STRATABOX
™
Operations And Maintenance Manual
Configure Events
This menu is used to configure eventing and annotation. Events may be generated by using the toolbar
button, or the corresponding menu option “Insert Event Mark” under the
Edit
menu. An event is a
vertical marker which appears on both the screen and printer. A number of real-time parameters may be
included with the events as derived by the user. These parameters are shown in the previous picture
under “Annotate Event Mark With...”. In addition, the user may choose between 3 Eventing trigger
methods including,
Manual
,
Periodic
, or
External
. When in “
Manual Eventing
”, event marks are inserted
only when one is requested by the user using one of the methods described above. “
Periodic Eventing
”
allows the StrataBox software to insert events at a specific interval, depending on the number of minutes
entered by the user. While in periodic mode, the user may still insert manual event marks in addition to
the periodic ones. “External Eventing” has been implemented as means of allowing third party software,
such as HyPack, to remotely generate Event marks and annotation in the StrataBox software. It can be
configured by enabling the “External Eventing” option and setting the communication parameters such as
COM Port, Baud Rate, Start Bits, Stop Bits, and Parity to match the configuration of the third party
software. The StrataBox software accepts external annotation/eventing with the same format that the
Bathy-500MF uses. That format is as follows:
(CTRL F) (CTRL A) (Annotation String) (CTRL D)
- Generates an event mark containing
the text in the Annotation String
(CTRL F)
- Generates an empty event/fix mark
OPERATION 3-8
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2006 SyQwest Incorporated
