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Parameter values: Sort by alphabetical glider order
ID  220 TGT_DEFAULT_LAT  4736 ROLL_TIMEOUT  15 XPDR_INT  14
MISSION  7 TGT_DEFAULT_LON  -12218 ROLL_MAXERRORS  1 XPDR_REP  10.5
DIVE  16 TGT_AUTO_DEFAULT  0 ROLL_ADJ_GAIN  0 INT_PRESSURE_SLOPE  1.9639999e-06
N_DIVES  0 SM_CC  500 ROLL_ADJ_DBAND  0 INT_PRESSURE_YINT  -9.2399998
STOP_T  0 N_FILEKB  8 VBD_MIN  500 DEEPGLIDER  0
D_SURF  2 FILEMGR  0 VBD_MAX  3960 DEEPGLIDERMB  0
D_FLARE  3 CALL_NDIVES  1 C_VBD  2968 MOTHERBOARD  6
D_TGT  660 COMM_SEQ  7 VBD_DBAND  2 DEVICE1  -1
D_ABORT  1000 PROTOCOL  9 VBD_CNV  -0.24529999 DEVICE2  -1
D_NO_BLEED  200 N_NOCOMM  2 VBD_LP_IGNORE  0 DEVICE3  -1
D_BOOST  0 NOCOMM_ACTION  131 VBD_TIMEOUT  720 DEVICE4  -1
T_BOOST  0 N_NOSURFACE  0 PITCH_VBD_SHIFT  0.0012000001 DEVICE5  -1
D_FINISH  0 UPLOAD_DIVES_MAX  -1 UNCOM_BLEED  20 DEVICE6  -1
D_PITCH  0 CALL_TRIES  5 VBD_MAXERRORS  1 LOGGERS  1
D_SAFE  0 CALL_WAIT  60 C_VBD_AUTO_DELTA  0 LOGGERDEVICE1  6
D_CALL  0 CAPUPLOAD  0 C_VBD_AUTO_MAX  0 LOGGERDEVICE2  19
SURFACE_URGENCY  0 CAPMAXSIZE  100000 W_ADJ_DBAND  0 LOGGERDEVICE3  -1
SURFACE_URGENCY_TRY  0 T_GPS  5 DBDW  0 LOGGERDEVICE4  -1
SURFACE_URGENCY_FORCE  0 N_GPS  100440 LOITER_W_DBAND  0 COMPASS_DEVICE  34
T_DIVE  220 T_RSLEEP  2 LOITER_DBDW  0 COMPASS2_DEVICE  -1
T_MISSION  250 STROBE  0 LOITER_D_TOP  0 PHONE_DEVICE  33
T_ABORT  1440 RAFOS_PEAK_OFFSET  0 LOITER_D_BOTTOM  0 GPS_DEVICE  48
T_TURN  225 RAFOS_CORR_THRESH  60 LOITER_N_DIVE  0 RAFOS_DEVICE  -1
T_TURN_SAMPINT  -5 RAFOS_HIT_WINDOW  3600 CF8_MAXERRORS  20 NAV_DEVICE  -1
T_NO_W  120 RAFOS_MMODEM  0 AH0_24V  350 NAV2_DEVICE  -1
T_LOITER  0 PITCH_MIN  190 AH0_10V  0 NETWORK_DEVICE  -1
T_EPIRB  0 PITCH_MAX  3888 MINV_24V  11 PRESSURE_DEVICE  41
USE_BATHY  -10 C_PITCH  1980 MINV_10V  11 XPDR_DEVICE  21
USE_ICE  0 PITCH_DBAND  0.1 MAXI_24V  5 SIM_W  0
ICE_FREEZE_MARGIN  0.30000001 PITCH_CNV  0.0031300001 MAXI_10V  1.5 SEABIRD_T_G  0.0044097742
D_OFFGRID  1000 PITCH_GAIN  40 FG_AHR_10V  0.71699971 SEABIRD_T_H  0.00063677714
RELAUNCH  1 PITCH_TIMEOUT  25 FG_AHR_24V  6.5084567 SEABIRD_T_I  2.6545444e-05
APOGEE_PITCH  -5 PITCH_MAXERRORS  1 PHONE_SUPPLY  2 SEABIRD_T_J  3.3307697e-06
MAX_BUOY  150 PITCH_ADJ_GAIN  0.029999999 PRESSURE_YINT  -162.23586 SEABIRD_C_G  -9.9156904
GLIDE_SLOPE  30 PITCH_ADJ_DBAND  2 PRESSURE_SLOPE  0.00022240146 SEABIRD_C_H  1.1102111
SPEED_FACTOR  1 C_PITCH_AUTO_DELTA  0 COMPASS_USE  49156 SEABIRD_C_I  -0.003043188
