User Manual for AML Oceanographic’s MVP
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General Description of the Instrument
The AML Oceanographic X•Series instruments and Xchange
TM
sensors are a major advancement
in oceanographic instrumentation. Swappable and interchangeable sensor technologies
dramatically improve the capabilities of ocean instrumentation in the following ways:
Change the instrument sensor types while at sea within seconds, and without tools. To
optimize the resolution and accuracy of sensor data, sensors can be swapped to change
the measurement range. For example, a 6000 dBar P•Xchange pressure sensor can be
swapped with a 500 dBar P•Xchange sensor, and the salt water C•Xchange conductivity
sensor can be swapped for a fresh water C•Xchange conductivity sensor.
Sensors from one instrument can be swapped to another to maintain mission-critical
capabilities.
Calibrated sensors can be sent from the factory to the instrument. The instrument is not
pulled from service for calibration.
Spare sensors ensure that an instrument can be immediately returned to service after
sustaining damage.
All calibration and traceability data resides within each Xchange
TM
sensor. Calibration data
for all sensors is available from the instrument, and calibration certificates can be printed
from AML Oceanographic’s SeaCast software whenever the instrument is connected.
Logged data is stamped with sensor traceability and instrument configuration data. Only
Xchange
TM
sensors are sent for calibration, leaving the instrument working in the field.
MVP•X is an externally powered, multi-parameter instrument that allows you to change the
instrument’s sensor load, in the field and on-demand. The instrument outputs data in real-time, and
is designed specifically for Brooke Ocean’s Moving Vessel Profiler product family.
There are two configurations of the MVP•X. One is a CTD and the other is an SVPT. Both
configurations offer one primary Xchange™ sensor port (C•Xchange™ or SV•Xchange™) and two
secondary Xchange™ sensor ports (T•Xchange™ or P•Xchange™).
Each configuration is optimized for the highest data quality for its specific parameters.
In the CTD configuration, C•Xchange™ and T•Xchange™ are located on the same face, in
close proximity.
In the SVPT configuration, SV•Xchange™ is located on its own face, in undisrupted flow.
See the Technical Overview Drawings section at the end of this manual for a rendering of both
configurations.
With factory settings, MVP•X communicates via the RS-485 protocol, at 19200 baud, at a sampling
rate of 25Hz.
