Channel Master CM-6001 Specifications

Channel Master Horizontal ADCP Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) RD InstrumentsAcoustic Doppler Solutions

Channel Master Operation Manual page 4 RD Instruments SHIPPING CRATECHANNEL MASTER H-ADCPMOUNTING PLATE KITDUMMY PLUG(INSTALLED ON H-ADCP)I/O CABLETO

Channel Master Operation Manual page 94 RD Instruments 11.5 Correlation Magnitude, Echo Intensity, and Percent-Good Data Format BIT POSITIONS BYTE

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 95 Correlation magnitude data give the magnitude of the normalized echo autocor

Channel Master Operation Manual page 96 RD Instruments The percent-good data field is a data-quality indicator that reports the per-centage (0 to 100

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 97 mand has a default of 5000 mm/s. This large WE setting effectively pre-vent

Channel Master Operation Manual page 98 RD Instruments 11.6 Surface Track Status Output BIT POSITIONS BYTE 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 LSB 00h 2 Vertical

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 99 Continued from Previous Page BIT POSITIONS BYTE 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 35 36

Channel Master Operation Manual page 100 RD Instruments For Evaluation Amplitude, Amplitude at the Surface, Standard Deviation, Max Surface Track and

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 101 11.7 Surface Track Amplitude Output BIT POSITIONS BYTE 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Channel Master Operation Manual page 102 RD Instruments The data in this structure is from the last burst in an ensemble. Table 25: Surface Track A

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 103 11.8 Surface Track Commands Output BIT POSITIONS BYTE 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 5 2.3 Channel Master Overview The Channel Master instrument contains two horiz

Channel Master Operation Manual page 104 RD Instruments Table 26: Surface Track Commands Output Hex Digit Binary Byte Field Description 1-4 1,2

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 105 11.9 Binary Reserved BIT Data Format BIT POSITIONS BYTE 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Channel Master Operation Manual page 106 RD Instruments 12 Channel Master PD14 Output Data Format This section details the specification of an outpu

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 107 Table 29: Channel Master PD14 Output Data Format Position Size Name Des

Channel Master Operation Manual page 108 RD Instruments 13 How to Decode a Channel Master Ensemble Use the following information to help you write y

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 109 f. The total number of the bytes in an ensemble minus the 2-byte check-sum

Channel Master Operation Manual page 110 RD Instruments 3. typedef struct { <lists of types and fields> } VelocityType 4. and so on for eve

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 111 /**************************************************************************

Channel Master Operation Manual page 112 RD Instruments ushort BITResult, SpeedOfSound, Depth,

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 113 { VelPtr = (IntStructType *)&RcvBuff [ HdrP

Channel Master Operation Manual page 6 RD Instruments URETHANEFACESHOUSINGI/O CABLEI/O CABLESTRAIN RELIEFVERTICAL BEAMTHERMISTORPRESSURE SENSOR(ON BO

Channel Master Operation Manual page 114 RD Instruments Table 33: Power Specifications Voltage 10 to 18 VDC Maximum Current 1.5A NOTE. Energy co

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 115 14.1 Outline Installation Drawings

Channel Master Operation Manual page 116 RD Instruments

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 117

Channel Master Operation Manual page 118 RD Instruments 14.2 Mounting Plate Drawing 15 Technical Support If you have technical problems with your i

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 119 16 Glossary If, after reviewing this section, you are unable to find the wo

Channel Master Operation Manual page 120 RD Instruments AUV: Autonomous Underwater Vehicle ------ B ------ Backscatter: 1) The portion of a sound wav

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 121 Beam Coordinates: Profile data is reported as referenced along each beam (i

Channel Master Operation Manual page 122 RD Instruments Bottom Track Modes: There are currently four bottom tracking modes of operation available fro

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 123 Degaussing: Technique used to remove the magnetic field from RDI battery pa

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 7 Figure 3. Channel Master Transducer (1200kHz) with Mounting Plate Figure 4