RHO  1.0275 C_PITCH_AUTO_MAX  0 ALTIM_PING_FIT  0 SEABIRD_C_J  0.00028673469
MASS  56233 PITCH_GAIN_AUTO_DELTA  0 ALTIM_TOP_PING_RANGE  0 OPTIONS  0
NAV_MODE  2 PITCH_GAIN_AUTO_MAX  0 ALTIM_BOTTOM_TURN_MARGIN  0 SC_RECORDABOVE  2000.0
FERRY_MAX  45 PITCH_W_GAIN  0 ALTIM_TOP_TURN_MARGIN  0 SC_PROFILE  3.0
KALMAN_USE  2 PITCH_W_DBAND  0 ALTIM_TOP_MIN_OBSTACLE  1 SC_XMITPROFILE  3.0
HD_A  0.00223872 ROLL_MIN  265 ALTIM_PING_DEPTH  0 SC_NDIVE  1.0
HD_B  0.0163117 ROLL_MAX  3829 ALTIM_PING_DELTA  0 TM_RECORDABOVE  200.0
HD_C  5.7000002e-06 ROLL_DEG  40 ALTIM_FREQUENCY  13 TM_PROFILE  1.0
HEADING  -1 C_ROLL_DIVE  2700 ALTIM_PULSE  3 TM_XMITPROFILE  3.0
ESCAPE_HEADING  0 C_ROLL_CLIMB  2400 ALTIM_SENSITIVITY  2 TM_NDIVE  1.0
ESCAPE_HEADING_DELTA  10 HEAD_ERRBAND  10 XPDR_VALID  6 TM_XMITRAW  0.0
FIX_MISSING_TIMEOUT  0 ROLL_CNV  0.028270001 XPDR_INHIBIT  90 TM_LOGSAMPLE  0.0

Pre-dive calculations and measurements:
GPS1  250822,084730,3643.798,-12203.987,15,1.8,15,12.9 TGT_RADIUS  1000.000
_CALLS  2 KALMAN_CONTROL  0.000,0.000
_SM_DEPTHo  0.85 KALMAN_X  0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0
_SM_ANGLEo  -56.3 KALMAN_Y  0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0
GPS2  250822,085257,3643.793,-12203.985,2,0.9,4,12.9 MHEAD_RNG_PITCHd_Wd  268.9,1506,-23.9,-10.000,-30.00,1586,0.134
SPEED_LIMITS  0.173,0.205 D_GRID  1026
TGT_NAME  SW IRON  1.000000,0.017954,0.012589,-0.005352,1.036302,0.002642,0.005429,0.001135,1.025479,12.332227,15.098973,35.423138
TGT_LATLONG  3643.800,-12205.000

Post-dive calculations and measurements:
FINISH  0.0,1.025506 FG_AHR_10Vo  0.753
SM_CCo  11182.73,191.77,1.112,0,930.6,1000.6,860.6,499.78 MEM0  60148,1,0,0
SM_GC  0.84,191.77,6.05,0.47,1.112,0.067,0.090,930.6,1000.6,860.6,172.2,2731.6,0,0,0,12.72,16.08,16.09 MEM1  65508,1,0,0
SUPER  27,71,254,1,0,0 MEM2  910532,25,135856,84
IRIDIUM_FIX  3644.10,-12207.45,250822,084838 DATA_FILE_SIZE  44870,1547
TCM_TEMP  19.30 CAP_FILE_SIZE  259238,0
XPDR_PINGS  32,14.0,10.5 SDSIZE  3918848,3904352
SC_FREEKB  3870400 SDFILEDIR  146,1
HUMID  51.82 ERRORS  0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
TEMP  9.54 CURRENT  0.075,127.0,1
INTERNAL_PRESSURE  8.49274 MAGCAL  1.000000,0.076889,0.004487,0.037233,0.877990,-0.137343,-0.271215,0.085637,0.955555,47.3,72.4,10.4,35,0.1210,0
_24V_AH  14.47,6.993 IMPLIED_C_PITCH  2039,27.49,1075,0.0,0.00
_10V_AH  14.60,0.000 IMPLIED_C_VBD  2957,30.564747,1075,0
FG_AHR_24Vo  6.747 GPS  250822,120010,3644.206,-12204.267,22,1.9,23,12.9

