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1. Format x x output format For x lt 128 any combination of following can be output by adding parameter value to x applicable to SBE 46 or other device Parameter Value Altimeter height 1 Depth 2 Temperature 4 Conductivity 8 Pressure 16 Salinity 32 Sound velocity 64 For x gt 128 output is one of following SBE 14 formats Parameter x Altimeter height 128 1 129 Depth 128 2 130 Pressure 128 16 144 Pressure Altimeter height 128 1 16 145 Depth Altimeter height 128 14 2 131 Examples e Depth only not SBE 14 format Format 2 e Depth only SBE 14 format Format 130 e All 7 variables Format 127 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 e Depth temperature conductivity and pressure to SBE 46 Format 30 2 4 8 16 Baud x NAvg x x baud for CDO 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 or 19200 For SBE 14 must be 300 For SBE 46 must be 1200 2400 4800 or 9600 x number of scans to average for CDO Minimum is based on output baud Baud and format Minimum NAvg 24 NBITS Baud 1 where NBITS 40 if output formatted for SBE 14 Otherwise NBITS 100 number of output variables CDO microcontroller verifies that NAvg is greater than or equal to minimum if you try to enter a value that is too low microcontroller sets NAvg to minimum Example Minimum Number of Scans to Average Baud is 300 and output format is SBE 14 minimum NAvg 24
2. 3 Repeat Step 2 to fire each bottle the Rosette will fire bottles in sequential order 55 Section 11 Operating System SBE 11plus V2 Processing Data Notes e Although we provide this technique for editing a raw hex file Sea Bird s strong recommendation as described above is to always convert the raw data file and then edit the converted file This technique for editing a file cannot be used with a dat file created by older versions of Seasave lt 6 0 Sea Bird is not aware of a technique for editing a dat file that will not corrupt it Sea Bird provides software SBE Data Processing for converting the raw hex data file into engineering units editing aligning filtering removing bad data etc the data calculating derived variables and plotting the processed data See the SBE Data Processing manual and or Help files for details However sometimes users want to edit the raw hex 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 hex 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
3. 3 If the power supply levels are correct check for correct operation of the Receiver PCB With the CTD connected check for presence of the telemetry waveform at the Receiver PCB input terminals J1 The Receiver PCB is under the main logic PCB and may be accessed by removing the Deck Unit bottom cover 65 Section 14 Troubleshooting SBE 11plus V2 Problem 6 RS 232 Interface Not Working Cause Solution 1 You may be attempting to communicate at an incorrect baud rate etc A standard Deck Unit is configured to 19200 baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit and no parity These settings may not be changed Verify the settings in SEATERM by selecting SBE 11 Interface in the Configure menu Cause Solution 2 If non Sea Bird software is being used verify that the RS 232 device is sending the correct commands to the Deck Unit For example GR must be used to begin transferring data to the RS 232 interface Cause Solution 3 Verify that the connection to main logic board JP6 RS 232 I O connector is properly secured This connector may be installed 180 degrees to normal position to reverse the Receive Transmit connections Cause Solution 4 Check the circuitry associated with U15 and U17 Problem 7 IEEE 488 Interface Not Working Cause Solution 1 The Deck Unit s IEEE 488 address may not be properly set to match the external interface As shipped the Deck Unit address is set to 1 which is the required address for Seasave This i
4. 70 F Firing bottles 48 53 55 Front panel 11 Functional description 75 G G O 1015 47 55 G O 1016 47 55 Glossary 69 I Installation 14 M Maintenance 62 Mounting 14 N NMEA 14 29 data formats 35 message formats 35 setup 31 simulation program 33 testing 32 troubleshooting 33 NMEATest 8 17 33 O Operating system 53 P Parts replacement 80 Power 16 Pressure frequency and temperature 39 Processing data 56 PROGI1V2 40 R Real time data acquisition 53 Remote output 15 39 Replacement parts 80 Rosette 47 55 Routine maintenance 62 RS 232 uplink 15 SBE 11plus V 2 Index SBE 11plus V2 S T Safety symbols 70 Testing SBE 14 40 NMEA 32 SBE 32 47 55 Troubleshooting 63 SBE 46 40 NMEA 33 SBE Data Processing 8 17 22 61 Sea cable 14 Seasave 8 17 20 27 30 32 38 48 53 61 73 U SEASOFT 8 17 Unpacking SBE 11plus V2 6 SEATERM 8 17 18 24 25 30 31 37 39 41 42 71 Serial cata uplink 15 Serial data output instrument 50 WwW Setup 24 CDO 41 Water sampler 14 16 47 general 24 dip switches 47 general commands 25 Wiring 14 NMEA 31 serial data output instrument 50 Surface PAR 37 Simulation program 33 Software 8 17 installation 17 Specifications 9 Surface PAR 15 37 data format 38 Surface PAR setup 37 System communications 10 System desc
5. TG F F primary temperature G TH F F primary temperature H TI F F primary temperature I TJ F F primary temperature J CG F F primary conductivity G CH F F primary conductivity H CI F F primary conductivity I CJ F F primary conductivity J CPC F F primary conductivity pcor CTC F F primary conductivity tcor CS F F primary conductivity slope PC1 F F pressure C1 PC2 F F pressure C2 PC3 F F pressure C3 PC1 F F pressure D1 PT1 F F pressure T1 PT2 F F pressure T2 PT3 F F pressure T3 PT4 F F pressure T4 PS F F pressure slope PO F F pressure offset PM F F pressure M PB F F pressure B AltVolt N N CTD A D voltage number for altimeter AltScale F F altimeter scale factor 43 Section 8 Setting Up Remote Output SBE 11plus V2 Note For the SBE 46 up to four parameters can be output Note Baud must be consistent with the baud selected in SEATERM s Configuration Options dialog box If you change the baud with Baud SEATERM will no longer be able to communicate with the Deck Unit Select SBE 11 Remote Out in the Configure menu select the new baud and click OK Then click Connect on the Toolbar to reconnect at the new baud Note The depth calculation is based on an assumption that the system is operating in salt water For fresh water applications this introduces a small error in the depth calculation General Setup Commands
6. All versions of SEASOFT fully support the acquisition and display of data from a Biospherical Surface PAR sensor Surface PAR Commands Notes e S gt prompt indicates Deck Unit is connected to computer and ready for a command The following commands are transmitted by the user to the Deck Unit s SBE 11 Interface using SEATERM Commands can be entered in Setup Commands upper or lower case When the computer is connected AddSPAR x x Y Add Surface PAR voltage to the CTD to the SBE 11 Interface data strem SEATERM does not echo a ee x N Do not add Surface PAR voltage to the CTD interpreted correctly by sending data stream status DS command to check appropriate parameter s Offset x x offset voltage count 0 99 used to adjust AddSPAR must be consistent Surface PAR data for drift in the Deck Unit with the setting in the electronics see below for procedure configuration xmlcon or con file Setting Up Surface PAR and Adjusting for Drift in SEATERM Use the following procedure to enable acquisition of Surface PAR data and adjust the Surface PAR data to account for drift in the Deck Unit electronics 1 Connect the Deck Unit s SBE 11 Interface RS 232 connector to the computer Disconnect the Surface PAR sensor from the Deck Unit 2 Double click on SeaTerm exe 3 In the Configure menu select the SBE 11 Interface The Configuration Options dialog box appears Set Firmware Version Ver
7. CONFIRM Bottle fire confirm pulse detected G O 1016 Rosette Commands and Replies Commands to CTD GH Go to home position GOx Set arm offset to x go to home position GF Fire position move to next position GNx Go to position x Examples GN2 go to position 2 GN go to position 10 Replies 7 Oxf2 7 Positioning error returning to home 7 Oxf4 7 Positioning error could not find home 7 Oxc9 7 Ready to fire position 1 home 7 Oxca 7 Ready to fire position 2 home Miscellaneous Commands The following commands apply to a CTD with an optional control line on the Modem PCB They can be used to control a device such as the pump wired to the control line Commands to CTD P0 Control function off line logic set low P1 Control function on line logic set high 76 Appendix III Functional Description and Circuitry SBE 11plus V2 Deck Unit Power The Deck Unit operates on 105 125 VAC or 210 250 VAC 50 to 60 Hz depending on the setting of the back panel power switch A power supply Power One model HTAA 16W A creates 5 12 and 12 volts DC for use by the Deck Unit electronics and telemetry receiver The input power line is fused with at 2 Amp Slow Blow fuse when operating at 120 VAC The fuse should be replaced with a 1 Amp Slow Blow type for use at 240 VAC The Power One supply has fold back current limiting and is not separately fused Sea Cable Supply A choke inp
8. Geographic Position Latitude Longitude Latitude and Longitude of present position time of position fix and status GLL lI ILa yyyyy yy b hhmmss ss A hh lt CR gt lt LF gt RMA Recommended Minimum Specific Loran C Data Position course and speed data provided by a LORAN C receiver RMA A III ILa yyyyy yy b x x x X X X X X X x a hh lt CR gt lt LF gt RMC Recommended Minimum Specific GPS TRANSIT Data Time date position course and speed data provided by a GPS or TRANSIT navigation receiver RMC hhmmss ss A lll a yyyyy yy b x x x x ddmmyy x x a hh lt CR gt lt LF gt TRF TRANSIT Fix Data Time date position and information related to a TRANSIT fix TRF hhmmss ss ddmmyy lll lla yyyyy yy b x x x x X X X X Xxx A hh lt CR gt lt LF gt Field Type Symbol Definition Stat A Single character field A Yes data valid warning flag clear V No data invalid warning flag set Fixed Variable length field degreeslminutes decimal 2 fixed digits of degrees 2 fixed digits of minutes and variable W number of digits for decimal fraction of minutes Leading zeros always included for degrees and Latitude minutes to maintain fixed length Decimal point and associated decimal fraction are optional if full resolution not required a NorS Fixed Variable length field degreesIminutes decimal 3 fixed digits of degrees 2 fixed digits of minutes and variable number yyyyy yy
9. NMEATest as a troubleshooting aid NMEATest part of the SEASOFT V2 package simulates a NMEA navigation device transmitting messages in RMA RMC GLL or GGA format If the system does not work with the NMEA navigation device but works with NMEATest the problem is with the interface cable from the NMEA navigation device to the Deck Unit or in the NMEA navigation device itself NMEA Test is just a simulation and does not provide an actual data stream from an actual NMEA navigation device The data transmission baud rate 4800 or 9600 and time between messages are user programmable The NMEA message format RMA RMC GLL or GGA generated by the program is also user programmable Alternatively the user can specify an existing raw NMEA data file to use for the simulation see NMEA Navigation Device Message and Data Formats below for the required raw data format To execute the simulation program a second computer computer 2 is needed to emulate the NMEA navigation device A laptop computer is adequate for this purpose Install NMEATest on computer 2 NMEATest is part of the SBE Data Processing installation Use the NMEA Interface test cable to connect the Deck Unit NMEA to the simulation computer The simulation test cable connections are MS3102A12S 3P DB 9S Function Pin A Pin 3 NMEA A signal Pin B Pin 5 NMEA B signal return 33 Section 6 Setting Up NMEA Interface SBE 11plus V2 Proceed as fol
10. Seasave prompts you to select which bottle to fire Erbe ence ed Control bottle firing from 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 Seasave manual or Help for details 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 upcast Click Auto Fire Pressures amp Positions rae C PE intomalspedker to input parameters see discussion below Note Auto Fire on downcast is Set up and test tone emitted by computer running Seasave when each bottle available with use of autofireondowncast fire confirmation is received Tone is provided through command line parameter 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 Make the desired selections and click OK 48 Section 9 Setting Up Water Sampler SBE 11plus V2 4 If desired set up a plot window in Seasave to show the bottle closure order and or place a horizontal line in the plot to indicate the data associated with a bottle closure A Right click in a Plot Display window and select Modify The Plot Display dialog box appears Plot Display
11. amp 3 4 MSBs 0 3 20 A D channel 3 8 LSBs V 5 1 N 4095 21 A D channel 4 8 MSBs 7 22 A D channel 4 4 LSBs 4 7 amp 5 4 MSBs 0 3 23 A D channel 5 8 LSBs nee Byte 15 00110111 Byte 16 01001111 24 A D channel 6 8 MSBs For A D channel 0 N 001101110100 884 decimal 8 25 A D channel 6 4 LSBs 4 7 amp 7 4 MSBs 0 3 V 5 1 884 4095 3 921 volts 26 A D channel 7 8 LSBs 27 Unused Surface PAR 12 bit number N is binary representation of 28 First 4 bits unused analog voltage N s value is 0 for 0 volts 4095 for 5 volts 9 Surface PAR channel 4 MSBs 0 3 V N 819 Example Byte 34 11110011 Byte 35 01110100 oe Surface PAR channel 8 LSBs N 001101110100 884 decimal V 884 819 1 079 volts 30 Pressure sensor temperature 8 MSBs Pressure sensor temperature 12 bit number is binary representation of temperature ranging from 0 to 4095 2500 corresponds to approximately 22 C typical room temperature CTD status e Bit 0 Pump status 1 pumpon 0 pump off 31 Pressure sensor temperature 4 LSBs 4 7 e Bit 1 Bottom contact switch status CTD status 0 3 1 switch open no contact 0 switch closed 10 e Bit 2 G O 1015 water sampler interface confirm signal 1 Deck Unit detects confirm signal from G O 1015 0 not detected e Bit 3 CTD modem carrier detect 0 CTD modem detects Deck Unit modem carrier signal 1 not detected 8 bit number from CTD increments count for each scan M cyc
12. cnv file as desired The procedure for editing a hex data file described below has been found to work correctly on computers running Windows 98 2000 and NT If the editing is not performed using this technique SBE Data Processing may reject the edited data file and give you an error message 1 Make a back up copy of your hex data file before you begin 2 Run WordPad 3 In the 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 that all header lines must begin with an asterisk and END indicates the end of the header An example is shown below for an SBE 21 with the added lines in bold Sea Bird SBE 21 Data File FileName C Odis SAT2 ODIS oct14 19 o0c15_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 Ax Ship Sea Bird Cruise Sea Bird Header Test Station Latitude Longitude END eH HF
13. of digits for decimal fraction of minutes Leading zeros always included for degrees and minutes to Longitude maintain fixed length Decimal point and associated decimal fraction optional if full resolution not required b E or W Fixed variable length field hours minuteslseconds decimal 2 fixed digits of hours 2 fixed digits of seconds and variable Time hhmmss ss number of digits for decimal fraction of seconds Leading zeros always included for hours minutes and seconds to maintain fixed length Decimal point and associated decimal fraction optional if full resolution not required i Optional Checksum Delimiter Checksum Optional Checksum Field hh Absolute value calculated by exclusive OR ing 8 data bits no start or stop bits of each character in message between but excluding and 35 Section 6 Setting Up NMEA Interface SBE 11plus V2 Data Formats For IEEE 488 interface 7 bytes of position data are appended to the end of each CTD scan sent from the Deck Unit to the computer For RS 232C interface 14 ASCII characters of position data followed by a carriage return and line feed are transmitted once per second For example if sampling at 24 Hz NMEA data will be transmitted after CTD scans 1 25 49 etc while the intermediate scans will contain only CTD data Note that in Seasave the navigation data is then appended to each CTD scan so the output from Seasave is the same regardless of whether IEE 488 or RS 232
14. CTD is used with the 11plus V2 Deck Unit the system is often referred to as the 911 plus It is possible to use the SEARAM to record 9plus data in memory at the same time as 9plus data is transmitted real time through the Deck Unit This provides a data back up in case there are data transmission problems over the sea cable See the 9p us manual for wiring and deployment details Note The 300 baud modem interface now standard in both the Deck Unit and CTD was optional in Deck Units with serial number 700 and lower and in 9plus CTDs with serial number 785 and lower Note The RS 232 Serial Data Uplink interface is standard on all Deck Units with serial number 637 and higher however the 300 baud modem interface must also be installed in the Deck Unit for the serial data uplink to be operational For older units the interface was included only if the user ordered the Deck Unit with the option The SBE 9plus CTD is used with the SBE 1 1plus V2 Deck Unit for real time data acquisition or with the SBE 17plus V2 SEARAM for in situ recording This manual covers the use of the 11p us V2 Deck Unit with the 9plus The rack mountable Deck Unit supplies DC power to the CTD decodes the serial data stream and passes the data to a computer in IEEE 488 or RS 232 format The Deck Unit s back panel switch permits continuous operation from 120 or 240 VAC 50 60 Hz input power The front panel provides numeric display of fr
15. D ck Unitateen renter ien a Eoee E Ei E E i i iae 14 Winne Systeis nano e ees a gee nae 14 Sea Cable from Deck Unit to CTD sesseesesesseeresesrsesrsreeressrsrsrrrrereersrsrerse 14 Computer to Deck Unit srrssro hren eeki e aE AN Eao ES 14 NMEA Navigation Device to Deck Unit eseeeseeeeeseeeseerrreeiersrsreerereeeees 14 Surface PAR Sensor to Deck Unit 0 cece eceesecneeeecneeeeceaeeeeeseeneeeeen 15 Deck Unit to Remote Output 0 eee eeeeecese cee cnsecaecaeecaeeeneseeeeeeeees 15 Deck Unit to Serial Data Uplink eee ee ceeeeecneeeeceeeeeceseeeeeseeneeeeeneenees 15 CTD to Auxiliary Sensors and Water Sampler cc eeesesesecseeeeeeeeeees 16 Power to Deck Unit e n eae e eE EEEE EEE EE 16 Section 4 Installing and Using Sea Bird Software scssssee 17 Installing Software ssi sich wist Ahi e daseaiioons 17 Using SHATTER Marist tesgsieseatlatls aso DAME ease eielenls AE EE 18 Sing Seasave aoreet nae sears awh Ae nove aE E deste 20 Usin amp SBE Data Processing criei ih sevsissnast bsaas bee Ea 22 Section 5 Setting Up System ccsccsssccsssssssssssssssssssscssssessssescssceees 24 Setting Operating Parameters in SEATERM ceecsseeeceseeeeseceeeecneeeeeeeens 24 Setting Up CTD Configuration xmlcon or con File in Seasave 27 Section 6 Setting Up NMEA Inter face cccssccssssssssscssseccssssees 29 NMEA Interface Commands ccceecceeseeesceeeceeeeseceecaeecaeeeaeeseeeeee
16. Edit Mark a data value with badflag to eliminate wild points i Filter data with triangle cosine boxcar gaussian or Window Filter 8 8 median window File Manipulation Modules Add header information to a asc file containing rows and ASLI columns of ASCII data Output data portion and or header portion from cnv file ASCII Out to an ASCII file useful for exporting converted data for processing by other non Sea Bird software Section Extract rows of data from cnv file Split Split data in cnv file into upcast and downcast files Strip Extract columns of data from cnv file Convert data format in cnv file from ASCII to binary or Translate vice versa Data Plotting Modules Sea Plot Plot data at any point after Data Conversion has been run Miscellaneous Calculate derived variables from one user input scan of SeacalcW temperature pressure etc 22 Section 4 Installing and Using Sea Bird Software SBE 11plus V2 Note See SBE Data Processing s Help files for detailed information Note The configuration xmlcon or con file used in SBE Data Processing is the same as the file that is used during real time data acquisition in Seasave For user convenience both Seasave and SBE Data Processing allow you to create modify a configuration file To get started using SBE Data Processing Double click on SBEDataProc exe SBE Data Processing s mai