Channel Master Operation Manual page 124 RD Instruments Doppler Velocity Log (DVL): An instrument designed to measure the ve-locity and elevation of

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 125 ------ G ------ Gimbals: Frame that will support the weight of an object bu

Channel Master Operation Manual page 126 RD Instruments ------ M ------ Main Lobe: The main focus of energy emitted from a transducer. If the transd

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 127 common for bottom tracking measurements to lock onto a sediment layer that

Channel Master Operation Manual page 128 RD Instruments Ping: The entirety of the sound generated by an ADCP transducer for a sin-gle measurement cyc

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 129 7. Salinity: generally, the fresher the water, the longer the range. Rang

Channel Master Operation Manual page 130 RD Instruments Sentinel: The model name for a self-contained Workhorse ADCP. Ship Coordinates: Profile data

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 131 ------ U ------ Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV): Generic term referring t

Channel Master Operation Manual page 132 RD Instruments NOTES

Channel Master Operation Manual page 8 RD Instruments 3 Channel Master Care This section contains a list of items you should be aware of every time

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 9 • The Channel Master uses Titanium hardware for the trans-ducer housing and

Channel Master Operation Manual page 10 RD Instruments 4 Setup the Channel Master Figure 5 through Figure 7, page 11 illustrates how to connect the

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 11 NOTE. The RS-232 to RS-422 converter supplied with the Channel Master is p

Channel Master Operation Manual page 12 RD Instruments 5 Software RDI has utility programs to help you set up, use, test, and trouble-shoot your Chan

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 13 6 Testing Your Channel Master Use the following steps to test the Channel Ma

Channel Master Operation Manual page 14 RD Instruments 7 Recovering Data from the Loop Recorder Use BBTalk to recover data from the loop recorder.

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 15 d. BBTalk displays current protocol status, filename being received, total

Channel Master Operation Manual page 16 RD Instruments 8 Channel Master Maintenance This section explains how to prepare the Channel Master for depl

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 17 8.2 I/O Cable and Dummy Plug The I/O cable connector (on the Channel Master

Channel Master Operation Manual page 18 RD Instruments 8.2.1 Disconnecting the I/O Cable or Dummy Plug The I/O cable should be disconnected with a s

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 19 PIN 1PIN 9POWER +POWER -COMMUNICATION RETURNCOMMUNICATION LINE 4COMMUNICATIO

Channel Master Operation Manual page 20 RD Instruments COMMUNICATION LINE 2COMMUNICATION LINE 1COMMUNICATION LINE 3COMMUNICATION LINE 4COMMUNICATION

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 21 8.3 Housing Assembly Removal a. Remove all power to the Channel Master. b.

Channel Master Operation Manual page 22 RD Instruments Figure 15. Disconnecting the Internal I/O Cable h. Clean the O-ring mating surfaces with a

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 23 Transducer HeadHousingI/O CableStrain ReliefI/O Cable ConnectorPressure Sens

Table of Contents 1 Introduction...

Channel Master Operation Manual page 24 RD Instruments 8.4 Channel Master Re-assembly To replace the housing, proceed as follows. Use Figure 16, pa

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 25 8.4.2 Housing Assembly Replacement a. Set the Housing assembly on its end o

Channel Master Operation Manual page 26 RD Instruments 8.4.3 Pressure Sensor Calibration and Close-up a. Interconnect and apply power to the Channe

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 27 k. Remove any wedge between the housing and transducer head. Tighten the b

Channel Master Operation Manual page 28 RD Instruments b. Download or copy the CMFlash_Vxxx.exe file to your computer’s hard drive. c. Double-clic

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 29 Figure 19. Start Screen f. Wait for the Firmware upload successful message

Channel Master Operation Manual page 30 RD Instruments 8.6 Personality Module Replacement Personality modules can be replaced to change the Channel

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 31 8.7 Desiccant Bags Desiccant bags are used to dehumidify the housing interio

