Kongsberg Simrad EK80 User manual

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EK80
REFERENCE
MANUAL

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•Product:EK80
•Document:ReferenceManual
•Documentpartnumber:395234
•DocumentISBNnumber:978-82-8066-185-2
•Revision:J
•Dateofissue:28August2023
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Tableofcontents
ABOUTTHISMANUAL................................................................17
EK80..........................................................................................19
Important...............................................................................................................................20
Systemdescription................................................................................................................21
Systemdiagram.....................................................................................................................23
Mainsystemunits.................................................................................................................26
Displaydescription......................................................................................................26
ProcessingUnitdescription.........................................................................................27
Ethernetswitchdescription.........................................................................................28
TransceiverUnitdescription.......................................................................................28
Transducerdescription................................................................................................31
KongsbergEC150-3C.................................................................................................31
Networksecurity...................................................................................................................33
Supportinformation..............................................................................................................34
GETTINGSTARTED....................................................................35
Startingnormaloperation.....................................................................................................36
TurningontheEK80system.......................................................................................36
Gettingtoknowtheuserinterface..............................................................................37
Checkingtransceiverandtransducersettings.............................................................39
SelectingNormalmodetostartpinging......................................................................41
SwitchingbetweenADCPandechosounderoperation..............................................42
Verifyingthatthebottomiscorrectlydetected...........................................................43
Checkingand/oreditingthetransceiverparameters...................................................44
TurningofftheEK80system......................................................................................45
Basicoperation......................................................................................................................47
Selectingwhichechogramtypetouse........................................................................47
Selectingwhichvelocitymeasurement(ADCP)viewstopresent..............................49
Adjustingtheminimumlevel(echosensitivity).........................................................51
Choosingthedepthrangeandthestartdepthfortheechograms................................52
Choosingthecoloursusedtopresenttheechograms..................................................54
Openingthecontext-sensitiveonlinehelp..................................................................55
Deningtheleandfoldersettingsforrawdatarecording........................................56
Deningtheleandfoldersettingsforprocesseddatarecording..............................58
Recordingrawdata......................................................................................................60
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Recordingprocesseddata............................................................................................61
Targetstrengthcalibrationsummary...........................................................................63
Userinterfaceintroduction...................................................................................................67
Userinterfacefamiliarization......................................................................................68
Echogramviews..........................................................................................................69
Velocitymeasurement(ADCP)views.........................................................................72
Topbardescription......................................................................................................73
Informationpane.........................................................................................................74
Menusystem................................................................................................................78
Workingwithdepthlayers...........................................................................................79
SettinguptheEK80Widebandscienticechosounderforthersttime...........................82
Settingupsummary.....................................................................................................82
InstallingtheEK80operatingsoftware.......................................................................84
TurningontheEK80systemforPassivemode..........................................................85
Obtainingandinstallingthesoftwarelicense..............................................................86
DeningtheIPaddressontheProcessingUnitnetworkadapterfor
communicationwiththetransceiver.......................................................................88
Installingoneormoretransducers..............................................................................90
Installingtransceiverchannels....................................................................................93
Adjustingthescreenresolution...................................................................................96
SettinguptheEC150–3CforADCPinEK80......................................................................98
DeningtheIPaddressontheProcessingUnitnetworkadapterfor
communicationwiththeEC150-3C.......................................................................98
InstallinganADCPtransceiverasatransceiverchannel..........................................100
