Klein Marine Systems, Inc. MA-X VIEW 600 User manual

MA-X VIEW 600 SONAR
SYSTEM
Operations and Maintenance Manual
P/N 11210097, Rev. 00
11 Klein Drive
Salem, NH 03079-1249
U.S.A.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.KleinMarineSystems.com

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This document contains proprietary information, and such information may not be
disclosed to others for any purpose or used for any manufacturing purpose without
expressed written permission from Klein Marine Systems, Inc. (KMS). The
information provided is for informational purposes only and is subject to change
without notice. KMS assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors,
inaccuracies or omissions that may be present in this document.
The SonarPro software program may be used or copied only in accordance with
the terms of the Software License Agreement.
©Copyright 2020 by Klein Marine Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
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WARNING
Klein Marine Systems, Inc. recommends all troubleshooting be
done by a trained technician. Some circuits in the Sonar
Transceiver and Processing Unit have voltages as high as 240 volts,
and some circuits in the sonar towfish have 1500 volts. You should
familiarize yourself with the location of these voltages before you
attempt any troubleshooting. Failure to observe these warnings
could result in injuries to personnel.
CAUTION
Serious damage to the sonar electronics may occur if the sonar
towfish is operated out of the water for periods longer than 15
minutes. Let the sonar cool 15 minutes or longer between
operations. Protect the sonar towfish from direct exposure to the
sun prior to and during operation in high temperature climates.
CAUTION
The depth rating on the transducers is 300 meters (984 ft).
Operations at depths greater than 300 meters may damage the
transducers.
CAUTION
When the towfish is close to the sea floor, the 600-kHz bottom
tracking (altitude) performance is not exact. Klein Marine Systems,
Inc. advises extreme caution when operating the towfish at altitudes
of less than 4 meters (13 feet).
CAUTION
The system can be operated safely in harsh environments; however,
the combination of speed, tow cable length and sea state can have a
negative impact on towfish flight which may adversely affect the
image performance.

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Sonar System Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
What Is Covered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Conditions Of Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Changes, Errors And Omissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Software License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
What’s in This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Note, Warning and Caution Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Customer Service and Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
CHAPTER 1: Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.1 Main Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.2 Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.2.1 Towfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
1.2.2 Splashproof Transceiver and Processing Unit
(SP-III TPU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
1.2.3 Laptop Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
1.2.4 Rack Mount Transceiver and Processing Unit
(Rack Mount TPU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
1.2.5 SonarPro Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
1.2.6 Tow Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
CHAPTER 2: Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2.1 Sonar System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2.2 SP-III TPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2.3 Rack Mount TPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2.4 Laptop Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2.5 SonarPro Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

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2.6 Towfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2.6.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2.6.2 Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.7 Tow Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.7.1 Lightweight Coaxial Tow Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.7.2 Armored Coaxial Tow Cable (0.322-inch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2.7.3 Armored Coaxial Tow Cable (0.40-inch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
CHAPTER 3: Setup and Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.1 Unpacking and Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.2 Locating the Topside System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3.3 Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3.3.1 Grounding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
3.3.2 Rack Mount TPU and SonarPro Workstation Circuit
Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
3.4 Towfish Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
3.4.1 Attaching the Stabilizer Fins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
3.4.2 Connecting the Tow Cable to the Towfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3.4.3 Disconnecting the Tow Cable from the Towfish . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3.5 Topside System Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
3.5.1 SP-III TPU Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
3.5.2 Rack Mount TPU Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
3.5.3 SonarPro Workstation Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
3.6 Connecting the Topside System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
3.6.1 Connecting the SP-III TPU and the Laptop Computer . . . . . 3-9
3.6.2 Connecting the Rack Mount TPU and the SonarPro
Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
3.7 Topside System Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
3.7.1 SP-III TPU Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
3.7.2 Rack Mount TPU Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
3.7.3 SonarPro Workstation Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
3.8 System Activation and Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
3.8.1 Activating and Testing the System on Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
3.8.2 Activating and Testing the System at Sea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21

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CHAPTER 4: Equipment Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.1 Maintenance General Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.2 Maintenance Checklists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.2.1 Daily Maintenance Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.2.2 Weekly Maintenance Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4.2.3 Long Term Maintenance Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4.3 Disassembling and Reassembling the Towfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
4.3.1 Disassembling the Towfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
4.3.2 Reassembling the Towfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
4.3.3 Removing the Skid Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
4.3.4 Removing the Side Scan Transducers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
4.3.5 Installing the Side Scan Transducers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
4.3.6 Removing the Gap-filling Transducers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
4.3.7 Installing the Gap-filling Transducers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
CHAPTER 5: Technical Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5.1 Towfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5.1.1 Sonar Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5.1.2 Transducer Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
5.2 SP-III TPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
5.3 Rack Mount TPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
APPENDIX A: Notes on Handling Tow Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
A.1 Unreeling Tow Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
A.2 Uncoiling Tow Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
A.3 Cable Kinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
A.3.1 Cause of Cable Kinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
A.3.2 Effect of Cable Kinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
A.3.3 Result of Cable Kinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
APPENDIX B: Configuring and Updating the SP-III TPU . . . . . . . . . B-1
B.1 Starting Linux TPU Updater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
B.2 Querying or Changing the SP-III TPU IP Address . . . . . . . . . . B-2
B.3 Editing the SP-III TPU Startup File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
B.4 Updating the SP-III TPU Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4