Channel Master Operation Manual page 32 RD Instruments 8.9 Prevention of Biofouling This section explains how to prevent the buildup of organic sea

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 33 If using antifouling grease, remove the grease immediately after recovering

10 Channel Master Commands ... 46 10.1 Data

Channel Master Operation Manual page 34 RD Instruments 8.9.3 Applying Antifouling Paints Follow the urethane faces application instructions for TRILU

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 35 8.11 Pressure Sensor Maintenance In order to read the water pressure, water

Channel Master Operation Manual page 36 RD Instruments a. Place the Channel Master on its side with the vertical beam facing down and the pressure s

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 37 8.11.2 Zero the Pressure Sensor Use the SZ-command to zero out the pressure

Channel Master Operation Manual page 38 RD Instruments Master to RDI for repair (see Figure 22, page 32). If you do not think you can remove barnacl

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 39 a. Use a strong shipping container made out of wood or plastic. b. Install

Channel Master Operation Manual page 40 RD Instruments Mark the Package(s) To: RD Instruments, Inc. (RMA Number) 9855 Businesspark Avenue San Diego

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 41 Mark the package(s) as follows: To: RD Instruments, Inc. (RMA Number) 5

Channel Master Operation Manual page 42 RD Instruments 9 Channel Master Installation This section is a guide for installing the Channel Master. Use

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 43 +X+Z-X+YBeam 1Vertical BeamBeam 2 Figure 25. Channel Master Instrument Coor

WB – Mode 1 Bandwidth Control ...74 WC – Low Corr

Channel Master Operation Manual page 44 RD Instruments 9.3 Installing the Channel Master on Site The Channel Master must be mounted on a rigid struc

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 45 NOTE. It should be emphasized that the acoustic backscattering intensity p

Channel Master Operation Manual page 46 RD Instruments 10 Channel Master Commands This section defines the commands used by the Channel Masters. Th

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 47 If the entered command is valid, the Channel Master executes the com-mand.

Channel Master Operation Manual page 48 RD Instruments last stored in non-volatile memory (semi-permanent user settings) through the CK-command. If

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 49 10.3 Control System Commands The Channel Master uses the following commands

Channel Master Operation Manual page 50 RD Instruments save it in the Channel Master. This procedure assumes that you will be us-ing the program BBT

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 51 CF – Flow Control Purpose Sets various Channel Master data flow-control par

Channel Master Operation Manual page 52 RD Instruments CJ – SDI-12 Configuration Purpose This command is used to enable SDI-12 communications. For

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 53 CL - Battery Saver Mode Purpose Determines whether the Channel Master will

Figure 21. Personality Module... 30 Figure 22.

Channel Master Operation Manual page 54 RD Instruments CS – Start Pinging (Go) Purpose Starts the data collection cycle (same as the Tab key). Form

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 55 CZ – Power Down Channel Master Purpose Tells the Channel Master to power do

Channel Master Operation Manual page 56 RD Instruments 10.4 Environmental Commands The Channel Master uses the following commands to control the envi

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 57 taken at the transducer head. See the primer for information on speed of so

Channel Master Operation Manual page 58 RD Instruments ES – Salinity Purpose Sets the water’s salinity value. Format ESnn Range nn = 0 to 50 parts

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 59 EX – Coordinate Transformation Purpose Sets the coordinate transformation p

Channel Master Operation Manual page 60 RD Instruments EZ – Sensor Source Purpose Selects the source of environmental sensor data. Format EZcdhprst

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 61 10.5 Loop Recorder Commands The loop recorder contains approximately two me

Channel Master Operation Manual page 62 RD Instruments MN – Set File Name Purpose Sets the file name for the recorder. Format MN xxx Range xxx = fi

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 63 MY – Y-Modem Output Purpose Uploads recorder data to a host computer using

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 1 Acoustic Doppler Solutions Channel Master Operation Manual 1 Introduction

