You must at least have access to the executable file “adcpsect” for your computer.
If you are at sea with a UHDAS installation, you can use the copy on the ADCP computer, currents. Executables are compiled for most common architectures and operating systems, and are available on the shared “programs” directory in the programs/codas3/bin/[architecture] directory. See this link for isntructions about network shares.
Or, if you choose to install the CODAS binaries, you can download the zip file for your operating system here. Installation instructions are here. Look for the name binXXX.zip for your computer.
Adcpsect requires a control file and is run as
adcpsect adcpsect.cnt
It will write files to the disk which can then be read by matlab.
Additional information:
- adcpsect is available in the postscript manual
- output data format for contour_uv.mat, contour_xy.mat and other output files
- the generic “self-documenting” adcpsect control file <txtfiles/adcpsect_cnt.txt> (with all options listed)
- an example adcpsect.cnt file to extract every profile
Procedure:
1 download example control file from web link 2 modify example control file (adcpsect_example.cnt) 3 run as
adcpsect adcpsect_example.cnt