Sea-Bird Electronics SBE 38 User Manual download pdf (Page 12)

Section 3: Preparing SBE 38 for Deployment

4. In the Communications menu, select Options / Cycle baud

when connecting.

5. Click Connect on the Toolbar. SEATERM tries to connect to the SBE 38

at the baud set in Step 3. If it cannot, it cycles through all other possible

baud rates to try to connect. When it connects, the display looks like this:

SBE 38 V 1.4 S/N 0090 (this line may not appear)

This shows that correct communications between the computer and the

SBE 38 has been established.

If the system does not provide the S> prompt:

• Click Connect again.

• Verify the correct instrument was selected in the Configure menu and

the settings were entered correctly in the Configuration Options

dialog box. Note that the baud rate’s factory setting is documented on

the Configuration Sheet in this manual.

• Check cabling between the computer and the SBE 38.

6. Display SBE 38 status information by clicking Status on the Toolbar. The

display looks like this:

SBE 38 V 1.4 S/N = 0090

NAVG=1

Not sampling data

Automatically start sampling on power up

Default interface is RS-232

7. Command the SBE 38 to take a sample by typing TS and pressing the

Enter key. The display looks like this if the output format was set to

converted data (Format=C) with 4 digits to the right of the decimal place

(Digits=4):

23.7658

where 23.7658 = temperature in degrees Celsius

This number should be reasonable; i.e., room temperature.

The SBE 38 is ready for programming and deployment.

Note:

See Appendix III: RS-485 Interface

for details on sending commands to

an SBE 38 with optional RS-485

interface.

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