Kongsberg Simrad ES80 User manual

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SimradEchosoundersystem
Calibratingthecurrentindicator
Instructionmanual
Thispublicationprovidesyouwiththebasicinformationrequiredto
calibratetheechosoundersystemforcurrentindicatormeasurements.
Thepublicationisvalidforthefollowingproducts:
•SimradES80
•SimradCP60
Thesoftwarelicensecontrolswhichproductyouhave.Theproduct
nameonthetopbarchangesaccordingly.
Caution
Youmustneverpermittheechosoundersystemtotransmit(ping)
whentheshipisinadrydock.Thetransducercanbedamagedifit
transmitsintheopenair.
Additionalend-userdocumentsrelatedtotheechosoundersystemcan
befoundonourwebsite.Thisincludespublicationsthataretranslated
intootherlanguages.SelectedpublicationsarealsoprovidedinIETM
(InteractiveElectronicTechnicalManual)formats.
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•DocumentISBNnumber:978-82-8066-247-7
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•Dateofissue:23August2023
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Tableofcontents
ABOUTTHISMANUAL..............................................................5
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................7
Aboutcurrentindicatorcalibration....................................................................................7
Calibrationsummary..........................................................................................................8
Supportinformation...........................................................................................................9
PREPARATIONS.....................................................................12
Calibratingthecurrentindicator......................................................................................12
Obtainingandinstallingthesoftwarelicenseforrawdatarecording.............................14
Selectingthelocationforcurrentindicatorcalibration....................................................15
Conguringtheenvironmentalparameters......................................................................16
Importingthewatertemperaturefromthetransducer.....................................................17
Conguringthesensorpriorityforcurrentindicatorcalibration.....................................18
Insertingtheinstallationparametersfortheglobalpositioningsystem(GPS)
antennaandthetransducer..........................................................................................20
Deningtheleandfoldersettingsforrawdatarecording............................................23
Deningthebottomdetectionparametersforthecalibration.........................................24
Preparingtheechosoundersystemforcurrentindicatorcalibration..............................26
CALIBRATINGTHECURRENTVELOCITYMEASURE-
MENTS...............................................................................28
Recordingrawdata..........................................................................................................28
Collectingdataforcurrentindicatorcalibration..............................................................29
Processingdataforcurrentindicatorcalibration.............................................................33
FUNCTIONSANDDIALOGBOXES...........................................35
Calibrationfunction.........................................................................................................35
CalibrationWizarddialogbox#1....................................................................................36
CalibrationWizarddialogbox#2....................................................................................37
CalibrationWizarddialogbox#3....................................................................................38
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Aboutthismanual
Thispublicationprovidesyouwiththebasicinformationrequiredtocalibratetheecho
soundersystemforcurrentindicatormeasurements.
Relevantproducts
Thispublicationprovidesyouwiththebasicinformationrequiredtocalibratetheecho
soundersystemforcurrentindicatormeasurements.Thepublicationisvalidforthe
followingproducts:
•SimradES80
•SimradCP60
Thesoftwarelicensecontrolswhichproductyouhave.Theproductnameonthetop
barchangesaccordingly.
Targetaudience
Calibratingtheechosoundersystemforvelocitymeasurementsensuresthattheaccuracy
ismaintained.Calibrationmustbetakenseriously.Toachievethebestresults,the
calibrationmustbeplannedanddonecarefully.Duetothenatureofthedescriptionsand
thelevelofdetailprovidedbythispublication,itiswellsuitedforthosewhoare-or
wishtobe-expertusers.
Agoodunderstandingofsystemfunctionsandcontrolsisessentialtofullytake
advantageofthefunctionalityprovided.
Softwareversion
Thispublicationwascreatedforthefollowingsoftwareversion:23.1.
