Manual revision 001
Section 3: Preparing SBE 39
plus
-IM for Deployment
SBE 39
plus
-IM
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Following is a description of the menus:
Menu
Description
Equivalent Command*
File
•
Load command file – opens selected .XML
command file, and fills Send Commands
window with commands.
•
Unload command file – closes command
file, and removes commands from Send
Commands window.
•
Exit - Exit program.
-
Communications
•
Configure – Establish communication
parameters (comm port, baud rate, ID).
•
Connect – connect to comm port.
Re-establish communications by sending
wakeup tone to
all
IM instruments on line.
IM instruments
go to sleep
after 2 minutes
without communication from computer
have elapsed.
•
Disconnect – disconnect from comm port
•
Disconnect and reconnect – may be useful
if instrument has stopped responding.
•
PwrOn
Command
•
Abort – interrupt and stop 39
plus
-IM’s
attempt to connect or to upload data, or
sending of a script.
•
Send stop command - to stop logging.
•
Set local time– Set date and time to time
sent by timekeeping software on your
computer; accuracy ± 25 msec of time
provided by computer.
•
Set UTC Time (Greenwich Mean Time) –
Set date and time to time sent by
timekeeping software on your computer;
accuracy ± 25 msec of time provided by
computer.
•
#iiStop
•
#iiDateTime=
•
#iiDateTime=
Capture
Capture instrument responses on screen to
file, to save real-time data or use for
diagnostics. File has .cap extension. Click
Capture again to turn off capture. Capture
status displays in Status bar.
—
Upload
Upload data stored in memory, in a format
that Plot39 software can use. Uploaded data
has .xml extension, and is then automatically
converted to a .asc file that can be used in
Plot39. Before using Upload:
stop logging
by sending
#iiStop
.
Several status commands
and appropriate data
upload command as
applicable to user
selection of range of data
to upload (use Upload
menu if you will be
processing data with
Plot39 or SBE Data
Processing)
Tools
•
Diagnostics log - Keep a diagnostics log.
•
Convert .XML data file – Using Upload
menu automatically does this conversion;
tool is available if there was a problem
with the automatic conversion.
•
Send script – Send XML script to
39
plus
-IM. May be useful if you have a
number of 39
plus
-IMs to program with
same setup.
-
*See
Command Descriptions
in
Section 4: Deploying and Operating SBE 39plus-IM
.
