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Section 4: Deploying and Operating SBE 63
SBE 63
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Autonomous Sampling
The SBE 63 does not have an internal (standby) real-time clock. Therefore,
once you start autonomous sampling, power to the SBE 63 must remain on for
autonomous sampling to continue at the specified interval.
SetAutoRun
defines how sampling starts:
SetAutoRun=
To Start
Autonomous
Sampling
To Stop Autonomous Sampling
0
(default)
Send
Start
.
•
Turn off power,
or
•
Click Esc (stopping this way allows
you to then send commands to
check/modify the setup),
or
•
Send
Stop
(stopping this way allows
you to then send commands to
check/modify the setup).
1
Turn on power.
Examples continued on next page
Example 1: Autonomous Sampling Setup for SetAutoRun=0
(user
input in bold).
Set up to wait for a command upon power up (
SetAutoRun=0
).
Set up to echo commands (
SetEcho=1
), take and output a sample every
10 sec (
SetInterval=10
), averaging 2 measurements per output sample
(
SetAvg=2
), and output converted oxygen and temperature data
(
SetFormat=0
). Verify setup with status (
GetHD
) command. Remove
power.
(Apply power, then select Connect in Seaterm232’s Communications
menu to connect and wake up.)
S>
SETAUTORUN=0
S>SETECHO=1
S>
SETINTERVAL=10
S>
SETAVG=2
S>
SETFORMAT=0
S>
GETHD
(to verify setup)
(Remove power.)
When ready to begin sampling:
(Apply power, then select Connect in Seaterm232’s Communications
menu to connect and wake up.)
S>
START
When ready to stop sampling:
(Send
Stop
, click Esc, or remove power.)
Note:
Sea-Bird ships the SBE 63 with
SetAutoRun=0
(it will not
automatically start sampling when
power is applied). If you send
SetAutoRun=1
, turn power off and
then on again to start sampling, or
send
Start
.