Energy measurements:
devicesecsmAJsensorsecsmAJ
VBD_pump606199817524.23 nil000.00
Pitch_motor24596210.06 nil000.00
Roll_motor84142173.15 nil000.00
Iridium211194596.08 nil000.00
Transponder_ping842048.62 nil000.00
GPS13153.04 nil000.00
Core17056169.31 SciCon109933641.19
Fast000.00 TMICL000.00
Slow000.00 nil000.00
LPSleep73462214.51
Compass21625157.84
RAFOS000.00
Transponder000.00
Compass2000.00

Altimeter Analysis:
m=0.0,R=0.0,N=0 m=0.6,R=0.8,N=2
depth range fit R obstacle m R fit R obstacle m R

Guidance and control:
st_secs flags vbd_ctl pitch_ctl roll_ctl vbd_ad_start vbd_pot1_ad_start vbd_pot2_ad_start pitch_ad_start roll_ad_start depth ob_vertv data_pts end_secs vbd_secs pitch_secs roll_secs vbd_i pitch_i roll_i vbd_ad vbd_pot1_ad vbd_pot2_ad pitch_ad roll_ad vbd_errors pitch_errors roll_errors vbd_volts pitch_volts roll_volts
7 end surface: CONTROL_FINISHED_OK
state 7 begin dive
7.35 16386 -103.90 -0.72 0.00 921.6 998.8 844.5 168.5 2738.6 0.00 0.00 0 131.30 122.56 0.00 0.00 0.006 0.000 0.000 3379.81 3457.94 3301.69 168.50 2738.75 0 0 0 15.38 30.00 30.00
131.66 18727 -145.99 -0.77 40.00 3379.7 3458.4 3301.1 168.2 2738.9 3.26 -2.12 24 152.84 4.48 11.59 1.92 0.011 0.596 0.097 3561.94 3635.81 3488.06 1729.94 3846.06 0 0 0 15.48 15.48 15.62
380.21 3205 -145.99 -0.61 0.00 3564.2 3636.1 3492.3 1729.5 3846.1 55.83 -18.50 74 385.76 0.00 0.22 1.93 0.000 0.334 0.033 3564.09 3636.25 3491.94 1784.75 2635.50 0 0 0 30.00 15.73 15.85
570.22 0 -145.99 -0.61 0.00 3564.8 3636.1 3493.4 1785.0 2632.7 83.32 -14.30 112 571.56 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 3563.72 3635.25 3492.19 1785.00 2632.44 0 0 0 30.00 30.00 30.00
755.24 0 -145.99 -0.61 0.00 3564.6 3636.0 3493.2 1784.9 2632.3 110.50 -15.08 142 756.58 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 3564.81 3636.00 3493.62 1783.06 2632.62 0 0 0 30.00 30.00 30.00
1065.26 260 -145.99 -0.61 40.00 3565.0 3636.3 3493.8 1784.9 2631.9 154.11 -13.60 173 1070.75 0.00 0.00 2.12 0.000 0.000 0.100 3564.91 3636.25 3493.56 1784.94 3844.88 0 0 0 30.00 30.00 15.99
1125.27 1028 -145.99 -0.61 0.00 3564.6 3635.8 3493.4 1784.4 3844.8 162.85 -14.22 185 1130.15 0.00 0.00 1.91 0.000 0.000 0.033 3566.09 3636.94 3495.25 1785.31 2632.69 0 0 0 30.00 30.00 16.02
1435.30 0 -145.99 -0.61 0.00 3565.0 3635.9 3494.0 1784.5 2630.2 202.95 -12.73 217 1436.64 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 3564.69 3635.81 3493.56 1785.00 2630.50 0 0 0 30.00 30.00 30.00
