Kongsberg EM 1002 User manual

EM 1002
Hydrography multibeam echo sounder
Base version
Operator manual

EM1002
Multibeamecho sounder
Operator manual-- Baseversion
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Warning
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topersonnel.Theusermust be familiar withthe contentsoftheappropriatemanuals before
attempting to install, operate or maintain the equipment.
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Sections
This book is the Operator manual for the EM 1002 multibeam echo sounder. It describes
how to use the various applications installed on the EM 1002 workstation.
1 System description page 1
2 Operational procedures page 7
3 EM 1002 Launchpad and status display page 65
4 Operation menus page 111
5 I/O interfaces page 151
6 Ping Display page 164
7 Survey Display page 190
8 Grid Display page 228
9 Bridge and Helmsman display page 246
10 Calibration page 256
11 Crosslines page 278
12 Planning page 287
13 Sonar Image page 306
14 Seabed Viewer page 315
15 Sound Speed Profile Editor page 323
16 Replay page 340
17 Technical reference page 344
18 Main index page 371

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Remarks
References
Furtherinformation about theEM1002 system may befound inthefollowing manuals:
·EM1002 Installation manual
·EM1002 Maintenance manual
·Hull Unit Instruction manual
The reader
Thisoperatormanual isintendedto beused by thesystemoperator.He/sheshould be
experiencedintheoperation ofpositioning systems, orshould have attendedaKongsberg
Maritime training course.

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Document revisions
Rev Date Written by Checked by Approved by
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B17.09.99 RBr BHL EHa
C21.09.00 KHW EHA EHa
D30.08.01 KHW KN KN
E01.10.01 KHW IHS TP
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TableofContents
1SYSTEMDESCRIPTION1..................................
1.1 Overview1....................................................
1.2 Systemunits5.................................................
Overview5...............................................
Transducerarray 5.........................................
TransceiverUnit 5.........................................
OperatorStation 5.........................................
Hull Unit 5...............................................
2OPERATIONALPROCEDURES6...........................
2.1 Introduction 6..................................................
2.2 Operationalsummary 7..........................................
2.3 Starting theEM1002 8..........................................
Poweron 8...............................................
Softwareinitialization 8.....................................
Launchpadintroduction 9...................................
2.4 Planning and calibration 9........................................
Survey plan 9.............................................
Calibration 10..............................................
2.5 Installation and runtimeparameters11...............................
Installation parameters11....................................
Adjustmentand synchronization 11.............................
Tocheckthewaterlevelsetting 11.............................
Sound speed profileretrieval12...............................
Maximumand minimumdepth 13..............................
Checkruntimeparameters13..................................
2.6 Tostart“pinging”14.............................................
Start the echo sounder14.....................................
Checkthe externalsensors14.................................
Checkthebasicoperation 14..................................
Identifying surveyand operatornames15........................
To preparelogging 16.......................................
Toexportdata17...........................................
2.7 Running thesurvey 18............................................
Toretrieveaplannedjob 18...................................
Tostartand stop logging 18...................................
Tomonitortheprogress 19...................................
Filebackup, deletion and restoreprocedures20...................

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2.8 Closing downtheEM1002 22......................................
Software22...............................................
Hardwareunits23..........................................
2.9 Initialsetup 24..................................................
Softwareupdates24.........................................
Toaccess thebasicinstallation parameters24.....................
Tochangethepassword 25...................................
To definethelocationsofthesensors25.........................
To definetheposition delay 26................................
To definethemotion sensordelay 26...........................
To definesensoroffsets27....................................
To definetheTransceiverUnit interfaces27......................
To definetheOperatorStation interfaces27......................
Toset the clock 27..........................................
2.10 Unix, Motifand CDEinformation 29................................
Introduction 29.............................................
Mouse and windowoperations30..............................
Common Desktop Environment(CDE)37.......................
2.11 Common KongsbergSimradfunctions39.............................
Introduction 39.............................................
Geographicalareas40.......................................
File41...................................................
Fileselection 41............................................
Plot43...................................................
Toolbar48................................................
Viewprocedures50.........................................
Special mouseoperations52..................................
2.12 TheSurveyDisplayand thegraphicalutilities55.......................
Introduction 55.............................................
Startand stop 55............................................
Graphicalwindowfunctions55................................
Ping Display 56............................................
Tostart theSurveyDisplay utilities56..........................
GridDisplay 56............................................
Bridge and HelmsmanDisplay 57..............................
ThePlanning module58.....................................
Sonar Image58............................................
SeabedViewer58...........................................
SSP Editor59..............................................
2.13 Survey planning 60...............................................

