Kongsberg Simrad EK80 User manual

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•Document:ReferenceManual
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•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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Aboutsynchronization..............................................................................................343
Synchronizationmodes.............................................................................................344
SynchronizationusingClearToSend(CTS)andRequestToSend(RTS)
signals...................................................................................................................345
Synchronizationsequences........................................................................................345
SynchronizingtheEK80bymeansofaserialport...................................................346
SynchronizingtheEK80systembymeansoftheAuxiliaryport.............................349
Selectingsynchronizationmode................................................................................351
Serialportsynchronizationsignalling.......................................................................353
Auxiliaryportsynchronizationsignalling.................................................................353
Selectingsynchronizationport..................................................................................356
Installingandmaintainingsoftware....................................................................................357
InstallingtheEK80operatingsoftware.....................................................................357
Obtainingandinstallingthesoftwarelicense............................................................358
DeningtheIPaddressontheProcessingUnitnetworkadapterfor
communicationwiththetransceiver.....................................................................360
UpgradingtheEK80operatingsoftware...................................................................362
Movingthesoftwarelicensefromonecomputertoanother.....................................363
RemovingtheEK80operatingsoftware...................................................................364
Checkingthecurrentsoftwareversion......................................................................366
Upgradingthesoftwareonthetransceiver................................................................366
MaintainingtheEK80system.............................................................................................369
Checkingtransceiverandtransducersettings...........................................................369
Monitoringthesupplyvoltage..................................................................................371
Updatingtheonlinehelpsystem...............................................................................373
Addingonlinehelpinanewlanguage......................................................................374
Accessingandretrievingmessagelogles...............................................................376
CheckingthetransducerbymeansoftheDiagnosticsfunctionality........................377
Inspectingandcleaningthetransducerface..............................................................379
Paintingthetransducerface......................................................................................380
Rulesfortransducerhandling....................................................................................382
InstallingandtroubleshootingNetworkTimeProtocol(NTP)..........................................384
InstallingNetworkTimeProtocol(NTP)..................................................................384
InstallingNetworkTimeProtocol(NTP)monitor....................................................389
TroubleshootingtheNetworkTimeProtocol(NTP)service....................................394
Noisemeasurementsatsea.................................................................................................395
SetuptheEK80fornoisemeasurements..................................................................395
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Measuringnoiseinpassiveoperatingmode..............................................................397
Makinganoise/speedcurvetodeterminevesselnoise.............................................399
Collectingandcheckingnoisedata...........................................................................401
CALIBRATIONPROCEDURES....................................................405
USERINTERFACE.....................................................................406
Userinterfacefamiliarization.............................................................................................407
Topbar................................................................................................................................409
Topbaroverview.......................................................................................................409
Logoandproductname.............................................................................................410
Menu...........................................................................................................................411
ScreenRecording.......................................................................................................411
ScreenCapture..........................................................................................................412
Recordindicatordescription.....................................................................................412
Event..........................................................................................................................413
Informationpanesoverview......................................................................................414
Navigationalinformation..........................................................................................416
Messages...................................................................................................................423
Helpbuttondescription.............................................................................................423
Operatingsystemfunctions.......................................................................................424
Informationpanes...............................................................................................................425
Recordinginformationpanedescription...................................................................425
Historyinformationpanedescription........................................................................427
ColourScaleinformationpanedescription...............................................................429
Depthinformationpanedescription..........................................................................431
BottomHardnessinformationpanedescription........................................................433
TSHistograminformationpanedescription.............................................................434
TargetPositioninformationpane..............................................................................436
TS(f)informationpanedescription...........................................................................438
Biomassinformationpanedescription......................................................................441
Sv(f)informationpanedescription............................................................................443
Numericalinformationpanedescription...................................................................445
Zoominformationpanedescription..........................................................................454
TransceiverPowerSupplyinformationpanedescription..........................................457
ADCPinformationpane............................................................................................458
ExternalSensorsinformationpane............................................................................463
Echogramviews..................................................................................................................465
Abouttheechogramviews........................................................................................465
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Surfaceechogramdescription...................................................................................467
Bottomechogramdescription...................................................................................469
Pelagicechogramdescription....................................................................................472
Trawlechogramdescription......................................................................................474
Velocitymeasurement(ADCP)views................................................................................478
Aboutthevelocitymeasurement(ADCP)views......................................................478
BeamVelocityviews.................................................................................................480
VesselVelocityviews................................................................................................482
GeoVelocityviews....................................................................................................484
Backscatterviews......................................................................................................486
Correlationviews......................................................................................................488
ErrorV elocityview....................................................................................................490
PercentGoodview....................................................................................................492
Linesandmarkers...............................................................................................................494
Annotationmarkersdescription................................................................................494
BottomLinedescription............................................................................................495
Labelsdescription......................................................................................................496
ScaleLinesdescription..............................................................................................497
TrawlLinedescription..............................................................................................498
