RACK MOUNTABLE CAROUSEL DESK UNIT. PROVIDES POWER AND REAL TIME DATA ACQUISITION AND CONTROL FOR A CAROUSEL WATER SAMPLER THAT HAS THE APPROPRIATE INTERFACE INSTALLED. THE UNIT PROVIDES REAL TIME DATA TELEMETRY AND SURFACE POWER FOR THE CTD, AND PERMITS WATER SAMPLER CONTROL FROM FRONT PANEL BUTTONS. BOTTLES CAN BE FIRED SEQUENTIALLY OR IN ORDER. THE FRONT PANEL LED DISPLAY INDICATES WHICH BOTTLES HAVE BEEN FIRED. THE PRODUCT INCLUDES A NMEA INTERFACE THAT MERGES POSITION AND DATE AND TIME DATA WITH CONDUCTIVITY, TEMPERATURE AND DEPTH (CTD) DATA, DECODING MESSAGES THAT ARE OUTPUT FROM NAVIGATION DEVICES SUPPORTING NMEA 0183 PROTOCOL. DECODED NAVIGATION DATA IS APPENDED TO THE CTD DATA STREAM IN THE PRODUCT, AND PASSED TO THE COMPUTER FOR STORAGE AND/OR DISPLAY WITH THE CTD DATA.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:- GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR)S GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 9033 - PARTS AND ACCESSORIES (NOT SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED ELSEWHERE IN THIS CHAPTER) FOR MACHINES, APPLIANCES, INSTRUMENTS OR APPARATUS OF CHAPTER 90. ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH: CHAPTER 90, GENERAL CHAPTER NOTE 2 (C)