Sea-Bird Electronics SBE 45 MicroTSG, User Manual, Page: 30 / 143

Section 4: Setting Up MicroTSG SBE 45
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Following are the Toolbar buttons applicable to the MicroTSG:
Toolbar
Buttons
Description
Equivalent
Command*
Connect
Re-establish communications with MicroTSG.
Computer responds with
S>
prompt.
(press Enter
key)
Status Display instrument status.
DS
Coefficients Display calibration coefficients.
DC
Capture
Capture instrument responses on screen to file.
File has .cap extension. Click Capture again to
turn off capture. Capture status displays in Status
bar. As MicroTSG has no internal memory, you
must capture before sampling begins to save data
for future review and processing.
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Diagnostics
Perform one or more diagnostic tests on
MicroTSG. Diagnostic test(s) accessed in this
manner are non-destructive – they do not write
over any existing instrument settings.
DS, DC, TS,
and TSR
Disconnect
Free computer COM port used to communicate
with MicroTSG. COM port can then be used by
another program. Note that MicroTSG must be
connected to COM port for data to be obtained.
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*See Command Descriptions .
3.
In the Configure menu, select SBE 45 TSG. The dialog box looks
like this:
Make the selections in the Configuration Options dialog box:
•
COMM Port : COM 1 through COM 10, as applicable
•
Baud Rate : 4800 (documented on Configuration Sheet in manual)
•
Data Bits : 8
•
Parity : None
•
Mode : RS-232 (Full Duplex)
Click OK to save the settings.
4800
Computer COM port, baud rate,
data bits, and parity for
communication between computer
and MicroTSG.
Interface for communication
between computer and
MicroTSG.
Note:
.cap file created by SEATERM is
not compatible with our post-
processing software (SBE Data
Processing). Instead of using
SEATERM’s capture utility, use
Seasave (our real-time data
acquisition software) to create a
.hex file that is compatible with
SBE Data Processing
(see
Section 5: Operating System ).
Note:
•
SEATERM’s baud rate must be the
same as the MicroTSG baud rate
(set with
Baud= ). Baud is factory-
set to 4800, but can be changed by
the user (see
Command
Descriptions ).
•
When you click OK, SEATERM
saves the Configuration Options
settings to the SeaTerm.ini file in
your Windows directory.
SeaTerm.ini contains the last saved
settings for
each instrument. When
you open SEATERM and select the
desired instrument (SBE 37, 45,
etc.) in the Configure menu, the
Configuration Options dialog box
shows the last saved settings for
that instrument.
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