1745.31 0 -145.99 -0.61 0.00 3565.0 3635.9 3494.2 1785.0 2630.8 242.18 -12.39 248 1746.65 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 3564.34 3635.69 3493.00 1784.88 2630.50 0 0 0 30.00 30.00 30.00
2055.34 388 -145.99 -0.67 40.00 3565.0 3636.0 3494.0 1784.9 2630.4 279.84 -12.19 279 2060.81 0.00 0.00 2.11 0.000 0.000 0.096 3564.84 3636.06 3493.62 1784.75 3848.56 0 0 0 30.00 30.00 16.05
2270.36 1028 -145.99 -0.67 0.00 3564.5 3635.9 3493.2 1785.2 3848.8 307.84 -13.56 322 2275.24 0.00 0.00 1.90 0.000 0.000 0.034 3564.56 3635.50 3493.62 1784.88 2631.62 0 0 0 30.00 30.00 16.11
2585.45 4485 -145.99 -0.74 40.00 3564.2 3635.5 3493.0 1785.2 2629.3 346.43 -11.71 354 2590.95 0.00 0.14 2.10 0.000 0.101 0.096 3564.31 3636.06 3492.56 1714.31 3848.12 0 0 0 30.00 16.10 16.10
2700.47 3205 -145.99 -0.60 0.00 3564.1 3636.0 3492.2 1713.8 3847.6 364.58 -16.48 377 2706.00 0.00 0.29 1.90 0.000 0.321 0.034 3565.69 3636.88 3494.50 1787.69 2633.38 0 0 0 30.00 16.01 16.13
3015.57 128 -145.99 -0.69 0.00 3563.9 3635.6 3492.2 1787.3 2632.5 401.10 -11.22 409 3016.91 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 3563.84 3635.44 3492.25 1787.75 2631.94 0 0 0 30.00 30.00 30.00
3325.59 4485 -145.99 -0.78 40.00 3564.1 3635.9 3492.3 1787.2 2632.4 434.85 -11.19 440 3331.09 0.00 0.19 2.09 0.000 0.086 0.096 3564.69 3636.69 3492.69 1701.00 3848.81 0 0 0 30.00 16.12 16.13
3460.62 3205 -145.99 -0.61 0.00 3563.3 3635.7 3490.9 1701.3 3849.2 457.60 -18.23 467 3466.15 0.00 0.32 1.89 0.000 0.331 0.033 3563.91 3636.19 3491.62 1782.44 2633.00 0 0 0 30.00 16.02 16.15
3775.71 388 -145.99 -0.70 40.00 3563.4 3635.9 3490.9 1782.2 2631.6 495.33 -11.10 499 3781.09 0.00 0.00 2.10 0.000 0.000 0.100 3563.56 3635.94 3491.19 1782.50 3849.94 0 0 0 30.00 30.00 16.15
3905.72 5253 -145.99 -0.78 0.00 3563.2 3635.6 3490.8 1783.2 3850.7 509.92 -11.06 525 3911.19 0.00 0.17 1.90 0.000 0.086 0.035 3563.19 3636.31 3490.06 1707.62 2630.88 0 0 0 30.00 16.13 16.16
4215.80 2177 -145.99 -0.68 0.00 3563.0 3636.2 3489.8 1707.2 2629.8 554.86 -14.57 557 4217.29 0.00 0.22 0.00 0.000 0.329 0.000 3563.69 3636.25 3491.12 1763.75 2627.69 0 0 0 30.00 16.05 30.00
4525.79 260 -145.99 -0.68 40.00 3562.8 3636.1 3489.4 1764.5 2627.4 590.78 -11.63 588 4531.22 0.00 0.00 2.10 0.000 0.000 0.099 3563.16 3636.56 3489.75 1764.12 3844.62 0 0 0 30.00 30.00 16.16
4635.83 1028 -145.99 -0.68 0.00 3562.5 3635.9 3489.1 1763.9 3844.8 604.66 -13.06 610 4640.69 0.00 0.00 1.89 0.000 0.000 0.036 3562.06 3636.00 3488.12 1763.88 2635.38 0 0 0 30.00 30.00 16.18
