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Glossary
SBE 33
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Glossary
NMEATest
–
Sea-Bird’s Windows NMEA message simulation program,
which simulates NMEA messages for testing purposes (installed with SBE
Data Processing).
PCB
–
Printed Circuit Board.
SBE Data Processing
–
Sea-Bird’s Windows data processing software,
which calculates and plots temperature, conductivity, pressure, data from
auxiliary sensors, and derived variables such as salinity and sound velocity.
Scan
–
One data sample containing temperature, conductivity, pressure, and
optional auxiliary inputs.
Seasave V7
–
Sea-Bird’s Windows software used to acquire, convert, and
display real-time or archived raw data.
Seasoft V2
–
Sea-Bird’s complete Windows software package, which
includes software for communication, real-time data acquisition, and data
analysis and display. Seasoft V2 includes
Seaterm
,
SeatermV2
,
Seasave V7
,
SBE Data Processing
.
Seaterm
–
Sea-Bird’s Windows terminal program used to communicate with
the SBE 33 and/or the CTD.
SeatermV2
–
Windows terminal program
launcher
. Depending on the
instrument selected, it launches Seaterm232 (RS-232 instruments),
Seaterm485 (RS-485 instruments), or SeatermIM (inductive modem
instruments).
Seaterm232
–
Windows terminal program used with Sea-Bird instruments
that communicate via an RS-232 interface, and that were developed or
redesigned in 2006 and later. The common feature of these instruments is the
ability to output status information in XML.
Note:
All Sea-Bird software listed was
designed to work with a computer
running Windows XP service pack 2
or later, Windows Vista, or
Windows 7.