Airmar Technology Corporation DST810 User manual

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CAST™ Application
Mobile App User Guide
Patent http://www.airmar.com/patent.html
for DST810 Multisensor
D-19219-rev.1 101321-rev.1 04/08/20

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Copyright©2020AirmarTechnologyCorp.Allrightsreserved.
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updatesandsupplementalinformationconcerningtheuseandoperationofthisandotherAirmarproducts.
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TABLEOFCONTENTS
WARNING……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..............................................3
INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................................................4
GETTINGSTARTED.........................................................................................................................................................4
NAVIGATINGAIRMARCASTAPP...................................................................................................................................5
INITIALCONNECTIONTOYOURAIRMARSENSOR.....................................................................................................5
GENERALUSENOTES.................................................................................................................................................6
DEVICEDATAPAGE—DST810SMARTTRIDUCER......................................................................................................6
INFORMATIONPAGE.................................................................................................................................................7
Customization........................................................................................................................................................7
Units.......................................................................................................................................................................7
NMEA2000®PAGE....................................................................................................................................................8
OFFSETSPAGE.........................................................................................................................................................10
SPEEDCALIBRATION................................................................................................................................................11
BasicSpeedCorrection........................................................................................................................................12
SOGMethod....................................................................................................................................................12
DistanceMethod.............................................................................................................................................13
Heel‐CorrectedSpeedCalibration.......................................................................................................................15
SOGMethod....................................................................................................................................................15
DistanceMethod.............................................................................................................................................16
AdvancedSpeedCalibrationTable......................................................................................................................18
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WARNING
Navigation Aid Only – The Airmar® CAST ™ app is intended only as a
navigationalaidandmustneverbeconsideredareplacementforcaution,
soundjudgementandpropernavigationalskill.Itisusedtoconfigureand
displaynavigationaldatafromindividualsensors.Theuserisresponsible
fortheaccuracyofthedatausedtocalibratetheconnectedsensor.Only
officialgovernmentchartsandNTMscontainallnecessaryinformation
forsafenavigation.Asalways,thecaptainisresponsiblefortheirprudent
useandsafetyofpassengersandcrew.

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INTRODUCTION
TheAirmarCASTappisamobileapplicationthatallowsyoutoconnectto
yourAirmarSmartTRIDUCER.Youcanviewdata,adjusttheoutputs,
programoffsets,andcalibrateyourdevice.
CASTappcommunicatesdirectlywithyourAirmarDX900+orDST810
Multisensor;itreceivesonlythedataoutputbythesensor,notall
networktraffic.
GETTINGSTARTED
CASTappisavailableforiOSandAndroiddevicesandcanbedownloaded
fromtheAppleAppStoreorGooglePlayStore.
1. GototheAppStore(iOS)orPlayStore(Android)
2. Search“Airmar”anddownloadthefreeAirmarCASTapp.
3. EnsureBluetooth®isenabledonyourdevice.CASTappuses
BluetoothLowEnergy,whichdoesnotrequirepairing.Theapp
willautomaticallysearchfordeviceswithinrange,sothere’sno
needtoopenyourdevice’sBluetoothmenu.
4. OpentheAirmarCASTapp. 
AllcompatibleAirmardeviceswithinrangewillbedisplayedonthe
devicelist.Selectyourdevicefromthelisttoconnect.
Note:Makesureyou’reascloseaspossibletothedevicewhiletryingto
connect.TheBluetoothantennainaDST810isneartheprintedcap,but
therearemanythingsonaboatthatcanattenuateaBluetoothsignal.
Largeobjectslikefueltanksorbulkheadscanaffectthesignalstrength.
WaterwillalsoblockaBluetoothsignal,somakesurethedeviceisn’t
submerged.
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NAVIGATINGAIRMARCASTAPP
INITIALCONNECTIONTOYOURAIRMARSENSOR
Oncepoweredon,theDST810willbroadcastanannouncementmessage
withoutanyfurtherinput.SimplyopentheAirmarCASTapponyour
phoneortablettoseealistofdeviceswithinrange.Thereisnoneedto
“pair”withthedevice.
Thedevicesearchpageintheappwillshowalistoftheavailablesensors.
Ifyouhaveneverconnectedtoaspecificsensorbefore,itwillbenoted
byitsmodel,suchasDST810,withanicontoshowsensortype.Ifyour
phoneortablethasconnectedtoanavailablesensorbefore,itwill
displayyourcustomizedfriendlynameandtheserialnumberinthetile.
Seepage7formoreinformationoncustomization.
Note:Tryingtomaketheinitialconnectiontoyourdeviceinacrowded
area,suchasamarina,canbedifficult.Makesureyou’reconnectingto
yourdeviceandnotanearbysensorthatisalsopoweredon.Ifmultiple
sensorsarepresentontheDeviceSearchpage,movetoalesscrowded
locationtoperformtheinitialconnection.
Tapyoursensoronthelisttostarttheconnection.Thefirsttimeyou
connect,theappwillaskyoutoenterthelastthreedigitsofthedevice’s
serialnumber.Theserialnumbercanbefoundonthewarrantylabel
affixedtothecablenearthesensor.Ifthelabelisnotreadilyaccessible,
theserialnumberisavailableontheNMEA2000networkthrougha
connectedMFDorinstrumentdisplay.
Youwillonlyneedtoverifytheserialnumberonthefirstconnection.If
youconnectfromanotherdeviceordeleteandreinstalltheAirmarCAST
apponyourphone,you’llneedyourserialnumberagain,sobesureto
recordandsaveitifthelabelisn’treadilyaccessible. 

