Operation Manual
SYSTEM
OCR-504 Multispectral Radiometer
SECTION
C - START UP
C - START UP
Assembly Procedure
P
REPARATION
Your OCR-504 Multispectral Radiometer is a simple instrument to setup and
operate. The instrument may be operated as a stand-alone device or in a
networked environment as part of a larger system. Generally, requirements for
operation are the same for both of these operating modes, although a
networked environment may impose additional requirements. You will need the
following items:
•
DC power source. Refer to the specifications in section
A - OVERVIEW
for
the power r
equirements of your instrument’s configuration.
•
Computer with a free serial communications port for telemetry acquisition.
•
Power/Telemetry and/or Network interface cables (may be provided).
•
Data acquisition and processing software compliant with the
Sea-Bird
Scientific Data Format Standard
1
(may be provided).
•
The instrument’s
calibration file
2
(provided).
If you are not using your instrument in an embedded system, or you do not have
your own data acquisition software, you may use the software provided by Sea-
Bird Scientific. Two applications
3
,
SatView
and
SatCon
, are available to you for
any PC running Windows®
4
95/98/NT/2000/XP. Both applications are
compliant with the Sea-Bird Scientific Data Format Standard. SatView is a data
acquisition and real-time display application. SatCon is a post processing
application for telemetry logged with SatView.
Note that it is not necessary to use the software mentioned above to log the
instrument telemetry. Any properly configured terminal emulator can serve this
purpose. However, you will need the proper software to interpret any of the
data.
In any case, there are a few standard communications settings needed for any
computer application communicating with the instrument. All serial
transmissions use 1 start bit, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity. No flow
control of any kind is used. Make sure that your software is configured with the
baud rate specified for your instrument. These settings apply to both the RS-
232 and RS-422 telemetry interfaces. For most applications, the default
telemetry baud rate is 57600 bps.
2
For more information on calibration files, refer to the
Instrument File Standard
document available from Sea-Bird
Scientific
3
For more information on these applications, refer to the user's manuals distributed with the software.
4
Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
