Dear Ocean Networks Canada data user,
This file contains additional instructions for users who wish to load and process our ASL manufacturer's binary format .01a files in EchoView.
All data products have extensive documentation. In this case, please refer to:
https://wiki.oceannetworks.ca/display/DP/24 (The section on .01a files is near the bottom of the page.)
We have learned of a few issues that EchoView users may encounter. (Thanks to our awesome users for their feedback.) These issues are:
* Confusion with the Data Search ISO-19115 metadata XML file. If the metadata XML file is in the same directory as the configuration XML files,
EchoView may attempt to load the metadata XML file, which of course contains no configuration information. Loading will succeed but users will
only see a default configuration in EchoView. How to fix: delete any files with names ending in META.xml from the directory containing the .01a files,
delete/clear EchoView to start over, import the .01a files again. How to avoid: when downloading data products from Data Search, users can skip
downloading the META.xml files by clicking on the data product link for each search, instead of the red download button that downloads all
products in a search cart, including the META.xml files. (We do recommend that users keep the META.xml files for reference, perhaps in
a separate directory.)
* EchoView may load the wrong configuration XML file if there are multiple configuration XML files in the directory where the user is loading
.01a files from. How to fix: check the directory where the data products have been unzipped after downloading. If there are multiple configuration
XML files, move each into separate directories. For each configuration, match the .01a files with the configuration XML files based on the time in
their filenames and move the .01a files to the directory with their corresponding configuration XML files.
* EchoView doesn't appear to reload XML files when new files are imported to an existing configuration. How to fix: always start with a
new project, load files grouped by their configuration as noted above.
* An alternative method is also offered: in Data Search, the CSV option under "ASL Acoustic Profiler Time Series" provides data files reproducing
the ASL software (AZFPLink) CSV export. These CSV files are calibrated (see the accompanying data product options) and are readily loaded into
EchoView. The disadvantages of this method include the lack of metadata that EchoView may need to perform other analysis, and that the file sizes
are quite large.
* EchoView has capabilities to manually input and edit configuration values, see their extensive and very useful help pages for this information.
* If all else fails, contact us: https://www.oceannetworks.ca/about-us/contact-us and/or contact EchoView customer support.
Enjoy,
- ONC Data Products and Data teams
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