17. HF HF FF 5 In the File menu select Save not Save As If you are running Windows 2000 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 56 Section 12 Data Formats SBE 11plus V2 Section 12 Data Formats Note The CTD s output format differs from the Deck Unit s in several respects e The Deck Unit changes the order of the output The Deck Unit automatically strips CTD bytes 31 36 unused and marker bytes from the data The Deck Unit inserts Surface PAR and NMEA data if applicable See the SBE 9p us manual for details on the CTD output format Note The notation on the switches may be either of the following e 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F A through F are equivalent to 10 through 15 respectively Thumbwheel settings described in this manual will use the 0 15 notation with the other notation in brackets for example set the switch to 17 B This section discusses the data output format e On the Deck Unit s LED display and e From the Deck Unit s SBE 11 Interface RS 232 and IEE 488 output ports For output formats from the Deck Unit s Remote Out and Serial Data Uplink connectors see Section 8 Setting Up Remote Output and Section 10 Setting Up
18. RS 232 Serial Data Uplink respectively For applications that do not require all five frequency channels all eight A D channels Surface PAR and NMEA unused channels can be suppressed by making the appropriate selection in the configuration xmlcon or con file see Section 5 Setting Up System for details This can result in a substantial saving in disk space required to store CTD data Unless noted otherwise this section describes data output for a Deck Unit set to use all channels The data words each containing three bytes are summarized below Word Deck Unit from Description Thumbwheel Switch Deck Unit Position 0 Primary Temperature 0 1 Primary Conductivity 1 2 Pressure 2 3 Secondary Temperature 3 4 Secondary Conductivity 4 5 A D channels 0 1 5 6 A D channels 2 3 6 7 A D channels 4 5 7 8 A D channels 6 7 8 9 Surface PAR 9 Pressure temperature compensation 10 A 10 and modulo count CTD status 11 B Bytes available in IEEE 488 buffer 12 C Bytes available in RS 232 buffer 13 D Appended to end of NMEA data scan NMEA data appended to end of scan for IEEE 488 only For RS 232 NMEA data is output on a line by itself once per second See Section 6 Setting Up NMEA Interface for NMEA output data format The word numbers indicate the order of the data scan sent to a computer via the IEEE 488 or RS 232 port Detailed below is the output format
19. Seasave V7 version 7 17 and later see Setting Up CTD Configuration xmicon or con File in Seasave in Section 5 Setting Up System The output from Seasave is the same regardless of whether the NMEA data was appended in the Deck Unit or in the computer On the ship cables longer than 3 meters should be installed inside an earthed metal conduit by a qualified electrician This minimizes the potential for external signals to disrupt communication and ensures that high voltage lines such as the sea cable are sufficiently protected Cables shorter than 3 meters can be used without shielding when installing or bench testing the instrument Sea Cable from Deck Unit to CTD Terminate the sea cable leads from the winch slip rings with the supplied MS connector MS3106A12S 3P Connect positive power cable inner conductor to pin B and negative power cable armor to Pin A Connect to the Sea Cable connector on the Deck Unit back panel See the SBE 9p us CTD manual for connection of the sea cable to JT1 on the CTD Computer to Deck Unit Deck Unit communication with the computer is provided in two channels The SBE 11 Interface channel RS 232 or IEEE 488 sends commands to and receives replies from the CTD The Modem channel RS 232 sends commands to and receives replies from the water sampler and or remote serial instrument through the CTD Connect the computer to SBE 11 Interface and Modem Channel on the Deck Unit back
20. XX XX XX from Carousel 68 GOSS ALY sisccesdvisioncssocccoedesseotevsuscevsedessoussSosccestheteewecsesscosevesdenssSosucesduesees 69 Safety and Electrical Symbols 20 00 eee eeseseeseeeecneeeececeeeeeaeceeesecaeeseeneeeeeeaees 70 Appendix I Command Summary scssscsssscssssscssssesssssssecesseee 71 Appendix IIT Commands Sent Automatically by Seasave 73 Appendix III Functional Description and Circuitry 00 75 Deck Unit Data Interfaces gryen aeea EE EEEE eS 75 D ta Telemetry Receivers 5 niacin EE al eerie eee E SSe 75 Deck Unit Mod m aer i E EEEE E E ieee eet de 75 Deck Unit Power dsi e nh ai ie ee 77 Sca Cable Supply eorne oni Aorere EEEE E EEE EEEN EEEE E e 77 Deck Unit Cooling festa ains ch bhaineann eat ne 77 Tape Recorder VCR Interfaces ene ereire i ee ses 11 CIrEUME Yoi ee ee e eet R E S ee 77 Appendix IV Replacement Parts ccsscssssscssssccssssesssscsssesssseee 80 aT C A E EA EEE 81 Section 1 Introduction SBE 11 plus V2 Section 1 Introduction This section includes contact information and photos of a standard SBE 1 1plus V2 shipment About this Manual This manual is to be used with the SBE 11plus V2 Deck Unit It is organized to guide the user from installation through operation We ve included detailed specifications setup and operation descriptions and helpful notes throughout the manual Sea Bird welcomes suggestions for new features and e
21. communication was used Our software calculates latitude and longitude as follows Latitude deg byte 1 65536 byte 2 256 byte 3 50000 Longitude deg byte 4 65536 byte 5 256 byte 6 50000 Notes e If bit 1 in byte 7 is 1 this is a new position If bit 8 in byte 7 is 1 Latitude is negative If bit 7 in byte 7 is 1 Longitude is negative North latitudes are positive south latitudes are negative East longitudes are positive west longitudes are negative Example Appended position data 2455FC5D32B141 byte 1 24 hex 36 decimal byte 2 55 hex 85 decimal byte 3 FC hex 252 decimal byte 4 5D hex 93 decimal byte 5 32 hex 50 decimal byte 6 B1 hex 177 decimal byte 7 41 hex 01000001 binary This is a new position bit 1 in byte 7 is 1 Latitude is positive bit 8 in byte 7 is 0 Longitude is negative bit 7 in byte 7 is 1 Latitude 36 65536 85 256 252 50000 47 62616 degrees Longitude 93 65536 50 256 177 50000 122 1565 degrees 36 Section 7 Setting Up Surface PAR SBE 11plus V2 Section 7 Setting Up Surface PAR An A D converter for a Surface PAR light sensor is included in the Deck Unit The Deck Unit can acquire the 0 to 5 volt output of a Biospherical QSR 240 QCR 240 QSR 2200 or QCR 2200 Surface PAR sensor append it to the CTD data stream in the Deck Unit and pass it to the computer for storage and or display with the CTD data
22. encounter difficulty running the software 5 When ready to begin data acquisition select Start in the Real Time Data menu See Section 11 Operating System for details 21 Section 4 Installing and Using Sea Bird Software SBE 11plus V2 Using SBE Data Processing SBE Data Processing provides post processing modules for the real time data acquired in Seasave The modules include Note Module Description Older Seasave versions lt 6 0 saved CTD data coming from the Deck Unit Data Conversion Modules as a dat file instead of a hex file Data Convert raw hex data from SBE 11plus V2 Deck Unit to Conversion engineering units and store converted data in a cnv file Bottle Summarize data from water sampler bottle ros file Summary storing results in btl file Mark Scan Create bsr bottle scan range file from mrk data file Data Processing Modules Align CTD Align data typically conductivity temperature and oxygen relative to pressure Average data into bins based on pressure depth scan Bin Average number or time range Compute Brunt V is l buoyancy and stability Buoyancy frequency catia Perform conductivity thermal mass correction Calculate derived variables such as salinity density Derive sound velocity oxygen potential temperature dynamic height etc Loop Edit Mark a scan with badflag if scan fails pressure reversal or minimum velocity tests Wild
23. file for your instrument See Setting Up CTD Configuration xmlcon or con File in Seasave in Section 5 Setting Up System for details Verify that the configuration file indicates that NMEA position data is to be added Double click on Seasave exe Note If the selected xmlcon or con file does 4 Set up a display window as a fixed display and select Latitude not indicate that NMEA position data is to be added e Latitude and longitude will not be available as display variables in the og fixed scrolled ia ei display 5 Start real time data acquisition In the Real Time Data menu click Start e NMEA Display will not be available then click Start in the dialog box see Section 11 Operating System for in the Display menu details You should begin seeing latitude longitude and time display in Seasave Each time position data is successfully decoded the NMEA LED on the Deck Unit should flash If the data is correct and is updating properly the NMEA Interface is working e If position data does not appear verify that the Deck Unit is connected to the NMEA navigation device with the proper cable e See Troubleshooting NMEA Interface below for additional instructions if needed Longitude and Time as display variables for that window OR In the Display menu select NMEA Display 32 Section 6 Setting Up NMEA Interface SBE 11plus V2 Troubleshooting NMEA Interface Problem 1 NMEA LED Not Flashing or NME
24. to 7000 IEEE 488 or 14000 RS 232 If it does not it will eventually overflow Stop acquisition 3 Change the Seasave display update rate by right clicking in a display window and selecting Modify The Display dialog box appears Enter a larger value for Seconds between updates and click OK Repeat for all display windows Repeat Step 2 to check for overflow You may need to repeat Steps 2 and 3 several times increasing the display update rates each time to get the system to work 4 Check if Serial Data Out Shared File Out and or SBE 14 Remote Display are enabled in Seasave s Configure Outputs If enabled verify that Seconds between updates is at least 1 second 5 If changing the update rate s does not eliminate the problem reduce the rate amount of data to be saved by the computer by averaging more data scans or suppressing data channels See Cause Solution 2 below Cause Solution 2 An older slow computer may not be able to save the data to disk fast enough Reduce the amount of data it needs to save to disk by doing one of the following e Set Seasave to average more scans average of corresponds to 24 Hz data average of 2 to 12 Hz data etc In Configure Inputs modify the xmlcon or con file on the Instrument Configuration tab to increase Scans to average e Suppress data channels to reduce the amount of data per scan In Configure Inputs modify the xmlcon or con file on the Instrument Configuration tab t
25. to a COM port on your computer Serial Ports define communication parameters for SBE 11 Interface channel sends commands to and receives replies from the 9plus COM port for Modem Channel sends commands to and receives replies from the water sampler and sends pump on off commands to Oplus with custom pump control and COM ports for serial data output and SBE 14 Remote display Shared File Out enable and set up output of selected raw data frequencies and or voltages and or converted data engineering units to a shared file on your computer Mark Variables define variables to be written to a file each time the user marks a scan in Seasave during data acquisition TCP IP Out enable and set up output of raw and or converted engineering units data to TCP IP ports TCP IP Ports define ports for communication with Seasave and for publishing data to remote clients SBE 11plus Alarms enable and set up Deck Unit s pressure and or altimeter alarm SBE 14 Remote Display enable and set up data output to an SBE 14 Remote Display and set up SBE 14 pressure altimeter and or bottom contact switch alarms for an SBE 14 connected to a computer COM port PC Alarms enable and set up pressure altimeter and or bottom contact switch alarms in the computer running Seasave Header Form create a customized header written to the data file Diagnostics enable and set up diagnostic outputs to assist in troubleshooting if you
26. to side on the bottom of the chassis If the proper voltage exists at R1 and there is still no sea cable voltage at the back panel MS connector one of the leads to T1 may be broken If the unregulated voltage at C2 is absent the bridge rectifier D1 is probably defective Problem 5 Data LED Does Not Turn On Cause Solution 1 If the Data LED does not turn on but the Deck Unit successfully passes data to the computer the wiring to the light or the light driver U25 may be broken Cause Solution 2 If the Data LED does not turn on and the Deck Unit does not pass data to the computer 1 Check the main internal supply voltages that are present at the turrets located on the Digital PCB Relative to the GND turret with the black wire voltages should be 12 at orange 5 at red and 12 at blue all 0 5 volts Voltages outside these ranges can be caused by a fault in the Power One open frame supply or an excessive load on one or more of the supply busses Disconnect the red orange or blue lead to determine whether the problem is in the power supply or on the power bus 2 If the problem is with the power bus reconnect the power supply leads Disconnect the ribbon cable connector at JP1 on the Digital PCB If the measured voltages are not correct the problem is with the Receiver PCB If there is no change the problem is probably in the Digital PCB logic board Check for shorted bypass connectors ICs a shorted unit may be hot etc
27. with an 11plus V2 set up for standard transmission e Tape recorder interface An 1 1plus V2 with jumpers set for serial data uplink cannot output data through Tape Recorder on the 1 1plus V2 Back Panel 51 Section 10 Setting Up RS 232 Serial Data Uplink SBE 11plus V2 Theory of Operation Note The 300 baud modem interface now standard in both the Deck Unit and CTD was optional in Deck Units with serial number 700 and lower and in 9plus CTDs with serial number 785 and lower The 9plus and 11plus V2 must be equipped with the standard data telemetry channel as well as the 300 baud FSK modem channel Additionally the 9plus must be equipped with the optional serial data uplink The 300 baud modem channel features two way communications and is used for water sampling commands and responses This channel is also used to communicate with the serial data output instrument Water sampling communications are carried out with 1 start bit 8 data bits no parity bit and 1 stop bit ASCII characters only require 7 data bits to express the standard character set The system uses the 8 data bit to flag communications on the modem channel as water sampler or serial data output communication e If a byte is received by the 9plus with the 8 bit set it is interpreted by the Oplus as a command to the water sampler and is routed to the water sampler Similarly if a byte is received by the 1 plus V2 with the 8 bit set it is interpret
28. with computer GPIB must be for use with Seasave e Advances for any conductivity AdvanceCn and voltage AdvanceVn channels each channel appears only if its advance is not zero e Start sampling automatically when power applied AutoRun e Add NMEA to CTD data status AddNMEA appears after autorun status only if autorun is enabled Note Example command used to modify parameter shown in parentheses SBE lliplus V 5 2 number of scans to average 8 pressure baud rate 9600 NMEA baud rate 4800 surface PAR voltage added to scan AddSPAR A D offset 0 Offset GPIB address 1 advance primary conductivity 0 073 seconds AdvanceC0 advance secondary conductivity 0 073 seconds AdvanceC1 autorun on power up is disabled AutoRun IEEE 488 Command GPIB x x IEEE 488 address Factory default setting is 1 Must be set to 1 for Deck Unit to work with Seasave 25 Section 5 Setting Up System SBE 11plus V2 Conductivity and Voltage Channel Advance Commands These commands align parameter data in time relative to pressure This ensures that calculations of salinity dissolved oxygen concentration and other parameters are made using measurements from the same parcel of water Channel Advance commands allow alignment to be performed in the Deck Unit so the real time data output to Seasave is already aligned If you save full rate 24 Hz data and the data analysis indicates that additiona
29. 00 2400 Baud x 4800 9600 or 19200 For SBE 14 must be z 300 For SBE 46 must be 1200 2400 4800 or 9600 NAvg x x number of scans to average for CDO Lat x x latitude degrees to use in calculation of depth from pressure x alarm enable parameter bottom contact 1 Alarms x pressure 2 altimeter 4 combination by adding numbers for each alarm to be included PEnable x x pressure decibars to enable all alarms PSet x X pressure decibars to turn on pressure alarm n x distance above bottom meters to turn on AlSel altimeter alarm A x maximum change in distance above bottom AltHyst x meters for altimeter hysteresis Gg or Run Output CDO data to terminal program For diagnostic use in SEATERM 72 Appendix Il Commands Sent Automatically by Seasave SBE 11 plus V2 Appendix Il Commands Sent Automatically by Seasave The following commands are sent automatically by Seasave to configure the Deck Unit at the start of real time data acquisition If you will be developing your own software instead of using Seasave you must send these commands with your software in the order listed below All commands and data sent to the Deck Unit must be sent as ASCII characters Upon receipt of the commands the Deck Unit executes the function All commands remain in effect until the Reset button on the
30. 1 Plot Setup Yxi Axis 1 Xvi 2 Print Options Save Options Copy Options Title Plot Type Grid Lines Single Y Multiple x 7 Type Horizontal and Vertical 7 Number of axes 3 7 Style Dotted Line 7 TS Plot Getu I Gridin front I Display downcast only Minimum pressure to determine upcast 300 MV Enable upcast colors Pressure decrease to determine upcast 30 Bottle Fire Line Display r Mark Line Display e Show sequence List closure order to right of plot Showlines Show sequence Show lines e Show lines Place horizontal lines in plot to indicate data associated with closures label and style define line along with Colors see button at bottom of dialog box g box Black text axis M Show plot shadow Monochrome plot Seconds between updates o Font Colors Help Cancel Select parameters as desired and click OK w Note See Section 11 Operating System for details on starting data acquisition After acquisition begins to fire a bottle e Press Ctrl F3 or e Inthe Real Time Control menu select Fire Bottle Control The Bottle Fire dialog box appears you can leave this open throughout the cast The dialog box shows what bottle will be fired next for sequential or table driven bottle firing Click Fire Bottle when desired 49 Section 10 Setting Up RS 232 Serial Data Uplink SBE 11plus V2 Section 10 Setting Up RS 232 Serial Data Uplink As a
31. 1111110 the LSB is 0 in bold MSB Most significant bit Left most bit in a byte For example if the byte is 10000000 the MSB is 1 in bold Scan One data sample containing temperature conductivity pressure and optional auxiliary inputs at full rate obtained 24 times per second with the SBE 91 Iplus Word Used to describe a group of data bits subject to certain arithmetic and display operations by the Deck Unit A word consists of 3 bytes A word may comprise a single frequency channel two A D channels or other parameters For example the Modulo word conveys the modulo count pump bottom contact modem and water sampler interface status bits and a 12 bit number representing pressure sensor compensation temperature Word Number The sequential position of a data word in the scan The word number depends on the order in which the word is presented to the computer or displayed not on the order in which a particular sensor s data was acquired The first word in the scan is word number 0 MISCELLANEOUS PCB Printed Circuit Board SOFTWARE NMEATest Sea Bird s Win 95 98 NT 2000 XP NMEA message simulation program which simulates NMEA messages for testing purposes program is installed with SBE Data Processing PROG11V2 Sea Bird s program to copy calibration coefficients from the instrument configuration con file to the Deck Unit program is installed with SBE Data Processing SBE Data Proces
32. 40 300 1 4 2 round up to 5 With NAvg 5 SBE 14 display updates every 0 21 seconds 5 scans 24 scans second Lat x 44 x latitude in degrees to use in calculation of depth from pressure Section 8 Setting Up Remote Output SBE 11plus V2 Alarm Commands Notes An alarm can be set up for the CDO supports three types of alarms Deck Unit as well as fora CDO e Bottom Contact Alarm Alarm is set when bottom contact bit in modulo remote device word is set and pressure is greater than PEnable e The Deck Unit alarm automatically e Pressure Alarm Alarm is set when pressure is less than PSet and greater sounds if a bottom contact switch than PEnable is used with the CTD r e The Deck Unit alarm can also be set up to sound based on pressure and or altimeter data in Seasave s Configure Outputs s menu Configure Outputs The SBE 14 or SBE 46 alarm sounds when the alarm is set If the alarm is set SBE 11plus Alarms and the output format is not for the SBE 14 the character A is transmitted after the last variable in the data scan Altimeter Alarm Alarm is set when altimeter height is less than AltSet and pressure is greater than PEnable Alarm is reset when altimeter height is greater than AltSet AltHyst Sea Surface Alarms pressure altimeter and bottom contact not on regardless of pressure or height reading a E ES TR r UE Pe PEnable Fe Ae Se ee ee ee t Alarm on when pressure in
