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DVL Configuration Notes

John McConnell edited this page Nov 18, 2021 · 12 revisions

DP600 System Configuration:

The Rowe DVL does not work out of the box. It requires several parameters to be set. It is recommended that these parameters are set via pulse, the windows application from Rowe.

Do NOT REPEAT NOT change these parameters

Mode DVL | ---

Sim 0 | ---

CEPO 3 | 3: 600 kHz 4 beam 20 degree piston

CERECORD 0,0 | 0,0: disable internal recording

CEAUTOSTART 3 | 5: disable autostart

C232OUT 0 | 0: disable 232 output

C422OUT 0 | 0: disable 422 output

CMACOUT 0 | ---

CUDPOUT 0 | ---

CBTON[0] 1 | 1: turn on bottom tracking

CBTTBP[0] 0.13 | 0.13s: create a pause between the Water Profile and Bottom Track ping

CBTFILT 0.000,0.000,10,1.000,0 | 0, 0: disable low pass filtering

CBTBL[0] 0.10,10.00 | 0.1, 10.0: ignore distance for the Bottom Track ping

CBTST[0] 0.900,10.000,10.000 | 0.9: Correlation threshold 10.0: Error Velocity threshold 10.0: Velocity threshold

CWTON[0] 0 | 0: disable water profiling

CWSSC 1,1,0,2 | 1,1,0,2: internal calculation of sound speed (only need salinity input)

CWT 15.00 | ---: use internal temperature sensor

CTD 0.00 | ---: use internal pressure sensor

CWSS 1500.00 | ---: use internal calibration

CHO 0.00,0.00,0.00 | ---

CHS 1 | ---

CTS 1 | ---

CVSF[0] 1.000,1.000 | ---: velocity scale factor (don't know)

C232B 9600,8,0,1 | ---

C485B 115200,8,0,1 | 115100,8,0,1: serial setting

C422B 115200,8,0,1 | ---

C485G 0.05 | --- ???

CTRIG 0,-1807677180 | --- no trigger

COUTTRIG 0 | ---

CDVL |This sets the output format and function mode

You may change these parameters, but tread lightly you have been warned

CEI 00:00:00.20 | 5Hz: output rate

CWS 35.00 | Water Salinity (ppt)

CBTMX[0] 20.00 | 20.0: maximum depth to search for the bottom

CBTBB[0] 4, 4.000, 30.00, 4 | 4: Transmit Pulse Type and Processing 4.0: Lag length in vertical meters 30.0: Long Range Narrowband Auto Switch Depth 4: Beam Multiplex

CBTT[0] 20.0,150.0,20.0,8.0 | 20.0: SNR (dB) Shallow Detection Threshold 150.0: Depth(m) Shallow Switch 20.0: SNR(dB) Deep Detection Threshold 8.0: Depth(m) Deep Switch

After setting parameters make sure to check and save the config

Note that in order to change parameters you will need to stop the DVL pinging

CSHOW |Display the config

CSAVE |Save the config

DVL configurations

Note that these configurations are subject to the VCS. Please ensure that when you log changes, they are actually what the DVL configuration is by using the Pulse command CSHOW.

We have two DVLs

  • DVL 1 - configured for general use over a wide range of water depths link to config
  • DVL 2 - configured for shallow water, 2 meters or less with standoff as low as 30cm link to config

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