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

Flash card
Figure 3-7: Rev C Flash Card
IMPORTANT
For reliability, McLane strongly recommends using only type SDP3B SanDisk FlashDisk
PCMCIA ATA flash cards.
The middle circuit board in the controller stack is a TattleTale 8 (TT8v2) micro-
controller manufactured by Onset Computer Corporation (www.onsetcomp.com). The TT8v2 is
a single board computer with large and varied I/O capacity that supervises the operation of the
MMP hardware.
The bottom circuit board is the motherboard of the MMP, which supports interface ports
for peripheral components, a power distribution network, and an independent system watchdog
circuit. The watchdog chip is shown in the MMP Controller Electronics schematic in Figure 3-6.
The super capacitor that provides the watchdog with a temporary (several days) independent
power source is located on the underside of the motherboard. The watchdog is described in more
detail in Chapter 7, “MMP User Interface” and Appendix B, “System Architecture”.
Edge Connectors
Peripheral components like the motor and sensors connect to the controller through the
black edge connectors indicated and labeled in Figure 3-6. The connectors are also labeled on the
motherboard. Each edge connector has a unique number of pins and is keyed to prevent
accidental misconnection by the operator. The harness connectors lock in position when they are
fully inserted.
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