonable; i.e., room temperature.
The SBE 38 is ready for programming and deployment.
Note:
See Appendix III: RS-485 Interface
for details on sending commands to
an SBE 38 with optional RS-485
interface.
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