RS-232 - Sea-Bird Electronics
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1. PINS PIN2 WHITE PIN3 PINS RED PIN2 i PIN4 GREENT RED 3 RED PL U Reference Sheet Version 004 03 17 14 Firmware Version 1 1 and later 1 Command Instructions and List e Input commands in upper or lower case letters and register commands by pressing Enter key e Ifin quiescent sleep state re establish communications by clicking Connect in Communications menu or pressing Enter key e Ifa new command is not received within 2 minutes after completion of a command MicroCAT returns to quiescent sleep state e MicroCAT sends an error message if invalid command is entered Shown below are the commands used most commonly in the field See the Manual for complete listing and detailed descriptions CATEGORY COMMAND DESCRIPTION GetCD Get and display configuration data GetSD Get and display status data GetCC Get and display calibration coefficients Status GetEC Get and display event counter data ResetEC Reset event counter GetHD Get and display hardware data DS Get and display status DC Get and display calibration coefficients A S Set real time clock month day year hour minute second BaudRate x x baud rate 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 or 115200 Default 9600 General x Y RS 232 transceiver always enables Tx Use this setting if providing 3 wire interface2. defined by OutputFormat Send Stop before sending Data Upload DDb e Upload scan b to scan e in converted decimal form OutputFormat 1 regardless of user setup for OutputFormat Send Stop before sending Calibration emaria Coefficients Reference Sheet Version 004 03 17 14 Firmware Version 1 1 and later
3. power Setup RS232ForceOn x ground transmit and setting AutoRun Y to start sampling when power applied x N RS 232 transceiver enables Tx only when Rx is valid Default OutputExecutedTag x x Y Output XML Executed and Executing tags x N Do not ReferencePressure x_ x reference pressure decibars used when MicroCAT has no pressure sensor QS Quit session and place MicroCAT in quiescent sleep state Logging and memory not affected MinCondFreq x minimum conductivity frequency Hz to enable pump turn on for sampling x Y Use Adaptive Pump Control methodology to calculate pump run time Pump Setup Adaptive PumpControlx x N Do not ae A Pump Control pee ak for 3 5 etre sampling for testing PumpOn Turn pump on for testing PumpOff Turn pump off if turned on with PumpOn Memory StoreData x x Y Store data to memory when sampling x N Do not InitLogging Initialize logging to make entire memory available for recording Setup i SampleNumber x x sample number for last sample in memory SampleNumber 0 equivalent to InitLogging OutputFormat x x 0 Output raw decimal data x 2 Output converted decimal data in XML x 1 Output converted decimal data Output OutputTime x x Y Output date and time x N Do not Format Setup OutputSal x x Y Output salinity psu x N Do not OutputSV x x Y Output sound velocity m sec x N Do not OutputDepth x x Y Output depth m x N Do not Latitude x x latitude degrees to use in
4. 9 CONNECTOR HOOD RMG 4FS W LOCKING SLEEVE RS 232 line will initiate sample 3 GREEN Pi RMG 4F5_ _P2 DB 9S BLK RED PAIR P1 PINT WHITE PINS 4 Mount MicroCAT using Sea Bird ol PIN2 BLACK PIN3 j PIN3 GREEN PIN2 __ mounting hardware or customer Ni eo SaseceeoooS supplied mounting hardware BLK RED TWISTED PAIR RED 20 MicroCAT is intended for deployment with connector at bottom MCIL Wet Pluggable Connector Cable Wiring DN 32366 MCIL 4FS W LOCKING SLEEVE for proper operation see manual LOCATING PIN Data Upload 1 BLACK ga 1 Connect cable from MicroCAT to 3 WHITE computer and power supply 2 Double click on SeatermV2 exe SeatermV2 opens in Instruments menu select SBE 37 RS232 Seaterm232 opens In Seaterm232 s Communications menu select Configure Select Comm port and baud rate factory set to 9600 and click OK 4 Seaterm232 automatically connects to MicroCAT As it connects it sends GetHD and displays response and then fills Send Commands window with list of commands for your MicroCAT 5 If sampling autonomously logging command MicroCAT to stop logging by sending Stop 6 Click Upload menu to upload stored data 7 Seaterm232 prompts you to run SBE Data Processing to convert uploaded hex file to cnv file for use by other modules in data processing software Process file and review data to ensure all data has been uploaded P1MCIL 4FS__ _P2 DB 9S te PAIR PIN1 BLACK __