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Introduction 60.............................................
2.14 Systemselftest62...............................................
3EM1002 LAUNCHPAD&STATUS DISPLAY64............
3.1 Introduction 64..................................................
3.2 Thelaunchpad 65................................................
Introduction 65.............................................
OperatorStation 67.........................................
Echo sounder68............................................
Sensors... 70...............................................
Sounder&Logging 71.......................................
Workspace 72..............................................
Programs73...............................................
Survey 76.................................................
File79...................................................
Layoutand configuration 92..................................
SounderStatusConfig... 93...................................
SaveSounderStatusConfig 93................................
Options95................................................
3.3 StatusDisplay 103................................................
Overview103...............................................
Echo sounder103............................................
OperatorStation 105.........................................
Sensors108................................................
4EM1002 OPERATIONMENUS110...........................
4.1 Introduction 110..................................................
Purpose110................................................
Access 110.................................................
4.2 Organization and mainmenu 111.....................................
Purpose111................................................
Mainmenu 111.............................................
File111...................................................
Show112..................................................
Help 112...................................................
4.3 RuntimeMenu 113................................................
Overview113...............................................
SounderMain 114...........................................
SectorCoverage115.........................................
Sound Speed 117............................................
Filtering 120................................................

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Absorption Coefficient122....................................
SeabedImaging 123..........................................
4.4 Installation Menu 124..............................................
Overview124...............................................
Mainmenu 124.............................................
TRUInputInterfaces126......................................
Positioning Systems129......................................
ActiveSystems131..........................................
ActivePosFiltering 131......................................
Motion Sensor132...........................................
Stand-AloneHeading Sensor134...............................
Clock 135..................................................
Misc.External trigging 136....................................
SensorLocation 136..........................................
Installation Angles138.......................................
SystemParameters138.......................................
4.5 ManualControl140...............................................
Overview140...............................................
ManualControl141..........................................
4.6 Simulator143....................................................
Overview143...............................................
Howit works143............................................
Simulator143...............................................
4.7 Built--InSelfTest145.............................................
Overview145...............................................
ExecuteAll 145.............................................
BISTAtStartup 146.........................................
BISTOptions146...........................................
Messagefield 148...........................................
5I/OINTERFACES149........................................
5.1 Overview149....................................................
5.2 I/Ofunctions150.................................................
5.3 Menu commands152..............................................
File152...................................................
Edit 152...................................................
Probe152..................................................
Edit menu 153..............................................
5.4 Probe154.......................................................
ProbeControls154...........................................

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Sound SpeedProfileInput154.................................
SV&P SmartProbeProfileInput155...........................
5.5 OperationalProcedures155.........................................
SVPlusProbeInput157......................................
6PINGDISPLAY162...........................................
6.1 Purpose162.....................................................
6.2 Overview162....................................................
Mainmenu 162.............................................
CrosstrackDisplay 163.......................................
BeamIntensity 164..........................................
Waterfall 165...............................................
Scopedisplay 165...........................................
CDD Display-ColourCodedDepthDisplay 166...................
TimeBasedDisplays167......................................
6.3 Operationalprocedures169.........................................
Windows169...............................................
Startand exit 169............................................
Common displaycontrols170..................................
Specialdisplaycontrols171...................................
Popup ParameterSelection 172.................................
Common Parameters173......................................
Displaycontrols177.........................................
6.4 Command references179...........................................
Introduction 179.............................................
File180...................................................
Options180................................................
Displays187................................................
Help 187...................................................
7SURVEYDISPLAY188........................................
7.1 Introduction 188..................................................
Purpose188................................................
Mainwindowand menu bar188................................
Mainmenu commands189....................................
7.2 File190.........................................................
Overview190...............................................
Plot190...................................................
ImportDAFcontours190.....................................
Exit 190...................................................
7.3 Edit 193........................................................

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Overview193...............................................
7.4 Resetselection 194................................................
Resetselection 194...........................................
Keepfunction 195...........................................
Position 196................................................
Distance 197................................................
New DisplayArea 198........................................
Resize DisplayArea 198......................................
7.5 View199........................................................
Overview199...............................................
Annotation Colours200.......................................
Show/Hide202..............................................
Colourmapping 204..........................................
Lat/Long Format209.........................................
Data choice 210.............................................
Updateviewarea 212.........................................
Redraw212................................................
Vessel incentre213..........................................
UpdateInterval214..........................................
7.6 Options215.....................................................
Overview215...............................................
Display 215................................................
7.7 Processing 216...................................................
Overview216...............................................
Import/Export219...........................................
Export lines219.............................................
8 GRID DISPLAY226...........................................
8.1 Purpose226.....................................................
8.2 Mainwindow226.................................................
Overview226...............................................
Mainmenu 227.............................................
Graphicpresentation 227......................................
Information bar228..........................................
Toolbar228................................................
8.3 Operationalprocedures229.........................................
Purpose229................................................
Startand exit 229............................................
8.4 Command references234...........................................
Introduction 234.............................................