DeningtheEC150-3Cinstallationparameters........................................................102
ObtainingandinstallingthesoftwarelicenseforEC150-3C....................................104
AssemblingaportableEK80system..................................................................................106
Systemdiagram,portable..........................................................................................106
Assemblingaportablesystem...................................................................................107
Batterypowercable(WBT)......................................................................................108
GPTTransducerplugconnections............................................................................109
12-pinAmphenolplug..............................................................................................109
OPERATINGPROCEDURES.......................................................111
Choosingoperatingmodeandkeytransmitparameters......................................................113
SelectingNormalmode..............................................................................................113
SelectingInactivemode.............................................................................................114
SelectingReplaymode...............................................................................................115
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SelectingAdvancedSequencingmode.......................................................................116
Verifyingthatthebottomiscorrectlydetected..........................................................117
Deningtheping(transmission)modes.....................................................................119
Transmittingsinglepings..........................................................................................120
Transmittingwithxed-timeintervals......................................................................121
SwitchingbetweenADCPandechosounderoperation............................................122
Openingthecontext-sensitiveonlinehelp................................................................123
Controllingthegainandrangesettings..............................................................................124
Adjustingtheminimumlevel(echosensitivity).......................................................124
AdjustingtheTVG(TimeVariableGain)setting.....................................................125
ChoosingRangeandStartRangevaluesinasurface-relatedechogram..................126
ChoosingRangeandStartRangevaluesinabottom-relatedechogram..................128
Deningtheenvironmentalsettings...................................................................................130
Conguringtheenvironmentalparameters...............................................................130
Deningthesoundspeedclosetothetransducer......................................................131
Loadingasoundspeedprole...................................................................................132
Settinguptheinputfromasoundspeedsensor........................................................132
Recordingandreplayingrawechodata..............................................................................135
Deningtherawdatarecordingparameters..............................................................135
Recordingrawdata....................................................................................................137
SelectingReplaymode..............................................................................................139
Choosingwhichrawdatale(s)toreplay.................................................................140
Locatingtherawdatalestodelete,moveorcopythem.........................................141
Deningthedepthrangeforrawdatarecording.......................................................142
ReducingtherawdatalesizesduringCWrecording.............................................143
Disablingtheautomaticechogramhistoryrecording................................................144
Recordingandexportingprocessedechodata....................................................................146
Deningtheprocesseddatarecordingparameters....................................................146
DeningrecordingformatsforADCPnetCDFoutputs............................................148
Recordingprocesseddata..........................................................................................150
Locatingtheprocesseddatalestodelete,moveorcopythem...............................152
Settingupdepthoutputtoanexternalsystem...........................................................153
Exportingsensordatatoaperipheralsystem............................................................155
Savingandrecallingscreencaptures..................................................................................157
Savingascreencapture.............................................................................................157
Recallingsingleechogramscreencaptureimages....................................................158
Accessingthescreencaptureimagestodelete,moveorcopythem.........................159
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Capturingthedisplaypresentationinvideoles................................................................161
Capturingthedisplaypresentationinavideole.....................................................161
Selectingwheretosavethevideoles......................................................................162
Settinguptheechogrampresentation.................................................................................163
Selectingwhichechogramtypetouse......................................................................163
Selectingechogramviewsonthebottombar............................................................165
Changingthesizeoftheechogramviews.................................................................166
Deningtheping(transmission)modes....................................................................167
Choosingthecoloursusedtopresenttheechograms................................................168
AdjustingtheTVGintheEchogramdialogbox.......................................................170
Selectingthehorizontalscaleintheechograms........................................................171
Addingscalelabelstotheechograms.......................................................................173
Addinghorizontaldepthlinestotheechograms.......................................................174
Monitoringthebiomassintheechogram..................................................................175
