Kongsberg Simrad EM 300 User manual

EM 300
Multibeam echo sounder
Base version
Operator manual

KongsbergSimradEM300
Multibeam echo sounder
Operation manual - Base version
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Operator manual
Note
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However, our equipment is continuously being improved and updated, so we cannot assume liability for any
errors which may occur.
Warning
The equipment to which this manual applies must only be used for the purpose for which it was designed.
Improper use or maintenance may cause damage to the equipment or injury to personnel. The user must be
familiar with the contents of the appropriate manuals before attempting to install, operate or maintain the
equipment.
Kongsberg Simrad AS disclaims any responsibility for damage or injury caused by improper installation, use or
maintenance of the equipment.
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Sections
This book is the Operation manual manual for the Kongsberg Simrad EM 300 multibeam
echo sounder. It describes how to use the various applications installed on the EM 300
workstation.
1 System description page 1
2 Operational procedures page 6
3 EM 300 Launchpad commands page 62
4 Setup for EM 300 page 108
5I/Ointerfaces page 149
6 Ping Display page 162
7SurveyDisplay page 188
8GridDisplay page 236
9 Bridge and Helmsman Display page 254
10 Calibration page 264
11 Crosslines page 287
12 Planning page 287
13 Sonar Image page 317
14 Seabed Viewer page 326
15 Sound Speed Profile Editor page 333
16 Technical reference page 350
17 Main index page 380

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Remarks
References
Further information about the EM 300 system may be found in the following manuals:
•EM 300 Installation manual
•EM 300 Maintenance manual
•Em Series software installation
•EM 300 Software Release Note
The reader
This operator manual is intended to be used by the system operator. He/she should be
experienced in the operation of positioning systems, or should have attended a Kongsberg
Simrad training course.

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Table of Contents
1 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION 1..................................
Introduction 1.............................................
Key features 1.............................................
1.1 Characteristics 4............................................
Main units 4..............................................
Transducer arrays 4........................................
Transceiver Unit 5.........................................
Operator Station 5.........................................
2 OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES 6...........................
2.1 Introduction 6..............................................
2.2 Operational summary 7......................................
2.3 Starting the EM 300 8.......................................
Power on 8...............................................
Software initialization 8.....................................
Launchpad introduction 9...................................
2.4 Planning and calibration 9....................................
Survey plan 9.............................................
Calibration 10..............................................
2.5 Installation and runtime parameters 10...........................
Installation parameters 10....................................
Adjustment and synchronization 10.............................
To check the water level setting 11.............................
Sound speed profile retrieval 11...............................
Maximum and minimum depth 12..............................
Check the primary settings 13.................................
2.6 To start “pinging” 13.........................................
Start the echo sounder 13.....................................
Check the external sensors 14.................................
Check the basic operation 14..................................
Identifying survey and operator names 14........................
To prepare logging 16.......................................
To prepare logging of optional data 17..........................
To export data 17...........................................
2.7 Running the survey 17........................................
To retrieve a planned job 17...................................
To start and stop logging 18...................................

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To monitor the progress 19...................................
File backup, deletion and restore procedures 19...................
2.8 Closing down the EM 300 22..................................
Software 22...............................................
Hardware units 23..........................................
2.9 Initial setup 24..............................................
Software updates 24.........................................
To access the basic installation parameters 24.....................
To change the password 25...................................
To define the locations of the sensors 25.........................
To define the position delay 26................................
To define the motion sensor delay 27...........................
To define sensor offsets 27....................................
To define the Transceiver Unit interfaces 27......................
To define the Operator Station interfaces 27......................
To set the clock 28..........................................
2.10 Unix, Motif and CDE information 29............................
Introduction 29.............................................
Mouse and window operations 30..............................
Common Desktop Environment (CDE) 37.......................
2.11 Common Kongsberg Simrad functions 39.........................
Introduction 39.............................................
Geographical areas 40.......................................
File 41...................................................
File selection 41............................................
Plot 43...................................................
Tool bar 48................................................
View procedures 50.........................................
Special mouse operations 52..................................
2.12 The Survey Display and the graphical utilities 55...................
Introduction 55.............................................
Start and stop 55............................................
Graphical window functions 55................................
Ping Display 56............................................
To start the Survey Display utilities 56..........................
Grid Display 56............................................
Bridge and Helmsman Display 57..............................
The Planning module 58.....................................
Sonar Image 58............................................