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APPENDIX C: Compass Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
C.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
C.2 Required Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
C.3 Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
APPENDIX D: Rigging Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
APPENDIX E: Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1
APPENDIX F: Towfish Towing Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1
APPENDIX G: System Setup Diagram with Acoustic Positioning
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-1

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List of Figures
Figure 1-1: Towfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Figure 1-2: SP-III TPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Figure 1-3: Rack Mount TPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Figure 1-4: SonarPro Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Figure 3-1: SP-III TPU Side Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Figure 3-2: Rack Mount TPU Back Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Figure 3-3: SonarPro Workstation Back Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Figure 3-4: Rack Mount TPU Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Figure 3-5: SonarPro Workstation Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Figure 3-6: Towfish with Gap-filling Transducers Deployed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
Figure 4-1: Loosening the Tail Cone Retaining Bolt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Figure 4-2: Removing the Tail Cone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Figure 4-3: Tail Cone Removed from the Towfish Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Figure 4-4: Removing the Nose Cone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Figure 4-5: Disconnecting the Transducer Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Figure 4-6: Tightening the Locking Screws in the Towfish Housing Forward End
Cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Figure 4-7: Screwing the Tail Cone Retaining Bolt into the Forward End Cap . . . . . . . 4-6
Figure 4-8: Pulling the Forward End Cap out of the Towfish Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Figure 4-9: Forward End Cap Removed from the Towfish Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Figure 4-10: Tightening the Locking Screws in the Towfish Housing Aft End Cap . . . . . 4-8
Figure 4-11: Pulling the Electronics Chassis out of the Towfish Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Figure 4-12: Transition Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Figure 4-13: Aligning the Locking Screws before Inserting the Forward End Cap . . . . 4-10
Figure 4-14: Aligning the Locator Pin in the Nose Cone with the Slot in the Towfish
Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Figure 4-15: The Three Screws Securing the Skid Plate to the Towfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Figure 4-16: Removing the Three Screws Securing the Skid Plate to the Towfish . . . . . 4-11

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Figure 4-17: Removing the Eight Socket Head Cap Screws Securing a Transducer
Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Figure 4-18: Separating a Transducer Assembly from the Towfish Housing . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Figure 4-19: Removing the Seven Socket Head Cap Screws Securing the Gap-filling . . . . . . .
Transducer Fairing 4-13
Figure 4-20: Disconnecting the Gap-filling Transducer Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Figure 4-21: Removing the Two Socket Head Cap Screws Securing the Gap-filling
Transducer Bracket to the Side Scan Transducer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Figure 4-22: Removing the Two Socket Head Cap Screws Securing the Gap-filling
Transducer Bracket to the Towfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Figure 4-23: Gap-filling Transducer Bracket and Mounting Block Removed . . . . . . . . 4-15
Figure 4-24: Removing the Six Socket Head Cap Screws Securing the Gap-filling
Transducer to the Two Spring Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Figure 4-25: Gap-filling Transducer Separated from the Spring Plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Figure 5-1: The MA-X View 600 Sonar System Towfish Electronics Block Diagram . . 5-2
Figure 5-2: The MA-X View 600 Sonar System Towfish Electronics Chassis . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Figure 5-3: SP-III TPU Electronics Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Figure 5-4: SP-III TPU Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Figure 5-5: The MA-X View 600 Sonar System Rack Mount TPU Electronics Block
Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Figure 5-6: The MA-X View 600 Sonar System Rack Mount TPU Electronics
Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Figure A-1: Correct Methods to Unreel Tow Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Figure A-2: Spooling Real to Drum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Figure A-3: Cable Loop and Kink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Figure A-4: Damaged Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Figure B-1: The Klein Linux TPU Updater Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Figure B-2: The Select RS-232 Port Dialog Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Figure B-3: The Klein Linux TPU Updater Dialog Box with Current TPU IP
Address Displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
Figure G-1: System Setup Diagram with Towfish, Navigation, Acoustic Positioning
System, and Laptop Computer Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-2

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List of Tables
Table 3-1: Power Cord Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Table 3-2: Towfish Jumper Cable Connector Pinout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Table 3-3: LAN Connector Pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Table 3-4: 12 VDC Connector Pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Table 3-5: 120/240 VAC Connector Pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Table 3-6: TOWFISH Connector Pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Table 3-7: NAV, DEBUG and MAG Connector Pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Table 3-8: T/F TRIG, RESP TRIG, 1PPS, and EXG TRIG IN Pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Table C-1: ICCSTAT Result Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3