Sea-Bird Electronics SBE 45 MicroTSG, User Manual

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Section 3: Setting Up System SBE 45 Interface Box
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Following are the Toolbar keys applicable to the Interface Box:
Toolbar
Keys
Description
Equivalent
Command*
Connect
Re-establish communications with Interface Box.
Computer responds with
S>
prompt.
(press Enter
key)
Status Display instrument status.
DS
Capture
Capture instrument responses on screen to file.
Interface Box has no internal memory;
you must
capture before sampling begins to save data
for future review and processing, or use
Seasave for data acquisition
. File has .cap
extension. Press Capture again to turn off
capture. Capture status displays in Status bar.
—
Disconnect
Free computer COM port used to communicate
with Interface Box. COM port can then be used
by another program.
—
*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. Click OK to
save the settings.
4.
Turn on power to the Interface Box. The display looks like this (if the
Interface Box is set up to power-up in Normal mode with the
IMode=NORMAL command; see Commands for details):
SBE45 Junction Box V 1.4
mode is normal
If the system does not respond as described:
•
Click Connect on the Toolbar to attempt to establish communications.
•
Verify the SBE 45 was selected in the Configure menu and settings
were entered correctly in the Configuration Options dialog box.
•
Check cabling between the computer and the Interface Box.
•
If the response shows
mode is connect45
, the Interface Box is set
up to power-up in SBE 45 mode ( IMode=CONNECT45 ). Type @ to
return to Normal mode for communication with the Interface Box.
Computer COM port, baud rate,
data bits, and parity for
communication between computer
and Interface Box.
Select 4800, 9600, or 19200 baud
(set this greater than baud rate
you will use to communicate
between Interface Box
and SBE 45, SBE 38, and
NMEA navigation device).
Interface for
communication between
computer and Interface
Box. Select RS-232.
Note:
The Interface Box is not available in
the list of instrument types.
Select
SBE 45 as the instrument type.
Notes:
•
SEATERM’s baud rate must be the
same as the Interface Box baud rate
(set with
PCBaud= ). Baud is factory-
set to 9600, but can be changed by
the user (see
Commands ).
•
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
(SBE 37, 45, etc.). When you open
SEATERM and select the desired
instrument in the Configure menu,
the Configuration Options dialog box
shows the last saved settings for
that instrument.
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