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Seabed Viewer 58...........................................
SSP Editor 58..............................................
2.13 System self test 60...........................................
3 EM 300 LAUNCHPAD & STATUS DISPLAY 62..............
3.1 Introduction 62..............................................
3.2 The launchpad 63............................................
Introduction 63.............................................
Operator Station 64.........................................
Echo sounder 65............................................
Sensors... 67...............................................
Sounder & Logging 68.......................................
Workspace 69..............................................
Programs 70...............................................
Survey 73.................................................
File 76...................................................
Layout and configuration 89..................................
Options 92................................................
3.3 Status Display 100............................................
Overview 100...............................................
Echo sounder 100............................................
Operator Station 102.........................................
Sensors 105................................................
4 EM 300 OPERATION MENUS 107............................
4.1 Introduction 107..............................................
Purpose 107................................................
Access 107.................................................
4.2 Organization and main menu 108................................
Purpose 108................................................
Main menu 108.............................................
File 108...................................................
Show 109..................................................
Help 109...................................................
4.3 Runtime Menu 110............................................
Overview 110...............................................
Sounder Main 110...........................................
Sector Coverage 114.........................................
Sound Speed 116............................................
Filtering 119................................................
Absorption Coefficient 122....................................

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Seabed Imaging 122..........................................
4.4 Installation Menu 124.........................................
Overview 124...............................................
Main menu 124.............................................
TRU Input Interfaces 126......................................
Positioning Systems 128......................................
Active Systems 131..........................................
Active Pos Filtering 131......................................
Motion Sensor 132...........................................
Stand-Alone Heading Sensor 134...............................
Clock 135..................................................
Misc. External trigging 136....................................
Sensor Location 136..........................................
Installation Angles 138.......................................
System Parameters 138.......................................
4.5 Manual Control 140...........................................
Overview 140...............................................
Manual Control 140..........................................
4.6 Simulator 143................................................
Overview 143...............................................
How it works 143............................................
Simulator 143...............................................
4.7 Built--In Self Test 145.........................................
Overview 145...............................................
Execute All 145.............................................
BIST Options 146...........................................
Message field 148...........................................
5 I/O INTERFACES 149........................................
5.1 Overview 149................................................
5.2 I/O functions 150.............................................
5.3 Menu commands 152..........................................
File 152...................................................
Edit 152...................................................
Probe 152..................................................
Edit menu 153..............................................
5.4 Probe 154...................................................
Probe Controls 154...........................................
Sound Speed Profile Input 154.................................
SV & P Smart Probe Profile Input 155...........................

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5.5 Operational Procedures 155.....................................
SV Plus Probe Input 157......................................
6 PING DISPLAY 162...........................................
6.1 Purpose 162.................................................
6.2 Overview 162................................................
Main menu 162.............................................
Crosstrack Display 163.......................................
Beam Intensity 164..........................................
Waterfall 165...............................................
Scope display 165...........................................
CDD Display - Colour Coded Depth Display 166...................
Time Based Displays 167......................................
6.3 Operational procedures 169.....................................
Windows 169...............................................
Start and exit 169............................................
Common display controls 169..................................
Special display controls 171...................................
Popup Parameter Selection 172.................................
Common Parameters 173......................................
Display controls 177.........................................
6.4 Command references 179.......................................
Introduction 179.............................................
File 180...................................................
Options 180................................................
Displays 187................................................
Help 187...................................................
7 SURVEY DISPLAY 188........................................
7.1 Introduction 188..............................................
Purpose 188................................................
Main window and menu bar 188................................
Main menu commands 189....................................
7.2 File 191....................................................
Overview 191...............................................
Plot 191...................................................
Import DAF contours 191.....................................
Exit 191...................................................
7.3 Edit 194....................................................
Overview 194...............................................
Reset selection 195...........................................