5. SBE 37 SIP IDO RS 232 MicroCAT Reference Sheet see SBE 37 SIP IDO MicroCAT User s Manual for complete details Sampling Modes e Autonomous sampling There are three types of Autonomous sampling Continuous 1 2 3 or 4 sec Pump runs continuously MicroCAT samples at 1 Hz 1 sample sec stores data in memory and transmits data MicroCAT does not go to sleep between samples Interval of 2 3 or 4 sec provides no power savings over sec MicroCAT still samples at 1 Hz but less memory used data is stored to memory and transmitted at specified interval Fast Interval 5 179 sec Pump runs continuously At pre programmed intervals sample store data in memory and transmit data Slow Interval gt 180 sec At pre programmed intervals wake up run pump sample store data in memory transmit data and go to sleep e Polled sampling On command run pump take sample and transmit data Useful for integrating MicroCAT with satellite radio or wire telemetry equipment e Serial Line Sync In response to a pulse on serial line wake up run pump for 1 sec sample transmit data store data in memory and go to sleep Easy method for synchronizing MicroCAT sampling with other instruments such as Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers ADCPs or current meters without drawing on their battery or memory resources Setup 1 Install cable Connect to computer serial port and power supply 9 24 VDC 2 Double click on
6. SeatermV2 exe SeatermV2 opens in the Instruments menu select SBE 37 RS232 Seaterm232 opens 3 In Seaterm232 s Communications menu select Configure Select Comm port and baud rate factory set to 9600 and click OK 4 Seaterm232 automatically connects to MicroCAT As it connects it sends GetHD and displays response and then fills Send Commands window with list of commands for your MicroCAT 5 Ensure all data has been uploaded from memory and then send InitLogging to make entire memory available for recording If InitLogging is not sent data will be stored after last recorded sample 6 Set Date and Time DateTime 7 Establish setup and operating parameters Deployment 1 Install cable and locking sleeve Connect to computer serial port and connect red and black wires to power supply 9 24 VDC 2 Mount MicroCAT using optional Sea Bird mounting hardware or customer supplied mounting hardware MicroCAT is intended for deployment with connector at bottom for proper operation see manual for details 3 Program MicroCAT for intended deployment see other side of this sheet for Command Instructions and List Use one of following sequences to initiate logging e Start to start autonomous sampling logging now taking a sample every SampleInterval seconds 1 WHITE e SyncMode Y for serial line sync mode so that a simple pulse on ARED 3 2 BLACK RMG Connector Cable Wiring DN 32277 PN17096 DB 9S FEMALE CONNECTOR 097 DB
7. depth calculation SampleInterval x x interval between samples 1 21600 sec Autonomous AutoRun x Y When power applied automatically sample as defined by SampleInterval and SyncMode Sampling x N When power applied do not begin to automatically sample Logging Start Start sampling Stop Stop logging Press Enter key before entering Stop Must send Stop before uploading data x Y Enable serial line sync If AutoRun N and a simple pulse is transmitted or AutoRun Y and Serial Line power is applied MicroCAT runs pump takes sample transmits data stores data in memory if SyncMode x StoreData Y and goes to sleep Pump operation is dependent on setting for MinCondFreq and Sync AdaptivePumpControl and temperature and pressure of previous sample x N Disable serial line synchronization TS Take sample store data in buffer output data TSR Take sample store data in buffer output data in raw decimal format TPS Run pump take sample store data in buffer output data TPSH Run pump take sample store data in buffer do not output data Polled Sampling TPSS Run pump take sample store data in buffer and in memory output data TSN x Do not pump Take x samples output data TPSN x Run pump continuously while taking x samples and outputting data SL Output last sample stored in buffer SLTP Output last sample stored in buffer then run pump take new sample and store data in buffer GetSamples b e Upload scan b to scan e in format
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