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8.5 File235.........................................................
Overview235...............................................
Plot235...................................................
Exit 235...................................................
8.6 View237........................................................
Overview237...............................................
MakeContour239...........................................
ContourLabelsAt240........................................
Shading parameters241.......................................
Grid/Cell 241...............................................
CreateGrid 242.............................................
Gridcell size 242............................................
9BRIDGEANDHELMSMANDISPLAY244.....................
9.1 Purpose244.....................................................
9.2 Mainwindow244.................................................
9.3 Operationalprocedures246.........................................
Windows246...............................................
Startand exit 246............................................
Common viewprocedures247..................................
Show/Hidesettings247.......................................
9.4 Command references251...........................................
Introduction 251.............................................
File251...................................................
Edit 252...................................................
View253..................................................
10 CALIBRATION254...........................................
10.1 Introduction 254..................................................
Purpose254................................................
Mainwindowand menu bar255................................
10.2 Calibration survey 257.............................................
Introduction 257.............................................
Determining asuitable calibration area 257........................
Roll offset inthe acrosstrack direction 259........................
Pitch offsetand timedelay 260.................................
Heading offset260...........................................
Verification 263.............................................
Outerbeamangleoffsetcalibration 264..........................
Sound speedcontrol264......................................
10.3 Command references266...........................................

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Overview266...............................................
File266...................................................
Edit 267...................................................
10.4 View274........................................................
Overview274...............................................
Help 275...................................................
11 CROSSLINES276.............................................
11.1 Introduction 276..................................................
11.2 OperationalProcedures277.........................................
Tostartanewcrossline277....................................
Tosaveacrossline277.......................................
To deleteacrossline277......................................
Tomoveacrossline277.......................................
Tomoveapoint277..........................................
Tochangethe crossline corridorwidth 277........................
Toassign asound velocity profiletoa crossline278................
11.3 Crosslinesmenu 279..............................................
Overview279...............................................
NewCrossline279...........................................
DeleteCrossline279.........................................
MoveLine279..............................................
Movepoint279.............................................
Changewidth ofselectedcrosslines279..........................
Save crosslines280..........................................
StartdisplayCrosslines280....................................
11.4 Crosslineswindow281............................................
Overview281...............................................
File282...................................................
Edit 282...................................................
View283..................................................
12 PLANNING 285...............................................
12.1 Introduction 285..................................................
12.2 Operationalprocedures287.........................................
12.3 Command references290...........................................
Introduction 290.............................................
Jobs291...................................................
Print293...................................................
Lines294..................................................
Polygons299...............................................

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Activateline302............................................
Deactivateline302...........................................
Selectall lines302...........................................
Exportselectedlines302......................................
Importplanned pointsfromBinStat302..........................
13 SONARIMAGE304...........................................
13.1 Purpose304.....................................................
13.2 Sonar Imagewindows304..........................................
Theparameterwindow304....................................
Thesidescanwindow305.....................................
13.3 Operationalprocedures306.........................................
Tostart theSonar Image306...................................
Toexit Sonar Image306......................................
ToselectalineinReplaymode306.............................
13.4 Command references307...........................................
Overview307...............................................
Parametersettings307........................................
14 SEABEDVIEWER313.........................................
14.1 Purpose and description 313.........................................
14.2 Mainwindow313.................................................
14.3 Operationalprocedures314.........................................
Tostart theSeabedViewer314.................................
Toexit theSeabedViewer314..................................
To openafilefor replay 314...................................
Playbackcontrol314.........................................
Replayspeed 315............................................
Amplitude control315........................................
Swathwidthcontrol315......................................
Colourcontrol315...........................................
14.4 Command references317...........................................
Introduction 317.............................................
File317...................................................
14.5 Options318.....................................................
Overview318...............................................
Parameters318..............................................
RealtimeMode320..........................................
PlaybackMode320..........................................
15 SOUND SPEEDPROFILE EDITOR321.......................
15.1 Purpose and overview321..........................................

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15.2 Mainwindow321.................................................
Basicwindowelements321....................................
Themenu bar321............................................
TheEdit area 322............................................
TheCommand area 323.......................................
Communication area 324......................................
Mouseoperation 324.........................................
15.3 Fileformats324..................................................
15.4 Operationalprocedures325.........................................
Windows325...............................................
Startand exit 325............................................
Open, create and save325.....................................
Modifyand delete326........................................
15.5 Command references329...........................................
Introduction 329.............................................
File329...................................................
Edit 332...................................................
Options334................................................
16 REPLAY338...................................................
16.1 Introduction 338..................................................
16.2 Why usereplay?338..............................................
16.3 Operationalprocedures338.........................................
HowtostartReplay 338.......................................
TheReplay dialoguebox options339............................
17 TECHNICALREFERENCES342...............................
17.1 Introduction 342..................................................
17.2 BottomDetection 344.............................................
Conventional techniques344...................................
Advancedtechniques345......................................
EM1002 solution 346........................................
17.3 Errorsources347.................................................
General347................................................
Echo soundererrors348.......................................
Motion errors349............................................
Sound speederrors350.......................................
17.4 Range capability 355..............................................
17.5 TimeVariedGain(TVG)357........................................
17.6 Thevesselcoordinatesystem358....................................
17.7 Timing 360......................................................

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Introduction 360.............................................
Internalclock 360............................................
Timestamping 361...........................................
17.8 Sound speedformulas363..........................................
17.9 Absorption coefficient365..........................................
18 MAININDEX367.............................................

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