User`s manual
Table Of Contents
- SEASAVE
- Limited Liability Statement
- Table of Contents
- Section 1: Introduction
- Section 2: Installation & Use
- Section 3: Configure Inputs, Part I - Instrument Configuration (.con file)
- Introduction
- Instrument Configuration
- Viewing, Modifying, or Creating .con File
- SBE 9plus Configuration
- SBE 16 SEACAT C-T Recorder Configuration
- SBE 16plus SEACAT C-T Recorder Configuration
- SBE 19 SEACAT Profiler Configuration
- SBE 19plus SEACAT Profiler Configuration
- SBE 21 Thermosalinograph Configuration
- SBE 25 SEALOGGER Configuration
- SBE 45 MicroTSG Configuration
- SBE 49 FastCAT Configuration
- Section 4: Configure Inputs, Part II - Calibration Coefficients
- Accessing Calibration Coefficients Dialog Boxes
- Calibration Coefficients for Frequency Sensors
- Calibration Coefficients for A/D Count Sensors
- Calibration Coefficients for Voltage Sensors
- Pressure (Strain Gauge) Calibration Coefficients
- Altimeter Calibration Coefficients
- Fluorometer Calibration Coefficients
- Methane Sensor Calibration Coefficients
- OBS/Nephelometer Calibration Coefficients
- Oxidation Reduction Potential (ORP) Calibration Coefficients
- Oxygen Calibration Coefficients
- PAR/Irradiance Calibration Coefficients
- pH Calibration Coefficients
- Pressure/FGP (voltage output) Calibration Coefficients
- Suspended Sediment Calibration Coefficients
- Transmissometer Calibration Coefficients
- User Polynomial (for user-defined sensor) Calibration Coefficients
- Zaps Calibration Coefficients
- Section 5: Configure Inputs, Part III – Serial Ports, Water Sampler, TCP/IP Ports, Miscellaneous, & Pump Control
- Section 6: Configure Outputs
- Section 7: Display - Setting Up SEASAVE Displays
- Section 8: Real-Time Data & Real-Time Control - Real-Time Data Acquisition
- Section 9: Archived Data Displaying Archived Data
- Section 10: Processing Data
- Appendix I: Command Line Operation
- Appendix II: Configure (.con) File Format
- Appendix III: Software Problems
- Appendix IV: Derived Parameter Formulas
- Index
Section 2: Installation and Use
12
Getting Started
Displaying Archived Data - Sea-Bird Demo Files
SEASAVE can be used to display archived raw data in a .hex or .dat file.
Sea-Bird provides example files with the software to assist you in learning
how to use SEASAVE. These files are automatically installed on your hard
drive when you install SEASAVE; the default location is:
C:\Program Files\Sea-Bird\SeasaveV7-Demo
The demo files include:
• a data file - demo.hex
• an instrument configuration file - demo.con (defines instrument sensors,
calibration coefficients, etc.)
• a program setup file – demo.psa. The .psa file defines all information
entered in Configure Inputs and Configure Outputs (instrument .con file
path and name, CTD serial port, water sampler, TCP/IP input and output
ports, serial data output, etc.) as well as the size, placement, and setup for
each display window.
Follow these steps to get started using SEASAVE to display archived data:
1. In the File menu, select Open Setup File.
The Open dialog box appears. Browse to the desired file
(default location C:\Program Files\Sea-Bird\ SeasaveV7-Demo),
select demo.psa, and click OK. The display windows will now correspond
to the selected .psa file.
2. In the Archived Data menu, select Start.
3. The Playback Archived Data dialog box appears (see Section 9:
Archived Data - Displaying Archived Data):
A. On the File tab, click Select Data File. The Select Data File dialog
box appears. Browse to the desired file (default location
C:\Program Files\Sea-Bird\ SeasaveV7-Demo\demo.hex) and
click Open.
B. Click the Instrument Configuration tab. Click Open.
The Select Instrument Configuration File dialog box appears.
Browse to the desired file (default location
C:\Program Files\Sea-Bird\ SeasaveV7-Demo\demo.con)
and click Open.
C. Click the File tab. Click Start. The example data will display.
4. As desired, modify and export the setup of the display windows
(see Section 7: Display - Setting Up SEASAVE Displays).
Save the modified .psa file, and repeat Steps 2 and 3.
Note:
When modifying and saving the
program setup (.psa) file, use a
new file name to avoid
overwriting the demo file.
Note:
.dat files were created by older
versions of SEASAVE (Version < 6.0)
from the real-time data stream from an
SBE 911plus.