STRATABOX
™
Operations And Maintenance Manual
Start Recording
Creates a new file on the specified hard disk for capturing acquisition data. If the StrataBox Sensor is
already pinging, then the software will start the data recording immediately. The filename is based on the
date/time in the following format:
<path>YYYYMMDDhhmmss.odc
<path> - This represents the path to a directory where the recorded files should be stored. Refer
to
User Preferences
in this section for information on manually setting the path.
YYYY - 4-digit Year
MM
- 2-digit Month
DD
- 2-digits Days
hh
- 2-digits for Hours
mm
- 2-digits for Minutes
ss
- 2-digits for Seconds
.odc
- ODEC’s Proprietary File Extension
NOTE: Once recording is started, this option will become “Stop Recording”.
Open for Playback
Opens a previously recorded file for reviewing. All other Playback functions are controlled by the
coinciding buttons in the toolbar. Playback filenames are created based on the date/time. (Refer to the
above section for more information)
Configure Sonar Port
This menu allows you to choose which PC COM port the StrataBox Sensor is connected to. In
addition, you can enable/disable communication to the sensor by toggling the “Enable Serial IO”
check box.
OPERATION 3-6
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