YSI 6200 - Manual (Page 68)

YSI 6200 DAS USER Manual
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Section 7
Completing Field/Base Setup and Collecting Data
7.1 Introduction
This section describes the tasks required to complete the installation of a 6200 Data Acquisition
System. Tasks include:
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Preparing the base station
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Preparing the field site for the installation of the 6200 DCP
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Verifying the communications link
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Checking out the sampling and interrogation schedules
Before going to the field you will also need to set site/timing and communication/power
parameters in EcoWatch DCP. Since the 6200 DAS features two-way communication, we also
describe steps to reconfigure the system or sensor parameters, including the proper procedures to
back-up and restore configuration files.
When you complete these instructions you should have a working, unattended field station. The
DCP should be collecting data from deployed sensors at the sample interval rate you chose.
EcoWatch DCP, using the communication mode you have chosen, should be interrogating the
base station on the interrogation schedule you have assigned. If there are problems, carefully
note any EcoWatch DCP warning or status messages that appear, then refer to Section 9 which
includes some troubleshooting steps. Section 8 then describes how to manipulate, analyze and
report data collected using EcoWatch DCP.
7.2 Completing Field and Base System Setup
Assumptions
In Section 2, Getting Started you were instructed to perform an initial lab bench setup to gain
familiarity with all of the system components. We assume that you performed this checkout
procedure, including checkout of your 6200 DCP, the sensors and the communication link as
described in the Getting Started section 2 and Communicating section 6.
Preparing the Base Station
If you have not yet set up your base station, do this next. You should have installed EcoWatch
DCP on the base station computer. You should connect the communication hardware (radio,
modem or direct link) to the PC. If an antenna is required, you should install and connect it to
communication hardware. If a phone line is required you should connect it and check it out.
You should also verify that EcoWatch DCP and the base station are communicating properly.