Teledyne RIVERPRO - WO - Number of Subpings; WP - Number of Pings; WS - bin Size

RiverPro and RioPro ADCP Guide October 2017
EAR-Controlled Technology Subject to Restrictions Contained on the Cover Page.
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WO – Number of SubPings
Purpose Controls the number of SubPings in Mode 12 water profiling.
Format WOx
Range x = 1 to 100 sub-pings
Default WO001
Recommended Setting. Special applications only.
Description: In Mode 12, a number of sub-pings are transmitted very rapidly and their results are aver-
aged internally to form a single Mode 12 ping.
This command has no effect unless the WM command is set to WM12.
WP – Number of Pings
Purpose Sets the number of pings to average in each data ensemble.
Format WPnnn
Range nnn = 0 to 999 pings
Default WP001
Recommended Setting. Set using WinRiver.
Description WP sets the number of pings to average in each ensemble before sending/recording the
data.
1. If WP = zero the RiverPro/RioPro does not collect water-profile data.
2. The RiverPro/RioPro automatically extends the ensemble interval (TE) if WP x TP > TE.
WS – Bin Size
Purpose Selects the volume of water for one measurement cell (bin).
Format WSnnn
Range nnn = 2 to 500 cm
Default WS005
Recommended Setting. Set using WinRiver.
Description The RiverPro/RioPro collects data over a variable number of bins. WS sets the size of
each bin in vertical centimeters.