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1. Short Name Full Name Friendly Name Units Notes Comments User entry for moored pressure instrument with no pressure prM Pressure db pr M db sensor User entry for moored pressure instrument with no pressure prE Pressure psi pr E psi sensor Temperature measured by ptempC Pressure Temperature deg C ptemp C deg C pressure sensor Temperature measured by ptempF Pressure Temperature deg F ptemp F deg F pressure sensor prDM Pressure Digiquartz db pr M db Digiquartz pressure sensor prDE Pressure Digiquartz psi pr E psi Digiquartz pressure sensor fgp0 Pressure FGP KPa fgp KPa 1 FGP pressure sensor fgp1 Pressure FGP 2 KPa fgp2 KPa 2nd FGP pressure sensor fgp2 Pressure FGP 3 KPa fgp3 KPa 3rd FGP pressure sensor fgp3 Pressure FGP 4 KPa fgp4 KPa 4th FGP pressure sensor fgp4 Pressure FGP 5 KPa fgp5 KPa 5th FGP pressure sensor fgp5 Pressure FGP 6 KPa fgp6 KPa 6th FGP pressure sensor fgp6 Pressure FGP 7 KPa fgp7 KPa 7th FGP pressure sensor fgp7 Pressure FGP 8 KPa fgp8 KPa 8th FGP pressure sensor pr50M Pressure SBE 50 db pr50 M db 1 SBE 50 pressure sensor pr50E Pressure SBE 50 psi pr50 E psi 1 SBE 50 pressure sensor pr50M1 Pressure SBE 50 2 db pr50 M2 db 2 SBE 50 pressure sensor pr50E1 Pressure SBE 50 2 psi pr50 E2 psi 2 SBE 50 pressure sensor prSM or prdM _ Pressure Strain Gauge db prM db strain gauge pressure sensor prSE or prdE Pres
2. 157 Manual revision 7 23 2 Index Seasave V7 Index Auto fire 68 Average sound velocity 72 132 bl file 17 bmp file 17 99 100 B con file 15 19 44 105 114 121 SBE 16 24 Bottle firing 138 141 SBE 16plus 25 Bottles 67 109 SBE 16plus V2 27 Bottom contact switch alarm 84 85 86 103 SBE 19 29 Bugs 126 SBE 19plus 31 SBE 19plus V2 33 C SBE 21 35 SBE 25 37 Calibration coefficients 44 SBE 45 42 A D count sensors 49 SBE 49 43 altimeter 50 SBE 911 plus 22 bottles closed 48 SBE 917plus 22 conductivity 47 dat file 17 105 114 exporting 45 dsa file 15 fluorometer 50 hdr file 17 105 114 frequency sensors 46 hex file 17 105 114 GTD 63 hex format 145 importing 45 ni file 15 methane 55 Jpg file 17 99 100 OBS nephelometer Turbidity 55 mrk file 17 105 optode 63 nav file 17 105 ORP 56 psa file 15 oxygen 57 txt file 17 PAR irradiance 58 wmf file 17 99 100 pH 58 xml file 15 17 pressure 48 49 50 xmlcon file 15 19 44 105 114 121 pressure FGP 58 SBE 16 24 RS 232 sensors 62 SBE 16plus 25 SBE 38 62 SBE 16plus V2 27 SBE 50 62 SBE 19 29 SBE 63 62 SBE 19plus 31 sound velocity 48 SBE 19plus V2 33 suspended sediment 59 SBE 21 35 temperature 46 49 SBE 25 37 transmissometer 59 SBE 25plus 39 user polynomial 61 SBE 45 42 voltage sensors 50 SBE 49 43 W
3. Time between scans Used to calculate elapsed time if you select time as a parameter for a display window Must agree with SBE 16 setup SI see reply Shaded sensors cannot be removed or changed to another type of from DS is f J NMEA position data added Scan time added sensor All others are optional Select if using with deck unit connected Channel Sensor Newt 7 to NMEA navigation device Seasave ew to create new con adds current latitude longitude and 1 Frequency Gisele or xmicon file for this universal time code to data header 2 Frequency Conductivity a eee eae appends NMEA data to every scan Sa ea i and writes NMEA data to nav file every 3 A D voltage 0 User Polynomial con or xmlcon file time Ctrl F7 is pressed or Add to nav 4 A D yoltage1 PAR Iradiance Biospherical Licor Save or Save As t0 File is clicked see Adding NMEA Data save current con or to nav File in Section 8 Real Time xmicon file settings Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition Click a non shaded sensor and click Select to pick a different sensor for that channel A dialog box witha Select list of sensors appears Select sensors after number Click a sensor and click of voltage channels have been specified above Modi Modify to change calibration coefficients Opens a txt file for viewing only cannot be modified that shows all parameters in con or xmlcon file Not
4. JPG or bitmap Help OK Cancel 100 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 7 Display Setting Up Seasave Displays Seasave V7 Viewing Seasave Plots Shown below is an example plot pales gt gt alaly y l 9 aem 0 000 0 000 1 600 Toolbar Click appropriate button to scroll zoom undo print copy to clipboard or save Temperature I15 90 deg C 3 200 4 800 6 400 6 000 An o EE Peo A s 1 7504 H b g 60K 4 500K 4 SUK Ba rpm 0 24 375K Tht sakt o H A 6 1254 7 000K 0 000 Right click in plot to make changes selections e Modify change plot setup Plot Display dialog box appears e Modify ranges change plot axis ranges Modify Ranges dialog box appears See description on next page e Modify colors change plot colors Colors dialog box appears e Export Display Settings dsa file export setup to dsa file Save As dialog box appears Print Copy Save as See description below Toolbar Enable disable display of toolbar at top of plot Scroll Zoom See description below Undo scroll amp zoom See description below Disable auto page Seasave automatically disables auto page if you scroll or zoom or undo scroll amp zoom To re enable select Disable auto page Maximize enlarge display to full screen When enlarged use Tab key to view other displays Restore If m
5. drawing below V Enable maximum pressure alarm Enable altimeter alarm in PC Set Alarm set point at altimeter reading where you want alarm to sound Set Alarm hysteresis greater than expected ship i Erene Sinear AT Set Minimum pressure to enable heave swell to prevent on off on off i alarm greater than approximately sounding of alarm caused by ship heave Alarm set point meters 20 db to prevent alarm from turning See drawing below on while CTD is on ship deck or as it Example You want alarm to turn on at 10 is entering water when altimeter is m set set point 10 m There is a 0 5 m Minimum pressure to enable alarm decibars measuring distance to deck or to top swell set hysteresis 1 m which should of water surface be sufficient to account for possible 0 5 m E upward movement due to ship heave Enable bottom contact switch alam Enable bottom contact switch alarm in PC Alarm sounds at 10 m above sea bottom and stays on until altimeter goes above 11 m when it shuts off until it falls to 10 m again Tone for alarms TestAam C PCintemal speaker PC sound card Set up and test alarm tone emitted by computer running Seasave Tone is provided through PC s internal speaker or PC s sound card for transmission to external speakers or headphones Sound alarm when pressure is greater than decibars 1000 gt Alarm hysteresis meters For a visual alarm see Alarms in
6. timed out while trying to acquire data see desired header and click OK Troubleshooting below for suggestions B Ifyou set up a water sampler in Configure Inputs Seasave sends a on possible causes and solutions Reset command to the water sampler and waits up to 60 seconds for Outputs and displays can be confirmation reconfigured without interrupting data C If you selected NMEA position data added in the con or xmlcon file acquisition For example i Seasave initializes NMEA communications gt If you start a cast and realize that you D Ifyou selected Check Scan Length in the Options menu Seasave forgot to set up serial data output you checks the con or xmlcon file to verify that the scan length defined by can select Configure Outputs and i make and save the desired changes the con or xmlcon file matches the instrument i e number of sensors without interrupting data acquisition inclusion of NMEA and or Surface PAR is as defined in the con or Once the changes are saved serial xmicon file If a Scan length error appears verify that data will output to the desired COM e You are using the correct con or xmlcon file port e The con or xmlcon file has been updated as necessary if you gt Similarly if you forgot to select some added or deleted sensors added or deleted NMEA or Surface PAR variables for a display you can right inputs etc click in the display to modify it select E A message similar to one of the fo
7. 1 8607e 4 t 0 16072 sv 1 579e 9 t 3 158e 8 t 7 7016e 5 vl sv sd a a 1 8563e 9 t 2 5294e 7 t 1 0268e 5 1 2943e 7 sd a 1 9646e 10 t 3 5216e 9 3 3603e 12 pr a pr sv pr vl pr vO return sv 131 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix IV Derived Parameter Formulas Seasave V7 PD d 9 App min average sound velocity ________ m s p p d Vi Appin Average sound velocity is the harmonic mean average from the surface to the current CTD depth and is calculated on the downcast only The first window begins when pressure is greater than a minimum specified pressure and salinity is greater than a minimum specified salinity Depth is calculated from pressure based on user input latitude on the Miscellaneous tab in Configure Inputs regardless of whether latitude data from a NMEA navigation device is in the data file e In Seasave and in SBE Data Processing s Data Conversion module the algorithm also requires user input of a pressure window size and time window size It then calculates d depth at end of window depth at start of window meters Vv sound velocity at start of window sound velocity at end of window 2 m sec e In SBE Data Processing s Derive module the algorithm is based on the assumption that the data has been bin averaged already Average sound velocity is computed scan by scan d depth of current scan depth of
8. 1st sensor wetChConc Fluorescence WET Labs Chl Con mg m 3 wetChConc mg m 3 WET Labs AC3 chlorophyll 149 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix VIII Output Variable Names Seasave V7 Short Name Full Name Friendly Name Units Notes Comments Fluorescence WET Labs ECO AFL FL flECO AFL mg m 3 eco afl mg m 3 1 sensor Fluorescence WET Labs ECO AFL FL 2 flECO AFL1 mg m 3 eco afl2 mg m 3 2nd sensor Fluorescence WET Labs ECO AFL FL 3 fIECO AFL2 mg m 3 eco afl3 mg m 3 3rd sensor Fluorescence WET Labs ECO AFL FL 4 flECO AFL3 mg m 3 eco afl4 mg m 3 4th sensor Fluorescence WET Labs ECO AFL FL 5 fIECO AFL4 mg m 3 eco afl5 mg m 3 5th sensor Fluorescence WET Labs ECO AFL FL 6 flECO AFL5 mg m 3 eco afl6 mg m 3 6th sensor Fluorescence WET Labs ECO AFL FL flECO AFLdiff Diff 2 1 mg m 3 eco afldiff mg m 3 2nd sensor 1st sensor Fluorescence WET Labs WETstar wetStar mg m 3 WETstar mg m 3 1 sensor Fluorescence WET Labs WETstar 2 wetStar1 mg m 3 WETstar2 mg m 3 2nd sensor Fluorescence WET Labs WETstar 3 wetStar2 mg m 3 WETstar3 mg m 3 3rd sensor Fluorescence WET Labs WETstar 4 wetStar3 mg m 3 WETstar4 mg m 3 4th sensor Fluorescence WET Labs WETstar 5 wetStar4 mg m 3 WETstar5 mg m 3 5th sensor Fluorescence WET Labs WETstar 6 wetStar5 mg
9. TV In t _ microns where Vr transmission channel voltage output Vs scattering channel voltage output The calibration coefficients supplied by Sequoia are based on water containing spherical particles Perform calibrations using seawater with particle shapes that are similar to what is expected in situ Transmissometer Calibration Coefficients e Sea Tech and Chelsea Alphatracka Enter M B and path length in meters Path length distance between lenses is based on sensor size for example 25 cm transmissometer 0 25m path length etc light transmission M volts B where M Tw W0 Y0 A0 Y0 AI1 Y1 B M Y1 and AO factory voltage output in air manufacturer factory calibration A1 current most recent voltage output in air Y0 factory dark or zero blocked path voltage manufacturer factory calibration Y 1 current most recent dark or zero blocked path voltage WO0 factory voltage output in pure water manufacturer factory calibration Tw transmission in pure water for transmission relative to water Tw 100 or for transmission relative to air Tw is defined by table below Tw Transmission in Pure Water relative to AIR Wavelength 10 cm Path Length 25 cm Path Length 488 nm blue 99 8 99 6 532 nm green 99 5 98 8 660 nm red 96 0 96 4 90 2 91 3 Transmissometer Example from calibration sheet A0 4 743 V Y0 0 002 V W0 4 565 Volts
10. con or xmlcon file Seasave V7 Note See Using Seasave with Moored Instruments in Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition for information on Seasave timeout settings for a 19p us in moored mode Shown below is an example status DS response in Seaterm that corresponds to the setup shown in the Configuration dialog box above Shown below the appropriate lines are the commands used in Seaterm to modify the setup of parameters critical to use of the instrument with Seasave as well as any explanatory information SeacatPlus V 1 5 SERIAL NO 4000 22 May 2005 14 02 13 vbatt 9 6 vlith 8 6 ioper 61 2 ma ipump 25 5 ma iextOl 76 2 ma iext23 65 1 ma status not logging number of scans to average 1 Scans to average NAvg must match Scans to Average in con or xmlcon file samples 0 fr 381300 casts 0 mode profile minimum cond freq 3000 pump delay 60 sec Mode MP for profile or MM for moored must match Mode in con or xmlcon file autorun no ignore magnetic switch no battery type ALKALINE battery cutoff 7 3 volts pressure sensor strain gauge range 1000 0 Pressure sensor PType must match Pressure sensor type in con or xmlcon file SBE 38 no Gas Tension Device no RS 232 sensors which are used for custom applications only must be disabled to use Seasave Ext Volt 0 yes Ext Volt 1
11. xmicon file samples 823 free 465210 run pump during sample delay before sampling 2 0 seconds transmit real time yes Real time data transmission must be enabled TxRealTime Y to acquire data in Seasave battery cutoff 7 5 volts pressure sensor strain gauge range 1000 0 Internal pressure sensor PType must match Pressure sensor type in con or xmicon file SBE 38 yes SBE 50 no Gas Tension Device no Selection enabling of RS 232 sensors SBE38 SBE50 GTD DualGTD must match Serial RS 232C sensor in con or xmlcon file Ext Volt 0 yes Ext Volt 1 yes Ext Volt 2 no Ext Volt 3 no Number of external voltage sensors enabled Volt0 through Volt3 must match External voltage channels in con or xmicon file echo commands yes output format raw HEX Output format must be set to raw Hex OutputFormat 0 to acquire data in Seasave serial sync mode disabled Serial sync mode must be disabled SyncMode N to acquire data in Seasave 26 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file Seasave V7 SBE 16p us V2 SeaCAT C T Recorder Configuration Manual revision 7 23 2 Through the SBE 16p us RS 232 sensor connector the SBE 16plus V2 can interface with an SBE 38 secondary temperature sensor SBE 50 pressure sensor SBE 63 Optical Dissolved Oxygen Sensor WET Labs sensor single dual or triple channe
12. 1 0 0 0162 T 15 0 if val result suml sum2 T 15 0 val else result 2997y return result 130 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix IV Derived Parameter Formulas Seasave V7 sound velocity m sec sound velocity can be calculated as Chen Millero DelGrosso or Wilson Sound velocity calculation C Computer Code Sound Velocity Chen and Millero double SndVelC double s double t double p0 sound velocity Chen and Millero 1977 JASA 62 1129 1135 s salinity t temperature deg C ITPS 68 p pressure in decibars double a a0 al a2 a3 double b b0 bl double 00 cl 627 634 double p sr d sv p p0 10 0 scale pressure to bars if s lt 0 0 s 0 0 sr sqrt s d 1 727e 3 7 9836e 6 p bl 7 3637e 5 1 7945e 7 t b0 1 922e 2 4 42e 5 t b bO bl p a3 3 389e 13 t 6 649e 12 t 1 100e 10 a2 7 988e 12 t 1 6002e 10 t 9 1041le 9 t 3 9064e 7 al 22e 10 t 1 0507e 8 t 6 4885e 8 t 1 2580e 5 t 9 4742e 5 a0 2le 8 t 2 006e 6 t 7 164e 5 t 1 262e 2 t 1 389 a a2 p al p a0 c3 3643e 12 t 3 8504e 10 t 9 7729e 9 c2 1 0405e 12 t 2 5335e 10 t 2 5974e 8 t 1 7107e 6 t 3 1260e 5 el 1185e 10 t 1 3621le 7 8 1788e 6 t 6 8982e 4 t 0 153563 c0 1464e 9 t 1 47800e 6 3 3420e 4 t 5 80852e 2 t 5 03711 t 1402 388 c
13. 3 Frequency Pressure Digiquartz with TC 7 4 AJD voltage 0 pH coefficients 5 AD voltage 1 Oxygen SBE 43 6 AD voltage 2 Fluorometer WET Labs CDOM Click Modify to bring up a dialog box to change the configuration and or view calibration coefficients 3 The Configuration dialog box appears Selections at the top are different for each instrument An example is shown for the SBE 9plus Configuration for the SBE 911plus 917plus CTD Configuration file opened None Frequency channels suppressed 3 Voltage words suppressed 9 Deck unit or SEARAM SBE11plus Firmware Version gt 5 0 x Computer interface RS 232C Scans to average 1 IV NMEA position data added fe NMEA device connected to deck unit f NMEA device connected to PC IV Surface PAR voltage added IV Scan time added Channel Sensor Ea 1 Frequency Temperature 2 Frequency Conductivity 3 Frequency Pressure Digiquartz with TC 4 A D voltage0 pH 5 A D voltage 1 Oxygen SBE 43 6 A D voltage 2 Fluorometer WET Labs CDOM 7 A D voltage 3 Altimeter 8 SPAR voltage Unavailable 3 SPAR voltage SPAR Surface Inradiance SSE Report Help 20 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file Seasave V7 Note For details on using the Import and Export buttons in the sensor dialog box see Importing and Exporting Calibration Coefficients in Section 4
14. 83 Dr Haardt Chlorophyll fluorometer sensor serial number 84 Dr Haardt Chlorophyll fluorometer sensor calibration date 85 Dr Haardt Chlorophyll fluorometer A0 Al BO Bl which modulo bit gain range switching 86 Dr Haardt Phycoerythrin fluorometer sensor serial number 87 Dr Haardt Phycoerythrin fluorometer sensor calibration date 88 Dr Haardt Phycoerythrin fluorometer AO Al BO Bl which modulo bit gain range switching 89 Dr Haardt Turbidity OBS nephelometer sensor serial number 90 Dr Haardt Turbidity OBS nephelometer sensor calibration date 91 Dr Haardt Turbidity OBS nephelometer A0 Al BO Bl which modulo bit gain range switching 92 IOW oxygen sensor serial number 93 IOW oxygen sensor calibration date 94 IOW oxygen AO Al A2 A3 BO B1 95 IOW sound velocity sensor serial number 122 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix Il Configure con or xmlcon File Format Seasave V7 96 IOW sound velocity sensor calibration date 97 IOW sound velocity AO Al A2 98 Biospherical natural fluorometer sensor serial number 99 Biospherical natural fluorometer sensor calibration date 00 Biospherical natural fluorometer Cfn Al A2 B 01 Sea tech 1s6000 OBS neph
15. A3 1 001685e 4 A4 1 120083e 6 A5 6 536332e 9 FQO 54 6746 FOQl 0 603459 FQ2 1 09987e 2 FQ3 6 1670e 5 GO 7 944e 2 G1 1 6483e 2 G2 5 3009e 4 i0 2 2838e 3 il 1 098le 5 i2 1 6078e 6 JO 1 91075e 4 MO 9 9348e 7 M1 2 0816e 8 M2 9 1697e 10 EO 19652 21 El 148 4206 E2 2 327105 E3 1 360477e 2 E4 5 155288e 5 HO 3 239908 H1 1 43713e 3 H2 1 16092e 4 H3 5 77905e 7 KO 8 50935e 5 K1 6 12293e 6 K2 5 2787e 8 C Computer Code double Density double s double t double p s salinity PSU t temperature deg C ITPS 68 p pressure in decibars double t2 t3 t4 t5 s32 double sigma k kw aw bw double val t2 t t t3 ESEZ t4 EXET t5 t t4 if s lt 070 s 0 000001 s32 pow s 1 5 p 10 0 convert decibars to bars sigma AO Al t A2 t2 A3 t3 A4 t4 A5 t5 BO Bl t B2 t2 B3 t3 B4 t4 s COO CIS C2 ths ees2 4 DOE es kw EO El t E2 t2 E3 t3 E4 t4 aw HO H1 t H2 t2 H3 t3 bw KO K1l t K2 t2 k kw FOO FOL t FQ2 t2 FQ3 t3 s GO Gl t G2 t2 s32 aw iO al t i2 t2 s J0 s32 p bw MO M1 t M2 t2 s p p val 1 p k if val sigma sigma val 1000 0 return sigma Sigma theta o9 p s O s t p 0 0 1000 kg m 5 Sigma 1 6 p s 0 s t p 1000 1000 1000 kg m Sigma 2 o p s O s t p 2000 2000 100
16. Beam Transmission WET Labs C Star 4 CStarTr3 CStarTr4 4th sensor Beam Transmission WET Labs C Star 5 CStarTr4 CStarTr5 5th sensor Beam Transmission WET Labs C Star 6 CStarTr5 CStarTr6 6th sensor Beam Transmission WET Labs C Star Diff CStarTrdiff 2 1 CStarTrdiff 2nd sensor Ist sensor bpos Bottle Position in Carousel bpos HBBotCls Bottles Closed HB HBBotCls nbf Bottles Fired nbf bet Bottom Contact bet Calculated in SBE Data Processing s Buoyancy N Buoyancy cycles hour N cycles hour module Calculated in SBE Data Processing s Buoyancy N 2 Buoyancy rad 2 s 2 N 2 rad 2 s 2 module nbytes Byte Count nbytes 147 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix VIII Output Variable Names Seasave V7 Short Name Full Name Friendly Name Units Notes Comments cdomflTCO CDOM Turner Cyclops ppb QS cdomflTC ppb QS 1 sensor cdomflTC1 CDOM Turner Cyclops 2 ppb QS cdomflTC2 ppb QS 2nd sensor CDOM Turner Cyclops Diff 2 1 ppb cdomflTCdiff QS cdomflTCdiff ppb QS 2nd sensor Ist sensor chloroflTCO Chlorophyll Turner Cyclops ug l chloroflTC ug l 1 sensor chloroflTC1 Chlorophyll Turner Cyclops 2 ug 1 chloroflTC2 ug l 2nd sensor Chlorophyll Turner Cyclops Diff 2 1 chloroflTCdiff ug 1 chloroflTCdiff ug l 2nd sensor Ist sensor c_S m cond0S m or cond0S m Conductivity S m c S
17. INC disclaims all product liability risks arising from the use or servicing of this system SEA BIRD ELECTRONICS INC has no way of controlling the use of this equipment or of choosing the personnel to operate it and therefore cannot take steps to comply with laws pertaining to product liability including laws which impose a duty to warn the user of any dangers involved in operating this equipment Therefore acceptance of this system by the customer shall be conclusively deemed to include a covenant by the customer to defend indemnify and hold SEA BIRD ELECTRONICS INC harmless from all product liability claims arising from the use or servicing of this system Manual revision 7 23 2 Table of Contents Seasave V7 Table of Contents Limited Liability Statement sccsscsssessccsssssssssssssssssssssssssessseesessseseees 2 Table of Contents cscssscssssscsssccssccrsesssessssssssessssssessncessccsssssssssessonsesesense 3 Section 1 Introductions cscescscsnccoss sockcesensosvecesosssocetsonesdesandonseseond eseseseessesunseoses 6 SUMMMALY AATE A EEAS T E shane cactea T 6 System Requirements e a a eee tes RA 7 Instruments Supported cccceeceseceseeseceneceseeeseeeeceeeeeeeeeecesceeeecaecaecseeeeeeneeaes 7 Section 2 Installation and USe cssccsscsssssscssscessccssessessssssssessessesseeceeseeee 8 Tastallati n oroi ceveseiascneta Ai shi de ee ath oie ae ce ies 8 SOASAVE USE os eiiaoe dee chee iaaio EE EE sua
18. Section 2 Installation and Use Seasave V7 Output files Extension Description bl Bottle log information output bottle file containing bottle firing sequence number and position date time and beginning and ending scan numbers for each closure Scan numbers correspond to approximately 1 5 sec duration for each bottle Seasave writes information to file each time a fire confirmation is received from SBE 32 Carousel SBE 55 ECO Water Sampler or only when used with 91 1p us G O 1016 Rosette Can be used by SBE Data Processing s Data Conversion module bmp Bitmap graphic output from Plot display when you click Save to file icon in plot toolbar or right click in plot and select Save as dat Data binary raw data file created by old versions lt 6 0 of Seasave from 911plus real time data File includes header information Can be used by SBE Data Processing s Data Conversion module hdr Header Includes same header information software version serial numbers instrument configuration etc as in data file hex Data e Hex raw data file created by Seasave from real time data from SBE 9plus 16 16plus 16plus V2 19 19plus 19plus V2 21 25 25plus or 49 e Data uploaded from memory of SBE 16 16plus 16plus IM 16plus V2 16plus IM V2 17plus used with SBE 9plus CTD 19 19plus 19plus V2 21 or 25 e Converted engineering units data file created by Seasave from real t
19. Tw 100 for transmission relative to water from current calibration Al 4 719 volts and Y1 0 006 volts M 22 046 B 0 132 Note Seasave can process data for an instrument interfacing with up to two transmissometers in any combination of Sea Tech and Chelsea Alphatracka 59 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 4 Configure Inputs Part II Calibration Coefficients Seasave V7 WET Labs AC3 This sensor requires two channels one for fluorometer voltage listed under fluorometers in the dialog box and the other for transmissometer voltage listed under transmissometers Make sure to select both when configuring the instrument Enter Ch20 Vh20 VDark and X from calibration sheet Beam attenuation log Vh2o0 VDark log V VDark X Ch2o0 Beam transmission exp beam attenuation X 100 WET Labs C Star Enter M B and path length in meters Path length distance between lenses is based on sensor size for example 25 cm transmissometer 0 25m path length etc light transmission M volts B beam attenuation coefficient c 1 z In light transmission decimal where M Tw W0 YO A0 Y0 Al Y1 B M Y1 AO Vair factory voltage output in air manufacturer factory calibration A1 current most recent voltage output in air Y0 Vd factory dark or zero blocked path voltage manufacturer factory calibration Y1 current most recent dark or zero blocked pa
20. Unavailable Mody ie ai G ee 9 SPAR voltage SPAR Sutace liradiance calibration coefficients for that sensor Click a non shaded sensor and click Select to pick a different sensor for that channel dialog box with list of sensors appears After sensor is selected dialog box for calibration coefficients appears Select sensors after Frequency channels suppressed and Voltage words suppressed have been specified above Repott Help Et Cancel Opens a txt file for viewing only Click to exit dialog box If you made changes cannot be modified that shows all and did not Save or Save As Seasave asks if parameters in con or xmicon file you want to save changes 22 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file Seasave V7 Shown below is an example status DS response in Seaterm that corresponds to the setup shown in the Configuration dialog box above Shown below the appropriate lines are the commands used in Seaterm to modify the setup of parameters critical to use of the 9plus and 1 1plus with Seasave as well as any explanatory information SBE llplus V 5 1f Number of scans to average 1 11plus reads this from con or xmlcon file in Seasave when data acquisition is started pressure baud rate 9600 NMEA baud rate 4800 surface PAR voltage added to scan 11plus reads this from con or xmlcon file in Seasave when data acqu
21. WET Labs ECO BB Diff 2 1 turbWETbbdiff m 1 sr turbWETbbdiff m 1 sr 2nd sensor Ist sensor turbWETntu0 Turbidity WET Labs ECO NTU turbWETntu NTU 1 sensor turbWETntul Turbidity WET Labs ECO 2 NTU turbWETntu2 NTU 2nd sensor turbWETntu2 Turbidity WET Labs ECO 3 NTU turbWETntu3 NTU 3rd sensor turbWETntu3 Turbidity WET Labs ECO 4 NTU turbWETntu4 NTU 4th sensor turbWETntu4 Turbidity WET Labs ECO 5 NTU turbWETntu5 NTU 5th sensor turbWETntuS Turbidity WET Labs ECO 6 NTU turbWETntu6 NTU 6th sensor Turbidity WET Labs ECO Diff 2 1 turbWETntudiff NTU turbWETntudiff NTU 2nd sensor Ist sensor upoly0 User Polynomial upoly 1 user polynomial sensor upoly 1 User Polynomial 2 upoly2 2nd user polynomial sensor upoly2 User Polynomial 3 upoly3 3rd user polynomial sensor vO Voltage 0 vO V 1 voltage sensor vl Voltage 1 vl V 2nd voltage sensor v2 Voltage 2 v2 V 3rd voltage sensor v3 Voltage 3 v3 V 4th voltage sensor v4 Voltage 4 v4 V 5th voltage sensor v5 Voltage 5 v5 V 6th voltage sensor v6 Voltage 6 v6 V 7th voltage sensor v7 Voltage 7 v7 V 8th voltage sensor v8 Voltage 8 v8 V 9th voltage sensor v9 Voltage 9 v9 V 10th voltage sensor v10 Voltage 10 vl0 V 11th voltage sensor vll Voltage 11 vll V 12th voltage sensor v12 Voltage 12 v12 V 13th voltage sensor v13 Voltage 13 v13 V 14th voltage sensor vl4 Voltage 14 vl4 V 15th voltage sensor vl5 Voltage 15 vl5 V 16th voltage sensor zaps Zaps nmol zaps nmol
22. and offset PAR multiplier 10 10 Y 8 calibration constant offset where calibration constant M and B are dependent on sensor type multiplier 1 0 for output units of Einsteins m sec e _Biospherical PAR sensor PAR sensor with built in log amplifier QSP 200L QCP 200L QSP 2300L QCP 2300L or MCP 2300 Typically M 1 0 and B 0 0 Calibration constant 10 5 wet calibration factor from Biospherical calibration sheet PAR sensor without built in log amplifier QSP 200PD QSP 2200 PD or QCP 2200 PD M and B are taken from Sea Bird calibration sheet Calibration constant C calibration coefficient from Sea Bird calibration sheet 6 022 x 10 3 C from Biospherical calibration sheet e LI COR PAR sensor Calibration constant is in water calibration constant in units of uamps 1000 pmoles m sec from Licor or Sea Bird calibration sheet M and B are taken from Sea Bird calibration sheet e Chelsea PAR sensor Calibration constant 10 0 046 M 1 0 log e Al 1000 1 0 0 43429448 A1 1000 M loge AO0 A0 A1 1000 where AO and A1 are constants from Chelsea calibration sheet with an equation of form PAR A0 Al mV Note Seasave can process data for an instrument interfacing with up to two underwater PAR irradiance sensors Biospherical Surface PAR Sensor A surface PAR sensor is selected by clicking Surface PAR voltage added in the Configure dialog box Enter conversion
23. con or xmlcon file select the SBE 16 Channel Sensor table reflects this choice Must Configuration for the SBE 19 Seacat CTD x agree with SBE 19 setup for SVn n 0 2 or Strain gauge or Digiquartz with 4 see reply from DS Voltage channel 0 in opal ence gt lean fle conean one le ener Configuration file opened None temperature compensation wired to channel 0 on end cap connector voltage channel 1 corresponds to sensor wired to channel 1 on end cap connector etc T See reply from DS Used to determine strain Extemal voltage channels f gauge pressure sensor data format e NMEA Select if NMEA navigation device used and select whether device is connected directly to Deck Unit or to computer if Firmware Version Vewonos T Number of 0 5 second intervals i between samples Must agree with Pressure sensorWype fetang auge connected to computer define serial port and baud rate on Configure Inputs Serial Ports tab You can also append NMEA depth data 0 5 second intervals f 3 bytes and NMEA time data 4 bytes after Lat Lon data Seasave adds current latitude longitude and universal time code to data header appends NMEA data to every scan and writes NMEA data to nav file every time Ctrl F7 is pressed or Add to nav File is clicked see Adding NMEA Data to nav File in Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition Notes 1 NMEA time can only be appen
24. connected to computer or if using SBE 25 with SBE 33 or 36 Deck Unit Click a non shaded sensor and click Select to pick a different sensor for that channel A dialog box with a list of sensors appears Select sensors after number of voltage deck unit connected to Surface PAR channels have been specified above sensor Seasave appends Surface PAR data to every scan Adds 2 channels to Channel Sensor table Do not increase External voltage gt channels to reflect this External Report Help Exit Cancel voltage channels reflects only external voltages going directly to SBE 25 from auxiliary sensor See Application Note 47 Scan time Select to have Seasave append time seconds since January 1 1970 GMT to each data scan firmware gt 3 0 or PN 90488 or 90545 Interface Box Surface PAR Select if using with Opens a txt file for viewing only Click to exit dialog box If you cannot be modified that shows all made changes and did not Save parameters in con or xmlcon file or Save As Seasave asks if you want to save changes 37 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file Seasave V7 Manual revision 7 23 2 Shown below is an example status DS response in Seaterm that corresponds to the setup shown in the Configuration dialog box above Shown below the appropriate lines are the commands used in Seaterm to modify the setup of parameters critical to use of
25. deg sbeoxTC C sbeoxTC ITS 90 deg C 1 sensor Oxygen Temperature SBE 63 ITS 90 deg sbeoxTF F sbeoxTF ITS 90 deg F 1 sensor Oxygen Temperature SBE 63 2 ITS 90 sbeoxTC1 deg C sbeoxTC1 ITS 90 deg C 2nd sensor Oxygen Temperature SBE 63 2 ITS 90 sbeoxTF1 deg F sbeoxTF1 ITS 90 deg F 2nd sensor sbeopoxML L Oxygen SBE 63 ml I sbeopox ml l ml l 1 sensor sbeopoxMg L Oxygen SBE 63 mg l sbeopox mg l mg l 1 sensor sbeopoxPS Oxygen SBE 63 saturation sbeopox S saturation 1 sensor sbeopoxMm Kg Oxygen SBE 63 umol kg sbeopox Mm Kg umol kg 1 sensor sbeopoxMm L Oxygen SBE 63 umol 1 sbeopox Mm L umol I 1 sensor sbeopoxML L1 Oxygen SBE 63 2 ml l sbeopox ml 12 ml l 2nd sensor sbeopoxMg L1 Oxygen SBE 63 2 mg l sbeopox mg 12 mg l 2nd sensor sbeopoxPS1 Oxygen SBE 63 2 saturation sbeopox S2 saturation 2nd sensor Sbeopox Mm Kg1 Oxygen SBE 63 2 umol kg sbeopox Mm Kg2 umol kg 2nd sensor sbeopoxMm L1 Oxygen SBE 63 2 umol sbeopox Mm L2 umol I 2nd sensor opoxML L Oxygen Optode Aanderaa ml l opox ml l ml l opoxMg L Oxygen Optode Aanderaa mg l opox mg l mg l opoxPS Oxygen Optode Aanderaa saturation opox S saturation opoxMm L Oxygen Optode Aanderaa umol l opox Mm l umol l oxC Oxygen Current Beckman YSI uA Oxc uA 1 sensor oxsC Oxygen Current Beckman YSI 2 uA oxc2 uA 2nd sensor oxTC Oxygen Temperature Beckman YSI deg C oxT C deg C 1 sensor oxTF Oxygen Temperature Beckman
26. input and output ports serial data output etc as well as size placement and setup for each display window When you click OK in the Configure Inputs and Configure Outputs dialog boxes and or create modify a display Seasave saves the changes to a temporary location However the changes are not saved to the program setup psa file until you select Save Setup File or Save Setup File As in the File menu A display setup dsa file defines the size placement and setup for a display window The information in the dsa file is also incorporated into the program setup psa file You can import and export dsa files allowing you to create the desired displays once and then reuse them later for other instruments deployments See Section 7 Display Setting Up Seasave Displays File gt Open Setup File Select a setup psa file In the Open dialog box if you select Open as read only Seasave will prompt you to enter a new file name when you next try to save the psa file it will not allow you to overwrite the existing file gt Save Setup File Save all the entered settings to the currently open psa file Save Setup File As Save all the entered settings to a new psa file gt Restore Setup File Discard all changes to settings made in Configure Inputs Configure Outputs Display and Options menus since the last time you saved the psa file gt Print Print a fixed scrolled or
27. te CZ sp sv ct atb sr t return sv XIE Ena p cO d S SF Sound Velocity Delgrosso double SndVelD double s double t double p Delgrosso JASA Oct 1974 Vol 56 No 4 s salinity t temperature deg C ITPS 68 p pressure in decibars double c000 dct dcs dcp dcstp sv c000 1402 392 p p 9 80665 convert pressure from decibars to KG CM 2 dct 0 501109398873e1 0 550946843172e 1 0 22153596924e 3 t t t dcs 0 132952290781lel 0 128955756844e 3 s s dcp 0 156059257041e0 0 244998688441le 4 0 83392332513e 8 p p p destp 0 127562783426e 1 t s 0 635191613389e 2 t p 0 265484716608e 7 t t 0 438031096213e 6 t s 0 485639620015e 5 0 159349479045e 5 t p p 0 522116437235e 9 t p p p p 0 161674495909e 8 s s p p 0 968403156410e 4 t t s p 0 340597039004e 3 t s p sv c000 det dcs dep destp return sv sound velocity Wilson double SndVelW double s double t double p wilson JASA 1960 32 1357 s salinity t temperature deg C ITPS 68 p pressure in decibars double pr sd a v0 vl sv pr 0 1019716 p 10 1325 sd s 35 0 a 7 9851e 6 t 2 6045e 4 t 4 4532e 2 t 4 5721 t 1449 14 sv 7 7711le 7 t 1 1244e 2 t 1 39799 v0 1 69202e 3 sd sv sd a a 4 5283e 8 t 7 4812e 6 t
28. you may choose to set both timeouts in Seasave to 1000 seconds This allows for the possibility of data loss on a few scans without interrupting data acquisition Note that data is stored in the instrument s memory so you have a backup for any lost data 113 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 9 Archived Data Displaying Archived Data Seasave V7 Section 9 Archived Data Displaying Archived Data Note To display data without a mouse With the cursor in the main Seasave window press the Alt key to show the keyboard shortcuts underlines on menus Press the appropriate letter for example A for Archived Data and use the arrow and Enter keys to navigate Seasave can be used to display and plot archived data 1 Inthe Archived Data menu select Start The Playback Archived Data dialog box appears Currently selected data file is shown To select different file click Select Data File Select Data File dialog box appears Browse to desired file and click Open To verify you selected feces file click Header tab to MAAAC view data file header Notes File Instrument Configuration Header 1 Seasave searches for bl bottle file in same directory Currently selected with same name Seasave instrument configuration displays bottle fire lines on plot con or xmlcon file is during data playback if it finds Data Dat or Hes file _ Shown To verify you have a bl file a Water Samp
29. 09 2007 with the month capitalized and a space between the month day and year 1 Seasoft DOS terminal programs Term19 Term25 etc may not run when Seasave is running Solution Use Seasoft V2 terminal program SeatermV2 Seaterm or SeatermAF as applicable or close Seasave to run Seasoft DOS terminal program 2 Seasave may not run when a DOS window such as for Seasoft DOS is open Solution Close DOS window Use Windows software 3 Seasave may not be able to read and display an archived data file that was uploaded from an instrument s memory using Seaterm version 1 58 or earlier if the computer was set to a language other than English when the file was uploaded This is because Seasave cannot recognize the System Upload Time date in the file header if does not contain the appropriate English abbreviation for the month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov or Dec Solution 1 Edit the uploaded file to change the month to one consistent with English Follow the instructions for file editing in Section 10 Processing Data Solution 2 Install Seaterm 1 59 or later and upload the data again if it is still available in the instrument Seaterm 1 59 and later always writes the System Upload Time date with the appropriate English abbreviation regardless of the computer s language setting 126 anual revision 7 23 2 Appendix IV Derived Parameter Formulas Seasave V7 Appendix IV D
30. 4 As desired modify and export the setup of the display windows When modifying and saving the see Section 7 Display Setting Up Seasave Displays program setup psa file use a new Save the modified psa file and repeat Steps 2 and 3 file name to avoid overwriting the demo file 13 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 2 Installation and Use Seasave V7 Acquiring and Displaying Real Time Data Follow these steps to use Seasave to acquire and display real time data 1 Set up the instrument and define input parameters see Sections 3 4 and 5 Configure Inputs e Instrument Configuration Set up the instrument configuration con or xmlcon file defining what sensors are integrated with the instrument each sensor s calibration coefficients and what other data is integrated with the data stream from the instrument e Serial Ports Define COM ports and other communication parameters for CTD water sampler and 9p us pump control serial data output and SBE 14 Remote Display e Water Sampler Enable and set up control of water sampler bottle Note Serial ports and TCP IP ports can be defined in Configure Inputs and or Configure Outputs If you make firing changes in one dialog box those e TCP IP Ports Define ports for communication with remote display changes will appear when you open and remote bottle firing software the other dialog box e Miscellaneous Define miscellaneous parameters required for ou
31. A2 PAR chlorophyll concentration Chl Fn B PAR where V is voltage from natural fluorescence sensor 50 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 4 Configure Inputs Part II Calibration Coefficients Seasave V7 Note See Application Note 39 for complete description of calculation of Chelsea Aqua 3calibration coefficients Note See Application Note 61 for complete description of calculation of Chelsea Minitracka calibration coefficients Chelsea Aqua 3 Enter VB V1 Vacetone slope offset and SF Concentration ug l slope 10 00 S 10 0V8 10 0 10 0Vacetone offset where VB V1 and Vacetone are from calibration sheet Slope default 1 0 and offset default 0 0 adjust readings to conform to measured concentrations Scale factor SF 1 0 if CTD gain is 1 SF 2 if CTD gain is 2 0 V is output voltage measured by CTD Note Seasave can process data for an instrument interfacing with up to two Chelsea Aqua 3 sensors Chelsea Aqua 3 Example Calculation of Slope and Offset Current slope 1 0 and offset 0 0 Two in situ samples Sample I Concentration from Seasave 0 390 from water sample 0 450 Sample 2 Concentration from Seasave 0 028 from water sample 0 020 Linear regression to this data yields slope 1 188 and offset 0 013 Chelsea Minitracka Enter Vacetone Vacetone100 and offset Concentration 100 V Vacetone Vacetone100 Vacetone offset wher
32. AO Al BO Bl B2 T1 T2 208 Secondary PAR sensor serial number 209 Secondary PAR sensor calibration date 210 Secondary PAR sensor cal const multiplier M B offset 211 Secondary WET Labs WETStar Fluorometer sensor serial number 212 Secondary WET Labs WETStar Fluorometer sensor calibration date 213 Secondary WET Labs WETStar Fluorometer Vblank scale factor 214 Secondary Seapoint Fluorometer sensor serial number 215 Secondary Seapoint Fluorometer sensor calibration date 216 Secondary Seapoint Fluorometer gain offset 217 Secondary Turner SCUFA Fluorometer sensor serial number 218 Secondary Turner SCUFA Fluorometer sensor calibration date 219 Secondary Turner SCUFA Fluorometer scale factor offset units mx my 220 WET Labs WETStar CDOM sensor serial number 221 WET Labs WETStar CDOM sensor calibration date 222 WET Labs WETStar CDOM Vblank scale factor 223 Seapoint Rhodamine Fluorometer sensor serial number 224 Seapoint Rhodamine Fluorometer sensor calibration date 225 Seapoint Rhodamine Fluorometer gain offset 226 Primary Gas Tension Device sensor serial number 225l Primary Gas Tension Device sensor calibration date 228 Primary Gas Tension Device type 229 Secondary Gas Tension Device sensor serial number 230 Secondary Gas Tension Device sensor calibration date 231 Secondary Gas Tension Device type 232 Sequoia LISST 25A sensor serial number 233 Sequoia LISST 25A sensor calibration date 234 Sequoia LISST 25A Total Volume Conc Const Sauter Mea
33. Check Scan Length is selected if there is a scan length error Seasave continues with real time data acquisition saving the raw data to a file but does not show or plot data in the Seasave displays Compare Serial Numbers Applicable only to Archived Data playback If selected Seasave checks the temperature and conductivity sensor serial numbers in the data file header against the serial numbers in the con or xmlcon file if the serial numbers do not match it provides a warning that there is an error but continues with playback Maximized plot may cover Seasave If selected when you maximize a plot display it fills the entire monitor screen covering up the Seasave title bar menus and status bar Otherwise a maximized plot display remains within the Seasave window Help Help files contain much of the same information in this manual 12 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 2 Installation and Use Seasave V7 Getting Started Displaying Archived Data Sea Bird Demo Files Note Seasave can be used to display archived raw data in a hex or dat file dat files were created by older Sea Bird provides example files with the software to assist you in learning versions of Seasave Version lt 6 0 how to use Seasave These files are automatically installed on your hard drive fonine reartime datastream ifonman when you install Seasave the default location is SBE 911plus C Program Files Sea Bird SeasaveV7 Demo
34. Conductance S 7cm l g Double click on Specific Volume nomal 10 heading to E Temperature ick in li change for all Double click in list variables ITS 90 to select variable deg C for each row Color dialog box appears select desired color and click OK When done click OK Viewing Seasave Fixed Display Shown below are example one column and two column Fixed Displays W Fixed Display 1 Conductivity S m Temperature ITS 90 deg C Pressure Digiquartz db Salinity PSU aint Conductivity Sm Temperature ITS 90 deg C s6152 Pressure Digiquartz db Salinity PSU 0 5439 Adjust column width by placing mouse cursor over line at number column header and dragging Right click in the display to e Modify change setup Fixed Display dialog box appears e Export Display Settings dsa file export setup to dsa file Save As dialog box appears e Print print display printing dialog box appears Set up the print job as desired and click OK 92 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 7 Display Setting Up Seasave Displays Seasave V7 Scrolled Display A Scrolled Display has a list of the selected parameters across the top and displays the data in scrolling vertical columns To set up a Scrolled Display e Click Display and select Add New Scrolled Display Window e Click Display and select Import Display Settings dsa file e Right click in an existing
35. Configure Inputs Part II Calibration Coefficients All Instrument Configuration dialog boxes include List of instrument configuration options at the top instrument specific such as number of auxiliary channels pressure sensor type and addition of Surface PAR and NMEA to the CTD data string Channel Sensor Table This table reflects the options selected at the top for example the number of voltage sensors listed in the table agrees with the user selection for External voltage channels Shaded sensors cannot be removed or changed to another type of sensor All others are optional gt To change a sensor type and input its calibration coefficients After you specify the number of frequency and or voltage channels at the top of the dialog box click a non shaded sensor and click Select to pick a different sensor for that channel or right click on the sensor and select Select New Sensor A dialog box with a list of sensors appears Select New Voltage Sensor Altimeter Shrink All Bottom Contact Fluorometers Expand All Free Methane Franatech METS Shrink OBS Nephelometers T urbidity Oxidation Reduction Potential Expand Oxygen PAR Itradiance Biospherical Licor pH Suspended Sediment LISST 254 l Transmissometers User Polynomial Double click on the desired sensor The Calibration Coefficients dialog box appears An example is shown below for a pH sensor Serial number ooo Ca
36. Derived Parameter Formulas Seasave V7 practical salinity PSU Note Salinity is PSS 78 valid from 2 to 42 psu Absolute Salinity TEOS 10 is available in SBE Data Processing s Derive TEOS 10 module and SeaCalc Ill seawater calculator see the SBE Data Processing manual Seasave outputs only Practical Salinity and all parameters derived from salinity in Seasave are based on Practical Salinity Practical Salinity calculation Using the following constants Al 2 070e 5 A2 6 370e 10 A3 3 989e 15 Bl 3 426e 2 B2 4 464e 4 B3 4 215e 1 B4 3 107e 3 CO 6 766097e 1 C1 2 00564e 2 C2 1 104259e 4 C3 6 9698e 7 C4 1 0031le 9 C Computer Code static double a 6 constants for salinity calculation 0 0080 0 1692 25 3851 14 0941 7 0261 2 7081 static double b 6 constants for salinity calculation 0 0005 0 0056 0 0066 0 0375 0 0636 0 0144 Salinity double C double T double P compute salinity conductivity S m T temperature deg C ITPS 68 P pressure in decibars double R RT RP temp suml sum2 result val int i if C lt 0 0 result 0 0 else C 10 0 convert Siemens meter to mmhos cm R val ho ae Bi to Beak BATA Ree Te if Al P A2 P A3 val val CL ABS C2 chet C3 che CA ak if suml sum2 for i O i lt G itt temp pow RT double i 2 0 suml a i temp sum2 b i temp val
37. NMEA depth can only be appended meer ave Hs file settings if NMEA device connected to computer 5 AD voltage pH or if using 19p us with SBE 33 or 36 7 EA ae 7 Deck Unit diners gt 3 0 or 6 A D voltage 2 Tranemissometer Chelsea Seatech Wetlab PN 90488 or 90545 Interface Box 7 ArD voltage 3 Surface PAR Select if using with deck unit connected to Surface PAR Click a non shaded sensor and click Select to pick sensor Seasave appends Surface a different sensor for that channel Dialog box with a PAR data to every scan Adds list of sensors appears Select sensors after number of voltage channels have been specified above Select Click a sensor and click Jadi Modify to Madii shang calibration coefficients for that sensor Altimeter 2 channels to Channel Sensor table Do not increase External voltage channels to reflect this External voltage channels reflects only external voltages going directly to 19p us from auxiliary sensor See Application Note 47 Scan time added Select to have Seasave append time seconds since January 1 1970 GMT to each data scan Cancel Opens a txt file for viewing only Click to exit dialog box If you made changes cannot be modified that shows all and did not Save or Save As Seasave asks if parameters in con or xmlcon file you want to save changes 31 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part Instrument Configuration
