YSI 6200 - Manual (Page 25)

YSI 6200 DAS USER Manual
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2.6 Testing the 6200 DCP
At this point you have connected the 6200 DCP components, installed EcoWatch DCP and run
the ConfigWizard. You are ready to begin collecting data and display it on EcoWatch DCP. In
order to perform a test that provides data in a timely manner for testing, click on 6200, then
6200 DCP Setup. The following screen should appear.
Click on System… to open the window related to system settings. A message will appear to
alert you that any data remaining in memory in the 6200 DCP will be erased if system settings
are changed. This does not mean that data already uploaded to EcoWatch DCP will be lost. See
Section 7 for more details on the consequences of changing system or sensor settings.
Click on Yes to continue and notice that there are two “folders”, Site/Timing and
Communication/Power. Site/Timing will appear first and the Description box will be
highlighted. By default, it reads <noname100>. The number 100 is the number EcoWatch
DCP has assigned this field station, and may be any number between 100 and 999 since this
value increments each time a new field station is setup. You may type in a description of your
choice or you may tab to the next box, thereby accepting the default description. The next box is
Sample Interval, that is the time that elapses between samples being logged to the data
collection platform (DCP). The default value is 15 (minutes). Do not confuse this with