33. A LED Flashing but Lat Lon Data Not Displaying Cause Solution 1 Wiring may be incorrect Check cables and connections between the Deck Unit NMEA navigation device and computer Cause Solution 2 NMEA navigation device may be set to the wrong baud rate Deck Unit requires 4800 or 9600 baud Verify Deck Unit s NMEA Interface baud rate with DS in SEATERM Reset device s baud rate if necessary Cause Solution 3 NMEA navigation device may not be transmitting data See the device manual for setup details To verify that it is sending data connect an oscilloscope with ground on NMEA B T17 and the probe on NMEA A T16 The signal should be less than 0 5 volts between messages and have pulses greater than 4 volts for at least 0 2 milliseconds during the message Cause Solution 4 NMEA Interface in the Deck Unit may not be operating properly To verify use the GPS simulation program NMEATest supplied with SEASOFT V2 This program simulates a NMEA navigation device transmitting a NMEA message See NMEA Message Simulation Program below for details NMEA Message Simulation Program Note You can also run the simulation using only one computer if the computer has a spare COM port Note The Deck Unit must be connected to the CTD to test the NMEA interface If it is not connected noise on the open Sea Cable connector will interfere with communication with the CTD Sea Bird provides a NMEA message simulation program
34. ARAM to record 9plus data in memory at the same time as 9plus data is transmitted real time through This section covers e Acquiring real time data and firing bottles from Seasave e Firing bottles from the Deck Unit front panel the Deck Unit This provides a data back up in case there are data transmission problems over the sea cable See the 9p us manual for wiring and deployment details See Section 3 Mounting and Wiring System for wiring details Acquiring Real Time Data and Firing Bottles from Seasave 1 Double click on Seasave exe Note See Seasave s Help files for detailed 2 Set up the desired display windows Perform any other desired setup in information Configure Inputs and Configure Outputs See Using Seasave in Section 4 Installing and Using Sea Bird Software for a brief description of the available configuration options 3 Push the Power button on the Deck Unit 4 In the Real Time Data menu select Start The dialog box looks like this Data Archiving Options e Begin archiving data immediately to store raw frequencies and voltages real time data as soon as Start button is clicked and communication is established 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 Process
35. CII data over the RS 232 SBE 11 Interface to computer One scan of NMEA data appears in SEATERM NSI Output Lat Lon ASCII data over the IEEE 488 SBE 11 Interface to computer One scan of NMEA data appears in SEATERM Commands Sent Automatically by Seasave The following command NY or NN is sent automatically by Seasave to configure the Deck Unit based on the setting for NMEA position data added Notes in the CTD configuration xmlcon or con file This setting is not stored in e If NMEA position data added is the Deck Unit s EEPROM The command remains in effect until the Reset selected in the CTD configuration button on the Deck Unit front panel is pushed or a new command is sent file but the Deck Unit is not connected to a NMEA navigation Nx x Y Add Lat Lon data to CTD data device Seasave will give you an error message when you try to x N Do not add Lat Lon data to CTD data start data acquisition If NMEA position data added is selected in the CTD configuration file Seasave also automatically sends NSR or NSI at the beginning of the cast and places the NMEA data in the output file header 30 Section 6 Setting Up NMEA Interface SBE 11plus V2 Setting Up NMEA in SEATERM 1 Connect the Deck Unit s SBE 11 Interface RS 232 connector to the computer 2 Double click on SeaTerm exe 3 Inthe Configure menu select the SBE 11 Interface The Configuration Options dialog box appears Set Firmware Version Ver
36. Deck Unit is pushed or new commands are sent With the exception of Axx number of scans to average these settings are not stored in the Deck Unit s EEPROM The general format is CRL Where e C command e R carriage return not required e L ASCII character for Line Feed 10 decimal or OA hexadecimal Reset Data Buffers Command R Reset and flush buffers does not put data into buffers leaves all other parameters the same Any command except Start Collecting Data and Stop Placing Data into Buffers causes an automatic execution of Reset Data Buffers so that first output data after command will reflect new format Unsuppress All Data Words Command U Restore all words to data stream Send once before sending any Xn commands Number of Scans to Average Command Note In Seasave number of scans to AXX xx scans averaged by Deck Unit 1 50 average is entered in the configuration xmlcon or con file Scans to average The Deck Unit sends the appropriate Axx command based on the setting in the configuration file 73 Appendix Il Commands Sent Automatically by Seasave SBE 11plus V2 Suppress Data Word Command Xn n suppressed word number hexadecimal Channels can be deleted from data stream transferred to computer with Xn For frequency channels a word contains 1 channel for A D channels a word contains 2 channels Command is useful in reducing scan size reducin
37. Inputs In the Configure Inputs dialog box The same COM port is used for the click the Serial Ports tab In the Water Sampling and 911 Pump Control water sampler and to send pump Serial Port section select the COM port connected to the Deck Unit control commands to a custom 9plus Modem Channel connector pump control does not interfere with Also set up other serial ports CTD Serial Port is the port connected to the water sampler operation Deck Unit SBE 11 Interface connector 3 In the Configure Inputs dialog box click the Water Sampler tab The dialog box looks like this SBE Carousel SBE 32 32C or 32SC SBE ECO SBE 55 G 0 1015 or 1016 figure Inputs C Documents and Settings dbresko Application Data Sea 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 TCRAP Ports Miscellaneous Pump Control Water sampler type SBE Carousel Y 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 hai 2 fired second etc User Input When commanded to fire Firing sequence Sequential v
38. SBE 11plus V2 Firing Bottles from Deck Unit Front Panel Notes e Sea Bird strongly recommends that you do not mix firing bottles from both Seasave and the Deck Unit in the same cast That is use only one method to fire bottles to ensure that each bottle is fired only once and in the desired order See the SBE Data Processing manual and or Help files for details on processing data Note 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 Instead of firing bottles from within Seasave you can fire bottles directly from the Deck Unit if desired Bottles fired directly from the Deck Unit are always fired in sequential order regardless of the firing sequence setting you input in Seasave Even though you are firing the bottles from the Deck Unit Seasave still receives a bottle fired confirmation from the water sampler if the Deck Unit back panel SBE 11 Interface and Modem Channel are connected to the computer When Seasave receives the confirmation e SBE 32 Carousel Water Sampler or G O 1016 Rosette 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 GO 1015 Rosette The SBE 9plus sets a bit in the modulo word high f
39. SBE 11plus V2 Deck Unit For use with SBE 9plus CTD CK UNIT Aa J DE 5 e77 a SE tr OTRON ICS INC ATER UNIT COMPUTER INTERFACE A WORD DISPLAY puas oe NON sts WATER SAMPLER CONTAOL ca SIGNAL SOURCE ret Ims a o Front Panel switches and LEDs JE 1 INTERFACE SERIAL DATA UPLINK oe MODEM CHANNEL o Q SEA CABLE ruse ssoynosa ra AA Nra CAUTION HIGH VOLTAGE Back Panel connectors and fuses Note NEW ADDRESS as of January 18 2010 User s Manual Sea Bird Electronics Inc Manual Version 013 03 04 10 13431 NE 20 Street PCB Firmware Versions Bellevue Washington 98005 USA Digital 5 2 and later Telephone 425 643 9866 Modem 2 0c and later Fax 425 643 9954 Receiver 2 1 and later E mail seabird seabird com Remote Output 1 0 and later Website www seabird com Software Versions Seasave V7 version 7 20c and later SBE Data Processing version 7 20c 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 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 therefor
40. acitor discharge before opening housings and then wait a full minute before changing connections removing or inserting circuit cards or otherwise attempting service Always working on the equipment disconnect the AC power cord before checking fuses Servicing should be performed by experienced technicians who have been trained to work with complex mechanical electrical equipment Problem 1 Seasave Does Not Collect Any Data Cause Solution 1 This may be caused by incorrect instrument configuration in the xmlcon or con file Verify the settings in the configuration file in Seasave s Configure Inputs These settings must match the current CTD configuration CTD type 911plus number and type of auxiliary sensors sensors assigned to correct channels NMEA and Surface PAR selected if applicable Problem 2 Deck Unit Completely Inoperable WARNING Cause Solution 1 Use extreme caution when If the power switch is on but the power switch pilot light is out no other panel performing these tests lights are on and the fan is not running either AC power has been disconnected or the main fuse has blown Check the AC power source Turn off the Deck Unit remove the power cable wait 1 minute and check the main fuse Replace if necessary If the main fuse blows again there is probably a short in the main chassis AC wiring Note that the separate fuses and short circuit protection circuitry associated with the internal power
41. all the components or as a minimum install SEATERM terminal program Seasave V7 real time data acquisition and SBE Data Processing data processing The default location for the software is c Program Files Sea Bird Within that folder is a sub directory for each program SEATERM Seasave V7 etc 17 Section 4 Installing and Using Sea Bird Software SBE 11plus V2 Using SEATERM 1 Connect the desired Deck Unit connector SBE 11 Interface RS 232 Notes Remote Out Serial Data Uplink or Modem Channel to the computer e See SEATERM s Help files for using the supplied cable detailed information e The EE 488 interface does not 2 Double click on SeaTerm exe If this is the first time the program is used work with SEATERM You must the setup dialog box may appear use the RS 232 interface for setting up the instrument in x SEATERM The initialization file SeaT erm ini was not found in the Windows directory Please enter the following setup information IMPORTANT To complete setup review the configuration setting for your instrument by selecting your instrument type from the Configure menu list COM Port fi x Select the instrument type for example SBE 11 Remote Out if connected to the Remote Out connector and the computer COM port for communication with the instrument Click OK 3 The main screen looks like this ain SeaT erm Version 1 20 SeaT erm B File Configure Commun
42. are e Using SEATERM terminal program software for instrument setup e Using Seasave real time data acquisition software e Using SBE Data Processing post processing software See the software manuals and Help files for detailed information Installing Software Notes e Help files provide detailed information on the software NMEATest a NMEA navigation device simulation program is part of the SBE Data Processing installation Separate software manuals on CD ROM contain detailed information on Seasave and SBE Data Processing Sea Bird also supplies an older version of Seasave Seasave Win32 However all Seasave instructions in this manual are written for Seasave V7 See Seasave Win32 s manual and or Help files to use the older software Sea Bird recommends the following minimum system requirements for SEASOFT V2 Windows 2000 or later 500 MHz processor 256 MB RAM and 90 MB free disk space for installation Although SEASOFT V2 was designed to work with a PC running Win 2000 XP extensive testing has not shown any compatibility problems when using the software with a PC running Windows Vista If not already installed install Sea Bird software programs on your computer using the supplied software CD Install as follows 1 With the CD in your CD drive 2 Double click on SeasoftV2_date exe date is the date that version of the software was created Follow the dialog box directions to install the software Install
43. at seseseseseseeeeeesesesereerrerserstserreretsrsesreserseseeee 58 Raw Output Data Format esseeeeseeeseseeeessseerresesresresteetesrerrssertessesrentesrentesenees 59 TEEE 488 Outputs s 0 eesti thei ea E ies ora ies eevee 59 RS 232 Output avec niccha ened wae dtd kona ieee 60 Calculation of Engineering Units in Seasave cee ceeeceseeeeteceeeeecneeeeeneeees 61 Calculation of Engineering Units in SBE Data Processing ceeeeeeeeeenees 61 Section 13 Routine Maintenance cscssssssssssssssesssssssssscssessees 62 Section 14 Troubleshooting cccsccsssssssssscsssscsssssssssssssessssecees 63 Problem 1 Seasave Does Not Collect Any Data cece eeeeeeeeeeeeeees 63 Problem 2 Deck Unit Completely Inoperable 0 0 0 tees sceeseeseesecneeeeeeseeees 63 Problem 3 Deck Unit Overflow Light O91 ccc ceeecseeeceseeeeeseceeeeeseceeeeeenees 64 Problem 4 CTD Does Not Respond ee ee escesecssecseeceeeecseeeeeeeseeeeeeeees 65 Problem 5 Data LED Does Not Turn Of eee csessecseecreeeneeeeeeeeeeeeees 65 Problem 6 RS 232 Interface Not Working cc eeceeeceseeeeeseceeeeeceeeeeeeenees 66 Problem 7 IEEE 488 Interface Not Working ceceeecsseeceseceeeeecneeeeeeenees 66 Problem 8 Tape Recorder Interface Not Working eeeeceseeseeeecneeeeeeenees 67 Problem 9 Modem Channel Not Working uu cceecseeceeeeeeseceeeecnereeeeeees 67 Problem 10 Unsupported Modem Message FFFFFFFF Unsupported modem message
44. below for the raw and decoded NMEA message formats If properly decoded data appears on the screen the NMEA Interface in the Deck Unit is working properly If the system works with the simulation program but does not work when connected to the actual NMEA navigation device the problem is with the cable from the NMEA navigation device to the Deck Unit or in the NMEA navigation device itself Verify that the cable pinouts are correct especially at the NMEA navigation device See Wiring System in Section 3 Mounting and Wiring System and also refer to the NMEA navigation device documentation If the cable is correct verify that the NMEA navigation device is on and is configured to send data Many NMEA navigation devices have programmable NMEA outputs and may need to be configured before they will transmit NMEA messages Again refer to the NMEA navigation device documentation or contact the device s manufacturer for customer support 34 Section 6 Setting Up NMEA Interface SBE 11plus V2 NMEA Navigation Device Message and Data Formats Notes e represents two device specific characters e See the table below for definitions of message parameters e lt CR gt is carriage return e lt LF gt is line feed Message Formats GGA Global Positioning System Fix Data Time position and fix related data for a GPS receiver GGA hhmmss ss lI ILa yyyyy yy b x xx x x x X M x x M x x xxxx hh lt CR gt lt LF gt GLL
45. converted data decibars C etc for display during data acquisition Seasave calculates converted data in engineering units by applying the calibration coefficients in the configuration xmlcon or con file to the raw data from each sensor Each sensor s Calibration Sheet lists its calibration coefficients as well as the equation used by Seasave to derive engineering units from the raw data An exception is the calculation of pressure temperature compensation for the Paroscientific Digiquartz pressure sensor which is described below Pressure Temperature Compensation Tp M 12 bit pressure temperature compensation word B C Where M AD590M and B AD590B from the calibration sheet Raw pressure temperature compensation has a decimal value between 0 and 4095 Example Byte 30 10101000 Byte 31 00010101 M 0 01258 and B 9 844 from calibration sheet N 101010000001 binary 2689 decimal Tp 0 01258 2689 9 844 23 98 C Pressure temperature is computed using a backward looking 30 second running average to prevent bit transitions in pressure temperature from causing small jumps in computed pressure Because the heavily insulated pressure sensor has a thermal time constant on the order of one hour the 30 second average does not significantly alter the computed pressure temperature Calculation of Engineering Units in SBE Data Processing Our data processing program SBE Data Processing starts wi
46. e Deck Unit e Characters received by the CTD with the most significant bit set ASCII values 128 255 are interpreted as commands to a water sampler The CTD interprets the command encodes it in the format required by the water sampler and sends it to the water sampler e Characters received by the CTD with the most significant bit not set are passed along unchanged to a remote serial output device All characters received by the CTD from the water sampler and remote serial output device are sent to the Deck Unit Water sampler operation does not interfere with operation of a remote serial output device and vice versa 75 Appendix III Functional Description and Circuitry SBE 11plus V2 The Deck Unit automatically sends the following commands as applicable when the user pushes the Home Arm and Fire buttons or fires bottles through Seasave SBE 32 Carousel Commands and Replies Commands to Carousel SR Go to home position position 1 SF Fire next position sequential firing SNx Fire position x first position is Examples SN2 fire position 2 fire position 12 6 6 At home position 6 6 Received invalid bottle number 6 6 Did not confirm fire 6 49 6 Fired bottle 2 6 72 6 Fired bottle 24 G O 1015 Rosette Commands and Replies Commands to CTD ENBL Supply power to Rosette FIRE Remove power from Rosette fire bottle Replies ENABLED Ready to fire bottle
47. e Supply The Deck Unit uses a linear supply to produce the sea cable voltage 250 volts at 0 25 amperes reference drawing 32233 AC power is input to power transformer T1 primary connections are switched to work on 120 or 240 VAC to generate approximately 275 V RMS for input to a bridge rectifier Motorola 100JB12L The resulting DC voltage is regulated by series inductor L1 and capacitor Mallory CGS801T450V4L 800 uF 450 volts to produce 250 volt output R1 is a bleeder resistor used to stabilize the supply output voltage and ensure supply discharge within a reasonable 15 second interval Output voltage decay time constant is R1 C2 3 2 seconds Receiver PCB The receiver circuitry drawing 31326 is installed components downward on the smaller PCB mounted immediately below the main microprocessor PCB The decoder circuitry is on the same PCB as is tape recorder interface section Transformer T1 provides decoupled 34560 Hz sea cable telemetry signal to a bandpass filter C9 L1 and C11 L2 Transistor pair Q2 and Q3 applies gain while C13 and T3 produce additional filtering UIA is a gain stage and Q7 Q8 convert the signal to 5 volt logic level Shift register U3 and X OR U2C provide the DPSK decoding function U1 land its associated counter circuits provide the bit clock with Bessel filter U4 and associated components extracting the NRZ data stream Comparitor U5 converts the NRZ signal to full logic level The receiver microco
48. e a i c tibilit 32 800 feet long with inner core resistance of up to ompatibity 350 ohms F 132 x 432 x 432 mm 5 2 x 17 x 17 inch cabinet with Deck Unit a A standard 19 inch distance between centers of mounting Dimensions holes rack mounting brackets SBE 11plus V2 operates properly under following conditions Installati e Indoor use aN ee rn l Altitude up to 2000 meters e Temperature from 5 C to 40 C e Maximum relative humidity 80 non condensing e Mains supply voltage 10 Section 2 Description of SBE 11p us V2 SBE 11plus V2 System Communications System communications are summarized below Note SBE 14 requires 300 baud SBE 46 requires 1200 2400 4800 or 9600 baud SBE 14 or 46 or Converted Data Output RS 232C 300 other 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 or 19200 device baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity Remote Output Pressure frequency RS 232C 1200 2400 4800 9600 or 19200 baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity Tape Recorder Tape Recorder Serial instrument data RS 232C 19200 baud 8 data bits Gone 1_stop bit no parity NMEA 0183 protocol 4800 or 9600 baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit NMEA it no party Navigation Device Surface PAR Sensor 34560 Hz Carrier DPSK transmit amp receive CTD auxiliary sensor data transmit serial instrument data to Deck Unit Modem Channel transmit amp receive for water sample
