# readme.specprr
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# Format of the specprr calibration files were chosen to be consistent with Biospherical cal file
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# First line has one entry for each address tag, specifying number of
#  channels for that address tag
#
# There follows one line of calibration data for each channel as follows:
#  bank chan type name  a  b  c  cmin cmax units
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# bank:  Bank number, i.e., the address tag for a given bank of channels
# chan:  Channel number
# type:  Type of channel, as follows: 0 = unused, 1 = down irrad, 2 = analog,
#        3 = up radiance, 4 = up irrad, 5 = quadratic, 6 = Old Satlantic cals
#    7 = New Satlantic cals (b is multiplier) or MCP
#        Once a count is converted to a voltage, via fixed algorithm,
#    the voltage is converted to given units as follows:
#    Type 0:       not converted or reported
#    Types 1 - 4:  value = (volts - c) / b  (a is unused)
#    Type 5:       value = (a * volts^2) + (b * volts) + c
#    Type 6:       value = a * (volts - c) / b
#    Type 7:       value = a * b * (volts - c)
# name:  Name of channel
# a:     Calibration "a" value, unused for types 1-4
# b:     Calibration "b" value
# c:     Calibration "c" value
# cmin:  unused
# cmax:  unused
# units: Units that value decodes into

specprr configuration files follow this naming scheme: satlan.[4 or 5-digit serial number].[type 600 or 620].[date of calibration]
For example: prr-600 # 19607 calibrated on 29 April 1999 would be named: specprr.19607.600.19990429

a prr-600 will have use channels 1-10(Ed) and 1-8(Lu). channels 11-16 will sometimes be used by MCP's (MBARI's configuration's have one at 10m and one at 20m).

A prr-620 will have use channels 1-12 only.

In addition, pointer files are named by the scheme: specprr.[mooring name].[date of instrument swap]
For example: a pointer file for m1 deployed on 12 Dec 1995 would be named: specprr.m1.19951210