38. SBE 43 sensors are very similar and in most cases the default hysteresis parameters provide the accuracy specification of 2 of true value For users requiring higher accuracy 1 pmol kg the parameters can be fine tuned if a complete profile descent and ascent made preferably to greater than 3000 meters is available H1 the effect s amplitude has a default of 0 033 but can range from 0 02 to 0 05 between sensors H2 the effect s non linear component has a default of 5000 and is a second order parameter that does not require tuning between sensors H3 the effect s time constant has a default of 1450 seconds but can range from 1200 to 2000 Hysteresis can be eliminated by alternately adjusting H1 and H3 in the con or xmlcon file during analysis of the complete profile Once established these parameters should be stable and can be used without adjustment on other casts with the same SBE 43 Note Enable the tau correction and enter the window size seconds and enable the hysteresis correction on the Miscellaneous tab in Configure Inputs 44660 oxygen umoles kg oxygen ml ae z Sigma theta 1000 135 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix IV Derived Parameter Formulas Seasave V7 Notes The oxygen saturation equation based on work from Garcia and Gordon 1992 reduces error in the Weiss 1970 parameterization at cold temperatures As implemented in Sea Bird software the Garcia and Gordon e
39. Section 7 Display Setting Up Seasave Displays Report Help OK Cancel Make the desired selections Click OK or click another tab in Configure Outputs Sea Surface Alarmon Anes pressure in this fange Altimeter alarm not on regardless of altimeter reading Minimum___ _________________ _ pressure alarm i s lt CO ML Minimum pressure db to enable altimeter alarm Atimeter alarm hysteresis m altimeter alarm A stays on in this range after set point reached Maximum _ Altimeter alarm 2 set point m pressure alarm alarm on when pressure in this range Altimeter alarm on when altimeter in this range Sea Bottom 86 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 6 Configure Outputs Seasave V7 Header Form Notes e A header is automatically included in the data hex file and in the header hdr file The header includes software version sensor serial numbers instrument configuration date and time of start of data acquisition etc There can be up to two date time listings in the header The first System Upload Time is always the date and time from the computer The second UTC Time is the date and time from an optional NMEA navigation device The hdr file has the same path and file name as the data file For example if the data file is test hex the header file is test hdr Seasave can write a user input descriptive header to the data file wh
40. TCP IP Ports Miscellaneous amp Pump Control Seasave V7 Water Sampler A Sea Bird CTD can be integrated with a water sampler when used with a Note k unit SBE 11 BE licable Wat ler bottl See Filing Bollesin Section E Resi deck unit S plus or SBE 33 as applicable Water sampler bottles can be Time Data and Real Time Control fired by command from Seasave autonomously based on user input pre defined pressures or depths a mix of by command and autonomously or from Real Time Data Acquisition for details a a remote computer via a TCP IP port on firing bottles Bottle firings can be recorded in the data in several ways e 911plus with SBE 32 Carousel Water Sampler or G O 1016 Rosette or Note SBE 19 19plus 19plus V2 25 or 49 with SBE 33 Carousel Deck Unit When using the SBE 49 CTD with the and SBE 32 Carousel Water Sampler or SBE 55 ECO Water Sampler SBE 33 and a water sampler Seasave Seasave automatically writes bottle sequence number bottle position does not allow acquisition of Surface date time and beginning and ending scan numbers to a bottle log bl file PAR data each time a bottle fire confirmation is received from the water sampler The beginning and ending scan numbers correspond to approximately a 1 5 second duration for each bottle e 911plus with G O 1015 Rosette Seasave automatically sets the bottle confirm bit in the data hex file for all scans within a 1 5 second period after a b
41. Temperature 2 ITS 68 deg F potemp2 68 F ITS 68 deg F 2nd sensor Potential Temperature Diff 2 1 ITS 90 potemp90Cdiff deg C potemp diff 90 C ITS 90 deg C 2nd sensor 1st sensor Potential Temperature Diff 2 1 ITS 90 potemp90Fdiff deg F potemp diff 90 F ITS 90 deg F_ 2nd sensor 1st sensor Potential Temperature Diff 2 1 ITS 68 potemp68Cdiff deg C potemp diff 68 C ITS 68 deg C 2nd sensor 1st sensor Potential Temperature Diff 2 1 ITS 68 potemp68Fdiff deg F potemp diff 68 F ITS 68 deg F _ 2nd sensor 1st sensor Potential Temperature Anomaly ITS 90 pta090C deg C pta 90 C ITS 90 deg C 1 sensor Potential Temperature Anomaly ITS 90 pta090F deg F pta 90 F ITS 90 deg F 1 sensor Potential Temperature Anomaly ITS 68 pta068C deg C pta 68 C ITS 68 deg C 1 sensor Potential Temperature Anomaly ITS 68 pta068F deg F pta 68 F ITS 68 deg F 1 sensor Potential Temperature Anomaly 2 ITS 90 ptal90C deg C ptal 90 C ITS 90 deg C 2nd sensor Potential Temperature Anomaly 2 ITS 90 ptal90F deg F ptal 90 F ITS 90 deg F_ 2nd sensor Potential Temperature Anomaly 2 ITS 68 ptal68C deg C ptal 68 C ITS 68 deg C 2nd sensor Potential Temperature Anomaly 2 ITS 68 ptal 68F deg F ptal 68 F ITS 68 deg F 2nd sensor 153 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix VIII Output Variable Names Seasave V7
42. Wilson m s avgsvWF Average Sound Velocity Wilson ft s avgsv W F Wilson ft s bat Beam Attenuation Chelsea Seatech 1 m __ bat 1 m Ist sensor batl Beam Attenuation Chelsea Seatech 2 1 m bat2 1 m 2nd sensor Beam Attenuation Chelsea Seatech WET batdiff Labs CStar Diff 2 1 1 m batdiff 1 m 2nd sensor Ist sensor wetBAttn Beam Attenuation WET Labs AC3 1 m _ wetBAttn 1 m CStarAt0 Beam Attenuation WET Labs C Star 1 m CStarAt 1 m Ist sensor Beam Attenuation WET Labs C Star 2 CStarAtl 1 m CStarAt2 1 m 2nd sensor Beam Attenuation WET Labs C Star 3 CStarAt2 1 m CStarAt3 1 m 3rd sensor Beam Attenuation WET Labs C Star 4 CStarAt3 1 m CStarAt4 1 m 4th sensor Beam Attenuation WET Labs C Star 5 CStarAt4 1 m CStarAts 1 m 5th sensor Beam Attenuation WET Labs C Star 6 CStarAtS 1 m CStarAt6 1 m 6th sensor Beam Attenuation WET Labs C Star Diff CStarAtDiff 2 1 1 m CStarAtDiff 1 m 2nd sensor Ist sensor xmiss Beam Transmission Chelsea Seatech xmiss Ist sensor xmissl Beam Transmission Chelsea Seatech 2 xmiss2 2nd sensor Beam Transmission Chelsea Seatech WET xmissdiff Labs CStar Diff 2 1 xmissdiff 2nd sensor Ist sensor wetBTrans Beam Transmission WET Labs AC3 _ wetBTrans CStarTrO Beam Transmission WET Labs C Star CStarTr Ist sensor Beam Transmission WET Labs C Star 2 CStarTr1 CStarTr2 2nd sensor Beam Transmission WET Labs C Star 3 CStarTr2 CStarTr3 3rd sensor
43. allows you to fire bottles from a remote computer You can use the provided sample applications or modify them as desired See Appendix VI Java Applications for Remote Display and Bottle Firing 104 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition Seasave V7 Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition Note To start acquisition without a mouse With the cursor in the main Seasave window press the Alt key to show the keyboard shortcuts underlines on This section covers Starting and stopping real time data acquisition Troubleshooting Firing bottles Marking scans Adding NMEA navigation data to a nav file Manually turning an SBE 9plus pump on and off Resetting control positions Using Seasave with moored instruments menus Press the appropriate letter for example R for Real Time Data menu and use the arrow and Enter keys to navigate Note For SBE 16plus 16plus V2 19plus 19plus V2 and 49 Instrument must be set up to output raw hex data OutputFormat 0 for Seasave to interpret the data See the instrument user manual 105 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition Seasave V7 Starting and Stopping Real Time Data Acquisition 1 Inthe Real Time Data menu select Start The Start Real Time Data Acquisition dialog box appears Data Archiving Optio
44. are available as RS 232 output sensors e Fluorometers ECO CDOM ECO AFL FL and WETStar e Transmissometers C Star e Turbidity Meters ECO BB and ECO NTU These sensors are also available as voltage sensors calibration coefficient information for these sensors is detailed above in Calibration Coefficients for Voltage Sensors Values for the calibration coefficients are listed on the WET Labs calibration sheets in terms of both analog output voltage and digital output counts use the digital output values when calculating entering calibration coefficients for the RS 232 sensors Seasave calculates the converted sensor output based on the counts output instead of the voltage output by the sensor For all sensors enter the serial number calibration date and calibration coefficients Note Seasave can acquire data for an SBE 25plus interfacing with up to two RS 232 WET Labs sensors 62 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 4 Configure Inputs Part II Calibration Coefficients Seasave V7 GTD Calibration Coefficients Notes e The GTD is compatible only with the SBE 16plus V2 and 19plus V2 See the CTD manual for required setup The GTD must be set up to output converted data millibars when integrated with a CTD Therefore calibration coefficients are not required in Seasave for the GTD just enter the serial number and calibration date e Seasave supports single or dual GTDs Aanderaa Oxygen Optode Calibration Coeff
45. con or xmicon file or modify input configuration con or xmlcon file serial ports water sampler TCP IP 4 P 3 ports miscellaneous and or pump control click Configure Configuration Options Inputs To modify outputs serial data output serial ports shared file output mark variables TCP IP output TCP IP 5 i ports SBE 11plus alarms SBE 14 remote display PC Instrument configuration xmlcon or con file to change select Configure Inputs alarms header form and or diagnostics click Configure Outputs See Sections 3 4 and 5 Configure Inputs and Section 6 Configure Outputs C Documents and Settings dbresko My Documents Y1 Splustest xmicon Configure Inputs Configure Outputs Timeout in seconds at startup Time allowed before first data scan is received from instrument Seasave will time out and stop attempting to acquire data if data is not i received from instrument within this time period Timeout in seconds at startup 60 Timeout in seconds between scans Maximum gap allowed between scans after first data scan is received Timeout in seconds between scans 20 from instrument Seasave will time out and stop attempting to acquire data if data is not received from instrument within this time period for example if a shark bites cable and interrupts data acquisition Seasave stops attempting to acquire data after this gap See Using Seasave with Moored Instruments for appropriate settings when sampling at interv
46. data set to 0 Converted data XML format required for Seasave Remote Seconds between converted data updates 0 000 Variable Name unit Digits Pressure Strain Gauge db 4 Salinity PSU 5 Temperature ITS 90 deg Selected variables and number of decimal points to right of decimal place for output converted data Click Select Variables to change Dialog box with list of variables appears select desired variables and number of decimal places to right of decimal point for each variable and click OK Report Help OK Cancel Make the desired selections Click OK or click another tab in Configure Outputs ERBESEEEE tt Data Format for TCP IP Out If outputting Converted data using TCP IP the format is identical to data output to a shared file Shared File Out tab You can view the format by enabling Output data to shared file on the Shared File Out tab and playing back any archived data file Archived Data menu If outputting Raw data using TCP IP the format varies depending on whether you enable XML wrapper and settings e XML wrapper and settings not enabled Data is output in hex in the same format as the output hex file Scans are skipped based on your selection of Seconds between raw data updates No header information is output e XML wrapper and settings is enabled Data is preceded by configuration information in XML and each data scan is wrapped in a sequential XML scan i
47. data stream Seasave and Data Conversion and Derive in SBE Data Processing uses remote temperature data when calculating density and sound velocity NMEA data added Select if 90402 SBE 45 Interface Box is connected to NMEA navigation device Seasave adds current latitude longitude and universal time code to data header appends NMEA data to every scan and writes NMEA data to nav file every time Ctrl F7 is pressed or Add to nav File is clicked see Adding NMEA Data to nav File in Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition Shown below is an example status DS response in Seaterm that corresponds to the setup shown in the Configuration dialog box above Shown below the appropriate lines are the commands used in Seaterm to modify the setup of parameters critical to use of the SBE 45 with Seasave as well as any explanatory information SBE45 V 1 1 SERIAL NO 1258 logging data sample interval 1 seconds Sample interval Interval must match Sample interval seconds in con or xmicon file output conductivity with each sample Enabling of conductivity output OutputCond must match Output conductivity in con or xmlcon file do not output salinity with each sample Enabling of salinity output OutputSal must match Output salinity in con or xmlcon file do not output sound velocity with each sample Enabling of sound velocity output OutputSV must match Output sou
48. device connected to deck unit J NMEA time added NMEA device connected to PC New to create new con Acquisition or xmicon file for this Notes Channel Sensor New CTp 1 NMEA time can only be 1 Count o Open to select different en i a see nk ce 2 Frequency Conductivity i RE Ae ver 2 NMEA depth can only be 3 Count Pressure Strain Gauge S8VE save current con or appended if NMEA device xmlicon file settings connected to computer or if using Save As SBE 49 with SBE 33 or 36 Deck IT 7 Unit firmware gt 3 0 lick a sensor an Surface PAR Select if using with Modify JN click Modify to deck unit connected to Surface PAR change calibration sensor Seasave appends Surface Report Hep EN Cancel coefficients for that PAR data to every scan Adds 2 sensor channels to Channel Sensor table See Application Note 47 Scan time Select to have Seasave append time seconds since January 1 1970 GMT to each data scan Opens a txt file for viewing only cannot be modified Click to exit dialog box If you made changes and did not Save or Save As Seasave asks if you want to save changes that shows all parameters in con or xmlicon file Shown below is an example status DS response in Seaterm that corresponds to the setup shown in the Configuration dialog box above Shown below the appropriate lines are the commands used in Seaterm to modify the setup of
49. dialog box with a list of sensors appears Select sensors after number of voltage channels have been specified above Report Help Click to exit dialog box If you made changes and did not Save or Save As Seasave asks if you want to Opens a txt file for viewing only save changes Modify Click a sensor and click Modify to change calibration ee Cancel coefficients for that sensor cannot be modified that shows all parameters in con or xmlcon file 25 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file Seasave V7 Note See Using Seasave with Moored Instruments in Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition for information on Seasave timeout settings Shown below is an example status DS response in Seaterm that corresponds to the setup shown in the Configuration dialog box above Shown below the appropriate lines are the commands used in Seaterm to modify the setup of parameters critical to use of the SBE 16p us with Seasave as well as any explanatory information SBE 16plus V 1 6e SERIAL NO 4300 03 Mar 2005 14 11 48 vbatt 10 3 vlith 8 5 ioper 62 5 ma ipump 21 6 ma iext0Ol 76 2 ma iserial 48 2 ma status not logging sample interval 10 seconds number of measurements per sample 2 Sample interval SampleInterval must match Sample interval seconds in con or
50. file sample external SBE 38 temperature sensor External temperature sensor SBE38 must match Remote temperature in con or xmicon file this line appears only if SBE 38 is enabled SBE38 Y output format SBE21 Output format must be set to SBE 21 F1 to acquire data in Seasave start sampling when power on yes average data during sample interval yes logging data no voltage cutoff 7 5 volts 36 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file Seasave V7 SBE 25 Sealogger Configuration Channel Sensor table reflects this choice 0 7 Must agree with SBE 25 setup CC see reply from DS Voltage channel 0 in con or xmlcon file corresponds to first external voltage in data stream voltage channel 1 to Configuration file opened None second external voltage in data stream etc 1 2 4 or 8 scans second Used to calculate elapsed time if you select External voltage channels Used to determine strain gauge pressure sensor time as a parameter for a display A data format See reply from DS window Must agree with SBE 25 setup CC see reply from DS Firmware version Versiond 2 0 e NMEA Select if NMEA navigation eal time data output rate fi scan sec device used and select whether device is connected directly to Deck fee Unit or to computer if connected to v NMEA position data added E NMEA depth data added comput
51. flSPuv2 2nd sensor Fluorescence Seapoint Ultraviolet Diff 2 flSPuvdiff 1 flSPuvdiff 2nd sensor 1st sensor Sea Tech fluorometer or WET flS Fluorescence Seatech flS Labs Flash Lamp fluorometer flT Fluorescence Turner 10 005 fIT flTAu Fluorescence Turner 10 Au 005 flTAu SCUFA corrected chlorophyll f1SCC Fluorescence Turner Cor Chl RFU fISCC 1 sensor SCUFA corrected chlorophyll fISCC1 Fluorescence Turner Cor Chl 2 RFU fISCC2 2nd sensor SCUFA corrected chlorophyll fISCCdiff Fluorescence Turner Cor Chl Diff 2 1 fISCCdiff 2nd sensor 1st sensor flScufa Fluorescence Turner SCUFA RFU flScufa RFU SCUFA chlorophyll 1 sensor flScufal Fluorescence Turner SCUFA 2 RFU flScufa2 RFU SCUFA chlorophyll 2nd sensor SCUFA chlorophyll flScufadiff Fluorescence Turner SCUFA Diff 2 1 flScufadiff RFU 2nd sensor Ist sensor Fluorescence WET Labs AC3 Absorption wetChAbs 1 m wetChAbs 1 m wetCDOM Fluorescence WET Labs CDOM mg m 3 wetCDOM mg m 3 1 sensor Fluorescence WET Labs CDOM 2 wetCDOM1 mg m 3 wetCDOM2 mg m 3 2nd sensor Fluorescence WET Labs CDOM 3 wetCDOM2 mg m 3 wetCDOM3 mg m 3 3rd sensor Fluorescence WET Labs CDOM 4 wetCDOM3 mg m 3 wetCDOM4 mg m 3 4th sensor Fluorescence WET Labs CDOM 5 wetCDOM4 mg m 3 wetCDOM5 mg m 3 5th sensor Fluorescence WET Labs CDOM 6 wetCDOM5 mg m 3 wetCDOM6 mg m 3 6th sensor Fluorescence WET Labs CDOM Diff 2 1 wetCDOMdiff mg m 3 wetCDOMdiff mg m 3 2nd sensor
52. for Remote Display and Bottle Firing and Appendix VI Java Applications for Remote Display and Bottle Firing provide information on Sea Bird software that can be installed on a remote computer for viewing data and firing bottles 71 7 23 2 Section 5 Configure Inputs Part III Serial Ports Water Sampler TCP IP Ports Miscellaneous amp Pump Control Seasave V7 Miscellaneous Note See Appendix IV Derived Parameter Formulas for details on how the values entered on the Miscellaneous tab are used in the calculations The Miscellaneous tab defines parameters required for output of specific variables depth average sound velocity plume anomaly potential temperature anomaly oxygen descent rate and acceleration Entries on this tab are used only if you are outputting the associated variable to a display window shared file remote device TCP IP port etc For example if you do not select data from a voltage Oxygen sensor as an output variable for a display window or on any tab in the Configure Outputs dialog box Seasave ignores the value entered for Oxygen window size and the enabling of hysteresis and Tau corrections on the Miscellaneous tab Click Configure Inputs In the Configure Inputs dialog box click the Miscellaneous tab Configure Inputs C Documents and Settings dbresko Application Data Sea Bir K Instrument Configuration Serial Ports Water Sampler TCP IP Ports Miscellaneous Pump Co
53. for the highly consistent change in dimensions of the conductivity cell under pressure The default is the compressibility coefficient for borosilicate glass 9 57e 08 Some sensors fabricated between 1992 and 1995 serial numbers between 1100 and 1500 exhibit a compression that is slightly less than pure borosilicate glass For these sensors the hermetic epoxy jacket on the glass cell is unintentionally strong creating a composite pressure effect of borosilicate and epoxy For sensors tested to date this composite pressure coefficient ranges from 9 57e 08 to 6 90e 08 with the latter value producing a correction to deep ocean salinity of 0 0057 PSU in 5000 dbars pressure approximately 0 001 PSU per 1000 dbars Before modifying Cpcor confirm that the sensor behaves differently from pure borosilicate glass Sea Bird can test your cell and calculate Cpcor Alternatively test the cell by comparing computed salinity to the salinity of water samples from a range of depths calculated using an AutoSal Enter values for slope default 1 0 and offset default 0 0 to make small corrections for conductivity sensor drift between calibrations Corrected conductivity slope computed conductivity offset where slope true conductivity span instrument conductivity span offset true conductivity instrument reading slope measured at 0 S m Conductivity Slope and Offset Correction Example At true conductivity 0 0 S m ins
54. is on e Cause Loose or missing connections between equipment Solution Check all cable connections between the CTD Deck Unit and computer port s e Cause Incorrect communication settings Solution Check that communication settings and COM Ports selected on the Serial Ports tab in Configure Inputs are correct e Cause Selection of Surface PAR voltage added in the instrument configuration file does not match the Deck Unit setup Solution See the Deck Unit manual for setup details 108 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition Seasave V7 Firing Bottles Note For water sampler setup see Water Sampler in Section 5 Configure Inputs Part Ill Serial Ports Water Sampler TCP IP Ports Miscellaneous and Pump Control Notes e The Fire Bottle button in the Bottle Fire dialog box is inaccessible until you start saving data to a file If you did not select Begin archiving data immediately or selected Begin archiving data when Start Archiving command is sent and did not yet send the Start Archiving command the Fire Bottle button is grayed out If desired you can fire bottles without using the Bottle Fire dialog box if you are set up for Sequential or Table Driven bottle fire Each time you want to fire a bottle press Ctrl F3 Note that this does not fire a bottle if set up for User Input entries because you must select which bottle to fire
55. m S m 1 sensor c_mS cm cond0mS cm or cCOmS cm Conductivity mS cm c mS cm mS cm 1 sensor c_uS cm cond0uS cm or cond0uS cm Conductivity uS cm cuS cm uS cm 1 sensor c1S m Conductivity 2 S m c2 S m S m 2nd sensor clmS cm Conductivity 2 mS cm c2 mS cm mS cm 2nd sensor cluS cm Conductivity 2 uS cm c2 uS cm uS cm 2nd sensor C2 C1S m Conductivity Difference 2 1 S m c2 cl S m S m 2nd sensor lst sensor C2 ClmS cm Conductivity Difference 2 1 mS cm c2 cl mS cm mS cm 2nd sensor Ist sensor C2 CluS cm Conductivity Difference 2 1 uS cm c2 cl uS cm uS cm 2nd sensor Ist sensor cpar CPAR Corrected Irradiance cpar croilflTCO Crude Oil Turner Cyclops ppb QS croilflTC ppb QS 1 sensor croilflTC1 Crude Oil Turner Cyclops 2 ppb QS croilflTC2 ppb QS 2 sensor Crude Oil Turner Cyclops Diff 2 1 ppb croilflTCdiff QS croilflTCdiff ppb QS 2nd sensor 1st sensor density00 Density density kg m 3 density density kg m 3 1 sensor sigma theta sigma 00 Density sigma theta kg m 3 sigmath kg m 3 1 sensor sigma t00 Density sigma t kg m 3 sigmat sigma t kg m 3 1 sensor sigma l sigma 100 Density sigma 1 kg m 3 sigmal kg m 3 1 sensor sigma 2 sigma 200 Density sigma 2 kg m 3 sigma2 kg m 3 1 sensor sigma 4 sigma 400 Density sigma 4 kg m 3 sigma4 kg m 3 1 sensor density11 Density 2 density kg m 3 density 2 density kg m 3 2nd sensor sigma theta sigma 1 1 Density 2 sigma th
56. not save display setup in a separate dsa file display changes are incorporated in psa file next time you save psa file 15 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 2 Installation and Use Seasave V7 psa e Seasave program setup file all information entered in Configure Inputs and Configure Outputs instrument con or xmlcon file path and name serial ports water sampler TCP IP input and output ports serial data output etc as well as size placement and setup for each display window The psa file can be selected and saved in Seasave s File menu Note that when you start Seasave it always opens to most recently used psa file Primary psa file default location if available is LOCALAPPDATA Sea Bird Seasave Example c Users dbresko AppData Local Sea Bird Seasave Seasave psa Secondary psa file default location is APPDATA Sea Bird Seasave Example c Documents and Settings dbresko SEABIRD Application Data Sea Bird Seasave Seasave psa Seasave ini contains a list of paths and file names for recently used psa files To view click File and select Recent Setup Files Primary Seasave ini file default location if available is LOCALAPPDATA Sea Bird IniFiles Example c Users dbresko AppData Local Sea Bird IniFiles Seasave ini Secondary Seasave ini file default location is APPDATA Sea Bird IniFiles Example c Documents and Settings dbresko SEABIRD Application Data Sea Bird IniFiles Sea
57. parameters critical to use of the SBE 49 with Seasave as well as any explanatory information SBE 49 FastCAT V 1 2 SERIAL NO 0055 number of scans to average 1 Scans to average NAvg must match Scans to average in con or xmlcon file pressure sensor strain gauge range 1000 0 minimum cond freq 3000 pump delay 30 sec start sampling on power up yes output format raw HEX Output format must be set to raw Hex OutputFormat 0 to acquire data in Seasave temperature advance 0 0625 seconds celltm alpha 0 03 celltm tau 7 0 real time temperature and conductivity correction disabled 43 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 4 Configure Inputs Part Il Calibration Coefficients Seasave V7 Section 4 Configure Inputs Part Il Calibration Coefficients This section describes the calculation and or source of the calibration Note coefficients for the configuration con or xmlcon file for each type of sensor Setup of all parameters in Configure supported by Sea Bird CTDs Seasave uses the sensor calibration coefficients Inputs including the name and to convert the raw data stream into engineering units for display during real location of the selected con or time data acquisition This section covers xmicon file is included inthe Seasave e Accessing calibration coefficient dialog boxes program setup psa file To save the e Using the Import and Export buttons in the calibration coeffici
58. plot display The Select Display dialog box appears when Print is selected this allows you to select the desired display for printing Note that you can also print a display by right clicking in the desired display and selecting Print gt Exit Close Seasave gt Recent Setup Files Provides a list of the 10 most recently used psa files Configure Inputs setup of instrument configuration con or xmlcon file defining sensors and sensor coefficients serial ports water sampler TCP IP ports miscellaneous parameters and pump control for a custom 9plus CTD see Sections 3 4 and 5 Configure Inputs Configure Outputs Set up of serial data output serial ports shared file output mark variables TCP IP output and ports SBE 1 1p us alarm SBE 14 remote display and alarm PC alarm header form and diagnostics see Section 6 Configure Outputs Display Set up of fixed scrolled and plot displays as well as displays to view status and NMEA data see Section 7 Display Setting Up Seasave Displays Real Time Data Acquire process and display real time data see Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition Real Time Control Control water sampler bottle firing mark scans NMEA scans to file and custom 9p us CTD only turn the CTD pump on or off see Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition Archived Data Process a
59. previous scan meters v sound velocity of this scan bin m sec Surface Average sound velocity Average gt Minimum specified pressure and salinity dj and V sound velocity d and v Notes 1 Enter the latitude on the Miscellaneous tab in Configure Inputs Seasave uses the user input latitude regardless of whether latitude data from a NMEA navigation device is available to calculate gravity for the depth algorithm 2 Also enter the minimum pressure minimum salinity pressure window size and time window size on the Miscellaneous tab in Configure Inputs 132 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix IV Derived Parameter Formulas Seasave V7 potential temperature IPTS 68 9 s t p p C Potential temperature is the temperature an element of seawater would have if raised adiabatically with no change in salinity to reference pressure p Sea Bird software uses a reference pressure of 0 decibars Potential Temperature IPTS 68 calculation C Computer Code ATG used in potential temperature calculation double ATG double s double t double p adiabatic temperature gradient deg C per decibar ref broyden h Deep Sea Res 20 401 408 s salinity t temperature deg C ITPS 68 p pressure in decibars double ds ds s 35 0 return 2 1687e 16 t 1 8676e 14 t 4 6206e 13 p 2 7759e 12 t 1 1351e 10 ds 5 4481e 14 t 8 733e 12 t 6 7795e 10
60. run pump during sample delay before sampling 2 0 seconds transmit real time yes Real time data transmission must be enabled TxRealTime Y to acquire data in Seasave battery cutoff 7 5 volts pressure sensor strain gauge range 1000 0 Internal pressure sensor PType must match Pressure sensor type in con or xmlcon file SBE 38 yes SBE 50 no WETLABS no Gas Tension Device no Selection enabling of RS 232 sensors SBE38 SBE50 WetLabs Optode SBE63 GTD DualGTD must match Serial RS 232C sensor in con or xmlcon file OPTODE no SBE63 no Ext Volt 0 yes Ext Volt 1 yes Ext Volt 2 no Ext Volt 3 no Ext Volt 4 no Ext Volt 5 no Number of external voltage sensors enabled Volt0 through Volt5 must match External voltage channels in con or xmicon file echo characters yes output format raw HEX Output format must be set to raw Hex OutputFormat 0 to acquire data in Seasave serial sync mode disabled Serial sync mode must be disabled SyncMode N to acquire data in Seasave 28 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file Seasave V7 SBE 19 SeaCAT Profiler Configuration Seasave always treats the SBE 19 as if it is a Profiling instrument i e it is in Profiling mode If your SBE 19 is in Moored Mode you must treat it like an SBE 16 when setting up the
61. scan written to the nav file contains latitude longitude time scan number and pressure The source of the date and time information in the NMEA Display and in the output data file header varies depending on your NMEA navigational system e NMEA data includes both time and date both the NMEA Display and the NMEA UTC Time in the output data file header show the NMEA date and time e NMEA data includes time but not date the NMEA Display shows the NMEA time and the date from the computer while the NMEA UTC Time n the output data file header shows just the NMEA time e NMEA data does not include date or time both the NMEA Display and the NMEA UTC Time in the output data file header contain no date or time information paa 102 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 7 Display Setting Up Seasave Displays Seasave V7 In the Display menu or the Real Time Control menu select NMEA Display The Display looks like this NMEA Data x Latitude Longitude Date Time Number of NAY file entries 0 Addo NAV File See Adding NMEA Data to nav File in Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition Alarms Display After you enable one or more alarms on Configure Output s PC Alarms Note tab you can enable a visual alarm in Seasave in addition to the sound alarm See PC Alarms in Section 6 Configure Outputs In the Display menu select Alarms If Seasave is not currently c
62. scuiec cs Eai EEEE EiS 9 Seasave Wid OW i aicctesesdes costes fae iio E E see Accs EA E 9 Sedsave MENUS osc cede des a ee in bene aat een eee 11 Getting Started veri aac yids een had a ihe a ede nearest 13 Displaying Archived Data Sea Bird Demo Files eee eceeeeeeeeeeeees 13 Acquiring and Displaying Real Time Data 0 eee eeeeeceeeneeeeeeeeeneeneeees 14 File Formats sennen e a ia etsee te ts ns eh ee caterer top eetRoees 15 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part I Instrument Configuration C omor XMICOM HE cccscscesccscseccsccessicscsseeccsdsseesdscecvescsoeccssssesessssassesessesecenes 19 Introdictl On yi ss2 hed eiee a E E sn eae ee ies ea 19 Instrument Configuration caine o E a 19 Viewing Modifying or Creating con or xmlcon File seeeeeeeeeeeeee 20 SBE 9plus Configuration nsn ce ehecchessdeneteadei cc E E a i i 22 SBE 16 SeaCAT C T Recorder Configuration ccescesseesesteeeeeeeees 24 SBE l6plus SeaCAT C T Recorder Configuration 0 0 ceceseeeeeteeeeeee 25 SBE l6plus V2 SeaCAT C T Recorder Configuration eee 27 SBE 19 SeaCAT Profiler Configuration ccccsccescssecseeeteeeeeeeeeeeseeerees 29 SBE 19plus SeaCAT Profiler Configuration s s s rererere 31 SBE 19plus V2 SeaCAT Profiler Configuration cceceeecceeeeeeeeeereees 33 SBE 21 SeaCAT Thermosalinograph Configuration c cesceeeee 35 SBE 25 Sealogger Configuration cccccccesccesseseceeeceseeeseeeeeeeeeeeresseenseens 37 SBE 25
63. sensor SFAR Surface Iradiance and click Modify Click a non shaded sensor and click Select to pick a to change different sensor for that channel A dialog box with a list My calibration coefficients for that sensor of sensors appears Select sensors after number of voltage channels have been specified above Rept Help Exit Cancel Opens a txt file for viewing only Click to exit dialog box If you made changes and did cannot be modified that shows all not Save or Save As Seasave asks if you want to parameters in con or xmicon file save changes 29 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file Seasave V7 Shown below is an example status DS response in Seaterm that corresponds to the setup shown in the Configuration dialog box above Shown below the appropriate lines are the commands used in Seaterm to modify the setup of parameters critical to use of the SBE 19 with Seasave as well as any explanatory information SEACAT PROFILER V3 1B SN 936 02 10 94 13 33 23 989 strain gauge pressure sensor S N 12345 range 1000 psia tc 240 Pressure sensor strain gauge or Digiquartz must match Pressure sensor type in con or xmlcon file clk 32767 766 iop 172 vmain 8 1 vlith 5 8 mode PROFILE ncasts 0 Mode must be profile MP if setting up con or xmlcon file for SBE 19 create con or xmlcon file for SBE 16 for
64. the Convert button 3 The resulting txt file can be opened in Excel 78 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 6 Configure Outputs Seasave V7 Mark Variables Note The mrk file has the same path and file name as the data file For example if the data file is test1 hex the mrk file is test1 mrk Mark Variables allows you set up Seasave to copy the most recent scan of data to a mark mrk file as desired during real time data acquisition Seasave writes the sequential mark number system time and all selected variables to a mrk file each time Mark Scan is clicked during data acquisition If a plot display is set up to show mark lines Seasave also draws a horizontal line in the plot each time Mark Scan is clicked during data acquisition The mrk file can be used to manually note water sampler bottle firings compare CTD data with data acquired at the same time from a Thermosalinograph or mark significant events in the cast winch problems large waves causing ship heave etc for later review and analysis of the data To enable and set up Mark Variables click Configure Outputs In the Configure Outputs dialog box click the Mark Variables tab x SBE 11plus Alarms SBE 14 Remote Display PC Alarms Header Form Diagnostics Serial Data Out Serial Ports Shared File Out Mark Variables TCPAP Out TCPAP Ports Configure Outputs C Program Files Sea Bird Seasave 7 Seasave psa Variable Name un
65. the SBE 25 with Seasave as well as any explanatory information SBE 25 CTD V 4 1la SN 323 04 26 02 14 02 13 external pressure sensor range 5076 psia tcval 55 xtal 9437363 clk 32767 107 vmain 10 1 iop 175 vlith 5 6 ncasts 0 samples 0 free 54980 lwait 0 msec o stop upcast when CTD ascends 30 of full scale pressure sensor range 2301 counts CTD configuration number of scans averaged 1 data stored at 8 scans per second real time data transmitted at 1 scans per second real time data transmission CC must match Real time data output rate in con or xmicon file minimum conductivity frequency for pump turn on 2950 pump delay 45 seconds Fl battery type ALKALINI 2 external voltages sampled Number of auxiliary voltage sensors enabled CC must match External voltage channels in con or xmicon file stored voltage 0 external voltage 0 stored voltage 1 external voltage 1 38 Manual revision 7 23 2 time data with Seasave Selections on Serial Sensors tab are grayed out Shaded changed to sensor Must select Collect real sensors cannot be removed or another type of Section 3 Configure Inputs Part Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file SBE 25plus Sealogger Configuration Configuration for the SBE 25plus Sealogger CTD File T C P Voltage Sensors Serial Sensors Real Time Options New Open
66. the gain range switch gt Output Voltage Level if the instrument indicates gain by output voltage level lt 2 5 volts is low gain gt 2 5 volts is high gain Low gain value A0 Al V High gain value BO BI V gt Modulo Bit if the instrument has control lines custom wired to bits in the SBE 9plus modulo word Bit not set value A0 A1 V Bitset value BO B1 V gt None if the instrument does not change gain value A0 Al V where V voltage from sensor 55 Note See Application Note 48 for complete description of calculation of Seapoint Turbidity calibration coefficients Notes e To enable entry of the mx my and b coefficients for the SCUFA fluorometer you must first select the Turner SCUFA OBS Nephelometer T urbidity See Application Note 63 for complete description of calculation of Turner SCUFA calibration coefficients Note See Application Note 87 for complete description of calculation of WET Labs ECO BB calibration coefficients Note See Application Note 62 for complete description of calculation of WET Labs ECO NTU calibration coefficients Note See Application Note 19 for complete description of calculation of ORP calibration coefficients Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 4 Configure Inputs Part II Calibration Coefficients Seasave V7 e IFREMER This sensor requires two channels one for direct voltage and the other for measured voltage Make
67. voltage channels 2 z None 1 SBE 38 secondary temperature 1 SBE 50 pressure sensor or up to 2 GTDs dissolved oxygen or nitrogen Must agree with Time between scans Must agree 16plus setup Serial AS 232C sensor Temperature SBE OY 16plus setup see reply from DS Channel Sensor table lists RS 232 sensors below voltage channels Samplelnterval see reply from DS Sample interval seconds fio Pr Shaded sensors cannot be removed or changed to Select if using with deck unit NMEA posttion data added another type of sensor All others are optional connected to NMEA navigation j device Seasave adds current Channel Sensor New latitude longitude and universal New to create new con or time code to data header 1 Cout Temperature Dpen xmlcon file for this CTD appends NMEA data to every 2 Frequency Conductivity Open to select different con scan and writes NMEA data to m g or xmlcon file nav file every time Ctrl F7 is 3 Count Pressure Strain Gauge 38E Save or Save As to save pressed or Add to nav File is current con or xmlicon file clicked see Adding NMEA Data A D voltage 0 Oxygen SBE 43 Save As settings to nav File in Section 8 Real 5 A D voltage 1 pH Time Data and Real Time SaxGoENT iy a a eC Control Real Time Data 6 Serial RS 232 Temperature SBE 38 Acquisition Click a non shaded sensor and click Select to pick a different sensor for that channel A
68. when Start Archiving command is sent and did not yet send the Start Archiving command the Fire Bottle button is grayed out If desired you can fire bottles without using the Bottle Fire dialog box if you are set up for a G O 1015 Hydro Bios or IOW water G sampler Each time you want to fire a bottle press Ctrl F3 Note that this does not fire a bottle if set up for an SBE Carousel SBE ECO or G O 1016 because you must select which bottle to fire You can manually fire any bottle regardless of the pressure or depth you specified in the Auto Fire Table Entry The bl file has the same path and file name as the data file For example if the data file is c test1 hex the bl file is c test1 bl Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition Seasave V7 To fire bottles in Mixed Mode auto bottle firing but also allowing manual bottle firing 1 Auto Fire Bottle Fire Fired 0 Set up the water sampler for Auto Fire in Configure Inputs select Allow manual firing in the Auto Fire Table Entry dialog box In the Real Time Control menu select Fire Bottle Control The Bottle Fire dialog box appears you can leave this open throughout the cast shown below is the dialog if you selected SBE Carousel SBE ECO or G O 1016 in the Water Sampler setup Step 1 x m Manual fire Bottle Fire Selected Bottle Bottle Firing Sequenc
69. you want to save changes click Modify to change calibration coefficients for that sensor Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file Seasave V7 Note Click the Real Time Options tab This tab is grayed out if you selected P Process XML file uploaded from CTD memory on the first tab because data is memory is always saved at 16 Hz and NMEA Surface PAR and scan time data is not available in an uploaded file Configuration for the SBE 25plus Sealogger CTD File T C P Voltage Sensors Serial Sensors Real Time Options Select if deck unit used and select baud rate at which CTD is set to C No deck unit communicate 2 Note If no deck unit is used this baud SBE 33 or SBE 36 deck unit rate must match CTD Serial Port baud on Serial Ports tab in Configure Inputs CTD baud rate SetBaudConsole Realtime data output rate is calculated by the 25plus based on number of voltages exported CTD baud rate and if CTD baud rate is 4800 historic rate Must agree with SetHistoricRate in 25plus See reply from GetCD Historic rate 0 Realtime data output rate 2 Hz or 4 Hz Historic rate 1 Real time data output rate 4 Hz or 8 Hz NMEA Select if NMEA navigation device 7 used and select whether NMEA device is V NMEA position data added NMEA depth data added connected directly to Deck Unit or to computer if conne
70. 0 e B1 0 049781 B2 0 025018 B3 0 0034861 136 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix IV Derived Parameter Formulas Seasave V7 Note For complete description of ratio multiplier see Application Note 11S SBE 11plus Deck Unit or 47 SBE 33 or 36 Deck Unit Descent rate and acceleration are computed by calculating the derivative of the pressure signal with respect to time with a user input window size for calculating the derivative using a linear regression to determine the slope Values computed by Seasave and SBE Data Processing s Data Conversion module are somewhat different from values computed by SBE Data Processing s Derive module Seasave and Data Conversion compute the derivative with a window looking backward in time since they share common code and Seasave cannot use future values of pressure while acquiring data in real time Derive uses a centered window equal number of points before and after the scan to obtain a better estimate of the derivative Use Seasave and Data Conversion to obtain a quick look at descent rate and acceleration use Derive to obtain the most accurate values Note Enter the window size seconds for calculation of descent rate and acceleration on the Miscellaneous tab in Configure Inputs Corrected Irradiance CPAR 100 ratio multiplier underwater PAR surface PAR Ratio multiplier scaling factor used for comparing light fields of disparate intensity input in con or xmlcon
71. 0 kg m Sigma 4 o 4 p s O s t p 4000 4000 1000 kg m Sigma t o p s t 0 1000 kg m thermosteric anomaly 10 1000 1000 0 97266 10 m kg specific volume V s t p 1 p m kg specific volume anomaly 5 10 V s t p V 35 0 p H0 m kg p p geopotential anomaly 10 8x Ap J kg m7 s Ap p 0 dynamic meters geopotential anomaly 10 0 1 dynamic meter 10 J kg Sverdup Johnson Flemming 1946 UNESCO 1991 128 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix IV Derived Parameter Formulas Seasave V7 depth 7n Note To calculate gravity for the depth algorithm Seasave uses the latitude from a NMEA navigation device if NMEA is enabled in the con or xmlcon file If your system does not have NMEA enter the desired latitude on the Miscellaneous tab in Configure Inputs Depth calculation C Computer Code Depth double Depth int dtype double p double latitude datype fresh water or salt water p pressure in decibars latitude in degrees double x d gr if dtype FRESH WATER fresh water d p 1 019716 else salt water sin latitude 57 29578 x x 9 780318 1 0 5 2788e 3 2 36e 5 x x 1 092e 6 p 1 82e 15 p 2 279e 10 p 2 2512e 5 p 9 72659 p gr d gr return d seafloor depth depth altimeter reading 7m 129 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix IV
72. 0 Frequency 30 30 Hz 31 sensor 150 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix VIII Output Variable Names Seasave V7 Short Name Full Name Friendly Name Units Notes Comments 31 Frequency 31 31 Hz 32 sensor 32 Frequency 32 32 Hz 334 sensor 33 Frequency 33 33 Hz 34 sensor 34 Frequency 34 34 Hz 35 sensor 35 Frequency 35 35 Hz 36 sensor 36 Frequency 36 36 Hz 37 sensor Calculated in SBE Data gpa Geopotential Anomaly J kg gpa J kg Processing s Derive module GTDDOPO GTD DO Pressure mb GTDDOP mb 1 sensor GTDDOP1 GTD DO Pressure 2 mb GTDDOP2 mb 2nd sensor GTDDOPdiff GTD DO Pressure Diff 2 1 mb GTDDOPdiff mb 2nd sensor Ist sensor GTDDOTO GTD DO Temperature deg C GTDDOT deg C 1 sensor GTDDOT1 GTD DO Temperature 2 deg C GTDDOT2 deg C 2nd sensor GTDDOTdiff GTD DO Temperature Diff 2 1 degC GTDDOTdiff deg C 2nd sensor 1st sensor GTDN2P0 GTD N2 Pressure mb GTDN2P mb 1 sensor GTDN2P1 GTD N2 Pressure 2 mb GTDN2P2 mb 2nd sensor GTDN2Padiff GTD N2 Pressure Diff 2 1 mb GTDN2Pdiff mb 2nd sensor Ist sensor GTDN2T0 GTD N2 Temperature deg C GTDN2T deg C 1 sensor GTDN2T1 GTD N2 Temperature 2 deg C GTDN2T2 deg C 2nd sensor GTDN2Tdiff GTD N2 Temperature Diff 2 1 deg C GTDN2Tdiff deg C 2nd se
73. 9 seafloor 129 Derived parameter formulas 127 Descent rate 72 137 Diagnostics 89 Dialog box positions 112 Display adding 90 editing 91 exporting 91 fixed 92 GPS 102 importing 90 Lat Lon 102 NMEA 102 111 plot 94 printing 91 remote 138 141 remote 104 Remote 80 83 resizing 91 scrolled 93 status 102 Dynamic meters 128 E ECO 62 67 76 109 Editing data files 116 Editing display 91 Example files 13 Exporting calibration coefficients 45 Exporting display 91 F File extensions 15 File formats 15 Firing bottles 109 Fixed display 92 Fluorometer 50 Index 159 Seasave V7 Format hex data 145 Formulas 127 Frequency sensors 46 G Geopotential anomaly 128 Getting started 13 GPS display 102 111 Gravity 72 GTD 63 H Header form 87 Headings 146 I Importing calibration coefficients 45 Importing display 90 Input miscellaneous 72 pump control 73 serial ports 64 TCP IP 71 water sampler 67 Installation 8 Instrument configuration 19 121 Irradiance 58 137 J Java application 70 82 141 L Lat Lon display 102 111 Latitude 72 M Manual bottle fire 67 68 Mark scan 79 111 Mark variables 79 111 Menus 11 Methane 55 Miscellaneous 72 Mixed mode bottle fire 68 Moored instruments acquiring data 113 N Navigation display gt 102 111 Neph
