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Water Quality Monitor
(WQM)
Host Software User's Guide
The user's guide is an evolving document. If you find sections that are unclear, or missing
information, please let us know. Please check our website periodically for updates.
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WET Labs, Inc.
P.O. Box 518
Philomath, OR 97370
541-929-5650
fax: 541-929-5277
www.wetlabs.com
Water Quality Monitor Software User's Guide (wqmsw)
Revision B
12 Dec. 2011

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  • Page 1 Host Software User’s Guide The user’s guide is an evolving document. If you find sections that are unclear, or missing information, please let us know. Please check our website periodically for updates. ® WET Labs, Inc. P.O. Box 518 Philomath, OR 97370 541-929-5650 fax: 541-929-5277 www.wetlabs.com...
  • Page 2 To return the instrument, contact WET Labs for a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) and ship in the original container. WET Labs is not responsible for damage to instruments during the return shipment to the factory. WET Labs will supply all replacement parts and labor and pay for return via 3 day air shipping in honoring this warranty.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Optical Sensors ......................22 BLIS ......................... 22 Pump........................23 Miscellaneous Commands ..................23 Appendix A: Controlling the WQM with an External Logger ........24 Appendix B: Using HyperTerminal ................25 Water Quality Monitor Software User’s Guide (wqmsw) Revision B 12 Dec. 2011...

  • Page 5: Wqm Setup And Operation

    1. Install and start the WQM host software on host computer. 2. Connect the WQM to the host PC and a 12 V nominal power supply using the test cable. Turn the power supply on. Select the appropriate COM port and baud rate (19200).
  • Page 6 9. To copy data files from the WQM to the host PC: a. Verify the WQM is in Standby Mode.  To speed the download time, change the baud rate to 115200 from the Show menu in the Host software.
  • Page 7 Select the file(s) to copy. e. Select Download WQM Files. They will save into the previously created folder.  You may change the parameters the host will process using the Advanced File Processing option. See Section 2.7 for details.
  • Page 8 Water Quality Monitor Software User’s Guide (wqmsw) Revision B 12 Dec. 2011...

  • Page 9: Technical Reference

    COM Port Setup allows you to select COM Port Setup the COM port and baud rate for Host PC– WQM communication. Default baud rate: 19200. Data Sidebar These are the meter’s default measurement settings. Checking the Plot box will cause each checked parameter to display in the View Data window.
  • Page 10 Clear Power Failure Message If power to the WQM is interrupted, a red warning box will appear, and the UPS Status box on the WQM Setup screen will go red. Select Clear Power Failure Message to clear the warning box and reset the red background on the UPS Status.
  • Page 11 Send Output Configuration: Sends any new selections to the WQM. The  additionally selected parameters appear on the left in the WQM Data area and in the plot legend on the View Data tab. For example: With the desired parameters selected, select Stop WQM Sample to put the WQM in standby mode.
  • Page 12 ECO FLCDS and PARS are currently supported. Show Stop WQM Window Provides the option of stopping WQM data acquisition. Help See Section 4 for troubleshooting using Help screen options and descriptions. Water Quality Monitor Software User’s Guide (wqmsw) Revision B...

  • Page 13: Status Indicators

    Date and Time Displays the date and time of both the host PC and the WQM. This box will have a red background if there is a time difference between the WQM and the host PC. Displays CTD Status, DO Stabilization, Optics Status, Sample, and Standby operations.

  • Page 14: Wqm Setup Parameters

    New Setup area, then select Send New Setup. Note that the meter must be in Standby mode. To send the host PC time and date to the WQM, press Set Date and Time. To save WQM host settings, press Save Setup. A ...
  • Page 15 External is checked. Sample Delay: Sample Delay is not applicable when Autonomous is checked. Under External control, sampling can be delayed for up to 1 hour once the WQM recovers power. Water Quality Monitor Software User’s Guide (wqmsw) Revision B...
  • Page 16 (closer to 120 seconds). External Control: DO stabilization time can be set from 30 seconds to 2 minutes. For external control, you must take into account the temperature of the water the WQM will be used in. To calculate the time needed to stabilize the DO reading, select to display the plot at right.

  • Page 17: View Data

    Send Output Configuration to the WQM. The new parameters will be displayed in the WQM Data Sidebar area and the legend. Either or both can be hidden or displayed. Both show current output values for each parameter. Water Quality Monitor Software User’s Guide (wqmsw) Revision B 12 Dec.

  • Page 18: Scroll Data

    Controls tab of the host program. WQM Files Options in this tab allow you to select the data files to be copied from the WQM to the host PC. Select Download Folder Brings up a window for you to select or create a folder in which the .raw WQM files will be stored.
  • Page 19 “cancel” is selected and any remaining, unsaved files will remain selected but will not be saved. After copying files to the host PC in the WQM Files tab, Advanced File Processing you can select various derived parameters for the WQM Host program to calculate as part of the processed file.
  • Page 20  All Sample Data: All output from a sampling period is averaged.  Daily Average will average all samples in a 24 hour period (12:00:01 to 12:00:00) then reset. Default data displayed:  WQM Header  WQM SN  Date ...

