Klein 3900 Series User manual

SERIES 3900 SONAR
SYSTEM
Operations and Maintenance Manual
P/N 11214510, Rev. 02
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.
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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 200 meters (656 feet).
Operations at depths greater than 200 meters may damage the
transducers.
CAUTION
When the towfish is close to the sea floor, the 900-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).

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Sonar System Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
What Is Covered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Conditions Of Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Changes, Errors And Ommissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Software License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
What’s in This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Note, Warning, Caution, and Shock Hazard Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Customer Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
CHAPTER 1: Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.1 Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.1.1 Single Beam Sonar Instrumented Towfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.1.2 Transceiver and Processing Unit (TPU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
1.1.3 Computer Display and Control Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
1.1.4 Tow Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
1.2 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
1.3 Physical Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
1.3.1 Surface Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
1.3.2 Subsurface Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
1.4 Theory of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
1.4.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
1.4.2 Towfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
1.4.3 Transceiver and Processing Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

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CHAPTER 2: Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2.1 Sonar System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2.2 Sonar Transceiver and Processing Unit (TPU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2.2.1 TPU Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2.2.2 Towfish Input/Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2.2.3 RS-232 COM 1, COM3 and COM4 Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2.2.4 RS-232 COM 2 Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2.2.5 LAN Input/Output Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2.2.6 Power Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2.2.7 Physical Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
2.3 Computer Display and Control Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2.4 Ethernet Hub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2.5 Towfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2.5.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2.5.2 Transducers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2.5.3 Transmitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2.5.4 Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2.5.5 A/D Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
2.5.6 Multiplexer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.5.7 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.5.8 Physical Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.5.9 Heading Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.5.10 Pitch and Roll Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.5.11 Pressure Sensor (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2.6 Tow Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
CHAPTER 3: Preparation for Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.1 Unpacking and Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.1.1 Unpacking the TPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.1.2 Unpacking the Computer Display and Control
Unit (Computer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.1.3 Unpacking the Towfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3.1.4 Unpacking the Tow Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

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3.2 Mechanical Installation of the TPU and Computer . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3.2.1 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3.2.2 Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3.2.3 Isolating from Shock and Vibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3.3 Power Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
3.3.1 Connecting Cables and Power Cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
3.3.2 Power Line Fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3.3.3 Towfish Fuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3.3.4 Grounding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
3.4 Towfish Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
3.4.1 General Rigging Notes and Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
3.4.2 Tow Cable Electrical Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
3.4.3 Towfish and Optional Depressor Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
3.4.4 Tow Cable Disconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
3.5 Quick Start Installation and Operating Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
3.5.1 Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
3.5.2 Deck Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
3.5.3 At-Sea Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
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
CHAPTER 5: Splashproof TPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5.1 General Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5.1.1 Optional Wireless Router—Series 3000 Only . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5.1.2 Venting the Splashproof TPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5.1.3 External Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
5.1.4 Operator Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
5.1.5 Functional Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8

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5.2 Setting up and Connecting the Splashproof TPU . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
5.2.1 Included Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
5.2.2 Connecting Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
5.2.3 Configuring the Wireless Network Connection
for Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
5.2.4 Configuring the Wireless Network Connection
for Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
5.3 Activating the Splashproof TPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
5.4 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
5.5 Splashproof TPU Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
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: TPU Software Interface and Control . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
B.1 Control Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
B.2 Startup Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
B.3 Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10
B.4 Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-14
B.5 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-15
B.5.1 Status Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-15
B.5.2 Heartbeat Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-16
B.5.3 Sensor Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-16
B.6 Towfish Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-17
B.6.1 5000 System MUX Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-17
B.6.2 5000 System Transmitter Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-18
B.6.3 System 5000 Actuator Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-19
B.6.4 3000 System Multiplexer Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-19

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B.6.5 Auxiliary and Compass Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-19
B.6.6 System 5900 MUX Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-20
B.6.7 System 5900 DSP Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-21
B.6.8 System 5900 Transmitter Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-21
B.6.9 System x000 Sub-Bottom Profiler (SBP) Commands. . . . . B-22
B.6.10 Datalogger On/Off commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-23
APPENDIX C: General Setup and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
C.1 Basic System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
C.2 Basic System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
C.3 Installing SonarPro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
C.4 Configuring the LAN Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
C.4.1 Windows NT LAN Configuration Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
C.4.2 Windows 2000 LAN Configuration Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-10
C.4.3 Windows XP LAN Configuration Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-15
C.5 TPU LAN Configuration Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-23
C.6 Tow Cable Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-28
C.6.1 Measuring Cable Insertion Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-28
C.6.2 Spare Tow Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-30
APPENDIX D: Drawings and Parts Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1

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List of Figures
Figure 1-1: Splashproof TPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Figure 1-2: Towfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Figure 1-3: Towfish Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Figure 1-4: Towfish Connector—at Towfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Figure 1-5: TPU Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Figure 5-1: Splashproof TPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Figure 5-2: Splashproof TPU Vent Closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Figure 5-3: Splashproof TPU Vent Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Figure 5-4: Splashproof TPU Connector Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Figure 5-5: Inside the Cover of the Splashproof TPU Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Figure 5-6: Front Panel of VME Chassis inside Splashproof TPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Figure 5-7: VME Backplane and Power Supply Connections inside
Splashproof TPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
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 C-1: Basic System Setup Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
Figure C-2: System Setup Diagram with Acoustic Positioning System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
Figure C-3: Sample Plot of Tow Cable Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-29
Figure C-4: Setup for Measuring Tow Cable Characteristics using a
Function Generator, Terminator and Oscilloscope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-29

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List of Tables
Table 1-1: Towfish Connector—at Towfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Table 3-1: TPU Power Cord Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Table 5-1: List of Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Table D-1: List of Drawings and Parts Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1