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WorkHorse

Rio Grande ADCP

User’s Guide

P/N 957-6167-00 (January 2001)

RD Instruments

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Summary of Contents for WorkHorse Rio Grande ADCP

Page 1: ...WorkHorse Rio Grande ADCP User s Guide P N 957 6167 00 January 2001 RD Instruments Acoustic Doppler Solutions...

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Page 3: ...llation 11 6 3 Utility Software 12 7 Power 13 7 1 Bench Top Battery Power Requirements 13 7 2 Operation Modes 13 8 Testing Your WorkHorse 14 9 Compass Calibration 15 9 1 Preparing for Calibration 15 9...

Page 4: ...orkHorse Rio Grande Connections 10 Figure 6 Compass Alignment 17 Figure 7 Visual Inspection before Deployment 19 Figure 8 Prepare the ADCP 20 Figure 9 Real Time Deployment 21 List of Tables Table 1 Wo...

Page 5: ...Technical Manual guides Where needed there are references to detailed information and fig ures contained in the WorkHorse Technical Manual WorkHorse Rio Grande deployments are most often Real Time Rea...

Page 6: ...nd channel discharge Plume tracking Suspended sediment load estimation Environmental surveys Plume tracking Planning new ports Bridge scouring Current mapping Simultaneous bathymetry discharge flow st...

Page 7: ...ramics Never set the transducer on a hard surface The urethane face may be damaged Housing The standard WorkHorse housing allows deployment depths to 200 meters Thermistor The Thermistor measures the...

Page 8: ...Horse Rio Grande ADCP User s Guide page 4 RD Instruments URETHANE FACE BEAM 3 MARK THERMISTOR PRESSURE SENSOR OPTIONAL TRANSDUCER HEAD HOUSING END CAP I O CABLE CONNECTOR Figure 1 Rio Grande ADCP Over...

Page 9: ...on the end cap connector as the I O cable is being disconnected Stressing the end cap connector may cause the ADCP to flood Read the Maintenance guide for details on disconnecting the I O cable Figure...

Page 10: ...7 are available in 16 20 40 85 and 220 MB cards The internal recorder holds two cards for a maximum of 440 MB of recording space The PC Card recorder is located on the Digital Signal Processor DSP bo...

Page 11: ...page 7 Figure 4 Memory Card Overview 3 4 Spare Parts The following parts are included in the spare parts kit Table 2 Spare Parts Description Part number O ring face 2 260 Desiccant sealed bag DES3 Lu...

Page 12: ...ns ducer faces on the Workhorse if it will be exposed to sun light Do not expose the I O connector to prolonged sunlight The plastic may become brittle Cover the connector on the Workhorse if it will...

Page 13: ...you connect the cable with power applied you may see a small spark The connector pins may become pitted and worn The WorkHorse I O cable is wet mate able not under water mate able 4 3 Deployment Guid...

Page 14: ...standard communications settings for a WorkHorse Rio Grande is RS 232 9600 baud no parity 8 data bits and 1 stop bit If the serial protocol is set for RS232 and your computer expects RS422 you will n...

Page 15: ...to use WinADCP see the WinADCP User s Guide Documentation CD The Documentation CD has an Adobe Acrobat pdf elec tronic version of the WorkHorse Technical Manual Use the Documentation CD to search for...

Page 16: ...I comma delimited format data described by a decoder DEC file into the raw BroadBand ADCP data file infilename result ing in an output ADCP data file called outfilename See BCONV DOC for decoder file...

Page 17: ...se is asleep it consumes less than one mw A standard battery pack supplies sleep power for years At every opportunity the WorkHorse will sleep to conserve power while de ployed 7 2 Operation Modes The...

Page 18: ...the tests DumbTerm runs gives you guidelines for running the tests and tells you what the results mean Table 5 WorkHorse ADCP Tests Test Guidelines Results PS0 Displays system parameters Verify the i...

Page 19: ...orse on a piece of strong cardboard on top of a smooth wooden non magnetic table If a wooden table is not available place the WorkHorse on the floor as far away from metal objects as possible Use the...

Page 20: ...vious cali bration While you are turning the WorkHorse for the two calibration rota tions the WorkHorse checks the quality of the previous calibration and dis plays the results It compares these resul...

Page 21: ...the calibration procedure is not successful return your WorkHorse to the original factory calibration by using the AR command Try using the AR command if you have trouble calibrating your compass In s...

Page 22: ...fouling The sensor port is surrounded by the antifouling paint but bio fouling may build up on the screw and eventually clog the sensor port However most organ isms do not seem to find the small amoun...

Page 23: ...dition All mounting hardware installed Transducer faces clean and free from defects Verify compass alignment using DumbTerm if necessary re calibrate Are biofouling precautions needed Zero pressure se...

Page 24: ...t specified WorkHorse deployment depths and temperatures Remember that desiccant rapidly absorbs moisture from normal room air Replace the desic cant whenever the WorkHorse housing or end cap is re mo...

Page 25: ...s The Workhorse corrects data for tilts as large as 15 but tilts reduce the effective range and increase the depth of surface contamination Anti fouling paint You are free to use any anti fouling pain...

Page 26: ...l to the average sound speed if the average sound speed is 1 less than the sound speed at the transducer the distance to the depth cell is 1 less than the displayed distance 12 2 When was the Data The...

Page 27: ...angles the WorkHorse maps depth cells to other cells at the same depth If you want to make measurements near the surface from a bottom mounted WorkHorse you should minimize the tilt Depth cells are m...

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