SonTek/YSI Argonaut-XR Technical Manual - HydroScientific West

3.11. Recorder Commands
Recorder commands allow direct access to data stored in the Argonaut internal recorder.
• Listing files
• Checking recorder capacity
• Extracting data
Argonaut Operation Manual Firmware Version 7.9 (May 1, 2001)
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Each command is shown with its full name, short name (if one exists), optional parameters (in
brackets), and appropriate detailed information. The end of this section gives examples of how
recorder commands can be used to access data on the internal recorder.
Dir or LD
• Lists a directory of the deployments currently stored on the recorder.
Format
• Erases all data from the recorder.
• Naturally, you should take some care before executing this command.
• Upon execution, you are asked to confirm the erasure of all data. The Argonaut will give
an updated display showing its progress in re-formatting the memory card (the process will
take a few seconds).
RecStatus
• Shows the installed recorder size and the amount of free space remaining.
Recorder [ON|OFF]
• See description under System Commands (§3.7).
RecMode [NORMAL|BUFFER]
• See description under System Commands (§3.7).
OD [name] (for Open Deployment)
• When the open deployment command is given an existing file name as its parameter, it
allows access to data within that file.
• Upon opening a file, a marker is placed on the first sample in the file. The file marker
specifies the next sample to retrieve and is used by other recorder commands.
CD (for Current Deployment)
• Returns which recorder deployment file is now open.
RC (for Retrieve Configuration)
• Retrieves configuration information from the currently open file.
• This includes all information in the file header that is stored only once per data file.
• This information is retrieved in a self-explanatory ASCII text format.
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