Enhancingthebottomcontourintheechograms......................................................176
Addingverticalmarkerlinestotheechogram..........................................................177
Addingautomatictrawllinestotheechogrampresentation.....................................178
Addingmanualtrawllinestotheechogrampresentation.........................................179
Addingcommentsandannotationstotheechograms...............................................180
Addingasingletextcommenttotheechogram........................................................182
Monitoringthesurveyoperationsfromaclientcomputer........................................183
Usingtheinformationpanestocollectdatafromtheechoes.............................................185
Increasingthevisibilityoftheinformationpanes.....................................................185
Retrievingthelatestechogramhistory......................................................................186
Disablingtheautomaticechogramhistoryrecording................................................187
Changingthecolourscaleintheechopresentations.................................................188
OpeningtheDepthinformationpanetoreadthecurrentdepth................................190
Investigatingthebottomcharacteristics....................................................................191
ChangingthecalculationparametersfortheTSHistograminformation
pane.......................................................................................................................192
Investigatingthebiomass..........................................................................................193
ChangingthecalculationparametersfortheBiomassinformationpane..................194
CreatingaSv(f)informationpanewithechodatafrommultiplechannels...............195
Monitoringthenumericalinformationinadepthlayer............................................197
UsingtheZoominformationpanetostudydetailsintheechogram.........................199
Monitoringthesupplyvoltage..................................................................................200
Workingwithdepthlayersintheechogramviews.............................................................202
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Creatinganewdepthlayer........................................................................................202
Modifyingthepropertiesofanexistingdepthlayer.................................................205
Deletingadepthlayer................................................................................................206
Monitoringthenumericalinformationinadepthlayer............................................208
ExploringwatervelocitiesusingADCP.............................................................................210
OpeningtheADCP(acousticDopplercurrentproler)informationpane...............210
IdentifyingthevesselheadingintheADCPinformationpane.................................212
Selectingcompassorientationforhorizontalwatervelocities..................................213
Controllingthescaleinthecompassrosepresentation.............................................214
Settingthevelocityvectorstotrueorrelativebearing..............................................215
Settingthecompassrosepresentationtotrueorrelativebearing.............................217
ProvidingverticalvelocityintheADCPinformationpane......................................218
Changingthespeedrangedisplayforverticalcurrentvelocity................................219
AdjustingtheADCPqualityparameters.............................................................................221
EnablingADCPqualityparameters..........................................................................221
ImprovingADCPdataqualityusinganerrorvelocitythresholdlimit.....................223
ImprovingADCPdataqualitywithacorrelationthresholdvalue............................224
ImprovingADCPdataqualitywithaPercentGoodthresholdvalue.......................225
SettinguptheADCPpresentation......................................................................................227
Selectingwhichvelocitymeasurement(ADCP)viewstopresent............................227
Selectingvelocitymeasurement(ADCP)viewsusingthebottombar.....................229
Changingthesizeoftheindividualvelocitymeasurement(ADCP)views..............230
Placingvelocitymeasurement(ADCP)viewsinaseparatewindow.......................231
Adjustingthecoloursinthevelocitymeasurement(ADCP)views..........................233
ReducingtherandomerrorsinADCPmeasurements...............................................234
SelectingthehorizontalscaleintheADCPviews....................................................235
AddingscalelabelstotheADCPviews....................................................................236
EnhancingthebottomcontourinADCPviews........................................................237
SettingthedrawingrangefortheADCPviews........................................................238
AddingverticalmarkerlinestotheADCPviews.....................................................240
AddingcommentsandannotationstoADCPviews.................................................241
AddingasingletextcommenttoanADCPview.....................................................242
Workingwithadvancedsequences.....................................................................................243
Creatinganadvancedsequence.................................................................................243
Editinganadvancedsequence...................................................................................245
Creatinganadvancedsequence—example.............................................................246
Uploadingandactivatinganadvancedsequence......................................................248
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Deactivatinganadvancedsequence..........................................................................249
Workingwithpings,pinggroupsandensembles...............................................................250
Deningaping..........................................................................................................250
Creatingapinggroup................................................................................................251
Creatingensembles....................................................................................................253
Settinguppresentationmodesandviews...........................................................................255
Placingechogramchannelsinseparatewindowsonmultipledisplays....................255
