Specifications

PS1 – Fixed Leader ..........................................................................................................................78
PS2 – Variable Leader......................................................................................................................78
PS4 – Ping Sequence.......................................................................................................................79
PT - Built-In Tests .............................................................................................................................79
PT0 - Help.........................................................................................................................................79
PT3 - Receive Path...........................................................................................................................79
10.8 Sensor Commands ...........................................................................................................................81
10.8.1 Sensor Command Descriptions ........................................................................................................81
SZ – Zero Pressure Sensor ..............................................................................................................81
ST – Temperature Units....................................................................................................................81
10.9 Timing Commands............................................................................................................................82
10.9.1 Standard Timing Command Descriptions .........................................................................................82
TD – Built-In Watchdog Timer...........................................................................................................82
TE – Time Per Ensemble..................................................................................................................83
TF – Time of First Ping .....................................................................................................................84
TP – Time Between Pings.................................................................................................................85
TS – Set Real-Time Clock.................................................................................................................86
10.10 Vertical Beam Commands ................................................................................................................87
10.10.1 Vertical Beam Command Descriptions.......................................................................................87
VD – Vertical Beam Data Out ...........................................................................................................87
VF – Vertical Beam Blank after Transmit ..........................................................................................88
VP – Vertical Beam Number of Pings per Ensemble ........................................................................88
10.10.2 Expert Level Vertical Beam Command Descriptions ..................................................................89
#VC – Detection Filter, Pressure & Range Screening Control ..........................................................89
10.11 Water Profiling Commands ...............................................................................................................90
10.11.1 Water Profiling Command Descriptions......................................................................................90
WA – False Target Threshold Maximum...........................................................................................90
WB – Mode 1 Bandwidth Control ......................................................................................................91
WC – Low Correlation Threshold ......................................................................................................91
WD – Data Out..................................................................................................................................92
WF – Blank after Transmit ................................................................................................................93
WN – Number of Cells ......................................................................................................................93
WP – Pings per Ensemble ................................................................................................................94
WS – Cell Size ..................................................................................................................................94
WV – Ambiguity Velocity...................................................................................................................95
11 Channel Master PD0 Output Data Format .................................................................................... 96
11.1 Header Data Format .........................................................................................................................98
11.2 Fixed Leader Data Format ..............................................................................................................100
11.3 Variable Leader Data Format..........................................................................................................105
11.4 Velocity Data Format ......................................................................................................................109
11.5 Correlation Magnitude, Echo Intensity, Percent-Good Data, and Status Format ............................ 111
11.6 Firmware Version Data Format.......................................................................................................115
11.7 Surface Track Status Output...........................................................................................................116
11.8 Surface Track Amplitude Output .....................................................................................................119
11.9 Surface Track Commands Output...................................................................................................121
11.10 Binary Reserved BIT Data Format ..................................................................................................123
11.11 Binary Checksum Data Format .......................................................................................................123
12 Channel Master PD14 Output Data Format ................................................................................ 124
12.1 Format ............................................................................................................................................124
12.2 Invalid Data .....................................................................................................................................124
13 Channel Master PD19 Output Data Format ................................................................................ 126
14 How to Decode a Channel Master Ensemble............................................................................. 127
14.1 Rules for the Channel Master Data Format PD0.............................................................................127
14.2 Recommended Data Decoding Sequence for Data Format PD0....................................................128
14.3 Pseudo-Code for Decoding PD0 Ensemble Data ...........................................................................128
14.4 Example Code for Decoding Channel Master Ensembles ..............................................................129