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Section 4: Deploying and Operating MicroCAT
SBE 37-SM RS-232
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Status
Commands (
continued
)
GetEC
Get and display event counter data, which
can help to identify root cause of a
malfunction. Event counter records
number of occurrences of common
timeouts, power-on resets, etc. Can be
cleared with
ResetEC
. Possible events that
may be logged include:
WDT reset – unexpected reset
PON reset - power cycled on (each time
power is applied)
ErrorADC12TimeOut – response delayed
from A/D converter that measures main
power and back-up lithium cell power
ErrorUART0TimeOut – timeout for
transmitter to finish transmitting previous
character via RS-232
ErrorAD7714TimeOut – response delayed
from temperature and pressure A/D
converter
ErrorInvWakeUpFlag – unexpected wakeup
ErrorFLASHTimeOut – problem with
writing data to FLASH memory
Alarm long - time to take next sample is too
far in future
Alarm short - woke up MicroCAT to send a
command while logging, and missed taking
a sample
LoggingRestartNoAlarm – no sample taken
for 8 hours while logging, restart logging
LoggingRestartPON – power cycled while
logging, logging restarted
ResetEC
Delete all events in event counter (number
of events displays in
GetSD
response, and
event details display in
GetEC
response).
Example:
(user input in bold, command used to modify parameter in parentheses)
getec
<EventCounters DeviceType = 'SBE37SM-RS232' SerialNumber = '03730051'>
<EventSummary numEvents = '1'/>
[can clear with
ResetEC
]
<Event type = 'PON reset' count = '1'/>
[can clear with
ResetEC
]
</EventCounters>
