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July 2019 – TD 304 OPERATING MANUAL – Doppler Current Profiler Sensor
CHAPTER 6
Software versions and Stand-alone usage
The first software versions on the DCPS were made for use together with the SeaGuardII and SmartGuard Datalogger
only. Using the sensor with a lower software version than 8.1.25 as a stand-alone sensor without a SeaGuard II or
SmartGuard is not recommended and will not work properly.
Software versions below v8.1.27 have a different input on the Interval property and the Polled Pingrate property. These
did not show up as enumerated types when sending the Help command to the sensor.
6.1
Interval and Polled pingrate settings on software version below 8.1.27
The minimum interval is limited dependent on the sensor configuration. The following values were accepted (number of
seconds as input).
10, 20, 30, 60, 120, 180, 300, 360, 600, 900, 1200, 1800, 3600 or 7200
The maximum polled pingrate is limited dependent on the sensor configuration. The following values were accepted
(Hz)
0.1, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
6.2
Interval and Polled Pingrate from software version 8.1.27
The Help command gives the available settings for the Interval and the Polled Pingrate. The lowest Interval available
and the highest Polled Pingrate available is limited. After configuration and a Do Refresh command the listing under will
show only the values allowed.
The input for the interval is now as follows
10 sec, 20 sec, 30 sec, 1 min, 2 min, 3 min, 5 min, 6 min, 10 min, 15 min, 20 min, 30 min, 1 hour or 2 hour.
The input for the Polled Pingrate is as follows
0.1 Hz, 0.5 Hz, 1 Hz, 2 Hz, 3 Hz, 4 Hz, 5 Hz, 6 Hz, 7 Hz, 8 Hz, 9 Hz and 10 Hz
6.3
Enabling old input on software versions from 8.1.34
It is possible to enable the old input as it was before software version 8.1.27 (from sw version 8.1.34) doing as follows
//Press Enter to start communicating with the sensor, refer chapter Error! Reference source not found..
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//press Enter
Stop
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//Wait for ack #
Set Passkey(1000)
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//Wait for ack #
Set Enable Old Time Setting(Yes)
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//Wait for ack #
Save
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//Wait for ack #
Reset
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