AUTOIMET Ship Data Logger Documentation Page

Ship Data Logger Operation & Command Set

• AUTOIMET Functional Descriptions
• AUTOIMET Operations
• AUTOIMET System Prep
• AUTOIMET Command Set for Ver 3.xx Firmware

Ship System SST & MET Module Command Sets

• HullCommSST Command Set for Ver 1.x Firmware - the Seabird SST with acoustic modems
• HullCom/SST Operations & Prep - including standalone acoustic modem testing
• SBE48 Setup for HullCom/SST operation

NOTE: the MET sensors for HRH, PRC, SWR, and LWR are based on ASIMET Front-End boards.
The module addresses are thus set to HRH01, PRC01, SWR01, and LWR01 respectively.
Otherwise, the operation of these module corresponds to standard ASIMET Front-End Interface command sets.

• HRH, PRC, and SWR modules, per note on default address above
• LWR module, per note default address above

Processing the Binary Data File with gcc

• The following source code will compile under gcc for Linux.

  For example, compile as follows:
  gcc -o autoasc3 autoasc3.c

• Processing for AUTOIMET Version 3.xx firmware
• README file for AUTOIMET Ver 3.xx gcc processing under Linux
• AUTOIMET Ver 3.xx C source (autoasc3.c) for binary to ascii conversion
• AUTOIMET Ver 3.xx C source (autoswab3.c) for byte swapping (see the README above)

• Processing for AUTOIMET Version 2.xx firmware - OBSOLETE
• README file for AUTOIMET Ver 2.xx gcc processing under Linux
• AUTOIMET Ver 2.xx C source (autoasc2.c) for binary to ascii conversion
• AUTOIMET Ver 2.xx C source (autoswab2.c) for byte swapping (see the README above)

• The first 20000H (128K) bytes of the FLASH card are reserved for future use. Always use the dd command per PCMCIA Card Reading via LINUX Laptop below.

• Note that if you retrieved the binary data using XMODEM via the serial console, the XMODEM transfer will pad the final block transferred (if necessary) to equal 128 bytes. Thus the final ascii "record" may be garbage. Be sure to check for a valid record if using any sort of automated processing. One easy check is to see if the first byte on a line is a valid hour; a value of 255 indicates this is a "padded record" due to the XMODEM transfer.

PCMCIA Card Reading via LINUX Laptop

• Linux PCMCIA FLASH Card Reading

Created by: Geoff Allsup
Contact: WHOI UOP Group
- last update: 05 Oct 2023