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Keep function 196...........................................
Position 197................................................
Distance 198................................................
New Display Area 199........................................
Resize Display Area 199......................................
7.4 View 200...................................................
Overview 200...............................................
Annotation Colours 201.......................................
Show/Hide 203..............................................
Colour mapping 205..........................................
Contour priority 209..........................................
Lat/Long Format 210.........................................
Data choice 211.............................................
Update view area 213.........................................
Redraw 213................................................
Vessel in centre 214..........................................
Update Interval 215..........................................
7.5 Options 216.................................................
Overview 216...............................................
Display 216................................................
7.6 Processing 217...............................................
Overview 217...............................................
Tape tool 220...............................................
Import/Export 228...........................................
Export lines 228.............................................
7.7 Planning 235................................................
Overview 235...............................................
8 GRID DISPLAY 236...........................................
8.1 Purpose 236.................................................
8.2 Main window 236............................................
Overview 236...............................................
Main menu 237.............................................
Graphic presentation 237......................................
Information bar 238..........................................
Tool bar 238................................................
8.3 Operational procedures 239.....................................
Purpose 239................................................
Start and exit 239............................................
8.4 Command references 244.......................................

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Introduction 244.............................................
File 245...................................................
View 247..................................................
Make Contour 249...........................................
Contour Labels At 250........................................
Shading parameters 251.......................................
Grid/Cell 251...............................................
Create Grid 252.............................................
Grid cell size 252............................................
9 BRIDGE AND HELMSMAN DISPLAY 254.....................
9.1 Purpose 254.................................................
9.2 Main window 254............................................
9.3 Operational procedures 256.....................................
Windows 256...............................................
Start and exit 256............................................
Common view procedures 257..................................
Show/Hide settings 257.......................................
9.4 Command references 261.......................................
Introduction 261.............................................
File 261...................................................
Edit 262...................................................
View 263..................................................
10 CALIBRATION 264...........................................
10.1 Introduction 264..............................................
Purpose 264................................................
Main window and menu bar 265................................
10.2 Calibration survey 267.........................................
Introduction 267.............................................
Determining a suitable calibration area 267........................
Roll offset in the acrosstrack direction 269........................
Pitch offset and time delay 270.................................
Heading offset 270...........................................
Verification 273.............................................
Sound speed quality inspection 274..............................
10.3 Command references 276.......................................
Overview 276...............................................
File 276...................................................
10.4 Edit 277....................................................
Overview 277...............................................

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Pitch Calibration 280.........................................
Roll Calibration 280..........................................
Compass Calibration 280......................................
Calibration profile windows 281................................
10.5 View 285...................................................
Overview 285...............................................
Help 286...................................................
11 CROSSLINES 287.............................................
11.1 Introduction 287..............................................
11.2 Operational Procedures 288.....................................
To start a new crossline 288....................................
To save a crossline 288.......................................
To delete a crossline 288......................................
To move a crossline 288.......................................
To move a point 288..........................................
To change the crossline corridor width 288........................
To assign a sound velocity profile to a crossline 289................
11.3 Crosslines menu 290..........................................
Overview 290...............................................
New Crossline 290...........................................
Delete Crossline 290.........................................
Move Line 290..............................................
Move point 290.............................................
Change width of selected crosslines 290..........................
Save crosslines 291..........................................
Start display Crosslines 291....................................
11.4 Crosslines window 292........................................
Overview 292...............................................
File 293...................................................
Edit 293...................................................
View 294..................................................
12 PLANNING 296...............................................
12.1 Introduction 296..............................................
12.2 Survey planning 298..........................................
Introduction 298.............................................
12.3 Operational procedures 300.....................................
12.4 Command references 303.......................................
Introduction 303.............................................
Jobs 304...................................................

