CELogGPS user-interface has been redesigned for horizontal touch-screen use - CELog1511H is the latest version. The buttons will cycle through the different station activities and when [Record Event] is pressed, the activity will be recorded.

In this version, I've tuned the button selected to match the activity field until the [Record Event] is pressed. Then the next stage of an activity will be auto-selected, the user just needs to press [Record Event] button again. Once all the stages of the station activity are done, the event log user selects the next activity. Example: if CTD DEPLOYED is selected and [Record Event] pressed, the CTD AT DEPTH next stage will automatically fill the activity field, the user only needs to press [Record Event] when the CTD arrives at depth. Once pressed, the activity will auto-select CTD RECOVERED. Once recorded the event log selection will be neutral until the next activity is selected such as PAIROVET DEPLOYED.

A vertical version of the event log program, CELog1511V.exe, has also been created for tablet-use in the vertical orientation. All routines are identical to the horizontal version. Eventually, I'd like to make the horizontal or vertical form-format a dynamic option like most commercial tablet programs.

CELogGPS is a SIO-CalCOFI Windows program that records cruise events and activities timestamped with GPS date-time-lat-lon. Other notable events such as marine mammal-avifauna sightings, CUFES, or any data-generating activity may also be recorded. The GPS position can be ingested basically two ways:

• On UNOLS vessels with MET, the MET (meterological system) string provides GPS data. A workstation is setup to run MetCapture, another SIO-CalCOFI program, that collects the MET data and appends event numbers when updated. METCapture saves the current MET string (with GPS date-time-lat-lon) to a file (currpos.csv) on the shipboard data network that all eventlogging workstations can harvest. Please review the METCapture documentation for more info. (Standard GPS input is acceptable; METCapture can log GPS instead of MET data or the GPS feed may be connected directly to the CELogGPS tablet serial port.)
• On NOAA vessels, a USB GPS (current model: GlobalSat BU-353 USB GPS Receiver with SiRF Star III based Serial GPS receiver with WAAS/EGNOS support for enchance position accuracy) is attached directly to the CELogGPS tablet and provides the GPS data (currpos.csv) to the shipboard data server and other networked eventloggers. See the GPS settings section below for setup information.