LISST-
Tau User’s Manual
Appendix B: Data Output Format
Page 23
Appendix B: Data Output Format
Serial Data
Output Format
The values transmitted via the serial connection are shown below.
Output occurs every 1 second. Values are tab delimited and each line
is terminated with a <CR><LF>. Data saved by LISST-Tau software
will be a TXT file in this format.
The LISST-Tau supports other special-purpose data formats, which are
not described here. Contact Sequoia Scientific for details.
Example:
LTAU1234G<tab>2021-03-01T13:10:59<tab>0.3642<tab>0.9468<tab>
34427<tab>42488<tab>21.8<tab>12.18<tab>1.33<tab>
2021-01-23T10:17:35<tab>1.30319<tab>21.01677<cr><lf>
Field
Name
Description
Data Type,
resolution
1
ID
Identifies instrument
“LTAU<SN>”. SN is a 4-digit
number (1234 in example) followed by one character
indicating a model variant, G for 532 nm or R for 650
nm).
String
2
Timestamp
Date-time of sample in ISO 8601 format (yyyy-mm-
ddThh:mm:ss) (e.g. 2021-03-01T13:10:59)
String
3
Beamc
Beam attenuation [units 1/m],
Beamc = (
–1/Pathlength)*ln(Tau),
e. g. 0.3642,
Pathlength = 0.15 [m]
Decimal
0.0001
4
Tau
Transmission,
Tau = (Tr/TrCal) * (CorrFunCal/CorrFun(Temp))
, e. g.
0.9468
Decimal
0.0001
5
RefNet
Net raw reference counts,
RefNet = RefLedOn
–
RefLedOff
, e. g. 34427
Decimal
integer
6
SigNet
Net received signal counts,
SigNet = SigLedOn
– SigLedOff,
e. g. 42488
Decimal
integer
7
Receiver
Temperature
Receiver Board temperature in °C, e. g. 21.8
Decimal
0.01
8
Vsupply
Input supply voltage in volts, e. g. 12.18
Decimal
0.01
9
FW version
Version of instrument firmware, e. g. 1.33
Decimal
0.01
10
TimestampC
al
Date-time of the current clean-water baseline, in ISO
8601 format, e. g. 2021-01-23T10:17:35
String