VerticalTickdescription............................................................................................499
WhiteLinedescription..............................................................................................500
BiomassLinedescription..........................................................................................501
TheEK80menusystem......................................................................................................503
Bottombardescription........................................................................................................505
Replaybardescription........................................................................................................506
Workingwithdepthlayers..................................................................................................507
Screencapturebrowserdescription....................................................................................510
Context-sensitiveonlinehelp...............................................................................................511
MENUSYSTEM.........................................................................512
Aboutthemenusandmenubuttons....................................................................................513
Usingthe“smart”menubuttons.........................................................................................514
Mainmenu..........................................................................................................................516
Operationmenu...................................................................................................................517
Displaymenu......................................................................................................................520
Setupmenu.........................................................................................................................522
Activemenu........................................................................................................................528
Extrasmenu........................................................................................................................534
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FUNCTIONSANDDIALOGBOXES.............................................539
Mainmenu:functionsanddialogboxes.............................................................................540
UserSettingsdialogbox............................................................................................540
Rangefunction..........................................................................................................543
StartRangefunction..................................................................................................544
MinimumLevelfunction...........................................................................................546
Operationmenu:functionsanddialogboxes.....................................................................549
Operationfunction.....................................................................................................549
NormalOperationdialogbox....................................................................................552
SelectSequencefunction...........................................................................................559
Pingfunction.............................................................................................................560
PingModefunction...................................................................................................561
PingIntervalfunction................................................................................................562
RecordRAWfunction...............................................................................................563
RecordProcessedfunction........................................................................................566
Outputdialogbox......................................................................................................569
Displaymenu:functionsanddialogboxes.........................................................................570
ScreenBrightnessfunction........................................................................................570
Transparencyfunction...............................................................................................571
DisplayOptionsdialogbox.......................................................................................572
ColourSetupdialogbox............................................................................................572
DockingViewsfunction............................................................................................574
Setupmenu:functionsanddialogboxes............................................................................577
Environmentdialogbox............................................................................................577
ManualAnnotationdialogbox..................................................................................578
Calibrationfunction...................................................................................................579
CalculationIntervaldialogbox.................................................................................581
AdvancedSequencingdialogbox.............................................................................583
Installationdialogbox...............................................................................................585
Languagefunction.....................................................................................................586
Diagnosticsdialogbox..............................................................................................587
Aboutdialogbox.......................................................................................................588
Activemenu:functionsanddialogboxes...........................................................................590
ADCPColourSpanfunction.....................................................................................591
PingAveragefunction...............................................................................................593
TVG(TimeVariableGain)functionTVG(TimeVariableGain)function................594
Echogramdialogbox.................................................................................................596
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BeamDirectionfunction...........................................................................................597
NewLayerdialogbox...............................................................................................598
LayerPropertiesdialogbox......................................................................................603
DeleteLayerfunction................................................................................................608
BottomDetectiondialogbox....................................................................................609
SingleTargetDetectiondialogbox............................................................................611
InformationPaneOptionsdialogbox.......................................................................615
CombinedViewSettings...........................................................................................616
ADCPViewSettingsdialogbox...............................................................................617
ADCPEditingdialogbox..........................................................................................617
Secondaryfunctionsanddialogboxes................................................................................621
ReplayFiledialogbox..............................................................................................621
PresentationModesdialogbox.................................................................................624
AddWindowdialogbox............................................................................................625
LANPortSetupdialogbox.......................................................................................626
SerialPortSetupdialogbox......................................................................................628
PortMonitordialogbox............................................................................................630
AddSerialPortdialogbox........................................................................................632
Messagesdialogbox.................................................................................................633
TransducerParametersdialogbox............................................................................635
PagesintheOutputdialogbox...........................................................................................639
FileSetuppage..........................................................................................................639
I/OSetuppage...........................................................................................................643
ProcessedDatatoOutputpage..................................................................................647
ProcessedDatatoFilepage.......................................................................................651
RelayOutputpage.....................................................................................................656
ScreenRecordingpage..............................................................................................658
PagesintheDisplayOptionsdialogbox............................................................................659
Generalpage..............................................................................................................660
Tooltippage...............................................................................................................663
PagesintheEnvironmentdialogbox.................................................................................664
WaterColumnpage...................................................................................................664
TransducerFacepage................................................................................................667
Prolepage................................................................................................................668
