
Pathfinder DVL Guide
April
2018
EAR-Controlled Technology Subject to Restrictions Contained on the Cover Page.
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Table 14:
Recommended Commands
Command
Choices
Description
CR1
Sets factory defaults
This is the first command sent to the DVL to place it in a “known” state.
CBxxx
CB111 to CB811
Sets the baud rate from 1200 to 115200 baud. Recommended to leave at
default setting of 9600 baud (CB411) (see
CF11110
See manual for descrip-
tion
Flow control - Recommended to leave at default setting of CF11110 (see
BP1
BP0 (off) to BP999
Sets the Bottom Track Pings Ping to once per ensemble. Recommended
to leave at default setting of BP1 (see
BP – Bottom-Track Pings per En-
BX01100
600 kHz = BX1100
Sets the Maximum Tracking Depth to 110m for Pathfinder 600 (1100
decimeters) (see
EA00000
EA-17999 to EA18000
Heading alignment uses beam-3 as the heading alignment. If the Path-
finder is r45 degrees starboard (recommended alignment), set
EA to EA+45000 (see
ED0000
ED0 to ED65535
Manually set depth of the transducer in decimeters. If a pressure sensor
is available, the ED-command will be used only if the depth sensor fails
(see
ES35
ES0 to ES40
Salinity of water is set to 35 (saltwater) (see
EX10111
Coordinates, Use Tilts, 3-
beam solution, bin map-
ping
Sets coordinate system, use tilts, allow 3-beam solutions, and allow
depth cell (bin) mapping (see
EX – Coordinate Transformation
EZ22000010
Sensor source
Calculate speed of sound from internal sensor readings (Temperature)
(see
TE00:00:00.00
Time per ensemble
Ping as fast as possible (see
TP00:00.00
Time per ping
Ping as fast as possible (see
WP0
WP0 to WP16384
Water Profiling – The default setting WP0 will turn off water profiling
(see
WS0200
WS10 to WS400
Sets the depth cell size in cm. Recommended to leave at default setting
(see
WN030
WN1 to WN255
Sets the number of depth cells. Recommended to leave at default setting
of WN030 (see
BKx
BK0, BK1, BK2, BK3
This command selects the when the Water-Mass Layer ping will be used.
Recommended to send the BK0 (default) command to disable the Water-
Mass Layer (this also disables the #BL command) (see
).
If the Water-Mass Layer pings need to be enabled, see the BK and #BL
commands.
#BLmmmm,nnnn,ffff Min, Near, Far layer
boundary
This command sets the Water-Mass Layer boundaries. Recommended to
leave at the default settings: #BL80,160,240 (see
#BJtc*hrn***
Bottom Data Types
This command sets the Bottom Data Types that will be output. Recom-
mended to leave at the default setting #BJ100 000 000 (see