Synchronisation of Aquadopp Profiler HR with others.

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Synchronisation of Aquadopp Profiler HR with others.

Posted by Peter at January 06. 2010

Dear Nortek,

I am attempting to set up an array of Vectrinoes and Aquadopp Profiler HRs.  For my measurements, synchronisation in time is critical.  I found this page,
http://www.nortek-as.com/en/knowledge-center/forum/velocimeters/30180954#552032035
which discusses how to synchronise a Vectrino with a Vector.  However, I have been unable to find any way to synchronise an Aquadopp with either these instruments, or with another Aquadopp(s).

All I have come up with so far is to set the clocks before each deployment to GPS time.  That is discussed here:
http://www.nortek-as.com/en/knowledge-center/forum/current-profilers-and-current-meters/579860283#21964483
However, as is pointed out in the link, the RTC is set with an offset of up to 0.5 [s].  The offset must then be recorded (by hand?) when the deployment is stopped.

This seems like a bit of a kludge, and I'm sure I'm missing something obvious.  Ideally, I'd like to trigger all sampling with something like Labview, but I'd also be happy if I could just use built in Nortek sampling.  Or even just a better way to accurately set the clocks on the Aquadopps.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Peter

Re: Synchronisation of Aquadopp Profiler HR with others.

Posted by Judah Goldberg at January 07. 2010

Hi Peter,

With the standard Aquadopp Profiler electronics there is a hardware sync out option, however, there is currently no HR firmware support for the sync line.

Best regards,

Judah

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