--- a/LADCPproc.defaults
+++ b/LADCPproc.defaults
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
#======================================================================
# L A D C P P R O C . D E F A U L T S
# doc: Fri Sep 17 09:44:21 2010
-# dlm: Wed Jun 5 20:55:00 2013
+# dlm: Tue Aug 6 20:57:30 2013
# (c) 2010 A.M. Thurnherr
-# uE-Info: 31 35 NIL 0 0 72 0 2 4 NIL ofnI
+# uE-Info: 33 66 NIL 0 0 72 0 2 4 NIL ofnI
#======================================================================
# default parameters for [LADCPproc]
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
# Jan 8, 2013: - added CTD_ASCII_header_lines
# Apr 22, 2013: - BUG: BT_begin_search_above value of 300m did not make sense
# Jun 5, 2013: - added $bad_beam
+# Sep 6, 2013: - BUG: BT_begin_search_above value of 300m was correct;
+# the original bug was in the documentation
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Data editing
@@ -92,11 +94,10 @@
$BT_bin_start = 1;
-# By default, code looks for seabed below max LADCP depth. If search
-# is desired to start shallower (makes only sense on a steep slope, if
-# at all), the following variable can be set.
+# Apparently valid BT data collected at distances greater than 300m
+# from the seabed are discarded.
-$BT_begin_search_above = 0;
+$BT_begin_search_above = 300;
# Maximum allowed spread of bin number where max echo is found. Large values
# imply sloping seabed and/or large instrument tilt. The default value of