Doc. P/N:
WSP-009-008
Version: V1.3
Issue Date:
April 2014
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6.2
Data Recorder
Clicking the
Data Recorder
button opens the
Data Recorder
control panel. This allows
raw data from the BTxR to be recorded and replayed.
Recorded data files contain:
►
Raw Sensor Data
►
Sensor Serial
Information
from enabled
Transfer Task
ports (whether
the transducer is
pinging or not)
►
Current Ship Setup
settings
All of this data is time
stamped.
Rewind to Start of the File
Select File to Play
Pause Playback of Current
File
Record (Displays a Save As
dialogue box)
Play Current File
Close Replay Controls
The
Slider Bar
below the buttons allows for quickly jumping through a replay file to a particular point.
The lower section of the data recorder window shows information about the last ping and displays
this information whether replaying a file, recording acquired data, or acquiring data without recording.
Figure 16. Data Recorder Window
Controls
Ping information
XYZ Data Recording
See below.
Slider Bar
Options
O
ptiOns
:
►
Use File Ship Settings
Selecting this check box applies the original ship’s settings to the file
being replayed. Not selecting this check box applies the current set-
tings of the program running on your WASSP Processor to the replay
file.
NOTE
: Once the check box is selected, files opened after the check
box is selected use the new settings.
►
Loop Files
Selecting this check box allows single files in a selected folder to
loop, or all the data files in a folder to run continuously one after the
other in a loop.
Note: The size of raw data files
is very large and recording raw
data files is not recommended
for inexperienced operators.
Recording data files allows you
to look at acquired soundings
data at any time.
Note: When replaying a demo
file, the MODE button must be
on STBY. If left in the TRANSMIT
mode, the SELECT FILE TO
PLAY button on the Replay
Controls box is not active.
xyZ d
ata
r
ecOrdinG
(s
ave
ascii d
ata
)
If you want to output the sonar data to XYZ format, check this box. A Save As dialogue will pop up for you to
select the location and name of the data you want to save.
The XYZ ASCII output is an easy to read corrected version of the bathymetry data computed by the WASSP
system. This form can be read by GIS packages. The data created is as processed by WASSP so includes any
tide value selected in WASSP. Up to 112 points are created per ping and are written sequentially to the file:
ptNumber, latitude, longitude, depth, date, time
- in comma delimited form.