49. e 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 Table of Contents SBE 11plus V2 Table of Contents Section 1 Introduction ssccccceieesccscevecscssasenssieussocssecevsessesaoravceteorssisnevaveoe 5 About this Manual s csc caccsscecatcacceceacecstcsteedcestuen cobstedecaudeeedevsdaveacnedesedsaececdecateees 5 Unpacking SBE 11plus V2 sessessesessesereerreereseesesesseventerssesesttsererserieereersseesrsere 6 Section 2 Description of SBE 11plus V2 sscsssscssssccsssscsssscssscessees 7 Systemi Descriptores eaen eneee e co than Rete eee tees eee ad 7 Deck Unit Specifications ssepe eette spate sctusise so aise e a eE EEEN e e piik Eaa 9 System Communications seseeessssesesesesesresstsesesecrersessstserecstreesenesrietseesesesereeres 10 Deck Unit Front Panel 0 ccceceesseescessceesceeeceseceseceaeceaeceeecaeesaeeeeeeereserenereeaees 11 Deck Unit Back Panel neneeeseneeseeeesseeesssesersresersessreresseseesesresessrenesseeeessesees 13 Section 3 Mounting and Wiring System cssccsssccsssscssssscssscees 14 Mounting
50. eck Unit dip switches to select and interface with a water sampler serial number 785 and lower For use with the G O 1015 Deck Unit must have optional control module for G O 1015 as well as the 300 baud modem interface Setting up Seasave to select and interface with a water sampler e Using the Deck Unit or Seasave to fire bottles Setting Deck Unit Modem PCB Dip Switches Set SW1 positions 1 through 4 as follows Note SWI Position A switch is ON when pushed Water Sampler Type i 2 3 r in at the position number In the photo below positions SBE 32 Carousel ON ON ON ON 1 2 3 4 and 8 are ON G O 1015 Rosette OFF ON ON ON positions 5 6 and 7 are OFF G O 1016 Rosette ON OFF ON ON If using a G O 1016 set the Arm offset to adjust the home position with SW1 positions 5 through 8 as follows SW1 Position Arm Offset degrees 5 6 7 8 2 8 ON ON ON ON 2 4 OFF ON ON ON 2 0 ON OFF ON ON 1 6 OFF OFF ON ON 1 2 ON ON OFF ON 0 8 OFF ON OFF ON 0 4 ON OFF OFF ON 0 0 OFF OFF OFF ON 0 4 ON ON ON OFF 0 8 OFF ON ON OFF 1 2 ON OFF ON OFF 1 6 OFF OFF ON OFF 2 0 ON ON OFF OFF 2 4 OFF ON OFF OFF 2 8 ON OFF OFF OFF 3 2 OFF OFF OFF OFF Nominal 47 Section 9 Setting Up Water Sampler SBE 11plus V2 Setting Up Water Sampler in Seasave 1 Double click on Seasave exe Note 2 Click Configure
51. ed as a water sampler control response to a bottle closure command e If a byte is received by the 9plus without the 8 bit set it is interpreted by the 9plus as a command to the serial data output instrument and is routed to the serial data output instrument at the appropriate baud rate 9600 or 19200 baud The serial data output instrument response is transmitted to the 9plus and then multiplexed into the 9plus telemetry stream and de multiplexed by the 1 1p us V2 Deck Unit The 9600 baud serial uplink communications channel is time dimension multiplexed into the 9plus data telemetry channel Each 9plus data scan is transmitted via the sea cable at twice the normal speed leaving a gap in the data stream long enough to accommodate continuous transmission at 9600 baud Presuming the serial data is coming into the 9p us continuously the 9plus buffers serial data until its data scan is complete and then moves the accumulated serial data packet onto the telemetry channel The first byte of the serial data packet defines the number of bytes that follow This allows binary or ASCII data to be transmitted over the serial uplink The 11plus V2 splits the data stream processing the 9p us scan normally and sending the serial data at 19200 baud to a port on the back plane for processing by the user s computer 52 Section 11 Operating System SBE 11plus V2 Section 11 Operating System Note It is possible to use the SBE 17plus V2 SE
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53. ency and pressure temperature transmitted 24 times per second intended to be used to control a towed vehicle Any combination of temperature conductivity pressure depth salinity sound velocity and altimeter height in engineering units A limited set of these parameters can be displayed on an SBE 14 Remote Depth Readout or SBE 46 LCD Display Box NMEA Input connects to a NMEA 0183 navigation device Surface PAR Input connects to a Surface PAR sensor B 13 Section 3 Mounting and Wiring System SBE 11plus V2 Section 3 Mounting and Wiring System This section covers e Mounting the Deck Unit e Wiring the system Mounting Deck Unit Detachable rack mount ears are provided for mounting the Deck Unit to standard 19 inch electronics bays Ensure that the back of the Deck Unit specifically the cooling fan and its vent is not obstructed Wiring System WARNING Life threatening voltage 250 VDC is present on the sea cable when the Deck Unit is powered This voltage persists for up to 1 minute after removing power Verify that the Deck Unit is disconnected from the AC power source before connecting the sea cable to the Deck Unit Unplug the AC power cord and wait 1 minute after power is removed before working on the Deck Unit sea cable connector or sea cable circuits Note A NMEA navigation device can be connected directly to the computer instead of to the Deck Unit This feature is supported by
54. ent to the Deck Unit through the SBE 11 Interface connector using SEATERM 2 CATEGORY COMMAND DESCRIPTION DS Display status and setup parameters GPIB x x JEEE 488 address Factory default 1 Must be set to 1 to work with Seasave General Setup AdvanceCn x n conductivity channel number 0 or 1 x time seconds to advance channel n A D channel number 0 7 AdvanceVn x x time seconds to advance channel maximum 10 x baud rate for communication between Deck NMEABaud x Unit and NMEA navigation device 4800 or 9600 Output Lat Lon Time ASCII data over NSR RS 232 SBE 11 Interface to terminal program For diagnostic use in SEATERM NMEA Output Lat Lon Time ASCII data over NSI IEEE 488 SBE 11 Interface to terminal program For diagnostic use in SEATERM Nx sent automancally vAdd 7 bytes Of Lat Lon data to CTD data by Seasave based x N Do not on xmlcon or con file setting x Y Add Surface PAR voltage data to AddSPAR x CTD data Surface PAR x N Do not Offset x x offset voltage used to adjust Surface PAR data for drift in Deck Unit electronics ae amp x baud for pressure frequency and pressure Pressire PBaud x temperature output from Deck Unit 1200 2400 4800 9600 or 19200 Temperature x N Do not automatically start sampling on power up Default AutoRun x x Y On power up automatically start sampling and do not send and display response Aut
55. equency and voltage data via a thumbwheel switch and 8 digit LED readout Other features include e 300 baud modem interface provides power and real time control for a water sampler SBE 32 Carousel or G O 1015 or 1016 Rosette or remote serial output device The modem permits water sampler control through the Deck Unit or via Seasave software Bottles may be fired sequentially or SBE 32 and G O 1016 only in any order The interface must be installed in the Deck Unit and CTD Additional information gt SBE 32 Carousel 911plus is compatible with full size SBE 32 and compact SBE 32C Carousel sizes gt G O 1015 Deck Unit must also have optional 1015 control module e NMEA Interface that merges position data with the CTD data The NMEA Interface decodes messages that are output from navigation devices supporting NMEA 0183 protocol Decoded Latitude and Longitude are appended to the CTD data stream in the Deck Unit and are passed to the computer for storage and display with the CTD data e A D converter for a Surface PAR light sensor The Deck Unit supplies 12 volts to power the sensor and merges the PAR data with the CTD data e Tape recorder interface for recording the digital data stream on an audiocassette recorder or VCR e Remote output The Deck Unit provides two remote outputs gt Pressure frequency and pressure temperature transmitted 24 times per second can be used to control a towed vehicle gt Any combina
56. erse especially when used with a MK III CTD The 9plus CTD can be used with the G O 1015 in either setting by choosing the appropriate interface cable 17196 for reverse or 17533 for normal If you have only one interface cable the polarity setting of the G O 1015 can be changed to correspond with your cable Application Note 35 gives detailed instructions e G O 1016 Rosette Connect the CTD s 6 pin top center JT7 connector to the Rosette Power to Deck Unit WARNING Some oceanographic vessels Verify that the Deck Unit back panel power selector switch is in the correct isolate un ground the AC power position 120 or 240 VAC for your mains power source Connect power to the ground circuit If the Deck Unit is being installed on a vessel with an isolated AC power ground a secure separate ground connection AC Input connector on the Deck Unit back panel using the supplied cable must be made between the Deck Unit chassis and the ship s hull for SAFETY REASONS Attach the hull connection to the protective earthing terminal located on the back panel of the 11p us using at least 20 AWG wire and a ring terminal CAUTION Connecting a Deck Unit set for 120 volts to a 240 volt power supply will cause severe damage to the Deck Unit 16 ection 4 Installing and Using Sea Bird Software SBE 11plus V2 Section 4 Installing and Using Sea Bird Software This section briefly covers e Installing Sea Bird softw
57. erted Data Out CDO Any combination of temperature conductivity pressure depth salinity sound velocity and altimeter height in engineering units A limited set of these parameters can be displayed on an SBE 14 Remote Depth Readout or SBE 46 LCD Display Box A 5 pin MS style connector MS3106A14S 5P was supplied if a cable was not provided The connector pin designations are Deck Unit Function Pin A Ground Pin B CDO RS 232 receive Pin C CDO RS 232 transmit Pin D Raw pressure RS 232 transmit Pin E Power 12 VDC Deck Unit to Serial Data Uplink Connect a computer to the Serial Data Uplink DB 9S connector on the Deck Unit back panel using the supplied cable The connector pin designations are Deck Unit Function Pin 3 Transmit to PC Pin 5 Common 15 Section 3 Mounting and Wiring System SBE 11plus V2 CTD to Auxiliary Sensors and Water Sampler See the SBE 9p us CTD manual for details on wiring of the CTD to auxiliary sensors For wiring of the CTD to the water sampler e SBE 32 Carousel Connect the CTD s 6 pin top center JT7 connector to the 6 pin bulkhead connector at the bottom of the Carousel electronics housing with the 6 pin to 6 pin jumper cable 17198 e G O 1015 Rosette Connect the CTD s 3 pin JT4 connector to the Rosette The G O 1015 has 2 polarity settings normal and reverse which refer to the sea cable polarity Most commonly it is set to rev
58. expected rate and format Error LED flashes when data from the CTD is incorrect that is modulo count indicates a skipped scan In general if Data LED is on and Error LED is off CTD and telemetry link are working properly Alarm buzzer sounds based on alarm logic for bottom contact switch altimeter and or pressure SBE or G O LED Water sampler type is controlled by SW1 on the Deck Unit Modem PCB If SW1 is set to SBE 32 Carousel SBE LED comes on and Note stays on If SW1 is set to General Oceanics 1015 or 1016 Rosette G O LED Water sampler bottles can also comes on and stays on be fired from the computer using Seasave real time data and Home Arm and Fire pushbuttons and LEDs operation varies acquisition software or user depending on water sampler type developed software e SBE 32 Carousel gt Home Arm button resets Carousel so it will close bottle at position 1 next time Fire button is pushed When confirmation is received from Carousel Home Arm LED comes on and stays on until you fire first bottle gt Fire button causes Carousel to fire closing next position bottle When confirmation is received from Carousel Fire LED comes on and stays on until the next time you push Fire or Home Arm button gt When Carousel is fired via software Fire LED comes on for 5 seconds when confirmation is received 11 Section 2 Description of SBE 11p us V2 SBE 11plus V2 e G O 1015 Rosette gt Home Arm bu
59. f NMEA navigation device used and select whether NMEA device is connected directly to 11 plus Deck Unit or to computer If NMEA navigation 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 Section 6 Setting Up NMEA Interface Surface PAR Select if Surface PAR sensor used must agree with Deck Unit setup AddSPAR 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 9plus from auxiliary sensors See Section 7 Setting Up Surface PAR Scan time Select to have Seasave append time seconds since January 1 1970 GMT to each data scan 3 The configuration information appears on the Instrument Configuration tab Verify that the sensors match those on your instrument and that auxiliary sensors are assigned to the correct channels Click Modify to bring up a dialog box shown below to change the configuration and or to view modify calibration coefficients Channel Sensor table reflects this choice Total voltage words is 4 each word contains data from two 12 bit A D cha
60. face Surface PAR Section 7 Setting Up Surface PAR Remote Output Section 8 Setting Up Remote Output Water Sampler Section 9 Setting Up Water Sampler RS 232 Serial Data Uplink Section 10 Setting Up RS 232 Serial Data Uplink 2 Setting Operating Parameters in SEATERM Connect the Deck Unit s SBE 11 Interface RS 232 connector to the computer Double click on SeaTerm exe In the Configure menu select the SBE 11 Interface The Configuration Options dialog box appears Set Firmware Version Version 5 0 or greater Comm Port for connection of SBE 11 Interface to computer Baud Rate 19200 Data Bits 8 Parity none Mode RS 232 Click OK to save the settings and exit the dialog box Turn on power to the Deck Unit or if already on send the status DS command The display in SEATERM looks like this SBE llplus V 5 2 number of scans to average 8 pressure baud rate 9600 NMEA baud rate 4800 surface PAR voltage added to scan A D offset 0 GPIB address 1 advance primary conductivity advance secondary conductivity autorun on power up is disabled See Commands Entered with SEATERM below for a description of each output line from the status command If the system does not respond as described e Verify the correct instrument interface SBE 11 Interface was selected in the Configure menu and the settings were entered correctly in the Configuration Options dialog box e Check cabling between the compu
61. fset x x offset voltage count 0 99 used to adjust Surface PAR data for drift in Deck Unit electronics Pressure Baud Rate Command PBaud x x baud rate for pressure frequency and pressure temperature output from Deck Unit 1200 2400 4800 9600 or 19200 Autorun Commands Autorun allows the user to automatically start sampling when power is applied This may be useful for a system that is not using Seasave to control and monitor data acquisition AutoRun x x Y When power is applied automatically send GR to start sampling and put data into RS 232C buffer Do not send and display response of status command on power up x N Wait for a command when power is applied Default AddNMEA x x Y Add 7 bytes of Lat Lon data to CTD data x N Do not add Lat Lon data to CTD data Setting Up CTD Configuration xmlcon or con File in Seasave Notes e Seasave and SBE Data Processing versions 7 20 introduced xmlcon files in XML format Versions 7 20 and later allow you to open a con or xmicon file and to save it to a con or xmlicon file Seasave and SBE Data Processing use the same configuration file A new or recalibrated CTD ships with a configuration file that reflects the current configuration as we know it The file is named with the CTD serial number followed by a con extension For example for a CTD with serial number 2375 Sea Bird names the file 2375 con You may rename the file but not the e
62. g space Note required to store data If using Seasave suppression of data words and inclusion of NMEA data is entered in the configuration xmlcon or con file The Deck NMEA Command Unit sends the appropriate Xn and Nx commands based on the Nx x Y Add Lat Lon data to CTD data settings in the configuration file x N Do not Start Collecting Data Command Gx x I R or B Signals Deck Unit to begin putting data into its output buffers at a rate determined by how many scans are averaged x I Put data into IEEE 488 buffer x R Put data into RS 232C buffer x B Put data into both buffers User s computer obtains this data by exercising appropriate bus protocol Stop Placing Data into Buffers Command S Deck Unit stops putting data into buffers Send S when ready to stop sampling 74 Appendix III Functional Description and Circuitr SBE 11plus V2 Appendix Ill Functional Description and Circuitry Deck Unit Data Interfaces The Deck Unit has both IEEE 488 parallel and RS 232C serial interfaces Data output and control commands can be sent via either interface To successfully transmit full rate 24 Hz data with all channels active set the RS 232C interface to 19200 baud or use the parallel interface With minimum data channels active 4 words and a reasonably fast computer i e 80386 processor 24 Hz data acquisition may be accomplished at lower baud rates Memory buffers at the ou
63. halts input until instructions are received from computer Always Reset before beginning a CTD cast otherwise first data sent to computer may be old data left over from end of a previous cast Seasave performs this reset function automatically before beginning a cast Signal Source switch place in Fish position when data is to be acquired from CTD Place in Tape position when previously recorded data is to be played back from an audio recorder 12 Deck Unit Back Panel Qa AC VOLTAGE CECO AC Input 2 120V 2 AMP Fuse gt 4Qy 1 AMP Note An 11plus V2 with jumpers set for serial data uplink 6 cannot output data through Tape Recorder 5 See Section 10 Setting Up RS 232 Serial Data Uplink Note A NMEA navigation device can be connected directly to the computer instead of to the Deck Unit This feature is supported by Seasave V7 version 7 17 and later see Setting Up CTD Configuration xmicon or con File in Seasave in Section 5 Setting Up System The output from Seasave is the same regardless of whether the NMEA data was appended in the Deck Unit or in the computer 3 Section 2 Description of SBE 11p us V2 SBE 11plus V2 SBE 11 INTERFACE F SERIAL DATA UPLINK REMOTE a O O O as IEEE 488 MODEM CHANNEL a TAPE RECORDER B O_O RECORD O O PLAY SEA CABLE iG 0 5 AMP D O D O CAUTION HIGH VOLTAGE SURFACE PAR ac Voltage Switch Selector selec
64. hat are automatically executed when PROGI1V2 is run see Coefficients Commands in CDO Commands Entered with SEATERM below 40 Section 8 Setting Up Remote Output SBE 11plus V2 Configuring CDO 1 Connect the Deck Unit s Remote Out connector to the computer 2 Double click on SeaTerm exe 3 Inthe Configure menu select SBE 11 Remote Out Make the selections in the Configuration Options dialog box e COMM Port COM 1 through COM 10 as applicable e Baud Rate 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 or 19200 must be 300 for SBE 14 must be 1200 2400 4800 or 9600 for SBE 46 e Data Bits 8 e Parity None e Mode RS 232 Full Duplex Click OK to save the settings and exit the dialog box 4 Turn on power to the Deck Unit or if already on send the status DS command The display in SEATERM looks like this SBE llplus Remote Output V 1 0 number of scans to average 4 bottom contact alarm enabled pressure alarm enabled pressure to enable alarm 100 0 db sound alarm when pressure is less than 50 00 db altimeter alarm enabled pressure to enable alarm 100 0 db sound alarm when altimeter height is less than 50 00 meters altimeter hysteresis 5 00 meters altimeter volt no 2 altimeter scale factor 5 00 latitude to use for depth calculation 30 0 output format press depth temp cond sal followed by lines of data if power was just turned on See CDO Commands Entered with SEATERM below for a description of each output line f
65. hin Timeout in seconds at startup The data starts appearing in the screen displays 6 To fire a water sampler bottle from Seasave do one of the following Press Ctrl F3 or In the Real Time Control menu select Fire Bottle Control The Bottle Fire dialog box appears you can leave this open throughout the cast The dialog box displays the number of the next bottle to be fired If you selected User Input in the water sampler setup Section 9 Setting Up Water Sampler select the bottle you want to fire next Click Fire Bottle when desired When Seasave receives a bottle fired confirmation from a water sampler SBE 32 Carousel Water Sampler or G O 1016 Rosette 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 G O 1015 Rosette The SBE 9plus sets a bit in the modulo word high for 1 5 seconds and Seasave increments the number of bottles fired Later when the raw data file is converted in SBE Data Processing s Data Conversion module scans identified in the bl file or marked with a bottle confirmation bit are written to a water bottle file with a ros extension 7 To stop data acquisition In the Real Time Data menu select Stop Turn off power to the Deck Unit 54 Section 11 Operating System
