Teledyne RD Instruments WorkHorse Rio Grande ADCP, Operation & User’S Manual

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WorkHorse Rio Grande ADCP User's Guide
P/N 957-6167-00 (January 2001) page 11
6 Software
RDI has utility programs to help you set up, use, test, and trouble-shoot
your WorkHorse ADCP. Each program has a help file that you can print, or
you can view help while running the program.
Table 3: WorkHorse Software Main Modules
Program Name Description
DumbTerm Windows ADCP communication program. Use this program to
"talk" to the ADCP and to run test script files.
DumbTerm is
included on the RDI Tools CD. For detailed information on
how to use
DumbTerm , see the RDI Tools User's Guide .
WinADCP Gives users a visual display of the entire set of data. You can
zoom in on a portion of the data for closer analysis and you
can export data to text or MatLab files. For detailed informa-
tion on how 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 information. For detailed in-
formation on how to use Adobe Acrobat® and the Documenta-
tion CD, see the
Read This First guide .
6.1 System Requirements
The WorkHorse software requires the following:
•
Windows 95®, Windows 98®, or Windows® NT 4.0 with
Service Pack 4 installed
•
Pentium class PC 233 MHz (350 MHz or higher recom-
mended)
•
32 megabytes of RAM (64 MB RAM recommended)
•
6 MB Free Disk Space (20 MB recommended)
•
One Serial Port (two High Speed UART Serial Ports recom-
mended)
•
Minimum display resolution of 800 x 600, 256 color (1024 x
768 recommended)
6.2 Software Installation
To install the WorkHorse software, do the following.
a. Insert the compact disc into your CD-ROM drive and then follow the
browser instructions on your screen. If the browser does not appear,
complete Steps “b” through “d.”