Onlineinformation
Allend-usermanualsprovidedforoperationandinstallationofyourechosoundersystem
canbedownloadedfromourwebsite.Thisincludespublicationsthataretranslatedinto
otherlanguages.SelectedpublicationsarealsoprovidedinIETM(InteractiveElectronic
TechnicalManual)formats.Ourwebsitealsoprovidesinformationaboutotherproducts
fromKongsbergMaritime.
•www.kongsberg.com/sherysounder
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Licenseinformation
Theechosoundersystemisalicensedproduct.Toobtainalicense,contactyourlocal
dealer.
Thesoftwarelicensecontrolswhichproductyouhave.Theproductnameonthetop
barchangesaccordingly.
Registeredtrademarks
Observetheregisteredtrademarksthatapply.
Simrad®,SIMRAD®andtheSimrad®logoareeitherregisteredtrademarks,or
trademarksofKongsbergMaritimeASinNorwayandothercountries.
Windows®isaregisteredtrademarkofMicrosoftCorporationintheUnitedStatesand
othercountries.
Wewantyourfeedback
Wealwayswanttoimproveourproducts.Wealsowantourend-userdocumentationto
becomprehensiveandrelevant.Youcanhelp.Pleaseprovidecomments,suggestionsor
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Introduction
Topics
Aboutcurrentindicatorcalibration,page7
Calibrationsummary,page8
Supportinformation,page9
Aboutcurrentindicatorcalibration
Calibratingtheechosoundersystemforcurrentindicatormeasurementsensuresthatthe
accuracyismaintained.Calibrationmustbetakenseriously.Toachievethebestresults,
thecalibrationmustbeplannedanddonecarefully.
Note
Thecalibrationisimportantasitwillrevealinaccuraciesrelatedtothetransducer
alignment.Thecalibrationprocesswilldetectandmeasuresuchinaccuracies,andfeed
theinformationbackintotheechosoundersystem.Thiswillensureoptimalsystem
performanceaftercalibration.
Thecalibrationofthecurrentindicatorfunctionalityisnormallydoneatseaimmediately
afterleavingdrydock.Thecalibrationprocessrequiresyoutosetuptheechosounder
systemwithspecicsettings.Datacollectionisdonewhileusingaspecicsailing
patternthatincludes"Williamson"turns.A"Williamson"turnmeansthatyoushall
steertheboataroundwiththeintentofrunningalongsidethelocationwheretheturn
patternwasrstinitiated.
Theactualcalibrationprocessisdoneafterthedatacollectioniscompleted.This
processingisdonebytheCalibrationWizard.Anyadjustmentstotheechosounder
systemlesaredoneautomatically.
Asuitablelocationmustbeselectedbeforethecalibrationcanstart.Thefollowing
requirementsmustbemet:
•Depth:100metres(Depthvariationsbetween50and250metresareaccepted.)
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•Seaoor:Smooth
•Seaconditions:Calm
Thequalityofthecalibrationandmeasurementsdependonthequalityofthesensors
connectedtotheechosoundersystem.Thebasiccalibrationofscaleandyawismade
bycomparingtheCourseOverGround(COG)andSpeedOverGround(SOG)data
fromthecurrentindicatorandtheGPS.
Theinformationprovidedbythecalibrationisenteredintotheechosoundersoftwareas
operationalparameters.Thisisdoneautomatically.
Calibrationsummary
Thecalibrationprocessforvelocitymeasurementsinvolvesseveralsteps.Oncethe
necessarypreparationshavebeenmadeyoumustcollectthecalibrationdata,andthen
nallyprocessthese.
Prerequisites
Thefollowingprerequisitesmustbemetforasuccessfulcalibration:
•Therelevantcurrentindicatorhardwarehasbeeninstalledintheechosounderuser
interface.
•Aglobalpositioningsystem(GPS)isconnectedtotheechosoundersystem.The
inputfromtheGPSsystemisenabledandcorrect.
•Aheadingsensor(gyrocompass)isconnectedtotheechosoundersystem.The
sensoristurnedonandinnormaloperation.
