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(Thermistors with black tape belongs to Brock and needs to be brought back to Stanford) # Instrument Details Description of the instrument: data collected, image, brand, etc

Mooring

Building a mooring

Maintaining a mooring

Programing

(if the instrument is in the water go to section on retreval)

keep notes of which thermistor was at which site and depth (serial #); Small brush in sensor area, clean and dried

Retrival

Transit

Supplies needed for retrival

Clean instrument

Downloading Data

  1. Collect sensor and place in seawater

  2. Rinse in freshwater when back at lab

  3. Put in plugs for intake

  1. Do some cleaning/scrubbing/drying on the outside

  2. Connect C-1305 communication cable to serial
  3. Dry off the top of the CTD/CTDO before removing dummy plug
  4. Dry off the pins
  5. Attach communication cable to CTDO 37
  6. Open SeatermV2 software
  7. Click on Instruments -> SBE R232 (option G)
  8. Let command window load
  9. Write ‘ds’ & hit Enter
  10. Copy and paste all command line message into Notepad and save in folder
  11. Make sure it says, “logging”
  1. if not logging → could be out of memory or low battery voltage (Vmain) = cut off is about below 7V – if the long term CTDO is low, then don’t redeploy but keep at COBI house
  1. Type “stop” command after check logging status
  1. If <Error type=’Not Allowed’ message=’ command only allowed while logging’ → then it’s ok but if “not allowed…” then type stop quickly few times in a row until stopped
  1. Type ‘ds’ and hit Enter – check that it is not logging
  2. Click ‘Upload’ on the Menu bar
  1. → opens up the “Save As”
  2. naming convention
  1. e.g. “MPBuckets_…+ date range…” (xml file)
  2. Click Save
  3. Upload Data Menu pops up
  4. Leave as Binary
  1. Default Block size (100000)
  2. All data as a single file
  3. Click on “Upload” – takes about 20 min
  4. Convert xml to cnv file
  1. Convert to engineering units menu pops up but if not go to step xix.
  1. Open SBEDataProcessing-Win32 Software
  1. Click on Run in Menu Bar
  2. Click on option 1 (Data Conversion)
  3. Message – A default program setup … (this is an ok message) – click ok
  4. Data Conversion Menu pops up
  5. Go to the line that says “Instrument configuration file” and hit Select. Make sure to select the file corresponding to the mooring that is uploaded. Then click open to input files and click on select. (input file is .hex format)
  6. Go to the tab on top that says DATA SETUP, select output variables. Make sure to click and select the appropriate
  7. Click on: Time, Instrument (Julian Days); Temperature (ITS90, deg C); oxygen SBE 63 (mg/l); Pressure (strain gauge, db); Salinity(PSU); Conductivity (mS/m); hit the plus buttons and ADD
  8. Click OK
  9. Click on Start Process
  10. it is now a cnv file after a few seconds
  11. you can see the plot in the SBEDataProcessing-Win32 Software and option Sea plot
  12. When done, copy and paste all the command line into Notepad and Save As “Recovery and download of instrument…”
  1. Reprogramming and Deployment
  2. Type ds in command line
  1. Sample interval should be 600 s
  2. Minimum conductivity frequency should be 500
  3. Computer time set to Local Time (In the Send Commands portion of the window, click on General Setup and ‘Set Data and Time. Fill in values and click Execute.)
  1. Sometimes gives an INVALID COMMAND message so do it over until ok
  1. SBE 63 ODO Sensor and Setup
  1. Ds
  2. Execute
  1. Make sure Baud rate is 2400 (if not change it to 2400—look in manual for command line)
  2. Output format is 01
  3. Sample averaged in 02
  4. Auto run is 0
  1. Memory Setup
  1. Make sure 2 copies of data are uploaded
  2. Then Initialize Logging and Execute
  1. Autonomous Sampling (logging)
  1. Set Interval to 600 and click Execute
  2. Set delayed Start Date and Time (eg 10122013110000) and Execute
  3. Click on Start Logging when specified by StartDate
  4. Check command line message—should state “!—start logging at = …” – > if not, do Start Logging again.
  1. If the parameters are not correct, then type stop in command line and redo step 4 again
  2. Double check with ds

  3. Copy and paste all command line as a new file into Notepad “Redployment_MPbucket_CTDO37…time”

  4. Nortek ADP
  1. Collection
  2. Keep sensor connected to battery pack
  1. Careful with the head
  2. Protect from sun
  3. Clean and dry before connecting
  1. Downloading Data
  2. Open AquaPro software
  1. Connect ADP cable to serial port and to the sensor
  2. Click on Deployment in the Menu Bar
  1. Check time and date is correct for computer
  2. Click on Stop Recorder Deployment
  1. Message box pops up showing drift time of sensor versus computer time
  2. Take a screen shot and save
  1. Click on Deployment Menu Bar option
  1. Click on Recorder Data Retrieval
  2. Window pops up
  1. Check space used (sometimes breaks it up to multiple files)
  2. Click on a file
  3. Check that CRC check is checked
  4. Split file if the file is giving error message, otherwise keep unchecked
  5. Click Retrieve
  6. → Save As window naming eg “MPpyr_…time) prf file
  1. click Enter
  2. sometimes it takes a few hours to save
  3. if there is an error message in the Data Retrieval window, re-do step 2 all over again
  4. Message should say Data saved in file
  5. Move on to the next file
  6. When finished click on Done

Data back-up

File naming convention

Multiple backup for of raw DATA

Data delivery

Instrument maintainence

## Supplies needed to set up the instrument

## Batteries changes i. orings i. grease for orings

Reprogramming

Instrument preparation for field deployment

## Taping ## Labels on instruments ## Table with deployment information/ metadata

Re-deployment

Table supplies for this instrument

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