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Section 3: Setting Up System SBE 45 Interface Box
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Communications Test and Setup
1.
With power to the Interface Box off , double click on SeaTerm.exe. If this
is the first time SEATERM is used, the setup dialog box may appear:
Select the instrument type (SBE 45 TSG) and the computer COM port for
communication with the Interface Box. Click OK.
2. The main screen looks like this:
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Menus – Contains tasks and frequently executed instrument commands.
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Toolbar – Contains buttons for frequently executed tasks and instrument
commands. All tasks and commands accessed through the Toolbar are
also available in the Menus. To display or hide the Toolbar, select View
Toolbar in the View menu. Grayed out Toolbar buttons are not applicable.
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Command/Data Echo Area – Echoes a command executed using a Menu
or Toolbar button, as well as the instrument’s response. Additionally, a
command can be manually typed in this area, from the available
commands for the instrument.
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Status bar – Provides status information. To display or hide the Status bar,
select View Status bar in the View menu.
Note:
There is at least one way, and as
many as three ways, to enter
a command:
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Manually type a command in
Command/Data Echo Area
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Use a menu to automatically
generate a command
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Use a Toolbar button to
automatically generate
a command
Note:
Once the system is configured and
connected (Steps 3 and 4 below),
to update the Status bar:
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on the Toolbar, click Status; or
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from the Utilities menu, select
Instrument Status.
SEATERM sends the status
command, which displays in the
Command/Data Echo Area, and
updates the Status bar.
Status bar
Menus
Command/Data Echo Area
Toolbar
Instrument
Computer
COM port
Instrument
EPROM version
Baud rate, data bits,
stop bits, and parity
Capture to file status – grayed
out if not capturing
Notes:
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See SEATERM’s Help files.
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The Interface Box is not available
in the list of instrument types.
Select SBE 45 as the instrument
type.
SBE 45
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