Campbell Scientific OBS-3A Turbidity and Temperature Monitoring System - Manual (Page 5)

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1. Introduction.................................................................1
2. Cautionary Statements...............................................1
3. Initial Inspection .........................................................1
3.1 Ships With............................................................................................2
4. Overview......................................................................2
4.1 OBS Sensor ..........................................................................................2
4.2 Temperature and Optional Sensors ......................................................3
4.3 Optics and Turbidity Measurements ....................................................3
5. Specifications .............................................................4
5.1 Measurement Range.............................................................................5
5.2 Accuracy ..............................................................................................5
5.3 OBS Sensor ..........................................................................................5
5.4 Other Data ............................................................................................5
5.5 Physcial ................................................................................................6
6. Operations...................................................................6
6.1 Instrument Setup ..................................................................................6
6.1.1 Mounting Suggestions...................................................................6
6.1.2 Battery Installation........................................................................8
6.2 Software Installation ............................................................................9
6.3 Running HydroSci..............................................................................10
6.4 Testing Sensors ..................................................................................12
6.5 Water-Density and Barometric Corrections .......................................13
6.6 Menus.................................................................................................13
6.7 Connection .........................................................................................14
6.8 OBS-3A Configuration ......................................................................14
6.8.1 Information .................................................................................14
6.8.2 Operations...................................................................................15
6.8.3 Survey Configuration..................................................................20
6.8.4 Cyclic Configuration...................................................................23
6.8.5 Scheduled Configuration.............................................................26
6.8.6 Setpoint Configuration................................................................30
6.9 Monitor...............................................................................................32
6.10 View Data ..........................................................................................35
6.10.1 Data Retrieval .............................................................................35
6.10.2 Graphing and Printing.................................................................38
6.11 Show Terminal...................................................................................40
6.12 Shutdown ...........................................................................................41
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