Introduction to WinRiver II

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Introduction to WinRiver II

• For WinRiver 10.06 Users
• http//hydroacoustics.usgs.gov

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Intro to WinRiver IITopics Covered

• OSW Tech Memo 2008.01
• Overview
• Collecting a Measurement
• Configuring Peripherals
• New Measurement Wizard
• QA/QC Data
• Processing a measurement
• Loading a measurement
• Graphs
• Output Types

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OSW Tech Memo 2008.01

• Released on December 5, 2007
• All users upgrade to WinRiver II by April 1, 2008
• Only applies to moving boat portion
• SxS mode not yet reviewed or recommended by OSW
• Data collected in WinRiver 10.06 does NOT need to
  be reprocessed
• Describes WRII enhancements
• Lists known bugs in WRII 2.00
• Available at the recently updated USGS
  Hydroacoustics web pages http//hydroacoustics.us
  gs.gov

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WinRiver II Overview
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Default WinRiver II Screen Layout (Workspace)

• No Acquire and Playback modes
• Designed around new Measurement Control window
• easy access to data collected as part of a
  measurement
• Many of the same graphs, menus, shortcuts, etc
  still exist

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WinRiver II Interface Settings
Resets many values in WRII to factory default
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Configuring Peripherals (Communication Settings)

• Set the communications for an ADCP
• Select Peripherals then expand Read Serial Raw
  ADCP Data until you see Port ADCP Serial Port.
• Click on Port ADCP Serial Port and the Configure
  button will become active. Click the Configure
  Button and the serial communications dialog will
  open.

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Testing the Connection

• Click the Test Port button
• If communication is successful, the typical ADCP
  wakeup message is displayed
• If screen remains blank, verify settings

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Adding Additional Devices

• To add additional devices such as GPS, Sounder,
  or External Heading
• Click Add, expand the appropriate Device, Select
  the NMEA, and Click OK.

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Collecting a New Measurement

• Start a new measurement by clicking File and
  selecting New Measurement, pressing Ctrl-W, or
  clicking on the lightning bolt.
• This will open the Setup dialog box

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Site Information

• Fill in text boxes
• Not required to complete the Setup, but
  encouraged
• Can be modified during playback by editing the
  Site Information
• Station Name and Measurement Number will be used
  for defaults in the Output Filename Options step

Press Next to continue settings up the new
measurement
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Rating Information

• Enter known rating information
• May be modified during playback by editing the
  Site Information

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Measurement Wizard

• WRII first attempts to communicate with the
  ADCP. If successful
• the dot next to the ADCP box will turn green,
• the ADCP type will be set automatically, and
• the ADCP serial number will be populated.
• The modes available to this ADCP also will be
  determined

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Measurement Wizard

• Warnings and Errors are now dynamic and continue
  to pop up at the left
• If you close the error window it will simply
  reopen on the next click.
• Read All warnings before pressing Next

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Wizard Configuration Values

• Max Water Depth
• Secondary Depth
• If not zero, shallowest depth needed to profile
• Will attempt to configure bin size to get at
  least 2 good bins in this depth
• Only use when you MUST profile in this depth
• Max Water Speed
• Max Boat Speed

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Wizard Configuration Values

• Bottom Mode
• Auto selects Bottom Mode 5 as long as depth
  allows ( gt 2 ft)
• Bottom mode 7 may work better when shallow or
  sloping bottom, but pings slower, decreasing
  ensemble rate

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Wizard Configuration Values

• Water Mode Auto
• Selects either water mode 12 or water mode 11
  based on instrument and water speed and depth
• Water mode 12 Auto
• No longer fixed bin size (no 12SB or 12 RB)
• optimizes bin size based on depths
• Must manually select mode 5 or mode 1 to use

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Configuration Wizard ValuesUpdate Rate

• Update Rate only applicable to Rio Grande Water
  Mode 12
• Use lower update rate when using WM12 if boat
  movement cannot be smooth and steady
• If depths allow use of WM1 in dynamic conditions
  use WM1!