66. ications Utilities Data View Help Toolbar Command Data Echo Area Capture Status bar io file status grayed Upload out if not parameter capturing Captuting Z E Z Instrument Baud rate data bits EPROM version stop bits and parity e Menus For tasks and frequently executed instrument commands e Toolbar Buttons for frequently executed tasks and instrument commands All tasks and commands accessed here are also available in the Menus To display or hide the Toolbar select View Toolbar in the View menu Grayed out buttons are not applicable e Command Data Echo Area Echoes if applicable a command executed using a Menu or Toolbar button as well as the instrument s response Additionally a command can be manually typed in this area from the available commands for the instrument e Status bar Provides status information To display or hide the Status bar select View Status bar in the View menu 18 Section 4 Installing and Using Sea Bird Software SBE 11plus V2 Computer COM port baud rate data bits and parity for Following are the Toolbar buttons applicable to the Deck Unit varies depending on which interface is connected Toolbar Description Equivalent Buttons P Command Re establish communications with instrument Connect j press Enter key Computer responds with S gt prompt Capture instrument responses on screen to file Capture useful for diagnostics Fi
67. icients appears Select sensors after to view change calibration coefficients for that sensor Frequency channels suppressed and Voltage words suppressed have been specified above Report Help Exit Cancel 4 Click Save or Save As to save any changes to the xmlcon or con file Click Exit when done reviewing modifying the configuration file 28 Section 6 Setting Up NMEA Interface SBE 11plus V2 Section 6 Setting Up NMEA Interface The Deck Unit includes a NMEA 0183 Interface that permits position data to be merged with the CTD data The NMEA Interface is designed to decode Notes messages that are output from navigation devices supporting NMEA 0183 ith tl rotocol The Deck Unit automatically decodes an e To save the NMEA data with the p 1 The Deck U Ily decodes GGA GLL RMA RMC and CTD data select NMEA position TRF NMEA messages data added when setting up the CTD fi ion xml i file i ee a ene The decoded Latitude and Longitude is appended to the CTD data stream in A NMEA navigation device can be the Deck Unit and passed to the computer for storage and or display with the connected directly to the computer CTD data The NMEA LED on the Deck Unit front panel flashes each time a instead of to the Deck Unit This NMEA message is successfully decoded should flash at the same rate at feature is supported by Seasave V7 which the navigation device is transmitting The Deck Unit appends the same
68. ilable in Reset command is received If buffer overflows some data will have been lost RS 232 buffer Buffer overflow sometimes occurred in old computers with slow processors it should not occur in computer with 80386 or faster processors 14 E amp 15 F Unused 58 Section 12 Data Formats SBE 11plus V2 Raw Output Data Format Note Data output from the SBE 11 Interface RS 232 or IEEE 488 is raw data frequencies and IEEE 488 Ou MSB most significant bit LSB least significant bit A D voltages This raw data can be saved in a hex file tput Data is output in the following order Word Byte Description Discussion 0 0 2 Primary temperature Frequency f Byte 0 256 Byte 1 Byte 2 256 1 3 5 Primary conductivity Frequency f Byte 3 256 Byte 4 Byte 5 256 2 6 8 Pressure Frequency f Byte 6 256 Byte 7 Byte 8 256 3 9 11 Secondary temperature Frequency f Byte 9 256 Byte 10 Byte 11 256 4 12 14 Secondary conductivity Frequency f Byte 12 256 Byte 13 Byte 14 256 15 A D channel 0 8 MSBs 5 16 A D channel 0 4 LSBs 4 7 amp 1 4 MSBs 0 3 Each 12 bit number N is a binary representation of analog 17 A D channel 1 8 LSBs voltage N s value is 4095 for 0 volts 0 for 5 volts 18 A D channel 2 8 MSBs 6 19 A D channel 2 4 LSBs 4 7
69. in this time period for example if a shark bites cable and interrupts data acquisition Seasave stops attempting to acquire data after this gap 53 Start Real Time Data Acquisition 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 C Documents and Settings dbresko My Documents test hex Click Select Output Data File Name Save Archived Data As dialog box appears browse to desired file location enter desired file name and click Save Select Output Data File Name Configuration Options Instrument configuration xmlcon or con file to change select Configure Inputs C Documents and Settings dbresko My Documents test xmlcon Configure Inputs Configure Outputs cn m Timeout in seconds at startup Timeout in seconds between scans Report Help Start Exit Cancel Make the desired selections Section 11 Operating System SBE 11 plus V2 5 In the Start Real Time Data Acquisition dialog box click Start Note If Auto Fire firing sequence was selected on the Water Sampler tab in Configure Inputs the Fire Bottle Control dialog box is not available Note 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 A F If you selected Begin archiving data immediately or Begin arch
70. ing 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 Do not archive data for this cast to not save data to a file Real time data will still appear in displays Configuration Options Currently selected instrument configuration xmlcon or con file is shown containing information on number and type of sensors interfacing with 9plus calibration coefficients and inclusion of NMEA and Surface PAR data with output from Deck Unit To modify input configuration xmlcon or con file serial ports water sampler TCP IP ports miscellaneous and or pump control click Configure Inputs To modify outputs serial data output serial ports shared file output mark variables TCP IP output TCP IP ports SBE 11plus alarms SBE 14 remote display PC alarms header form and or diagnostics click Configure Outputs 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 with
71. iving 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 desired header and click OK If you set up a water sampler in Configure Inputs Seasave sends a Reset command to the water sampler equivalent to pushing the Reset button on the Deck Unit and waits up to 60 seconds for confirmation If confirmation is not received verify that e Deck Unit power is on e There are connections between the computer ports and Deck Unit SBE 11 Interface and Modem Channel e The communication settings and COM Ports selected on the Serial Ports tab in Configure Inputs are correct If you selected NMEA position data added in the xmlcon or con file Seasave initializes NMEA communications If you selected Check Scan Length in the Options menu Seasave checks the xmlcon or con file to verify that the scan length defined by the file matches the instrument i e number of sensors inclusion of NMEA and or Surface PAR is as defined in the xmlcon or con file If a Scan length error appears verify that e You are using the correct xmlcon or con file e The xmlcon or con file has been updated as necessary if you added or deleted sensors added or deleted NMEA or Surface PAR inputs etc Seasave sends a message Waiting for data Seasave will time out if data is not received from the Deck Unit wit
72. l alignment changes are required use the Align CTD module in SBE Data Processing to correct any residual misalignment in the saved data Note beds CTD systems with atypical flow paths AdvanceCn x n conductivity channel number 0 or 1 for example supporting flow through x time seconds to advance conductivity channel fluorometers may require different Conductivity measurement on a water parcel is settings See the discussion of Align CTD in the SBE Data Processing delayed because the TC duct presents water to the manual and Application Note 38 for conductivity sensor after the water has passed the calculation of optimal advance values temperature sensor Since the pump sets a constant flow speed the delay is constant To compensate for the delay so salinity can be computed with minimum spiking the Deck Unit can advance the conductivity measurement in time to coordinate it with the appropriate temperature measurement This advance occurs before any averaging so a bias error is not introduced in the calculated salinity Typical advance for 9plus and factory default is 0 073 seconds 1 75 scans 1 24 See Configuration Sheet for setting for your unit Example Set advance for both conductivity channels primary and secondary to 0 073 seconds ADVANCECO0 0 073 ADVANCEC1 0 073 Advance Vn x n A D channel number 0 7 x time seconds to advance A D channel maximum 10 seconds Advance A D channels fo
73. le has cap extension p Press Capture again to turn off capture Capture status displays in Status bar Free computer COM port used to communicate Disconnect with instrument COM port can then be used by another program In the Configure menu select the interface corresponding to the connection between the computer and the Deck Unit e SBE 11 Interface connection to SBE 11 Interface RS 232 used for general Deck Unit setup see Section 5 Setting Up System for details e SBE 11 Modem e SBE 11 Remote Out used to set up Converted Data Output CDO see Section 8 Setting Up Remote Output for details e SBE 11 9600 Baud Uplink connection to Serial Data Uplink The Configuration dialog box appears example shown for SBE 11 Remote Out Header information For communication between computer and Remote Output interface communication between computer and Remote Output interface Mode RS 292 Full Duple RS 488 Hall Duplex Data Bits E hdst Meadin C7 CS Modem AS485 1D F arity c Prorat if le Even Ode None E Aularrslically cal if Make the selections in the Configuration Options dialog box to correspond to the information on the Deck Unit Configuration Sheet Click OK to save the settings Turn on power to the Deck Unit Send commands as desired See Section 5 Setting Up System Section 8 Setting Up Remote Outp
74. les from 0 to 255 then restarts at 0 If Deck Unit odulo count 32 ROT line asserted averages data modulo increments by number of scans i averaged Modulo provides a check on data integrity Missed scans caused by sea cable errors cause jumps in the count a NMEA data See Section 6 Setting Up NMEA Interface 59 Section 12 Data Formats SBE 11plus V2 To reduce data storage space requirements the Deck Unit can suppress unused words based on the system configuration from the data stream For example If secondary temperature and conductivity sensors are not used words 3 and 4 can be stripped from the data stream If not all A D channels are used the unused words can be stripped from the data stream words 5 through 8 as applicable Words are suppressed from last to first For example for a system with only two A D voltage words the channels are VO V1 V2 and V3 If Surface PAR is not used word 9 can be stripped from the data stream This suppression is done automatically if using Seasave The information in the instrument configuration xmlcon or con file is used by Seasave to automatically program the Deck Unit to delete unused words If words are suppressed the listing above is shortened For example for a system with CTD only secondary temperature and conductivity all A D channels and Surface PAR all suppressed and no NMEA data the IEE 488 output is Word Byte Descripti
75. lows instructions are written assuming you are using a second computer to emulate the NMEA navigation device 1 On computer 1 in SEATERM note the NMEA baud rate in the status command response 4800 or 9600 see Setting Up NMEA in SEATERM above On computer 2 double click on nmeatest exe in same directory as SBE Data Processing The NMEATest screen appears On the NMEATest screen click on the Configure menu The Configure dialog box appears Select e NMEA message to be simulated RMA RMC GLL or GGA or select an existing NMEA data file on your computer by clicking Send File and browsing to the desired file e Baud rate 4800 or 9600 for transmission of simulated NMEA data to Deck Unit must match NMEA baud rate set in the Deck Unit see Step 1 e COMM port on computer 2 for transmission of NMEA data to Deck Unit e Message interval time between simulated messages to be transmitted to Deck Unit Click OK On the NMEATest screen click Start NMEA data should begin to display on the NMEATest screen on computer 2 The NMEA LED should flash each time the simulation program transmits a new position On computer 1 set up Seasave and start data acquisition Steps 1 through 5 in Setting Up and Testing NMEA in Seasave above NMEA data should display in Seasave The latitude and longitude displayed by Seasave should correspond to that of the simulation program see NMEA Navigation Device Message and Data Formats
76. lus SBE 14 Remote Display does not apply to an SBE 14 connected directly to the Deck Unit s Remote Out connector which is the typical usage See Section 8 Setting Up Remote Output for setup for the typical usage Instrument Configuration instrument configuration xmlcon or con file which defines what sensors are integrated with the CTD and what channels are used by the sensors sensor calibration coefficients and what other data is integrated with the data stream from the 9plus Serial Ports define communication parameters for SBE 11 Interface channel sends commands to and receives replies from 9plus COM port for Modem Channel sends commands to and receives replies from the water sampler and sends pump on off commands to 9plus with custom pump control and COM ports for serial data output and SBE 14 Remote Display Water Sampler enable and set up control of bottle firing for a water sampler TCP IP Ports define ports for communication with Seasave and for publishing data to remote clients Miscellaneous define parameters required for output of depth average sound velocity descent rate acceleration oxygen plume anomaly and or potential temperature anomaly Pump Control enable user pump control for a custom 9plus In Configure Outputs set up the following Serial Data Out enable and set up output of selected raw data frequencies and or voltages and or converted data engineering units
77. mote instrument or the computer may be cabled improperly Verify that the Transmit and Receive pins are properly wired pins 2 and 3 on a standard serial cable 67 Section 14 Troubleshooting SBE 11plus V2 Cause Solution 4 G O 1015 Rosette Water Sampler only If both modems are operational Cause Solution 1 and 2 ruled out verify that the Rosette Interface PCB is operational Place a voltmeter across the Rosette cable s positive and negative wires and enable the Rosette 60 volts should appear on the cable If it does not the cable or Rosette Interface PCB may be faulty Press the Fire button on the Deck Unit the 60 volt level should rapidly drop to 0 If the voltage on the cable comes up to 60V and drops as expected the Rosette pylon may be switched to the wrong polarity Fix this by opening the Rosette pylon and switching the polarity switch to negative If the Rosette Interface PCB is operational and the pylon is not switched to the wrong polarity the pylon electronics are faulty When the G O 1015 Rosette pylon fires a bottle the supply voltage is forced negative for a moment a voltmeter placed across the Rosette wires shows the negative pulse This negative pulse is sensed by the Rosette interface and a signal is sent to the Deck Unit in the telemetry stream and on the modem channel Switch the thumbwheel switch to position 11 B and fire the Rosette The bit second from the left should change to 1 for several scans after
78. n option the SBE 91 1plus system can be equipped to provide an interface for a serial data output instrument connected to the SBE 9plus CTD s JT4 The serial data is multiplexed into the 9plus telemetry stream and is de multiplexed by the 1 1plus V2 Deck Unit The de multiplexed data is output from the Deck Unit at the back panel s Serial Data Uplink connector The serial data uplink operates only in one direction from the CTD to the Deck Unit Communication from the Deck Unit to the serial data output instrument through the CTD is provided via the 300 baud FSK modem used for water sampler control Note that the 911plus supports use of the serial data output instrument and water sampler in the same cast Instrument commands sent via the 300 baud modem are transmitted from the CTD to the instrument at the transmission rate of the instrument Data from the serial output instrument is transmitted from the Deck Unit to the computer at 19200 baud The diagram below shows a schematic of the serial data instrument communications Modem Channel 300 baud SBE 11plus V2 Computer Deck Unit 19200 baud 9600 Baud Uplink 300 baud FSK modem SBE Qplus telemetry stream Serial Data Output Instrument SBE 9plus CTD 8 data bits 1 start bit 1 stop bit no parity 9600 or 19200 baud 9600 baud overall transmission rate Serial Data Output Instrument Requirements Note The serial data output instrument m
79. n options for setting up the instrument and the displays as well as for starting data acquisition e Status display This display provides the following information gt If Seasave is acquiring real time data or reading archived data gt If Seasave is storing real time data to a file output data file name gt Instrument configuration xmlcon or con file name To display or hide the Status select Status in the Display menu e Data display windows Seasave can display as many data windows as desired within the limits of your computer s resources The windows can be set up to display real time data conductivity temperature pressure etc as well as calculated parameters such as salinity and sound velocity There are three windows types gt Fixed Display has a vertical list of selected parameters to the left and displays their current values to the right gt Scrolled Display has a list of selected parameters across the top and displays the data in scrolling vertical columns gt Plot Display plots 1 parameter on the y axis and up to 4 on the x axis or parameter on the x axis and up to 4 on the y axis 2 Add displays as desired by selecting Add New Display Window in the Display menu 20 Section 4 Installing and Using Sea Bird Software SBE 11 plus V2 3 In Configure Inputs set up the following Notes e The Deck Unit s alarm does not require any setup for a bottom contact switch integrated with the 9p
80. n window looks like this lolx Run Configure Help 1 Data Conversion 2 Filter 3 Align CTD 4 Cell Thermal Mass 5 Loop Edit 6 Derive 7 Bin Average 8 Bottle Summary 9 Mark Scan 10 Buoyancy 11 Wild Edit 12 Window Filter 13 ASCII In 14 ASCII Out 15 Section 16 Split 17 Strip 18 Translate 19 Sea Plot 20 SeacalcW Version 1 0 Command Line Options Exit The window s menus are described below Run gt List of the post processing modules Select the desired module to set up the module parameters and process data gt Run Options Select Run Options to assist in automating processing gt Exit Select to exit the program Configure contains a list of Sea Bird instruments that require a configuration xmlcon or con file Select the desired instrument 911 917plus CTD to modify or create a configuration file for that instrument The configuration file defines the number and type of sensors interfacing with the instrument as well as the sensor calibration coefficients 23 Section 5 Setting Up System SBE 11plus V Section 5 Setting Up System This section covers Setting up general operating parameters for the Deck Unit in SEATERM Setting up the CTD configuration xmlcon or con file in Seasave See the following for details on setting up NMEA Interface Section 6 Setting Up NMEA Inter
81. nhancements 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 Section 1 Introduction SBE 11plus V2 Unpacking SBE 11plus V2 Shown below is a typical SBE 1 1p us V2 shipment Inclusion of test cables cables for optional interfaces etc is dependent on the order SBE MOOEL 1 pus CTD DECK UNIT trecreca SEA BIRD ELECTRONICS INC Rack mount kit screws not shown Deck Unit power cable Computer to Deck Unit cable for Deck Unit to 9pius test cable SBE 11 Interface RS 232 and Modem Channel connectors 2 cables Deck Unit Spare connector amp hardware kit Sea Cable NMEA Input amp Surface PAR Input connectors 1 connector amp hardware shown NMEA Input Interface test cable CDO Remote Out An ae Interface test cable nterface cable SBE Iplus V2 Software and Electronic Copies of Software Manuals and User Manual Deck Unit Manual Section 2 Description of SBE 11p us V2 SBE 11 plus V2 Section 2 Description of SBE 11plus V2 This section describes the functions and features of the SBE 11plus V2 Deck Unit as well as system communications System Description Notes e When the 9plus
