YSI 610DM User Manual
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The wiper motor puts a significant load on the YSI 610's batteries. If you are using
wiped turbidity or chlorophyll, we recommend that you have NiMH batteries for your
YSI 610 and that you take particular care to keep them charged according to the
instructions in Section 1.1, Getting Started.
When the batteries are nearly discharged, it is possible that they may not be able to power
the motor. In this case, the message will show twice the normal time for cleaning.
7.2 SETUP YSI 610
Select Setup YSI 610 from the YSI 610 main menu. This menu allows you to adjust the
operation of the YSI 610.
Baud Rate:
For communicating with a sonde or PC, the baud rate is usually 9600. The
default value is 9600.
Contrast:
Contrast for the LCD screen (0 minimum to 15 maximum)
Sonde Power:Direct control of the supply of power to the sonde. Enter On or Off. This
is only functional with a powered sonde. Sonde power is still manually controlled during
the YSI 610 Logging mode.
Shutoff Time:Number of minutes until YSI 610 shuts itself off to save batteries. Enter 1-
12, or 0 to disable shutoff. Note the YSI 610 never shuts itself off in Capture, Logging or
Calibration modes regardless of the shutoff time setting.
Key Click:
Enter On or Off to engage the keyboard clicking.
Year digits:
Choose between a 2- or 4-digit year format
Date Format: Enter MDY or DMY or YMD.
Date Separate:
Delimiter character for date display, typically a front slash (/)
Time Separate:Delimiter character for time display, typically a colon (:)
Radix Mark:Also known as decimal point
Date: Enter today’s date in the format you selected above. You may use any delimiters
you wish (Space is easiest).
Time: Enter the present time. Use any delimiters you wish. Note the time you see is
frozen the moment you enter this menu.
Dump YSI 610 Setup:
Sends all setup, logging, store/recall, file, etc.
Delete All Files:
Deletes all files in the YSI 610.
Setup Site List:
Access to Site List menu.
7.3 COMMUNICATIONS
TERMINAL
Select Communications from the YSI 610 Main menu. This allows you to receive files
from field recoding equipment (loggers), and later send the files to a PC. Two industry
standard file transfer protocols are provided, Kermit and Xmodem.