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Print 306...................................................
Lines 307..................................................
Polygons 312...............................................
Activate line 315............................................
Deactivate line 315...........................................
Select all lines 315...........................................
Export selected lines 315......................................
Import planned points from BinStat 315..........................
13 SONAR IMAGE 317...........................................
13.1 Purpose 317.................................................
13.2 Sonar Image windows 317......................................
The parameter window 317....................................
The sidescan window 318.....................................
13.3 Operational procedures 319.....................................
To start the Sonar Image 319...................................
To exit Sonar Image 319......................................
To select a line in Replay mode 319.............................
13.4 Command references 320.......................................
Overview 320...............................................
Parameter settings 320........................................
14 SEABED VIEWER 326.........................................
14.1 Purpose and description 326....................................
14.2 Main window 326............................................
14.3 Operational procedures 327.....................................
To start the Seabed Viewer 327.................................
To exit the Seabed Viewer 327..................................
To open a file for replay 327...................................
Playback control 327.........................................
Replay speed 327............................................
Amplitude control 328........................................
Swath width control 328......................................
Colour control 328...........................................
14.4 Command references 329.......................................
Introduction 329.............................................
File 329...................................................
14.5 Options 330.................................................
Overview 330...............................................
Parameters 330..............................................
Realtime Mode 332..........................................

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Playback Mode 332..........................................
15 SOUND SPEED PROFILE EDITOR 333.......................
15.1 Purpose and overview 333......................................
15.2 Main window 333............................................
Basic window elements 333....................................
The menu bar 333............................................
The Edit area 334............................................
The Command area 335.......................................
Communication area 336......................................
Mouse operation 336.........................................
15.3 File formats 336..............................................
15.4 Operational procedures 337.....................................
Windows 337...............................................
Start and exit 337............................................
Open, create and save 337.....................................
Modify and delete 338........................................
15.5 Command references 341.......................................
Introduction 341.............................................
File 341...................................................
Edit 344...................................................
Options 346................................................
16 TECHNICAL REFERENCES 350...............................
16.1 Introduction 350..............................................
16.2 Technical specifications 351....................................
List of units and main subunits 351..............................
Interfaces 351...............................................
Physical properties 352.......................................
Power requirements 353.......................................
Restrictions for use - limitations 353.............................
Surface finish 353...........................................
Operating and storage temperature 353...........................
System performance data 353..................................
16.3 Bottom Detection 355.........................................
Conventional techniques 355...................................
Advanced techniques 356......................................
EM 300 solution 357.........................................
16.4 Error sources 358.............................................
General 358................................................
Echo sounder errors 359.......................................

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Motion errors 360............................................
Sound speed errors 361.......................................
16.5 Range capability 366..........................................
16.6 Technical background on echo sounder parameters 368...............
16.7 The vessel coordinate system 369................................
16.8 Timing 371..................................................
Introduction 371.............................................
Active Position Filtering 371...................................
Internal clock 372............................................
Time stamping 373...........................................
16.9 Sound speed formulas 376......................................
16.10Absorption coefficient 378......................................
17 MAIN INDEX 380.............................................

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References
(The information on this page is intended for internal use)
Documents
Sect Title Loc. File P. n o / R e v
0Complete manual AA000 160719 /F
Document history
Rev.A Original issue.
Rev.B Major update. Manual changed from a modular book to contain a sing-
le document. New TOC, new Index party implemented. All contents
checked and updated to conform with the new software version, al-
though some information is still missing. Refer to 160719B
Rev.C Minor update. Several changes to the “Datagram formats” chapter”,
but only small corrections to other chapters. Refer to EM 160719C.
Rev.D Minor update. Sound speed quality inspection added to Calibration.
Software changes to I/O Interfaces Import DAF contours added to
Survey Display. Menu options corrected to software changes. Tape
Tool removed. Crosslines added. Updated Launchpad information.
Rev.E General update
Rev.F General update for Sw release 5.1u24 and higher.

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