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StreamPro Configuration Wizard Options

• Can only select between water modes 12 and 13
• Water mode 12 standard mode
• Water mode 13 low noise mode
• Max depth 3 ft
• Max velocity 0.7 ft/s

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Output Filename Options

• Enter a Filename prefix
• The prefix will also be used for the output
  directory name
• The Output Directory must not already contain a
  measurement

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Filename Format prefix_meas_MMM_date_time.PD0
Filename determined when creating a new
measurement prefix Filename prefix (Default
Station name) meas Measurement number MMM
Transect number (starts with 000) date_time
Date time of transect (optional)
Example HartDitch_123_000.PD0
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WR II Files Stored in Output Directory

• File Types
• Measurement
• Rawdata
• Navigation
• Depth sounder
• Ext. Heading
• HYDROML
• ASCII out

Suffix .mmt .PD0 _GPS.txt _SND.txt _EH.txt
.xml _ASC.txt

• Function of File
• Stores Configuration settings QA/QC logs
• Transect raw data as acquired from ADCP
• Navigation data (GPS) output
• Depth Sounder data output
• Heading data output
• Discharge summary output
• ASCII output file

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Commands Preview

• Lists all configuration commands that will be
  sent to the ADCP when data collection is started
• Any Users commands entered here will override the
  Configuration Wizard commands
• Only enter users commands if you have a very good
  understanding of their effect

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Summary Page

• How the instrument is configured
• Where the data will be recorded
• User supplied measurement characteristics
• Water and bottom modes configured
• Estimates of the minimum and maximum profile
  depths
• Estimate of the horizontal standard deviation.
• Note Currently the horizontal standard deviation
  is not provided for mode 5 and 11.

NOTE This summary page does not reflect any user
commands entered on the previous screen.
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Finishing the Measurement Wizard

• After completing the New Measurement Wizard a
  Next Transect node will appear under Collect
  Data
• The next raw data file to be created and field
  configuration to use for the transect will be
  displayed

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WinRiver II QA/QC Tests

• QA/QC Tests now built into WinRiver, but similar
  look to utilities used in 10.06
• Diagnostics Tests (RGTest)
• Compass Calibration
• Moving Bed Tests can be saved in the QA/QC
  section

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Diagnostic (RGTest)

• Select from Acquire menu
• Opens Diagnostic dialog and performs series of
  tests
• Logged under the QC/QC node in the measurement
  control
• Currently not available when using a StreamPro

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Compass Calibration

• Select execute compass calibration from Acquire
  menu
• Press the Calibrate button and follow directions
• After calibrations press the Evaluate button and
  follow directions
• If total error is gt 1 degree repeat calibration
  and evaluation

• Total error reported after Evaluation should
  typically be less than 1 degree and always less
  than 2 degrees
• Compass calibrations must be performed when using
  GPS or the Loop Correction method for moving bed

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Moving Bed Tests

• Start Pinging
• Select select moving bed test from the Acquire
  menu (F6 shortcut)
• Select the type of moving bed test and press
  Start button
• Perform the appropriate moving bed test
  procedures
• Data will be recorded and displayed on screen
  similar to a regular transect
• At the end of the moving bed test select Stop
  moving bed test from the acquire menu (F6)

Note To collect multiple moving bed test you
must stop and start pinging between each test
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QA/QC Tests in Measurement Control

• All Tests results are stored under the QA/QC node
  in the measurement control window
• The tests can be viewed with a right mouse click
  menu
• Moving bed tests can be processed similar to
  regular transects, but will not be displayed in
  the discharge summary

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Collecting Transects

• Start and Stop transects from the Acquire menu or
  F5 (like WinRiver 10.06)
• Next Transect node displays next transect to be
  recorded

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Opening a WinRiver II Measurement

• Select File Open Measurement from the menu
• Locate the measurement (.mmt) file for the data
  file you wish to process or review
• Use this method to open measurements collected
  with WinRiver II

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Create a WRII Measurement from WinRiver 10.0x
files or StreamPro files

• FileOpenCreate Measurement from Data Files
  (CtrlF)
• INI2XML not needed for StreamPro files
• Select all transects that comprise a Qm
• Configuration settings are imported as last saved
  in WinRiver 10.0x

