SEASOFT V2: Seaterm

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Seaterm^© is part of our SEASOFT V2 software suite. Seaterm is a terminal program for interfacing with a wide variety of Sea-Bird instruments, including:

• SBE 11/11plus CTD Deck Unit
• SBE 16 SEACAT C-T Recorder (older product)
• SBE 16plus and 16plus-IM (older products), and 16plus-IM V2 SEACAT C-T Recorder
• SBE 17/17plus SEARAM
• SBE 19 SEACAT Profiler (older product)
• SBE 19plus SEACAT Profiler (older product)
• SBE 21 SEACAT Thermosalinograph
• SBE 25 SEALOGGER CTD
• SBE 33 Carousel Deck Unit
• SBE 35 Thermometer (35 Deep Ocean Standards Thermometer and 35RT Digital Reversing Thermometer)
• SBE 36 CTD Deck Unit
• SBE 37 MicroCAT (37-IM, 37-IMP, 37-SM, 37-SMP, 37-SI, and 37-SIP)
• SBE 38 Digital Oceanographic Thermometer
• SBE 39 and 39-IM Temperature (optional pressure) Recorder
• SBE 44 Underwater Inductive Modem
• SBE 45 MicroTSG Thermosalinograph
• SBE 46 LCD Display Box
• SBE 49 FastCAT CTD
• SBE 50 Digital Oceanographic Pressure Sensor

Note: Use the SeatermV2 terminal program to interface with version 2.0 and later SEACATS (16plus V2, 16plus-IM V2, and 19plus V2), version 3.0 and later MicroCATs, and SBE 54 Tsunameter.

Seaterm can send commands to an instrument to provide status display, data acquisition setup, data retrieval, and diagnostic tests. Data uploaded with Seaterm can typically be processed with the post-processing software in SEASOFT V2 (SBE Data Processing).

There is no manual for Seaterm, but its use is covered in the instrument manuals and in Seaterm's Help menu.

Seaterm was written for use on systems running Win 95/98/NT/2000/XP; testing using Windows Vista and Windows 7 (32-bit) has not shown any compatibility problems.

If you discover reproducible bugs in Seaterm, please document the steps taken to achieve them and send a report  to Dave Murphy via e-mail (dmurphy@seabird.com) or Fax (425-643-9954). We welcome any suggestions for new features and enhancements.

Note:

The SEASOFT V2 software suite also includes the following Windows programs:

• Deployment Endurance Calculator -- calculator for determining deployment length for moored instruments.
• SeatermV2 -- terminal program that interfaces with SBE 16plus V2, 16plus-IM V2, 19plus V2, 37 (firmware 3.0 and higher), 54, and 90588.
• SeatermAF  -- terminal program that interfaces with instruments that include Auto Fire capability for autonomous operation of an SBE 32 Carousel Water Sampler (with an SBE 17plus V2 or AFM) or SBE 55 ECO Water Sampler, providing setup, data retrieval, and diagnostic tests.
• Seasave V7  -- data acquisition program that acquires, converts, and displays real-time or archived raw data.
  Note: As of March 2007, Seasave V7 replaces Seasave-Win32.
• SBE Data Processing -- data processing program that converts, edits, processes, and plots data.
• Plot39 -- plotting program for data uploaded from the SBE 39 or 39-IM.

Also, see SEASOFT for Waves - Win32 -- for use with SBE 26, 26plus, or 53.

Last updated: 23 Feb 2011

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