74. Acquisition Click a sensor and click Modify to change i odiy calibration coefficients for that sensor m Rgport Help C Cancel Click to exit dialog box If you made changes and did Opens a txt file for viewing only not Save or Save As Seasave asks if you want to cannot be modified that shows all parameters in con or xmlcon file save changes 27 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file Seasave V7 Note See Using Seasave with Moored Instruments in Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition for information on Seasave timeout settings Shown below is an example status DS response in a terminal program that corresponds to the setup shown in the Configuration dialog box above Shown below the appropriate lines are the commands used in the terminal program to modify the setup of parameters critical to use of the SBE 16p us V2 with Seasave as well as any explanatory information SBE l6plus V 2 0 SERIAL NO 6001 24 Oct 2007 14 11 48 vbatt 10 3 vlith 8 5 ioper 62 5 ma ipump 21 6 ma iext0Ol 76 2 ma iserial 48 2 ma status not logging samples 0 fr 3463060 sample interval 10 seconds number of measurements per sample 1 Sample interval SampleInterval must match Sample interval seconds in con or xmicon file pump
75. BE 32 67 76 109 SBE 38 62 160 Seasave V7 SBE 45 42 SBE 49 43 SBE 50 62 SBE 55 67 76 109 SBE 63 62 SBE 91 1plus 22 pump control 73 76 SBE 917plus 22 Scrolled display 93 Seafloor depth 129 Seasave Remote 77 82 138 Serial data output 75 76 Serial ports 64 76 Settings for moored instruments 113 Shared file output 77 Sigma 1 128 Sigma 2 128 Sigma 4 128 Sigma t 128 Sigma theta 128 Software problems 126 Solubility 136 Sound velocity 48 131 average 72 132 Specific conductivity gt 134 Specific volume 128 Specific volume anomaly 128 Status display 102 Summary 6 Surface PAR 137 Suspended sediment 59 T TCP IP port 71 80 83 Temperature 46 49 potential 133 Thermosteric anomaly 128 Timeout error 108 Toolbar 11 101 Transmissometer 59 Troubleshooting 89 Troubleshooting real time data acquisition 108 TS plot 94 Turbidity 55 U Updates 8 User polynomial coefficients 61 V Variable names 146 Velocity 72 137 Visual alarm 103 Voltage sensors 50 Manual revision 7 23 2 Index Seasave V7 W Z Water sampler 67 76 109 Zaps 61 WETStar 62 Window 9 adding 90 editing 91 exporting 92 93 101 fixed 92 GPS 102 111 importing 90 Lat Lon 102 111 NMEA 102 111 plot 94 remote 104 scrolled 93 status 102 Window remote 80 83 161
76. Bird Enter Soc Voffset A B C E Tau20 D1 D2 H1 H2 and H3 OX Soc V Voffset tau T P 5V dt OxSOL T S 1 0 A T B T C T e OPN where OX dissolved oxygen concentration ml I T P measured temperature C and pressure decibars from CTD S calculated salinity from CTD PSU V temperature compensated oxygen signal volts Soc linear scaling calibration coefficient Voffset voltage at zero oxygen signal tau T P sensor time constant at temperature and pressure tau20 sensor time constant tau T P at 20 C 1 atmosphere 0 PSU slope term in calculation of tau T P D1 D2 calibration terms used in calculation of tau T P 6V dt time derivative of oxygen signal volts sec H1 H2 H3 calibration terms used for hysteresis correction K absolute temperature Kelvin Oxsol T S oxygen saturation ml l a parameterization from Garcia and Gordon 1992 OR Owens Millard Enter Soc Boc Voffset tcor pcor and tau OX Soc V Voffset tau dV dt Boc exp 0 03T exp tcor T pcor P Oxsat T S where OX dissolved oxygen concentration ml l Soc linear scaling calibration coefficient T P measured temperature C and pressure decibars from CTD S calculated salinity from CTD PSU V temperature compensated oxygen signal volts dV dt derivative of oxygen signal volts sec Oxsat T S oxygen saturation ml l from Weiss Note Seas
77. ET Labs C Star 62 SBE 911 plus 22 WET Labs ECO 62 SBE 917plus 22 WET Labs WETStar 62 Zaps 61 A Carousel 67 76 109 Closing bottles 109 A D count sensors 49 COM ports 64 Acceleration 72 137 Command line operation 118 Adding display 90 Communication parameters 64 76 Alarms 84 85 86 103 Compatibility issues 126 altimeter 84 85 86 103 Computer alarm 86 103 bottom contact switch 84 85 86 103 Conductivity 47 computer 86 103 specific gt 134 PC 86 103 Configuration pressure 84 85 86 103 calibration coefficients 44 45 SBE 11 plus 84 calibration coefficients A D count sensors 49 SBE 14 Remote Display 85 calibration coefficients frequency sensors 46 visual 103 calibration coefficients RS 232 sensors 62 Algorithms 127 calibration coefficients voltage sensors 50 Altimeter 50 file 15 19 44 105 114 121 Altimeter alarm 84 85 86 103 SBE 16 24 Archived data 13 114 SBE 16plus 25 SBE 16plus V2 27 158 Manual revision 7 23 2 SBE 19 29 SBE 19plus 31 SBE 19plus V2 33 SBE 21 35 SBE 25 37 SBE 25plus 39 SBE 45 42 SBE 49 43 SBE 91 Iplus 22 SBE 917plus 22 Configure Inputs 64 Configure Outputs 74 Contour plot 94 Control positions 112 Corrected irradiance 137 C Star 62 CTD 76 D Data acquisition 14 105 Data format 145 Data processing 116 Demo files 13 Density 128 Depth 72 12
78. Minor divisions f5 Auto page percent 1100 minimum maximum range If every 5 C 5 minor divisions you change Auto page provides tick marks every 1 C Decimal digits in Soli percent for 1 axis it Enter axis Minimum and automatically changes for all Maximum values to display axes Values that fall outside range Select desired Line type does not appear on Example Axis is set up for will plot at minimum or tab for first axis Y axis tab in this example 15 30 C but actual cast maximum as applicable exceeds 30 C If Auto page unless Auto page this axis percent 100 minimum selected Help OK Cancel maximum adjusts to 30 45 C to continue to display data If Auto page percent 80 z mE minimum maximum adjusts Number of Decimal digits to display after to 24 39 C to continue to decimal point display data 97 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 7 Display Setting Up Seasave Displays Seasave V7 Print Options Tab The print options tab defines the size and orientation for when the plot is output to the printer The Print Options tab looks like this Plot Display 1 i x Plot Setup Y Axis X Axis 1 X Axis2 Print Options Save Options Copy Options Full page If selected scale plot to fit 8 5x11 inch page Note If selected size selections are grayed out Orientation Driver default x Full page Orientation Landscape Portrait or print Driver default Print wi
79. Note Line colors are defined by clicking the Each Axis tab defines a plot variable scale and line type An Axis tab looks Colors button on the Plot Setup tab like this but the first axis tab does not include Line type Plot Display 1 Plot Setup Y Axis Axis 1 xasis 2 Print Options Save Options Copy Options Variable Click Select Variable to choose desired variable List includes all measured parameters that are selected in configuration con Temperature ITS 90 deg C or xmlcon file as well as all parameters that can be calculated from those measured parameters Make selection and click OK Enter axis Minimum and Maximum values to display Values that fall outside range will plot at Plot axis from highest to lowest minimum or maximum as value Typically used when applicable unless Auto pressure or depth is plotted on Y page this axis selected Minimum 5s Maximum 30 axis so pressure depth starts at 15 l 30 0 at top of plot and increases as F Logarithmic Reverse directior You move down vertically Plot axis on linear or logarithmic scale Axis Label Variable name Number of Major divisions on axis and number of Minor divisions between major Flas Care OE If Auto page this axis is divisions Example with range Major divisions 3 Auto page this axis selected display pages up or from 15 30 C 3 major A RAI down if data falls outside divisions provides tick marks
80. On the remote computer double click on FireBottles jar The dialog box looks like this Ea Remote Bottie Fire for seasave TE ll Connect Fire Server address 127 0 0 1 Command port 49167 Status port 49168 Connect Disconnect A On the Connect tab Set Server address to the address of the computer running Seasave Set Command port to match the Receive commands port and set Status port to match the Send Status port on the TCP IP Ports tab in Configure Inputs or Configure Outputs in Seasave B On the Connect tab click Connect On the Remote Fire Bottle Fire dialog in Seasave Step 2 it should now show Connected to on ports and Remote Fire Bottle Fire xj Fired 0 Bottle Firing Sequence Connected to 127 0 0 1 on ports 49167 and 49168 Disconnect 143 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix VI Java Applications for Remote Display and Bottle Firing Seasave V7 C On the remote computer click the Fire tab The dialog box looks like this 210 x Connect Fire Water sampler Type Number of bottles Firing Fire Next bottle 1 Number fired Sequence If the remote software is working properly the water sampler type and number of bottles should match the settings on the Water Sampler tab in Configure Inputs in Seasave 4 In Seasave start real time data acquisition 5 On the remote computer on the Fire tab click Fire when desir
81. S cm speccmmhosem Specific Conductance mmhos cm speccmmhoscm mmhos cm 104 8 sva Specific Volume Anomaly 10 8 m 43 kg sva m 3 kg Calculated in SBE Data E Stability rad 2 m E rad 2 m Processing s Buoyancy module 10 8 Calculated in SBE Data E10 8 Stability 10 8 rad 2 m E10 8 rad 2 m Processing s Buoyancy module t090Cm t4990C tnc90C or tv290C Temperature ITS 90 deg C t90C ITS 90 deg C 1 sensor t090F t4990F tnc90F or tv290F Temperature ITS 90 deg F t90F ITS 90 deg F 1 sensor t068C t4968C tnc68C or tv268C Temperature ITS 68 deg C t68 C ITS 68 deg C 1 sensor t068F t4968F tnc68F or tv268F Temperature ITS 68 deg F t68 F ITS 68 deg F 1 sensor t190C or tnc290C Temperature 2 ITS 90 deg C t2 90 C ITS 90 deg C 2nd sensor t190F or tnc290F Temperature 2 ITS 90 deg F t2 90 F ITS 90 deg F_ 2nd sensor t168C or tnc268C Temperature 2 ITS 68 deg C t2 68 C ITS 68 deg C 2nd sensor tl68F or tnc268F Temperature 2 ITS 68 deg F t2 68 F ITS 68 deg F 2nd sensor Temperature Difference 2 1 ITS 90 deg T2 T190C C T2 T1 90 C ITS 90 deg C 2nd sensor 1st sensor Temperature Difference 2 1 ITS 90 deg T2 T190F F T2 T1 90 F ITS 90 deg F 2nd sensor 1st sensor Temperature Difference 2 1 ITS 68 deg T2 T168C C T2 T1 68 C ITS 68 deg C 2nd sensor 1st sensor Temperature Difference 2 1 ITS 68 deg T2 T168F F T2 T1 68 F ITS 68 deg F 2nd sensor 1st sensor t3890C or t38
82. SBE 19 in moored mode MM sample rate 1 scan every 0 5 seconds Sample rate SR must match 0 5 second intervals in con or xmlicon file minimum raw conductivity frequency for pump turn on 3206 hertz pump delay 40 seconds samples 0 free 174126 lwait 0 msec battery cutoff 7 2 volts number of voltages sampled 2 Number of auxiliary voltage sensors enabled SVn must match External voltage channels in con or xmlcon file logdata NO 30 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file Seasave V7 SBE 19plus SeaCAT Profiler Configuration Channel Sensor table reflects this choice 0 1 2 3 or 4 Must agree with 19p us setup for VoItN N 0 1 2 and 3 see reply from DS Voltage channel 0 in con or xmlicon file corresponds to first external voltage in data stream voltage channel 1 to second external voltage in data stream etc Strain gauge only selection applicable to 19plus Must agree with 19p us setup MP for Profiling mode MM for Moored mode see reply from DS Interval between scans in Moored Mode mode Seasave uses this to calculate elapsed time if you select time as a parameter for a display window ample interval seconds fio Must agree with 19plus setup Number of samples to average samples at 4 Hz in Samplelnterval see reply from DS Profiling mode Used to calculate elapsed time if yo
83. Save Save s Configuration file opened 25plustest xmlcon Configuration file usage Process ML file uploaded from CTD memory Collect real time data with Seasave and or process real time HE file Seasave V7 e New to create new xmicon file for this CTD e Open to select different xmicon file e Save or Save As to save current xmlcon file settings Click a non shaded sensor and click Select to pick __ Channel Frequency Frequency Count A D voltage 0 A D voltage 1 A D voltage 2 A D voltage 3 A D voltage 4 A D voltage 5 A D voltage 6 A D voltage 7 Opens a txt file for viewing only cannot be modified that shows all parameters in xmlcon file Select voltage channels that you want to view in real time Must match SetVOut 0 7 settings in 25plus See Real Time Setup for baud and real time output rate limitations a different sensor for that channel A dialog box with a list of sensors appears Click a sensor and yj Sensor Select Temperature Conductivity Modify Pressure Strain Gauge Oxygen SBE 43 EA pH O Data from Oxidation Reduction Potential checked Mimete a ige Fluorometer WET Labs ECO AFL FL J transmitted in Fluorometer WET Labs ECO CDOM Ea om Free O hex file Free go Cancel Click to exit dialog box If you made changes and 39 did not Save or Save As Seasave asks if
84. Scrolled Display and click Modify OR OR The Scrolled Display dialog box looks like this Rows to display is number of rows that show at one time in display Seasave uses this to determine display s vertical size Total rows is total number of rows in display if Total rows gt Rows to display display has scroll bar to enable user to view more data you can resize display manually as desired using standard Windows drag methods Time between each calculation of variables for updating display each display can have different update rate Faster than 1 sec can be difficult to Scrolled Display 1 Select small medium or large Font size Seconds between updates fi view Set to 0 for full rate data Delete Delete All Color Nitrogen Saturation a Shrink All Variable Name unit Digits Text Back Oxygen Saturation 1 Conductivity Sm 7 f Ems orcad Expand Ail T t ITS 90 deg C 5 Potential Temperature grep z aah acada lks ea C Potential Temperature 4nomal L shrinks 3 Pressure Digiquartz db 4 i I Pressure Temperature Expand 4 Salinity PSU 5 Pressure Digiquartz z f Add 6 Text color and psi 7 Number of background color Pump Status Insert i dei pone a eeereae C Change isplay to e Double click in box j 10 right of to change for that Sound Velo
85. Seasave V7 Calibration Coefficients for A D Count Sensors Notes e These coefficients provide ITS 90 T90 temperature e See Application Note 31 for computation of slope and offset correction coefficients from pre and post cruise calibrations supplied by Sea Bird Note See Calibration Coefficients for Voltage Sensors below for information on strain gauge pressure sensors used on other instruments See Calibration Coefficients for Frequency Sensors above for information on Paroscientific Digiquartz pressure sensors For all calibration dialog boxes enter the sensor serial number and calibration date Many sensor calibration equations contain an offset term Unless noted otherwise use the offset default 0 0 to make small corrections for sensor drift between calibrations Calibration coefficients are discussed below for each type of sensor temperature and strain gauge pressure sensor Temperature Calibration Coefficients For SBE l6plus 16plus V2 19plus 19plus V2 and 49 Enter a0 al a2 and a3 from the calibration sheet Enter values for slope default 1 0 and offset default 0 0 to make small corrections for temperature sensor drift between calibrations Corrected temperature slope computed temperature offset where slope true temperature span instrument temperature span offset true temperature instrument reading slope measured at 0 C Temperature Slope and Offset Correct
86. Seasoft V2 Seasave V7 CTD Real Time Data Acquisition Software for Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows 7 ZE Seasave SBE 91 1plus 91 7plus CTD C Documents and Settings dbresko My Documents Testing Seasave psa 7 laj xj File Configure Inputs Configure Outputs Display Real Time Data Real Time Control Archived Data Options Help Playback completed T00MOT dat Demo con S n t30C pM 0 5565 FEE DTS 90 degC 22 49329 Pressure Digiquartz db 0 5439 Salinity PSU 0 4781 0 4601 0 5623 0 4839 0 4155 0 4876 0 4896 0 4917 0 5439 Jm PltDisplayt O 5 x lt gt gt lalalviy aam Temperature ITS 90 deg C 0 000 1 600 3 200 4 bis 6 400 8 000 fi l pn n a 0 000 1 000 2 000 3 000 4 000 5 000 Conductivity 3 m 1 L i L 1 1 1 i 1 L L L l 1 1 1 1 L 1 J T 1 34 200 34 400 34 600 34 800 35 000 Salinity PSU User s Manual Sea Bird Electronics Inc 13431 NE 20 Street Bellevue Washington 98005 USA Telephone 425 643 9866 Fax 425 643 9954 E mail seabird seabird com 03 18 14 Website www seabird com Software Release 7 23 2 and later Limited Liability Statement Extreme care should be exercised when using or servicing this equipment It should be used or serviced only by personnel with knowledge of and training in the use and maintenance of oceanographic electronic equipment SEA BIRD ELECTRONICS
87. Section 1 Introduction This section includes a brief description of Seasoft V2 and its components and a more detailed description of Seasave Sea Bird welcomes suggestions for new features and enhancements of our products and or documentation Please contact us with any comments or suggestions seabird seabird com or 425 643 9866 Our business hours are Monday through Friday 0800 to 1700 Pacific Standard Time 1600 to 0100 Universal Time in winter and 0800 to 1700 Pacific Daylight Time 1500 to 0000 Universal Time the rest of the year Summary Note The following Seasoft DOS calibration modules are not available in Seasoft V2 e OXFIT compute oxygen calibration coefficients e OXFITW compute oxygen calibration coefficients using Winkler titration values e PHFIT compute pH coefficients See the Seasoft DOS manual Seasoft V2 consists of modular menu driven routines for acquisition display processing and archiving of oceanographic data acquired with Sea Bird equipment Seasoft V2 was designed to work with a PC running Win XP Service pack 2 or later Windows Vista or Windows 7 Seasoft V2 is actually several stand alone programs e SeatermV2 a launcher for Seaterm232 Seaterm485 SeatermIM and SeatermUSB Seaterm and SeatermAF terminal programs that send commands for status setup data retrieval and diagnostics to a wide variety of Sea Bird instruments Note SeatermV2 is used with our newest gen
88. Shared File Out tab Output file location and name Click Select File to browse to desired location Note If XML format is selected default file extension IV Output data to shared file XML format required for Seasave Remote is xml If XML format is not selected default file extension is txt File name Select File p C Test tet Sagonds between updates o 000 Variable Name unit Digits Pressure Strain Gauge db 4 Salinity PSU 5 Temperature ITS 90 deg C Selected variables and number of decimal points to right of decimal place for output data Click Select Variables to change Dialog box with list of variables appears select desired variables and number of decimal places to right of decimal point for each variable and click OK Select Variables i Make the desired selections Click OK or click another tab in Configure Outputs Remote Display To view data output to a shared file on a remote computer on a network while Seasave continues to acquire more data e Seasave Remote has many of the same display and plotting capabilities as Seasave It can be used to display data on a remote computer that is transmitted in XML format via TCP IP or to a shared file and to fire bottles from a remote computer See Appendix V Seasave Remote for Remote Display and Bottle Firing or see Seasave Remote s Help files e Alternatively other software such as Micr
89. The bl file has the same path and file name as the data file For example if the data file is c test1 hex the bl file is c test1 bl Bottles can be fired in one of the following ways By command from Seasave see below From a remote computer via a TCP IP port if Enable remote firing was selected on the Water Sampler tab in Configure Inputs See Appendix V Seasave Remote for Remote Display and Bottle Firing Automatically if Auto Fire was selected on the Water Sampler tab in Configure Inputs For auto fire setup see Water Sampler in Section 5 Configure Inputs Part III Serial Ports Water Sampler TCP IP Ports Miscellaneous and Pump Control By command from Seasave and automatically if Auto Fire was selected on the Water Sampler tab in Configure Inputs and Allow manual firing was selected in the Auto Fire Table Entry dialog box see below Firing Bottles by Command from Seasave To fire bottles Sequentially by User Input or by Table Driven entries l 2 Set up the water sampler in Configure Inputs In the Real Time Control menu select Fire Bottle Control The Bottle Fire dialog box appears you can leave this open throughout the cast shown below is the dialog if you selected Sequential firing in the Water Sampler setup Step 1 Sequential Bottle Fire x Fired 0 Next bottle to be fired i Fire Bottle Start real time data acquisition If you selected Sequential or Table driven in the
90. The demo files include e adata file demo hex e an instrument configuration file demo con defines instrument sensors calibration coefficients etc e aprogram setup file demo psa The psa file defines all information entered in Configure Inputs and Configure Outputs instrument con or xmlcon file path and name CTD serial port water sampler TCP IP input and output ports serial data output etc as well as the size placement and setup for each display window Follow these steps to use Seasave to display archived data 1 Inthe File menu select Open Setup File The Open dialog box appears Browse to the desired file default location C Program Files Sea Bird SeasaveV7 Demo select demo psa and click OK The display windows will now correspond to the selected psa file 2 Inthe Archived Data menu select Start 3 The Playback Archived Data dialog box appears see Section 9 Archived Data Displaying Archived Data A On the File tab click Select Data File The Select Data File dialog box appears Browse to the desired file default location C Program Files Sea Bird SeasaveV7 Demo demo hex and click Open B Click the Instrument Configuration tab Click Open The Select Instrument Configuration File dialog box appears Browse to the desired file default location C Program Files Sea Bird SeasaveV7 Demo demo con and click Open C Click the File tab Click Start The example data will display Note
91. Water Sampler setup Step 1 the Bottle Fire dialog box displays the number of the next bottle to be fired If you selected User Input in the Water Sampler setup Step 1 select the bottle you want to fire next When desired click Fire Bottle When Seasave receives a bottle fired confirmation from a water sampler it e for SBE 91 1plus with SBE 32 Carousel Water Sampler or G O 1016 or SBE 19 19plus 19plus V2 25 25plus or 49 with SBE 33 Deck Unit and SBE 32 Carousel Water Sampler or SBE 19 19plus 19plus V2 25 25plus or 49 with SBE 33 Deck Unit and SBE 55 ECO Water Sampler Writes a line to an output file same filename as the data file with a bl extension The bl file contains the bottle firing sequence number bottle position date time and beginning and ending scan number to provide 1 5 seconds of scans for the fired bottle e for SBE 91 plus with G O 1015 Sets the bottle confirm bit in the data hex file for all scans within a 1 5 second duration after a bottle firing confirmation is received Later when the raw data file is converted in SBE Data Processing s Data Conversion module scans identified in the bl file or with a bottle confirmation bit are written to a file with a ros extension 109 Notes e The Fire Bottle button in the Bottle Fire dialog box is inaccessible until you start saving data to a file If you did not select Begin archiving data immediately or selected Begin archiving data
92. XML format to a the COM port can transmit it at the selected baud rate Note that outputting in XML transmits a much larger number of characters than outputting in ASCII Because COM port capabilities vary from one computer to another always test the setup with the computer you will be using at sea to ensure proper operation Output data to serial port defined on Serial Ports tab in ASCII format Rate at which data for selected variables is sent to COM port Time between updates interacts with instrument s data output baud rate number of output variables selected and whether transmitting ASCII or XML data output format affects number of characters that must be transmitted for each variable Seasave will not work properly if data is presented to COM port faster than COM port can transmit it at selected baud rate For full rate data set to 0 Configure Outputs C Program Files Sea Bird Seasave 7 Seasave psa i x SBE 11plus Alarms SBE 14 Remote Display PC Alarms Header Form Diagnostics Serial Data Out Serial Ports Shared File Out Mark Variables TCPAP Out TCP IP Ports serial port on your computer For converted data Seasave applies calibration coefficients to the raw data to calculate converted data in engineering units To enable and set up serial data output click Configure Outputs In the Configure Outputs dialog box click the Serial Data Out tab Select the serial port
93. YSI deg F oxT F deg F 1 sensor Oxygen Temperature Beckman YSI 2 deg oxsTC C oxT2 C deg C 2nd sensor Oxygen Temperature Beckman YSI 2 deg oxsTF F oxT2 F deg F 2nd sensor 152 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix VIII Output Variable Names Seasave V7 Short Name Full Name Friendly Name Units Notes Comments oxML L Oxygen Beckman YSI ml I ox ml l ml l 1 sensor oxMg L Oxygen Beckman YSI mg l ox mg l mg l 1 sensor oxPS Oxygen Beckman YSI saturation ox S saturation 1 sensor oxMm Kg Oxygen Beckman YSI umol kg ox mm Kg umol kg 1 sensor oxdOC dT Oxygen Beckman YSI doc dt ox doc dt doc dt 1 sensor oxsML L Oxygen Beckman YSI 2 ml 1 ox2 ml l ml l 2nd sensor oxsMg L Oxygen Beckman YSI 2 mg l ox2 mg l mg l 2nd sensor oxsPS Oxygen Beckman YSI 2 saturation oxs S saturation 2nd sensor oxsMm Kg Oxygen Beckman YSI 2 umol kg oxs mm Kg umol kg 2nd sensor oxsdOC dT Oxygen Beckman YSI 2 doc dt oxs doc dt doc dt 2nd sensor iowOxML L Oxygen IOW ml I iowox ml l ml l oxsolML L Oxygen Saturation Garcia amp Gordon ml l _ oxsol ml I ml l oxsolMg L Oxygen Saturation Garcia amp Gordon mg l oxsol mg l mg l Oxygen Saturation Garcia amp Gordon oxsolMm Kg umol kg oxsol Mm kg umol kg oxsatML L Oxygen Saturation Weiss ml I oxsat ml l ml l oxsatMg L Oxygen S
94. _90C Temperature SBE 38 ITS 90 deg C t38 90 C ITS 90 deg C 1 sensor t3890F or t38_90F Temperature SBE 38 ITS 90 deg F t38 90 F ITS 90 deg F_ 1 sensor t3868C or t38_68C Temperature SBE 38 ITS 68 deg C t38 68 C ITS 68 deg C 1 sensor t3868F or t38_68F Temperature SBE 38 ITS 68 deg F t38 68 F ITS 68 deg F_ 1 sensor t3890C1 Temperature SBE 38 2 ITS 90 deg C t38 90 C2 ITS 90 deg C 2nd sensor t3890F1 Temperature SBE 38 2 ITS 90 deg F t38 90 F2 ITS 90 deg F_ 2nd sensor t3868C1 Temperature SBE 38 2 ITS 68 deg C t38 68 C2 ITS 68 deg C 2nd sensor t3868F1 Temperature SBE 38 2 ITS 68 deg F t38 68 F2 ITS 68 deg F 2nd sensor 104 8 tsa Thermosteric Anomaly 10 8 m 3 kg tsa m 3 kg 155 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix VIII Output Variable Names Seasave V7 Short Name Full Name Friendly Name Units Notes Comments Elapsed time seconds based on first scan in data file and sample rate profiling or sample interval moorings sample rate is defined by configuration con or xmlcon timeS Time Elapsed seconds time S seconds file Elapsed time minutes based on first scan in data file and sample rate profiling or sample interval moorings sample rate or interval is as defined by configuration con timeM Time Elapsed minutes time M minutes or xmlcon file Elapsed time hours based on first scan in data file and sample rate profiling or sample interval moorings sampl
95. a Tech 0 100 100 0 300 300 0 1000 1000 0 100 100 eS 0 300 default 300 0 1000 1000 Offset is calculated by measuring voltage output when the light sensor is completely blocked from the strobe light with an opaque substance such as heavy black rubber offset scale factor voltage 5 Turner 10 005 This sensor requires two channels one for the fluorescence voltage and the other for the range voltage Make sure to select both when configuring the instrument For the fluorescence voltage channel enter scale factor and offset concentration fluorescence voltage scale factor range 5 offset where range is defined in the following table Range Voltage Range lt 0 2 volts 1 0 gt 0 2 volts and lt 0 55 volts 3 16 gt 0 55 volts and lt 0 85 volts 10 0 gt 0 85 volts 31 0 52 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 4 Configure Inputs Part II Calibration Coefficients Seasave V7 e Turner 10 AU 005 Enter full scale voltage zero point concentration and full scale concentration from the calibration sheet concentration 1 195 voltage FSC ZPC FSV ZPC where voltage measured output voltage from fluorometer FSV full scale voltage typically 5 0 volts FSC full scale concentration ZPC zero point concentration e Turner Cyclops See Application Note 74 for complete Enter scale factor and offset and select measured parameter chlorophyll description of calcul
96. alibration Coefficients cccecceeseeseeeeeeeeeeneeeneeees 62 GTD Calibration Coefficients esee are n EA RE 63 Aanderaa Oxygen Optode Calibration Coefficients 000 0 ee eeeeeeeteeeeees 63 Section 5 Configure Inputs Part III Serial Ports Water Sampler TCP IP Ports Miscellaneous and Pump Contrl ccsccscssssssessceeeees 64 Serial Ports sorties oi act eiiernia nahin eee in een 64 CTD Serial Port Baud Rate Data Bits and Parity eeeeteeseeeteeees 66 Water Samplet senanime EE E E E a E iettlece 67 Auto Fire neirinne ean n an n a E E aaia 68 Remote Bottle Firing ccccecsssssscoecssseeseesseessescetscesseessescesensesnssenseess 70 TCP IP POrts onioni eraa CA iE NIN EEEE LE EAE 71 Miscell neo sn n cnrnpernenannea niinn a E nee 72 Pump Control scesccc c sec 5 ceccccetesses niiin RE a a E TE 73 Section 6 Configure Outputs sesssesssessoesoesooesosessesssesseeesoecooescesooesoosssesssee 74 Serial Data Output N E E E EEEE E 75 SSL all 01a E A A E EE 76 Shared File Outputs neeaae an lose aaa ea aaeoa ana iE Eae 77 Remote Display 4 02 264 E E ck Sacaetd adh td beads E 77 Notes on Viewing Shared File in XML Format 78 Notes on Converting Shared File in XML Format to Format Compatible with Spreadsheet Software reee 78 Mark Variables je sence oteerntncs nia incinerate cin Adina te 79 TCP IP Out yvsteaieiicieitt audi hed ia ade MuAh AA eA 80 Data Format for TCP IP Out cccccccseessesseesse
97. alibration Coefficients ee cceecseesceeceseeseceeeecneseeenaeeeeeaes 50 Fluorometer Calibration Coefficients 0 ccc ecceseecceeceteseecneeeeceeeeeeeseenees 50 Methane Sensor Calibration Coefficients 0 0 0 ec eeeeeeseeeeteceeeeseeeeeseenees 55 OBS Nephelometer Turbidity Calibration Coefficients eee 55 Oxidation Reduction Potential ORP Calibration Coefficients 56 Oxygen Calibration Coefficients cccceeceeseescesseeceeceseceeeceeeseeeseenseenes 57 PAR Irradiance Calibration Coefficients 0 eceeeseesseeeteceeeeeeeeeeeeenees 58 PH Calibration Coefficients 2 0 0 cceccecccesccecceeeceseeceeeeseeeseeeaeeeeeeeeeeneeeneees 58 3 Manual revision 7 23 2 Table of Contents Seasave V7 Pressure FGP voltage output Calibration Coefficients cee 58 Suspended Sediment Calibration Coefficients ccccesesseeseeseceeeeeees 59 Transmissometer Calibration Coefficients c ccccesceeseeeeeseceneeesseeeeees 59 User Polynomial for user defined sensor Calibration Coefficients 61 Zaps Calibration Coefficients cceeccesceseeeeceececeeecseeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeseeees 61 Calibration Coefficients for RS 232 Sensors ccecceesseescesseecceeeeeeeeeeteesseenees 62 SBE 38 Temperature Sensor and SBE 50 Pressure Sensor Calibration COchiclents stu cocked ksi acide ein elk ented ee 62 SBE 63 Optical Dissolved Oxygen Sensor Calibration Coefficients 62 WET Labs Sensor C
98. als Reset deck unit to state 1 when acquisition stops Appears in dialog box only if e con or xmicon file is for SBE 16 16p us 16plus V2 19 19plus 19plus V2 21 25 25plus AND data acquisition Save real time data setup all parameters e con or xmlcon file indicates that NMEA data is added SRON input on or accessible nea tit dialog box through deck unit including con or xmlcon and data file names If selected Seasave resets deck unit SBE 33 SBE 36 or input and output configuration timeouts etc SeaCAT Sealogger RS 232 and Navigation Interface Box to to buffer and exit dialog box if you then save State 1 when acquisition stops State 1 is Echo only mode program setup psa file the next time you Start real time no NMEA or Surface PAR data is sent and is useful for select Start in Real Time Data menu Start setting up CTD Real Time Data Acquisition dialog box will appear with your saved selections 106 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition Seasave V7 2 Click Start to begin processing and displaying data A Ifyou selected Begin archiving data immediately or Begin archiving data when Start Archiving command is sent above and selected Prompt for Header Information in the Header Form setup Configure Outputs the Header Information dialog box appears Fill in the Notes e If you get an error message Data acquisition is canceled
99. ame U Automatically start Seasave and data acquisition using program setup psa file defined by filename Filename must include path and extension psa Seasave uses con or xmlcon file setup in Configure Inputs and Configure Outputs displays and output file name defined in psa file This allows you to set up system ahead of time and then have an untrained operator start acquisition without navigating through Seasave s menus Ignore output hex file name defined in psa file and create a unique output hex file name based on current date and time When used with autostart command line option this allows you to set up system ahead of time and then have an untrained operator start and stop acquisition multiple times without navigating through Seasave s menus generating a unique output file for each data acquisition aa filename p filename Automatically start Seasave and playback archived data using program setup psa file defined by filename Filename must include path and extension psa Seasave uses con or xmlcon file setup in Configure Inputs and Configure Outputs displays and input data file name defined in psa file Automatically start Seasave using program setup psa file defined by filename Filename must include path and extension psa Seasave opens with con or xmlcon file setup in Configure Inputs and Configure Outputs and displays defined in psa file Note This command li
100. ameters every 20 scans you to view just a portion of file Data playback rate seconds scan 20 0 25 sec scan 5 sec and updates display every 1 sec Therefore display shows same data 5 times before showing data from next calculation Number of scans to skip umber of scans to skip over at start Data playback rate Adjust Enable outputs selected in Configure Outputs playback speed simulating real time acquisition rate of Enable outputs selected in Configure Outputs Send outputs instrument or speeding up to serial port shared file TCP IP port and or SBE 14 Remote slowing down To simulate Display as defined in Configure Outputs as well as show data real time rate set to CTD in Seasave displays If not selected Seasave will show data in acquisition rate for example its displays but not output data to any other device or file 0 25 sec for 19p us To display Note Diagnostics log s enabled on Diagnostics tab in at fastest possible rate set to 0 Configure Outputs is automatically output regardless of for quick creation of plots selection here Cancel Save archived data setup all parameters input on or accessible through this dialog box including con or xmlcon and data file names number of scans to skip over at start etc to buffer If you then save program setup psa file the next time you select Start in Archived Data menu Playback Start archived data playback A
101. and Vcopro voltage output measured with known concentration of coproporphyrin tetramethyl ester Determine an initial value for the scale factor by using the chlorophyll concentration corresponding to Vcopro scale factor chlorophyll concentration Vcopro Vblank Perform calibrations using seawater with phytoplankton populations that are similar to what is expected in situ Note Seasave can process data for an instrument interfacing with up to six ECO AFL or ECO FL sensors WET Labs ECO CDOM Colored Dissolved Organic Matter Enter Dark Output and scale factor Concentration ppb V Dark Output Scale Factor where V in situ voltage output Dark Output clean water voltage output with black tape on detector Scale Factor multiplier ppb Volt Calibration sheet lists Dark Output and Vcdom voltage output measured with known concentration of colored dissolved organic matter Determine an initial scale factor value by using colored dissolved organic matter concentration corresponding to Vcdom scale factor cdom concentration Vcdom Dark Output Perform calibrations using seawater with CDOM types similar to what is expected in situ Note Seasave can process data for an instrument interfacing with up to six ECO CDOM sensors WET Labs WETStar Enter Blank Output and Scale Factor Concentration units V Blank Output Scale Factor where V in situ voltage output Blank Output clean water bla
102. and enters the coefficients in the calibration coefficients dialog box If the con or xmlcon file contains more than one of that type of sensor for example Seasave can process data for an instrument interfacing with up to two SBE 43 oxygen sensors so the con or xmlcon file could contain coefficients for two SBE 43 sensors a dialog box allows you to select the desired sensor by serial number If the con or xmlcon file does not contain any of that type of sensor Seasave responds with an error message e XML file imports an XML file that contains calibration coefficients for one sensor If the XML file you select is not compatible with the selected sensor type Seasave responds with an error message 45 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 4 Configure Inputs Part II Calibration Coefficients Seasave V7 Calibration Coefficients for Frequency Sensors Notes Coefficients g h i j and fO provide ITS 90 T90 temperature a b c d and f0 provide IPTS 68 Tes temperature The relationship between them is Tes 1 00024 To90 See Application Note 31 for computation of slope and offset correction coefficients from pre and post cruise calibrations supplied by Sea Bird See Calibration Coefficients for A D Count Sensors below for information on temperature sensors used in the SBE 16plus 16plus V2 19plus 19plus V2 and 49 For all calibration dialog boxes enter the sensor serial number and calibration date Many sens
103. arm hysteresis greater Abs lyeteresis ster greater than approximately 20 db to than expected ship heave swell to prevent Y 1 prevent alarm from turning on while CTD on off on off sounding of alarm caused by ship Minimum pressure to enable alarm decibars 0 lt lt is on ship deck or as it is entering water heave See drawing below when altimeter is measuring distance to Example You want alarm to turn on at 10 m deck or to top of water surface set set point 10 m There is a 0 5 m swell JV Enable bottom contact switch alarm set hysteresis 1 m which should be I s sufficient to account for possible 0 5 m upward Enable bottom contact switch alarm in SBE 14 movement due to ship heave Alarm sounds at 10 m above sea bottom and stays on until altimeter goes above 11 m when it shuts off until it falls to 10 m again Report Help OK Cancel Make the desired selections Click OK or click another tab in Configure Outputs Sea Surface Marmion nee pressureiin this fange Altimeter alarm not on regardless of altimeter reading Minimum___ _________________ _ pressure alarm s s s i lt C Me Minimum pressure db to enable altimeter alarm Atimeter alarm hysteresis m altimeter alarm stays on in this range after set point reached Maximum _ Altimeter alarm 2 2 5 set point m pressure alarm alarm on when pressure in this range Altimeter alar
104. asave when you select Configure Inputs click on Water Sampler tab select a water sampler select auto fire firing sequence and click Auto Fire Pressures amp Positions button dialog box shows that bottles will be fired on downcast instead of upcast 2 Seasave opens The functions specified by the command line parameters are enabled If autostart was used data acquisition starts 119 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix Command Line Operation Seasave V7 Running Seasave with Autostop Parameter The Autostop parameter can be used in conjunction with a batch file bat script to create new data files on a defined schedule for continuous acquisition systems such as a thermosalinograph or a towed vehicle Note the following additional requirements for this type of application e Use the autostart parameter to automatically restart Seasave after each time it shuts down e Use the u parameter to create a unique output hex file name based on current date and time for each time that Seasave restarts e Use MS DOS w parameter to wait until Seasave completely closes before starting it again Note these additional requirements when using a batch file to run Seasave with Autostop e You must use the forward slash instead of the dash in front of each parameter in the batch file for example use w instead of w e A file path in the Start line of the batch file cannot contain any spaces regardless of whether
105. at channel Dialog box with a list of sensors appears Select sensors after number of voltage channels have been specified above Opens a ixt file for viewing only cannot be modified that shows all parameters in con or xmlcon file Repot Help Click to exit dialog box If you made changes and did not Save or Save As Seasave asks if you want to save changes Exit Cancel 33 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file Seasave V7 Note See Using Seasave with Moored Instruments in Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition for information on Seasave timeout settings for a 19p us V2 in moored mode Shown below is an example status DS response in a terminal program that corresponds to the setup shown in the Configuration dialog box above Shown below the appropriate lines are the commands used in the terminal program to modify the setup of parameters critical to use of the instrument with Seasave as well as any explanatory information SBE 19plus V 2 2 SERIAL NO 4000 05 Jun 2009 14 02 13 vbatt 9 6 vlith 8 6 ioper 61 2 ma ipump 25 5 ma iextOl 76 2 ma iext2345 65 1 ma status not logging number of scans to average 1 Scans to average NAvg must match Scans to Average in con or xmlcon file samples 0 fr 4386532 casts 0 mode profile minimum cond f
106. ata in engineering units It converts the raw data internally to engineering units based on the programmed calibration coefficients See the SBE 45 manual Define data in SBE 45 data t f BE 4 Time between scans Must agree with SBE 45 stream setup Interval see reply from DS e Output conductivity Must agree with SBE 45 setup OutputCond New to create new Output salinity Must agree con or xmlcon file with SBE 45 setup porn nee i for this CTD OutputSal Output conductivity M Use junction box _ Open to select Output sound velocity Must different con or agree with SBE 45 setup Output salinity V SBE38 temperature added nay xmicon file i i l l OutputSV Save or Save As to See reply from DS for setup Output sound velocit I NMEA data added saye current con or programmed into SBE 45 P MES i xmlcon file settings Opens a txt file for viewing Report He only cannot be modified that shows all parameters in Use junction box Select if SBE 45 data is transmitted to con or xmlcon file computer through optional 90402 SBE 45 Interface Box Click to exit dialog box If you Interface Box can append optional SBE 38 and NMEA data to made changes and did not SBE 45 data stream Save or Save As Seasave SBE 38 temperature added Select if 90402 SBE 45 asks if you want to save Interface Box is connected to SBE 38 remote temperature changes sensor Interface Box appends SBE 38 data to
107. ater Samping and 911 Pump Control Serial Por A connector to send commands to and receive replies from Not applicable unless a water sampler is selected on Water Sampler tab in Configure Inputs and or water sampler Note Same COM port is used to send Enable Pump On Pump Off commands is selected on Pump Control tab in Configure Inputs pump control commands to a custom 9plus this does not COM port interfere with water sampler operation po Discover Ports COM2 z Serial Data Output Serial Port COM port COM Not applicable unless Dutput data to serial COM port baud data bits stop bits and parity for output paudrate port is selected on Serial Data Out tab in data Typical values for use with most computers 9600 3600 v Configure Outputs baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity See Serial Data Data bits Output for setup of serial data output COM port connected to SBE 14 Remove Display See SBE 14 Remote Display for setup of data output to SBE 14 COM port and baud for NMEA device connected directly to computer See Section 3 Configure Inputs Part NMEA Serial Port Instrument Configuration con or xmicon file for selection COM port COMS w Not applicable unless NMEA device of NMEA device connection connected to PC is selected in the Baud rate 4800 v instrument configuration file Stop bits Parity None SBE 14 Remote Display Serial Port Not a
108. ates that the drift is smooth and uniform with time allowing users to make very accurate corrections based only on pre and post cruise laboratory calibrations Calibration checks at sea are advisable to ensure against sensor malfunction however data from reversing thermometers is rarely accurate enough to make calibration corrections that are better than those possible from shore based laboratory calibrations Sea Bird temperature sensors rarely exhibit span errors larger than 0 005 C over the range 5 to 35 C 0 005 C 35 5 C year 0 000125 C C year even after years of drift A span error that increases more than 0 0002 C C year may be a symptom of sensor malfunction 46 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 4 Configure Inputs Part II Calibration Coefficients Seasave V7 Note Use coefficients g h i j Ctcor and Cpcor if available on calibration sheet for most accurate results conductivity for older sensors was calculated based on a b c d m and Cpcor Note See Application Note 31 for computation of slope and offset correction coefficients from pre and post cruise calibrations supplied by Sea Bird or from salinity bottle samples taken at sea during profiling Note See Application Note 94 for information on wide range calibrations Conductivity Calibration Coefficients Enter g h i j Ctcor or a b c d m and Cpcor from the calibration sheet e Cpcor makes a correction
109. atically saves the program setup psa file before exiting Note If neither Prompt to save program setup changes or Automatically save program setup changes on exit is selected Seasave will not provide a warning and will not save changes to the program setup file before exiting gt Confirm Instrument Configuration Change If selected Save amp Exit button in Configuration dialog box changes to Exit when you click Exit Seasave prompts you to save the configuration con or xmlcon file changes if desired Otherwise clicking Save amp Exit automatically saves the configuration changes Confirm Display Setup Change If selected when you close a Display window Seasave prompts you to save the display setup dsa file if desired If not selected Seasave will not save the display settings to a dsa file Confirm Output File Overwrite If selected Seasave provides a warning if you select an existing file name for a data output file and or shared output file Otherwise Seasave does not provide a warning and overwrites the data in the existing file Check Scan Length If selected Seasave checks the data scan length against the expected length based on setup of the con or xmlcon file during real time data acquisition and or archived data playback if the scan length does not match the con or xmlcon file it provides a warning that there is an error Otherwise Seasave does not provide a warning Regardless of whether
110. ation of Turner thodamine fluorescein phycocyanin phycoerythrin CDOM crude oil Cyclops fluorometer calibration optical brighteners or turbidity coefficients concentration scale factor voltage offset where scale factor range 5 volts offset scale factor blank voltage Range and blank voltage are from calibration sheet Output units are dependent on selected measured parameter Note Seasave can process data for an instrument interfacing with up to two Turner Cyclops fluorometers Note e Turner SCUFA Notes Enter scale factor offset units mx my and b from the calibration sheet e To enable entry of the mx my chlorophyll scale factor voltage offset and b coefficients you must corrected chlorophyll mx chlorophyll my NTU b first select the Turner SCUFA where OBS Nephelometer Turbidity NTU results from optional turbidity channel in SCUFA see Turner Sle cinien NA PONE ORS pduanons pelon Note Seasave can process data for an instrument interfacing with up to of Turner SCUFA calibration coefficients two Turner SCUFA sensors e WET Labs AC3 This sensor requires two channels one for fluorometer voltage listed under fluorometers in the dialog box and the other for transmissometer voltage listed under transmissometers Make sure to select both when configuring the instrument Enter kv Vh2o0 and A X concentration mg m kv Vout Vh20 A X where Vout m
111. aturation Weiss mg l oxsat mg l mg l oxsatMm Kg Oxygen Saturation Weiss umol kg oxsat Mm kg umol kg Biospherical Licor or Chelsea par PAR Irradiance Biospherical Licor par sensor 1 sensor Biospherical Licor or Chelsea parl PAR Irradiance Biospherical Licor 2 par2 sensor 2nd sensor ph pH ph phycyflTCO Phycocyanin Turner Cyclops RFU phycyflTC RFU 1 sensor phycyflTC1 Phycocyanin Turner Cyclops 2 RFU phycyflTC2 RFU 2nd sensor Phycocyanin Turner Cyclops Diff 2 1 phycyflTCdiff RFU phycyflTCdiff RFU 2nd sensor 1st sensor phyeryflTCO Phycoerythrin Turner Cyclops RFU phyeryflTC RFU 1 sensor phyeryflTC1 Phycoerythrin Turner Cyclops 2 RFU phyeryflTC2 RFU 2nd sensor Phycoerythrin Turner Cyclops Diff 2 1 phyeryflTCdiff RFU phyeryflTCdiff RFU 2nd sensor 1st sensor pla Plume Anomaly pla potemp090C Potential Temperature ITS 90 deg C potemp 90 C ITS 90 deg C 1 sensor potemp090F Potential Temperature ITS 90 deg F potemp 90 F ITS 90 deg F_ 1 sensor potemp068C Potential Temperature ITS 68 deg C potemp 68 C ITS 68 deg C 1 sensor potemp068F Potential Temperature ITS 68 deg F potemp 68 F ITS 68 deg F_ 1 sensor potemp190C Potential Temperature 2 ITS 90 deg C potemp2 90 C ITS 90 deg C 2nd sensor potemp190F Potential Temperature 2 ITS 90 deg F potemp2 90 F ITS 90 deg F_ 2nd sensor potemp 168C Potential Temperature 2 ITS 68 deg C potemp2 68 C ITS 68 deg C 2nd sensor potemp168F Potential
112. ave can process data for an instrument interfacing with up to two SBE 43 oxygen sensors 57 Notes See Application Note 11General for multiplier values for output units other than uEinsteins m sec See Application Notes 11QSP L Biospherical sensor with built in log amplifier 11QSP PD Biospherical sensor without built in log amplifier 11Licor LI COR sensor and 11Chelsea for complete description of calculation of calibration coefficients for underwater PAR sensors Selection of Par Irradiance Biospherical Licor as the voltage sensor is also applicable to the Chelsea PAR sensor For complete description of calculation of calibration coefficients for surface PAR see Application Note 11S SBE 11p us Deck Unit or 47 SBE 33 or 36 Deck Unit Notes e See Application Notes 18 1 18 2 and 18 4 for complete description of calculation of pH calibration coefficients Seasoft DOS lt version 4 008 ignored temperature compensation of a pH electrode The relationship between the two methods is pH pH old 7 2087 K For older sensors run pHfit version 2 0 in Seasoft DOS using Vout pH and temperature values from the original calibration sheet to compute the new values for offset and slope Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 4 Configure Inputs Part II Calibration Coefficients Seasave V7 PAR Irradiance Calibration Coefficients Underwater PAR Sensor Enter M B calibration constant multiplier
113. aximized return display to its previous size To zoom in to enlarge details click and drag to select a rectangular area You can zoom in several times before reaching program limits To undo most recent zoom click Undo button on toolbar select multiple times to return to original plot DUD 5 000 Conductivity 5 n __ __ _ __t __f O _1_1____1_1____ 34 200 34 400 34 600 34 800 33 000 Salinity PSU Change the plot using the toolbar buttons or by right clicking in the plot Toolbar Button Right click in plot Description Single lt arrows Scroll zoom 10 Move center of plot by 10 of range in direction indicated Double lt lt arrows Scroll zoom 80 Move center of plot by 80 of range in direction indicated zoom and zoom Scroll zoom in and out Increase size 200 decrease range 50 or decrease size 50 increase range 200 Before zooming scroll to area of plot you want to enlarge Seasave zooms in at center of plot You can zoom several times before reaching limits You can also zoom in by clicking and dragging to select a rectangular area in plot Undo D Undo scroll amp Undo most recent scroll or zoom Select multiple times to return to original zoom plot To return to original plot in 1 step right click in plot and select Modify and then click OK in Plot Display dialog box Print Print Bring up Print dialog box Default plo
114. ay be changed for non zero sea surface condition For example if the in air pressure reading is negative enter an equal positive value 49 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 4 Configure Inputs Part II Calibration Coefficients Seasave V7 Calibration Coefficients for Voltage Sensors Note Unless noted otherwise Seasave supports only one of each auxiliary sensor model on a CTD for example you cannot specify two Chelsea Minitracka fluorometers but you can specify a Chelsea Minitracka and a Chelsea UV Aquatracka fluorometer See the sensor descriptions below for those sensors that Seasave supports in a redundant configuration two or more of the same model interfacing with the CTD Note See Calibration Coefficients for A D Count Sensors above for information on strain gauge pressure sensors used on the SBE 16plus 16plus V2 19plus 19plus V2 and 49 See Calibration Coefficients for Frequency Sensors above for information on Paroscientific Digiquartz pressure sensors Note To enter the altimeter alarm set point alarm hysteresis and minimum pressure to enable alarm click the PC Alarms SBE 11plus Alarms and or SBE 14 Remote Display tabs as applicable in Seasave s Configure Outputs For all calibration dialog boxes enter the sensor serial number and calibration date Many sensor calibration equations contain an offset term Unless noted otherwise use the offset default 0 0 to make small corrections
115. cients for RS 232 Sensors below for the SBE 63 Optical Dissolved Oxygen Sensor and Aanderaa Optode Oxygen sensor Oxygen Calibration Coefficients Enter the coefficients which vary depending on the type of oxygen sensor from the calibration sheet e Beckman or YSI type sensor manufactured by Sea Bird or other manufacturer These sensors require two channels one for oxygen current enter m b soc boc tcor pcor tau and wt and the other for oxygen temperature enter k and c Make sure to select both when configuring the instrument Note Seasave can process data for an instrument interfacing with up to two Beckman or YSI type oxygen sensors e IOW sensor These sensors require two channels one for oxygen current enter bO and b1 and the other for oxygen temperature enter a0 al a2 and a3 Make sure to select both when configuring the instrument Value b0 b1 a0 tal T a2 T a3 T C where T is oxygen temperature voltage C is oxygen current voltage e Sea Bird sensor SBE 43 This sensor requires only one channel In Spring of 2008 Sea Bird began using a new equation the Sea Bird equation for calibrating the SBE 43 Calibration sheets for SBE 43s calibrated after this date will only include coefficients for the Sea Bird equation but our software Seasave Win32 Seasave V7 and SBE Data Processing supports both equations We recommend that you use the Sea Bird equation for best results Sea
116. city au 11 decimal variable Specific Conductance uS Aq 4 point Double click on Specific Volume Anomaly 10 Double click in list heading to change F Temperature to select variable 13 ITS 90 14 for all variables ae for each row Color dialog box eg of appears select desired color and click OK When done click OK Viewing Seasave Scrolled Display Shown below is an example Scrolled Display E Scrolled Di Note To minimize column width Seasave uses abbreviations for the Scrolled Display headings For example Temperature ITS 90 deg C is abbreviated as t 90 C Adjust column width by placing mouse cursor over line and dragging Right click in the display to e Modify change setup Scrolled Display dialog box appears e Export Display Settings dsa file export setup to dsa file Save As dialog box appears e Print print display Printing dialog box appears Set up the print job as desired and click OK 93 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 7 Display Setting Up Seasave Displays Seasave V7 Plot Display A Plot Display can e Plot up to 5 variables on one plot with a single X axis and up to four Y axes or a single Y axis and up to four X axes e Plot any variable on a linear or logarithmic scale logarithmic scale not applicable to TS plots For linear scale values can be increasing or decreasing with distance from the axis e Create contour plots generating dens
117. computer if connected to computer define serial port and baud rate on Configure Inputs Serial Ports tab If device connected to computer you can also append NMEA depth data 3 bytes and NMEA time data 4 bytes after Lat Lon data Seasave adds current latitude longitude and universal time code to data header appends NMEA data to every scan and writes NMEA data to nav file every time Ctrl F7 is pressed or Add to nav File is clicked see Adding NMEA Data to nav File in Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition Surface PAR Select if Surface PAR sensor used must agree with Deck Unit setup if 11p us firmware lt 5 0 Seasave appends Surface PAR data to every scan Adds 2 channels to Channel Sensor table Do not decrease Voltage words suppressed to reflect this Voltage words suppressed reflects only external voltages going directly to Qplus from auxiliary sensors See Application Note 11S Scan time Select to have Seasave append time seconds since January 1 1970 GMT to each data scan SBE 9plus Configuration Channel Sensor table reflects this choice Voltage 0 in con or xmlcon file corresponds to sensor wired to channel 0 on end cap connector voltage 1 to sensor wired to channel 1 on end cap connector etc Total voltage words 4 each word contains data from two 12 bit A D channels Deck Unit suppresses words above highest numbered voltage word used Words t
118. cted to computer NMEA device connected to deck unit jil define serial port and baud rate on Configure Inputs Serial Ports tab You C NMEA device connected to PC can also append NMEA depth data 3 bytes and NMEA time data 4 bytes V Surface PAR voltage added Scan time added Select to have after Lat Lon data Seasave adds current renege a latitude longitude and universal time ime seconds code to data header appends NMEA Configure SPAR Seren since January 1 data to every scan and writes NMEA 1970 GMT to data to nav file every time Ctrl F7 is pressed or Add to nav File is clicked see Adding NMEA Data to nav File in Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control a oe Data Acquisition Rep ort H elp Exit Cancel 1 NMEA time can only be appended if NMEA device connected to computer 2 NMEA depth can only be appended if NMEA device connected to computer or if using SBE 25plus with SBE 33 or 36 Deck Unit firmware gt 3 0 or PN 90488 or 90545 Interface Box Select if using with deck unit connected to Surface PAR sensor Seasave Enter verify calibration coefficients each data scan for Surface PAR sensor See Application Note 47 appends Surface PAR data to every scan 40 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file Seasave V7 Shown below is an example status GetCD response in Seaterm232 that corresponds to th
119. d Velocity Chen Millero m s svC M m s 1 sensor Chen Millero svCF Sound Velocity Chen Millero ft s svC F ft s 1 sensor svDM Sound Velocity Delgrosso m s svD M Delgrosso m s 1 sensor svDF Sound Velocity Delgrosso ft s svD F Delgrosso ft s 1 sensor svWM Sound Velocity Wilson m s svW M Wilson m s 1 sensor svWF Sound Velocity Wilson ft s svW F Wilson ft s 1 sensor 154 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix VIII Output Variable Names Seasave V7 Short Name Full Name Friendly Name Units Notes Comments Chen Millero svCM1 Sound Velocity 2 Chen Millero m s svC2 M m s 2nd sensor Chen Millero svCF 1 Sound Velocity 2 Chen Millero ft s svC2 F ft s 2nd sensor svDM1 Sound Velocity 2 Delgrosso m s svD2 M Delgrosso m s 2nd sensor svDF1 Sound Velocity 2 Delgrosso ft s svD2 F Delgrosso ft s 2nd sensor svWM1 Sound Velocity 2 Wilson m s svW2 M Wilson m s _ 2nd sensor svWFI1 Sound Velocity 2 Wilson ft s svW2 F Wilson ft s 2nd sensor iowSv Sound Velocity IOW m s iowSv m s IOW sound velocity sensor sbeSv iowSv Sound Velocity Diff SBE IOW m s svSbeC svIOW m s SBE CTD IOW SV sensor spar SPAR Surface Irradiance spar specc Specific Conductance uS cm specc uS cm speccumhoscm Specific Conductance umhos cm speccumhoscm umhos cm speccmsm Specific Conductance mS cm speccmsm m
120. ded if NMEA device connected to computer 5 2 NMEA depth can only be appended if NMEA MW Surface PAR voltage added Scan time added device connected to computer or if using SBE 19 setup SR see reply from DS I NMEA position data added NMEA depth data added NMEA device connected to deck unt T MEd time added por ai removed or h changed to NMEA device connected to PC another typeof sensor All others are optional SBE 19 with SBE 33 or 36 Deck Unit firmware gt 3 0 or PN 90488 or 90545 Interface Box Chame Sensor va New ae rua Surface PAR Select if using with deck unit 1 Frequency Temperature for this CTD connected to Surface PAR sensor Seasave ooo i PEt Open to select appends Surface PAR data to every scan 2 Frequency Conductivity different con or Adds 2 channels to Channel Sensor table ooo a xmlcon file Do not increase External voltage channels to A D voltage pH FETE Save or Save As reflect this External voltage channels reflects only external voltages going directly to SBE 19 4 AD voltage 1 from auxiliary sensors See Application Note ERAT 47 5 Pressure voltage Scan time added Select to have Seasave Reeser append time seconds since January 1 1970 E SPAR voltage GMT to each data scan 7 CFAR voltage to save current Cave fig con or xmicon file Pressure Stain Gauge settings Transmissometer Chelsea Seatech Wetlab Unavailable Select Click a
121. e Automatic fire Next bottle B Start real time data acquisition The Automatic fire portion of the dialog box shows the next bottle that has a valid pressure or depth in the Auto Fire Table Entry pressure or depth greater than 0 and less than 10 500 The Manual fire portion of the dialog box shows the next bottle that has an invalid pressure or depth in the Auto Fire Table Entry pressure or depth less than 0 or greater than 10 500 these are bottles that must be fired manually Select the desired bottle to fire manually and when desired click Fire Selected Bottle When Seasave receives a bottle fired confirmation from a water sampler e for SBE 91 plus with SBE 32 Carousel Water Sampler or G O 1016 or SBE 19 19plus 19plus V2 25 25plus or 49 with SBE 33 Deck Unit and SBE 32 Carousel Water Sampler or SBE 19 19plus 19plus V2 25 25plus or 49 with SBE 33 Deck Unit and SBE 55 ECO Water Sampler Seasave writes a line to an output file same filename as the data file with a bl extension The bl file contains the bottle firing sequence number bottle position date time and beginning and ending scan number to provide 1 5 seconds of scans for the fired bottle e for SBE 91 1plus with G O 1015 Seasave sets the bottle confirm bit in the data hex file for all scans within a 1 5 second duration after a bottle firing confirmation is received Later when the raw data file is converted in SBE Data Proce
122. e See Using Seasave with Moored Instruments in Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition for information on Seasave timeout settings Repot Help for that sensor Cancel Click to exit dialog box If you made changes and did not Save or Save As Seasave asks if you want to save changes Shown below is an example status DS response in Seaterm that corresponds to the setup shown in the Configuration dialog box above Shown below the appropriate lines are the commands used in Seaterm to modify the setup of parameters critical to use of the SBE 16 with Seasave as well as any explanatory information 1814 07 14 95 09 52 52 082 SEACAT V4 0h SERIAL NO If pressure sensor installed pressure sensor information appears here in status response must match Pressure sensor type in con or xmlcon file clk 32767 789 iop 103 vmain 8 9 vlith 5 9 sample interval 15 sec Sample interval SI must match Sample interval seconds in con or xmlcon file delay before measuring volts 4 seconds samples 0 fr 173880 lwait 0 msec SW1 C2H battery cutoff 5 6 volts no of volts sampled 2 Number of auxiliary voltage sensors enabled SVn must match External voltage channels in con or xmlcon file mode normal logdata NO 24 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part Instrument Configuration con or xm
123. e Vacetone voltage with 0 ug l chlorophyll and Vacetone100 voltage with 100 ug l chlorophyll are from calibration sheet Chelsea UV Aquatracka Enter A and B Concentration ug l A 10 0Y B where A and B are from calibration sheet V is output voltage measured by CTD Note Seasave can process data for an instrument interfacing with up to two Chelsea UV Aquatracka sensors Dr Haardt Fluorometer Chlorophyll a Phycoerythrin or Yellow Substance Enter AO Al BO and B1 These instruments may have automatic switching between high and low gains Select the gain range switch gt Output Voltage Level if the instrument indicates gain by output voltage level lt 2 5 volts is low gain gt 2 5 volts is high gain Low gain value AO Al V High gain value BO B1 V gt Modulo Bit if the instrument has control lines custom wired to bits in the SBE 9plus modulo word Bit not set value A0 Al V Bit set value BO BI V gt None if the instrument does not change gain value A0 Al V where V voltage from sensor Dr Haardt Voltage Level Switching Examples Example Chlorophyll a Low range scale 10 mg l and Gain 10 2 5 4 mg I volt A0 0 0 Al 4 0 High range scale 100 mg l and Gain 100 2 5 40 mg I volt BO 100 B1 40 0 51 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 4 Configure Inputs Part II Calibration Coefficients Seasave V7 Note See Application Note 54 for complete descriptio
124. e conductivity and pressure 1 refers to the 1 sensor T C pair 2 refers to the secondary T C pair This appendix provides a list of output variable names The names vary depending on whether you are viewing header information in a data file or viewing real time data in Seasave e Headers generated by modules in SBE Data Processing show Short name Full name in header Example name 0 prdM Pressure Strain Gauge db name 0 indicates that this is the header for the first data column prdM is the Short name used in the software coding Pressure Strain Gauge db is the more descriptive Full name e Seasave s scrolled display shows a Friendly name in heading Example prM this is the Friendly name for Pressure Strain Gauge db pr indicates pressure and M indicates metric units e Seasave s fixed display and plot display show Full name Example Pressure Strain Gauge db this is the Full name For CTDs that support redundant sensors Unless noted otherwise derived variables are calculated only from primary sensor s Example Sound Velocity Chen Millero m s can be calculated from both primary and secondary temperature and conductivity sensors on an SBE 9plus which supports secondary temperature and conductivity sensors as indicated by the presence of both Sound Velocity Chen Millero m s and Sound Velocity 2 Chen Millero m s in the table However Average Sound Velocity Chen Mi
125. e dsa file is also incorporated into the program setup psa file You can import and export dsa files allowing you to create the desired displays once and then reuse them later for other instruments deployments You can export the setup of a display window for reuse later for another instrument and or deployment 1 Right click in the desired window and select Export Display Settings dsa file 2 The Save As dialog box appears Enter the desired path and file name for the dsa file and click OK Printing Display Window You can print a display window to provide a hard copy of the data in the display most often used with a Plot Display 1 Right click in the desired window and select Print 2 The Printing dialog box appears set up the print job as desired and click OK Resizing Plot Display Window To enlarge a plot display to full screen e Click Display and select Maximize All Plots OR e Right click in a pot window and select Maximize OR e Click on the standard Windows Maximize button at the top right of the plot display With a plot display maximized use the Tab key to view other displays To return a plot display to its previous size e Click Display and select Restore All OR e Right click in a plot window and select Restore OR e Click on the standard Windows Restore button at the top right of the plot display 91 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 7 Display Setting Up Seasave Displa
126. e changes in the display are incorporated in the psa file the next time you save the psa file See Section 7 Display Setting Up Seasave Displays Section 2 Installation and Use Seasave V7 Tools gt Convert shared file output xml file to spreadsheet format Convert an output xml file from Shared File Output to a tab delimited txt format that can be opened in Microsoft Excel If selected a dialog box appears allowing you to browse to the desired xml file and to select the path and file name for the output txt file After you select the input xml file and enter the name for the output txt file click the Convert button The resulting txt file can be opened in Excel gt Display log file for Seasave Display diagnostics output for Seasave exe which is the user interface portion of the program gt Display log file for Seasave Acq Display diagnostics output for SeasaveAcq exe which is the data acquisition portion of the program Options gt Prompt to save program setup changes If selected when you exit Seasave by selecting Exit in the File menu or clicking the close button in the upper right hand corner of the window Seasave prompts you to save the program setup psa file if desired gt Automatically save program setup changes on exit If selected when you exit Seasave by selecting Exit in the File menu or clicking the close button in the upper right hand corner of the window Seasave autom
127. e rate or interval is as defined by configuration con timeH Time Elapsed hours time H hours or xmlcon file Elapsed time Julian days based on first scan in data file and sample rate profiling or sample interval moorings sample rate or interval is as defined by configuration con timeJ Julian Days time J julian days or xmlcon file From NMEA device Seconds since January 1 1970 only for timeN Time NMEA seconds timeN seconds SBE 45 From NMEA device Seconds since January 1 2000 timeQ Time NMEA seconds timeQ seconds everything but SBE 45 Seconds since January 1 2000 based on time stamp in 6plus V2 or 19plus V2 in moored timeK Time Instrument seconds timeK seconds mode Julian days based on time stamp in 16plus V2 or 19plus timeJV2 Time Instrument julian days timeJV2 julian days V2 in moored mode Julian days based on time stamp in 16plus or 19plus in moored mode Not applicable timeSCP Time Seacat plus julian days timeSCP julian days to V2 versions Computer time seconds since January 1 1970 appended by Seasave V7 if Scan time added selected in configuration con timeY Time System seconds timeY seconds or xmlcon file 1 sensor user selects variable name for file imported to ASCII user User Defined Variable user In 2nd sensor user selects variable name for file imported to ASCII user2 User Defined Variable 2 user2 In 3rd sensor user selects variable name for file i
128. e setup shown in the Configuration dialog box above Shown below the appropriate lines are the commands used in Seaterm 232 to modify the setup of parameters critical to use of the SBE 25plus with Seasave as well as any explanatory information S gt getcd lt ConfigurationData DeviceType SBE25plus SerialNumber 0250003 gt lt Serial gt lt SerialPort0 gt lt baudconsole gt 4800 lt baudconsole gt lt echoconsole gt 1 lt echoconsole gt lt SerialPort0 gt lt SerialPortl gt serial sensor 1 setup data lt SerialPortl1 gt lt SerialPort2 gt serial sensor 2 setup data lt SerialPort2 gt lt Serial gt lt Settings gt assorted settings lt Settings gt lt RealTimeOutput gt lt outputformat gt 0 lt outputformat gt lt historicrate gt 1 lt historicrate gt lt vout0 gt 1 lt vout0 gt lt vout1 gt 0 lt vout1 gt lt vout2 gt 0 lt vout2 gt lt vout3 gt 1 lt vout3 gt lt vout4 gt 0 lt vout4 gt lt vout5 gt 1 lt vout5 gt lt vout6 gt 0 lt vout6 gt lt vout7 gt 0 lt vout7 gt lt outputrate gt 2 lt outputrate gt lt RealTimeOutput gt lt ConfigurationData gt lt Executed gt Number of auxiliary voltage sensors enabled SetVOut must match real time output selection in xmlcon file 41 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file Seasave V7 SBE 45 MicroTSG Configuration The SBE 45 transmits ASCII converted d
129. easured output voltage kv absorption voltage scaling constant inverse meters volt Vh20 measured voltage using pure water A X chlorophyll specific absorption coefficient 53 Notes e Units are dependent on the substance measured by the fluorometer For example units are ug l for chlorophyll ppb for Rhodamine ppt for Phycocyanin etc For complete description of calibration coefficient calculation see Application Note 62 For ECO FL NTU a second channel is required for turbidity Set up the second channel as a WET Labs ECO NTU as described below for OBS Nephelometer Turbidity sensors Notes e Units are dependent on the substance measured by the fluorometer For example units are ug l for chlorophyll ppb for Rhodamine ppt for Phycocyanin etc For complete description of calibration coefficient calculation see Application Note 41 for WETStar Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 4 Configure Inputs Part II Calibration Coefficients Seasave V7 WET Labs ECO AFL and ECO FL Enter Dark Output and scale factor Concentration units V Dark Output scale factor where V in situ voltage output Dark Output clean water voltage output with black tape on detector Scale factor multiplier units Volt The calibration sheet lists either gt Dark Output and scale factor OR gt Vblank old terminology for Dark Output and Scale Factor OR gt Vblank old terminology for Dark Output
130. ected to PC 258 SBE 43 Oxygen sensor use Sea Bird equation Soc2007 A B C E Voffset Tau20 DO Dl D2 H1 H2 H3 259 Secondary SBE 43 Oxygen sensor use Sea Bird equation Soc2007 A B C E Voffset Tau20 DO D1 D2 H1 H2 H3 260 File version of SB ConfigCTD dll which saved the con file 261 IFREMER OBS nephelometer sensor serial number 262 Primary Beckman Oxygen Temperature sensor calibration date 263 Primary Beckman Oxygen Temperature sensor serial number 264 Secondary Beckman Oxygen Temperature sensor calibration date 265 Secondary Beckman Oxygen Temperature sensor serial number 266 OW Oxygen Temperature sensor calibration date 267 OW Oxygen Temperature sensor serial number 268 Methane Gas Tension Franatech formerly Capsum METS sensor calibration date 269 Methane Gas Tension Franatech formerly Capsum METS sensor serial number 270 Secondary WET Labs ECO AFL fluorometer serial number 2I Secondary WET Labs ECO AFL fluorometer calibration date 272 Secondary WET Labs ECO AFL fluorometer vblank scale factor 273 Secondary OBS Nephelometer D amp A Backscatterance sensor serial number 274 Secondary OBS Nephelometer D amp A Backscatterance gain offset 275 Secondary OBS Nephelometer D amp A Backscatterance sensor calibration date 276 Aanderaa Oxygen Optode serial number ZEIT Aanderaa Oxygen Optode calibration date 278 Aanderaa Oxygen Optode do salinity correction do depth correction internal sa
131. ed When Seasave receives a bottle fired confirmation from a water sampler it Note increments the Fired and shows the bottle number that was fired in the When Seasave receives a bottle fired Bottle Firing Sequence box confirmation from a water sampler its response to remote bottle firing is When the remote bottle fire software receives a bottle fired confirmation identical to bottle firing from within from Seasave it increments the Number fired and shows the bottle Seasave it writes bottle fire data to a number that was fired in the Sequence box file or sets a bottle confirm bit in the f data file as applicable to the 6 When you have fired all the bottles click Disconnect on the Connect tab equipment used See Firing Bottles in on the remote computer or click Disconnect on the Remote Fire Bottle Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Fire dialog in Seasave Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition 144 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix Vil Seasave hex Output Data Format Seasave V7 Appendix VII Seasave hex Output Data Format Notes For most Sea Bird instruments Seasave saves data to the hex data file in the following order as applicable each added parameter must be enabled in e Characters described in this the xmlcon or con configuration file in Seasave appendix are all Hex characters 1 Data from instrument e See the SBE 11plus manual for 2 Surface Par SPAR voltage data 4 characters details
132. ed above these user prompts will appear to left of blank fields for user to input information at start of data acquisition If Include Default Header Information in File was selected above this would be all the user input information in the file Prompt for line 02 Ststion Prompt for line 03 Qperator Prompt for line 04 fL stitude Prompt for line 05 Longitude Prompt for line 06 Prompt for line 07 Prompt for line 08 ee Prompt for line 09 fC O O Prompt for line 10 oOo O O Prompt for line 11 DOO O Prompt for line 12 PC O O Click OK or click another tab in Configure Outputs 87 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 6 Configure Outputs Seasave V7 If you selected Prompt for Header Information on the Header Form tab when you begin data acquisition if you chose to store the data on disk the header form appears for you to fill in The user selected prompts from the Header Form tab Ship Cruise Station Latitude and Longitude appear to the left of the blank fields Header Information 88 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 6 Configure Outputs Seasave V7 Diagnostics Notes e Unlike all other information in Seasave can output diagnostics to assist in troubleshooting if you encounter Configure Inputs and Outputs difficulty running the program diagnostic selections are not included in the program setup psa file Seasave ini indicates whether diagnostics are enabled log 0 if not enabl
133. ed log 1 if enabled and the path for the diagnostics file s See File Formats in Section 2 Installation and Use for Seasave ini location For default location of the txt diagnostics files see File Formats in Section 2 Installation and Use You can also view the txt files from Seasave s Tools menu Changes made on the Diagnostics tab take effect immediately if you make a change and then click Cancel at the bottom of the dialog you have not cancelled the change To enable and set up diagnostic output click Configure Outputs In the Configure Outputs dialog box click the Diagnostics tab Configure Outputs C Documents and Settings dbresko Application Data Se Bird x Serial Data Dut Serial Ports Shared File Out Mark Variables TCPAP Out TCP IP Ports SBE 11plus Alarms SBE 14 Remote Display PCAlarms Header Form Diagnostics i Select location and name for Enable diagnostics output for Cancel will not undo the changes you make on this fom diagnostics file Default Seasave exe which is user name is SSLog txt interface portion of program v Keep a diagnostics log for Seasave exe Select Path Frase contents Select level of diagnostics to Path C Documents and Settings dbresko Application Data Sea Bird Of indicated file include in log If not erased e Errors Level Log information Erase Log File Seasave e Warnings includes errors or appends e Information incl
134. ed confirmation from Seasave Command from Seasave above it increments the Fired and shows the bottle number that was fired in the Sequence box User Input Remote Bottle Fire xj Bottles 36 Fred 3 Connect Reattime firing sequence 1 2 9 Next bottle gt 4 Disconnect zl Fire Bottle Help 13 When you are done A To end TCP IP transmission of data or access to a shared file In Seasave Remote s Data menu click Disconnect B To end transmission of bottle fire commands and responses In Seasave Remote s Bottle Fire dialog click Disconnect OR In Seasave s Remote Fire Bottle Fire dialog click Disconnect 14 In Seasave stop real time data acquisition 140 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix VI Java A lications for Remote Display and Bottle Firin Seasave V7 Appendix VI Java Applications for Remote Display and Bottle Firing Notes FixedDisplay jar can only display variables that are transmitted by Seasave it cannot calculate derived variables based on the transmitted variables As an alternative to the Java applications described in this appendix Sea Bird also provides Seasave Remote Seasave Remote is a more full featured program with many of the same display and plotting capabilities as Seasave It can be used to display data transmitted via TCP IP or toa shared file on a remote computer and to fire bottles from a remote computer See Appendix V Seasave Remote for Remote D
135. elometer 55 Nitrogen saturation 136 NMEA display 102 111 O OBS 55 Options 118 Optode 63 ORP 56 Manual revision 7 23 2 Index Output diagnostics 89 header 87 mark variables 79 SBE 11 plus 84 SBE 14 Remote Display 76 85 serial data 75 76 shared file 77 TCP IP 80 83 Output data format 145 Overview 9 Oxidation reduction potential 56 Oxygen 57 72 135 Oxygen saturation 136 Oxygen solubility 136 P PAR 58 137 Parameter formulas 127 Parameter names 146 PC alarm 86 103 pH 58 Playback archived data 114 Plot display 94 Plume anomaly 72 133 134 Port serial 64 76 TCP IP 71 80 83 Potential temperature 133 Potential temperature anomaly 72 133 Pressure 48 49 50 58 Pressure alarm 84 85 86 103 Printing display 91 Problems 126 Processing data 116 Pump control 73 76 112 R Real time data acquisition 14 105 Remote bottle firing 70 138 141 Remote computer 138 141 Remote display 77 80 82 83 104 138 141 SBE 14 76 85 Remote display and alarm SBE 14 85 Resetting control positions 112 Resizing display 91 Rosette 67 76 109 RS 232 sensors 62 S Salinity 130 Saturation 136 SBE 11 plus alarm 22 84 SBE 14 Remote Display and alarm 76 85 SBE 16 24 SBE 16plus 25 SBE l6plus V2 27 SBE 19 29 SBE 19plus 31 SBE 19plus V2 33 SBE 21 35 SBE 25 37 SBE 25plus 39 S
136. elometer sensor serial number 02 Sea tech 1s6000 OBS nephelometer sensor calibration date 03 Sea tech 1s6000 OBS nephelometer gain slope offset 04 Fluorometer Chelsea Aqua 3 sensor serial number 05 Fluorometer Chelsea Aqua 3 sensor calibration date 06 Fluorometer Chelsea Aqua 3 scale factor slope offset Vacetone VB static Vlug 1l 07 Fluorometer Turner sensor serial number 08 Fluorometer Turner sensor calibration date 09 Fluorometer Turner scale factor offset or Turner 10au 005 full scale concentration full scale voltage zero point concentration 0 Conductivity G H I J ctcor cpcor 1 Temperature F0 G H I J 2 Secondary conductivity G H I J ctcor cpcor 3 Secondary temperature FO G H I J 4 WET Labs AC3 beam transmission transmissometer sensor serial number 5 WET Labs AC3 beam transmission transmissometer sensor calibration date 6 WET Labs AC3 beam transmission transmissometer Ch2o0 Vh2o0 Vdark x chlorophyll absorption v Vh2o a x 7 WET Labs WETStar fluorometer sensor serial number 8 WET Labs WETStar fluorometer sensor calibration date 9 WET Labs WETStar Vblank scale factor 20 Primary conductivity sensor using g h i j coefficients calibration date 21 Primary temperature sensor using g h i j coefficients calibration date 22 Secondary conductivity sensor using g h i j coefficients calibration date 23 Secondary temperature sensor using g h i j coefficients calibration date 24 FGP pressure sensor 0 serial numbe
137. ent setup you must save the psa file dialog boxes File menu Save Setup File before i Calibration coefficients for frequency sensors exiting Seasave i Calibration coefficients for A D count sensors Calibration coefficients for voltage sensors Calibration coefficients for RS 232 sensors For all other details on the setup of the con or xmlcon file see Section 3 Configure Inputs Part I Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file For setup of the other items in Configure Inputs see Section 5 Configure Inputs Part III Serial Ports Water Sampler TCP IP Ports Miscellaneous and Pump Control Accessing Calibration Coefficients Dialog Boxes Note 1 Click Configure Inputs Steps 1 through 4 are detailed in Section 3 Configure Inputs Part 2 Inthe dialog box click the Instrument Configuration tab and click Open Instrument Configuration con or oo xmicon File 3 Inthe Select Instrument Configuration File dialog box browse to the desired file and click Open 4 The configuration information appears on the Instrument Configuration tab Click Modify 5 Inthe Configuration dialog box click a sensor and click Modify to change the calibration coefficients for that sensor or right click on the sensor and select Modify Calibration or double click on the sensor the calibration coefficients dialog box for the sensor appears example is shown for a pH sensor C S
138. er 27 Tilt XM XB YM YB 28 ORP sensor serial number 29 ORP M B offset 30 Primary OBS Nephelometer D amp A Backscatterance sensor serial number Si Primary OBS Nephelometer D amp A Backscatterance gain offset 32 Altimeter scale factor offset hyst min pressure hysteresis 33 Microstructure temperature sensor serial number 34 Microstructure temperature pre m pre b 35 Microstructure temperature num denom AO Al A3 36 Microstructure conductivity sensor serial number 37 Microstructure conductivity AO Al A2 38 Microstructure conductivity M B R 39 Number of external frequencies number of bytes number of voltages instrument type computer interface scan rate interval store system time deck unit or Searam 40 Data format channels 0 9 41 Data format channels 10 19 42 Data format channels 20 39 43 SBE 16 use water temperature fixed pressure fixed pressure temperature 44 Firmware version 45 Miscellaneous number of frequencies from SBE 9 number of frequencies from SBE 9 to be suppressed number of voltages from SBE 9 to be suppressed voltage range add surface PAR voltage add NMEA position data include IOW sensors Add NMEA depth data 46 OBS Nephelometer IFREMER sensor serial number 47 OBS Nephelometer IFREMER VMO VD0 DO K 48 OBS Nephelometer Chelsea sensor serial number 49 OBS Nephelometer Chelsea clear water voltage scale factor 50 ZAPS sensor serial number ol ZAPS m b 52 Conductivity sens
139. er define serial port and 7 baud rate on Configure Inputs Serial NMEA device connected to deck unit 7 NKEA time added Ports tab You can also append NMEA depth data 3 bytes and NMEA device connected to PC NMEA time data 4 bytes after Lat Lon data Seasave adds current latitude longitude and universal IV Surface PAR voltage added Scan time added time code to data header appends NMEA data to every scan and writes NMEA data to nav file every Channel Sen Sh F New New to create new xmlicon file for time Ctrl F7 is pressed or Add to Temperature teehee on EE nav File is clicked see Adding A Frequency Temp cannot be Open nis CTD NMEA Data to nav File in Section 8 2 Frequency Conductivity ee or Open to select Real Time Data and Real Time EEEREN IEA changed to c different Conor Control Real Time Data 3 Pressure voltage Pressure Strain Gauge another type of Saye xmlicon file Acauisition tti sensor All others Save or Save As to Nos 4 A D voltage 0 Oxygen SBE 43 are optional Save fis Save current con or xmlcon file settings 1 NMEA time can only be appended 5 A D voltage 1 Fluorometer Chelsea Aqua if NMEA device connected to Serr Nee computer 6 SPAR voltage Unavailable A NAPA depth can only De 7 SPAR voltage SPAR Surface Irradiance appended if NMEA device Click a sensor and click Modify to change calibration coefficients for that sensor
140. er to place Grid in Display downcast only Plot only front of plotted data define ad data l Enabled if TS plot Gridin hont nable upcast line colors Plot type is selected downcast and upcast in different See below colors define with Colors button For both Seasave determines that upcast has begun when P gt a Minimum pressure to determine N Display downcast only Minimum pressure to determine upcast 300 upcast and P has decreased from i previous maximum P by Pressure W Enable upcast colors Pressure decrease to determine upcast 1 decrease to determine upcast See drawing below Bottle Fire Line Display Mark Line Display Show mark lines Place horizontal line in plot to Show bottle lines Place F indicate data associated with horizontal lines in plot to indicate Show ines show sequence Show lines scan marking see Marking data associated with closures leial abel Scans in Section 8 Real Label and Style define line abel ape Time Data and Real Time Show sequence List closure Control Real Time Data order to right of plot Style Style Acquisition Label mark number pressure or both and Style define line Black text axes Label all axesin Blacktestaxs V Show plot shadow Monochrome plot black otherwise label colors are Colors defined include defined with Colors button inside and outside Show plot shadow Shadow Seconds between updates J oe background color within and effect to bot
141. eration of instruments which have the ability to output data in XML e Seasave V7 program that acquires and displays real time and raw archived data for a variety of Sea Bird instruments e SBE Data Processing program that converts edits processes and plots data for a variety of Sea Bird instruments e Plot39 program for plotting SBE 39 39 IM 39plus and 48 data This manual covers only Seasave which e acquires real time raw data frequencies and voltages and saves the raw data to the computer for later processing e displays selected raw and or converted engineering units real time or archived data in text and plot displays Additional Seasave features include the ability to e send commands to close water sampler bottles e save user input header information with the CTD data providing information that is useful for identifying the data set e output selected raw and converted engineering units data to a computer COM port or file on the computer e setup pressure altimeter and bottom contact switch alarms in the computer running Seasave e output data to and set up pressure altimeter and bottom contact switch alarms in an SBE 14 Remote Display e setup pressure and altimeter alarms in an SBE 1p us Deck Unit e mark real time data to note significant events in a cast e input commands from remote software via TCP IP for controlling water sampler bottle firing e output raw data and selected converted engineering units da
142. erial number oo Calibration date Slope ooo 0 Offset ooon Import Export ILo Cancel 44 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 4 Configure Inputs Part II Calibration Coefficients Seasave V7 Importing and Exporting Calibration Coefficients Calibration coefficient dialog boxes contain Import and Export buttons which can be used to simplify entering calibration coefficients These buttons are particularly useful when swapping sensors from one instrument to another allowing you to enter calibration coefficients without the need for typing or the resulting possibility of typographical errors An example dialog box is shown for a pH sensor SS 8 amp 8 8 6 lst Serial number Calibration date oO Slope jooo ooo Offset ooo Import Export ILo Cancel The Export button allows you to export coefficients for the selected sensor to an XML file If you move that sensor onto another instrument you can then import the coefficients from the XML file when setting up the con or xmlcon file for that instrument The Import button allows you to import coefficients for the selected sensor from another con or xmlcon file or from an XML file When you click the Import button a dialog box appears Select the desired file type and then browse to and select the file e con or xmlcon configuration file opens a con or xmlcon file retrieves the calibration coefficients from the file for the type of sensor you selected
143. erived Parameter Formulas Notes e Algorithms used for calculation of derived parameters in Seasave and in SBE Data Processing s Data Conversion Derive and SeacalcW modules are identical except as noted Absolute Salinity TEOS 10 is available in SBE Data Processing s Derive TEOS 10 module and SeaCalc Ill seawater calculator see the SBE Data Processing manual Seasave outputs only Practical Salinity and all parameters derived from salinity in Seasave are based on Practical Salinity For formulas for the calculation of conductivity temperature and pressure see the calibration sheets for your instrument Formulas for the computation of salinity density potential temperature specific volume anomaly and sound velocity were obtained from Algorithms for computation of fundamental properties of seawater by N P Fofonoff and R C Millard Jr Unesco technical papers in marine science 44 1983 Temperature used for calculating derived variables is IPTS 68 except as noted Following the recommendation of JPOTS Teg is assumed to be 1 00024 To 2 to 35 C Salinity is PSS 78 and by definition is valid only in the range of 2 to 42 psu Sea Bird uses the PSS 78 algorithm in our software without regard to those limitations on the valid range Unesco technical papers in marine science 62 Salinity and density of seawater Tables for high salinities 42 to 50 provides a method for calculating salinity in the higher
144. es without needing to go through the additional steps of selecting the file in SBE Data Processing or Seasave We recommend that you do not open xmlcon files with a text editor i e Notepad Wordpad etc Section 2 Installation and Use Seasave V7 File extensions are used by Seasoft to indicate the file type Input files Extension Description con or xmicon Instrument configuration number and type of sensors channel assigned to each sensor and calibration coefficients Seasave uses this information to interpret raw data from instrument Latest version of configuration file for your instrument is supplied by Sea Bird when instrument is purchased upgraded or calibrated If you make changes to instrument add or remove sensors recalibrate etc you must update configuration file Can be viewed and or modified in Seasave s Configure Inputs on Instrument Configuration tab or in SBE Data Processing e xmlcon files written in XML format were introduced with SBE Data Processing and Seasave 7 20a Instruments introduced after that are compatible only with xmlcon files dsa Seasave display setup file defines size placement and setup for a display window Information in dsa file is also incorporated into program setup psa file You can import and export dsa files allowing you to create desired displays once and then reuse them for other instruments deployments Even if you do
