Seasoft-DOS (Obsolete --
For Reference Only)Seasoft-DOS (Obsolete --
For Reference Only)
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Seasoft©-DOS consists of modular, menu-driven routines for acquisition, display, processing, and archiving of oceanographic data acquired with Sea-Bird equipment. A DOS program designed to run on an IBM-compatible computer (XT/AT/386/486/Pentium), Seasoft-DOS usually performs correctly when run under Windows.
Sea-Bird recommends that all users upgrade to the Windows version of Seasoft, unless there is a compelling reason to continue running DOS. Seasoft-DOS was last updated in 2001. Processing capability added to our software after that time has been added only to the Windows versions (for example, processing data from new Sea-Bird instruments -- such as SBE 16plus, 16plus-IM, 16plus V2, 16plus-IM V2, 19plus, 19plus V2, 45, 49, 50 -- or interfacing to additional auxiliary sensors). While Sea-Bird continues to support customers using the DOS software by answering questions, we will not change, improve, or correct the DOS software.
Seasoft-DOS supports the following Sea-Bird products:
To enhance data integrity, raw data is acquired from the instruments and stored as raw, unmodified data. A conversion program (DATCNV) uses the instrument configuration and calibration coefficients to create a converted engineering unit data file that is operated on by all Seasoft-DOS post-processing modules. Each Seasoft-DOS module that modified the converted data file adds information to the header of the converted file, permitting tracking of how the various oceanographic parameters were obtained.
DESCRIPTION OF Seasoft-DOS MODULES
| Category | Module Name | Module Description |
|
Terminal Programs to communicate with instruments |
TERM11 | For SBE 11 deck unit, firmware version 2.0 or greater. |
| TERM1621 | For SBE 16 SeaCAT (not 16plus, 16plus V2, 16plus-IM, or 16plus-IM V2) and SBE 21 SeaCAT Thermosalinograph. | |
| TERM17 | For SBE 17 Searam. | |
| TERM19 | For SBE 19 SeaCAT Profiler (not 19plus or 19plus V2). | |
| TERM25 | For SBE 25 Sealogger CTD. | |
| TERM37 | For SBE 37 MicroCAT (not MicroCATs with firmware > 3.0). | |
| TERMAFM | For Carousel Auto Fire Module. | |
| TMODEM | For SBE 11plus modem channel. | |
|
Acquisition, Playback, and Conversion |
CNV37 | Convert SBE 37 MicroCAT data from .asc files, and store converted data in .cnv files (not MicroCATs with firmware > 3.0). |
| DATCNV | Convert raw data (.HEX or .DAT files) to engineering units (ASCII or binary format), and store converted data in .CNV files. | |
| ROSSUM | Summarize data in rosette (water sampler bottle) .ros files. | |
| SEACON | Define instrument configuration and calibration coefficients. | |
| Seasave | Acquire real-time data and display raw archived data. | |
| Data Editing | ASCIIIN | Add header information to a file containing rows and columns of ASCII data. |
| MARKSCAN | Create bottle scan range (.bsr) file from .mrk data file. | |
| SECTION | Extract rows of data from file. | |
| SPLIT | Split data into upcast and downcast files. | |
| STRIP | Extract columns of data from file. | |
| TRANS | Convert data format from ASCII to binary, or vice versa. | |
|
Data Processing on converted data from .cnv file |
ALIGNCTD | Align C, T, P, and oxygen. |
| BUOYANCY | Compute buoyancy (Brunt-Väisälä) and stability frequency. | |
| BINAVG | Average data, based on pressure, depth, scan number, or time ranges. | |
| CELLTM | Perform conductivity thermal mass correction. | |
| DERIVE | Calculate derived variables (salinity, density, sound velocity, oxygen, potential temperature, dynamic height, etc.) from data. | |
| FILTER | Low pass filter columns of data. | |
| LOOPEDIT | Mark scan if scan fails pressure reversal or minimum velocity tests. | |
| WILDEDIT | Mark wild points in data. | |
| WFILTER | Filter data with triangle, cosine, boxcar, gaussian, or median windows. | |
|
Data Display and Plotting |
ASCIIOUT | Output data portion and/or header portion from .cnv file to an ASCII file. |
| CONTOUR | Generate density contours to overlay on TS plots. | |
| SEAPLOT | Plot data (C, T, P as well as derived variables). Plots can be screen dumped to a printer or plotted on an HP pen plotter or HP Laser Jet III. | |
| Calibration | OXSAT * | Compute oxygen saturation as a function of temperature and salinity. |
| OXFIT * | Compute oxygen coefficients. | |
| OXFITW * | Compute oxygen coefficients using Winkler titration values. | |
| PHFIT | Compute pH coefficients. | |
| Miscellaneous | CFGTOCON * | Convert Seasoft Version 3.* configuration (SEASOFT.CFG) files to Seasoft V 4.0 format. |
| SEACALC | Calculate derived variables. | |
Note: All modules, except those marked with an asterisk (*), are available as Windows programs (part of the Seasoft V2 suite) as well as in Seasoft-DOS: