Pathfinder DVL Guide
April
2018
EAR-Controlled Technology Subject to Restrictions Contained on the Cover Page.
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Table 20.
Pathfinder Commands and Defaults
Command
Default
Dynamic
Command
Description
MR 0
0
No
Set recorder on/off [0=off,1=on]
MY
N/A
No
Y-Modem output
PA
N/A
No
Pre-deployment tests
PC
N/A
No
Display Pressure, Temperature, Heading, Pitch, Roll Built-in test
PC0
N/A
No
Help
PC2
N/A
No
Display Sensor Data
PC4
N/A
No
Display Voltage Monitor ADC Data
PC5
N/A
No
Display Leak Sensor ADC Data
PC20
N/A
No
Display Scrolling Sensor Data
PC40
N/A
No
Display Scrolling Voltage Monitor Data
PC50
N/A
No
Display Scrolling Leak Sensor ADC Data
PD
n
PD0
No
Data stream select (0, 4, 5, 6, 13)
#PE
nnnnn
#PE 00000
No
Ethernet Data Streams Bitmask (PD0,4,5,6,13)
PS0
N/A
No
Display System Configuration
PS1
N/A
No
Display fixed leader (binary).
PT0
N/A
No
Built-In test – Help
PT3
N/A
No
Built-In test - Receive Path
PT5
N/A
No
Built-In test - Transmit/Receive Continuity
PT9
N/A
No
Built-In test - Transmit Memory Test
PT10
N/A
No
Built-In test - Receive Memory Test
PT11
N/A
No
Built-In test - FRAM Test
PT12
N/A
No
Built-In test - RAM Test
PT13
N/A
No
Built-In test - ROM Test
PT14
N/A
No
Built-In test - Recorder Test
PT19
N/A
No
Built-In test - Ringing Test
TEhh:mm:ss.ff
00:00:00.00
No
Time per ensemble (hours:minutes:seconds.100
th
of seconds)
TF --/--/--,--:--:--
N/A
No
Set First Ping Time (yy/mm/dd,hh:mm:ss)
TPmm:ss.ff
00:00.00
No
Time between pings (minutes:seconds.100
th
of seconds)
TSyy/mm/dd,
hh:mm:ss
N/A
No
Set real-time clock (year/month/day, hours:minutes:seconds)
TTccyy/mm/dd,
hh:mm:ss
N/A
No
Set real-time clock (Y2k compatible) (century year /month/day, hours:minutes:sec-
onds)
WA
nnn
, #WA
nnn
050
Yes
False target threshold maximum (0 to 255 counts)
WBn
1
Yes
Bandwidth 0=Wide, 1=Narrow
WC
nnn,
#WC
nnn
064
Yes
Correlation threshold (0 to 255 counts)
WD
nnn
nnn
nnn
111110000
No
Data Out {v;c;a;p;s;*;*;*;*}
WE
nnnn,
#WE
nnnn
2000
Yes
Error velocity threshold (0 to 5000 mm/s)
WF
nnnn
0088
Yes
Blanking Distance [0 to 999 cm]
WJn, #WJn
1
Yes
BroadBand Receiver gain (0 = Low, 1 = High)
W
Nnnn
030
Yes
Number of Bins (1 to 255)
WP
nnnn
000
Yes
Pings per ensemble (0 to 16384)
WS
nnnn
0200
Yes
Bin size 10 to 800 cm
WT
nnnn,
#WT
nnnn
0000
Yes
Transmit length (0 to 3200 cm)
WV
nnn
0383
Yes
Ambiguity velocity (020 to 700 cm/s radial)
#WX n
0
Yes
Set Single Beam Xmit
Highlighted commands are “expert” commands. Changing these command parameters can
have severe consequences to data collection.
Commands queried (e.g., B?) during an ensemble will, in general, cause the Pathfinder to
respond with the usual description.
Editing or adding expert commands (#xx) to the command file will allow items to be set that if
set incorrectly can cause the data to be the wrong format, bad, and/or uncorrectable even in
post processing.