NetSensor Cast Temperature Data Format
Parameter Bytes Notes
Note                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  All data on a line are comma separated; all lines are terminated with <CR><LF>
Line 1, cast header    
Cast number, NetSensor ID 2, ASCII Cast number automatically sequenced; NetSensor ID fixed.
Line 2, cast data    
Cast segments 1 Usually three (net down, fishing, net up)
Cast segment 1 temperature, pressure count 2  
Cast segment 1 sample rate, seconds 1 Net down, usually 2s.
Cast segment 2 temperature, pressure count 2  
Cast segment 2 sample rate, seconds 1 Fishing, usually 60s.
Cast segment 3 temperature, pressure count 2  
Cast segment 3 sample rate, seconds 1 Net up, usually 2s.
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Cast segment n, count 2  
Cast segment n, sample rate, seconds 1  
Age of first value, seconds 3 Time of first sample is data capture time less age.
Lines 3 to total count, temperature/pressure data    
Temperature, pressure ASCII Temperature plus 5C,  0 - 50.00 (subtract 5 for in situ temperature).;                        Absolute pressure in decibars, 0 - 340 db (subtract 10 for atmospheric pressure; divide by 10 for meters).
Cast data terminator line 0,0  
Checksum Line 2 Sum of temperature times 100 and pressures, modulo 65536.