Timing Commands; Available Timing Commands; Timing Command Descriptions; Tb - Time Per Burst - Teledyne WORKHORSE Operation Manual

May 2015

Timing Commands

The following commands let you set the timing of various profiling functions.

Available Timing Commands

This section lists the available Timing commands.
>t?
TB = 00:00:00.00 --------- Time per Burst (hrs:min:sec.sec/100)
TC = 00000 --------------- Ensembles Per Burst (0-65535)
TE = 00:00:00.00 --------- Time per Ensemble (hrs:min:sec.sec/100)
TF = **/**/**,**:**:** --- Time of First Ping (yr/mon/day,hour:min:sec)
TG = ****/**/**,**:**:** - Time of First Ping (CCYY/MM/DD,hh:mm:ss)
TP = 00:00.05 ------------ Time per Ping (min:sec.sec/100)
TS = 07/08/20,11:20:36 --- Time Set (yr/mon/day,hour:min:sec)
TT = 2007/08/20,11:20:36 - Time Set (CCYY/MM/DD,hh:mm:ss)
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Timing Command Descriptions

TB - Time per Burst

Purpose Sets the interval between "bursts" of pings.
Format TB hh:mm:ss.ff
Range hh = 00 to 23 hours
mm = 00 to 59 minutes
ss = 00 to 59 seconds
ff = 00 to 59 hundredths of seconds
Recommended Setting. Special applications only.
Description The TB and TC commands work together to allow the H-ADCP to sample in a "burst
mode." In some applications, it is desirable for the H-ADCP to ping for a short period of
time at a high ping rate ("burst"), wait for a set period of time, and then repeat the pro-
cess. You also must set the time per ensemble, time between pings, and number of pings
per ensemble.
Example Deployment timing example:
TB 01:00:00.00 (time per burst)
TC 20 (ensembles per burst)
TE 00:00:01.00 (time per ensemble)
TP 00:00.20 (time between pings)
WP 2 (pings per ensemble)
The H-ADCP will average two pings (WP-command) 0.2 seconds apart (TP-command). It then sends the
ensemble to the recorder or through the I/O cable. This process is repeated once a second (TE-command)
for a total of twenty ensembles (TC-command). After the 20th ensemble is processed, the H-ADCP sleeps
for one hour (TB-command) from the time of the first ping of the first ensemble until the second burst
begins.
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