PagesintheAdvancedSequencingdialogbox..................................................................670
Pingpage...................................................................................................................672
PingGrouppage........................................................................................................678
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Ensemblepage...........................................................................................................680
Sequencepage...........................................................................................................681
PagesintheInstallationdialogbox....................................................................................684
TransducerInstallationpage......................................................................................685
Transceiverpages......................................................................................................692
TransceiverInstallationpage.....................................................................................693
TransceiverIPAddresspage.....................................................................................702
SensorInstallationpage.............................................................................................705
SensorCongurationpage........................................................................................710
Synchronizationpage................................................................................................713
Unitspage..................................................................................................................716
Trawlpage.................................................................................................................718
Annotationspage.......................................................................................................719
RemoteControlpage.................................................................................................721
RemoteControl:ApplicationInformationpage.......................................................723
RemoteControl:AsServerpage..............................................................................724
ClientServerCongurationpage..............................................................................725
WebAPICongurationpage.....................................................................................726
SoftwareLicensepage...............................................................................................727
PagesintheCalibrationWizard..........................................................................................730
CalibrationWizarddialogbox#1.............................................................................730
CalibrationWizarddialogbox#2.............................................................................731
ADCPCalibrationpages...........................................................................................732
TSCalibrationpages.................................................................................................747
PagesintheDiagnosticsdialogbox...................................................................................786
Processorpage...........................................................................................................787
Sensorspage..............................................................................................................789
Transceiverpage........................................................................................................791
Transducerpage.........................................................................................................793
Noisepage.................................................................................................................795
PingTimeMonitorpage............................................................................................798
PagesintheInformationPaneOptionsdialogbox.............................................................800
BottomDetectiondialogbox....................................................................................800
SingleTargetDetectiondialogbox...........................................................................803
CalculationIntervaldialogbox.................................................................................807
ColourScalepage......................................................................................................809
TSHistogrampage.....................................................................................................811
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Sv(f)page..................................................................................................................813
TS(f)page..................................................................................................................814
ADCPpage................................................................................................................814
ExternalSensorspage...............................................................................................817
PagesintheEchogramdialogbox......................................................................................819
Linespage..................................................................................................................819
Echogrampage..........................................................................................................822
HorizontalAxispage.................................................................................................826
PagesintheADCPViewSettingsdialogbox....................................................................827
HorizontalAxispage.................................................................................................828
Linespage..................................................................................................................829
ViewSelectionpage..................................................................................................832
CONCEPTDESCRIPTIONS........................................................835
Vesselcoordinatesystem....................................................................................................836
Vesselcoordinatesystemandrotationangles.....................................................................838
Aboutramping....................................................................................................................839
Soundspeedalgorithms......................................................................................................840
Absorptionalgorithm..........................................................................................................841
Observationrangeversusoperationalfrequency................................................................842
Aboutbottomechoes..........................................................................................................844
Aboutsoundwavepropagation..........................................................................................845
Whatissampling?...............................................................................................................846
Acousticnoise.....................................................................................................................848
Contributingfactors...................................................................................................848
Selfnoise...................................................................................................................850
Ambientnoise............................................................................................................853
Fishinggearnoise......................................................................................................853
Electricalselfnoise...................................................................................................853
AcousticDopplercurrentproler.......................................................................................855
ADCPIntroduction....................................................................................................855
Dopplershift..............................................................................................................857
Depthcells.................................................................................................................858
Currentvelocity.........................................................................................................859
ADCPdata.................................................................................................................860
Pingaverageusingslidingaverage...........................................................................862
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Aboutthismanual
Thepurposeofthispublicationistoprovidethedescriptions,proceduresanddetailed
parameterexplanationsrequiredtoallowforsafeandefcientuseoftheEK80system.
Thepublicationalsoprovidesyouwithathoroughunderstandingoftheparametersand
adjustmentsprovidedbytheEK80system.
Targetaudience
ThispublicationisintendedforallusersoftheEK80system.Duetothenatureofthe
descriptionsandthelevelofdetailprovidedbythispublication,itiswellsuitedforthose
whoare-orwishtobe-expertusers.Thismanualisareferencebook,andassuchitisnot
intendedforsequentialreading.Usethetableofcontent,theindex,thesearchfunctionality
aswellastheinteractivelinkstoseekouttheinformationyouneedwhenyouneedit.
Agoodunderstandingofsystemfunctionsandcontrolsisessentialtofullytakeadvantage
ofthefunctionalityprovided.Seaconditionsvary,sometimesdrastically.Theacoustic
conditionsarealsochanging.Temperatureandsalinitylayersdifferfromonedaytothe
next,andfromonepositiontoanother.Itisnotpossibletoidentifysettingsthatwill
providethebestdataatalltimes.Acarefulstudyoftheinformationinthismanualishighly
recommended,preferablywhileexploringthefunctionalityofferedbytheEK80system.
Weassumethatyouarefamiliarwiththebasicacousticprinciplesofsoundinwater.We
alsoexpectthatyouhavesomeexperiencewithmultibeam,split-beamand/orsingle-beam
echosoundersinscienticapplications.
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system.Everythingyoucanreadinthispublicationcanalsobefoundintheonlinehelp.
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