Section 4: Deploying and Operating SBE 19plus V2
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Acquiring Real-Time Data with SEASAVE
Verifying Contents of .con File
SEASAVE, our real-time data acquisition and display program, requires a .con
file, which defines the instrument – integrated auxiliary sensors, and channels,
serial numbers, and calibration dates and coefficients for all the sensors
(conductivity, temperature, and pressure as well as auxiliary sensors).
SEASAVE (as well as our data processing software) uses the information in
the .con file to interpret and process the raw data. If the .con file does not
match the actual instrument configuration, the software will not be able to
interpret and process data correctly.
1. Double click on Seasave.exe.
2. Click Configure Inputs. On the Instrument Configuration tab, click Open. In
the dialog box, select the .con file and click Open.
Notes:
• When we ship a new instrument, we
include a .con file that reflects the
current instrument configuration as
we know it. The .con file is named
with the instrument serial number,
followed with the .con extension. For
example, for an instrument with
serial number 2375, we name the
.con file 2375.con. You may rename
the .con file if desired; this will not
affect the results.
• In the 19plus V2 setup commands,
external voltage numbers 0, 1, 2, 3,
4, and 5 correspond to wiring of
sensors to a voltage channel on the
end cap (see Dimensions and End
Cap Connectors in Section 2:
Description of SBE 19plus V2).
However, in the .con file, voltage 0 is
the first external voltage in the data
stream, voltage 1 is the second, etc.
• SEASAVE and SBE Data
Processing use the same .con file.
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