User manual
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1Introduction
- Chapter 2 Mechanical Description
- Chapter 3 Electronic Description
- Chapter 4 Maintenance and Storage
- Chapter 5 Operations
- Chapter 6 Launch and Recovery
- Chapter 7 MMP Firmware 4.X User Interface
- Figure 7-1: Electronics Board Configuration Error Message
- Power Up Sequence
- Re-Booting the System
- Prompts and Key Combinations
- Using the File Capture Utility
- Powering Down the MMP
- The Main Menu - Operating the MMP
- <1> Set Time
- <2> Diagnostics
- <3> Flash Card Ops
- <4> Sleep
- <5> Bench Test
- FSI CTD
- Sea-Bird CTD
- FSI ACM
- MAVS ACM
- Figure 7-36: MAVS ACM Pass-Through Communications
- Option <6> FSI ACM Tilt and Compass
- System Evaluation
- Option <7> Motor Operation
- Option <8> Brake On/Off Change?
- Option <9> Independent Watchdog
- System Options Tests
- Option Inductive Telemetry
- Option
Acoustic Transponder
- Option
Battery Endurance - Option
SIM/UIM Transactions - Option Inductive Charger Modem
- Option
Fluorometer - Option
CDOM Fluorometer - Option
IR Turbidity - Option Power UIM
- Option
Configure
- <6> Deploy Profiler
- Initialization
- Programming a Deployment
- MMP Deployment Definition Parameters
- Mooring ID
- Start Parameters
- Schedule Parameters
- Stops Parameters
- Endurance Parameters
- Deploy
- <7> Offload Deployment Data
- <8> Contacting McLane
Watchdog Initialization Profiling History Exiting to the Monitor
- Chapter 8 Data Offload, Processing, and Interpretation
- Overview
- Reviewing Deployment Data
- Removing the Flash Card
- Unpacking and Translating the Binary Data Files
- MMP Unpacker Application
- Editing MMPUnpacker.INI
- The PDP-N_NN Utility Program
- Processing and Interpreting MMP Data
- Mapping Velocity Measurements
- ACM Compass Calibration Step 1 – Map Horizontal C
- ACM Compass Calibration Step 2 – Plot Raw Measure
- ACM Compass Calibration Step 3 – Adjust Parameter
- ACM Compass Calibration Step 4 – Conduct a Spin T
- ACM Compass Calibration Step 5 – Removing the Bia
- Mapping Velocity Measurements to the Cartesian Earth Frame
- Sting and Acoustic Path Geometry
- Velocity Transformation
- Synchronizing the Data Streams
- Data Processing Shareware
- Appendix A Operating Crosscut for Windows and Crosscut
- Appendix B System Architecture
- Appendix C Bench Top Deployment
- Bench Top Deployment Example Settings
- Figure C-1: Bench top Deployment Example
- Figure C-2: Bench top Deployment Example (continued)
- Figure C-3: Bench top Deployment Example (continued)
- Figure C-4: Bench top Deployment Example (continued)
- Figure C-5:Bench top Deployment Example (continued)
- Figure C-6: Bench top Deployment Example (continued)
- Figure C-7: Bench top Deployment Example (continued)
- Figure C-8: Bench top Deployment Example (continued)
- Figure C-9: Bench top Deployment Example (continued)
- Figure C-10: Bench top Deployment Example (continued)
- Figure C-11: Bench top Deployment Example (continued)
- Figure C-12: Bench top Deployment Example (continued)
- Figure C-13: Bench top Deployment Example (continued)
- Figure C-14: Bench top Deployment Example (continued)
- Figure C-15 :Bench top Deployment Example (continued)
- Figure C-16: Bench top Deployment Example (continued)
- Figure C-17: Bench top Deployment Example (continued)
- Figure C-18: Bench top Deployment Example (continued)
- Figure C-19: Bench top Deployment Example (continued)
- Deployment Parameter Examples
- Bench Top Deployment Example Settings
- Appendix D ACM Compass Calibration
- Appendix E Optional Transponder
- Appendix F Unpacking data using PDP-N_NN.EXE
- Appendix G Rev C Electronics Board User Interface
- Power Up Sequence
- Re-Booting the System
- System Prompts and Key Combinations
- Using the File Capture Utility
- Powering Down the MMP
- The Main Menu - Operating the MMP
- <1> Set Time
- <2> Diagnostics
- <3> Flash Card Ops
- <4> Sleep
- <5> Bench Test
- Figure G-15: Bench Test
- Option <1> CTD Communication
- Verifying CTD Settings
- Option <2> CTD Pressure
- Option <3> CTD Average Pressure
- Option <4> CTD Temperature Record
- Option <5> ACM Communication
- Option <6> ACM Tilt and Compass
- Option <7> Motor Operation
- Option <8> Brake Set/Off Change?