4945.90 128 -145.99 -0.74 0.00 3562.1 3635.9 3488.2 1764.4 2631.7 644.88 -13.67 642 4947.24 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.000 0.000 0.000 3561.00 3635.19 3486.81 1764.50 2632.06 0 0 0 30.00 30.00 30.00
5066 end dive: TARGET_DEPTH_EXCEEDED
state 5066 begin apogee
5067.03 10243 0.00 -0.12 0.00 3561.3 3636.1 3486.6 1764.4 2329.0 661.28 -13.78 654 5178.20 107.49 0.62 0.16 1.998 0.261 0.142 2966.66 3059.00 2874.31 1941.56 2427.56 0 0 0 12.65 16.09 15.16
5179 end apogee: CONTROL_FINISHED_OK
state 5179 begin climb
5179.64 10759 145.99 0.77 -40.00 2965.4 3056.7 2874.1 1940.4 2427.3 667.10 0.00 665 5299.89 113.36 0.95 2.70 1.948 0.171 0.057 2370.38 2459.00 2281.75 2238.19 962.06 0 0 0 12.29 15.21 14.97
5327.20 11431 180.20 0.93 0.00 2366.0 2452.0 2280.1 2238.0 960.9 659.45 7.78 694 5362.49 28.55 0.12 2.63 1.800 0.083 0.055 2234.19 2324.38 2144.00 2321.31 2423.38 0 0 0 12.18 15.24 15.26
5672.25 4645 181.26 0.93 -40.00 2224.1 2320.1 2128.1 2320.8 2422.9 622.06 9.93 732 5677.82 0.00 0.19 2.56 0.000 0.255 0.053 2224.44 2320.31 2128.56 2279.44 959.75 0 0 0 30.00 15.65 15.71
5907.27 9382 199.95 1.02 0.00 2220.6 2314.5 2126.6 2279.8 958.6 602.12 8.79 779 5928.14 16.42 0.00 2.53 1.665 0.000 0.056 2151.44 2250.81 2052.06 2279.38 2423.06 0 0 0 12.57 30.00 15.84
6232.28 516 199.95 1.02 -40.00 2146.6 2249.9 2043.2 2279.0 2423.8 569.37 11.15 814 6237.83 0.00 0.00 2.53 0.000 0.000 0.054 2147.09 2250.81 2043.38 2289.69 958.56 0 0 0 30.00 30.00 15.89
6467.31 19591 199.95 1.09 0.00 2144.6 2245.4 2043.8 2289.9 958.3 540.82 12.46 861 6472.93 0.00 0.10 2.53 0.000 0.088 0.059 2146.59 2247.56 2045.62 2367.38 2425.06 0 0 0 30.00 15.90 15.68
6782.34 20871 199.95 0.93 40.00 2144.4 2245.5 2043.4 2367.4 2425.3 493.16 14.87 893 6787.94 0.00 0.35 2.39 0.000 0.271 0.085 2145.84 2247.06 2044.62 2270.44 3838.06 0 0 0 30.00 15.92 15.97
6917.37 17414 199.95 0.93 0.00 2144.1 2245.6 2042.6 2270.6 3838.2 476.68 11.91 920 6922.89 0.00 0.00 2.39 0.000 0.000 0.037 2144.50 2245.69 2043.31 2278.75 2358.94 0 0 0 30.00 30.00 16.03
7232.45 17030 199.95 1.00 -40.00 2143.0 2245.4 2040.6 2279.4 2353.6 443.36 10.46 952 7237.92 0.00 0.00 2.37 0.000 0.000 0.056 2143.78 2245.62 2041.94 2287.44 958.06 0 0 0 30.00 30.00 16.05
7467.47 19591 199.95 1.08 0.00 2142.0 2243.6 2040.5 2287.8 957.8 418.88 10.15 999 7473.06 0.00 0.10 2.49 0.000 0.092 0.056 2143.19 2244.88 2041.50 2365.81 2424.88 0 0 0 30.00 16.04 16.07
7782.53 21127 199.95 0.94 -40.00 2142.3 2243.9 2040.8 2365.2 2424.4 377.98 12.53 1031 7788.15 0.00 0.34 2.49 0.000 0.274 0.054 2142.12 2243.81 2040.44 2282.88 957.94 0 0 0 30.00 16.00 16.07
