User Manual for AML Oceanographic Minos SVP
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Communications
PC Settings
The Minos SVP will communicate with both RS-232 and RS-485 serial connections. The computer
to which the instrument is connected must be set up as follows:
•
8 bits
•
1 stop bit
•
No parity
•
No hardware handshaking
•
Baud rate of 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19,200 or 38,400 baud
After power up, the Minos SVP will wait for an ASCII carriage return. The instrument will
automatically detect whether communications are RS-232 or RS-485 as well as the baud rate.
Output Formats
Output formats can be modified by the user. If the modifications required are not supported by the
common command list in the next section, please contact the factory and we will support your
requirements.
The user can change:
•
The number of decimal places for each channel
•
Turn on or off
o
date and time
o
calculated parameters
o
battery voltage
o
power up information (header)
o
automatic monitoring on power up
Default output format
The output from the Minos SVP is space separated values. There are commands to change the
delimiter to tab or comma separated values if required. The default data channel output is:
Date
Time
Sound velocity
Pressure
Temperature
Battery
Density
Salinity
mm/dd/yy
hh:mm:ss.ss
m/s
dbar
C
volts
kg/m
3
ppt