- Option <9> Independent Watchdog
- System Options Tests
- Option Inductive Telemetry
- Option
Acoustic Transponder
- Option <0> Offload Routines
- Option
Fluorometer - Option
IR Turbidity - Option Power UIM
- <6> Deploy Profiler
- Programming a Deployment
- MMP Deployment Definition Parameters
- Mooring ID
- Start Parameters
- Schedule Parameters
- Stops Parameters
- Deploy
- Profile and Deployment Termination Conditions
- <7> Offload Deployment Data
- <8> Contacting McLane
Watchdog Initialization Profiling Odometer Exiting to the Monitor
- Appendix H Using the MMP Deployment Planner
- Creating a Deployment Plan
- Changing User Preferences
- Understanding Dive Zero
- Figure H-9: Deployment Planner Project Tab
- Figure H-10: Dive Zero - 1 Oct 2008, First Pattern 10 Oct 2008
- Figure H-11: Dive Zero - 1 Nov 2008, First Pattern 10 Oct 2009
- Figure H-12: Dive Zero - 20 Oct 2008, First Pattern Oct, 2008
- Figure H-13: Schedule Display in Profiler Firmware
- Figure H-14: Deployment Screen
- Figure H-15: Dive Zero Changed
- Appendix I Seapoint Analog Sensors
- Appendix J Underwater Inductive Modem (UIM)
- Appendix K Turbidity/Fluorometer Inductive Coil Configuration
- Appendix L Sea-Bird CTD Sensors
- Appendix M Aanderaa Oxygen Optode Sensor
- Appendix N MMP w/ Battery Housing Glass Sphere Extension
- Figure N-1: MMP with Battery Housing Glass Sphere Extension
- Figure N-2: MMP Battery Housing Glass Sphere Extension
- Figure N-3: Removing Bottom Bolts
- Figure N-4: Installed Support Legs
- Figure N-5: Removing Top Cap
- Figure N-6: Removing Horsehair Padding
- Figure N-7: Removing “Top” Sphere
- Figure N-8: Removing Panel Cap Screw
- Figure N-9: Installing Nylon Studs
- Figure N-10: Installing M3100A Extension Plate
- Figure N-11: Installing Front Panel Extension
- Figure N-12: Installing Spacer Legs with Studs
- Figure N-13: Reinstalling “Top” Sphere
- Figure N-14: Installing Spacer Legs with Studs
- Figure N-15: Frame Plate ‘A’ Reinstalled
- Figure N-16: Installing and Tightening Cap Screws on Front Panel
- Figure N-17: Tightening Cap Screw on Frame Plate
- Figure N-18: Glass Battery Housing Sphere Installed
- Figure N-19: Routed and Connected Cable
- Figure N-20: Installing Extension Skin
- Figure N-21: Reinstalling Horsehair
- Figure N-22: Reinstalling Top Cap
- Figure N-23: End Cap – Full View
- Figure N-24: Color-Coding on End Cap

Partial - Displays the first few unpacked records from each binary file as unpacking
proceeds. The number of records displayed is set in Option ‘3’. This option provides a quick
overview of the data while it is unpacked and slows the processing less than the Full Display.
None
- Does not display data on the screen as unpacking proceeds (displays only the
name of the binary file currently being unpacked). This is the fastest option for unpacking data.
<3> Set Partial Display Size
When the partial display mode is enabled, this option sets the number of records from
each binary file to display on the screen.
<4> Set Scroll Size
Scroll size is used with the full or partial display mode to permit on-screen examination
of the data during processing. This option sets the number of lines to scroll on the screen before
pausing for operator input. A scroll size of zero enables continuous scrolling. A non-zero scroll
size reduces processing speed but allows the operator to examine the data.
<5> Set PATH for INPUT files
This option specifies the directory containing the binary data and auxiliary files (the full
path should be specified). The default directory is C:\MMP.
<6> Set PATH for OUTPUT files
This option specifies the destination directory for the unpacked ASCII text files (the full
path should be specified). The default directory is C:\MMP.
NOTE
The input and output directories and the directory containing the PDP executable can be on
different disks or logical partitions. Note that all directories on the output path must conform to
the DOS 8.3 naming convention (8 characters or fewer in the file name, 3 characters or fewer in
the extension).
<7> Restore Default Options
This option restores the default PDP options. The default options are loaded by the PDP
the first time it is run on a PC, before an operator makes adjustments and an options file is
created. The defaults are also used if the options file has been deleted or moved out of the default
PDP directory, C:\MMP.
Appendix F-4