8017.60 9382 206.54 1.04 0.00 2141.4 2242.7 2040.2 2282.4 958.2 356.31 9.57 1078 8028.27 6.34 0.00 2.48 1.115 0.000 0.057 2125.88 2229.81 2021.94 2282.62 2423.06 0 0 0 12.65 30.00 16.11
8332.65 2693 206.54 1.11 -40.00 2123.4 2227.9 2018.9 2282.0 2423.1 324.48 10.02 1111 8338.23 0.00 0.14 2.50 0.000 0.070 0.054 2123.12 2227.56 2018.69 2389.69 956.38 0 0 0 30.00 16.08 16.09
8567.71 5253 206.54 0.96 0.00 2122.4 2224.1 2020.8 2389.8 955.6 290.38 15.10 1158 8573.36 0.00 0.40 2.49 0.000 0.274 0.058 2123.50 2225.50 2021.50 2278.75 2429.50 0 0 0 30.00 16.00 15.84
8882.79 2725 207.39 1.05 -40.00 2122.0 2224.8 2019.1 2278.5 2429.6 258.80 9.95 1190 8888.35 0.00 0.10 2.49 0.000 0.089 0.055 2122.94 2225.44 2020.44 2355.88 959.38 0 0 0 30.00 16.10 16.12
9117.99 5253 207.39 0.97 0.00 2122.0 2224.6 2019.5 2356.2 959.6 226.10 14.45 1237 9123.46 0.00 0.26 2.48 0.000 0.262 0.056 2121.94 2224.62 2019.25 2283.38 2428.50 0 0 0 30.00 16.04 16.13
9432.90 2693 207.39 1.06 -40.00 2121.5 2224.6 2018.5 2283.6 2427.9 191.18 10.61 1269 9438.47 0.00 0.10 2.49 0.000 0.093 0.054 2122.19 2225.50 2018.88 2372.06 953.12 0 0 0 30.00 16.11 16.13
9667.96 5253 207.39 0.96 0.00 2121.9 2224.6 2019.2 2372.5 951.9 158.89 13.32 1316 9673.60 0.00 0.32 2.49 0.000 0.268 0.056 2122.94 2225.69 2020.19 2281.00 2427.56 0 0 0 30.00 16.04 16.14
9983.03 10919 211.80 1.07 -40.00 2121.8 2224.6 2018.9 2281.6 2427.8 128.04 9.71 1348 9993.76 6.66 0.12 2.49 0.960 0.081 0.056 2103.75 2210.31 1997.19 2378.25 956.38 0 0 0 12.67 16.12 16.03
10223.13 5253 211.80 0.97 0.00 2101.4 2205.6 1997.3 2379.9 956.1 92.71 14.61 1396 10228.71 0.00 0.35 2.48 0.000 0.266 0.056 2101.62 2206.25 1997.00 2281.12 2427.81 0 0 0 30.00 16.02 16.12
10413.14 10919 219.65 1.09 -40.00 2100.8 2206.1 1995.4 2281.6 2428.3 74.25 9.49 1434 10428.03 8.43 0.14 2.51 1.001 0.077 0.056 2072.94 2180.81 1965.06 2381.75 956.06 0 0 0 12.69 16.10 16.00
10658.32 5253 219.65 1.00 0.00 2068.6 2175.0 1962.1 2381.6 955.0 38.14 15.99 1483 10663.80 0.00 0.32 2.48 0.000 0.265 0.055 2069.66 2176.12 1963.19 2292.38 2427.50 0 0 0 30.00 15.99 16.09
10848.24 2209 220.77 1.12 0.00 2067.6 2174.9 1960.2 2291.8 2427.3 16.75 9.93 1521 10849.71 0.00 0.12 0.00 0.000 0.077 0.000 2066.97 2174.62 1959.31 2370.75 2427.50 0 0 0 30.00 16.09 30.00
10964 end climb: SURFACE_DEPTH_REACHED
state 10964 begin surface coast
10979 end surface coast: CONTROL_FINISHED_OK
state 10979 begin surface