145. eseseoees 116 Appendix I Command Line Operation sscssssssessesssssesscsscesseseees 118 Running Seasave with Command Line Parameters general instructions 119 Running Seasave with Autostop Parameter ceesessesesseceeeceeeeceeeeneeneens 120 Appendix II Configure con or xmlcon File Format sssesseee 121 xmlcon Configuration File Format 0 ccccscecssesceesseseseeeseeeeeeseeeseenseeeeaees 121 con Configuration File Format ccccccccscecseeesecsereeeeeeecesseeeecnseenteeereneeesaes 121 Appendix III Software Problems sccsscssssssssssessccrsessesssssseseseeseees 126 Known Bugs Compatibility ssues ccccessesssesceessesesceeeceeeesecsnecseeeseenaeenes 126 Appendix IV Derived Parameter Formulas sscsscssssssesssseessssseees 127 Appendix V Seasave Remote for Remote Display and Bottle Firing 138 Appendix VI Java Applications for Remote Display and Bottle Firing 141 Remote Display sit cocker ete le eee Ca kee es 141 Firing Bottles via TCP IP from a Remote Computer eceeeeeeecceseeeeeeees 143 Appendix VII Seasave hex Output Data Format cscssscsssesesseeeees 145 Appendix VIII Output Variable Names csccsesssssssessecsssssesseesseseees 146 INeX ssescssscceresssecserescscssseserssssecssresasscssnesssesssscessesssscssscsasscssecsesesessessceees 158 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 1 Introduction Seasave V7
146. eta kg m 3 sigmath 2 kg m 3 2nd sensor sigma t11 Density 2 sigma t kg m 3 sigmat 2 sigma t kg m 3 2nd sensor sigma 1 sigma 111 Density 2 sigma 1 kg m 3 sigmal 2 kg m 3 2nd sensor sigma 2 sigma 211 Density 2 sigma 2 kg m 3 sigma2 2 kg m 3 2nd sensor sigma 4 sigma 411 Density 2 sigma 4 kg m 3 sigma4 2 kg m 3 2nd sensor D2 D1 d Density Difference 2 1 density kg m 3 D2 D1 d density kg m 3 2nd sensor Ist sensor Density Difference 2 1 sigma theta sigma theta D2 D1 kg m 3 D2 D1 th kg m 3 2nd sensor 1st sensor D2 D1 t Density Difference 2 1 sigma t kg m 3 D2 D1 t sigma t kg m 3 2nd sensor 1st sensor sigma 1 D2 D1 1 Density Difference 2 1 sigma 1 kg m 3 D2 D1 1 kg m 3 2nd sensor 1st sensor sigma 2 D2 D1 2 Density Difference 2 1 sigma 2 kg m 3 D2 D1 2 kg m 3 2nd sensor lst sensor sigma 4 D2 D1 4 Density Difference 2 1 sigma 4 kg m 3 D2 D1 4 kg m 3 2nd sensor 1st sensor depSM Depth salt water m depS M salt water m depSF Depth salt water ft depS F salt water ft depFM Depth fresh water m depF M fresh water m depFF Depth fresh water ft depF F fresh water ft dNMEA Depth NMEA salt water m dNMEA salt water m 148 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix VIII Output Variable Names Seasave V7 Short Name F
147. factor and ratio multiplier pH Calibration Coefficients Enter the slope and offset from the calibration sheet pH 7 Vout offset K 1 98416e 4 slope where K temperature in degrees Kelvin Pressure FGP voltage output Calibration Coefficients Enter scale factor and offset output Kpa volts scale factor offset where scale factor 100 pressure sensor range bar voltage range volts Note Seasave can process data for an instrument interfacing with up to eight pressure fgp sensors 58 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 4 Configure Inputs Part II Calibration Coefficients Seasave V7 Note See Application Note 7 for complete description of computation of M and B Suspended Sediment Calibration Coefficients The Sequoia LISST 25 sensor requires two channels one for scattering output and the other for transmission output Make sure to select both when configuring the instrument For the scattering channel enter Total volume concentration constant Cal Sauter mean diameter calibration a Clean H O scattering output Vso and Clean H O transmission output Vro from the calibration sheet For the transmission channel no additional coefficients are required they are all defined for the scattering channel Optical transmission t Vr Vro Beam C In t 0 025 1 meters Total Volume Concentration TV Cal Vs t Vso liters liter Sauter Mean Diameter SMD a
148. file entry for surface PAR sensor Underwater PAR underwater PAR data Surface PAR surface PAR data 137 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix V Seasave Remote for Remote Display and Bottle Firin Seasave V7 Appendix V Seasave Remote for Remote Display and Bottle Firing Software on the remote computer is required to view data output via TCP IP or to a shared file and to fire bottles remotely Seasave Remote can perform those functions and has many of the same display and plotting capabilities as Notes e Seasave Remote can only display variables that are transmitted by Seasave it cannot calculate derived variables based on the transmitted variables As an alternative to Seasave Remote Sea Bird also provides sample Java applications that can be used as is or can be modified by a Java programmer however Seasave Remote is a more full featured program For information on the Java applications see Appendix VI Java Applications for Remote Display and Bottle Firing Seasave Data transmitted via TCP IP must be converted data in XML format data transmitted to a shared file must be in XML format Seasave Remote SeasaveRem exe is installed when you install Seasave to the same folder as Seasave default location C Program Files Sea Bird SeasaveV7 Basic instructions are provided below for viewing data on a remote computer and firing bottles from a remote computer using Seasave Remote see Seasave Remote s Help file
149. for sensor drift between calibrations Calibration coefficients are discussed below for each type of sensor Strain gauge pressure sensors are covered first followed by the remaining voltage sensor types in alphabetical order Pressure Strain Gauge Calibration Coefficients Enter coefficients e Pressure sensor without temperature compensation gt Enter AO Al and A2 coefficients from the calibration sheet gt For older units with a linear fit pressure calibration enter M A1 and B AO from the calibration sheet and set A2 to zero gt For all units offset is normally zero but may be changed for non zero sea surface condition For example if the in air pressure reading is negative enter an equal positive value e Pressure sensor with temperature compensation Enter ptempA0O ptempA1 ptempA2 pTCAO pTCA1 pTCA2 pTCBO pTCB1 pTCB2 pAO pA1 and pA2 from the calibration sheet Altimeter Calibration Coefficients Enter the scale factor and offset altimeter height 300 voltage scale factor offset where scale factor full scale voltage 300 full scale range full scale range is dependent on the sensor e g 50m 100m etc full scale voltage is from calibration sheet typically 5V Fluorometer Calibration Coefficients e Biospherical Natural Fluorometer Enter Cfn natural fluorescence calibration coefficient Al A2 and B from calibration sheet natural fluorescence Fn Cfn 10V production Al Fn
150. for serial data output on the Serial Ports tab Output data to serial port If selected data is output in XML format instead of ASCII format I XML format Seconds between updates 9 900 Variable Name unit Digits 1 Pressure Digiquartz db 4 2 Salinity PSU 5 3 Temperature ITS 90 deg C Selected variables and number of decimal points to 6 right of decimal place for output data Click Select fa Variables to change Dialog box with list of 9 variables appears select desired variables and Ea number of decimal places to right of decimal point Select Variables for each variable and click OK Make the desired selections Click OK or click another tab in Configure Outputs 75 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 6 Configure Outputs Seasave V7 Serial Ports The Serial Ports tab defines serial ports and other communication parameters for e Sending commands to and receiving replies from the CTD Note e Sending commands to and receiving replies from a water sampler Bal e A see Serial through the SBE 11plus Deck Unit Modem Channel connector or Ports in Section 5 Configure Inputs SBE 33 Deck Unit Carousel Data connector Part IIl Serial Ports Water e Sending pump control commands to a custom 9p us through the Sampler TCP IP Ports SBE 1 1plus Deck Unit Modem Channel connector Miscellaneous and Pump Control e Outputting data to a serial port for user defined purposes e Out
151. from the command line See Appendix l Command Line Operation To start Seasave Seasave s main window looks like this EEE Seasave SBE 91 Iplus 917plus CTD C Documents and Settings dbresko My Documents Testing Seasave nsa Payback completed 100M01 dat ay ps Conductivity 57m Dost Fixed Temperature ITS 90 degC 2249328 _ Pressure Digiquartz db 0 5439 Display Salinity PSU oaao 00613044 00812557 00611763 0 0611359 lt gt l gt lalv x S fa Temperature ITS 90 deg C 200 4 800 6 400 8 000 4 000 5 000 0 000 1 000 2 000 3 000 Conductivity S m 1 1 e Ei 34 200 34 400 34 600 34 800 35 000 Salinity PSU e Seasave title bar The title bar shows the selected instrument type SBE 911plus 917plus CTD in the example above and the path and file name for the program setup psa file The psa file contains all information entered in Configure Inputs and Configure Outputs instrument configuration file path and name CTD serial port water sampler TCP IP input and output ports serial data output etc as well as size placement and setup for each display window e Menus The Menus contain options for setting up the instrument and the displays as well as for starting data acquisition e Status display The Status display provides the following information gt If Seasave is acquiring real time data or playing arc
152. g with up to three sensors defined with user polynomials Example A manufacturer defines the output of their sensor as NTU Vsample Vblank scale factor Set this equal to user polynomial equation and calculate a0 al a2 and a3 Vsample Vblank scale factor a0 al V a2 V2 a3 V3 Expanding left side of equation and using consistent notation Vsample V scale factor V scale factor Vblank a0 al V a2 V a3 V3 Left side of equation has no V or V terms so a2 and a3 are 0 rearranging scale factor Vblank scale factor V a0 al V a0 scale factor Vblank al scale factor a2 a3 0 Zaps Calibration Coefficients Enter M and B from calibration sheet z M volts B nmoles 61 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 4 Configure Inputs Part II Calibration Coefficients Seasave V7 Calibration Coefficients for RS 232 Sensors Notes e The SBE 38 is compatible only with the SBE 16plus V2 19plus V2 and 25plus e The SBE 50 is compatible only with the SBE 16plus V2 and 25plus See the CTD manual for required setup for the SBE 38 and SBE 50 Note The SBE 63 is compatible only with the SBE 16plus V2 and 19plus V2 See the CTD manual for required setup for the SBE 63 Note WET Labs RS 232 sensors are compatible only with the SBE 16plus V2 19plus V2 and 25plus See the CTD manual for required setup for the WET Labs sensor U
153. h and Planetary Science Letters 128 1994 1 17 plume anomaly potential temperature s t p Reference Pressure Theta B Theta Z Salinity Z salinity Salinity B Note Enter Theta B Salinity B Theta Z Salinity Z and Reference Pressure on the Miscellaneous tab in Configure Inputs The plume anomaly equation is based on work in hydrothermal vent plumes The algorithm used for identifying hydrothermal vent plumes uses potential temperature gradient conditions in the region vent salinity and ambient seawater conditions adjacent to the vent This function is specific to hydrothermal vent plumes and more specifically temperature and potential density anomalies It is not a generic function for plume tracking for example not for wastewater plumes One anomaly for one region and application does not necessarily apply to another type of anomaly in another region for a different application The terms are specific to corrections for hydrothermal vent salinity and local hydrographic features near vents They are likely not relevant to other applications in this exact form If looking at wastewater plumes you need to derive your own anomaly function that is specific to what it is you are looking for and that is defined to differentiate between surrounding waters and the wastewater plume waters specific conductivity C 10 000 1 A T 25 C conductivity S m T temperature C A thermal c
154. haracters B Status pump status bottom contact status and bottle fire information 1 character C Modulo byte 2 characters 7 System time scan time added in configuration file 8 characters seconds since January 1 1970 written with the low byte first Example SBE 9plus CTD with 11p us Deck Unit with 3 frequencies temperature conductivity pressure 0 voltages NMEA latitude longitude NMEA time and system time OD91BDOATFFE8115EF0C5D2F71AD29C0A1 667404 94C2A5C298444C Breaking the data string into pieces 1 0D91BDOA7FFE8115EF temperature conductivity and pressure frequencies 2 not applicable 3 OC5D2F71AD29C0 NMEA latitude longitude status and new position 4 not applicable 5 A1667404 NMEA time with bytes reversed 6 94C2A5 pressure temperature status and modulo 7 C298444C system time with bytes reversed Looking at 5 and 7 and reversing the bytes 5 NMEA time with bytes reversed A1667404 047466A1 74737313 decimal seconds since January 1 2000 7 System time with bytes reversed C298444C 4C4498C2 1279563970 decimal seconds since January 1 1970 145 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix VIII Output Variable Names Seasave V7 Appendix VIII Output Variable Names Note The Notes Comments column in the table below indicates 1 sensor 2 sensor etc For parameters calculated from multiple sensors for example salinity is a function of temperatur
155. hived data gt If Seasave is storing real time data to a file output data file name gt Instrument configuration con or xmlcon file name To display or hide the Status select Status in the Display menu Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 2 Installation and Use Seasave V7 Note e Data display windows Seasave can display as many data windows as Algorithms used to calculate derived desired within the limits of your computer s resources The windows can parameters for output and or display in be set up to display real time data conductivity temperature pressure Seasave are the same as used in etc as well as calculated parameters such as salinity and sound velocity SBE Data Processing s Derive and The three windows types fixed scrolled and plot are briefly described Data Conversion modules with the below their setup is described in detail in Section 7 Display Setting Up exception of the oxygen descent rate Seasave Displays amp acceleration calculations See Appendix IV Derived Parameter Formulas gt The Fixed Display has a vertical list of the selected parameters to the left and displays their current values to the right and can be set up with one or two columns of data lol x Modify or print display by right clicking in display and selecting desired option Conductivity Sm E Fixed Display 1 oJ x Temperature ITS 90 deg C Temperature ITS 90 degC 636152 Press
156. ia TCP IP or to a shared file and to fire bottles from a remote computer See Appendix V Seasave Remote for Remote Display and Bottle Firing or Seasave Remote s Help files e FixedDisplay jar and FireBottles jar are sample Java applications FixedDisplay jar allows you to view a Fixed display on a remote computer to display data transmitted via TCP IP FireBottles jar allows you to fire bottles from a remote computer You can use the provided sample applications or modify them as desired See Appendix VI Java Applications for Remote Display and Bottle Firing 82 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 6 Configure Outputs Seasave V7 TCP IP Ports TCP IP is Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol a communication protocol used to connect hosts on the internet and or over networks TCP IP allows you to connect your CTD to a computer on deck while receiving data and firing bottles at a remote location elsewhere on the ship TCP IP ports can be defined in Configure Inputs or Configure Outputs if you make changes in one dialog box those changes will appear when you open the other dialog box Click Configure Outputs In the Configure Outputs dialog box click the TCP IP Ports tab Configure Outputs C Documents and Settings dbresko SEABIRD Application Da x SBE 11plus Alarms SBE 14 Remote Display PC Alarms Header Form Diagnostics Serial Data Out Serial Ports Shared File Out Mark Variables TCP IP Out TCP IP Po
157. ich is useful in identifying the data set To set up the header click Configure Outputs In the Configure Outputs dialog box click the Header Form tab Select the desired Header Choice and enter the header or header prompts Select how header information is to be included e Prompt for header information User will be prompted to fill out header form at start of data acquisition Only lines with text prompts on them will appear Completed header along with system time instrument type and serial numbers will be written to beginning of data file and also output to file with same name as data file but with hdr extension Include Default Header Information in File User will not be prompted to add any header information at start of data acquisition User defined default header form will be written as is to beginning of data file and also output to file with same name as data file but with hdr extension Don t Include Header Information in File User input header information will not be added to data file or placed in hdr file Configure Outputs C Program Files Sea Bird Seasave Seasave psa Serial Data Out Serial Ports Shared File Out Mark Variables TCP IP Out TCP IP Ports SBE 11plus Alarms SBE 14 Remote Display PC Alarms Header Form Diagnostics eader Choice Prompt for Header Information X Prompt for line 01 5 hip If Prompt for Header Information was select
158. icients Notes i wat gt Enter the serial number calibration date and information required for salinity e The Optode is compatible only with h hej I salini h the val the SBE 16plus V2 and 19plus V2 and dept corrections The internal sa inity must mate the value you See the CTD manual for required programmed into the Optode the value is ignored if you do not enable the setup for the Optode Salinity correction If you enable Salinity correction Seasave corrects the See Calibration Coefficients for oxygen output from the Optode based on the actual salinity calculated from Voltage Sensors above for voltage the CTD data If you enable Depth correction Seasave corrects the oxygen output Oxygen sensors including output from the Optode based on the depth calculated from the CTD data the SBE 43 63 7 23 2 Section 5 Configure Inputs Part III Serial Ports Water Sampler TCP IP Ports Miscellaneous amp Pump Control _Seasave V7 Section 5 Configure Inputs Part Ill Serial Ports Water Sampler TCP IP Ports Miscellaneous and Pump Control This section describes the setup of the following in Configure Inputs Note e Serial ports Setup of all parameters in e Water sampler Configure Inputs is included in e TCP IP ports e the Seasave program setu A z pee X Miscellaneous parameters required for output of specific variables psa file To save the setup you gt must save the psa file de
159. ime data stream from SBE 45 File includes header information Can be used by SBE Data Processing s Data Conversion module Jpg JPEG graphic output from Plot display when you click Save to file icon in plot toolbar or right click in plot and select Save as mrk Mark scan information output marker file containing sequential mark number system time and data for selected variables Seasave writes information to file when user clicks on Mark Scan during data acquisition to mark significant events in cast Can be used by SBE Data Processing s Mark Scan module nav Navigation information output navigation file for system integrated with NMEA navigational device containing latitude longitude time scan number and pressure Seasave writes information to file when user clicks on Add to nav File in NMEA Display during data acquisition to mark significant events in cast 17 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 2 Installation and Use Seasave V7 Text file e Output file created if you configure Seasave to output data to a shared txt file e Program setup report file which documents psa file settings created when you click Report in Configure Inputs or Configure Outputs dialog box Seasave creates this as a temporary file select Save and exit and enter desired file name and location to document settings e Configuration report file which documents con or xmlcon file settings created when you c
160. in any order desired Enter pressures depths in any order when you click OK Seasave reorders list from deepest to shallowest you can see reordered list by clicking Auto Fire Pressures amp Positions again on on ol o ni oo oOo ao a Water Sampler tab 200 150 Bottle closure pressures depths p 100 must be in this range Fire bottles on upcast when pressure depth is less than set close to expected maximum cast pressure depth THT LEE OK il A Help Make the desired selections Click OK 68 7 23 2 Section 5 Configure Inputs Part III Serial Ports Water Sampler TCP IP Ports Miscellaneous amp Pump Control _Seasave V7 Mixed Mode setup auto bottle fire but also allowing manual bottle fire Seasave allows manual firing of some bottles along with auto firing of other bottles referred to as mixed mode firing This is often used to obtain a water sample at one or more points with the water sampler held in a stationary position Typical positions for manual firing are at the actual bottom of the cast because the bottom of the cast cannot be predicted with certainty beforehand and at the top of the cast Looking at the Auto Fire dialog again and reviewing the setup for mixed mode firing Auto Fire Table Entry Upcast is enabled has begun when pressure depth exceeds this value If CTD never meets this criteria i e CTD did not go as deep as anticipated n
161. ing bottles at a remote location elsewhere on the ship TCP IP also allows multiple applications running on the same computer to communicate Seasave can output raw and converted data through separate TCP IP ports To enable and set up TCP IP output click Configure Outputs In the Configure Outputs dialog box click the TCP IP Out tab Configure Outputs C Program Files Sea Bird Seasave 7 Seasave psa SBE 11plus Alarms SBE 14 Remote Display PC Alarms Header Form Diagnostics Serial Data Out Serial Ports Shared File Out Mark Variables TCP IP Out TCP IP Ports Output raw data in ASCII format If selected data is output in XML format instead of ASCII format Output converted data Seasave applies calibration coefficients to raw data to calculate converted data in engineering units in ASCII format If selected data is output in XML format instead of ASCII format You must select Converted Data in XML format if planning to use Seasave Remote or FixedDisplay jar to view data on a remote computer Select the TCP IP ports on the TCP IP Ports tab Raw data Rate at which raw data is output For full rate data set to 0 Output raw data to socket using TCP IP XML wrapper and settings Seconds between raw data updates Rate at which data for selected variables is converted to engineering Output converted data to socket using TCP IP units and output For full rate
162. ints for wmf pixels for jpg or bmp Save as bmp file options Size determined by Vaes entered below Units are pixels Width 512 Height 334 99 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 7 Display Setting Up Seasave Displays Seasave V7 Copy Options Tab The copy options tab defines the plot type and size for copying to the clipboard as a Windows metafile JPG or bitmap The Copy Options tab looks like this Plot Display 1 4 x Plot Setup Y Axis X Axis 1 X Anis 2 Print Options Save Options Copy Options Seasave automatically uses selected format metafile JPG Use format selected below when copying plot to clpboar or bitmap when copying plot to Seasave prompts you to select clipboard format metafile JPG or bitmap C Show dialog to select format when copying plot to clipboard when copying plot to clipboard Copy metatie to clipboard options Size determined by Units Miimeter z fi 60 00 Plot display size Height fizo 00 Size determined by e Plot display size dimensions of plot as shown on screen or Copy JPG to clipboard options Size determined by Vales ertered below x e Values Entered Below dimensions entered in Units are pixels Width 512 Height Ba dialog box mm inches or Copy bitmap to clipboard options Size determined by Pict display size points for metafile pixels for Units are preels Width 512 Height E
163. ion Example At true temperature 0 0 C instrument reading 0 0015 C At true temperature 25 0 C instrument reading 25 0005 C Calculating the slope and offset Slope 25 0 0 0 25 0005 0 0015 1 000040002 Offset 0 0 0 0015 1 000040002 0 001500060 Sea Bird temperature sensors usually drift by changing offset typically resulting in lower temperature readings over time Sea Bird s data indicates that the drift is smooth and uniform with time allowing users to make very accurate corrections based only on pre and post cruise laboratory calibrations Calibration checks at sea are advisable to ensure against sensor malfunction however data from reversing thermometers is rarely accurate enough to make calibration corrections that are better than those possible from shore based laboratory calibrations Sea Bird temperature sensors rarely exhibit span errors larger than 0 005 C over the range 5 to 35 C 0 005 C 35 5 C year 0 000125 C C year even after years of drift A span error that increases more than 0 0002 C C year may be a symptom of sensor malfunction Pressure Strain Gauge Calibration Coefficients For SBE l6plus 16plus V2 19plus and 19plus V2 configured with a strain gauge pressure sensor and for all SBE 49s Enter pA0 pA1 pA2 ptempA0O ptempA1 ptempA2 pTCAO pTCA1 pTCA2 pTCBO pTCB1 and pTCB2 from the calibration sheet Offset is normally zero but m
164. is Tabs below for selection of temperature parameter e Thermosteric anomaly contours The units for the parameters in the input data file do not affect the contour calculations For example temperature could be in C or F ITS 90 or ITS 68 Seasave performs the required conversions to calculate the contours If the TS Plot Setup button is clicked the following dialog box appears TS Plot Setup Variable to be calculated and plotted on contour lines density sigma t or sigma theta or thermosteric Contour variable Density Kg m 3 anomaly Starting contour value 20 Starting contour value is lowest value Significant digits to right of decimal of contour variable to be plotted First point for contour line labels Contour interval 0 1 contour line is plotted at this value subsequent lines are plotted at every Define contour line smoothness 10 least smooth 200 smoothest ignificant digits 0 10 2 Contour Interval Points per line 10 200 40 Distance of contour line labels from Y Label position axis as a of X axis size 0 label contour lines on Y axis Label size 1 10 100 label contour lines at far right Select contour line thickness Type size of contour line labels 1 smallest 10 largest Contour line type Help 96 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 7 Display Setting Up Seasave Displays Seasave V7 Axis Tabs
165. is negative consequence overshadows the gains in signal responsiveness To perform this correction select Apply Tau correction on Configure Inputs Miscellaneous tab in Seasave If the Tau correction is enabled oxygen computed by Seasave and SBE Data Processing s Data Conversion module differ from values computed by SBE Data Processing s Derive module Both algorithms compute the derivative of the oxygen signal with respect to time and require a user input window size gt Quick estimate Seasave and Data Conversion compute the derivative looking back in time because they share common code and Seasave cannot use future values while acquiring real time data gt Most accurate results Derive uses a centered window equal number of points before and after scan to compute the derivative The window size is input on Configure Inputs Miscellaneous tab in Seasave A hysteresis correction can be applied for the SBE 43 To perform this correction select Apply hysteresis correction on Configure Inputs Miscellaneous tab in Seasave H1 H2 and H3 coefficients for hysteresis correction entered in the con or xmicon file are available on calibration sheets for SBE 43s calibrated after October 2008 Raw oxygen voltage data saved in the output hex file is not corrected for Tau or hysteresis these corrections can be applied in post processing using SBE Data Processing s Data Conversion module See Calibration Coeffi
166. is sent and did not yet send the Start Archiving command the Add to NAV File button is grayed out Seasave will time out if data is not received from the instrument within Timeout in seconds at startup 3 To stop data acquisition A Foran instrument that is started by movement of a switch such as B SBE 19 19plus 19plus V2 25 or 25plus move the switch to the off position In the Real Time Data menu select Stop 107 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition Seasave V7 Troubleshooting Note Listed below are possible causes for receiving a Data acquisition is canceled Not all causes listed may be applicable timed out error message at the start of real time data acquisition to your instrument configuration For example a 9plus CTD does not have a magnetic switch or you may be using an instrument with a direct connection to the computer no Deck Unit e Cause The CTD s switch is not in the On position Solution Move the switch to the On position e Cause SBE 19 and 25 only The CTD was not asleep when the magnetic switch was put in the On position Solution Slide the switch to the Off position wait at least 2 minutes for the CTD to go to sleep and then slide the switch to the On position again e Cause Deck Unit power is not on Solution Verify that the Deck Unit is connected to a power source and that the power switch
167. isition is started A D offset 0 GPIB address 1 GPIB address must be 1 GPIB 1 to use Seasave if Computer interface is IEEE 488 GPIB in con or xmlcon file advance primary conductivity 0 073 seconds advance secondary conductivity 0 073 seconds autorun on power up is disabled 23 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file Seasave V7 Manual revision 7 23 2 SBE 16 SeaCAT C T Recorder Configuration Strain gauge Digiquartz with or without temperature compensation or no pressure sensor If no pressure sensor or Digiquartz without Temp Comp is selected Data button accesses dialog box to input additional parameter s needed to process data Data See reply from DS Used to determine strain gauge pressure sensor data format Channel Sensor table reflects this 7 z choice Must agree with SBE 16 setup Configuration for the SBE 16 Seacat CTD for SVn n 0 1 2 3 or 4 see reply from DS Voltage channel 0 in con or xmlicon file corresponds to sensor wired to channel 0 on end cap connector voltage channel 1 corresponds to sensor wired to channel 1 on end cap connector etc Configuration file opened None Pressure sensor type No Pressure Sensor External voltage channels 2 Firmware version Select to have Seasave append time seconds Version gt 4 0 since January 1 1970 GMT to each data scan Sample interval seconds fi 5
168. isplay and Bottle Firing or Seasave Remote s Help files Software on the remote computer is required to view data output via TCP IP and to fire bottles remotely FixedDisplay jar and FireBottles jar are sample Java applications e FixedDisplay jar allows you to view a Fixed display on a remote computer to display data transmitted via TCP IP To use it you must select Output converted data to socket using TCP IP and XML format on the TCP IP Out tab in Configure Outputs e FireBottles jar allows you to fire bottles from a remote computer FixedDisplay jar and FireBottles jar are installed when you install Seasave to the same folder as Seasave default location C Program Files Sea Bird SeasaveV7 You can use the provided sample applications or modify them as desired e Torun the provided sample applications you must have Java Runtime Environment JRE version 6u1 or later installed on the remote computer e To modify the provided sample applications you must have Java SE Development Kit JDK version 6u1 or later with NetBeans version 5 5 1 or later installed on the remote computer Java is a product of Sun Microsystems The versions cited above can be downloaded for free from http java sun com javase downloads index jsp Remote Display Note To get the Server address instructions are for Windows XP 1 On the computer that is running Seasave click Start gt Control Panel Double click Network Connectio
169. it Digits Pressure Strain Gauge db 4 Salinity PSU 5 Temperature ITS 90 deg C 5 Selected variables and number of decimal points to right of decimal place for mark variables Click Select Variables to change Dialog box with list of variables appears select desired variables and number of decimal places to right of decimal point for each variable and click OK Sequential mark number system time and all selected variables are written to Hassel Select Variables mrk file each time Mark Scan is clicked during data acquisition Report Help OK Cancel Make the desired selections Click OK or click another tab in Configure Outputs To set up a plot display to show mark lines lines can be labeled with the sequential mark number and or pressure Right click in the desired plot window In the Plot Display dialog box select Show Mark Lines Change other settings as desired and click OK see Plot Display in Section 7 Display Setting Up Seasave Displays See Marking Scans in Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition to mark the scans during data acquisition 79 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 6 Configure Outputs Seasave V7 TCP IP Out TCP IP is Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol a communication protocol used to connect hosts on the internet and or over networks TCP IP allows you to connect a CTD to a computer on deck while receiving data and fir
170. ity sigma t or sigma theta or thermosteric anomaly contours on temperature salinity TS plots e Send plots to a printer save plots to the clipboard for insertion in another program such as Microsoft Word or save plots as graphic files in bitmap metafile or JPEG format To set up a Plot Display e Click Display and select Add New Plot Display Window OR e Click Display and select Import Display Settings dsa file OR e Right click in an existing plot display and select Modify 94 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 7 Display Setting Up Seasave Displays Seasave V7 Plot Setup Tab The Plot Setup tab defines the overall plot characteristics number of axes plot layout title color font grid lines etc bottle firing display mark line display etc The Plot Setup tab looks like this Plot Display 1 K Flot Setup Yas minie KANS 2 Print Opions Save Options Copy Dptione Flot Title is placed in plot title bar on screen to save space However title Plot type Number of Axes Wa appears at top center of plot maximum 5 if you copy save or print Single X Multiple Y 1 X and up plot to 4 Y axes Gnd Lines Single Y Multiple X 1 Y and up to 4 X axes ima Grid Line Type none TS Plot always 1Y and 1X axis Single Y Multiplex PPE Horizontal and Vertical horizontal and vertical horizontal or vertical Style Number of aveg ia Style Dotted Line solid dotted or dashed and wheth
171. k Variables in Configure Outputs see Mark Variables in Section 6 Configure Outputs 2 Inthe Real Time Control menu select Mark Scan The Mark Scan Control dialog box appears Mark Scan Control ES Maks O 3 Start real time data acquisition 4 When desired click Mark Scan The dialog box displays how many scans have been marked copied to mrk file Adding NMEA Data to nav File Notes e If the NMEA navigation device is connected directly to the computer you must define the serial port and baud rate on the Serial Ports tab in Configure Inputs or Configure Outputs before beginning data acquisition The Add to NAV file button in the NMEA Data dialog box is inaccessible until you start saving data to a file So if you did not select Begin archiving data immediately or selected Begin archiving data when Start Archiving command is sent and did not yet send the Start Archiving commana the Add to NAV File button is grayed out The nav file has the same path and file name as the data file For example if the data file is c test1 hex the nav file is c test1 nav System Upload Time in the output data file header is always the computer time and time regardless of whether a NMEA navigation device transmitted time data data If your systems includes a NMEA navigation device and NMEA has been selected in the instrument configuration con or xmlcon file NMEA Display allows you to view the la
172. l ECO WETStar or C Star Optode or up to two Pro Oceanus Gas Tension Devices GTDs This data is appended to the data stream SBE 38 and SBE 50 data does not replace the internal CTD data Internally mounted pressure sensor strain gauge Digiquartz with temperature compensation or no pressure sensor If no pressure sensor is selected Data button accesses dialog box to input additional parameter needed to process data Must agree with 16p us V2 setup PType see reply from GetCD or DS Selection applies only to internally mounted pressure sensor if 16plus V2 has no internally mounted pressure sensor but is NiMH maltelijae TAA interfacing with SBE 50 pressure sensor select No pressure sensor here and then select SBE 50 in Serial RS 232C sensor field below Note Digiquartz without temperature compensation is not applicable Channel Sensor table reflects this choice 0 1 2 3 4 5 or 6 Must agree with 16p us V2 setup for VoItN N 0 1 2 3 4 and 5 see reply from GetCD or DS Voltage channel 0 in con or xmlcon file corresponds to first external voltage in data Configuration file opened 16plusv2 con stream voltage channel 1 to Pressure sensor type Strain Gauge Data second external voltage in data sirean eic Extemal voltage channels 2 None SBE 38 secondary temperature SBE 50 pressure sensor SBE 63 Optical DO Sensor WET Serial RS 232C sensor Labs sensor up to 3 channels up to 2 GTDs DO or Ti
173. lcon file Seasave V7 SBE 16p us SeaCAT C T Recorder Configuration The SBE 16plus can interface with one SBE 38 secondary temperature sensor one SBE 50 pressure sensor or up to two Pro Oceanus Gas Tension Devices GTDs through the SBE 16p us optional RS 232 connector Data from an SBE 50 pressure sensor is appended to the data stream and does not replace the optional internally mounted pressure sensor data Internally mounted pressure sensor strain gauge Digiquartz with temperature compensation or no pressure sensor If no pressure sensor is selected Data button accesses a dialog box Channel Sensor table reflects this choice 0 1 2 3 or 4 to input additional parameter needed to process data Must agree with 16p us setup PType see reply from DS Selection Must agree with 16p us setup applies only to 16plus internally mounted pressure sensor if for VoItN N 0 1 2 and 3 instrument has no internally mounted pressure sensor but is see reply from DS Voltage Nm se dae TETEE interfacing with SBE 50 pressure sensor select No pressure channel 0 in con or xmicon file sensor here and then select SBE 50 in Serial RS 232C sensor corresponds to first external Configuration file opened None field below Note Digiquartz without temperature compensation voltage in data stream voltage f channel 1 to second external voltage in data stream etc Pressure sensor type Strain G auge Y Data is not applicable External
174. le Click Configure Inputs In the Configure Inputs dialog box click the Instrument Configuration tab Click Create In the Select an Instrument dialog box select the desired instrument and click OK Go to Step 3 2 To select and view or modify an existing con or xmlcon file Click Configure Inputs In the Configure Inputs dialog box click the Instrument Configuration tab Click Open In the Select Instrument Configuration File dialog box browse to the desired file and click Open The configuration information appears on the Instrument Configuration tab An example is shown for the SBE 9plus Configure Inputs C Documents and Settings dbresko SEABIRD Application Data X Instrument Configuration Serial Ports Water Sampler TCP IP Ports Miscellaneous Pump Control Open Create Modify plustest xmicon Instrument type 911plus 917plus CTD This screen Frequency channels suppressed 2 provides an Voltage words suppressed 2 Deck unit or SEARAM SBE11plus Firmware Version gt 5 0 easy way to Computer interface RS 232C view Scans to average 1 configuration NMEA position data added Yes but selections NMEA depth data added No cannot be NMEA time added No ifi x NMEA device connected to deck unit modified here Surface par voltage added Yes click Modify to Scan time added Yes change Channel Sensor configuration 1 Frequency Temperature and or to view 2 Frequency Conductivity calibration
175. ler is Select Data File selected desired file selected in Configure Inputs C Progan FiesSeabidSeasaveV DemoDemo her select different file or and plot display setup enables C Program Files Sea Bird SeasaveV 7 Demo Demo hex modify file click showing bottle lines Instrument Configuration 2 You can also play back data Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file use Instrument Configuration tab to make changes tab uploaded from SBE 25plus memory ina AME ale C Program Files Sea bird Seasavel Demo demo xmlcon Number of scans to skip between computations Skip data speeding up display To calculate display all data over at start Skip scans at set to 0 This interacts with update rate for each display beginning of data allowing you Example 1 19plus sampling every 0 25 sec to skip data from before cast IV Read to end of file Number of scans to skip between computations 4 began i e when instrument 2 Se updates r display oN 5 sec was on deck and initially Number of scans to read easave ca cu alesparame ers Every s scans kina j t 4 0 25 sec scan 1 sec but updates display every 5 sec soaking in water R Example 2 19plus sampling every 0 25 sec if Read to endior file not Number of scans to skip between computations Number of scans to skip between computations 20 selected enter total Number Seconds between updates for display window 1 sec of scans to read This allows Seasave calculates par
176. libration dte O Slope ao Offset jooo Import Export IL o Cancel Enter the desired values and click OK gt To change a sensor s calibration coefficients In the Configuration dialog box click a sensor and click Modify to change the calibration coefficients for that sensor or right click on the sensor and select Modify Calibration or double click on the sensor The Calibration Coefficients dialog box appears example shown above See Section 4 Configure Inputs Part IT Calibration Coefficients for calculation of coefficients 21 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file Seasave V7 Channel Sensor table reflects this choice Typically e 0 SBE 3 or 4 plugged into JB5 on 9plus dual redundant sensor configuration e 1 SBE 3 or 4 plugged into JB4 on 9plus and not using JB5 single redundant sensor configuration e 2 no redundant T or C sensors 11plus gt 5 0 Seasave sends AddSpar command to Deck Unit consistent with configuration file selection for Surface PAR 11plus lt 5 0 Surface PAR acquisition is set in Deck Unit with dip switch 17plus Real time data acquisition not available only playback of archived data None Not using 11p us or 17plus see nodeck unit in Appendix I Command Line Operation e NMEA Select if NMEA navigation device used and select whether device is connected directly to 11plus Deck Unit or to
177. lick Modify after number of voltage and frequency channels have been specified above calibration coefficients for Report Help Cancel that sensor Opens a txt file for viewing only Click to exit dialog box If you made changes cannot be modified that shows all and did not Save or Save As Seasave asks if to change parameters in con or xmlcon file you want to save changes 35 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file Seasave V7 Note The status response shown is for an SBE 21 with firmware gt 5 0 The response and the commands used to change the sample interval and the number of auxiliary voltage sensors differs for older firmware Shown below is an example status DS response in Seaterm that corresponds to the setup shown in the Configuration dialog box above Shown below the appropriate lines are the commands used in Seaterm to modify the setup of parameters critical to use of the SBE 21 with Seasave as well as any explanatory information SEACAT THERMOSALINOGRAPH V5 0 SERIAL NO 4300 07 15 2009 14 23 14 ioper 50 7 ma vmain 11 4 vlith 8 8 samples 0 fr 5981649 sample interval 5 seconds no of volts sampled 1 Sample interval SI must match Sample interval seconds in con or xmlcon file Number of auxiliary voltage sensors enabled SV must match External voltage channels in con or xmlcon
178. lick Report in Configuration dialog box Seasave creates this as a temporary file select Save and exit and enter desired file name and location to document settings e Seasave Diagnostics log files default SSLog txt and SALog txt txt created if you enable diagnostic log s on Diagnostics tab in Configure Outputs Primary txt file default location if available is LOCALAPPDATA Sea Bird Seasave Example c Users dbresko AppData Local Sea Bird Seasave SSlog txt Secondary txt file default location is APPDATA Sea Bird Seasave Example c Documents and Settings dbresko SEABIRD Application Data Sea Bird Seasave SSlog txt e Seasave Remote Diagnostics log file default SRLog txt created if you enable a diagnostic log in Seasave Remote Options menu Diagnostics Default location same as for Seasave diagnostic log files wmf Windows metafile graphic from Plot display when you click Save to file icon in plot toolbar or right click in plot and select Save as xml File in XML format e Output file created if you configure Seasave to output data to a shared file and select XML format Note You can later convert xml file to a txt file using the Tools menu e Sensor calibration coefficient file This file can be exported and or imported from the dialog box for a sensor This allows you to move a sensor from one instrument to another and update the instrument s con or xmlcon file while eliminating need fo
179. linity value 125 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix Ill Software Problems Seasave V7 Appendix Ill Software Problems Considerable effort has been made to test and check this software before its release However because of the wide range of instruments that Sea Bird produces and interfaces with and the many applications that these instruments are used in there may be software problems that have not been discovered and corrected If a problem occurs please contact us via phone 425 643 9866 e mail seabird seabird com or fax 425 643 9954 with the following information e Instrument serial number e Version of the software originally shipped with the instrument e Version of the software you are attempting to run e Complete description of the problem If the problem involves the software configuration or setup in most cases a phone call to Sea Bird will be sufficient to solve the problem If you phone please be ready to run the software during the phone conversation If the problem involves data analysis or processing you may be asked to send a sample of the data to Sea Bird for evaluation If you discover a reproducible bug please document the steps required to create the problem and send a report to Sea Bird We also welcome suggestions for new features and enhancements Known Bugs Compatibility Issues Note The date in the System Upload Time must be in the format Mmm dd yyyy for example Nov
180. llero m s can only be calculated from the primary temperature and conductivity sensors there is no entry for this variable with a 2 For some parameters there are multiple entries in the table with the same meaning for the user but different meanings for the software Example Short names of c_S m cond0S m and c0S m all have long names of Conductivity S m these parameters all provide conductivity in S m However the short names are different because of differences in the conductivity equation used by the software in the calculation equation varies depending on the CTD All variable selections can be made in Seasave and in SBE Data Processing s Derive module except as noted 146 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix VIII Output Variable Names Seasave V7 Short Name Full Name Friendly Name Units Notes Comments accM Acceleration m s 2 acc M m s 2 accF Acceleration ft s 2 acc F ft s 2 altM Altimeter m alt M m altF Altimeter ft alt F ft Average Sound Velocity Chen Millero Chen Millero avgsvCM m s avgsv C M m s Chen Millero avgsvCF Average Sound Velocity Chen Millero ft s javgsv C F ft s avgsvDM Average Sound Velocity Delgrosso m s __ avgsv D M Delgrosso m s avgsvDF Average Sound Velocity Delgrosso ft s avgsv D F Delgrosso ft s avgsvWM Average Sound Velocity Wilson m s avgsv W M