82. nnels 11 plus V2 suppresses words starting with highest numbered word Number of words to keep is determined by highest numbered external voltage input that is not a spare Words to suppress 4 Words to Keep Configuration file opened None External Voltage Connector Words to Keep not spare JT2 AUX 1 Frequency channels suppressed 2 x JT3 AUX 2 JT5 AUX 3 Voltage words suppressed JT6 AUX 4 Computer interface AS 232C IEEE 448 or RS 232C for CTD data interface between Deck Unit and computer Scans to average fi MV NMEA position data added F NMEA depth data added NMEA device connected to deck unit D NMEA time added Shaded sensors cannot be a removed or changed to NMEA device connected to PC another type others are optional M Surface PAR voltage added I Scan time added Channel Sensor New 1 Frequency Temperature pt Dpen 2 Frequency Conductivity Open 3 Frequency Pressure Digiquartz with TC Gave 4 A D voltage 0 pH 5 A D voltage 1 Oxygen SBE 43 B A D voltage2 Fluorometer Biospherical Natural 7 A D voltage 3 Altimeter 8 SPAR voltage Unavailable Modify 9 SPAR voltage SPAR Surface Inadiance Save As J elect Click a sensor and click Modify 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 coeff
83. ntroller U7 converts the CTD data into frequencies and voltages and transmits the converted data 24 scans per second to the main digital PCB for further processing The NRZ data stream is fed to U13 where it is encoded to DPSK format for use by analog tape recorders 78 Appendix III Functional Description and Circuitry SBE 11plus V2 Modem PCB The Modem PCB drawing 31485 utilizes a Motorola MC145443 300 Baud FSK single chip modem Transmit frequencies are 2025 and 2225 Hz receive frequencies are 1070 and 1270 Hz Transformer T2 on the Receiver PCB couples the modem to the sea cable U9 U10 and U11 provide filtering for the received signal U7 and U8 act as a buffer and line driver for the transmitted signal U1 is an RS 232 to TTL level converter U5 is a micro controller that accepts input from the pushbuttons on the front panel and listens to the traffic on the modem channel US sends commands to the water sampler interface and lights the Home Arm and Fire LEDs as appropriate Digital PCB The main Digital PCB drawing 32127 1 Acquires full rate data from the Receiver PCB Acquires NMEA navigational data 3 Digitizes Surface PAR voltage and merges this voltage into the CTD data stream 4 Time aligns conductivity frequencies and voltages if requested 5 Averages data if requested 6 Stores processed data in RAM FIFO buffers for transmission to computer via RS 232 or IEEE 488 7 Outputs raw pressure data for towed b
84. o suppress data channels 64 Section 14 Troubleshooting SBE 11plus V2 Problem 4 CTD Does Not Respond WARNING Use extreme caution when performing these tests Cause Solution 1 There may be no voltage on the sea cable Turn off the Deck Unit remove the power cable and wait 1 minute Connect a voltmeter range set to at least 300 volts DC to the back panel Sea Cable connector Reconnect the power cable and turn on the Deck Unit The voltmeter should read 250V If no sea cable voltage is observed the sea cable supply is inoperative Turn off the Deck Unit remove the power cable and wait 1 minute Check the back panel Sea Cable Fuse If this fuse is blown the sea cable may have been inadvertently shorted or the CTD may be malfunctioning Check the resistance across the sea cable and correct if shorted If the AC input is present the sea cable supply fuse is OK if the DC output is missing the power supply is faulty The sea cable supply is built on two parallel aluminum rails placed immediately behind the Deck Unit s main logic board Check that the 115 230 VAC input is present at the transformer primaries T1 the large open frame unit at the left rear of the chassis There should be about 330 VDC across the large blue electrolytic capacitor C2 If this voltage is present check the voltage across the 4 K ohm 11 watt bleeder resistor R1 this should be 250 volts R1 is mounted to the aluminum rail that runs from side
85. ody control 8 Uses asecond microprocessor with EEPROM memory to output converted CTD data in engineering units 79 Appendix IV Replacement Parts Appendix IV Replacement Parts SBE 11plus V 2 Part Application Number Por Description Quan Monee Connects Sea Cable on HI928 pune piei Deck Unit to slip ring l 10 m 33 ft Connects SBE 11 DB 25P 25 pin to Interface RS 232 and 171886 DB 9S 9 pin serial Modem Channel on 2 cable 3 m 10 ft Deck Unit to computer COM ports Connects SBE 11 Interface IEEE 488 on 17082 IEEE 488 cable a Uni to parillel 1 port on computer 17015 AC power cable Connect Deck Unit to 1 U S standard AC power source AC power cord Connect Deck Unit to 17824 1 European plug AC power source MS3106A 12S 3P 80915 2 pin to RMG 2FS Test cable to connect 1 2 pin cable Deck Unit to CTD 10 m 33 ft Test cable to connect MS3106A 12S 3S NMEA Input on Deck 801422 2 pin to DB 9S Unit to computer 1 9 pin NMEA Interface running NMEA test cable 1 8 m 6 ft simulation program for test purposes MS3106A 14S 5P Test cable to connect 5 pin to DB 9S Remote Out on Deck ee 9 pin cable Unit to computer for l 1 8 m 6 ft Remote Output setup Cable to connect Surface Par Input on Deck Unit MS3106A 14S 2P to Surface PAR sensor 801367 4 pin to Switchcraft with Switchcraft 1 EN3CS5F 5 pin cable connector current 15 m 50 ft connector used by Bio
86. on 0 0 2 Primary temperature 1 3 5 Primary conductivity 2 6 8 Pressure 9 Pressure sensor temperature 8 MSBs 3 10 CTD status 4 LSBs Pressure sensor temperature 4 MSBs 11 Modulo count EOI line asserted RS 232 Output Data output format is the same as described above for IEE 488 output except Each byte is sent as two ASCI encoded characters The first character is the hexadecimal representation of the most significant 4 bits the second character is the hexadecimal representation of the least significant 4 bits For example a byte with a value of 42 base 10 or 2A hexadecimal is sent as First character 32 ASCII for 2 Second character 41 ASCII for A The two characters representing the modulo count is preceded by two pressure sensor temperature characters and two zero characters The modulo characters are followed by a carriage return character OD base 16 and then a line feed character OA base 16 Thus the number of characters per scan is words scan 3 bytes word 2 characters byte 2 carriage return amp line feed For example for a 4 word data stream 4 words scan 3 bytes word 2 characters byte 2 26 characters NMEA data is output on a line by itself once per second instead of being appended to the end of each scan 60 Section 12 Data Formats SBE 11plus V2 Calculation of Engineering Units in Seasave Seasave allows you to select raw frequencies and voltages and or
87. on the Deck Unit s LED display followed by the IEEE 488 and RS 232 data output format 57 Section 12 Data Formats SBE 11plus V2 Deck Unit LED Display Format Data words can be selected for display with the thumbwheel switch on the Deck Unit front panel The display is updated several times per second When the thumbwheel switch is set to a suppressed channel the LED display is blank vue a Description Discussion Position 0 Primary Temperature 1 Primary Conductivity 2 Pressure 3 Data displ fi Hz 3 Secondary Tenperatire ata displays as a frequency in Hz 4 Secondary Conductivity 5 A D channels 0 1 Each switch position shows information from 2 channels From left to right first 6 A D channels 2 3 4 digits displays lower channel e g VO and second 4 digits displays next 7 A D channels 4 5 channel e g V1 Each voltage displays as decimal value N of 12 bit number which is binary representation of analog voltage Display shows 4095 for 0 volts 8 A D channels 6 7 sng for 5 volts V 5 1 N 40951 Voltage displays as decimal value N of 12 bit number which is binary 9 Surface PAR representation of analog voltage Display shows 0 for 0 volts and 4095 for 5 volts V N 819 e Four digits left of decimal point pressure sensor temperature counts range of 0 4095 2500 corresponds to approximately 22 C typical Pressure seisot room temperature e Four digits righ
88. or 1 5 seconds and Seasave increments the number of bottles fired Later when the raw data file is converted in SBE Data Processing s Data Conversion module scans identified in the bl file or marked with a bottle confirmation bit are written to a water bottle file with a ros extension See Acquiring Real Time Data and Firing Bottles from Seasave above for setting up Seasave and starting and stopping real time data acquisition Proceed as follows for firing bottles from the Deck Unit SBE 32 Carousel 1 Press the Home Arm button to reset the Carousel so it will close the bottle at position 1 the next time the Fire button is pushed The Home Arm LED comes on and stays on until the first bottle is fired 2 Press the Fire button The Carousel will fire bottle 1 3 Repeat Step 2 to fire each bottle the Carousel will fire bottles in sequential order G O 1015 Rosette 1 Press the Home Arm button to power the Rosette The Home Arm LED comes on 15 seconds later to indicate the Rosette is ready to fire 2 Press the Fire button to fire the first bottle 3 Repeat Steps 1 and 2 to fire each bottle the Rosette will fire bottles in sequential order G O 1016 Rosette 1 Press the Home Arm button to reset the Rosette so it will fire the bottle at position 1 the next time the Fire button is pushed The Home Arm LED comes on and stays on until the first bottle is fired 2 Press the Fire button The Rosette will fire bottle 1
89. orun of DS AddNMEA x only affects operation if AutoRun Y x Y Add Lat Lon data to CTD data x N Do not 71 Appendix Command Summary SBE 11plus V2 Note F floating point number S string with no spaces N integer CATEGORY COMMAND DESCRIPTION DS Display CDO setup parameters DC Display calibration coefficients TCalDate S_ _ S primary temperature calibration date CCalDate S_ S primary conductivity calibration date PCalDate S_ _ S pressure calibration date TFO F F primary temperature FO TG F F primary temperature G TH F F primary temperature H TI F F primary temperature I TJ F F primary temperature J CG F F primary conductivity G CH F F primary conductivity H CI F F primary conductivity I CJ F F primary conductivity J CPC F F primary conductivity pcor CTC F F primary conductivity tcor CS F primary conductivity slope et cae G PC1 F F pressure C1 utput d A PC2 F F pressure C2 ey ASN PC3 F F pressure C3 to Deck Unit PC1 F F pressure D1 through Remote tconniector PT1 F F pressure T1 using i PT2 F F pressure T2 SEATERM PT3 F F pressure T3 Note that PT4 F F pressure T4 TCalDate PS F F pressure slope through PO F F pressure offset AltScale are PM F F pressure M sent PB F F pressure B automatically AltVolt N N CTD A D voltage number for altimeter when AltScale F F altimeter scale factor PROGI1v2 is Format x x output format run x baud rate for CDO 300 600 12
90. panel using the supplied cables NMEA Navigation Device to Deck Unit Connect the NMEA navigation device to the NMEA Input connector on the Deck Unit back panel with the supplied 2 pin MS connector MS3106A12S 3S The connector pin designations are Deck Unit Function Pin A NMEA A signal Pin B NMEA B signal return 14 Section 3 Mounting and Wiring System SBE 11plus V2 Surface PAR Sensor to Deck Unit Connect the Surface PAR sensor to the Surface PAR Input connector on the Deck Unit back panel A 4 pin MS style connector MS3106A14S 2P was supplied if a cable was not provided The connector pin designations are Deck Biospherical Surface Unit Function PAR Sensor with Switchcraft Connector Pin A Signal ground Pin 3 Pin B Power 12 volts Pin 4 Power ground Deck Units with Pin C Digital PCB Assembly 40937C or Pin 1 greater use pin C All previous versions do not use pin C Pin D Signal Pin 2 Pin 5 Note Biospherical sold the Surface PAR sensor with other connector types in the past See the appropriate drawing for pinout details if your sensor does not have a Switchcraft connector Deck Unit to Remote Output Connect to the Remote Out connector on the Deck Unit back panel which has two real time outputs e Raw Pressure Pressure frequency and pressure temperature transmitted 24 times per second intended to be used to control a towed vehicle e Conv
91. played on an SBE 14 Remote Depth Readout or SBE 46 LCD Display Box A separate CDO microcontroller in the Deck Unit with calibration coefficients stored in EEPROM converts the raw CTD data to the desired parameters Logic is provided to sound an alarm in the remote device SBE 14 or 46 or some other device based on pressure altimeter height and or bottom contact CDO data is automatically output when the Deck Unit is powered on or reset Output is halted when a line containing a carriage return and line feed in SEATERM press the Enter key is received by the CDO microcontroller Calibration Coefficients and PROG11V2 The Deck Unit s Remote Output interface requires the instrument calibration coefficients to output data in engineering units decibars C etc The calibration coefficients are transferred by the user from the instrument configuration con file to the Deck Unit using PROG11V2 exe which is available on the CD ROM that shipped with your instrument Proceed as follows 1 Copy PROGI1V2 exe from the CD ROM to your computer 2 Run PROGI1V2 exe 3 Atthe prompts enter the Com port and baud rate for communication between the Remote Output interface and the computer 4 At the prompt enter the configuration con file name Note that the file must be in the same directory as PROG11V2 exe 5 PROG11V2 uploads the calibration coefficients from the configuration file to the Deck Unit For the list of commands t
92. put instrument These changes make the 9plus incompatible with 1 1plus V2 Deck Units set up for standard rate data transmission SBE 11plus V2 Deck Unit Requirements Note If already equipped with the 300 baud FSK modem channel for water sampler The Serial Data Uplink connector control and with the Serial Data Uplink connector the 11plus V2 requires previously labeled 9600 Baud only a change in jumper positions to process the multiplexed data stream Uplink is included as standard on all Remove the 1 1plus V2 bottom cover and set the following jumpers on the 11plus V2 with serial number 637 Receiver PCB PCB with transformers on it see drawing 40934C for the and higher For older units the jumper locations connector was included only if the vor rgred ie Hike V2winthe jamper Foston Ji Pins 2 3 J2 Pins 2 3 J3 Pins 1 2 J4 Pins 1 2 J5 Short J6 Pins 2 to 3 System Limitations A 91 1plus system set up for serial data uplink has the following limitations e Sea cable length The maximum sea cable length that will reliably maintain data transmission is 8000 meters e Autonomous water sampler operation The 9plus cannot be used with an SBE 17plus V2 SEARAM preventing water sampler operation on non conducting cable e Water sampler The 91 1plus cannot be used with a G O 1015 water sampler e Compatibility A 9plus that includes the RS 232 serial data uplink is incompatible
93. r transmit to serial SBE 11plus Computer instrument RS 232C 300 baud Deck Unit SBE 11 Interface commands to replies from CTD RS 232C or IEEE 488 19200 baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity I 300 baud FSK modem transmit amp receive for water sampler transmit to serial instrument i RS 232C 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity 9600 or 19200 baud 300 baud 9600 baud overall i Water FSK modem SBE 9plus transmission rate senal Daa aem Koeettteeteeetreenunece dence Output Sampler CTD Instrument errre available if 300 baud modem installed in both Deck Unit and CTD and optional serial data interface installed in CTD Serial data interface is standard is now standard in both Deck Unit for serial number 637 and higher Deck and CTD but was optional in Deck Units For older units interrface was Units with serial number 700 and included only if user ordered Deck Unit lower and in CTDs with serial number with option 785 and lower requires 300 baud modem interface RF in both Deck Unit and CTD Interface Auxiliary Sensors Note A NMEA navigation device can be connected directly to the computer instead of to the Deck Unit This feature is supported in Seasave V7 version 7 17 and later The output from Seasave is the same regardless of whether the NMEA data was appended in the Deck Unit or in the computer 10 Section 2 Description of SBE 11p u
94. r auxiliary sensors as needed see manufacturers specifications for information on time constants SBE 43 Oxygen data is often systematically delayed with respect to pressure The two primary causes are the long time constant of the oxygen sensor ranging from 2 seconds at 25 C to approximately 5 seconds at 0 C and an additional delay from the transit time of water in the pumped plumbing line As with conductivity you can compensate for this delay by shifting oxygen data relative to pressure Typical advance for SBE 43 used with SBE 9plus is 2 to 5 seconds Example Set advance for A D voltage channel 0 to 2 seconds and for A D voltage channel 4 to 0 04 seconds ADVANCEV0 2 0 ADVANCEV4 0 04 Note NMEA Baud Rate Command See Section 6 Setting Up NMEA Interface NMEA Baud x x baud rate for communication between Deck Unit and NMEA navigation device 4800 or 9600 26 Section 5 Setting Up System SBE 11plus V2 Notes e AddSPAR must be consistent with setting in configuration xmlcon or con file e See Section 7 Setting Up Surface PAR Note See Section 8 Setting Up Remote Output Note AddNMEAz is applicable only if AutoRun Y If AutoRun N Seasave automatically sends NY or NN to enable or disable NMEA data based on the setting in the configuration xmlcon or con file Surface PAR Commands AddSPAR x x Y Add Surface PAR voltage to CTD data stream x N Do not Of
95. rature tt ttt deg C ITS 90 Conductivity C CCCC S m Salinity SS SSS PSU Sound Velocity VVVV V meters second Two spaces follow each parameter Each scan of output data is terminated with a carriage return line feed If using the SBE 46 LCD Display Box up to four parameters can be displayed See the SBE 46 manual for details on setting up the display with labels for each parameter For SBE 14 formats Format gt 128 Altimeter height depth and pressure are each a maximum of 4 digits displayed to the nearest meter or decibar as applicable If the output format is set for altimeter height depth or pressure altimeter height displays to a maximum of 3 digits alternating with the depth or pressure on the display 46 Section 9 Setting Up Water Sampler SBE 11plus V2 Section 9 Setting Up Water Sampler The 300 baud modem interface for a water sampler allows the SBE 91 1plus to be used with an SBE 32 Carousel Water Sampler G O 1015 Rosette or G O 1016 Rosette The modem permits water sampler control through the Deck Unit or via our Seasave software Bottles may be fired sequentially or SBE 32 or G O 1016 only in any order Note that the modem interface must be installed in both the Deck Unit and the CTD This section covers Notes e The 300 baud modem interface now standard in both the Deck Unit and CTD was optional in Deck Units with serial number 700 and lower and in 9plus CTDs with Setting up the D
96. real time data acquisition and display program stores and optionally displays the Surface PAR data along with the CTD data Seasave requires a xmlcon or con file which defines the CTD The file must indicate if Surface PAR data is being added to the CTD data by the Deck unit See Setting Up CTD Configuration xmlcon or con File in Seasave in Section 5 Setting Up System for details on viewing and modifying the configuration file in Seasave Surface PAR Data Format Surface PAR data is stored as a 12 bit binary number with a decimal value of 0 to 4095 corresponding to 0 to 5 volts respectively See Section 12 Data Formats for the location of the Surface PAR data in the CTD data stream 38 Section 8 Setting Up Remote Output SBE 11plus V2 Section 8 Setting Up Remote Output The Deck Unit provides two remote outputs from the Remote Out connector on the Deck Unit back panel e Pressure frequency and pressure temperature e Converted Data Output CDO Pressure Frequency and Pressure Temperature Notes S gt prompt indicates Deck Unit is connected to computer and ready for a command Commands can be entered in upper or lower case When the computer is connected to the SBE 11 Interface SEATERM does not echo commands as you type them Verify that a command was interpreted correctly by sending status DS command to check appropriate parameter s Note Pressure frequency and pressure temperature outpu
