Manual – Starflow Ultrasonic Doppler Instrument
Model 6526
Unidata Manual - 6526 Starflow User Manual Issue 17 01 2020.docx
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The scan rate also influences averaging. If you want to log average data every 15 minutes, then a
5 second scan rate implies 15min × 60sec ÷ 5 = 180 samples. If you don’t need that many
samples, you could increase the scan rate to maximize battery life.
Another limit the scan rate imposes is on the maximum logging interval. The maximum log interval
is 65535 times the scan rate. For example, if you set the scan rate to 1 second, the maximum
logging interval is 65535 seconds, or 18 hours 12 minutes 15 seconds. If you want a log interval of
1 day, you would need a scan rate of at least 2 seconds.
The
Scheme Description
should be set to something that will assist you in remember what the
scheme is for.
Apart from the
Scan Rate
, the
Communication
settings are the next most critical. If they’re
wrong, you won’t be able to program or unload your logger!
The Instruments window lets you define what instruments are connected to the logger.
Instruments define the relationship between what the logger measures (voltages, pulses/counts,
digital data) and what the instrument measures (temperature, depth, wind speed, etc).