181. llowing appears the desired variables and save the changes without interrupting data acquisition Once the changes are saved the display will show the additional variables Of course any data that was acquired before you modified the setup will not be output displayed message dependent on the instrument For an instrument that is started by movement of a switch such as SBE 19 19plus 19plus V2 25 or 25plus Tum on the SBE19 using the magnetic switch Seconds 55 Seasave allows Timeout in seconds at startup after you click Start for you to turn on the CTD switch Seasave will time out if data is not received from the instrument within this time For other instruments such as an SBE 16 16plus 16plus V2 21 45 49 or 91 1plus Notes e Fire Bottle Control and Mark Scan as Control in the Real Time Control Mating ror data fromthe deck unt menu are inaccessible until you start Seconds 57 saving data to a file So if you did not select Begin archiving data immediately or selected Begin archiving data when Start Archiving command is sent and did not yet send the Start Archiving command these items are grayed out in the Real Time Control menu The Add to NAV File button in the NMEA Data dialog box is inaccessible until you start saving data to a file So if you did not select Begin archiving data immediately or selected Begin archiving data when Start Archiving command
182. low Substance sensor serial number 59 Fluorometer Dr Haardt Yellow Substance sensor calibration date 56 Fluorometer Dr Haardt Yellow Substance AO Al BO Bl which modulo bit gain range switching 53 Fluorometer Chelsea Minitraka serial number 58 Fluorometer Chelsea Minitraka calibration date 59 Fluorometer Chelsea Minitraka vacetone vacetonel00 offset 60 Seapoint fluorometer serial number 61 Seapoint fluorometer calibration date 62 Seapoint fluorometer gain offset 63 Primary Oxygen SBE 43 serial number 64 Primary Oxygen SBE 43 calibration date 65 Primary Oxygen SBE 43 Soc Tcor offset 123 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix Il Configure con or xmlcon File Format Seasave V7 66 Primary Oxygen SBE 43 Pcor Tau Boc 67 Secondary Oxygen SBE 43 serial number 68 Secondary Oxygen SBE 43 calibration date 69 Secondary Oxygen SBE 43 Soc Tcor offset 70 Secondary Oxygen SBE 43 Pcor Tau Boc 71 Secondary sea tech 1s6000 OBS nephelometer sensor serial number 72 Secondary sea tech 1s6000 OBS nephelometer sensor calibration date 73 Secondary sea tech 1s6000 OBS nephelometer gain slope offset 74 Secondary Chelsea Transmissometer sensor serial number 75 Secondary Chelsea Transmissometer calibratio
183. m 3 WETstar6 mg m 3 6th sensor Fluorescence WET Labs WETstar Diff 2 wetStardiff 1 mg m43 wetStardiff mg m 3 2nd sensor Ist sensor fIfITCO Fluorescein Turner Cyclops ppb fIfITC ppb 1 sensor fIfITC1 Fluorescein Turner Cyclops 2 ppb fIfITC2 ppb 2nd sensor Fluorescein Turner Cyclops Diff 2 1 flflTCdiff ppb flflTCdiff ppb 2nd sensor 1st sensor f0 Frequency 0 f0 Hz 1 sensor fl Frequency 1 fl Hz 2nd sensor f2 Frequency 2 f2 Hz 3rd sensor f3 Frequency 3 f3 Hz 4th sensor f4 Frequency 4 f4 Hz 5th sensor f5 Frequency 5 f5 Hz 6th sensor f6 Frequency 6 f6 Hz 7th sensor f7 Frequency 7 f7 Hz 8th sensor fS Frequency 8 fS Hz 9th sensor f9 Frequency 9 f9 Hz 10th sensor f10 Frequency 10 f10 Hz 11th sensor fll Frequency 11 fll Hz 12th sensor f12 Frequency 12 f12 Hz 13th sensor f13 Frequency 13 f13 Hz 14th sensor f14 Frequency 14 f14 Hz 15th sensor f15 Frequency 15 f15 Hz 16th sensor 16 Frequency 16 16 Hz 17th sensor f17 Frequency 17 f17 Hz 18th sensor f18 Frequency 18 f18 Hz 19 sensor f19 Frequency 19 f19 Hz 20 sensor 20 Frequency 20 20 Hz 21 sensor f21 Frequency 21 f21 Hz 22 4 sensor 22 Frequency 22 22 Hz 23 sensor 23 Frequency 23 23 Hz 24 sensor 24 Frequency 24 24 Hz 25 sensor 25 Frequency 25 25 Hz 26 sensor 26 Frequency 26 26 Hz 27 sensor 27 Frequency 27 27 Hz 28 sensor 28 Frequency 28 28 Hz 29 sensor 29 Frequency 29 29 Hz 30 sensor 3
184. m L umol I 1 sensor sbeox0dOV dT_ Oxygen SBE 43 dov dt sbeox dov dt dov dt 1 sensor sbeox1ML L Oxygen SBE 43 2 ml l sbeox2 ml l ml l 2nd sensor sbeox1Mg L Oxygen SBE 43 2 mg l sbeox2 mg l mg l 2nd sensor sbeox1PS Oxygen SBE 43 2 saturation sbeox2 S saturation 2nd sensor sbeoxlMm Kg_ Oxygen SBE 43 2 umol kg sbeox2 mm kg umol kg 2nd sensor sbeox1Mm L Oxygen SBE 43 2 umol I sbeoxMm L2 umol I 2nd sensor sbeoxldOV dT Oxygen SBE 43 2 dov dt sbeox2 dov dt dov dt 2nd sensor sbeox0ML Ldiff Oxygen SBE 43 Diff 2 1 ml I sbeox ml l diff ml l 2nd sensor Ist sensor sbeox0Mg Ldiff Oxygen SBE 43 Diff 2 1 mg l sbeox mg l diff mg l 2nd sensor 1st sensor sbeoxOPSdiff Oxygen SBE 43 Diff 2 1 saturation _ sbeox S diff saturation 2nd sensor 1st sensor sbeox0Mm Kgdiff Oxygen SBE 43 Diff 2 1 umol kg sbeox mm kg diff umol kg 2nd sensor 1st sensor sbeox0Mm Ldiff Oxygen SBE 43 Diff 2 1 umol 1 sbeox mm I diff umol I 2nd sensor Ist sensor sbeoxpd Oxygen raw SBE 63 phase delay usec sbeoxpd usec 1 sensor sbeoxpdv Oxygen raw SBE 63 phase delay V sbeoxpdv V 1 sensor sbeoxpd1 Oxygen raw SBE 63 phase delay 2 usec _ sbeoxpd2 usec 2nd sensor sbeoxpdv1 Oxygen raw SBE 63 phase delay 2 V sbeoxpdv2 V 2nd sensor sbeoxtv Oxygen raw SBE 63 thermistor voltage V sbeoxtv V 1 sensor Oxygen raw SBE 63 thermistor voltage 2 sbeoxtvl V sbeoxtv2 V 2nd sensor Oxygen Temperature SBE 63 ITS 90
185. m on when altimeter in this range Sea Bottom 85 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 6 Configure Outputs Seasave V7 PC Alarms Seasave can set up an alarm in the personal computer PC that is running Notes i Seasave based on minimum and maximum pressures an altimeter integrated e After you enable one or more alarms on the PC Alarms tab you can with the CTD and or a bottom contact switch integrated with the CTD enable a visual alarm in Seasave in addition to the sound alarm by selecting Alarms in the Display menu See Alarms Display in Section 7 Display Setting Up Seasave Displays Altimeter alarm is available only if the selected configuration con or xmicon file has a CTD with altimeter Bottom contact switch alarm SBE 9plus Always available Serial Data Out Serial Pots Shared Fie Out Mark Variables TCP IP Out TCPAP Ports All other CTDs Available only if the SBE 11plusAlams SBE 14 Remote Display PC Alarms HeaderFom Diagnostics selected configuration con or xmlicon file has a CTD with bottom contact switch To enable and set up the alarms in the computer click Configure Outputs In the Configure Outputs dialog box click the PC Alarms tab Configure Outputs C Program Files Sea Bird Seasave Seasavepsa x JV Enable minimum pressure alarm Enable minimum maximum pressure alarm in PC see Sound alarm when pressure is less than decibars f2 S
186. me between scans Must agree with 16p us V2 setup Samplelnterval see reply from GetCD or DS Temperature SBE 38 Y Sample interval seconds fi 0 gt NMEA position data added nitrogen or Optode Must agree with 16p us V2 setup see reply from GetCD or DS Channel Sensor table lists RS 232 sensors below voltage channels Select if using with deck unit connected to NMEA navigation Shaded sensors cannot be removed or changed to another type of sensor All others are optional device Seasave adds current Channel Sensor New New to create new con or latitude longitude and universal 1 Count Temperature xmlcon file for this CTD time code to data header pono a ae Open Open to select different appends NMEA data to every 2 Frequency Conductivity con or xmlcon file scan and writes NMEA data to 3 Count Pressure Strain Gauge Save Save or Save As to save nav file every time Ctrl F7 is pressed or Add to nav File is clicked see Adding NMEA Data 4 A D voltage Oxygen SBE 43 current con or xmlicon file Save As Settings Fluorometer Turner SCUFA Temperature SBE 38 5 A D voltageT 6 Serial A282 Click a non shaded sensor and click Select to pick a different sensor for that channel A dialog box with a list of sensors appears Select sensors after number of voltage channels have been specified above to nav File in Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data
187. ment type and the path and file name for the program setup psa file The Status display provides the following information e If Seasave is acquiring real time data or playing archived data e If Seasave is storing real time data to a file output data file name e Instrument configuration con or xmlcon file name In the Display menu select Status The Status Display appears just below Seasave s title bar and menus and looks like this Playback completed 100M01 dat Demo con NMEA Display Notes e System Upload Time in the data file header is always the computer time and date regardless of whether a NMEA navigation device is transmitting data The Add to NAV File button in the NMEA Data dialog box is inaccessible until you start saving data to a file So if you did not select Begin archiving data immediately or selected Begin archiving data when Start Archiving command is sent and did not yet send the Start Archiving commana the Add to NAV File button is grayed out The nav file has the same path and file name as the data file For example if the data file is c test1 hex the nav file is c test1 nav If your system includes a NMEA navigational device and NMEA has been selected in the instrument configuration con or xmlcon file NMEA Display allows you to view the latitude longitude and time during data acquisition and to select scans to be written to a nav file Each
188. mperature SBE 63 Optical DO Sensor WET Labs sensor up to 3 channels up to 2 GTDs dissolved oxygen or nitrogen or Optode Must agree with 19p us V2 setup see reply from GetCD or DS Channel Sensor table lists RS 232 sensors below voltage channels Serial RS 232C sensor Sample interval seconds Number of samples to average samples at 4 Hz in Profiling mode Used to calculate elapsed time if you select time as an output parameter Must agree with 19plus V2 setup NAvg see reply from GetCD or DS Scans to average IV NMEA position data added NMEA device connected to deck unit C NMEA device connected to PC NMEA depth data added T Wh m e added T Surface PAR voltage added T Scan time added New to create new Channel Senso con or xmicon file Shaded sensors for this CTD 1 Count Temperature cannot be temov d Open to select f is or changed to different con or 2 Frequency Conductivity s ohal YEA PSR d sensor All others are Save or Save As 3 Count Pressure Strain Gauge oal E HAN 4 A D voltage 0 Oxygen SBE 43 con or xmicon file wt a Save s settings 5 A D voltage pH 6 A D voltage 2 Transmissometer Chelsea Seatech Wetlab Click a sensor Fi Pre and click 7 A D voltage 3 Altimeter Modify to ee ere change calibration coefficients for that sensor Click a non shaded sensor and click Select to pick a different sensor for th
189. mported to ASCII user3 User Defined Variable 3 user3 In 4th sensor user selects variable name for file imported to ASCII user4 User Defined Variable 4 user4 In 5th sensor user selects variable name for file imported to ASCII user5 User Defined Variable 5 user5 In 156 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix VIII Output Variable Names Seasave V7 Short Name Full Name Friendly Name Units Notes Comments seaTurbMtr Turbidity Seapoint FTU seaTurbMtr FTU 1 sensor seaTurbMtrl Turbidity Seapoint 2 FTU seaTurbMtr2 FTU 2nd sensor seaTurbMtrdiff Turbidity Seapoint Diff 2 1 FTU seaTurbMtrdiff FTU 2nd sensor Ist sensor turbflTCO Turbidity Turner Cyclops NTU turbflTC NTU 1 sensor turbflTC1 Turbidity Turner Cyclops 2 NTU turbflTC2 NTU 2nd sensor turbflTCdiff Turbidity Turner Cyclops Diff 2 1 NTU turbflTCdiff NTU 2nd sensor 1st sensor turbWETbb0 Turbidity WET Labs ECO BB m 1 sr turbWETbb m 1 sr 1 sensor turbWETbb1 Turbidity WET Labs ECO BB 2 m 1 sr turbWETbb2 m 1 sr 2nd sensor turbWETbb2 Turbidity WET Labs ECO BB 3 m 1 sr turbWETbb3 m 1 sr 3rd sensor turbWETbb3 Turbidity WET Labs ECO BB 4 m 1 sr _ turbWETbb4 m l sr 4th sensor turbWETbb4 Turbidity WET Labs ECO BB 5 m 1 sr turbWETbb5 m 1 sr 5th sensor Turbidity
190. n Diameter Cal Clean Water Scattering Clean Water Trans 239 SBE 45 output conductivity Output salinity Output sound velocity Use 90402 junction box SBE 38 remote temperature 124 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix Il Configure con or xmlcon File Format Seasave V7 236 SBE 21 remote temperature type 237 SBE 50 serial number 238 SBE 50 calibration date 239 Secondary Chelsea Aqua 3 fluorometer serial number 240 Secondary Chelsea Aqua 3 fluorometer calibration date 241 Secondary Chelsea Aqua 3 fluorometer scale factor slope offset vacetone vb vl 242 Chelsea UV Aquatracka serial number 243 Chelsea UV Aquatracka calibration date 244 Chelsea UV Aquatracka a b 245 SBE 49 temperature sensor serial number 246 SBE 49 temperature sensor calibration date 247 SBE 49 temperature sensor A0 Al A2 A3 slope and offset 248 Secondary Turner SCUFA OBS serial number 249 Secondary Turner SCUFA OBS calibration date 250 Secondary Turner SCUFA OBS scale factor offset 251 OBS D amp A 3 serial number 252 OBS D amp A 3 calibration date 253 OBS D amp A 3 ad al a2 254 Secondary OBS D amp A 3 serial number 255 Secondary OBS D amp A 3 calibration date 256 Secondary OBS D amp A 3 a0 al a2 257 SBE 16 19 19plus 21 25 or 49 scan time added NMEA time added NMEA device conn
191. n date 76 Secondary Chelsea Transmissometer M B path length 77 Altimeter serial number 78 Altimeter calibration date 79 WET Labs AC3 serial number 80 WET Labs AC3 calibration date 81 Surface PAR serial number 82 Surface PAR calibration date 83 SeaCATplus temperature sensor serial number 84 SeaCATplus temperature sensor calibration date 85 SeaCATplus temperature sensor AO Al A2 A3 slope offset 86 SeaCATplus serial sensor scans to average mode 87 Pressure strain gauge with span TC serial number 88 Pressure strain gauge with span TC calibration date 89 Pressure strain gauge with span TC ptempA0O ptempAl ptempA2 pTCAO pTCAl1 PTCA2 90 Pressure strain gauge with span TC pTCBO pTCBl pTCB2 pA0 pAl pA2 offset 91 SBE 38 temperature sensor serial number 92 SBE 38 temperature sensor calibration date 93 Turner SCUFA fluorometer serial number 94 Turner SCUFA fluorometer calibration date 95 Turner SCUFA fluorometer scale factor offset units mx my b 96 Turner SCUFA OBS serial number 97 Turner SCUFA OBS calibration date 98 Turner SCUFA OBS scale factor offset 99 WET Labs ECO AFL fluorometer serial number 200 WET Labs ECO AFL fluorometer calibration date 201 WET Labs ECO AFL fluorometer vblank scale factor 202 Userpoly 0 name 203 Userpoly 1 name 204 Userpoly 2 name 205 Franatech formerly Capsum METS serial number 206 Franatech formerly Capsum METS calibration date 207 Franatech formerly Capsum METS D
192. n of calculation of Seapoint fluorometer calibration coefficients Note See Application Note 77 for complete description of calculation of Seapoint ultraviolet fluorometer calibration coefficients Notes e See Application Note 9 for complete description of calculation of WET Labs FLF and Sea Tech fluorometer calibration coefficients Offset and scale factor may be adjusted to fit a linear regression of fluorometer responses to known chlorophyll a concentrations Seapoint Enter gain and offset Concentration V 30 gain offset where Gain is dependent on cable used see cable drawing pins 5 and 6 Note Seasave can process data for an instrument interfacing with up to two Seapoint fluorometers Seapoint Rhodamine Enter gain and offset Concentration V 30 gain offset where Gain is dependent on cable used see cable drawing pins 5 and 6 Seapoint Ultraviolet Enter range and offset Concentration V range 5 offset Note Seasave can process data for an instrument interfacing with up to two Seapoint ultraviolet fluorometers Sea Tech and WET Labs Flash Lamp Fluorometer FLF Enter scale factor and offset Concentration voltage scale factor 5 offset where Scale factor is dependent on fluorometer range Switch Selectable Range Scale Fluorometer my 3 g g Factor milligrams m or microgram s liter 0 3 3 0 10 default 10 0 30 30 Se
193. n value m1 1 e S salinity psu e T water temperature IPTS 68 C e T absolute water temperature T 273 15 e Al 173 4292 A2 249 6339 A3 143 3483 A4 21 8492 e BI 0 033096 B2 0 014259 B3 0 00170 Oxygen percent saturation is the ratio of calculated oxygen to oxygen saturation in percent Oxygen Oxygen saturation 100 The Oxygen Saturation value used in this calculation is the value that was used in the Oxygen calculation e SBE 43 if you selected the Sea Bird equation in the con or xmlcon file the software uses the Garcia and Gordon Oxsol in this ratio if you selected the Owens Millard equation in the con or xmlcon file the software uses the Weiss Oxsat in this ratio e SBE 13 23 or 30 the software uses the Weiss Oxsat for this ratio Nitrogen saturation is the theoretical saturation limit of the water at the local temperature and salinity value but with local pressure reset to zero 1 atmosphere This calculation represents what the local parcel of water could have absorbed from the atmosphere when it was last at the surface p 0 but at the same T S value N2sat T S exp Al A2 100 T A3 In T 100 A4 T 100 S B1 B2 T 100 B3 T 100 where e N2Sat T S nitrogen saturation value ml I e S salinity psu e T water temperature C e T absolute water temperature C 273 15 e Al 172 4965 A2 248 4262 A3 143 0738 A4 21 712
194. nd display a previously acquired data file see Section 9 Archived Data 11 Manual revision 7 23 2 Note The Display log file tools are available only if Keep a diagnostics log is selected on the Diagnostics tab in Configure Out See Diagnostics in Section 6 Configure Outputs Notes e The program setup psa file contains all information entered in Configure Inputs and Configure Outputs instrument con or xmlcon file path and name CTD serial port water sampler TCP IP input and output ports serial data output etc as well as size placement and setup for each display window e The configuration con or xmlcon file defines the instrument sensors sensor channels calibration coefficients etc Seasave uses this information to convert the raw data stream into engineering units for display during real time data acquisition Sea Bird supplies a con or xmicon file with each instrument The con or xmlcon file must match the existing instrument configuration and contain current sensor calibration information A display setup dsa file defines the size placement and setup for a display window The information in the dsa file is also incorporated into the program setup psa file You can import and export dsa files allowing you to create the desired displays once and then reuse them later for other instruments deployments Even if you do not export the display setup to a separate dsa file th
195. nd velocity in con or xmlcon file start sampling when power on do not power off after taking a single sample Power off after taking a single sample must be disabled SingleSample N to acquire data in Seasave do not power off after two minutes of inactivity A D cycles to average 2 42 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file Seasave V7 SBE 49 FastCAT Configuration e NMEA Select if NMEA navigation device used and select whether gt TEE device is connected directly to Deck U eb Unit or to computer if connected to 3 a Number of samples to average per scan SBE 49 samples at 16 Hz computer define serial port and Configuration file opened No 0 0625 seconds averages data and transmits averaged data real baud rate on Configure Inputs time Must agree with SBE 49 setup NAvg see reply from DS Serial Ports tab You can also Scans to average append NMEA depth data 3 bytes and NMEA time data 4 bytes after Lat Lon data Seasave adds current latitude longitude and universal time code to data header appends NMEA data to every scan and writes NMEA data to nav file every time Ctrl F7 is pressed or Add to nav File is clicked see Adding J Surface PAR voltage added NMEA Data to nav File in Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time I Scan time added Control Real Time Data V NMEA position data added NMEA depth data added C NMEA
196. ndary conductivity sensor serial number F Secondary conductivity M A B C D PCOR 8 Secondary conductivity cell const series r slope offset use GHIJ coefficients 9 Secondary temperature sensor serial number 0 Secondary temperature FO A B C D slope offset use GHIJ coefficients 1 Pressure sensor serial number 2 Pressure Tl T2 T3 T4 T5 3 Pressure Cl Al C2 A0 C3 C4 A2 parameters in parentheses for strain gauge sensor 4 Pressure D1 D2 slope offset pressure sensor type AD590 M AD590 B S Oxygen Beckman YSI type sensor serial number 6 Oxygen Beckman YSI type M B K C SOC TCOR 7 Oxygen Beckman YSI type WT PCOR TAU BOC 8 pH sensor serial number 9 pH slope offset VREF 20 PAR light sensor serial number 21 PAR cal const multiplier M B surface cc surface r offset 22 Transmissometer SeaTech Chelsea AlphaTracka WET Labs Cstar sensor serial number 23 Transmissometer SeaTech Chelsea AlphaTracka WET Labs Cstar M B path length 24 Fluorometer SeaTech sensor serial number 25 Fluorometer SeaTech scale factor offset 121 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix Il Configure con or xmlcon File Format Seasave V7 26 Tilt sensor serial numb
197. ndex tag 80 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 6 Configure Outputs Seasave V7 An example of the raw data output with XML wrapper and settings enabled is shown below for an SBE 19p us with several auxiliary sensors Note XML scan index tags are numbered 0 1 2 etc regardless of Seconds between raw data updates For example if Seconds between raw data updates is 1 0 and you are using a 19plus 4 scans second sampling scan 0 corresponds to the 1 scan in the hex file scan 1 corresponds to the 5 scan in the hex file etc If the scan index tags skip any numbers Seasave is unable to process the data fast enough increase the Seconds between raw data updates lt xml version 1 0 encoding UTF 8 gt lt SBE_InstrumentConfiguration SB _ConfigCTD_FileVersion 7 18 0 3 gt lt Instrument Type 3 gt lt Name gt SBE 19plus Seacat CTD lt Name gt lt PressureSensorType gt 1 lt PressureSensorType gt lt ExternalVoltageChannels gt 4 lt ExternalVoltageChannels gt lt Mode gt 0 lt Mode gt lt SampleIntervalSeconds gt 60 lt SampleIntervalSeconds gt lt ScansToAverage gt 1 lt ScansToAverage gt lt SurfaceParVoltageAdded gt 0 lt SurfaceParVoltageAdded gt lt ScanTimeAdded gt 0 lt ScanTimeAdded gt lt NmeaPositionDataAdded gt 0 lt NmeaPositionDataAdded gt lt NmeaDepthDataAdded gt 0 lt NmeaDepthDataAdded gt lt NmeaTimeAdded gt 0 lt NmeaTimeAdded gt lt NmeaDeviceConnectedToPC gt 0 lt NmeaDeviceConnectedToPC g
198. ndow looking backward in time since they share common code and Seasave cannot use future values of oxygen while acquiring data in real time Derive uses a centered window equal number of points before and after the scan to obtain a better estimate of the derivative Use Seasave and Data Conversion to obtain a quick look at oxygen values use Derive to obtain the most accurate values e Hysteresis correction SBE 43 only when using Sea Bird equation Under extreme pressure changes can occur in gas permeable Teflon membranes that affect their permeability characteristics Some of these changes plasticization and amorphous crystalinity ratios have long time constants and depend on the sensor s time pressure history These slow processes result in hysteresis in long deep casts The hysteresis correction Note algorithm using H1 H2 and H3 coefficients entered for the SBE 43 in the ote The raw voltage saved in the output con or xmlcon file operates through the entire data profile and corrects hex file is not corrected for hysteresis the oxygen voltage values for changes in membrane permeability as the hysteresis correction can be pressure varies At each measurement the correction to the membrane applied in post processing using permeability is calculated based on the current pressure and how long the SBE Data Processing s Data sensor spent at previous pressures Conversion module Hysteresis responses of membranes on individual
199. ne parameter does not start data acquisition or playback of archived data it simply launches Seasave autofireondowncast Allow user to set up auto fire for bottles at user input pre defined pressures or depths on downcast when this parameter is not specified auto fire can only be set up for upcast which is recommended for most applications See Section 5 Configure Inputs Part IIT Serial Ports Water Sampler TCP IP Ports Miscellaneous and Pump Control to set up auto fire Note Mixed mode firing firing some bottles manually is supported for firing on downcast as well as on upcast autostop time Automatically stop Seasave real time data acquisition and shut down Seasave after time in minutes This can be used in conjunction with a batch file script to create new data files on a defined schedule for continuous acquisition systems such as a thermosalinograph or a towed vehicle See example in Running Seasave with Autostop Parameter below List continued on next page 118 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix Command Line Operation Seasave V7 ignorenmeachecksum Ignore checksum from a NMEA device cabled directly to computer not cabled to a Sea Bird deck unit or interface box This allows data to still be acquired by Seasave even if your NMEA device incorrectly calculates checksum when this parameter is not specified Seasave will give an error message and will not acquire data if checksum i
200. ngineering units editing aligning filtering removing bad data etc the data calculating derived variables and plotting the processed data However sometimes users want to edit the raw hex dat or xml data file before beginning processing to remove data at the beginning of the file corresponding to instrument soak time to remove blocks of bad data to edit the header or to add explanatory notes about the cast Editing the raw file can corrupt the data making it impossible to perform further processing using Sea Bird software Sea Bird strongly recommends that you first convert the data to a cnv file using the Data Conversion module in SBE Data Processing and then use other SBE Data Processing modules to edit the cnv file as desired Note hex Files Although we provide this If the editing is not performed using this technique SBE Data Processing technique for editing a raw hex file Sea Bird s strong may reject the edited data file and give you an error message recommendation as described above is to always convert the raw data file and then edit the converted file 2 Run WordPad 1 Make a back up copy of your hex data file before you begin 3 Inthe File menu select Open The Open dialog box appears For Files of type select All Documents Browse to the desired hex data file and click Open 4 Edit the file as desired inserting any new header lines after the System Upload Time line Note
201. nio e Ki Ee 98 Save Options Tab cnaesenrsi ea E E a e 99 Copy Options Tabni iirin si a ieie ies E in 100 Viewing Seasave Plots sciccccccecsseecedecectes clessecvecessncuecessetenieccdes edesiedenees 101 Status Display eniron o cee ea Wise esos es eed See ee ee ete 102 NMEA Displayen enneren eee ee ees ee 102 Alarms Display ernn Sit es oe i E O RER 103 Remote Display occ5canihie eis eid ects eh eee ade es 104 Manual revision 7 23 2 Table of Contents Seasave V7 Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition ccscsscssscssscssesssessssssssseseesessseseceseeseees 105 Starting and Stopping Real Time Data Acquisition cc eeceeeessceeeeeeneeees 106 Trouble hoo E r e ae e Ea e a a a n EESE 108 Pitan Bottles AEP ET E T E ns 109 Firing Bottles by Command from Seasave cescceseesceesseseeeeeeeeeeeeeees 109 Marking S CS e a a a R E 111 Adding NMEA Data to nav File ee eecceecceseeeseesecescecaeecaeeeseeneeeneeeneenneess 111 Turning Pump On Off ccccesceseceeeseceseceneeseeeeeeeeensceesecnseneeecaecseeeaeeeaeenss 112 Resetting Control Positions cccccssesseessesseceeeeesceeeeeeceseceseesseeeeeaeceneeeseeees 112 Using Seasave with Moored Instrument ccccesesseeeeceneceseeeeeeseeeeeeerens 113 Section 9 Archived Data Displaying Archived Data sscssssssseees 114 Section 10 Processing Data sccsscsssssesscecssscssscesceesscsseseesscsses
202. nk voltage output Scale Factor multiplier units Volt The calibration sheet lists either gt Blank Output and Scale Factor OR gt Vblank old terminology for Blank Output and Scale Factor OR gt Vblank old terminology for Blank Output and Vcopro voltage output measured with known concentration of coproporphyrin tetramethyl ester Determine an initial value for the scale factor by using the chlorophyll concentration corresponding to Vcopro scale factor chlorophyll concentration Vcopro Vblank Perform calibrations using seawater with phytoplankton populations that are similar to what is expected in situ Note Seasave can process data for an instrument interfacing with up to six WET Labs WETStar sensors 54 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 4 Configure Inputs Part II Calibration Coefficients Seasave V7 Note See Application Note 16 for complete description of OBS 3 calibration coefficients Note e See Application Note 81 for complete description of calculation of OBS 3 calibration coefficients e You can interface to two OBS 3 sensors or to both the 1X and 4X ranges on one OBS 3 sensor providing two channels of OBS 3 data Methane Sensor Calibration Coefficients The Franatech formerly Capsum METS sensor requires two channels one for the methane concentration and the other for the temperature measured by the sensor Make sure to select both when configuring the instrument For
203. nless otherwise noted Seasave supports only one of each auxiliary sensor model for example you cannot specify two Aanderaa Optodes SBE 38 Temperature Sensor and SBE 50 Pressure Sensor Calibration Coefficients The SBE 38 must be set up to output converted data C when integrated with a CTD The SBE 50 must be set up to output converted data psia when integrated with a CTD Therefore calibration coefficients are not required in Seasave just enter the serial number and calibration date Note Seasave can acquire data for an SBE 25plus interfacing with up to two SBE 38s or two SBE 50s SBE 63 Optical Dissolved Oxygen Sensor Calibration Coefficients The SBE 63 must be set up to output data in a format compatible with Sea Bird CTDs SetFormat 1 The SBE 63 manual lists the equation for calculating dissolved oxygen and the calibration coefficients see the manual on our website Enter the serial number calibration date and calibration coefficients WET Labs Sensor Calibration Coefficients If you select the WET Labs RS 232 sensor Seasave adds three lines to the Channel Sensor table If integrating an ECO Triplet select sensors for all three channels If integrating a dual ECO sensor such as the FLNTU select sensors for the first two channels and leave the third channel Free If integrating a single sensor select the sensor for the first channel and leave the second and third channels Free The following WET Labs sensors
204. ns Double click Local Area Network Connection Click the Support tab to see the computer s IP address this is the address to enter as the Server address in the Seasave Remote Fixed Display window To set up a remote display for converted data in XML format transmitted from Seasave via TCP IP 1 In Seasave s Configure Outputs on the TCP IP Out tab select Output converted data to socket using TCP IP and select XML format Click Select Variables pick the desired variables for viewing remotely and click OK Click OK to exit the Configure Outputs dialog box 2 On the remote computer double click on FixedDisplay jar The dialog box looks like this Remote Fixed Display for Seasave Connect to Seasave Connect 1O x Server address 127 0 0 1 Port ore A Set Server address to the address of the computer running Seasave B Set Port to match the Send converted data port on the TCP IP Ports tab in Configure Inputs or Configure Outputs in Seasave 141 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix VI Java Applications for Remote Display and Bottle Firing Seasave V7 C Click Connect If the remote display is working properly the labels for the variables that you selected on the TCP IP Out tab in Configure Outputs should appear in the Remote Fixed Display as shown in the example below Remote Fixed Display for Seasave we iol x Connect to Seasave Server address Connect Port Disconnect Scan Coun
205. ns e Begin archiving data immediately to store raw paar ae e ND counts and or a a real time data Jeu eh le Acquisition as soon as Start button is clicked and communication is established e Begin archiving data when Start Archiving command is sent to control when data begins to be written to file This allows you to eliminate scans associated with deploying CTD from ship deck and soaking instrument near surface alternatively remove these scans later in SBE Data Processing If you make this selection when you click Start button and communication is established a dialog box with Start Archiving button appears Click this button when ready to begin saving scans to file or select Start Archiving in Real Time Data menu e Do not archive data for this cast to not save data to a file Real time data will still appear in displays Data Archiving Options Begin archiving data immediately C Begin archiving data when Start Archiving command is sent C Do not archive data for this cast Output data HEX file fc Documents and Settings dbresko My Documents 1 Splustest hex Click Select Output Data File Select Qutput Data File Name Name Save Archived Data As dialog box appears browse to desired file location enter desired file name and click Save Configuration Options Currently selected instrument configuration con or xmlcon file is shown To select different
206. nsor Ist sensor latitude Latitude deg latitude deg From NMEA device lisstBC LISST 25A Beam C 1 m lisstBC 1 m lisstOT LISST 25A Optical Transmission lisstOT lisstMD LISST 25A Sauter Mean Diameter u lisstMD u lisstTVC LISST 25A Total Volume Conc ul I lisstTVC ul l longitude Longitude deg longitude deg From NMEA device meth Methane Conc Franatech METS umol l _ meth umol I Methane Gas Temp Franatech METS deg methT C methT deg C modError Modulo Error Count modError mod Modulo Word mod newpos New Position newpos n2satML L Nitrogen Saturation m1 1 N2sat ml l ml l n2satMg L Nitrogen Saturation mg l N2sat mg l mg l n2satumol kg Nitrogen Saturation umol kg N2sat umol kg umol kg obs OBS Backscatterance D amp A NTU obs NTU 1 sensor obs1 OBS Backscatterance D amp A 2 NTU obs2 NTU 2nd sensor OBS Backscatterance D amp A Diff 2 1 obsdiff NTU obsdiff NTU 2nd sensor Ist sensor nephc OBS Chelsea Nephelometer FTU nephc FTU obs3 OBS D amp A 3plus NTU obs3 NTU D amp A OBS 3 1 sensor obs3 1 OBS D amp A 3plus 2 NTU obs3 2 NTU D amp A OBS 3 2nd sensor D amp A OBS 3 2nd sensor Ist obs3 diff OBS D amp A 3plus Diff 2 1 NTU obs3 diff NTU sensor haardtT OBS Dr Haardt Turbidity haardtT diff OBS IFREMER diff Sea Tech LS6000 or WET Labs stLs6000 OBS Seatech LS6000 stLs6000 LBSS 1 sensor Sea Tech LS6000 or WET Labs stLs60001 OBS Seatech LS6000 2 stLs60002 LBSS 2nd sens
207. nstant and series resistance from the instrument s documentation in the dialog box and click OK 47 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 4 Configure Inputs Part II Calibration Coefficients Seasave V7 Note See Calibration Coefficients for A D Count Sensors below for information on strain gauge pressure sensors used on the SBE 16plus 16plus V2 19plus 19plus V2 and 49 See Calibration Coefficients for Voltage Sensors below for information on strain gauge pressure sensors used on other instruments Pressure Paroscientific Digiquartz Calibration Coefficients Enter the sets of C D and T coefficients from the calibration sheet Enter zero for any higher order coefficients that are not listed on the calibration sheet Enter values for slope default 1 0 do not change unless sensor has been recalibrated and offset default 0 0 to make small corrections for sensor drift e For the SBE 9plus also enter AD590M and AD590B coefficients from the configuration sheet Bottles Closed HB IOW Calibration Coefficients No calibration coefficients are entered for this parameter The number of bottles closed is calculated by SBE Data Processing s Data Conversion module based on frequency range Sound Velocity IOW Calibration Coefficients Enter coefficients a0 al and a2 Value a0 al frequency a2 frequency 48 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 4 Configure Inputs Part II Calibration Coefficients
208. nt interfacing with up to two Turner SCUFA sensors e WET Labs ECO BB Enter Scale Factor and Dark Output B Oc m sr E V Dark Output Scale Factor where V voltage from sensor Scale Factor and Dark Output are from calibration sheet Note Seasave can process data for an instrument interfacing with up to five WET Labs ECO BB sensors e WET Labs ECO NTU Enter scale factor and Dark Output NTU V Dark Output Scale Factor where V voltage from sensor Scale Factor and Dark Output are from calibration sheet Note Seasave can process data for an instrument interfacing with up to five WET Labs ECO NTU sensors Oxidation Reduction Potential ORP Calibration Coefficients Enter M B and offset mV Oxidation reduction potential M voltage B offset Enter M and B from calibration sheet 56 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 4 Configure Inputs Part II Calibration Coefficients Seasave V7 Notes e See Application Notes 13 1 and 13 3 for complete description of calibration coefficients for Beckman or YSI type sensors e See Application Notes 64 and 64 2 for complete description of SBE 43 calibration coefficients e The Tau correction tau T P 5V t in the SBE 43 or tau doc dt in the SBE 13 or 23 improves response of the measured signal in regions of large oxygen gradients However this term also amplifies residual noise in the signal especially in deep water and in some situations th
209. ntrol This tab configures miscellaneous data for calculations Note Values entered only affect indicated calculations Depth and Average Sound Velocity Latitude when NMEA is not available g r Average Sound Velocity Plume Anomaly Minimum pressure db 0 Theta B fo Minimum salinity psu oS Salinity B o Pressure window size db 0 0 ThetaZ SalinityZ fo Time window size s 0 Reference pressure db mz r Potential Temperature Anomaly AD g Al g Al Multiplier Salinity Oxygen selections apply to Oxygen voltage oxygen sensors Window size s SBE 43 or Beckman YSl bl They do not apply to IV Apply Tau correction SBE 63 or Aanderaa Oxygen Optode 7 Apply hysteresis correction to SBE 43 when Sea Bird equation selected in instrument configuration file Descent and Acceleration Window size s 2 Set to Defaults Report Help OK Cancel Enter the desired values Click OK or click another tab in Configure Inputs 72 7 23 2 Section 5 Configure Inputs Part III Serial Ports Water Sampler TCP IP Ports Miscellaneous amp Pump Control Seasave V7 Pump Control The Pump Control tab allows you to enable disable user pump control for an SBE 9plus with custom modifications Pump control commands are sent through the SBE 11plus Deck Unit Modem Channel connector COM port is defined on Serial Ports tab pump control does not interfere with water sampler operation Click Configure Inputs In the C
210. o automatic water samples are taken Input values for each bottle firing Use pressure db to determine bottle firing as pressures db or depth meters Dialog box text changes K to correspond C Use depth meters to determine bottle firing Fire bottles on upcast when pressure db is less than 300 000000 Depth type Enable mixed mode allowing manual firing of some bottles with auto firing of other bottles Salt water or Fresh water used to calculate depth from measured pressure if depth in meters is selected e For salt water algorithm estimates local gravity from latitude It uses latitude from NMEA navigation device if NMEA is Bottle enabled in con or xmicon file If your system does not have NMEA enter desired latitude on Miscellaneous tab in Configure Inputs For fresh water algorithm ignores gravity variation with latitude because fresh water applications are usually shallow and effect of gravity variation is insignificant xI E a 3 a B R oO i S o Bottles with pressure or depth 15000 greater than 10 500 for example bottle 1 is set to fire at 15 000 or less than 0 for example bottle 12 is set to fire at 50 will not be fired automatically ensuring user manual firing of those bottles Also bottles with pressure or depth greater than Fire bottles on upcast when pressure or depth is less than for example 900 db will not be fired a
211. o suppress 4 Words to Keep External Voltage not spare Oor1 2or3 4or5 6or7 Connector JT2 AUX1 JT3 AUX2 JT5 AUX3 JT6 AUX4 Words to Keep 1 2 3 4 Configuration for the SBE 911plus 91 7plus CTD Configuration file opened None Frequency channels suppressed j 7 Voltage words suppressed 1 word 2 channels Deck unit or SEARAM seer plus Fimware Version 5 0 v IEEE 448 or RS 232C for CTD data interface between Deck Unit and computer Computer interface RS 232C For full rate 24 Hz data Scans to average fi set to 1 Example If scans to average 24 Seasave averages 24 scans saving NMEA position data added T NMEA depth date added data to computer at 1 scan second NMEA device connected to deck unit J NMEA time added Shaded sensors cannot be removed or changed to NMEA device connected to PC ae Hi type others are optional MV Surface PAR voltage added M Scan time added Channel Sensor aj New ent ew to create new con or 1 Frequency Temperature Den 2mloon file for this CTD ae Open to select different 2 Frequency Conductivity energy ie 3 Frequency Pressure Digiquartz with TC Saye Save or Save As to save peed sie S current con or xmicon file AADS votage0 pH P settings 5 A D voltage 1 Oxygen SBE 43 6 A D votage2 Fluorometer WET Labs ECO CDOM EROA AL elect 7 A D voltage3 Altimeter P Click d click 8 SPAR voltage
212. oefficient of conductivity for a natural salt solution 0 019 0 020 Sea Bird software uses 0 020 microS cm 134 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix IV Derived Parameter Formulas Seasave V7 Oxygen ml l is calculated as described in Application Note 64 SBE 43 Note Dissolved Oxygen Sensor or Application Note 13 1 SBE 13 23 30 Dissolved Oxygen ml I for the SBE 63 Optical Oxygen Sensor Calibration amp Deployment Dissolved Oxygen Sensor is calculated as described in its manual Tau and When you select oxygen as a derived variable there are two correction hysteresis corrections are not applicable to the SBE 63 options available e Tau correction The Tau correction tau T P 5V dt in the SBE 43 or tau doc dt in the SBE 13 or 23 improves response of the measured signal in regions of large oxygen gradients However this term also amplifies residual noise in the signal especially in deep water and in some situations this negative consequence overshadows the gains in signal responsiveness If the Tau correction is enabled oxygen computed by Seasave and SBE Data Processing s Data Conversion module are somewhat different from values computed by SBE Data Processing s Derive module Both algorithms compute the derivative of the oxygen signal with respect to time with a user input window size for calculating the derivative using a linear regression to determine the slope Seasave and Data Conversion use a wi
213. ollecting data or playing back archived data the Alarms display looks like this Alarms If no alarm is on when Seasave is collecting data or playing back archived data the Alarms display looks like this If an alarm is on when Seasave is collecting data or playing back archived data the display looks like this with the two icons alternating every 0 5 seconds Alarms Alarms 103 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 7 Display Setting Up Seasave Displays Seasave V7 Remote Display Note As an alternative to using the software provided by Sea Bird you can develop your own application using your desired software Software on the remote computer is required to view data output from Seasave Sea Bird provides two methods for performing this function Seasave Remote has many of the same display and plotting capabilities as Seasave It can be used to display data on a remote computer that is transmitted via TCP IP or to a shared file Data transmitted via TCP IP must be converted data in XML format data transmitted to a shared file must be in XML format Seasave Remote can also be used to fire bottles from a remote computer See Appendix V Seasave Remote for Remote Display and Bottle Firing FixedDisplay jar and FireBottles jar are sample Java applications FixedDisplay jar allows you to view a Fixed display on a remote computer to display data transmitted via TCP IP must be converted data in XML format FireBottles jar
214. on the data output format 3 NMEA latitude longitude data 6 characters for latitude omitting sign from the Deck Unit 6 characters for longitude omitting sign 2 characters for status and sign status indicating new position or same position sign indicating north south east west 4 NMEA depth data 6 characters 5 NMEA time data 8 characters seconds since January 1 2000 written with the low byte first 6 System time scan time added in configuration file 8 characters seconds since January 1 1970 written with the low byte first The data order for the SBE 9plus with SBE 11plus Deck Unit varies from what is shown above The 911p us output is in the following order each added parameter must be enabled in the xmlcon or con configuration file in Seasave 1 Data from instrument A Each frequency 6 characters B Each voltage 3 characters 2 Surface Par SPAR voltage data 2 characters of wasted space meaningless characters following by 4 characters of SPAR data 3 NMEA latitude longitude data 6 characters for latitude omitting sign 6 characters for longitude omitting sign 2 characters for status and sign status indicating new position or same position sign indicating north south east west 4 NMEA depth data 6 characters 5 NMEA time data 8 characters seconds since January 1 2000 written with the low byte first 6 More data from instrument A Pressure temperature 3 c
215. onfigure Inputs C Documents and Settings dbresko SEABIRD A pplication Data x Defaults are shown for instrument selected on Instrument Configuration tab and are typical settings Instument Configuration Serial Ports Water Sample TCP IP Potts Miscellaneous Pump Contra for that instrument If your instrument will not communicate at settings shown e Many instruments have a user programmable CTD Serial Port baud rate your instrument may have been COM port COMI y Defaults for SBE 911plus CTD with programmed to communicate at a different baud RS 232C consult manual for baud command Baud rate 19200 y Baud Rate 19200 Update COM port AND OR Data Bits 9 pulldown to include Your instrument may have a custom modification Data bits 8 v Party None connected USB ports that affects baud rate data bits and or parity y consult manual that was shipped with instrument Parity None v Set to Defaults Discover Ports for settings COM port connected to SBE 11p us Deck Unit Modem Wate Samping and 311 Pump Control Serial Port con Channel connector or SBE 33 Deck Unit Carousel Data Not applicable unless a water sampler is selected on Water Sampler tab in Configure Inputs and or connector to send commands to and receive replies Enable Pump On Pump Off commands is selected on Pump Control tab in Configure Inputs from water sampler Note Same COM port is used to send pump control commands to a custom Qplus this COM por