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GENERALUSENOTES
ManyvaluesintheAirmarCASTappcan
beadjustedbytheuser.Anyvaluethatis
underlinedcanbeadjusted.Tapthe
valuetoopenthekeypadandmakean
adjustmentordeletetheexistingvalue.
Whenenteringtable
values,tapthecell
valuetoopenthe
keypadandmakean
adjustment.Tapthe
headingoftherowor
columntoadjustthevaluein
thecellordeletetheroworcolumnaltogether.
Toenteranegativevalueusingthekeypad,enterthe
valueasapositivenumberfirst,thentapthe“+/‐“
buttoninthelowerleftcornertochangethesign.
DEVICEDATAPAGE—DST810SMARTTRIDUCER
Onceconnectedtoyourdevice,theCASTappwilldisplaythedata
availablefromthedevice.TheDST810willdisplayDepth(below
transducer),Speed(speedthroughwater),andTemperature(water
temperature).Asingletapanywhereonthescreenwillchangetheview
fromgraphictotext.
Bydefault,attitude(heelandtrim)outputisturnedoff.
Adatafieldthatdisplays“‐“iseitherdisabledorisnotreturningavalid
value.IfDepthdoesnotdisplayanumber,ensuretheurethanefaceof
thesensorisincontactwiththewater.Ifthewaterdepthisgreaterthan
themaximumrangeofthesensor,nodepthwillbereturnedand“‐“will
bedisplayed.
Thespeedometerviewwillshowaninitialrangeof0–15kn(thisrange
willbeadjustedbasedontheunitsselected).Asthespeedincreases,the
rangeofthespeedometerwillautomaticallyadjusttoensurethespeedis
alwayseasilyreadable.
Note:Ifapositivedepthoffsethasbeensavedtothesensor,theCAST
appwilldisplay“DepthBelowSurface.”Iftheoffsetsavedhasanegative
value,theCASTappwilldisplay“DepthBelowKeel.”SeetheOffsets
sectiononpage10formoreinformation.
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INFORMATIONPAGE
SelecttheInformationtabtodisplayinformationontheconnected
device.
Theserialnumberisuniquetotheconnecteddevice.
ThepartnumberistheAirmarpartnumberforconnecteddevice.
Thecurrently‐installedfirmwareversionisdisplayednext.Takenoteofall
firmwareversionsforanytechnicalinquiries.
CUSTOMIZATION
ThefirsttimeyouconnecttoyourDST810,thedevicewillbedisplayed
simplyas“DST810”inthesearchmenu.Thisdisplaynamecanbe
adjustedusingthe“Customize”button.
Selecttheicondisplayedontheheel/trimgaugeandentera“Friendly
Name”fortheDST810.Thisname,alongwiththedevice’sserialnumber,
willbestoredonyourdevice.Thenexttimeyouconnecttothedevice,
themenuwillshowthedeviceusingtheFriendlyNameandthedevice’s
serialnumber.
Note:TheserialnumberandFriendlyNamearestoredlocallyinthe
AirmarCASTapp,notwithinthesensor.Ifyouconnecttothesensorusing
adifferentsmartphone,theFriendlyNamewillnotbedisplayeduntilyou
connectandnamethedevice.EnteringaFriendlyNamewillnotaffect
namesalreadysavedonothersmartphones.
UNITS
Onceconnectedtoadevice,youcanadjustthedisplayunitsbytapping
thegearicon atthetoprightcornerofthescreen.Unitsfor
speed,depth,temperature,anddistancecanbeselectedindividually.For
example,speedcanbedisplayedinmilesperhourwhiledistanceis
displayedinnauticalmiles,orviceversa.
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NMEA2000®PAGE
TheNMEA2000pagedisplaysallthePGNstheconnecteddeviceis
capableofsupplyingtothenetwork.
Bydefault,eachitemwilldisplaythenameofthePGNandtheNMEA
2000PGNnumber.IfthePGNisdisabled,“Off”isdisplayed.IfthePGNis
enabled,theoutputratewillbedisplayed.
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OutputratesareshownasanumberofPGNsperunittime.Forexample,
iftheWaterDepth(128267)PGNdisplays“1/sec,”thePGNisenabled
andwillbeoutputtothenetworkonetimeeachsecond.If“2/min”is
displayed,thePGNwillbeoutputtothenetworktwotimesperminute,
oronceevery30seconds.
Usethe“arrow”buttonontherightsideofeachitemtoexpanditand
enable/disableoradjusttheoutputrate.
TheswitchatleftwillenableordisablethePGNoutput.
ThedropdownmenuatrightwillallowyoutoadjustthePGNoutput
rate.
Note:ChangingthePGNoutputoroutputratewillnotchangethe
internaldatacalculationrate.
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DisablingaPGNusingtheswitchwillpreventdatafrombeingsenttothe
network,butitwillnotpreventthesensorfromcalculatingavalue
internally.
Forexample,disablingtheDepth(128267)PGNwillpreventdepth
informationfrombeingprovidedtothenetwork,butitwillnotstopthe
sensorfrompingingfordepth.
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