97. red with SEATERM w0 wees cece cree eneeeeeeee eee 42 Converted Data Output Data Format eee eee cee cee cee cscs cseeeaeeseeeneeeee 46 Table of Contents SBE 11plus V2 Section 9 Setting Up Water Sampler scssssccssssssssscsssescssscees 47 Setting Deck Unit Modem PCB Dip Switches 0 cee eeeeseeeeesecneeeeeneeeeeeeeee 47 Setting Up Water Sampler in Seasave cee ceesecseeeceeeeeceseeeeeseceeeeeenereeeeaeee 48 Section 10 Setting Up RS 232 Serial Data Uplink ccss00 50 Serial Data Output Instrument Requirement cesses eeeesecneeeeeeecneeeeene 50 SBE 9plus CTD Requirements 00 ce eeesescessecseesecneseeceeeeeceaeceeesesaeeeeesesseeeeens 51 SBE 1 1plus V2 Deck Unit Requirements 0 cee eeeceeeeceseeeeeeceeeeeneeneeeeens 51 System Limitations 10 23 er ee E aE eee E e RE AET E EE AST a aveati 51 Theory of Oper tionie inasi e a n EET EE R E T 52 Section 11 Operating System sessesssesssecssecssecesecesocesocesocesocesocesooeeo 53 Acquiring Real Time Data and Firing Bottles from Seasave ceeeeeeeees 53 Firing Bottles from Deck Unit Front Panel cece eeeceseeeeeeceesecnereeeeeeees 55 SBE 32 Carousel oaar a in sees seesceds E N S 008 55 GOs TOS Rosette neniarn inr E e E 55 GO 1016 ROSEtIE nnii A E E 55 Processing Dataene are eae e A AE E E EA 56 Section 12 Data Formats s eeeeeesesorseseseseseseeeroreceeeesororeeseseseeeeeecrereee 57 Deck Unit LED Display Form
98. ription 7 System operation 53 System setup 24 System wiring 14 82
99. rom the status command If the system does not respond as described e Verify the correct instrument interface SBE 11 Remote Out was selected in the Configure menu and the settings were entered correctly in the Configuration Options dialog box Note that the baud rate is documented on the Configuration Sheet e Check cabling between the computer and Deck Unit 5 To stop the Deck Unit from sending the remote output hit the Enter key SEATERM responds with the S gt prompt indicating it is ready for a command 6 Send commands to modify the CDO setup as desired See CDO Commands Entered with SEATERM below 41 Section 8 Setting Up Remote Output SBE 11plus V2 i CDO Commands Entered with SEATERM otes e S gt prompt indicates Deck Unit The following status and setup commands are transmitted by the user to the I connected to cormputer ana Deck Unit s Remote Output Interface using SEATERM ready for a command Commands can be entered in upper or lower case Status Command Verify that a command was interpreted correctly by sending DS Display setup parameters status DS command to check appropriate parameter s List below includes where applicable command used to modify parameter e Firmware version for Remote Output PCB e Number of scans to average NAvg Deck Unit averages and outputs to remote output port at this rate This is not same as number of scans to average that appears in status command re
100. s V2 SBE 11plus V2 Deck Unit Front Panel SBE MODEL 11 plus CTD DECK UNIT eececeee SEA BIRD ELECTRONICS INC UNDERWATER UNIT COMPUTER INTERFACE O O G Go O O O O O TRANSMIT RECEIVE OVERFLOW NMEA WORD DISELAY WORD SELECT WATER SAMPLER CONTROL O SBE RESET SIGNAL SOURCE POWER D nomean O of J O FISH e Oa CARRIER o 14 Power button turns power to the Deck Unit on off When turned on voltage is applied to back panel Sea Cable connector immediately Word Select thumbwheel switch used to select any sensor channel data buffer status or other diagnostic indicators for LED display Word Display LED used to view individual data words uncorrected frequencies A D voltages etc and data buffer status NMEA LED flashes each time a NMEA message is successfully decoded Overflow LED turns on when output buffer has overflowed because computer did not take data from Deck Unit through IEEE 488 or RS 232 interface quickly enough When this occurs some data has been irretrievably lost LED stays on until Reset button is pushed or a reset command is received 6l Receive LED flashes when Deck Unit receives characters from computer over IEEE 488 or RS 232C interface Transmit LED flashes when Deck Unit sends data to computer over TEEE 488 or RS 232C interface 8 and o Error and Data LEDs Data LED comes on and stays on to indicate Deck Unit is successfully receiving data from CTD at
101. s also the default address used by the National Instruments GPIB PC2A interface as supplied for use in PC XT AT computers If your interface requires a different address use GPIB N to change the address Cause Solution 2 If non Sea Bird software is being used verify that the IEEE 488 device is sending the correct commands to the Deck Unit For example GI must be used to begin transferring data to the IEEE 488 interface Cause Solution 3 Verify that the ribbon connector JP3 Digital PCB is properly mated Cause Solution 4 Check the circuitry associated with U18 66 Section 14 Troubleshooting SBE 11plus V2 Problem 8 Tape Recorder Interface Not Working Cause Solution 1 The Deck Unit front panel Signal Source switch may be in the incorrect position When recording place the switch in the Fish position When playing previously recorded data back place the switch in the Tape position Cause Solution 2 Verify that the recording level is set properly approximately 0 db Cause Solution 3 An incompatible tape type or settings may be used Use Type II magnetic tape is possible Verify that the tape recorder bias level and compensation adjustments are as required for the type of tape used Cause Solution 4 Output to the tape recorder is an 8640 baud DPSK encoded NRZ wave form Verify that this signal appears at the Deck Unit Record connector with amplitude 0 5 v p p If the signal appears at the Record connector correc
102. sing Sea Bird s Win 2000 XP data processing software which calculates and plots temperature conductivity pressure data from auxiliary sensors and derived variables such as salinity and sound velocity Seasave V7 Sea Bird s Windows 2000 XP software used to acquire convert and display real time or archived raw data SEASOFT V2 Sea Bird s complete Windows 2000 XP software package which includes software for communication real time data acquisition and data analysis and display SEASOFT V2 includes SEATERM Seasave V7 SBE Data Processing SEATERM Sea Bird s Win 95 98 NT 2000 XP terminal program used to communicate with the SBE I 1plus V2 69 Safety and Electrical Symbols Glossar SBE 11plus V2 Some or all of the following symbols may be used on the SBE 11plus Symbol Description Potentially hazardous voltage Hazardous Voltage gt 30 VDC may be present Attention There is a potential hazard consult the manual before continuing BS DC Direct Current Double insulated The metal enclosure of the SBE 1 plus is isolated such that protection from electrical shock is provided through reinforced electrical insulation Static awareness Static discharge can damage part s op ol Protective earthing terminal 70 Appendix Command Summar SBE 11plus V Appendix I Command Summary Note Except where noted commands are s
103. sion 5 0 or greater Comm Port for connection of SBE 11 Interface to computer Baud Rate 19200 Data Bits 8 Parity none Mode RS 232 Click OK to save the settings and exit the dialog box 37 Section 7 Setting Up Surface PAR SBE 11plus V2 4 Turn on power to the Deck Unit or if already on send the status DS command The display in SEATERM looks like this SBE llplus V 5 2 number of scans to average 8 pressure baud rate 9600 NMEA baud rate 4800 surface PAR voltage added to scan A D offset 0 GPIB address 1 advance primary conductivity 0 073 seconds advance secondary conductivity 0 073 seconds auto run on power up is disabled Looking at the lines related to Surface PAR which appear only if Surface PAR has been enabled e Surface PAR voltage added to scan Surface PAR is enabled e A D offset offset for Surface PAR to adjust for drift in electronics 5 In SEATERM send AddSPAR Y if not already enabled and Offset 0 6 Set the Deck Unit thumbwheel switch to 9 7 The number displayed on the Deck Unit s Word Display LED is the value to use for the offset In SEATERM send Offset x where x is the number displayed 8 On the Deck Unit verify that the LED shows 0 If not repeat Step 7 9 Turn off the Deck Unit Setting Up CTD Configuration xmlcon or con File in Seasave The Deck Unit integrates the position data from the Surface PAR sensor into the CTD data stream Seasave Sea Bird s
104. sion 5 0 or greater Comm Port for connection of SBE 11 Interface to computer Baud Rate 19200 Data Bits 8 Parity none Mode RS 232 Click OK to save the settings and exit the dialog box 4 Turn on power to the Deck Unit or if already on send the status DS command The display in SEATERM looks like this SBE llplus V 5 2 number of scans to average 8 pressure baud rate 9600 NMEA baud rate 4800 surface PAR voltage added to scan A D offset 0 GPIB address 1 advance primary conductivity 0 073 seconds advance secondary conductivity 0 073 seconds autorun on power up is disabled 5 Check the NMEA baud rate in the status command response If necessary send NMEABaud to change the baud for communication between the Deck Unit and NMEA navigation device 4800 or 9600 6 Turn off the Deck Unit 31 Section 6 Setting Up NMEA Interface SBE 11plus V2 Setting Up and Testing NMEA in Seasave Notes 1 Connect the Deck Unit s SBE 11 Interface RS 232 connector to the e The Deck Unit must be connected to computer the NMEA connector to the NMEA navigation device and the the CTD to test the NMEA interface Sea Cable connector to the CTD If it is not connected noise on the open Sea Cable connector will 2 interfere with communication with i the Deck Unit See Seasave s Help files for detailed 3 Click Configure Inputs On the Instrument Configuration tab select the information configuration xmlcon or con
105. spherical Instruments DB 9P 9 pin to Cable to connect 171890 DB 9S 9 pin Serial Data Uplink on 1 3 m 10 ft Deck Unit to computer MS3106A 14S 5P Cable to connect 801237 5 pin to Remote Out on Deck i MS3106F 14S 7S Unit to SBE 14 Remote 3 pin 100 m 328 ft Depth Readout 171888 Roa to For use with computer i with DB 25 connector cable adapter 30017 Rack mounting kit For mounting deck unit 1 80 Index con file 27 38 xmicon file 27 38 A Auxiliary sensors 16 B Back panel 13 Baud rate 10 Bottle firing 48 53 55 C Calibration coefficients CDO 40 Carousel 47 55 CDO 40 calibration coefficients 40 commands 42 data format 46 Circuitry 75 Cleaning 62 Command summary 71 Commands 25 automatic 73 CDO 42 NMEA 30 pressure frequency and temperature 39 Seasave 73 summary 71 Surface PAR 37 Communications 10 Configuration file 27 38 Converted data output 40 CTD configuration file 27 38 CTD data 14 25 32 D Data acquisition 53 Data format 57 CDO 46 Deck Unit LED 58 engineering units 61 TEEE 488 raw output 59 pressure frequency and temperature 39 raw output 59 RS 232 raw output 60 Surface PAR 38 Data processing 56 Deck Unit back panel 13 dip switches 47 front panel 11 Description 7 75 Dip switches 47 Index 81 E Editing data files 56 Electrical symbols
106. sponse for SBE 11 Interface Bottom contact alarm enabled Alarms Pressure alarm enabled Alarms Pressure to enable alarm PEnable Pressure alarm setting PSet Altimeter alarm enabled Alarms Pressure to enable alarm PEnable Altimeter alarm setting AltSet Altimeter alarm hysteresis AltHyst Altimeter channel AltVolt Altimeter scale factor AltScale Latitude to use for depth calculation Lat appears only if output format includes depth e Output format Format Lists all CDO data output parameters If output formatted for SBE 14 status command indicates SBE 14 Note Status information for each alarm appears only if corresponding alarm is enabled Example Status DS command command used to modify parameter shown in parentheses S gt DS SBE llplus Remote Output V 1 0 number of scans to average 4 NAvg bottom contact alarm enabled Alarms pressure alarm enabled Alarms pressure to enable alarm 100 0 db PEnable sound alarm when pressure is less than 50 00 db PSet altimeter alarm enabled Alarms pressure to enable alarm 100 0 db PEnable sound alarm when altimeter height is less than 50 00 meters AltSet altimeter hysteresis 5 00 meters AltHyst altimeter volt no 2 Alt Volt altimeter scale factor 5 00 AltScale latitude to use for depth calculation 30 0 Lat output format press depth alt temp cond sal sv Forma
107. supplies will prevent the main fuse blowing even if internal circuitry is malfunctioning See chassis wiring diagram it may be necessary to disconnect one section after another to locate the problem Cause Solution 2 If the power switch pilot light comes on and the fan runs the front panel LEDs should flash on briefly when power is first applied If they do not the circuitry that supplies 5 volts to the Deck Unit from the main AC supply may be defective See Power Supplies in Appendix III Functional Description and Circuitry 63 Section 14 Troubleshooting SBE 11plus V2 Problem 3 Deck Unit Overflow Light on Data from the CTD is made available to the computer by placing it in the Deck Unit s RAM buffer The computer then requests the data emptying the buffer If the computer is too slow in making these requests the buffer overflows and the Overflow LED lights The rate at which the computer requests data from the Deck Unit depends on the other activities it must perform Cause Solution 1 An older slow computer may be set to update the Seasave display windows too often To verify that this is the problem and to determine appropriate settings for your computer Set the Deck Unit thumbwheel switch to 12 C for IEEE 488 interface or 13 D for RS 232 interface to display the number of bytes available in the Deck Unit buffer 2 Start acquisition The number displayed on the Deck Unit LED should periodically reset
108. t 42 Section 8 Setting Up Remote Output SBE 11plus V2 Coefficients Commands DC Display calibration coefficients Example Calibration Coefficients DC command S gt DC SBE llplus Remote Output V 1 0 TEMPERATURE 24 jun 98s TFO 1 000000e 03 TG 4 345714e 03 TH 6 402139e 04 TI 2 284978e 05 Td 2 196164e 06 TOFFSET 4 500000e 01 CONDUCTIVITY 25 jun 98s CG 1 045817e 01 CH 1 473827e 00 CI 4 072657e 03 CJ 3 846583e 04 CPCOR 9 570000e 08 CTCOR 3 250000e 06 CSLOPE 1 000000e 00 PRESSURE 5 May 98 PC1 5 006884e 04 PC2 1 104210e 00 PC3 1 561210e 02 PD1 4 029500e 02 PT1 2 992485e 01 PT2 6 269641le 04 PT3 4 621850e 06 PT4 1 599760e 09 PSLOPE 1 000000e 00 POFFSET 3 288600e 04 PM 1 276324e 02 PB 9 680951e 00 altimeter voltage number 2 altimeter scale factor 5 0 Coefficients are entered in the configuration con file and then uploaded to the Deck Unit with PROG11V2 described above in Calibration Coefficients and PROGI1V2 However to modify only a few coefficients it may be easier Note to send one or more of the following commands in SEATERM instead F floating point number TCalDate S S primary temperature calibration date S string with no spaces CCalDate S S primary conductivity calibration date N integer PCalDate S S pressure calibration date TF0 F F primary temperature FO
109. t 120 VAC or 240 VAC 50 60 Hz AC Input f Fuse 5x20mm 250VAC Slow Blow 2 amp for 120 V or 1 amp for 240 V SBE 11 Interface Channel IEEE 488 or RS 232 between Deck Unit and computer sends commands to and receives replies from CTD Note that Sea Bird s terminal program for setting up the system SEATERM works only with RS 232 Tape Recorder connects to an audio tape recorder or VCR Connect tape recorder s Line In to Deck Unit Record Connect tape recorder s Line Out to Deck Unit Play Note that while Deck Unit has two Record and two Play jacks these are internally connected in parallel This permits a redundant connection to a typical recorder s stereo channels Stereo connection is not mandatory error free recording can be expected even when using recorder s second channels for voice annotation or other purposes 6l Serial Data Uplink currently standard optional on 11plus V2 with serial number 636 and lower provides RS 232 output from Deck Unit for an RS 232 instrument connected to CTD Requires modem channel and jumper changes for operation Modem Channel currently standard optional on 11plus V2 with serial number 700 and lower Channel RS 232 between Deck Unit and computer sends commands to and receives replies from water sampler 8l Sea Cable connects to CTD Fuse 3AG 300VDC Fast Acting 0 5A Replace with Littelfuse Corp 312 500 only o Remote Out has two outputs A Pressure frequ
110. t at the full CTD data rate of 24 Hz 24 scans second can be used to control a towed vehicle Pressure Frequency and Pressure Temperature Commands The following command is transmitted by the user to the Deck Unit s SBE 11 Interface using SEATERM PBaud x x baud rate for pressure frequency and pressure temperature output from Deck Unit 1200 2400 4800 9600 or 19200 To send this command follow the procedure in Setting Operating Parameters in SEATERM in Section 5 Setting Up System Pressure Frequency and Pressure Temperature Data Format Pressure frequency and pressure temperature are output in ASCII Hex at the Averaging for data output from the SBE 11 Interface and averaging of CDO data has no effect on pressure frequency and pressure temperature output rate full CTD data rate of 24 Hz Five bytes are sent ASCII encoded with each byte sent as two ASCII characters A carriage return and line feed terminate each scan The first six characters represent 3 bytes of pressure frequency Pressure frequency byte 0 256 byte 1 byte 2 256 The last three characters represent the 12 bit pressure temperature compensation number Pressure temperature M 12 bit temp comp number B Example Raw pressure scan 80E881A81 lt CR gt lt LF gt byte 0 80 HEX 128 decimal byte 1 E8 HEX 232 decimal byte 2 81 HEX 129 decimal Pressure frequency 128 256 232 129 256 33000 504 Hz 12 bi
111. t of decimal point incrementing modulo count Modulo count 10 A temperature and is 8 bit number generated by CTD that increments 1 count for each scan modulo count A If Deck Unit averages data modulo count increments by number of scans averaged Provides a check on system data integrity Maximum value that can be displayed is 255 display starts over at 1 each time count gets to 255 Four digits from right to left e Pump status 1 pump is on 0 pump is off e Bottom contact switch status 1 switch is open or not installed no contact 0 switch is closed 11 B CTD status e G O 1015 water sampler interface confirm signal 1 for approximately 1 5 seconds Deck Unit detects confirm signal from G O 1015 indicating a bottle has been fired 0 no confirm signal detected e CTD modem carrier detect 0 CTD modem detects Deck Unit modem s carrier signal 1 not detected Number of bytes When transferring data to a computer Deck Unit places data in a buffer at rate it 12 C available in IEEE 488 is acquired allowing Deck Unit and computer to operate with some buffer independence Data is removed from buffer as computer requests it If computer spends too much time calculating and displaying data it may start to fall behind and number of available bytes will decrease If number of available bytes is less Number of bytes pS than an entire scan Deck Unit s Overflow LED comes on and stays on until a 13 D ava
112. t temp comp number A81 HEX 2689 decimal If M 0 01258 and B 9 844 from xmicon or con file Pressure temperature 0 01258 2689 9 844 23 98 C 39 Converted Data Output CDO Notes When an SBE 14 is used with the Deck Unit there are two possible configurations e SBE 14 connected to Deck Unit s Remote Out port typical SBE 14 setup is done by sending commands to Deck Unit s Remote Out port using SEATERM The SBE 14 Remote Display tab in Seasave s Configure Outputs dialog box does not apply e SBE 14 connected to computer COM port Computer must have additional RS 232 serial port to accommodate SBE 14 and SBE 14 setup is done on the SBE 14 Remote Display tab in Seasave s Configure Outputs dialog box This configuration is not typical and is not covered in this manual See Seasave s Help files Note PROG11V2 is only compatible with con configuration files it cannot be used with xmlcon configuration files If you are using xmicon files in Seasave and or SBE Data Processing do a Save As in the Configuration dialog box and pick con file in the Save as type selection This will provide a con file to use with PROG11V2 Section 8 Setting Up Remote Output SBE 11plus V2 Converted data output can be any combination of temperature conductivity pressure depth salinity sound velocity and altimeter height in engineering units A limited set of these parameters can be dis
113. ter and Deck Unit 0 073 seconds 0 073 seconds Send commands to modify the system setup as desired See Commands Entered with SEATERM below 24 Section 5 Setting Up System SBE 11plus V2 Commands Entered with SEATERM Notes The following status and setup commands are transmitted by the user to the e S gt prompt indicates Deck Unit is Deck Unit s SBE 11 Interface using SEATERM connected to computer and ready for a command Status Command Commands can be entered in upper ie eh taris connected t6 DS Display Deck Unit setup and status parameters the SBE 11 Interface SEATERM List below includes where applicable command does not echo commands as you used to modify parameter type them Verify that a command e Digital PCB firmware version was interpreted correctly by sending e Number of scans to average in Deck Unit DS to check appropriate Deck Unit averages and saves to disk at this parameter s rate For full rate data 24 Hz set to 1 e Pressure baud rate for communication through Remote Out connector PBaud e NMEA baud rate for communication through NMEA connector NMEABaud Response to status command appears Surface PAR voltage added to scan appears automatically when Deck Unit is only if Surface PAR enabled AddSPAR powered up except if AutoRun Y e A D offset for Surface PAR to adjust for drift in electronics Offset appears only if Surface PAR enabled e GPIB address for IEEE 488 communication