Channel Master Operation Manual page 64 RD Instruments 10.6 Performance and Testing Commands The Channel Master uses the following commands for cali

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 65 PC0 – Help Menu Sending PC0 displays the help menu. >pc0 PC0 = H

Channel Master Operation Manual page 66 RD Instruments PS – Display System Parameters Purpose Sends/displays Channel Master system configuration data

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 67 >PS2 3D8000130004031E10320352000000D005000000000505A40D0000BD0833005F0000

Channel Master Operation Manual page 68 RD Instruments • Part 2 - The Channel Master displays the demodulator DAC values. • Part 3 - The Channel Ma

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 69 10.7 Sensor Commands This section lists the sensor commands. SZ – Zero Press

Channel Master Operation Manual page 70 RD Instruments 10.8 Timing Commands The following commands let you set the timing of various profiling func-t

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 71 Recommended Setting. Set using WinHADCP. Description The Channel Master

Channel Master Operation Manual page 72 RD Instruments 10.9 Vertical Beam Commands The following commands define the criteria used to set the Vertica

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 73 VF – Vertical Beam Blank after Transmit Purpose Moves the start of the sear

Channel Master Operation Manual page 2 RD Instruments 1.2 Getting Started You are probably eager to get started, but take a moment to read a few word

Channel Master Operation Manual page 74 RD Instruments 10.10 Water Profiling Commands The following commands define the criteria used to collect the

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 75 Table 15: Bandwidth Control Bandwidth Sample rate Data variance Profili

Channel Master Operation Manual page 76 RD Instruments WD – Data Out Purpose Selects the data types collected by the Channel Master. Format WD abc d

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 77 Description WF positions the start of the first cell at some vertical dista

Channel Master Operation Manual page 78 RD Instruments WS – Cell Size Purpose Selects the volume of water for one measurement cell. Format WSnnnn R

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 79 11 Channel Master PD0 Output Data Format This section shows the output data

Channel Master Operation Manual page 80 RD Instruments HEADER (6 BYTES + [2 x No. OF DATA TYPES]) FIXED LEADER DATA (58 BYTES) ALWAYS OUTPUT VARIABL

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 81 11.1 Header Data Format BIT POSITIONS BYTE 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 HEADER ID (

Channel Master Operation Manual page 82 RD Instruments Header information is the first item sent by the Channel Master to the out-put buffer. The Ch

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 83 11.2 Fixed Leader Data Format BIT POSITIONS BYTE 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 FIXE

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 3 2 System Overview The Channel Master is designed to measure real-time horizon

Channel Master Operation Manual page 84 RD Instruments Continued from Previous Page 29 30 RESERVED 31 SENSOR SOURCE {EZ} 32 SENSORS AVAILABLE 3

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 85 Fixed Leader data refers to the non-dynamic Channel Master data that only ch

Channel Master Operation Manual page 86 RD Instruments Table 18: Fixed Leader Data Format (continued) Hex Digit Binary Byte Field Description 19,2

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 87 Table 18: Fixed Leader Data Format (continued) Hex Digit Binary Byte Fiel

Channel Master Operation Manual page 88 RD Instruments 11.3 Variable Leader Data Format BIT POSITIONS BYTE 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 LSB 80h 2 VARIABLE

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 89 Continued from Previous Page 35 ↓ ↓ 48 RESERVED 49 LSB 50 51 52 PRE

Channel Master Operation Manual page 90 RD Instruments Variable Leader data refers to the dynamic Channel Master data (from clocks/sensors) that chan

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 91 Table 19: Variable Leader Data Format (continued) Hex Digit Binary Byte F

Channel Master Operation Manual page 92 RD Instruments 11.4 Velocity Data Format BIT POSITIONS BYTE 7/S 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 LSB 00h 2 VELOCITY ID =

Channel Master Operation Manual P/N 95B-6001-00 (January 2005) page 93 The Channel Master packs velocity data for each range cell of each beam into