System Operation Manual
SAT-DN-00434, Rev. B
LOBO
2017-05-16
Page 60 of 86
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2017 Sea-Bird Scientific. All rights reserved.
6.
Notice that we have not used the
Turn Off
or
From
and
To
fields. These fields allow ports to be disabled
during certain times of the day. Normally, this would be used when optical sensors that use sunlight
are attached to the ports, so that you do not acquire data through the night and waste power and
acquire unnecessary data.
7.
Press the
Generate New File
button to create the schedule file. A warning will appear instructing you
that it will take some time to verify the file. Click OK. When requested, save the file as Schedule.txt in
the desired location. The file
MUST
be named Schedule.txt.
8.
After saving the file, a Matlab-like figure will appear, as shown below. This gives a graphic
representation of how active each port is. The vertical axis represents each port, while the horizontal
axis indicates the hour of the day. Close the figure when you are ready.
9.
Exit the ISUSSchedule program.
