Kongsberg Simrad EK80 User manual

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Notice
Avalidsoftwarelicenseisrequiredtooperate
theEK80Portablesystem.Inordertoobtain
asoftwarelicenseyoumustcontactoneofour
dealersordistributors.
Preparations
1Designandmanufactureasuitablemounting
platformforthetransducer(s).
2Fixeachtransducertothemountingplatform.
3Lowerthemountingplatformwiththe
transducer(s)intothewater,andxitrmly
tothevesselhull.
4ConnectthepowercablefromtheEK80
Portabletothepowersource.
5Connecteachtransducercabletothe
transceiver.
CommunicatingwiththeEK80
Portable
1TurnontheEK80Portable.(Thepower
switchislocatedinsidethelid.)
2Waitforthesystemtoboot.
3UseaWiFienableddevicetoconnectto
thenetworkspeciedontheEK80Portable
presentation.
4Waituntiltheconnectionisestablished.
5Usingahandhelddevice:
aOpenPlayStore(Androiddevices)or
AppStore(Appledevices).
bSearchforMicrosoftRemoteDesktop.
cInstallMicrosoftRemoteDesktop.
dOpentheapplicationRDClient.
eAddadesktopconnectionbyselecting
the[+]signintheapplicationandenter
theinformationfromthescreen.
6UsingaWindows®10computer:
aOntheStartmenu,searchforRemote
DesktopConnection.
bOpenRemoteDesktopConnection.
cEnterthecomputernameorIPaddress
displayedontheEK80Portablescreen.
dIntheTransceiverpage,selectConnect.
eUsethecredentialsontheEK80Portable
screentocompletetheconnection.
Installingthesoftwarelicense
Context
Requestanewlicense,ifneeded,throughtheKM
supportform.
www.kongsberg.com/maritime/support/simradsup-
port
1OntheSetupmenu,selectInstallation.
2OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,
selectSoftwareLicense.
3SelectTypeLicenseString,andtypethelicense
stringintothedialogbox.
Ifyouhavereceivedthelicensestringonan
electronicformat(e-mailortextle),youcan
copythestringfromthesourcedocumentand
pasteitintotheTypeLicenseStringdialogbox.
4SelectOKtosavethelicensestringandclose
theTypeLicenseStringdialogbox.
EK80Portable
SettinguptheEK80Portable

5Verifythatthelicensestringisplacedinthe
Currentlyactivelicenseslist.
Ifnecessary,selectthelicensestringonthe
leftside,andclickthearrowbutton[>]to
moveittotheCurrentlyactivelicenseslist.
6SelectApplyandthenClosetosaveallthe
parametersandclosetheInstallationdialog
box.
Installingoneormoretransducers
1OpentheSetupmenu.
2OntheSetupmenu,selectInstallation.
3OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,
selectTransducerInstallation.
4Selectthetransduceryouwishtoinstallfrom
theModellist.
5Inserttheserialnumber.Thisserialnumber
isveryimportant,becauseyouwillneedit
asareferenceidenticationwhentheEK80
Portablesystemiscalibrated.
6Typethenameyouwishtouseintothe
CustomNamebox.
7SelectAdd..Thetransducerisaddedtothe
listintheInstalledTransducersbox.
8Repeatforeachtransducerthatyouwantto
install.
Installingtransceiverchannels
1OpentheSetupmenu.
2OntheSetupmenu,selectInstallation.
3OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,
selectTransceiver.
4Foreachchannel,choosewhichtransducerto
connectto.Thelistoftransducersavailable
forinstallationisdenedbythoseyou
installedontheTransducerpage.
Note
Thisisacriticaltask.Makesurethatthe
correcttransducerisselected.
5IfatransducerisconnectedtotheMUXport,
selecttheMUXcheckbox,andselectthe
transducertobeusedforthisport.
6Observethatthestatusfortherelevant
frequencychannelschangetoInstalled.
7SelectOKtosavetheselectedsettingsand
closethedialogbox.
SelectingNormalmode
Note
YoumustneverpermittheEK80Portablesystem
totransmit(ping)whentheshipisindrydock.
Thetransducer(s)maybedamagediftheEK80
Portablesystemtransmitsinopenair .
1OpentheOperationmenu.
2SetOperationtoNormal.TheEK80Portable
systemisnowreadyforuse.
3SetPingtoOn.
4SetPingModetoInterval.
5Selecteithersideofthebuttontochoosea
value.
TheEK80Portablesystemisnowtransmitting
acousticpulses("pinging")intothewater.
Formoreinformation,refertotheEK80Reference
Manualand/ortheOn-linehelp.
WhentheEK80Portablesystemis
notused
WhenyoudonotusetheEK80Portablesystem,
turnitoff.
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Note
Youmustalwaysturnoffthecomputer(usingthe
operatingsystemfunctionality)beforeyouturnoff
theEK80Portable.
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