  • Page 21: Wqm Data

    WQM Data When actively sampling, the WQM will output a line of data every 6–10 seconds in air, and a line of data once per second in water. The WQM Status record is used to update the WQM Host program during normal WQM operations.

  • Page 22: Status Record Format

    The last two columns are the FLNTU measurements chlorophyll and turbidity. 0–50 µg/l Chlorophyll 0–25 NTU Turbidity Status Record Format The contents of the WQM status record Version 1 is: Header: WETS_WQM WQM Serial Number 1-9999 Status Record Version Month 1–12...

  • Page 23: Wqm Default Settings

    WQM Default Settings SYS.BAUD=19200 CONTROL=AUTONOMOUS STATUS.MODE=AUTO LASTFILE=1 WQM.SN=140 WQMIO.EDP=DIGITAL SYS.QPBCS=0 VERSION=1.26 LOGGING=YES SAMPLEDELAY=0 CTDPREP=15 SAMPLE=3300 INTERVAL=3600 BLIS.HOURS=1 BLIS.SQUIRTS=4 PMPDBLIS.SPD=0 PMPDBLIS.SQRT=0 PMPDBLIS.DLAY=0 BLIS.DOPURGE=YES BLIS.PURGECNT=20 FLNTU.SN=1495 WLCHL.SF=0.0073 CHL.SF=0.0073 WLCHL.OFF=48 CHL.OFF=48 NTU.SF=0.0024 NTU.OFF=50 BETA.OFF=50 BETA.SF=6.000e-06 DOSTABLE.FIT=POLY DOSTABLE.A=0.0277 DOSTABLE.B=-2.288 DOSTABLE.C=60.805 UPS.RECENT=NO UPS.COUNT=0 UPS.STAGE1=3 UPS.STAGE2=3 DATAHEADER=YES OUT.HDR=YES...
  • Page 24 OUT.SIGMAT=NO OUT.SV=NO OUT.CS=NO CTD.SN=5151 SBE52.DOSN=497 SBE52.SOC= 1.569800e-04 SBE52.FOFFSET= -3.146840e+03 SBE52.A= -1.633800e-03 SBE52.B= 1.157600e-04 SBE52.C= -1.733200e-06 SBE52.E= 4.330000e-02 LASTBLISHOUR=-1 LASTBLISJDAY=0 BLIS.TOTAL=0 Water Quality Monitor Software User’s Guide (wqmsw) Revision B 12 Dec. 2011...

  • Page 25: Troubleshooting

    When you select Troubleshooting under the Help menu, the tab below appears. Note that the meter must be in Standby to use troubleshooting. Selecting one of the buttons under Test WQM Components will activate additional options, described below. Testing Components Select the WQM component to test.

  • Page 26: Physical Sensors

    Physical Sensors Display Status and Cal Coefficients: Current calibration coefficients are displayed.  Take One Sample: Allows you to check the output displayed.  Start/Stop Continuous Pumped Sampling: Allows you to check the functionality  of the pump while sampling. Optical Sensors Display Setup: Displays the current configuration settings on the FLNTU meter.

  • Page 27: Pump

     Miscellaneous Commands Factory-assisted troubleshooting. To “wake” the WQM from standby mode, thus enabling it to receive commands and begin acquiring data: Press the Get Status button, and within 4 seconds, press the Start WQM Sample. In the resulting window, determine whether you want to begin sampling immediately or at a later time and date.

  • Page 28: Appendix A: Controlling The Wqm With An External Logger

    The BLIS will run once per hour. Example: Set Sample For: to 60 and Interval Time: to 900. This will cause the WQM to sample for 60 seconds every 15 minutes. 2. Power the WQM when a sample is required and leave it powered until the entire sample sequence has completed and it has entered sleep.

  • Page 29: Appendix B: Using Hyperterminal

    Appendix B: Using HyperTerminal To communicate with any WET Lab’s serial data instruments, you may use the Windows- supplied terminal emulator program called Hyperterm or HyperTerminal. 1. Find and start the program. 2. Select a Connection Name and press OK. In the example, the name will be ATest. Water Quality Monitor Software User’s Guide (wqmsw) Revision B 12 Dec.
  • Page 30 4. Select the desired Baud Rate (shown as Bits per second), turn off the Flow control by setting it to ‘None’, and press OK. In the example, the baud rate has been set to 19200. Typical baud rates for WET Labs’ sensors: ECO Gen 1 (DFL, FLS,VSF): 9600...
  • Page 31 After pressing OK, you will either get … Disconnected showing in the lower left hand corner. Connected showing in the lower left hand corner. If you are connected you will start getting data as soon a test cable is connected to the computer and power is applied.
  • Page 32 If you have everything selected correctly (baud rate, COM port, power is on, cable hooked up) but are unable to see any data, you may have to shut down the computer to reset the Windows driver for the COM port. 5.
  • Page 33 Revision History Revision Date Revision Description Originator 1/30/08 New document (DCR 561) D. Romanko 9/8/11 Update to reflect v1.26 Host software 12/12/11 Add procedure in case of lock-up, outlying data (DCN J. Pearson, H. 785) Van Zee Water Quality Monitor Software User’s Guide (wqmsw) Revision B 12 Dec.

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