•Topreventinterference,allotherhydroacousticinstrumentsmustbeturnedoff.
Optional:Amotionreferenceunit(MRU)isconnectedtotheechosoundersystem.The
sensorprovidesdataontheKMBinarydatagramformat.
Procedure
1Makethenecessarypreparations.
aSelectasuitablelocation.
bMakesurethattheechosoundersystemisfullyoperational.
cCollecttherelevantenvironmentalparameters.
dSetuptheechosoundersystemforvelocitymeasurementscalibration.
eCreatealingsystemfortheRAWles.
Thecalibrationprocesscreatesanextensivesetofrawdatales.Y oumust
deneanduseastandardnamingconventionforthedatales.Eachlename
mustbeunique.Thelenamemustcontainanumberofdescriptivetermsto
identifythemainfeaturesofthedatacontainedinthele.Suchdescriptive
termsmayinclude:
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•Location
•Vesselname
Youmustalsocreateanduseasafelerepositoryforthedatales.Alocal
policymustbeadoptedtoreferenceanddocumentanyadditionsto-or
deviationsfrom-thislingsystem.
2Startrawdatarecording.
3Startcollectingcalibrationdata.
Important
Velocitymeasurementcalibrationisalwaysdoneusingpreviouslyrecordedraw
data.Y oumustcollectdatafromfoursurveylines.Thedatafromeachsurveyline
canbeprovidedinanynumberof*.rawles.
4Stoprawdatarecording.
5Saveandprocessthecalibrationdata.
Supportinformation
Ifyouneedtechnicalsupportforyourechosoundersystemyoumustcontactyourlocal
dealer,oroneofoursupportofces.Alistofallourofcesanddealersisavailableon
ourwebsite.YoucanalsocontactourmainsupportofceinNorway.
Norway(mainofce)
•Companyname:KongsbergMaritimeAS/Simrad
•Address:Strandpromenaden50,N3190Horten,Norway
•Telephone:[phone]
•Telefax:[phone]
•Website:www.kongsberg.com/simrad
•Emailaddress:[email protected]
Spain
•Companyname:KongsbergMaritimeSpainS.L.U
•Address:PartidaAtalayes20,03570Villajoyosa,Spain
•Telephone:[phone]
•Telefax:[phone]
•Website:www.kongsberg.com/simrad
•Emailaddress:[email protected]
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France
•Companyname:SimradFrance
•Address:5ruedeMenMeur,29730Guilvinec,France
•Telephone:[phone]
•Telefax:[phone]
•Website:www.kongsberg.com/simrad
•Emailaddress:[email protected]
USA
•Companyname:KongsbergUnderwaterTechnologyLLC(KUTL)/SimradFisheries
•Address:1921033rdAveW,SuiteA,Lynnwood,WA98036,USA
•Telephone:[phone]
•Telefax:[phone]
•Website:www.kongsberg.com/simrad
•Emailaddress:[email protected]
Canada
•Companyname:KongsbergMesotechLtd.
