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Section 4: Operating System SBE 45 Interface Box
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5. In the Start Real-Time Data Acquisition dialog box, click Start .
A. If you selected Begin archiving data immediately or Begin archiving
data when ‘Start Archiving’ command is sent above, and selected
Prompt for Header Information in the Header Form setup (Configure
Outputs), the Header Information dialog box appears. Fill in the
desired header and click OK.
B. If you selected Check Scan Length in the Options menu, Seasave
checks the configuration (.xmlcon or .con) file to verify that the scan
length defined by the configuration file matches the SBE 45 (i.e.,
number of outputs and inclusion of NMEA is as defined in the
configuration file). If a
Scan length error appears, verify that:
•
You are using the correct .xmlcon or .con file.
•
The .xmlcon or .con file has been updated as necessary if you
added or deleted the SBE 38, added or deleted NMEA, etc.
C. Seasave sends a message: Waiting for data . . . . Seasave will time out if
data is not received within Timeout in seconds at startup .
D. Real-time data then starts appearing in the screen display(s).
6.
To stop real-time data acquisition: In the Real-Time Data menu,
select
Stop .
7.
Stop the SBE 45 sampling by turning off power to the Interface Box.
Processing Data with SBE Data Processing
1. Convert the .hex data file created by Seasave to a .cnv file in SBE Data
Processing’s Data Conversion module.
2.
Once the data is converted, it can be further processed and plotted in
SBE Data Processing’s other modules. Note that if the data stream
includes SBE 38 remote temperature data, SBE Data Processing’s Data
Conversion and Derive modules use the remote temperature data when
calculating density and sound velocity.
Note:
See the SBE Data Processing
manual and/or Help files.
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