This software runs in protected mode under MS DOS and is completely menu driven. The customer must only supply appropriate calibration baths and references. HOST manages raw channel data set measurement, reference set measurement, and subsequent calibration coefficient calculation by the method of least square fitting. Reference values may be entered from the keyboard or read automatically from supported conductivity, temperature, and pressure references. These may be uploaded into the HOST program by menu selection.
HOST allows the customer to save the measurements on disk for later viewing or analysis.
Each calculation has a representative display, often shown as the calculation result vs time or depth over full profiles or user-selected profile sections. The dotted lines indicate the segment selected for spectral analysis and Batchelor fitting. The center section shows the power spectrum and Batchelor fit. The right section shows the location of the analyzed segment in turbulent Froude - turbulent Reynolds number space, indicated by the point enclosed by the dotted line square. The other points are the result of similar analysis preformed for different segments in the profile.