216. onfigure Inputs dialog box click the Pump Control tab Configure Inputs C Documents and Settings dbresko Application Data Sea Bir Instrument Configuration Serial Ports Water Sampler TCP IP Ports Miscellaneous Pump Control This setting is only applicable to a custom build of the SBE Splus Select the serial port for pump control on the Serial Ports tab If enabled Pump On and Pump Off functions are available in Real Time Control menu during data Enable pump on pump off commands acquisition If not enabled those functions are grayed out and unavailable Define serial port for pump control operation on Serial Ports tab Make the desired selection Click OK or click another tab in Configure Inputs 13 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 6 Configure Outputs Seasave V7 Section 6 Configure Outputs This section describes the setup of the following in Configure Outputs exception of the oxygen descent rate amp acceleration calculations See Appendix IV Derived Parameter Formulas Notes e Serial data output e Setup of all parameters except e Serial ports Diagnostics in Configure Outputs e Shared file output is included in the Seasave sc Marke giriables program setup psa file To save the setup you must save the psa e TCP IP output file File menu Save Setup File e TCP IP ports before exiting Seasave e SBE 11plus alarms only applicable if instrument configuration con or ee apen
217. onnected directly to computer gt gt gt COM port connected to instrument Baud rate between instrument and computer must agree with instrument setup user programmed Parity and data bits between instrument and computer must agree with instrument setting SBE 16 19 or 25 7 data bits even parity SBE 16plus 16plus V2 19plus 19plus V2 45 or 49 8 data bits no parity e SBE 21 with Interface Box gt gt COM port connected to Interface Box RS 232C connector Baud rate between Interface Box and computer must be greater than or equal to baud rate between SBE 21 and Interface Box and must agree with Interface Box setup user programmed to 1200 2400 4800 9600 or 19200 Parity and data bits between SBE 21 and Interface Box and between Interface Box and computer must agree with SBE 21 and Interface Box setting user programmed to 7 data bits even parity e SBE 45 with optional Interface Box gt gt COM port connected to Interface Box PC connector Baud rate between Interface Box and computer must agree with Interface Box and SBE 45 setup user programmed to 4800 9600 or 19200 in both Interface Box and in SBE 45 Parity and data bits between SBE 45 and Interface Box and between Interface Box and computer must agree with SBE 45 and Interface Box setting 8 data bits no parity 66 7 23 2 Section 5 Configure Inputs Part III Serial Ports Water Sampler
218. or Sea Tech LS6000 or WET Labs stLs6000diff OBS Seatech LS6000 Diff 2 1 stLs6000diff LBSS 2nd sensor Ist sensor obsscufa OBS Turner SCUFA NTU obsscufa NTU 1 sensor obsscufal OBS Turner SCUFA 2 NTU obsscufa2 NTU 2nd sensor obsscufadiff OBS Turner SCUFA Diff 2 1 NTU obsscufadiff NTU 2nd sensor 1st sensor Optical Brighteners Turner Cyclops ppb obrflTCO QS obrfITC ppb QS 1 sensor Optical Brighteners Turner Cyclops 2 ppb obrflTC1 QS obrfITC2 ppb QS 2nd sensor Optical Brighteners Turner Cyclops Diff 2 obrflTCdiff 1 ppb QS obrflTCdiff ppb QS 2nd sensor Ist sensor orp Oxidation Reduction Potential mV orp mV 151 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix VIII Output Variable Names Seasave V7 Short Name Full Name Friendly Name Units Notes Comments sbeox0V Oxygen raw SBE 43 V sbeox V V 1 sensor sbeox0F Oxygen raw SBE 43 Hz sbeoxF Hz 1 sensor sbeox1V Oxygen raw SBE 43 2 V sbeox V2 V 2nd sensor sbeox1F Oxygen raw SBE 43 2 Hz sbeoxF2 Hz 2nd sensor sbeox0ML L Oxygen SBE 43 ml I sbeox ml l ml l 1 sensor sbeox0Mg L Oxygen SBE 43 mg l sbeox mg l mg l 1 sensor sbeox0PS Oxygen SBE 43 saturation sbeox S saturation 1 sensor sbeox0Mm Kg_ Oxygen SBE 43 umol kg sbeox mm kg umol kg 1 sensor sbeox0Mm L Oxygen SBE 43 umol 1 sbeoxM
219. or calibration date 53 Temperature sensor calibration date 54 Secondary conductivity sensor calibration date 55 Secondary temperature sensor calibration date 56 Pressure sensor calibration date 57 Oxygen Beckman YSI type sensor calibration date 58 pH sensor calibration date 59 PAR light sensor calibration date 60 Transmissometer SeaTech Chelsea AlphaTracka WET Labs Cstar sensor calibration date 61 Fluorometer SeaTech sensor calibration date 62 Tilt sensor calibration date 63 ORP sensor calibration date 64 Primary OBS Nephelometer D amp A Backscatterance sensor calibration date 65 Microstructure temperature sensor calibration date 66 Microstructure conductivity sensor calibration date 67 FREMER OBS nephelometer sensor calibration date 68 Chelsea OBS nephelometer sensor calibration date 69 ZAPS sensor calibration date 70 Secondary oxygen Beckman YSI type sensor serial number 71 Secondary oxygen Beckman YSI type sensor calibration date 72 Secondary oxygen Beckman YSI type M B K C SOC TCOR 73 Secondary oxygen Beckman YSI type WT PCOR TAU BOC 74 User polynomial 1 sensor serial number 75 User polynomial 1 sensor calibration date 76 User polyl AO Al A2 A3 ae User polynomial 2 sensor serial number 78 User polynomial 2 sensor calibration date 719 User polynomial 2 AO Al A2 A3 80 User polynomial 3 sensor serial number 81 User polynomial 3 sensor calibration date 82 User polynomial 3 AO Al A2 A3
220. or calibration equations contain an offset term Unless noted otherwise use the offset default 0 0 to make small corrections for sensor drift between calibrations Calibration coefficients are discussed below for each type of sensor Temperature conductivity and Digiquartz pressure sensors are covered first followed by the remaining frequency sensor types in alphabetical order Temperature Calibration Coefficients Enter g h i j or a b c d and fO from the calibration sheet Enter values for slope default 1 0 and offset default 0 0 to make small corrections for temperature sensor drift between calibrations Corrected temperature slope computed temperature offset where slope true temperature span instrument temperature span offset true temperature instrument reading slope measured at 0 C Temperature Slope and Offset Correction Example At true temperature 0 0 C instrument reading 0 0015 C At true temperature 25 0 C instrument reading 25 0005 C Calculating the slope and offset Slope 25 0 0 0 25 0005 0 0015 1 000040002 Offset 0 0 0 0015 1 000040002 0 001500060 Sea Bird temperature sensors usually drift by changing offset typically resulting in higher temperature readings over time for sensors with serial number less than 1050 and lower temperature readings over time for sensors with serial number greater than 1050 Sea Bird s data indic
221. osoft Notepad can be used to open and look at data in the shared file However the data you are viewing will not refresh while the file is open in other words you must close the file and reopen it to view the latest data 77 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 6 Configure Outputs Seasave V7 Notes on Viewing Shared File in XML Format If you select XML format for the output shared file the resulting xml file cannot be opened with a web browser such as Internet Explorer 7 or FireFox For example if you try to open the xml file with Internet Explorer 7 the error message looks like this Only one top level element is allowed in an XML document Error processing resource The output contains a top level tag for the settings and a top level tag for each scan of data making it incompatible with these browsers The xml file can be viewed using any of the following e Microsoft Notepad e Symbol Click XML Marker e Seasave Remote see Remote Display above Notes on Converting Shared File in XML Format to Format Compatible with Spreadsheet Software After data acquisition is complete you can convert an output xml file to a tab delimited txt format that can be opened in Microsoft Excel To convert the file 1 Inthe Tools menu select Convert shared file output xml file to spreadsheet format 2 A dialog box appears Browse to the desired xml input file and select the path and file name for the output txt file and then click
222. ottle firing confirmation is received from the Rosette e If desired you can use Seasave s Mark Scan feature to manually note when bottles are fired creating a mrk file SBE Data Processing can use the bottle firing information in any of these forms to assist you in processing water bottle data To enable and set up the water sampler click Configure Inputs In the Configure Inputs dialog box click the Water Sampler tab Make the desired selections Click OK or click another tab in Configure Inputs SBE ECO OBE 5 CO 1015 1016 ticure Inputs C Documents and SettingsidbreskoMApplication DatalSea Bir X Hydro Bios IOW or None Define serial port for water sampler operation on Serial Ports tab Note Hydro Bios and IOS for custom applications only strument Configuration Serial Ports Water Sampler TCPAP Ports Miscellaneous Pump Contral Water sampler type SBE Carousel Select the serial port for water sampler operation on the Serial Ports tab Total number of bottles to be closed up to 36 depending on water sampler capacity Sequential When commanded to fire bottles are fired in order of position bottle in position 1 fired first bottle in position Number of Water Bottles H 2 fired second etc User Input When commanded to fire Firing sequence Sequential Seasave prompts you to select which bottle to fire irj J Enable remote firing Control bottle firing f
223. p control option This may be useful if your system is integrated with an acoustic instrument to provide a quiet period during its data acquisition Note that although the same COM port is used to operate a water sampler and to send pump control commands to the 9p us the manual pump control does not interfere with water sampler operation To manually turn the 9p us pump on off 1 Select Configure Inputs A On the Instrument Configuration tab open or create a configuration con or xmlcon file for the 91 1plus B On the Pump Control tab select Enable pump on pump off commands C On the Serial Ports tab in the Water Sampling and 911 Pump Control Serial Port section select the COM port connected to the SBE 1 1plus Deck Unit Modem Channel connector D Click OK to exit Configure Inputs 2 Set up the rest of the system and displays as desired 3 Start real time data acquisition 4 When desired In the Real Time Control menu select Pump On or Pump Off OR Press Ctrl F2 pump on or Ctrl F4 pump off Resetting Control Positions Seasave allows you to reset control positions i e position of the NMEA Data Mark Scan and Fire Bottle Control displays This may be useful if you moved a display onto a second monitor in a previous session If the second monitor is no longer available the display will open on that non existent monitor where you cannot see it Select Reset Control Position in the Real Time Control men
224. pears to define use of the autofireondowncast command line parameter See Appendix I Command Line Operation the closure order and closure pressures or depths Auto Fire Table Entry Upcast is enabled has begun when ae pressure depth exceeds this value If CTD Input values for each bottle Use pressure db to determine bottle firing never meets this criteria i e CTD did not firing as pressure db or n de oth ase ers i a box go as deep as anticipated no water samples are taken text changes to comespond Use depth meters to determine bottle firing Fire bottles on upcast when pressure db is less than 300 000000 Depth type Salt water or Fresh water used to calculate depth from measured pressure if depth in meters is selected Allow manual firing e For salt water algorithm estimates local gravity from latitude It uses latitude from NMEA navigation device if NMEA is enabled in con or xmicon file If your system does not have NMEA enter desired latitude on Miscellaneous tab in Configure Inputs For fresh water algorithm ignores gravity variation with latitude because fresh water applications are usually shallow and effect of gravity variation is insignificant See below for discussion of setup for mixed mode allowing manual firing of some bottles with auto fire of Pressure Bottle other bottles iti D o 2 5 co on o ni Oo oa Bottles may be closed
225. plus Sealogger Configuration ccceeccesccesecseeeneceeeeeeeeeeeeeeerens 39 SBE 45 MicroTSG Configuration ccccesccssccssecseeeeeeeseeeseeeseeseenseenseens 42 SBE 49 FastCAT Configuration cccccccescsseeseceseeeseeeeeeeseeeseeesesseeneeens 43 Section 4 Configure Inputs Part II Calibration Coefficients 44 Accessing Calibration Coefficients Dialog Boxes ccsssscseeeeecneeeeeeteees 44 Importing and Exporting Calibration Coefficients 45 Calibration Coefficients for Frequency Sensors cceccesseeeseesceerceeseeneenees 46 Temperature Calibration Coefficients ccceccceeceeseesseeeseceeeseeeneeeneenes 46 Conductivity Calibration Coefficients ccceeceeceeseceseececeeeeneeeneeeneeees 47 Pressure Paroscientific Digiquartz Calibration Coefficients 48 Bottles Closed HB IOW Calibration Coefficients 0 cece eeeeeeeeees 48 Sound Velocity IOW Calibration Coefficients ceceseessesteeneeeeees 48 Calibration Coefficients for A D Count Sensofs esseesesesseeeceeeceereeeenees 49 Temperature Calibration Coefficients cccecceeeeseeeseeeteceseeneeeneeeseenes 49 Pressure Strain Gauge Calibration Coefficients 0 tee ceeeceeseneeeeeenees 49 Calibration Coefficients for Voltage Sensors c ccecseesceeeereeeeseeseeeseeeseenees 50 Pressure Strain Gauge Calibration Coefficients 0 0 0 eeceeeeeteeeeeeeeees 50 Altimeter C
226. pointTurbiditySensor SensorID 33 gt lt SerialNumber gt 1955 lt SerialNumber gt lt CalibrationDate gt 5 30 02 lt CalibrationDate gt turbidity calibration coefficients lt OBS_SeapointTurbiditySensor gt lt Sensor gt lt Sensor index 6 SensorID 21 gt lt FluoroWetlabWetstarSensor SensorID 21 gt lt SerialNumber gt WS3S 835P lt SerialNumber gt lt CalibrationDate gt 4 12 02 lt CalibrationDate gt sate wetstar calibration coefficients lt FluoroWetlabWetstarSensor gt lt Sensor gt lt SensorArray gt lt Instrument gt lt SBE_InstrumentConfiguration gt end of configuration information lt SecondsBetweenUpdates gt 0 0 lt SecondsBetweenUpdates gt input on TCP IP Out tab lt scan index 0 gt 03EA4709F0A0080202777B93DC52E100030952 lt scan gt start of hex data lt scan index 1 gt 03EA4909F0A0080203777A93EC52C900010949 lt scan gt 81 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 6 Configure Outputs Seasave V7 Note As an alternative to using the software provided by Sea Bird you can develop your own application using your desired software Remote Display Software on the remote computer is required to view data output via TCP IP Sea Bird provides two methods for performing this function if outputting converted data in XML format e Seasave Remote has many of the same display and plotting capabilities as Seasave It can be used to display data on a remote computer that is transmitted v
227. pplicable unless Send data to SBE 14 remote display is selected on SBE 14 Remote Display tab in Configure Qutputs COM port COM4 Make the desired selections Click OK or click another tab in Configure Outputs 76 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 6 Configure Outputs Seasave V7 Shared File Output Configure Outputs C Program Files Sea Bird Seasave Seasave psa x Output data to shared txt file in ASCII format If selected data is output in XML format instead of ASCII format You must select XML format if planning to use Seasave Remote to view data on a remote computer Rate at which data for selected variables is sent to shared file For full rate data set to 0 Note As an alternative to using the software provided by Sea Bird you can develop your own application using your desired software SBE 11 plus Alarms SBE 14 Remote Display PC Alarms Header Form Diagnostics erial Data Out Serial Ports Shared File Out Mark Variables TCP IP Out TCP IP Ports Seasave can output selected raw data frequencies voltages and or A D counts as applicable and converted data to a shared ASCII txt file or XML xml file on your computer For converted data Seasave applies calibration coefficients to the raw data to calculate converted data in engineering units To enable and set up shared file output click Configure Outputs In the Configure Outputs dialog box click the
228. pth average sound velocity descent rate acceleration oxygen File menu Save Setup File plume anomaly and potential temperature anomaly before exiting Seasave e Pump control only applicable for a custom SBE 9plus CTD For setup of the instrument configuration con or xmlcon file see Section 3 Configure Inputs Part I Instrument Configuration con or xmicon file and Section 4 Configure Inputs Part IT Calibration Coefficients Serial Ports The Serial Ports tab defines serial ports and other communication parameters for e Sending commands to and receiving replies from the CTD e Sending commands to and receiving replies from a water sampler through the SBE 11plus Deck Unit Modem Channel connector or SBE 33 Deck Unit Carousel Data connector e Sending pump control commands to a custom SBE 9plus through the SBE 1 1plus Deck Unit Modem Channel connector e Outputting data to a serial port for user defined purposes e Outputting converted data through a serial port to an SBE 14 Remote Display Serial port parameters can be defined in Configure Inputs or Configure Outputs if you make changes in one dialog box those changes will appear when you open the other dialog box 64 7 23 2 Section 5 Configure Inputs Part III Serial Ports Water Sampler TCP IP Ports Miscellaneous amp Pump Control _Seasave V7 Click Configure Inputs In the Configure Inputs dialog box click the Serial Ports tab C
229. putting converted data through a serial port to an SBE 14 Remote Display Serial port parameters can be defined in Configure Inputs or Configure Outputs if you make changes in one dialog box those changes will appear when you open the other dialog box Click Configure Outputs In the Configure Outputs dialog box click the Serial Ports tab infigure Outputs C Documents and Settings dbresko SEABIRD pplication Da g Defaults are shown for instrument selected on Instrument Configuration tab in Configure Inputs and are typical settings for that instrument If your instrument will not SBE 11plus Alarms SBE 14 Remote Display PC Alarms Header Form Diagnostics communicate at settings shown SerialDataOut Serial Pots Shared File Out Mark Variables TCP IP Out TCP IP Pors e Many instruments have a user programmable baud rate your instrument may have been programmed to CTD Serial Port communicate at a different baud consult manual for COM port baud command AND OR P COMI v Defaults for SBE 911 plus CTD with i ee AS 232C Your instrument may have a custom modification that Baud rate R Update COM port affects baud data bits and or parity consult manual 13200 ad Baud Rate 19200 pulldown to include shipped with instrument for settings Data bits 8 Pay None connected USB ports Parity None v Set to Defaults COM port connected to SBE 11plus Deck Unit Modem Channel connector or SBE 33 Deck Unit Carousel Data W
230. quation is valid for 5 lt T lt 50 and 0 lt S lt 60 Outside of those ranges the software returns a value of 99 for Oxsol As implemented in Sea Bird software the Weiss equation is valid for 2 lt T lt 40 and 0 lt S lt 42 Outside of those ranges the software returns a value of 99 for Oxsat Note The nitrogen saturation equation is based on work from Weiss 1970 Oxygen saturation is the theoretical saturation limit of the water at the local temperature and salinity value but with local pressure reset to zero 1 atmosphere This calculation represents what the local parcel of water could have absorbed from the atmosphere when it was last at the surface p 0 but at the same T S value Oxygen saturation can be calculated as Garcia and Gordon or Weiss Garcia amp Gordon Oxsol T S exp A0 A1 Ts A2 Ts A3 Ts A4 Ts 4 A5 Ts S BO B1 Ts B2 Ts B3 Ts CO S 7 where e Oxsol T S oxygen saturation value ml I e S salinity psu e T water temperature ITS 90 C e Ts In 298 15 T 273 15 T e A0 2 00907 Al 3 22014 A2 4 0501 A3 4 94457 A4 0 256847 A5 3 88767 e BO 0 00624523 B1 0 00737614 B2 0 010341 B3 0 00817083 e C0 0 000000488682 Weiss Oxsat T S exp A1 A2 100 T A3 In T 100 A4 T 100 S B1 B2 T 100 B3 T 100 where e Oxsat T S oxygen saturatio
231. r 25 FGP pressure sensor 0 calibration date 26 FGP pressure sensor 0 scale factor offset Qik FGP pressure sensor 1 serial number 28 FGP pressure sensor 1 calibration date 29 FGP pressure sensor 1 scale factor offset 30 FGP pressure sensor 2 serial number 31 FGP pressure sensor 2 calibration date 32 FGP pressure sensor 2 scale factor offset 33 FGP pressure sensor 3 serial number 34 FGP pressure sensor 3 calibration date 35 FGP pressure sensor 3 scale factor offset 36 FGP pressure sensor 4 serial number 37 FGP pressure sensor 4 calibration date 38 FGP pressure sensor 4 scale factor offset 39 FGP pressure sensor 5 serial number 40 FGP pressure sensor 5 calibration date 41 FGP pressure sensor 5 scale factor offset 42 FGP pressure sensor 6 serial number 43 FGP pressure sensor 6 calibration date 44 FGP pressure sensor 6 scale factor offset 45 FGP pressure sensor 7 serial number 46 FGP pressure sensor 7 calibration date 47 FGP pressure sensor 7 scale factor offset 48 Primary OBS Nephelometer Seapoint turbidity meter sensor serial number 49 Primary OBS Nephelometer Seapoint turbidity meter sensor calibration date 50 Primary OBS Nephelometer Seapoint turbidity meter gain scale Si Secondary OBS Nephelometer Seapoint turbidity meter sensor serial number 52 Secondary OBS Nephelometer Seapoint turbidity meter sensor calibration date 53 Secondary OBS Nephelometer Seapoint turbidity meter gain scale 54 Fluorometer Dr Haardt Yel
232. r typing or resulting possibility of typographical errors 18 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file Seasave V7 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part I Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file Note Setup of all parameters in Configure Inputs including the name and location of the selected con or xmlicon file is included in the Seasave program setup psa file To save the setup you must save the psa file File menu Save Setup File before exiting Seasave This section describes the setup of the instrument configuration con or xmicon file in Configure Inputs For setup of other items in Configure Inputs see Section 5 Configure Inputs Part III Serial Ports Water Sampler TCP IP Ports Miscellaneous and Pump Control Introduction Notes e Sea Bird supplies a con or xmlcon file with each instrument The con or xmlcon file must match the existing instrument configuration and contain current sensor calibration information e Appendix II Configure con or xmlicon File Format contains a line by line description of the contents of the file Instrument Configuration Note Unless noted otherwise Seasave supports only one of each auxiliary sensor model on a CTD for example you cannot specify two Chelsea Minitracka fluorometers but you can specify a Chelsea Minitracka and a Chelsea UV Aquatracka fluo
233. range http unesdoc unesco org images 0009 000964 09645 I mb pdf Equations are provided for the following oceanographic parameters density density sigma theta sigma 1 sigma 2 sigma 4 sigma t thermosteric anomaly specific volume specific volume anomaly geopotential anomaly dynamic meters depth salt water fresh water seafloor depth salt water fresh water practical salinity psu sound velocity Chen Millero DelGrosso Wilson average sound velocity potential temperature reference pressure 0 0 decibars potential temperature anomaly plume anomaly specific conductivity oxygen requires pressure temperature and conductivity as well as oxygen signal for SBE 43 oxygen current and oxygen temperature for SBE 13 or 23 or oxygen phase and thermistor voltage SBE 63 oxygen saturation oxygen percent saturation nitrogen saturation derivative variables descent rate and acceleration corrected irradiance CPAR 127 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix IV Derived Parameter Formulas Seasave V7 density p p s t p kg m density of seawater with salinity s temperature t and pressure p based on the equation of state for seawater EOS80 Density calculation Using the following constants BO 8 24493e 1 B1 4 0899e 3 B2 7 6438e 5 B3 8 2467e 7 B4 5 3875e 9 CO 5 72466e 3 Cl 1 0227e 4 C2 1 6546e 6 DO 4 8314e 4 A0 999 842594 Al 6 793952e 2 A2 9 095290e 3
234. rature connector or an SBE 3 remote temperature sensor if SBE 21 equipped with 3 pin remote temperature connector e Firmware version gt 5 0 These SBE 21s are compatible with an SBE 38 remote temperature sensor and are not compatible with an SBE 3 remote temperature sensor Channel Sensor table reflects this choice Must agree with SBE 21 setup for SV x firmware gt 5 0 or SVx firmware lt 5 0 x 0 1 2 3 Channel Sensor table reflects this choice Shows RS 232 or 4 channels see reply from DS i channel if SBE 38 selected or additional frequency based Voltage channel 0 in con or I l ion fo 2 temperature channel if SBE 3 selected Must agree with xmicon file corresponds to sensor SBE 21 setup SBE38 and SBE3 see reply from DS wired to channel 0 on end cap If remote temperature is selected Seasave and Data connector voltage channel 1 Conversion and Derive in SBE Data Processing uses remote corresponds to sensor wired to Fu temperature data when calculating density and sound velocity channel 1 on end cap connector etc ternal voltage channels fi Time between scans Used to calculate elapsed time NMEA Select if NMEA if you select time as as an output parameter navigation device used and 2 Must agree with SBE 21 setup SI for firmware gt 5 0 or select whether device is Sample interval seconds SI for firmware lt 5 0 see reply from DS connected directly to Deck Unit or to computer if connected
235. rchived Data dialog box will appear with your saved selections 114 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 9 Archived Data Displaying Archived Data Seasave V7 2 Click Start to begin processing and displaying data 3 To pause and restart data display A Inthe Archived Data menu select Pause The data display stops but Seasave retains information on where it stopped B When ready to restart the display where it stopped pull down the Archived Data menu You will see a check mark next to Pause select Pause to restart Note 4 To adjust rate that data is displayed rate that was entered in Playback Archived data playback can be very Archived Data dialog box as Data playback rate In the Archived Data fast if No Wait is selected if there is no menu select Faster Slower or No Wait No Wait plays back data at the scrolled view display For an example fastest possible speed which is useful for quick creation of plots data file with 392 000 scans archived equivalent to setting up the playback with Data playback rate set to 0 data playback took 19 seconds if only a plot display was generated adding a 5 scrolled display caused playback to take 13 minutes To stop data display In the Archived Data menu select Stop The data display stops 115 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 10 Processing Data Seasave V7 Section 10 Processing Data Sea Bird provides software SBE Data Processing for converting the raw data file into e
236. req 3000 pump delay 60 sec Mode MP for profile or MM for moored must match Mode in con or xmlcon file autorun no ignore magnetic switch no battery type ALKALINE battery cutoff 7 5 volts pressure sensor strain gauge range 1000 0 Pressure sensor PType must match Pressure sensor type in con or xmlcon file SBE 38 no WETLABS no OPTODE no SBE63 no Gas Tension Device no Selection enabling of RS 232 sensors SBE38 WetLabs Optode SBE63 GTD DualGTD must match Serial RS 232C sensor in con or xmlcon file Ext Volt 0 yes Ext Volt 1 yes Ext Volt 2 yes Ext Volt 3 yes Ext Volt 4 no Ext Volt 5 no Number of external voltage sensors enabled Volt0 through Volt5 must match External voltage channels in con or xmicon file echo characters yes output format raw Hex Output format must be set to raw Hex OutputFormat 0 to acquire data in Seasave 34 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file Seasave V7 SBE 21 SeaCAT Thermosalinograph Configuration In July 2009 Sea Bird updated the SBE 21 electronics and firmware As a result there were some changes in capabilities and in commands e Firmware version lt 5 0 Depending on serial number these SBE 21s may be integrated with an SBE 38 remote temperature sensor if SBE 21 equipped with 4 pin remote tempe
237. rom a remote computer through TCP IP Table Driven When commanded to fire ports instead of as defined by Firing Sequence Select ports bottles are fired in order pre defined by on TCP IP Ports tab See discussion below user input table Click Bottle Positions for Table Driven to input bottle positions Auto Fire Fire bottles automatically at user input pre defined pressures or depths can also fire some bottles manually on upceast Click Auto Fire Pressures amp Positions to input oe EAE parameters see discussion below Note Gon Auto Fire on downcast is available with use of autofireondowncast command Set up and test tone emitted by computer running Seasave when each bottle line parameter See fire confirmation is received Tone is provided through Appendix I Command Line Operation e PC s internal speaker or e PC s sound card for transmission to external speakers or headphones Tone for bottle fire confirmation PC sound card Note If G O 1016 is selected there is an entry for Arm offset in the dialog box 67 7 23 2 Section 5 Configure Inputs Part III Serial Ports Water Sampler TCP IP Ports Miscellaneous amp Pump Control Seasave V7 Auto Fire Note Auto fire can be set up to fire on If you select Auto Fire on the Water Sampler tab and click Auto Fire downcast instead of upcast with the Pressures amp Positions the Auto Fire Table Entry dialog box ap
238. rometer See the sensor descriptions in Section 4 Configure Inputs Part II Calibration Coefficients for those sensors that Seasave supports in a redundant configuration two or more of the same model interfacing with the CTD The instrument configuration con or xmlcon file defines the instrument configuration what sensors are integrated with the instrument and what channels are used by the sensors and the sensor calibration coefficients Seasave uses this information to convert the raw data stream into engineering units for display during real time data acquisition or archived data playback The configuration file discussion is in two parts e Instrument Configuration in this section Configuration dialog box for each instrument SBE 911 917plus 16 l6plus 16plus V2 19 19plus 19plus V2 21 25 45 and 49 e Section 4 Configure Inputs Part II Calibration Coefficients calculation of calibration coefficients for each type of frequency A D count voltage and RS 232 sensor The discussion of instrument configuration is in two parts e General description of how to view modify or create a con or xmlcon file e Detailed description of the Configuration dialog box for each instrument 19 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file Seasave V7 Viewing Modifying or Creating con or xmlcon File 1 To create a new con or xmlicon fi
239. rts Ports for communication with remote bottle firing client Define TCP IP ports to use for remote bottle firing e Receive commands to fire bottles from another application on Not applicable unless Enable remote firing is selected on Water Sampler tab same computer or from another computer through defined port it Configure Inputs e Send status response bottle fire confirmations to another Receive commands default 49167 a167 application on same computer or to another computer through defined port Send status default 49168 49168 Ports f blishing data t te clients Define TCP IP ports to send data sli arabe Ea E lied e Send converted data through defined port to another Not applicable unless Output raw or converted data to socket using application on same computer or to another computer TCP IP is selected on TCP IP Out tab in Configure Outputs e Send raw data through defined port to another application on Send converted data default 43161 49161 same computer or to another computer Senditew data default 49160 PT Report Help OK Cancel Make the desired selections Click OK or click another tab in Note Configure Outputs Appendix V Seasave Remote for Remote Display and Bottle Firing and Appendix VI Java Applications for Remote Display and Bottle Firing provide information on Sea Bird software that can be installed on a remote computer for viewing data and firing bottles 83 Man
240. rts Water Sampler TCP IP Ports Miscellaneous amp Pump Control Seasave V7 CTD Serial Port Baud Rate Data Bits and Parity e SBE 9plus with SBE 11plus V2 Deck Unit with or without Ages Sampler gt COM port connected to Deck Unit SBE 11 Interface connector Baud rate between Deck Unit and computer must agree with Deck Unit setting 19200 baud Parity and data bits between Deck Unit and computer must agree with Deck Unit setting 8 data bits no parity e SBE 19 19plus 19plus V2 or 25 with Water Sampler and SBE 33 Deck Unit or with PDIM and SBE 33 Deck Unit gt COM port connected to Deck Unit Serial Data connector sends commands to and receives replies from the CTD through the Water Sampler Baud rate between Deck Unit and computer must agree with Deck Unit setting 4800 9600 or 19200 Parity and data bits between Deck Unit and computer must agree with Deck Unit setting 7 or 8 data bits even or no parity e a 19 19plus 19plus V2 25 or 49 with PDIM and 36 Deck Unit COM port connected to Deck Unit Serial Data connector sends commands to and receives replies from the CTD through the PDIM Baud rate between Deck Unit and computer must agree with Deck Unit setting 9600 or 19200 Parity and data bits between Deck Unit and computer must agree with Deck Unit setting 7 or 8 data bits even or no parity e SBE 16 16plus 16plus V2 19 19plus 19plus V2 25 45 or 49 c
241. s for more details 1 In Seasave s Configure Outputs select one of the following methods for transmitting data to a remote computer e On the TCP IP Out tab select Output converted data to socket using TCP IP and select XML format Click Select Variables pick the desired variables for viewing remotely and click OK Click OK to exit the Configure Outputs dialog box OR e On the Shared File Out tab select Output data to shared file and select XML format Click Select File define the path and file name for the shared file and click Save Click Select Variables pick the desired variables for viewing remotely and click OK Click OK to exit the Configure Outputs dialog box 2 In Seasave s Configure Inputs on the Water Sampler tab set up the water sampler and select Enable remote firing see Water Sampler in Section 5 Configure Inputs Part III Serial Ports Water Sampler TCP IP Ports Miscellaneous and Pump Control 3 In Seasave s Real Time Control menu select Fire Bottle Control The Bottle Fire dialog box appears you can leave this open throughout the cast Remote Fire Bottle Fire xi Fired 0 Bottle Firing Sequence Client is not connected 138 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix V Seasave Remote for Remote Display and Bottle Firin Seasave V7 4 Onthe remote computer double click on SeasaveRem exe Seasave Remote has menus a Status bar and fixed scrolled and or plot displays as well as a bot
242. s in with another instrument or for another deployment Seasave is limited only by your computer s resources and other Displays can be added and or reconfigured during data acquisition simultaneous demands on your without interrupting data acquisition For example if you start a cast and computer i e other programs realize that you forgot to select some desired variables in a display you can running at the same time If too sht clickinthedisnlayi dify it select the desired variabil d th many windows are open the right click in the display to modify it select the desired variables and save the displays may not update properly changes without interrupting data acquisition Once the desired changes are Algorithms used to calculate derived saved the display will show the additional variables of course any data that parameters for output and or display Was acquired before you modified the display will not appear in the display in Seasave are the same as used in SBE Data Processing s Derive and Data Conversion modules with the exception of the oxygen descent rate amp acceleration calculations See Appendix IV Derived Parameter Formulas This section describes how to set up and arrange Seasave display windows Adding New Display Window 1 Click Display and select Add New Fixed Scrolled or Plot Display Window 2 The display dialog box appears The selections in the dialog box vary depending on the display t
243. s incorrect nodeckunit 9plus only Provides smoother operation for a 9plus CTD used without an 11plus Deck Unit Note If specifying multiple parameters insert a space between each parameter in the list Running Seasave with Command Line Parameters general instructions Notes e If the path includes any spaces To run Seasave with a Command Line Parameter enclose the path in quotes path See the examples 1 In the Windows Start menu select Run The Run dialog box appears e An alternative method of running Enter the command line parameter s as shown below Seasave with a Command Line Parameter is from a command Path seasave exe parameter parameter2 prompt where Path is the location of seasave exe on your computer and one or more command line parameters are listed Examples e C Program Files Sea Bird SeasaveV7 seasave exe autostart C Test Directory test psa automatically start Seasave and data acquisition based on setup in test psa and save data to hex file specified in test psa e C Program Files Sea Bird SeasaveV7 seasave exe autostart C Test Directory test psa u enable 2 parameters shown automatically start Seasave and data acquisition based on setup in test psa but ignore hex file specified in psa and save data to a uniquely named hex file e C Program Files Sea Bird SeasaveV7 seasave exe autofireondowncast automatically start Seasave In Se
244. save ini Seasave Remote program setup file comparable to Seasave program setup file described above Primary psa file default location if available is LOCALAPPDATA Sea Bird SeasaveRem Example c Users dbresko AppData Local Sea Bird SeasaveRem SeasaveRem psa Secondary psa file default location is APPDATA Sea Bird SeasaveRem Example c Documents and Settings dbresko SEABIRD Application Data Sea Bird SeasaveRem SeasaveRem psa SeasaveRem ini contains a list of paths and file names for recently used psa files To view click File and select Recent Setup Files Primary Seasave ini file default location if available is LOCALAPPDATA Sea Bird IniFiles Example c Users dbresko AppData Local Sea Bird IniFiles SeasaveRem ini Secondary Seasave ini file default location is APPDATA Sea Bird IniFiles Example c Documents and Settings dbresko SEABIRD Application Data Sea Bird IniFiles SeasaveRem ini xml Sensor calibration coefficient file This file can be exported and or imported from the dialog box for a sensor This allows you to move a sensor from one instrument to another and update the instrument s con or xmlcon file while eliminating need for typing or resulting possibility of typographical errors e File written by Seaterm232 for data uploaded from SBE 25plus This file can be played back in Seasave xmicon See con extension above 16 Manual revision 7 23 2
245. sesceeeeeseceseeeaeceeeeneeeaeesneeses 80 Remote Display sennie iiini iii iien iiie i E E S 82 TEPP POS eeren eei i eiert te E Eeri eer ii EE E 83 SBE lI plus Alarms iiinn iie a 84 SBE 14 Remote Displays ci ccccoseececesccvctscacetctececcectecdicesetend dette e ii 85 PEA lams eeo ana tes en R teens N R e E E e A E eea 86 Header FoM oeri hienn ae tsa ER enna eee a ES 87 Dla SHOStiC Senensi aen a e e Os ve tees den R EE 89 Section 7 Display Setting Up Seasave Displays e sesssessseccoescossoesoosssesssee 90 Adding New Display Window cccesccsscsssesecesseeseeeseeeeeeeeeeesenseenseesreeeaeenaes 90 Importing Display Window ccesceessceccesecescecseeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenseenaeenaes 90 Editing Display Window c ccsccesccescesceeeeecaeeeseeeneeseceeeeeeeseeeneaeneesseenaeenaes 91 Exporting Display Window ccesccsscssecesececeeseeeneceseeeeeeeeseeneeseeeenaeenaeenaes 91 Printing Display Window ccsccesceeseeseceseceneeeseeeseeseeeeeeeceseeeeeeceeeseenaeentes 91 Resizing Plot Display Window cccccccesecsesseceseceseeeeeeeeceeeneeeeseeeseeerencaeentes 91 Fixed Display on nieri cece EREE tai iene Mine inad deni E 92 Scrolled Display 2 cse v5 cc25 ees isie e e EN iai bests 93 Plot Display icnrcnnr enren E ieknres a inetd einen eee 94 Plot Setup Tab is vi ccs seccscs sec sedeecivsscekcdads E a E a RE tative 95 AXIS Tabs n ea E hd ono E a ee tied 97 Print Options Tab cess nesnice
246. ssing s Data Conversion module scans identified in the bl file or with a bottle confirmation bit are written to a file with a ros extension 110 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition Seasave V7 Marking Scans Note The mrk file has the same path and file name as the data file For example if the data file is c test1 hex the mrk file is c test1 mrk Notes e The Mark Scan button in the Mark Scan Control dialog box is inaccessible until you start saving data to a file So if you did not select Begin archiving data immediately or selected Begin archiving data when Start Archiving command is sent and did not yet send the Start Archiving command the Mark Scan button is grayed out If desired you can mark scans without using the Mark Scan Control dialog box Each time you want to mark a scan press Ctrl F5 Mark Scan allows you to copy the most recent scan of data to a mark mrk file as desired The mrk file can be used to manually note water sampler bottle firings compare CTD data with data acquired from a Thermosalinograph at the same time or mark significant events in the cast winch problems large waves causing ship heave etc for later review and analysis of the data If a plot display is set up to Show Mark Lines Seasave also draws a horizontal line in the plot each time you mark a scan To mark scans 1 Set up the Mar
247. stalled in the same folder as SBE Data Processing Right click on the desired configuration file select Open With and select DisplayConFile This utility is often used at Sea Bird to quickly open and view a configuration file for troubleshooting purposes without needing to go through the additional steps of selecting the file in SBE Data Processing or Seasave xmlicon Configuration File Format Note xmicon configuration files written in XML format were introduced with We recommend that you do not open SBE Data Processing and Seasave 7 20a A xmlcon file uses XML tags to describe each line in the file Versions 7 20a and later allow you to open a con or a xmlcon file and to save the configuration to a con or a xmlcon file Instruments introduced after 7 20a are compatible only with xmlcon files xmicon files with a text editor i e Notepad Wordpad etc con Configuration File Format Shown below is a line by line description of a con configuration file contents which can be viewed in a text editor i e Notepad Wordpad etc Line Contents 1 Conductivity sensor serial number 2 Conductivity M A B C D CPCOR 3 Conductivity cell const series r slope offset use GHIJ coefficients 4 Temperature sensor serial number 5 Temperature FO A B C D slope offset use GHIJ coefficients 6 Seco
248. sure Strain Gauge psi prE psi strain gauge pressure sensor pumps Pump Status pumps rfuels0O Refined Fuels Turner Cyclops ppb NS rfuels ppb NS 1 sensor rfuels1 Refined Fuels Turner Cyclops 2 ppb NS fuels2 ppb NS 2nd sensor Refined Fuels Turner Cyclops Diff 2 1 rfuelsdiff ppb NS rfuelsdiff ppb NS 2nd sensor Ist sensor thodflTCO Rhodamine Turner Cyclops ppb rhodflTC ppb 1 sensor thodflTC1 Rhodamine Turner Cyclops 2 ppb rhodflTC2 ppb 2nd sensor Rhodamine Turner Cyclops Diff 2 1 rhodflTCdiff ppb rhodflTCdiff ppb 2nd sensor Ist sensor wl0 RS 232 WET Labs raw counts 0 wl Counts 1 sensor wll RS 232 WET Labs raw counts 1 wl2 Counts 2nd sensor wl2 RS 232 WET Labs raw counts 2 wl3 Counts 3rd sensor w13 RS 232 WET Labs raw counts 3 wl4 Counts 4th sensor wl4 RS 232 WET Labs raw counts 4 wl5 Counts 5th sensor wl5 RS 232 WET Labs raw counts 5 wl6 Counts 6th sensor sal00 or sal Salinity Practical PSU sal PSU 1 sensor sall1 Salinity Practical 2 PSU sal2 PSU 2nd sensor secS priS Salinity Practical Difference 2 1 PSU _ sal2 sall PSU 2nd sensor Ist sensor scan Scan Count scan Calculated in SBE Data Processing s Bin Average nbin Scans Per Bin nbin module sfdSM Seafloor depth salt water m sfdS M salt water m sfdSF Seafloor depth salt water ft sfdS F salt water ft sfdFM Seafloor depth fresh water m sfdF M fresh water m sfdFF Seafloor depth fresh water ft sfdF F fresh water ft Chen Millero svCM Soun
249. sure to select both when configuring the CTD For the direct voltage channel enter vm0 vd0 d0 and k diffusion k vm vm0 vd vd0 d0 where k scale factor vm measured voltage vm0 measured voltage offset vd direct voltage vd0 direct voltage offset d0 diffusion offset e Seapoint Turbidity Enter gain setting and scale factor output volts 500 scale factor gain where Scale factor is from calibration sheet Gain is dependent on cable used see cable drawing Note Seasave can process data for an instrument interfacing with up to two Seapoint Turbidity sensors e Seatech LS6000 and WET Labs LBSS Enter gain setting slope and offset Output volts range 5 slope offset where Slope is from calibration sheet Range is based on sensor ordered see calibration sheet and cable dependent gain see cable drawing to determine if low or high gain High Gain 2 25 7 5 75 225 33 Low Gain 7 5 25 250 750 100 Note Seasave can process data for an instrument interfacing with up to two Seatech LS6000 or WET Labs LBSS sensors e Turner SCUFA Enter scale factor and offset NTU scale factor voltage offset corrected chlorophyll mx chlorophyll my NTU b where mx my and b coefficients entered for Turner SCUFA fluorometer chlorophyll results from fluorometer channel in SCUFA see Turner SCUFA in fluorometer equations above Note Seasave can process data for an instrume
250. t lt SensorArray Size 7 gt lt Sensor index 0 SensorID 58 gt lt TemperatureSensor SensorID 58 gt lt SerialNumber gt 4216 lt SerialNumber gt lt CalibrationDate gt 21 May 02 lt CalibrationDate gt lt A0 gt 1 23634100e 003 lt A0 gt Site temperature calibration coefficients lt TemperatureSensor gt lt Sensor gt lt Sensor index 1 SensorID 3 gt lt ConductivitySensor SensorID 3 gt lt SerialNumber gt 4216 lt SerialNumber gt lt CalibrationDate gt 21 May 02 lt CalibrationDate gt er conductivity calibration coefficients lt ConductivitySensor gt lt Sensor gt lt Sensor index 2 SensorID 46 gt lt PressureSensor SensorID 46 gt lt SerialNumber gt 4216 lt SerialNumber gt lt CalibrationDate gt 08 Apr 02 lt CalibrationDate gt She pressure calibration coefficients lt PressureSensor gt lt Sensor gt lt Sensor index 3 SensorID 38 gt lt OxygenSensor SensorID 38 gt lt SerialNumber gt 0274 lt SerialNumber gt lt CalibrationDate gt 5 22 02 lt CalibrationDate gt whee oxygen calibration coefficients lt CalibrationCoefficients gt lt OxygenSensor gt lt Sensor gt lt Sensor index 4 SensorID 43 gt lt pH_Sensor SensorID 43 gt lt SerialNumber gt 0403 lt SerialNumber gt lt CalibrationDate gt 4 12 02 lt CalibrationDate gt Sale pH calibration coefficients lt pH_Sensor gt lt Sensor gt lt Sensor index 5 SensorID 33 gt lt OBS_Sea
251. t 1 8741le 8 p 4 2393e 8 t 1 8932e 6 ds 6 6228e 10 t 6 836e 8 t 8 5258e 6 t 3 5803e 5 gt potential temperature double PoTemp double s double t0 double p0 double pr local potential temperature at pr using atg procedure for adiabadic lapse rate Fofonoff N Deep Sea Res 24 489 491 s salinity t0 local temperature deg C ITPS 68 p0 local pressure in decibars pr reference pressure in decibars double p t h xk q temp po pr ATG s t XK he ATG s t p 0 29289322 xk q 58578644 xk 0 121320344 gq h ATG s t p 1 707106781 xk q 3 414213562 xk 4 121320344 q 50259 x h k h ATG s t p temp t xk 2 0 q 6 0 return temp x TQtKX QexdQtx Tct potential temperature ITS 90 6 s t p p 1 00024 C potential temperature anomaly potential temperature a0 al x salinity or potential temperature a0 al x Sigma theta Note Enter a0 and al and select salinity or sigma theta on the Miscellaneous tab in Configure Inputs 133 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix IV Derived Parameter Formulas Seasave V7 Note Reference Baker E T Feely R A Mottl M J Sansone F T Wheat C G Resing J A Lupton J E Hydrothermal plumes along the East Pacific Rise 8 40 to 11 50 N Plume distribution and relationship to the apparent magmatic budget Eart
