New Horizon UHDAS TRIGGERED ADCP Checksheet



Cruise name: ______________________   Date:_____________________

(cruise name should start with a letter. Allowed = letters, numbers, underscore)


Before a Cruise (or if power was interrupted):
  1. Make sure power is ON to the OS75 ADCP
  2. Power up the UHDAS computer "currents"
  3. Log in as user "adcp"
Starting a cruise:
  1. Start UHDAS gui ("UHDAS" on command  line, or little red and blue icon, top bar)    UHDAS icon
  2. In the Control Tab, "Start Cruise"
  3. If a cruise is already active, click "Load File" and choose "os75_triggered.cmd"
  4. In the Control Tab, "Start Recording"
Notes:
  1. This checksheet is for Triggered pinging
  2. There is another checksheet for default pinging
  3. The default settings are different
OS75 Instrument setup

Defaults Values used
OS75 NB MODE ON
OS75 NB No. Bins 60
OS75 NB Bin length 16
OS75 NB Blank 8
OS75 BB MODE OFF
OS75 BB No. Bins 80
OS75 NB Bin length 8
OS75 NB Blank 8
BOTTOM TRACK OFF
BT MAX depth 1000
TP min ping time (s) 1.8
Trigger in,out[,timeout] 1,0
Instrument logging

default
ADCP OS75 ON
GPS ON
Ashtech ON
Gyro ON
Set up the Browser
  1. start Firefox
  2. choose "Bookmarks"
  3. choose "ashtech-gyro"
  4. resize the window so the figures and the gui are visible


  5. screenshot


End a cruise:
  1. In Control Tab, "Stop Recording"
  2. In Control Tab "End Cruise"
  3. (optional: kill gui)

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