•Address:1598KebetWay,PortCoquitlam,BC,V3C5M5,Canada
•Telephone:[phone]
•Telefax:[phone]
•Website:www.kongsberg.com/simrad
•Emailaddress:[email protected]
Malaysia
•Companyname:KongsbergMaritimeMalaysiaSdn.Bhd
•Address:Unit27-5SignatureOfces,TheBoulevard,MidValleyCity,
LingkaranSyedPutra,59200KualaLumpur,Malaysia
•Telephone:[phone]
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Busan600-046,Korea
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•Telephone:[phone]
•Telefax:[phone]
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•Emailaddress:[email protected]
China
•Companyname:KongsbergMaritimeChinaLtd
•Address:555ChuanqiaoRoad,China(Shanghai)PilotFreeTradeZone,201206,China
•Telephone:[phone]
•Telefax:[phone]
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•Emailaddress:[email protected]
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Preparations
Topics
Calibratingthecurrentindicator,page12
Obtainingandinstallingthesoftwarelicenseforrawdatarecording,page14
Selectingthelocationforcurrentindicatorcalibration,page15
Conguringtheenvironmentalparameters,page16
Importingthewatertemperaturefromthetransducer,page17
Conguringthesensorpriorityforcurrentindicatorcalibration,page18
Insertingtheinstallationparametersfortheglobalpositioningsystem(GPS)antenna
andthetransducer,page20
Deningtheleandfoldersettingsforrawdatarecording,page23
Deningthebottomdetectionparametersforthecalibration,page24
Preparingtheechosoundersystemforcurrentindicatorcalibration,page26
Calibratingthecurrentindicator
Calibratingtheechosoundersystemforvelocitymeasurementsensuresthattheaccuracy
ismaintained.Thecalibrationofthecurrentindicatorfunctionalityisnormallydoneat
seaimmediatelyafterleavingdrydock.
Note
Calibrationmustbetakenseriously.Toachievethebestresults,thecalibrationmust
beplannedanddonecarefully.
Thecalibrationprocessrequiresyoutosetuptheechosoundersystemwithspecic
settings.AllechodataarestoredinRAWles.Theactualcalibrationprocessisdone
afterthedatacollectioniscompleted.ThisprocessingisdonebytheCalibrationWizard.
Anyadjustmentstotheechosoundersystemlesaredoneautomatically.
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Datacollectionisdonewhileusingaspecicsailingpatternthatincludes"Williamson"
turns.A"Williamson"turnmeansthatyoushallsteertheboataroundwiththeintentof
runningalongsidethelocationwheretheturnpatternwasrstinitiated.Thefollowing
operatingrequirementsmustbemetforeachsurveyline:
•Vesselspeed:5‑8knots
•Pinginterval:Maximum
•Length:1‑4nauticalmiles
•Numberofpings:Transmitaminimumof500pingsoneachsurveyline.
Asuitablelocationmustbeselectedbeforethecalibrationcanstart.Thefollowing
requirementsmustbemet:
•Depth:100metres(Depthvariationsbetween50and250metresareaccepted.)
•Seaoor:Smooth
•Seaconditions:Calm
Thequalityofthecalibrationandmeasurementsdependonthequalityofthesensors
connectedtotheechosoundersystem.Thebasiccalibrationofscaleandyawismade
bycomparingtheCourseOverGround(COG)andSpeedOverGround(SOG)data
fromthecurrentindicatorandtheGPS.
Anyadjustmentstotheechosoundersystemlesaredoneautomatically.Nogain
adjustmentsarerequired.
Note
Velocitymeasurementcalibrationisalwaysdoneusingpreviouslyrecordedrawdata.
Youmustcollectdatafromfoursurveylines.Thedatafromeachsurveylinecanbe
providedinanynumberof*.rawles.
Theinformationprovidedbythecalibrationisenteredintotheechosoundersoftwareas
operationalparameters.
Relatedtopics
Preparations,page12
Calibratingthecurrentvelocitymeasurements,page28
Functionsanddialogboxes,page35
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Obtainingandinstallingthesoftwarelicense
forrawdatarecording
Tousetheechosoundersystemwithatransceiveryouneedavalidsoftwarelicense.
Beforeyoucanusetheechosoundersystemyoumustobtaina"licensestring"and
installitonyourcomputer.Withoutalicenseyouwillnotbeabletocommunicatewith
thetransceiver.Youneedasecondsoftwarelicensetorecordrawdata.Thesecond
softwarelicenseistimelimitedforthisspecicpurpose.
Prerequisites
Thisprocedureisonlyvalidforcalibrationofyourechosoundersystem.Thesoftware
licenseforordinaryuseoftheechosoundersystemisinstalled.