252. t Conductivity S m Temperature ITS 90 deg C Pressure Strain Gauge db Salinity PSU 3 In Seasave start real time data acquisition You should see data appear on the remote computer display as well as on the displays in Seasave 4 When you are done click Disconnect on the remote computer 142 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix VI Java Applications for Remote Display and Bottle Firing Seasave V7 Firing Bottles via TCP IP from a Remote Computer Note To get the Server address instructions are for Windows XP 1 On the computer that is running Seasave click Start gt Control Panel Double click Network Connections Double click Local Area Network Connection Click the Support tab to see the computer s IP address this is the address to enter as the Server address in the Remote Bottle Fire for SeasaveV7 window To fire bottles via TCP IP 1 3 In Seasave s Configure Inputs on the Water Sampler tab set up the water sampler and select Enable remote firing see Water Sampler in Section 5 Configure Inputs Part III Serial Ports Water Sampler TCP IP Ports Miscellaneous and Pump Control In Seasave s Real Time Control menu select Fire Bottle Control The Bottle Fire dialog box appears you can leave this open throughout the cast Remote Fire Bottle Fire x Fired 0 Bottle Firing Sequence Client is not connected Disconnect
253. t COM does not interfere with water sampler operation Serial Data Output Serial Port COM port COM Not applicable unless Output data to serial COM port baud rate data bits stop bits and parity for pott is selected on Serial Data Out tab in output data Typical values for use with most Baud rate 600 Configure Outputs computers 9600 baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity See Section 6 Configure Outputs for setup of Data bits serial data output P Stop bits Parity None z SBE 14 Remote Display Serial Port COM port connected to SBE 14 Remove Display Not applicable unless Send data to SBE 14 remote display is selected on SBE 14 Remote Display tab See Section 6 Configure Outputs for setup of data in Configure Outputs output to SBE 14 COM port COMA COM port and baud rate for NMEA devi ted ee port and baud rate for evice connecte l i directly to computer See Section 3 Configure Inputs COM pott comM5 w Not applicable unless NMEA device Part I Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file p 4 te connected to PC is selected in the for selection of NMEA device connection 4800 v instrument configuration file Report Help OK Cancel Make the desired selections Click OK or click another tab in Configure Inputs Descriptions follow for the CTD Serial Port baud rate data bits and parity entries for each instrument 65 7 23 2 Section 5 Configure Inputs Part III Serial Po
254. t size and orientation was defined on Print Options tab However you can change these by clicking Preferences in Print dialog box Copy Copy Copy to Clipboard Plot size and format was defined on Copy Options tab If you selected Show dialog to select format when copying plot to clipboard on Copy Options tab Seasave prompts you to select format metafile JPG or bitmap Save Save Picture as__ Bring up Save to File dialog box Plot size and default type jpg bmp or wmf was defined on Save Options tab However you can change file type in Save to File dialog box 101 M anual revision 7 23 2 Section 7 Display Setting Up Seasave Displays Seasave V7 The Modify Ranges dialog box right click on the Plot Display and select Modify Ranges looks like this Modify Ranges Plot Display 1 Divisions Decimal Minimum Maximum Major Minor Digits Depth salt water m 0 0000 7000 0000 8 4 3 Conductivity S m 0 0000000 5 0000000 5 5 3 Temperature ITS 90 deg C o oo000 f 8 00000 5 5 3 Salinity Practical PSU 34 00000 25 00000 5 5 q Apply Help Cancel This allows you to easily and quickly modify the range for each axis Click Apply to see how any changes look Click OK to exit the dialog box all changes will be retained but you can undo the changes if desired using the Undo button on the plot toolbar Status Display Note Seasave s title bar shows the selected instru
255. ta to remote software via TCP IP Manual revision 7 23 2 System Requirements Section 1 Introduction Seasave V7 Seasoft V2 was designed to work with a PC running Win XP Service pack 2 or later Windows Vista or Windows 7 Instruments Supported Seasave supports the following Sea Bird instruments SBE 91 1plus and 917plus CTD system SBE 16 SeaCAT C T optional pressure Recorder SBE 16plus SeaCAT C T optional pressure Recorder SBE 16plus V2 SeaCAT C T optional pressure Recorder SBE 19 SeaCAT Profiler SBE 19plus SeaCAT Profiler SBE 19plus V2 SeaCAT Profiler SBE 21 SeaCAT Thermosalinograph SBE 25 Sealogger CTD SBE 25plus Sealogger CTD SBE 45 MicroTSG Thermosalinograph SBE 49 FastCAT CTD Sensor Additionally Seasave supports many other sensors instruments interfacing with the instruments listed above including Sea Bird oxygen pH and ORP sensors SBE 32 Carousel Water Sampler SBE 55 ECO Water Sampler and assorted equipment from third party manufacturers Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 2 Installation and Use Seasave V7 Section 2 Installation and Use Seasoft V2 was designed to work with a PC running Win XP Service pack 2 or later Windows Vista or Windows 7 Installation 1 Ifnot already installed install Seasave and other Sea Bird software programs on your computer using the supplied software CD Note Sea Bird supplies the current version A Insert the CD in your CD drive of our software
256. tab Configure Outputs C Documents and Settings dbresko SEABIRD Application Da x SBE 11plus Alarms SBE 14 Remote Display PC Alarms Header Form Diagnostics Serial Data Out Serial Ports Shared File Out Mark Variables TCP IP Out TCP IP Ports Define TCP IP ports to use for remote bottle firing Ports for communication with remote bottle firing client e Receive commands to fire bottles from another application on Not applicable unless Enable remote firing is selected on Water Sampler tab same computer or from another computer through defined port in Configure Inputs e Send status response bottle fire confirmations to another application on same computer or to another computer through Receive commands default 43167 49167 defined port Send status default 49168 asee Ports for publishing data to remote clients Define TCP IP ports to send data Not applicable unless Output raw or converted data to socket using e Send converted data through defined port to another TCP IP is selected on TCP IP Out tab in Configure Outputs application on same computer or to another computer Send ted dat default 49161 eT e Send raw data through defined port to another application on aa E EE hen ele same computer or to another computer Send raw data default 43160 49160 Note Enter the desired values Click OK or click another tab in Configure Inputs Appendix V Seasave Remote
257. te displa e Altimeter Height Pressure altimeter Affects Seasave s depth calculation height and pressure alternate on display Select the serial port for SBE 14 Remote Display on the Serial Ports tal e Salt water Program estimates local Note Altimeter height available only if Remote dil dane Den 7 gravity from latitude from NMEA navigation altimeter included in configuration con or 2 device if NMEA enabled in con or xmlcon xmlcon file Depth type Salt water file If system does not have NMEA enter latitude on Miscellaneous tab in Configure Seconds between updates 1 In a P ts gu e Fresh water Program ignores gravit Re oe eral dea sisal to M Enable minimum pressure alan variation with latitude ires ae i with data out ut baud set i SBE 14 to 300 Sound alarm when pressure is less than decibars 20 applications are usually shallow effect of p gravity variation is insignificant baud cannot be changed and number of variables transmitted Seasave will not work JV Enable maximum pressure alarm ve LI properly if data is presented to COM port at Enable minimum maximum pressure alarm faster than port can transmit it to SBE 14 Sound alarm when pressure is greater than decibars 1000 in SBE 14 see drawing below Eta Enable altimeter alarm in SBE 14 Set Alarm VES sees ap set point at altimeter reading where you want Alarm set point meters 10 Set Minimum pressure to enable alarm alarm to sound Set Al
258. tes eSBE 14 setup in Seasave applies if The SBE 14 Remote Display can display depth pressure and or altimeter SBE 14 is connected to a COM port height for a CTD system and can be set up to turn on an alarm based on If SBE 14 is connected to 11p us Deck minimum and maximum pressures an altimeter integrated with the CTD Unit SBE 14 Setup is done by sending and or a bottom contact switch integrated with the CTD commands to the 11plus in Seaterm eAltimeter alarm is available only if selected configuration con or xmlicon file has a CTD with altimeter eBottom contact switch alarm SBE 9plus Always available All other CTDs Available only if selected configuration con or xmlicon file has a CTD with bottom contact switch To enable and set up the SBE 14 click Configure Outputs In the Configure Outputs dialog box click the SBE 14 Remote Display tab Configure Outputs C Program Files Sea Bird Seasave Seasave psa_ xj Select converted data to display e Altimeter Height 3 digits Serial Data Out Serial Potts Shared File Out Mark Variables TCP IP Out TCP IP Pats e Depth 4 digits SBE 11plusAlams SBE 14 Remote Display PC Alarms Header Form Diagnostics e Pressure 4 digits l Enable sending data to SBE 14 using serial port defined on Serial Ports tab e Altimeter Height Depth altimeter height and depth alternate on display IV Send data to SBE 14 remo
259. th voltage WO0 Vref factory voltage output in pure water manufacturer factory calibration Tw transmission in pure water for transmission relative to water Tw 100 or for transmission relative to air Tw is defined by table below Tw Transmission in Pure Water relative to AIR Wavelength 10 cm Path Length 25 cm Path Length 488 nm blue 99 8 99 6 532 nm green 99 5 98 8 660 nm red 96 0 96 4 90 2 91 3 Transmissometer Example from calibration sheet Vair 4 743 V Vd 0 002 V Vref 4 565 V Tw 100 for transmission relative to water from current calibration Al 4 719 volts and Y1 0 006 volts M 22 046 B 0 132 Note Seasave can process data for an instrument interfacing with up to six WET Labs C Stars 60 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 4 Configure Inputs Part II Calibration Coefficients Seasave V7 User Polynomial for user defined sensor Calibration Coefficients The user polynomial allows you to define an equation to relate the sensor output voltage to calculated engineering units if your sensor is not pre defined in Sea Bird software Enter a0 al a2 and a3 Value a0 al V a2 V a3 V3 where V voltage from sensor a0 al a2 and a3 user defined sensor polynomial coefficients If desired enter the sensor name This name will appear in the data file header Note Seasave can process data for an instrument interfacin
260. th white background Size determined by Values entered below e Plot display size dimensions of plot as shown on screen or Print with white background f If selected make background Size determined by colors white Width 160 00 e Values Entered Below dimensions entered in dialog box Height 120 00 mm inches or points Units Milimeters Y 98 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 7 Display Setting Up Seasave Displays Seasave V7 Save Options Tab The save options tab defines output file type and size for when the plot is saved to a file as a wmf jpg or bmp The Save Options tab looks like this Plot Display 1 i xj Plot Setup Y Axis XAxis 1 XAxis 2 Print Options Save Options Copy Options Default format for save metafile wmf JPG jpg or bitmap bmp This defines default file extension in Save to File dialog box but one of the other file extensions can be selected at that time if desired Defaut format for save UPG Lipa heo E E N aaa Save as wmf file options Size determined by Values entered below Size determined by F e Plot display size Units Milimeters v Width fi60 00 Height 120 00 dimensions of plot as shown on screen or 5 5 i Save as ipg file options Size determined by Values entered below Values Entered Below dimensions entered in 3 r dialog box mm inches Units are pixels Width 512 Height 384 or po
261. that all header lines must begin with an asterisk and END indicates the end of the header An example is shown below with the added lines in bold Sea Bird SBE 21 Data File FileName C Odis SAT2 ODIS oct14 19 ocl15 99 hex Software Version Seasave Win32 v1 10 Temperature SN 2366 Conductivity SN 2366 System UpLoad Time Oct 15 1999 10 57 19 Testing adding header lines Must start with an asterisk Place anywhere between System Upload Time amp END of header NMEA Latitude 30 59 70 N NMEA Longitude 081 37 93 W NMEA UTC Time Oct 15 1999 10 57 19 Store Lat Lon Data Append to Every Scan and Append to NAV File When lt Ctrl F7 gt is Pressed xe SHLD Sea Bird xx Cruise Sea Bird Header Test Station Latitude Longitude END HH F 4 HF FF 116 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 10 Processing Data Seasave V7 5 Inthe File menu select Save not Save As Something similar to the following message displays You are about to save the document in a Text Only format which will remove all formatting Are you sure you want to do this Ignore the message and click Yes 6 In the File menu select Exit 117 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix l Command Line Operation Seasave V7 Appendix I Command Line Operation Seasave has a number of command line parameters for infrequently used options Parameter Function autostart filen
262. the concentration channel enter D AO Al BO B1 and B2 Methane concentration Vt 1 1 e exp D In B0 B1 exp _ umol I B2 Vm AO AI Vt Where Vt temperature voltage Vm methane concentration voltage For the temperature channel enter T1 and T2 Gas temperature Vt T1 T2 C OBS Nephelometer Turbidity Calibration Coefficients In general turbidity sensors are calibrated to a standard formazin However particle size shape refraction etc in seawater varies These variations affect the results unless field calibrations are performed on typical water samples e Downing amp Associates D amp A OBS 3 Backscatterance Enter gain and offset output volts gain offset where gain range 5 see calibration sheet for range Note Seasave can process data for an instrument interfacing with up to two OBS 3 sensors e Downing amp Associates D amp A OBS 3 Enter AO Al and A2 output A0 Al V A2 V where V voltage from sensor milliVolts AO Al and A2 calibration coefficients from D amp A calibration sheet Note Seasave can process data for an instrument interfacing with up to two OBS 3 sensors e Chelsea Enter clear water value and scale factor turbidity F T U 10 0Y C scale factor where V voltage from sensor See calibration sheet for C clear water value and scale factor e Dr Haardt Turbidity Enter AO Al BO and B1 Select
263. the path is enclosed in quotes A small amount of data is ost at the end of each specified time interval because Seasave briefly shuts down and then restarts Testing at Sea Bird with several instruments showed a 10 20 second gap in the data each acquisition was stopped and restarted using this technique The gap is dependent on the instrument and its setup and configuration we suggest running a test with your specific setup before implementation in the field Example bat script ond cd cd Program Files cd Sea Bird cd Seasavev7 repeat_ forever start w seasave exe autostart C test psa u autostop 60 goto repeat forever automatically start Seasave and data acquisition based on setup in test psa but ignore hex file specified in psa and save data to a uniquely named hex file Stop acquisition after 60 minutes and shut Seasave Repeat the sequence Run the bat file using a DOS command window When ready to stop the start acquire data stop sequence simply close the DOS window 120 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix Il Configure con or xmlcon File Format Seasave V7 Appendix II Configure con or xmlcon File Format Modify a con or xmlcon configuration file by selecting Configure Inputs clicking on the Instrument Configuration tab in the dialog box and clicking on Modify Configuration files con or xmlcon can also be opened viewed and modified with DisplayConFile exe a utility that is in
264. tion Seasave Remote has many of the same display and plotting capabilities as Seasave It can be used to display data on a remote computer that is transmitted in XML format via TCP IP or to a shared file and to fire bottles from a remote computer See Appendix V Seasave Remote for Remote Display and Bottle Firing or Seasave Remote s Help files FixedDisplay jar and FireBottles jar are sample Java applications FixedDisplay jar allows you to view a Fixed display on a remote computer to display data that is transmitted via TCP IP in XML format FireBottles jar allows you to fire bottles from a remote computer You can use the provided sample applications or modify them as desired See Appendix VI Java Applications for Remote Display and Bottle Firing 70 7 23 2 Section 5 Configure Inputs Part III Serial Ports Water Sampler TCP IP Ports Miscellaneous amp Pump Control Seasave V7 TCP IP Ports TCP IP is Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol a communication protocol used to connect hosts on the internet and or over networks TCP IP allows you to connect your CTD to a computer on deck while receiving data and firing bottles at a remote location elsewhere on the ship TCP IP ports can be defined in Configure Inputs or Configure Outputs if you make changes in one dialog box those changes will appear when you open the other dialog box Click Configure Inputs In the Configure Inputs dialog box click the TCP IP Ports
265. titude longitude and time during data acquisition and to select scans to be written to a nav file Each scan written to the nav file contains latitude longitude time scan number and pressure The source of the date and time information in the NMEA display and in the output data file header varies depending on your NMEA navigation device e NMEA data includes both time and time both the NMEA Display and the NMEA UTC Time in the output data file header show the NMEA date and time e NMEA data includes time but not date the NMEA Display shows the NMEA time and the date from the computer while the NMEA UTC Time in the output data file header shows just the NMEA time e NMEA data does not include date or time both the NMEA Display and the NMEA UTC Time in the output data file header contain no date time information 111 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition Seasave V7 To add data to a nav file 1 Inthe Display menu or the Real Time Control menu select NMEA Display The NMEA Data dialog box appears NMEA Data xi Latitude Longitude Date Time Number of NAY file entries 0 Addto NAV File 2 Start real time data acquisition 3 When desired click Add to nav File or press Ctrl F7 Turning Pump On Off Seasave allows you to manually turn a SBE 9plus pump on and off during data acquisition for a 9p us with the manual pum
266. tle Positions for Table Driven to input the desired bottle firing order Double click Local Area Network 8 In Seasave start real time data acquisition 9 In Seasave Remote s Data menu click Connect If you already have display windows set up in Seasave Remote you should begin to see data the Status bar should show that you are connected 10 If desired modify or add display windows in Seasave Remote using the same methods as in Seasave 139 Manual revision 7 23 2 Appendix V Seasave Remote for Remote Display and Bottle Firing Seasave V7 11 In Seasave Remote s Bottle Fire menu click Bottle Fire Control In the Bottle Fire dialog box click Connect The Status bar should show that you are connected to the bottle fire client Connected to on ports and you can now fire bottles from Seasave Remote Note 12 In Seasave Remote s Remote Bottle Fire window click Fire Bottle when When Seasave receives a bottle fired confirmation from a water sampler its response to remote bottle firing is identical to bottle firing from within the desired When Seasave receives a bottle fired confirmation from a water sampler it software it writes bottle fire data to a increments the Fired and shows the bottle number that was fired in the file or sets a bottle confirm bit in the Bottle Firing Sequence box data file as applicable to the equipment used See Firing Bottles by When Seasave Remote receives a bottle fir
267. tle fire control window Wickes Bo eet J tires Wing iequerce 1 2 3 Nios bette fi Dismet FreBetle j He Bottle fire IScrolled control Display 46 gt 24 aly on ee 5 In Seasave Remote click the TCP IP Ports menu the TCP IP Ports Note dialog box appears Define the address of the computer running Seasave To get the Server address and the ports used for transmitting data if transmitting data via TCP IP instructions are for Windows XP and for remote bottle firing commands and status the ports must match the 1 On the computer that is running ports defined on Seasave s TCP IP Ports tab in Configure Inputs or Seasave click Start gt Control Configure Outputs Panel 2 DOUDIE CICK NENON Connections 6 In Seasave Remote s Data menu select Data Source the Data Source Connection Click the Support tab dialog box appears Select the Data Source for the displays TCP IP or to see the computer s IP address Shared File If you select Shared File browse to the path and file name for this is the address to enter as the the shared file Server address in the Seasave Remote Fixed Display window 7 for remote bottle firing In Seasave Remote s Bottle Fire menu select Configure Bottle Firing The Configure Bottle Firing dialog box appears Select the bottle fire sequence Sequential User Input or Table Driven Enter the number of bottles on your water sampler If you selected Table Driven click Bot
268. to Ea A xmlcon file is for 911plus 917plus CTD rived parameters for outpu e i and or display in Seasave are the P aca Display same as used in SBE Data Processing s Derive and Data e Header form Conversion modules with the e Diagnostics Some outputs serial data out shared file out SBE 11plus alarms and remote display and PC alarms can be reconfigured during data acquisition without interrupting data acquisition For example if you start a cast and realize that you forgot to set up the serial data output you can select Configure Outputs and make and save the desired changes all without interrupting the data acquisition Once the desired changes are saved the serial data will begin to output to the desired COM port of course any data that was acquired before you modified the setup will not be output in the serial data stream For setup of the inputs see Section 3 Configure Inputs Part I Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file Section 4 Configure Inputs Part IT Calibration Coefficients and Section 5 Configure Inputs Part HI Serial Ports Water Sampler TCP IP Ports Miscellaneous and Pump Control 74 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 6 Configure Outputs Seasave V7 Serial Data Output Note Your computer could crash if data is Seasave can output selected raw data frequencies voltages and or presented to the COM port faster than A D counts as applicable and converted data in ASCII or
269. to T computer define serial port and v NMEA position data added NMEA depth data added baud rate on Configure Inputs Serial Ports tab You can also NMEA device connected to deck unit NMEA time added append NMEA depth data 3 bytes and NMEA time data 4 C NMEA devi levice connected to PC bytes after Lat Lon data Seasave adds current latitude longitude Select to have Seasave append time seconds since and universal time code to data ti January 1 1970 GMT to each data scan header appends NMEA data to a Scan time added every scan and writes NMEA data to nav file every time Ctrl F7 Channel Sensor New New to create new con or is pressed or Add to nav File is IEE T xmlicon file for this CTD Frequenc emperature clicked see Adding NMEA Data sich P i Open j Open to select different to nav File in Section 8 Real 2 Frequency Conductivity con or xmlcon file Time Data and Real Time Control OE ee _ Save or Save As to save Real Time Data Acquisition 3 Serial RS 232 Temperature SBE 38 4 current con or xmlicon file Note NMEA time can only be 4 A D voltage 0 pH settings appended if NMEA device connected to computer Shaded sensors cannot be removed or changed to another type of sensor All others are optional Click a non shaded sensor and click Select to pick a different sensor for Click a sensor that channel A dialog box with a list of sensors appears Select sensors and c
270. tom and right of axes outside axes title grid lines Monochrome plot Black and axes labels axes plots mark white plot lines bottle lines and contour lines as applicable Button is not enabled if Monochrome plot was selected Seconds between plot updates Time between each calculation of Font list depends on what fonts are installed on variables for updating plot each display can have different update rate computer Font and font size apply to everything Faster than 1 sec can be difficult to view Set to O for full rate data on plot title axis labels numbers on grid etc For Display downcast only or Enable upcast line colors Sea surface Pressure decrease to determine upcast upcast enabled if pressure decrease exceeds this Set greater than peak to peak ship heave to avoid Seasave calculating that upcast has begun because of pressure change associated with ship heave Minimum pressure to determine upcast set close to expected maximum cast depth 95 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 7 Display Setting Up Seasave Displays Seasave V7 For TS Plot Setup Ifa TS plot type is selected on the Plot Setup tab the TS Plot Setup button is enabled The TS Plot Setup defines the contour lines for the plot the user selects from the following contour types e Density contours Seasave calculates and plots sigma t contours if temperature is plotted or sigma theta contours if potential temperature is plotted see Ax
271. tput of specific variables depth average sound velocity descent rate acceleration oxygen plume anomaly potential temperature anomaly e Pump Control Enable user pump control for a custom SBE 9plus 2 Define output parameters see Section 6 Configure Outputs e Serial Data Out Enable and set up output of selected raw and or converted data engineering units to a COM port on your computer e Serial Ports Define COM ports and other communication parameters for CTD water sampler and 9p us pump control serial data output and SBE 14 Remote Display e Shared File Out Enable and set up output of selected raw and or converted data engineering units to a shared file on your computer e Mark Variables Set up format for marking of selected data scans e TCP IP Out Enable and set up output of raw or converted data to TCP IP ports e TCP IP Ports Define ports for communication with remote display and remote bottle firing software e SBE 1Iplus Alarms for SBE 9plus 1 1plus only Enable and set up lp us Deck Unit alarm minimum and maximum pressure alarm and altimeter alarm if altimeter integrated with 9p us CTD e SBE 14 Remote Display if SBE 14 connected to a computer COM port Enable and set up output of data to an SBE 14 and set up SBE 14 alarm minimum and maximum pressure alarm altimeter alarm if altimeter integrated with CTD and bottom contact switch alarm if bottom contact switch integrated
272. trument reading 0 00007 S m At true conductivity 3 5 S m instrument reading 3 49965 S m Calculating the slope and offset Slope 3 5 0 0 3 49965 0 00007 1 000080006 Offset 0 0 0 00007 1 000080006 0 000070006 The sensor usually drifts by changing span slope of the calibration curve typically resulting in lower conductivity readings over time Offset error error at 0 S m is usually due to electronics drift and is typically less than 0 0001 S m per year Because offsets greater than 0 0002 S m are a symptom of sensor malfunction Sea Bird recommends that drift corrections be made by assuming no offset error unless there is strong evidence to the contrary or a special need Wide Range Conductivity Sensors A wide range conductivity sensor has been modified to provide conductivity readings over a wider range by inserting a precision resistor in series with the conductivity cell Therefore the equation used to fit the calibration data is different from the standard equation The sensor s documentation includes the equation as well as the cell constant and series resistance to be entered in the program If the conductivity sensor serial number on the conductivity calibration sheet includes a w an indication that it is a wide range sensor for example 4216w 1 After you enter the calibration coefficients and click OK the Wide Range Conductivity dialog box appears 2 Enter the cell co
273. u select time as an output parameter Must agree scans to meN with 19plus setup NAvg see reply from DS e NMEA Select if NMEA navigation device used and select whether M NMEA position data added T NMEA depth data added device is connected directly to Deck Unit or to computer if connected to y AG computer define serial port and baud NMEA device connected to deck unit D NMEA time added rate on Configure Inputs Serial Ports tab You can also append NMEA 5 depth data 3 bytes and NMEA time NMEA device connected to PC data 4 bytes after Lat Lon data Seasave adds current latitude longitude and universal time code to Surface PAR voltage added T Scan time added data header appends NMEA data to every scan and writes NMEA data to New to create nav file every time Ctrl F7 is pressed Channel Censor New new con or or Add to nav File is clicked see xmicon file for Adding NMEA Data to nav File in 1 Count Temperature Shaded sensors this CTD Section 8 Real Time Data and Real on cannot be Open Open to select Time Control Real Time Data 2 Frequency Conductivity removed or different con or Acquisition changed to xmicon file Notes 3 Count Pressure Strain Gauge another type of Saye Save or Save As Ss All others to save current 1 NMEA time can only be appended if Sensor NMEA device connected to computer 4 A D voltage 0 Oyoen SBE 43 are optional ey con or xmlcon 2
274. u to bring all displays back into the main Seasave window 112 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition Seasave V7 Using Seasave with Moored Instruments Seasave is typically used with profiling instruments where data is acquired several times per second For moored instruments SBE 16 16plus 16plus V2 and 19 19plus 19plus V2 in moored mode there may be several minutes or hours between each data acquisition depending on the sample interval set in the instrument Seasave has two timeout entries in the Start Real Time Data Acquisition dialog box e Timeout in seconds at startup Time allowed before first data scan is received from instrument Seasave will time out and stop attempting to acquire data if data is not received from instrument within this time period e Timeout in seconds between scans Maximum gap allowed between scans after first data scan is received from instrument Seasave will time out and stop attempting to acquire data if data is not received from instrument within this time period for example if a shark bites cable and interrupts data acquisition Seasave stops attempting to acquire data after this gap You must adjust these timeouts to prevent Seasave from timing out between samples Set the timeouts to a number much greater than the instrument sample interval For example if an SBE 16p us V2 is programmed to sample at 5 minute 300 second intervals
275. ual revision 7 23 2 Section 6 Configure Outputs Seasave V7 SBE 11plus Alarms Seasave can set up an alarm in the SBE 1 1plus Deck Unit based on minimum and maximum pressures and or for an altimeter integrated with the SBE 9plus CTD Notes e Altimeter alarm is available only if selected configuration con or xmicon file has a 9plus CTD with altimeter The 11p us alarm also operates Click Configure Outputs In the Configure Outputs dialog box click the on input from a bottom contact SBE 11plus Alarms tab switch on the 9p us No setup is required in Seasave for the bottom contact switch Configure Outputs C Program Files Sea Bird Seasave Seasave psa Serial Data Out Serial Ports Shared File Out Mark Variables TCP IP Out TCP IP Ports SBE 11plus Alarms SBE 14 Remote Display PC Alarms Header Form Diagnostics Enable minimum maximum pressure rA alarm in 11plus see drawing below V Enable minimum pressure alarm Sound alarm when pressure is less than decibars 20 JV Enable maximum pressure alarm Enable altimeter alarm in 11plus Sound alarm when pressure is greater than decibars food see drawing below v Enable altimeter alarm Set Alarm set point at altimeter reading where you Alarm set point meters fio want alarm to sound Set Alarm hysteresis greater than expected ship ae heave swell to prevent on off on off sounding of Minimum press
276. udes errors diagnostics data and warnings to end of file Display Log File Display contents of indicated file using Notepad v Keep a diagnostics log for SeasaveAcg exe Select Path Enable diagnostics output for Seasave ae SHE is data Path C Documents and Settings dbresko Application Data Sea Bird cape ee ai Sanaa Level Log information _ Display Log File Erase Log File launched when you click Start in Start Real Time Data Acquisition dialog box Real Time Data menu Start Default name is SALog txt Other selections Level Display Log File Erase Log File are as described above for Seasave exe Make the desired selections Click OK or click another tab in Configure Outputs 89 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 7 Display Setting Up Seasave Displays Seasave V7 Section 7 Display Setting Up Seasave Displays Notes e Setup of all display windows in Display is included in the Seasave miata setup psa file To save There is no limit to the number of displays Edit a display to select desired the setup you must save the psa parameters number of digits for data display and plot characteristics labels file File menu Save Setup File grids etc This information is saved in the program setup psa file In before exiting Seasave addition you can export the display setup to a display setup dsa file for use The number of display window
277. ull Name Friendly Name Units Notes Comments dz dtM Descent Rate m s dz dt M m s dz dtF Descent Rate ft s dz dt F ft s Calculated in SBE Data dm Dynamic Meters 10 J kg dm 10 J kg Processing s Derive module flag Flag flag chConctr Fluorescence Biospherical Chl Con chConctr Concentration naFluor Fluorescence Biospherical Natural naFluor Natural fluorescence product Fluorescence Biospherical Production product Production Fluorescence Chelsea Aqua 3 Chl Con f1C ug l fIC ug l 1 sensor Fluorescence Chelsea Aqua 3 Chl Con 2 f1C1 ug l f1C2 ug l 2nd sensor Fluorescence Chelsea Aqua 3 Chl Con flCdiff Diff 2 1 ug l flCdiff ug l 2nd sensor 1st sensor fICM Fluorescence Chelsea Mini Chl Con ug l fICM ug l fICUVA Fluorescence Chelsea UV Aquatracka ug l flCUVA ug l 1 sensor Fluorescence Chelsea UV Aquatracka 2 flICUVAI1 ug l fICUVA2 ug l 2nd sensor Fluorescence Chelsea UV Aquatracka Diff fICUVAdiff 2 1 ug l fICUVAdiff ug l 2nd sensor Ist sensor haardtC Fluorescence Dr Haardt Chlorophyll a haardtC haardtP Fluorescence Dr Haardt Phycoerythrin haardtP haardtY Fluorescence Dr Haardt Yellow Sub haardtY fISP Fluorescence Seapoint fISP 1 sensor flSP1 Fluorescence Seapoint 2 flSP2 2nd sensor flSPdiff Fluorescence Seapoint Diff 2 1 flSPdiff 2nd sensor Ist sensor flSPR Fluorescence Seapoint Rhodamine fISPR fISPuvO Fluorescence Seapoint Ultraviolet flSPuv 1 sensor flSPuv1 Fluorescence Seapoint Ultraviolet 2
278. ure Digiquartz db 0 5439 Eat emperatare lisa deg Salinity PSU Salinity PSU Pressure Digiquartz db Adjust column width by placing mouse cursor over line at number column header and dragging gt The Scrolled Display has a list of the selected parameters across the top and displays the data in scrolling vertical columns z Adjust column width by E Scrolled Display1 _ placing mouse cursor over line and dragging Modify or print by right clicking in display and selecting desired option gt The Plot Display plots one parameter on the y axis and up to four parameters on the x axis or one parameter on the x axis and up to four parameters on the y axis EE Plot Display 1 oj xj lt gt gt Alaly y E Toolbar Buttons Temperature ITS 90 deg C 0 000 1 600 3 200 4 800 6 400 8 000 Modify or print by right clicking and selecting desired option or use toolbar buttons 0 000 1 000 2 000 3 000 4 000 5 000 Conductivity 5 m H 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 L 1 1 1 1 i i 1 1 L 1 L 1 1 34 200 34 400 34 600 34 800 35 000 Salinity PSU 10 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 2 Installation and Use Seasave V7 Seasave Menus Notes A brief description of Seasave s menus follows e The psa file contains all information entered in Configure Inputs and Configure Outputs instrument con or xmlcon file path and name CTD serial port water sampler TCP IP
279. ure to enable alarm decibars Set Minimum pressure to alarm caused by ship heave enable alarm greater than Example You want alarm to turn on at 10 m approximately 20 db to prevent set set point 10 m There is a 0 5 m swell Alarm for a bottom contact switch on SBE plus is automatically alarm from turning on while set hysteresis 1 m which should be sufficient to enabled No setup is required CTD is on ship deck or as itis account for possible 0 5 m upward movement due entering water when altimeter to ship heave Alarm sounds at 10 m above sea is measuring distance to deck bottom and stays on until altimeter goes above or to top of water surface 11 m when it shuts off until it falls to 10 m again Alarm hysteresis meters Enter the desired values Click OK or click another tab in Configure Outputs Sea Surface Alarm On when preset iss i ite range Altimeter alarm not on regardless of altimeter reading Minimum___ _________________ _ pressurealarm s s s s ML Minimum pressure db to enable altimeter alarm Atimeter alarm hysteresis m altimeter alarm 7 P stays on in this range after set point reached Maximum _ Altimeter alarm 4 set point m pressure alarm h larm on when pressure in this range Altimeter alarm on when altimeter in this range Sea Bottom 84 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 6 Configure Outputs Seasave V7 SBE 14 Remote Display No
280. utomatically Other bottles can also be fired manually but only if user fires them before water sampler reaches specified pressure or depth i n o mo ol o Bottles may be closed in any order desired Enter pressures depths in any order when you click OK Seasave reorders list from deepest to shallowest you can see reordered list by clicking Auto Fire Pressures amp Positions again on Water Sampler tab om ol ao j mma Q o oa Surface 0 m and 0 db Bottle closure pressures depths must be in this range except for bottles Fire bottles on upcast to be fired manually when pressure depth is less than set close to expected maximum cast pressure depth my gr j ua Cn a OK ii e CATE iil Help Make the desired selections Click OK 69 7 23 2 Section 5 Configure Inputs Part III Serial Ports Water Sampler TCP IP Ports Miscellaneous amp Pump Control Seasave V7 Remote Bottle Firing Note As an alternative to using the software provided by Sea Bird you can develop your own application for remote bottle firing using your desired software If you select Enable remote firing on the Water Sampler tab bottle firing is controlled from a remote computer connected via TCP IP ports to the computer that is running Seasave Software on the remote computer is required to control bottle firing via TCP IP Sea Bird provides two methods for performing this func
281. v file every time Ctrl F7 is pressed or Add to nav File is clicked see Adding NMEA Data to nav File in Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition Notes 1 NMEA time can only be appended if NMEA device connected to computer 2 NMEA depth can only be appended if NMEA device connected to computer or if using 19plus V2 with SBE 33 or 36 Deck Unit firmware gt 3 0 or PN 90488 or 90545 Interface Box Surface PAR Select if using with deck unit connected to Surface PAR sensor Seasave appends Surface PAR data to every scan Adds 2 channels to Channel Sensor table Do not increase External voltage channels to reflect this External voltage channels reflects only external voltages going directly to 19plus V2 from auxiliary sensor See Application Note 47 Scan time added Select to append time seconds since January 1 1970 GMT to each data scan SBE 19p us V2 SeaCAT Profiler Configuration Through the CTD s RS 232 sensor connector the SBE 19plus V2 can interface with an SBE 38 secondary temperature sensor SBE 63 Optical Dissolved Oxygen sensor WET Labs sensor single dual or triple channel ECO WETStar or C Star Optode or up to two Pro Oceanus Gas Tension Devices GTDs This data is appended to the data stream SBE 38 data does not replace the internal 19plus V2 temperature data Strain gauge or Digiquartz with temperature compensation Mode None SBE 38 secondary te
282. when you purchase an instrument As software revisions B occur we post the revised software on our FTP site Double click on SeasoftV2_date exe where date is the date the software release was created e You may not need the latest ere version Our revisions often include C Follow the dialog box directions to install the software improvements and new features related to one instrument which The default location for the software is c Program Files Sea Bird Within may have little or no impact on that folder is a sub directory for each program The installation program your operation allows you to install the desired components Install all the components See our website www seabird com or just install Seasave for the latest software version number a description of the software changes and instructions for downloading the software from the FTP site Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 2 Installation and Use Seasave V7 Seasave Use Notes Seasave Window e When you start Seasave you may get a message stating that Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this program to e Double click on seasave exe _ protect your computer if TCP IP default location c Program Files Sea Bird SeasaveV7 or output is enabled in the program e Left click on Start and follow the path Programs Sea Bird SeasaveV7 setup psa file Click Unblock to permanently unblock the TCP IP features of Seasave Seasave can be run
283. with CTD e PC Alarms Enable and set up alarm in the computer running Seasave minimum and maximum pressure alarm altimeter alarm if altimeter integrated with CTD and bottom contact switch alarm if bottom contact switch integrated with CTD e Header Form Create a customized header for the data e Diagnostics Enable and set up diagnostic outputs to assist in troubleshooting if you encounter difficulty running the program 3 Define Seasave displays Seasave can have an unlimited number of data displays limited only by the resources of your computer Three types of data displays are available fixed scrolled and plot displays Additionally you can open a Status display and a NMEA display See Section 7 Display Setting Up Seasave Displays 4 Start real time data acquisition If applicable and if enabled in Steps 1 and 2 fire bottles mark scans and or send Lat Lon data to a file during acquisition See Section 8 Real Time Data and Real Time Control Real Time Data Acquisition 14 Manual revision 7 23 2 File Formats Notes e Configuration files con or xmlcon can also be opened viewed and modified with DisplayConFile exe a utility that is installed in the same folder as SBE Data Processing Right click on the desired configuration file select Open With and select DisplayConFile This utility is often used at Sea Bird to quickly open and view a configuration file for troubleshooting purpos
284. yes Ext Volt 2 yes Ext Volt 3 yes Number of external voltage sensors enabled Volt0 through Volt3 must match External voltage channels in con or xmicon file echo commands yes output format raw Hex Output format must be set to raw Hex OutputFormat 0 to acquire data in Seasave 32 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 3 Configure Inputs Part Instrument Configuration con or xmlcon file Seasave V7 Channel Sensor table reflects this choice 0 1 2 3 4 5 or 6 Must agree with 19p us V2 setup for VoItN N 0 1 2 3 4 and 5 see reply from GetCD or DS Voltage channel 0 in con or xmicon file corresponds to first external voltage in data stream voltage channel 1 to second external voltage in data stream etc Interval between scans in Moored mode Seasave uses this to calculate elapsed time if you select time as a parameter for a display window Must agree with 19p us V2 setup Samplelnterval see reply from GetCD or DS e NMEA Select if NMEA navigation device used and select whether device is connected directly to Deck Unit or to computer if connected to computer define serial port and baud rate on Configure Inputs Serial Ports tab You can also append NMEA depth data 3 bytes and NMEA time data 4 bytes after Lat Lon data Seasave adds current latitude longitude and universal time code to data header appends NMEA data to every scan and writes NMEA data to na
285. ype see Fixed Display Scrolled Display and Plot Display below Importing Display Window Note 1 Click Display and select Import Display Settings dsa file Seasave display setup dsa file defines the size placement and setup 2 The Open dialog box appears Select the desired dsa file and click OK for a display window The information in the dsa file is also incorporated into the program setup psa file You can import and export dsa files allowing you to create the desired displays once and then reuse them later for other instruments deployments 90 Manual revision 7 23 2 Section 7 Display Setting Up Seasave Displays Seasave V7 Editing Display Window 1 To change the content of a display A Right click in the desired window and select Modify B The display dialog box appears The selections in the dialog box vary depending on the display type see Fixed Display Scrolled Display and Plot Display Make the desired selections and click OK 2 To change the display window size and or location e Click Display and select the arrangement type horizontal tiles vertical tiles or cascade Seasave automatically sizes and arranges all the windows OR e Use standard Windows click and drag methods to resize and move the window s as desired Exporting Display Window Note Seasave display setup dsa file defines the size placement and setup for a display window The information in th
286. ys Seasave V7 Fixed Display A Fixed Display has a vertical list of the selected parameters to the left and displays their current values to the right To set up a Fixed Display e Click Display and select Add New Fixed Display Window OR e Click Display and select Import Display Settings dsa file OR e Right click in an existing Fixed Display and click Modify The Fixed Display dialog box looks like this Time between each calculation of variables for updating s display each display can have different update rate Faster A T ET than 1 sec can be difficult to view Set to 0 for full rate data Delete Delete All Seconds between updates 1 Select small Select to display medium or 2 columns of Select to display shortened large data variable names Font size I Twocolumns Short names l Nitrogen Saturation aj Shrink All Variable Name unit Digits Text Back pe Coen Saturation Conductivity 57m 7 Pe Spin Expand 4ll Temperature ITS 90 deg C 5 l Potential T emperature Shrink es l ae a 4 _ Potential Temperature Anomal k gq l Pressure Temperature Egpand Salinity PSU 5 Pressure Digiquartz Text color and background color Ee Number of behind text Pump Status digits to e Double click in Salinity PSU display to box to change Scan Count right of for that Sound Velocity a variable Specific

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