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Table of Contents

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7. Optional Bluetooth Logger

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7.1. Bluetooth miniLogger Pack

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7.2. USB Bluetooth Receiver

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8. Care and Maintenance

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8.1. SubConn Care

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8.2. Greasing and mating above water (dry mate)

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9. O Rings

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10. Wiring Information

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10.1. Instrument Connector

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10.2. Switch Plug

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10.3. 3m Y Lead (RS232)

Summary of Contents for miniSERIES Series

Page 1: ...roduced in any material form either wholly or in part and the contents of this document and any method or technique available therefrom must not be disclosed to any other person whatsoever without the...

Page 2: ...ry 10 3 6 Output 10 3 7 Operating Modes 11 3 8 Performance 12 4 Data Requests and Output Formats 12 4 1 Stop Command 12 4 2 Baud Rates 12 4 3 Run Commands miniSVP miniCTD only 13 4 4 Run Commands mini...

Page 3: ...er 20 7 1 Bluetooth miniLogger Pack 21 7 2 USB Bluetooth Receiver 22 8 Care and Maintenance 22 8 1 SubConn Care 22 8 2 Greasing and mating above water dry mate 23 9 O Rings 24 10 Wiring Information 24...

Page 4: ...uthorised by Valeport Ltd could void the CE compliance of the product and negate your authority to operate it This product has demonstrated CE compliance under conditions that include the use of shiel...

Page 5: ...2019 Valeport Ltd EU Declaration of Conformity CE Marking Page 5 1 1 CE Marking Standard Equipment...

Page 6: ...2019 Valeport Ltd 0660880d miniCTD miniSVP and miniTIDE Page 6 1 2 CE Marking Bluetooth Equipment...

Page 7: ...2019 Valeport Ltd EU Declaration of Conformity CE Marking Page 7...

Page 8: ...g modes to suit profiling and moored applications Each product in the range is available in either 500m rated Acetal or 6000m rated titanium housing This manual highlights where this may result in spe...

Page 9: ...housings Wiring Information is in Section 6 Materials Part mini SVP mini CTD mini TIDE Material Main housing Titanium 6000m or Acetal 500m Sensor bulkhead Titanium 6000m or Acetal 500m Space Rods Carb...

Page 10: ...strument is fitted with SD memory cards This provides more than sufficient capacity for the operational life of the battery pack 3 6 Output Units are fitted with both RS232 and half duplex RS485 commu...

Page 11: ...me taken for a pulse of sound to travel a known distance The material selected does not measurably expand over the operating temperatures of the instrument ensuring the highest possible accuracy at al...

Page 12: ...ception of the Stop command All commands are echoed back by the instrument as they are typed 4 1 Stop Command The instrument can be stopped at any time by sending the character The instrument returns...

Page 13: ...implified UNESCO formula 018 2 Pressure is output in feet calculated using simplified UNESCO formula 4 6 Pressure Tare 009 Takes a single reading of the pressure sensor and uses the measured value as...

Page 14: ...e g RN File1 MyData FREE Outputs amount of free memory VOLT Reads internal and external voltage levels 4 10 Data Formats Each time the instrument is turned on or a new file started in Burst mode on th...

Page 15: ...PPPP P e g 0123 4 dBar PPP PP e g 012 34 dBar PP PPP e g 12 345 dBar For the miniTIDE pressure data is a fixed length string 3 decimal places including leading zeroes The temperature data miniSVP mini...

Page 16: ...affected To compensate for this an adjustment will have to be made to the calibration parameters Contact Valeport for further details 5 1 Cage The deployment cage is a rugged deployment method providi...

Page 17: ...deployment wire or rope and also for a small weight to be added below the instrument to alleviate streaming Whichever deployment system is used it is important to note that if the data is being monit...

Page 18: ...e the instrument draws power continuously whilst running Alkaline cells have a nominal capacity of 6000mAh We assume 77 efficiency giving a usable life of 4620mAh With a 1 5v alkaline C cell the curre...

Page 19: ...ry fitted then please use DataLog x2 software or the codes defined in Section 3 9 to reset the clock Disconnect any external connections including the switch plug from the instrument s SubConn connect...

Page 20: ...the standard logger pack On first installation it will require 2 minutes initialise during this period the magnetic switch key should be removed After this period of initialisation the switch key can...

Page 21: ...and should install automatically on most windows PC s If the receiver will not automatically install drivers can be downloaded from http www ftdichip com Drivers VCP htm Once installed the device will...

Page 22: ...ommended lubricant is Loctite 8021 in a spray can or Molykote 44 Medium but use very sparingly Any accumulation of sand or mud in the female contact should be removed with fresh water Failure to do so...

Page 23: ...pear to be damaged in any way or have become hard due to age Lightly greased not twisted and completely clean before reassembly Ordering Information The main O ring fitted to the Logger Module all ins...

Page 24: ...2 Rx From PC 9 RS232 Ground 10 Internal Battery Enable Link to RS232 Ground Mode Pins Pins 5 and 6 on the output connector are designated as Mode Pins By grounding a combination of these pins the inst...

Page 25: ...7 NC 8 NC 9 NC 10 Link to Pin 1 10 3 3m Y Lead RS232 3m Cable 10 Way SubConn 1m Power Cable 4mm Banana Plugs 1m Data Cable 9 Way D Type Pin Pin Function 1 Power Ground BLACK plug 2 Power V RED plug 3...

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