SonTek/YSI Argonaut-XR Technical Manual - HydroScientific West

SonTek/YSI
Active Menu Buttons
The tool bar at the top of the screen is used to modify data collection and/or display. Each active
button is labeled in Figure 7, and described from left to right below.
• Establish Communication – The Arg icon establishes communication with the Argonaut,
downloads system parameters, and opens the User Setup window (§3.5.1).
• Open File – The folder icon is used to open an existing file for playback (§3.5.4).
• Select Units – The M and E buttons are used to select the units system, Metric or English,
used for display and in the setup menu. This setting does not affect how data are collected
or recorded (data are always recorded in Metric units).
• Select Components – The three V buttons are used to turn on/off the display of velocity
components on the velocity plot. There is one button for each component, based on the
user-specified coordinate system (BEAM, XYZ or ENU). You can display from 0 to 3
velocity components. This does not affect data collection or recording.
• Playback Speed – This option is used with the playback of existing data files (§3.5.4).
• Stop – The black stop button (#) is used to stop data collection or playback.
• Play – The green play button (!) is used to start data output and display (or playback), but
does not start data recording.
• Record – The red record button (") is used to start data recording, and must be pressed
after the green play button (!). The fields above the velocity plot show if data recording is
enabled, and details about the data file, if enabled.
• Play Options – The remaining play options (fast forward, rewind, etc) are not used for realtime
data collection, but rather only for the playback of existing data files (§3.5.4).
• Sample Timer – The blue timer in the right corner is a visual display of the remaining time
for the completion of each Argonaut sample.
Velocity Plot
• The velocity plot shows the three components of velocity in the user-specified coordinate
system (BEAM, XYZ or ENU) versus time.
• You can turn on/off the plotting of individual velocity components using any of the three
Select Components buttons on the tool bar.
• To change the velocity plot axis (vertical), double-click on the axis. A small window will
appear that allows you to change the vertical plot scale.
• To change the time plot axis (horizontal), double-click on the axis. A small window will
appear that allows you to change the horizontal plot scale.
• Changing plot axis does not affect data collection or recording.
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