STRATABOX
™
Operations And Maintenance Manual
OPERATION 3-4
©
2006 SyQwest Incorporated
The
Shift Range
control allows you to choose a manual offset to the start depth on the graphic display.
The user enters an integer value, in either Feet or Meters depending on which is currently selected, to set
the top of the water column. The water column viewed will reflect the shift depth at the upper limit of the
display and will extend the entire range amount.
For example, if a range of 0 – 80 meters is selected, and a Shift value of 10 is selected, the water column
range will become 10 – 90 meters. The Shift value cannot exceed 450 feet, or 150 meters. It will also
NOT be available nor have any effect while in
Auto All
mode.
NOTE: When in Auto All mode, the Range control is not available and will be controlled
by the StrataBox automatically. While the Range control is disabled, it will
indicate the current Range setting that the Sensor has chosen. Shift Range will also
not be available nor have any effect in Auto All mode.
5. Sensor
State
This indicator shows the current state of the StrataBox Sensor. There are a total of 6 different states:
Unknown
-
No communication is present between the Sensor and PC Software.
Power
On
- Power has been applied to the StrataBox and the Sensor has begun
communicating.
Initializing
- The StrataBox software is handshaking with the Sensor to establish a reliable
connection.
Idle
- A connection between the PC and the StrataBox Sensor has been established,
but no commands have been received yet.
Pinging
- The StrataBox Sensor is transmitting and receiving real-time bottom data.
Playback
- The PC Software is displaying previously recorded data from a playback file.
Post Failure
- The StrataBox Sensor did not pass the initial Power On Self Test. This error
will always include an error code.
6. Color Palette and Unit Controls
The StrataBox PC Software allows you to choose from 4 standard color palettes by clicking on one of the
radio buttons located in the
Color Control
section. If you wish to create your own palette, you can do so
by selecting
Custom
and clicking on the button to right of it. You can also reverse the current palette by
using the
Invert
box.
Along side the Color Control is the Units control. You can choose to display depth and range information
in Feet or Meters. You can also check the Milliseconds box to display range and zoom range scale bars in
Milliseconds rather than Feet or Meters.
7. File Capture Status
This unique feature allows the user to view the Recording status when capturing data to a hard disk. The
status shows the drive letter of the destination drive as well as a graph depicting how much free/used
space is present on that drive. During recording, the current file size will be shown also.