Context
Thesoftwarelicenseisa32characterhexadecimalstringbasedonthetransceiver’s
serialnumber.Itdenesseveralkeyparametersthatcontrolthefunctionalityand
behaviourofthetransceiver(s)youuse.
Note
Onceyoureceiveyoursoftwarelicensestring(s),donotlosethem.Wesuggestthatyou
copytheinformationintoatextle(forexampleNotepad),andaddrelevantinformation.
Placethetextleonthecomputerdesktop,andmakesurethatbackupcopiesaremade.
Inordertoobtainasoftwarelicenseyoumustcontactoneofourdealersordistributors.
YoucanalsocontactourmainsupportofceinNorway.
Procedure
1Obtainthenecessaryinformationaboutyourechosoundersystem:
aTransceiverserialnumber
bTransducerserialnumber
2Sendtheinformationtooneofourdealersordistributors.
YoucanalsocontactourmainsupportofceinNorway.Youcanusethefollowing
e-mailaddress:
•[email protected]
Oncethesoftwarelicensestring(s)havebeenreturnedtoyou(mostlikelybye-mail),
youcaninstallthelicensesintothesoftware.
3OpentheSetupmenu.
4OntheSetupmenu,selectInstallation.
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ObservethattheInstallationdialogboxopens.Thisdialogboxcontainsanumber
ofpagesselectedfromthemenuontheleftside.
5OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,selectSoftwareLicense.
ObservethattheSoftwareLicensepageopens.
6SelectTypeLicenseString,andtypethelicensestringintothedialogbox.
Ifyoudonothaveacomputerkeyboardconnectedtoyourechosoundersystem,
selecttheKeyboardbuttontoopenanon-screenkeyboard.Ifyouhavereceivedthe
licensestringonanelectronicformat(e-mailortextle),youcancopythestring
fromthesourcedocumentandpasteitintotheTypeLicenseStringdialogbox.
7SelectOKtosavethelicensestringandclosetheTypeLicenseStringdialogbox.
8VerifythatthelicensestringisplacedintheCurrentlyactivelicenseslist.
Ifnecessary,selectthelicensestringontheleftside,andclickthearrowbutton[>]
tomoveittotheCurrentlyactivelicenseslist.
9SelectApplyandthenClosetosavealltheparametersandclosetheInstallation
dialogbox.
Relatedtopics
Preparations,page12
Calibratingthecurrentvelocitymeasurements,page28
Functionsanddialogboxes,page35
Selectingthelocationforcurrentindicator
calibration
Itisimportanttondthebestpossiblelocationforthevelocitymeasurementcalibration.
Theseabedshouldbeassmoothaspossible.Youalsoneedcalmseaandenoughspace
formanoeuvringthroughtherecommendedsailingpattern.
Context
Ifyouareunfamiliarwiththelocationwerecommenddoingatrialruntogetinformation
aboutdepth,maximumspeedandmaximumvelocityatthesite.Manyofthecurrent
velocitymeasurementproblemscanbesolvedbysimplymovingtoabettermeasurement
sitelocation.
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ASurveyline
BMinimumdepth:50m
CRecommendeddepth:100m
DMaximumdepth:250m
Procedure
•Selectasuitablelocation.
Thefollowingrequirementsmustbemet:
•Depth:100metres(Depthvariationsbetween50and250metresareaccepted.)
•Seaoor:Smooth
•Seaconditions:Calm
Relatedtopics
Preparations,page12
Calibratingthecurrentvelocitymeasurements,page28
Functionsanddialogboxes,page35
Conguringtheenvironmentalparameters
Environmentalparameterssuchassalinity,soundspeedandwatertemperatureallplay
animportantparttopresentaccurateechodata.Theseparametersarealsoessentialfor
asuccessfulcalibration.
Context
Youmustcorrectlysetthesoundspeedthroughthewatertoobtainaccurateechoes.
