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Section 3: Preparing MicroCAT for Deployment
SBE 37-SM RS-232
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Following is a description of the menus:
Menu
Description
Equivalent Command*
File
Load command file – opens selected .XML
command file, and fills Send Commands
window with commands.
Unload command file – closes command
file, and removes commands from Send
Commands window.
Exit - Exit program.
-
Communications
Configure – Establish communication
parameters (comm port and baud rate).
Connect – connect to comm port.
Disconnect – disconnect from
comm port.
Disconnect and reconnect – may be useful
if instrument has stopped responding.
-
Command
Abort – interrupt and stop MicroCAT’s
response.
Send 5 second break (not applicable to this
SBE 37-SMP).
Send stop command.
Set local time– Set date and time to time
sent by timekeeping software on your
computer; accuracy ± 25 msec of time
provided by computer.
Set UTC Time (Greenwich Mean Time) –
Set date and time to time sent by
timekeeping software on your computer;
accuracy ± 25 msec of time provided by
computer.
(press Esc key several
times for Abort)
Stop
DateTime=
DateTime=
Capture
Capture instrument responses on screen to
file, to save real-time data or use for
diagnostics. File has .cap extension. Click
Capture menu again to turn off capture.
Capture status displays in Status bar.
—
Upload
Upload data stored in memory, in a format
that Sea-Bird’s data processing software can
use. Uploaded data has .xml extension, and
is then automatically converted to a .hex and
a .xmlcon file that can be used in SBE Data
Processing’s Data Conversion module.
Before using Upload:
stop logging
by
sending
Stop
.
Several status commands
and appropriate data
upload command as
applicable to user
selection of range of data
to upload (use Upload
menu if you will be
processing data with
SBE Data Processing)
Tools
Diagnostics log - Keep a diagnostics log.
Convert .XML data file – Using Upload
menu automatically does this conversion;
tool is available if there was a problem
with the automatic conversion.
Send script – Send XML script to
MicroCAT. May be useful if you have a
number of MicroCATs to program with
same setup.
-
*See
Command Descriptions
in
Section 4: Deploying and Operating MicroCAT
.
Note:
Set local time
and
Set
UTC time
are disabled if
the baud rate in
Seaterm232 is set to
115200, because the
software cannot reliably
set the time at that baud.
