
Manual revision 006 Section 4: Deploying and Operating SBE 19plus V2 SBE 19plus V2
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Editing Raw Data File
Sometimes users want to edit the raw .hex data file before beginning
processing, to remove data at the beginning of the file corresponding to
instrument soak time, to remove blocks of bad data, to edit the header, or to add
explanatory notes about the cast. Editing the raw .hex file can corrupt the
data, making it impossible to perform further processing using Sea-Bird
software. Sea-Bird strongly recommends that you first convert the data to a
.cnv file (using the Data Conversion module in SBE Data Processing), and then
use other SBE Data Processing modules to edit the .cnv file as desired.
The procedure for editing a .hex data file described below has been found to
work correctly on computers running Windows 98, 2000, and NT. If the
editing is not performed using this technique, SBE Data Processing may
reject the edited data file and give you an error message.
1. Make a back-up copy of your .hex data file before you begin.
2. Run WordPad.
3. In the File menu, select Open. The Open dialog box appears. For Files of
type, select All Documents (*.*). Browse to the desired .hex data file and
click Open.
4. Edit the file as desired, inserting any new header lines after the System
Upload Time line. Note that all header lines must begin with an asterisk
(*), and *END* indicates the end of the header. An example is shown
below (for an SBE 21), with the added lines in bold:
* Sea-Bird SBE 21 Data File:
* FileName = C:\Odis\SAT2-ODIS\oct14-19\oc15_99.hex
* Software Version Seasave Win32 v1.10
* Temperature SN = 2366
* Conductivity SN = 2366
* System UpLoad Time = Oct 15 1999 10:57:19
* Testing adding header lines
* Must start with an asterisk
* Place anywhere between System Upload Time & END of header
* NMEA Latitude = 30 59.70 N
* NMEA Longitude = 081 37.93 W
* NMEA UTC (Time) = Oct 15 1999 10:57:19
* Store Lat/Lon Data = Append to Every Scan and Append to .NAV
File When <Ctrl F7> is Pressed
** Ship: Sea-Bird
** Cruise: Sea-Bird Header Test
** Station:
** Latitude:
** Longitude:
*END*
5. In the File menu, select Save (not Save As). If you are running
Windows 2000, the following message displays:
You are about to save the document in a Text-Only
format, which will remove all formatting. Are you sure
you want to do this?
Ignore the message and click Yes.
6. In the File menu, select Exit.
Although we provide this
technique for editing a raw .hex
file, Sea-Bird’s strong
recommendation, as described
above, is to always convert the
raw data file and then edit the
converted file.
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