Rearrangingthelayoutoftheechopresentations.....................................................256
Movingaviewtoanotherdisplay.............................................................................257
Restoringthelocationsandsizesoftheviews..........................................................258
RearrangingthetabsatthebottomoftheEK80presentation...................................259
CreatingpersonalizedviewsbyaddinganewtabtothebottomoftheEK80
presentation...........................................................................................................260
Removingpersonalizedpresentations.......................................................................261
Deningsettingsrelatedtouserpreferencesandindividualcustomizing..........................262
Reducingthelightemittedfromthedisplaypresentation.........................................262
Increasingthevisibilityoftheinformationpanes.....................................................263
EnablingCoordinatedUniversalTime(UTC)onthebottombar.............................264
Selectingtheinformationtoappearonthetopbar...................................................265
Selectingwhichtooltipstoappearintheuserinterface............................................266
Changingthecolourpalette("skin")usedinthedisplaypresentations....................266
Selectingmenulanguage...........................................................................................267
Selectingmeasurementunits.....................................................................................268
Saving,retrievingandhandlingusersettings.....................................................................269
Savingthecurrentusersettings.................................................................................269
Choosingpreviouslysavedusersettings...................................................................270
Renamingexistingusersettings................................................................................271
Deletingusersettingsthatarenolongerused...........................................................272
Choosingfactorydefaultsettings..............................................................................273
Adjustingthetransceiverparameters..................................................................................274
Checkingand/oreditingthetransceiverparameters.................................................274
SelectingPassivetransceivermode..........................................................................275
Adjustingtheoutputpower.......................................................................................276
Adjustingthepulseduration......................................................................................277
Deningthefrequencysweep(chirp)withineachtransmission..............................278
DeningthepulsetypefortheEK80transmissions.................................................279
Increasingthedetectionofsmalltargetsmaskedbystrongerechoes.......................280
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SwitchingbetweenADCPandechosounderoperation............................................281
AdjustingthespecictransceiverparametersforADCPoperation..........................282
Measuringthenoiseinpassivemode........................................................................283
Interfacingperipheralequipment........................................................................................285
Installingnavigationsensorsandothersensors........................................................285
DeningtheserialandEthernet(LAN)portparameters..........................................287
Settinguptheinputfromanavigationsystem(GPS)...............................................288
Conguringthesensorpriority..................................................................................291
SettingupaserialorLAN(Ethernet)portforannotationinput...............................293
ConnectingacatchmonitoringsystemtoaserialorLAN(Ethernet)port...............295
ConnectingatrawlsystemtoaserialorLAN(Ethernet)port..................................297
Settinguptheinputfromamotionsensor................................................................299
Settinguptheinputfromasoundspeedsensor........................................................301
Settingupdepthoutputtoanexternalsystem...........................................................303
Exportingsensordatatoaperipheralsystem............................................................305
SynchronizingtheEK80bymeansofaserialport...................................................306
SynchronizingtheEK80systembymeansoftheAuxiliaryport.............................309
SettinguptheinterfacebetweentheEK80andtheKongsbergTD50.......................311
Installingtransducersandtransceiverchannelsintheuserinterface.................................313
DeningtheIPaddressontheProcessingUnitnetworkadapterfor
communicationwiththetransceiver.....................................................................313
Installingoneormoretransducers............................................................................315
Installingtowedbodytransducers.............................................................................318
Installingthetransduceronadropkeel.....................................................................321
Installingtransceiverchannels..................................................................................323
Installingmultiplexedtransceiverchannels..............................................................326
Disconnectingtransceiverchannels..........................................................................328
InstallinganADCPtransceiverintheuserinterface..........................................................330
Summaryofprocedures.............................................................................................330
ObtainingandinstallingthesoftwarelicenseforEC150-3C....................................332
DeningtheIPaddressontheProcessingUnitnetworkadapterfor
communicationwiththeEC150-3C.....................................................................334
InstallinganADCPtransceiverasatransceiverchannel..........................................336
DeningtheEC150-3Cinstallationparameters........................................................338
SwitchingbetweenADCPandechosounderoperation............................................340
AdjustingthespecictransceiverparametersforADCPoperation..........................341
SettinguptheEK80systemforsynchronizedoperation....................................................343
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