All units have a RS232 printer port designated as D1. The baud speed can be set from the keyboard. 8 printout formats A-H are available for showing different data sets on a 80 column printer.
Print outputs can be optional filtered or selected per vessel, time, GID (Group Identification) or vessel number.
If the D1 port is connected to a PC, then bulk printouts data can be dumped to a spreadsheet.
All data are identified by a ‘Header’ which is a cryptic text line. A suitable data capturing program such as ‘TERA TERM’ can capture the keyboard-initiated data and transfer it to a spreadsheet in a name.csv format.
If enabled, the result is printed automatically after a determination.
The printing refers to a ‘paper readable’ output within 80 characters.
A ‘REAL TIME’ printout is available for Universities. This printout prints data as they are captured for further external computation.
RS232 outputs with more than 80 characters per line are called ‘DATA DUMPS’
See: DATA
START A CALIBRATION
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