114. th the raw hex data converts it to engineering units using the information in the configuration xmlcon or con file and then processes it Thus even if calibration coefficients in your xmlcon or con file were incorrect during data acquisition Seasave the saved raw data is correct and can be processed with the corrected calibration coefficients 61 Section 13 Routine Maintenance SBE 11plus V2 Section 13 Routine Maintenance To clean the SBE 1 1plus 1 Disconnect the power and any other cables from the back of the 1 1plus 2 Using a soft cotton cloth dampened with warm water clean the exterior of the 1 1plus with gentle pressure Use special care cleaning around any connectors to avoid getting water into them 3 Wait until the 11plus is completely dry before reconnecting power cables and other electrical connections 62 Section 14 Troubleshootin SBE 11plus V2 Section 14 Troubleshooting This section reviews common problems in operating the Deck Unit and WARNING provides the most likely causes and solutions Life threatening high voltages are present in the Deck Unit and the underwater units when power is on These hazardous voltages persist for up to 1 minute after removal of power To protect against electrical shock turn off the Deck Unit disconnect the AC For protection of the circuitry we recommend removing AC power and then power cord from the Deck Unit waiting for minute for supply cap
115. the Rosette fires If this does not occur and the Rosette did fire either the Interface PCB is faulty or the pylon is not sending the confirm signal Problem 10 Unsupported Modem Message FFFFFFFF Unsupported modem message XX XX Xx from Carousel Cause Solution 1 There may be noise on the line causing extra characters to be sent Check the sea cable for damage see Problem 4 above Also check the cable between the water sampler and the CTD Cause Solution 2 The serial port for water sampler control may be incorrect Check the serial port setting in Seasave Configure Inputs Serial Ports tab Water Sampling and 911 Pump Control Serial Port this should be the port connected to the SBE 11plus Modem Channel connector Cause Solution 3 The Carousel may be malfunctioning and sending bad messages 68 Glossar SBE 11plus V2 Glossary DATA HANDLING TERMS To facilitate data handling the SBE 9plus CTD and SBE 1 1plus V2 Deck Unit cluster individual data bits into groups of various sizes The following definitions apply in this manual Byte Always 8 bits May be serial as generated in the CTD or parallel Deck Unit s IEEE 488 output Character Data byte encoded to ASCII standard Channel Path taken by data deriving from a single sensor for example a temperature sensor or other source such as the modulo counter LSB Least significant bit Right most bit in a byte For example if the byte is 1
116. the back panel before attempting to service the system Wait at least 1 minute after power down before working on the Deck Unit sea cable CTD etc Deck Unit electronics are in a rack mount cabinet housing two main PCBs two modular power supplies a cooling fan and front panel displays and back panel connectors The electronics are powered from 120 or 240 VAC Set the AC voltage switch on the Deck Unit back panel to 120 or 240 before powering the Deck Unit 77 Appendix III Functional Description and Circuitry SBE 11plus V2 Chassis Wiring The chassis wiring diagram shows the Deck Unit modules and wiring Drawing 32233 shows the wiring of the standard Deck Unit The required AC power input fuse is 2 Amp Slow Blow when set to 120 VAC units and 1 Amp Slow Blow when set to 240 VAC There is also a 0 5 A Fast Blow fuse in series with the sea cable output for protection against shorts or overloads Power Supplies Power for Deck Unit circuitry is supplied by a conventional open frame linear supply Power One Model HTAA 16W A Power One Inc Camarillo California generating 12 and 5 volts from the main AC supply located at the top left front of the chassis Screwdriver adjustment of the output voltage levels is possible but not ordinarily required The Power One supply uses fold back current limiting for complete short circuit protection Detailed specifications and a schematic diagram are included in this manual Sea Cabl
117. this range provides warning that CTD is about to reach surface AltHyst altimeter alarm stays on in this range after AltSet reached AltSet Altimeter alarm on when height in this range Sea Bottom Alarms x x alarm enable parameter If x 0 all alarms are disabled Enable any combination of alarms by adding alarm value to x Alarm Value Bottom contact 1 Pressure 2 Altimeter 4 Examples To enable Bottom Contact alarm set Alarms 1 To enable all 3 alarms set Alarms 7 1 2 4 PEnable x x minimum pressure decibars to enable all alarms PSet x X pressure decibars to turn on pressure alarm AltSet x x distance above bottom meters to turn on altimeter alarm AltHyst x X maximum change in distance above bottom meters for altimeter hysteresis Diagnostic Commands Note Stop the data output by pressing Go or Run Output CDO data to computer CDO data appears the Enter key one or more times in SEATERM in selected output format Valid only for non SBE 14 formats Format lt 128 Useful for diagnostic purposes 45 Section 8 Setting Up Remote Output SBE 11plus V2 Converted Data Output Data Format For Non SBE 14 formats Format lt 128 Parameters if selected are output in the following order Parameter Format Units Pressure Pppp p decibars Depth dddd d meters Altimeter height aaaa a meters Tempe
118. tion of temperature conductivity pressure depth salinity sound velocity and altimeter height in engineering units A limited set of these parameters can be displayed on an SBE 14 Remote Depth Readout or SBE 46 LCD Display Box e Audible alarm which sounds based on data from the CTD pressure sensor data from a bottom contact switch connected to the CTD and or data from an altimeter connected to the CTD e RS 232 Serial Data Uplink interface provides RS 232 output from the Deck Unit for data from a remote serial output device connected to the CTD The interface must also be installed in the CTD and is included in the CTD only if ordered with the option 7 Section 2 Description of SBE 11 plus V2 SBE 11plus V2 Notes The Deck Unit is supplied with a powerful Windows 2000 XP software e Help files provide detailed package SEASOFT V2 which includes information on the software e NMEATest a NMEA navigation e SEATERM terminal program for easy setup device simulation program is part e Seasave V7 program for acquiring converting and displaying real time of the SBE Data Processing or archived raw data installation Separate software manuals on CD ROM contain detailed information on Seasave and SBE Data Processing Sea Bird also supplies an older version of Seasave Seasave Win32 However all Seasave instructions in this manual are written for Seasave V7 See Seasave Win32 s manual and or Help files if you prefer
119. tly then verify that the playback signal appears at the Play connector Cause Solution 5 The 11plus V2 may be set up for serial data uplink An 11plus V2 with jumpers set for serial data uplink cannot output data through the tape recorder interface see Section 10 Setting Up RS 232 Serial Data Uplink Problem 9 Modem Channel Not Working The modem channel provides communication between the Deck Unit and a water sampler and or serial data output instrument connected to the CTD Cause Solution 1 If the modem Carrier LED does not come on the Deck Unit modem is not receiving the signal from the CTD modem Check test point TP2 on the CTD Modem PCB with an oscilloscope there should be a 1070 Hz sine wave present with an amplitude of at least 50 mV p p The sine wave should change frequency when the CTD modem transmits characters Cause Solution 2 The CTD modem may not be receiving the signal from the Deck Unit modem Verify this by putting the Deck Unit thumbwheel switch in position 11 B With the CTD connected to the Deck Unit the left most bit should be 0 if it is 1 the CTD modem is not receiving a signal from the Deck Unit modem Check test point TP1 on the Deck Unit Modem PCB there should be a 2225 Hz 4V p p sine wave present Cause Solution 3 If both modems are operational Cause Solution 1 and 2 ruled out but the remote instrument water sampler or serial data instrument is not operating properly either the re
120. to use the older software e SBE Data Processing program for calculation and plotting of conductivity temperature pressure auxiliary sensor data and derived variables such as salinity and sound velocity AC Power J Pi Ky i Tape Recorder record amp play seiza Sree O PAR Ree eee Ss I Pye ste Remote Out Converted Data Surface PAR i pen amp Pressure Signal ee See Og re ely Ta ae PE i NMEA 0183 Optional 9600 Baud Uplink RS 232 serial data NMEA navigation Computer Modem channel Water sampler communications device i i Seen eee SBE 11 Interface CTD data Notes e Computer slip ring equipped winch SBE 11plus V2 Single conductive cable and NMEA 0183 Deck Unit Lf oO conductor navigation device are not supplied by cable Sea Bird Sy K 4 When used without a water sampler the Alarm bottom contact Pate SBE 9plus is deployed in a vertical altimeter and or pressure orientation Standard and optional auxiliary sensors on the 9plus CTD are not shown Water Sampler Seasave 7 17 or later also supports acquisition of data from a NMEA device connected directly to the computer instead of the deck unit Di SBE optus F LT Section 2 Description of SBE 11p us V2 SBE 11plus V2 Deck Unit Specifications Power 120VAC at 60Hz and 1 75A or Requirements 240VAC at 50Hz and 1A switchable Single or multi core armored cable up to 10 000 meters Sea Cabl
121. tput ports prevent data loss when the computer is temporarily occupied by other tasks buffer size 20500 bytes for IEEE 488 8000 bytes for RS 232C The RS 232C interface outputs ASCII characters The modem interface provides a bi directional serial communication link with the CTD that is independent of the telemetry channel This link may be used to control a water sampler interface or to communicate with a serial device that is cabled to the CTD The NMEA 0183 interface permits the Deck Unit to integrate Latitude Longitude and Time data into the CTD data stream Data Telemetry Receiver The telemetry waveform originates in the CTD and is transformer coupled onto the sea cable In the Deck Unit another transformer removes the telemetry signal from the sea cable The signal is amplified filtered and converted to logic level prior to being sent to a UART and then to a micro controller which checks the decoded bits and activates a valid character line to indicate successful reception of each 8 bit character The absence of the valid character signal at times when it is expected lights the Deck Unit Error LED Deck Unit Modem The Deck Unit modem provides a 300 baud full duplex serial communication link with the CTD This channel is used by the Deck Unit for water sampler control and control of a remote serial device The CTD uses the setting of the most significant bit to determine what to do with a command received from th
122. tton powers Rosette Home Arm LED comes on 15 seconds later when confirmation is received from Rosette indicating pylon is powered and ready to fire Home Arm LED stays on until you push Fire button You must power Rosette each time you fire a bottle gt Fire button causes Rosette to fire closing next bottle Fire LED comes on when confirmation is received from Rosette and remains lit until Home Arm is pushed again Fire button is active only when Home Arm LED is lit gt When Rosette is fired via software Fire LED comes on for 5 seconds when confirmation is received e G O 1016 Rosette gt Home Arm button resets Rosette causing arm to move to Home position ready to fire bottle 1 with an offset specified by SW1 on Deck Unit Modem PCB When confirmation is received from Rosette Home Arm LED comes on and stays on until you fire first bottle gt Fire button causes Rosette to fire closing next position bottle When confirmation is received from Rosette Fire LED lights comes on and stays on until the next time you push Fire or Home Arm button gt When Rosette is fired via software Fire LED comes on for 5 seconds when confirmation is received Carrier LED turns on and stays on when Deck Unit modem for communications with water sampler or remote serial instrument detects signal from modem in CTD i e CTD has modem interface and is connected to Deck Unit Reset button resets system Empties output buffers and
123. ust be configured to transmit data with Baud is defined as bits second 1 start bit 8 data bits no parity and 1 stop bit with baud rate as follows Each 8 bit byte that is to be transmitted has a start and stop bit e 9600 baud or added providing 10 bits total Thus the 9600 baud data rate allows the transmission of 960 bytes second e 19200 baud However the continuous rate of transmission may not exceed 9600 baud 960 bytes second Therefore the serial data output instrument must transmit at 19200 baud in burst mode Burst mode data transmissions must be separated by intervals with no data transmission resulting in an average data rate of 960 bytes second or less Note that when purchasing or retrofitting a 9plus to accommodate the serial data uplink the user must select either 9600 or 19200 baud communication interface 50 Section 10 Setting Up RS 232 Serial Data Uplink SBE 11plus V2 SBE 9plus CTD Requirements The RS 232 serial data uplink can be included when the 9plus is ordered or the 9plus can be retrofitted at the factory The retrofit requires e Logic PCB that generates the 9plus control at the normal rate but moves data onto the sea cable at twice the normal rate e Modem PCB for 300 baud FSK modem channel for water sampler control that also is able to accommodate the serial data input e Change to the backplane wiring e 4 pin JT4 connector on the top end cap for connection to the serial data out
124. ut Section 9 Setting Up Water Sampler and Section 10 Setting Up RS 232 Serial Data Uplink for details 19 Section 4 Installing and Using Sea Bird Software SBE 11plus V2 Using Seasave Notes e See Seasave V7 s help files for Seasave provides real time data acquisition and display of data as well as detailed information control of bottle firing for a system with a water sampler When used with the e Older Seasave versions lt 6 0 SBE 11plus V2 Deck Unit Seasave can save the real time data to a hex file saved CTD data coming from the on the computer Deck Unit as a dat file instead of a hex file 1 Double click on Seasave exe Seasave s main window looks like this EE Seasave SBE 91 1plus 91 7plus CTD C Documents and Settings dbresko My Documents Testing Seasave nsa WE Scrolled Display 1 Palsi Es aS Fixed cSim tc Sciam ase Display Scrolled Display EE Plot Display 1 E T 5 x lt gt gt lalalviy allm 0 000 1 600 3 200 4 800 6 400 8 000 0 000 1 000 2 000 3 000 4 000 5 000 Conductivity 5 m 34 200 34 400 34 600 34 800 35 000 Salinity PSU e Title bar The title bar shows the selected instrument type and the path and file name for the program setup psa file The psa file contains all the instrument setup information as well as size placement and setup for each display window e Menus The Menus contai
125. ut supply provides 250 VDC at up to 0 25 amperes to the sea cable a 0 5 amp fuse located on the Deck Unit back panel protects against accidental shorting or overload of the sea cable Deck Unit Cooling The Deck Unit has a fan in the back panel Slots at the back panel top and bottom allow air interchange Tape Recorder VCR Interface Note An 11plus V2 with jumpers set for serial data uplink cannot output data through the tape recorder interface See Section 10 Setting Up RS 232 Serial Data Uplink The tape recorder interface permits use of an audio recorder or VCR for data backup in case of computer failure or for data recording when no computer is available Connect the recorder line input and line output to the Record and Play connectors respectively on the Deck Unit Set the record level to 0 db When playing back data the front panel Signal Source switch must be in the Tape position Most high quality cassette decks will perform well with this system although recording time is usually limited to 90 120 minutes due to cassette tape capacity Best results will be obtained with metal oxide tapes VCRs with super long play capability can offer up to 6 hours of recording Simply use only the audio input and output on the VCR ignoring the video Circuitry WARNING Potentially lethal voltage levels are maintained for 15 seconds after removal of AC power Turn off the Deck Unit and remove the AC power cord from
126. ve the same message is then appended to each scan of CTD data within that 5 seconds Note that this section covers setting up and troubleshooting NMEA that is acquired through the Deck Unit it is not applicable to the acquisition of data from a NMEA device connected directly to the computer 29 Section 6 Setting Up NMEA Interface SBE 11plus V2 NMEA Interface Commands Commands Sent by User with SEATERM Notes The following commands are transmitted by the user to the Deck Unit s e S gt prompt indicates Deck Unit is SBE 11 Interface using SEATERM connected to computer and ready for a command Commands can be entered in Baud Rate Command upper or lower case ae When the computer is connected NMEA Baud x x baud rate for communication between Deck Unit to the SBE 11 Interface and NMEA navigation device 4800 or 9600 SEATERM does not echo commands as you type them Diagnostic Commands Verify that a command was i aS FE hah These commands can be used for diagnostic purposes in SEATERM to display appropriate parameter s navigation data to verify that the NMEA navigation device and the interface in the Deck Unit are functioning properly Hex latitude longitude data from the NMEA navigation device is converted to ASCII text Format is LAT 47 37 51 N LON 122 09 41 W If NMEA message RMC is decoded date and time display on next line with this format DDMMYY HHMMSS NSR Output Lat Lon AS
127. version 7 17 and later see Setting NMEA message multiple times until a new message is decoded Up CTD Configuration xmicon or con File in Seasave in Section 5 Setting Up System The output from Seasave is the same regardless of whether the NMEA data was to the computer appended in the Deck Unit or in the computer See NMEA Navigation e Ifthe Deck Unit is communicating with the computer via RS 232 the Device Message and Data Formats navigation data is transmitted by the Deck Unit to the computer only in this section for the required NMEA once per second In Seasave the navigation data is then appended to each data format CTD scan so the output from Seasave is the same regardless of whether IEE 488 or RS 232 communication was used e Ifthe Deck Unit is communicating with the computer via IEEE 488 the navigation data is appended to each CTD scan sent from the Deck Unit Example The CTD is sampling at 24 Hz and not averaging the data A navigation device outputs its NMEA message once every 5 seconds The NMEA LED flashes every 5 seconds e If communicating with the computer via IEEE 488 the same message is appended to each scan of CTD data within that 5 seconds that is 24 scans second x 5 seconds 120 scans show the same NMEA data If communicating with the computer via RS 232 the same message is transmitted only 5 times for example NMEA data is transmitted only after CTD scans 1 25 49 73 and 97 In Seasa
128. xtension if desired this will not affect the results Seasave Sea Bird s real time data acquisition and display program requires a configuration file which defines the CTD auxiliary sensors integrated with the instrument and channels serial numbers and calibration dates and coefficients for all the integrated sensors conductivity temperature and pressure as well as auxiliary sensors Seasave as well as our data processing software uses the information in the configuration file to interpret and process the raw data If the xmlcon or con file does not match the actual instrument configuration the software will not be able to interpret and process the data correctly To verify the contents of the configuration file 1 Double click on Seasave exe 2 Click Configure Inputs On the Instrument Configuration tab click Open In the dialog box select the xmlcon or con file and click Open 27 Section 5 Setting Up System SBE 11plus V2 Channel Sensor table reflects this choice Typically e 0 SBE 3plus or 4C plugged into JB5 COND 2 on 9plus dual redundant sensor configuration 1 SBE 3plus or 4C plugged into JB4 TEMP 2 on 9plus and not using JB5 COND 2 connector single redundant sensor configuration e 2 no redundant T or C sensors For full rate 24 Hz data set to 1 Example lf number of scans to average 24 Seasave averages 24 scans saving to computer at 1 scan second e NMEA Select i

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