Include the moving bed test even though it
cannot be moved to the QA/QC section of WRII
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Measurement Control

• After opening a measurement (.mmt) all data files
  and QA/QC are displayed in the measurement
  control window
• The Measurement control displays information in a
  tree structure
• Press to expand branches
• Press to compress

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Filenames in the Measurement Control

• Measurement file
• Raw data file
• Navigation (GPS) log file

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Modifying Site Information

• To view and/or modify Site Information
• Right mouse click on Site Information in the
  measurement control and select Site Wizard,
• OR
• Select Configure Site Wizard from the main menu

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Site Wizard
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Measurement Control Reprocess Transect

• Pressing the right mouse button while over items
  in the measurement control displays context
  sensitive menus
• To load a transect
• Right click on the desired transect
• Select reprocess transect

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Measurement ControlNow Processing

• Transect being processed (shown in graphs) is
  indicated by
• Highlighted name in measurement control
• Filename in top of window

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Maneuvering in a Transect

• When a transect is reprocessed the entire
  transect is loaded in memory and displayed in the
  open graphs
• Go to a specific Ensemble (profile) by
• Using the playback controls
• Using the data slider
• Dragging the ensemble marker on a contour plot

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Changing Scales Used in Graph

• Right click on graph and select properties
• Select parameter to change and enter new value

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Changing Data in Graphs

• Right click on a graph and choose data selection
• Choose new parameters to plot
• Different graphs have different parameters
  available
• Use this to graph vertical velocities, error
  velocities, etc

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Configurations Settings
Each Transect Processed in WinRiver II will
contain

• Field Configuration
• Contains all configuration settings as they were
  during data collection
• Cannot be modified, deleted, or renamed
• Playback Configuration
• Created the first time a transect is reprocessed
• Values may be changed
• May be deleted or renamed

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Active Configuration

• Transect can have multiple configuration nodes
• The configuration being used to process the
  transect is call the Active Configuration
• The Active configuration is in BOLD with an A
  over the node icon

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Making a Configuration Active

• To change the Active Configuration
• Right mouse click on the desired configuration
• Select Set as Active Configuration from the menu
  (CtrlA)
• The settings in the activated node will be used
  the next time the transect is reprocessed

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Viewing Configuration Settings

• To view or change settings in a transect
  configuration
• In the measurement control, right mouse click on
  the configuration under the transect
• Select Properties from the menu
• OR
• Double left mouse click on the configuration
• F3 still displays the active configuration

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Configuration Dialog

• Configuration dialog contains 7 pages of settings
• Commands
• DS / Ext. Hdg
• Discharge
• Edge Estimates
• Processing
• Recording

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New Configuration Settings

• Removes data below side lobe line from graphs
• Does not change calculations

• Depth weighted average instead of simple average
• Default and preferred method
• May result in small changes to computed values

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Averaging Ensembles

• Under the Configure menu, select Averaging Data
• Enter Number of ensembles to average
• Only affects graphs, does not change calculations

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Sub Sectioning

• In the measurement control RIGHT mouse click on
  transect to subsection
• Enter beginning and ending ensemble numbers

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ASCII Output
Creates WinRiver 10.06 type ASCII output files
Allows you to customize ASCII output formats

• From the Configure menu select either Classic or
  Generic to turn ASCII Output on
• Reprocess transects to create ASCII files

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Selecting Transects

• Only checked transects show up in the Discharge
  and Measurement Summaries
• Uncheck any transects that should not be used to
  compute discharge
• aborted transects
• moving-bed test transect for 10.06 imported
  measurement

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Locking a Measurement
Locked
OR

• Note Locking works by changing file to
  read-only, permission problems may cause locking
  not work correctly

Right mouse click on measurement name
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Discharge Measurement Summary
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Hydroml output

• Exports measurement information to an xml
  formatted file
• Will hopefully be able to directly import into
  NWIS in future release
• Select File Export as Hydroml

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WinRiver II Help File

• Built-in help can answer many questions

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Questions?
http//hydroacoustics.usgs.gov