YSI 6000UPG - Manual (Page 153)

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Compensation Procedure
(1) For this example, make certain that the data file is present in a subdirectory of the hard drive
(C:\PC6000).
(2) "Exit" from PC6000 software using the top menu bar. The "C:\PC6000" prompt should be
displayed.
(3) The user must now write compensation files which contain the above data points and which will
be accessed automatically by the PC6000 software. If the "C:\PC6000" prompt is displayed, the
files will be located in the same subdirectory as the SRUN7.DAT data file. A compensation file for
each parameter (DO and pH, in this example) must be written. Since the overall filename is
SRUN7.DAT, the DO compensation file will be called SRUN7DO.CMP and the pH compensation
file will be called SRUN7PH.CMP. Note that for accurate record keeping, the compensation file
name should somehow be related to the name of the overall study. For example, it will become
extremely confusing if all dissolved oxygen compensation files are named "DO.CMP" as shown in
the brief example in the manual.
(4) To compose the DO compensation file, type the following at the "C:\PC6000" prompt:
The screen will display "1 File Copied" if all is correct and the file SRUN7DO.CMP will now be in
the "PC6000" subdirectory of the C drive. Note that the data must be entered in exactly the above
format: (1) The time must contain a designation for seconds even if the user does not know this
value exactly; an entry of XX:XX:00 is suggested for all time inputs and (2) there must be a space
between the date, time, and parameter value entries.
(5) To compose the pH compensation file, type the following at the "C:\PC6000" prompt:
The screen will display "1 File Copied" if all is correct and the file SRUN7PH.CMP will now be in
the "PC6000" subdirectory of the C drive.
C:\PC6000COPY CON SRUN7DO.CMP -- (Return)
10/17/92 8:00:00 5.40 (Return)
10/20/92 8:00:00 7.50 (Return)
10/23/92 10:00:00 7.30 (Return)
10/26/92 8:15:00 6.32 (Return)
Control Z (Return)
C:\PC6000COPY CON SRUN7PH.CMP -- (Return)
10/17/92 8:00:00 7.62 (Return)
10/20/92 8:00:00 7.63 (Return)
10/23/92 10:00:00 7.58 (Return)
10/26/92 8:15:00 7.60 (Return)
Control Z (Return)