Severalparametersarerequiredtocalculatethecorrectsoundspeedvalue.Ifthese
parametersareunknown,usethedefaultvalueof1494m/s.Thisisatypicalmeanvalue
forsoundspeedinsaltwater.Infreshwaterwesuggestthatyousetthesoundspeed
valueto1450m/s.
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Procedure
1OpentheSetupmenu.
2SelectEnvironment.
3OpentheWaterColumnpage.
aSpecifyifyouworkinfreshorsaltwater.
bSpecifyasalinityvaluethattsyoucurrentgeographicalarea.
4SelectOKtosavethesettingsandclosethedialogbox.
Relatedtopics
Preparations,page12
Calibratingthecurrentvelocitymeasurements,page28
Functionsanddialogboxes,page35
Importingthewatertemperaturefromthe
transducer
Thenavigationalinformationonthetopbarmayincludearead-outofthecurrent
watertemperature.Thetemperaturecanbeprovidedbyatransducerthatoffersthis
functionality.Thewatertemperatureisessentialforasuccessfulcalibration.
Prerequisites
Theechosoundersystemisturnedonandoperatesnormally.
Context
WhenyouselecttheTemperaturesensor,youwillnoticethatradiobuttonsreplacethe
checkboxforsometransducers.Theseenableyoutoselectmanualtemperature,ora
supportedtransceiver/transducerasthesourcefortemperaturemeasurements.This
choiceispermittedbecauseselectedtransducersoffertemperaturemeasurements.When
choosingthesuitabletransceiver,adrop-downlistwithchannelssupportingthese
transducer-inducedtemperaturemeasurementsappears.
Procedure
1OpentheSetupmenu.
2OntheSetupmenu,selectInstallation.
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3OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,selectSensorConguration.
aUnderSensors,selectTemperature.
bSelectTransceiver.
cUnderTransceiver,selectthecurrentindicatortransducer.
4Atthebottomofthedialogbox,selectApplytosaveyoursettings.
5ClosetheInstallationdialogbox.
6Makesurethatthetemperatureisshownonthetopbar.
Tochoosewhichnavigationalinformationtobedisplayedonthetopbar,usethe
TopBarcheckboxesontheGeneralpage.ThispageislocatedintheDisplay
Optionsdialogbox.
Relatedtopics
Preparations,page12
Calibratingthecurrentvelocitymeasurements,page28
Functionsanddialogboxes,page35
Conguringthesensorpriorityforcurrent
indicatorcalibration
Withmultiplesensorsconnectedtotheechosoundersystem,manyofthemwill
providethesamedatagrams.Wecannotexpectthatthesedatagramsprovidethesame
information.TheSensorCongurationpageallowsyoutodeneadatagrampriority,so
thattheinformationfromthe"mostreliable"sensorisusedbytheechosoundersystem.
Youcanalsodenemanualvaluesincaseasensorisunserviceable,ornotinstalled.
Prerequisites
Thisprocedureassumesthat:
•ThesensorisphysicallyconnectedtotheProcessorUnitusingaserialorEthernet
cable.
•Theinterfaceportissetupwiththecorrectcommunicationparameters.
•Theinputfromthenavigationsensorisdenedintheuserinterface.Therelevant
interfaceparametersandphysicallocationpropertiesforthesensoraredened.
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Context
Anyinformationinadatagram,forexample,thevesselspeed,maybeprovidedin
differentdatagramsfromseveralsensors.Duetoseveralreasons(environmental
conditions,installation,conguration,accuracy,etc.),thenumericalvaluesprovidedcan
bedifferentfromonesensortoanother.
Thetermdatagramhasbeendenedasfollows:
Aself-contained,independententityofdatacarryingsufcientinformationtobe
routedfromthesourcetothedestinationcomputerwithoutrelianceonearlier
exchangesbetweenthissourceanddestinationcomputerandthetransporting
network.
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1594,April2016
SeveralsensorareprovidedontheSensorCongurationpage,oneforeachtypeof
information.SelectthesensoryouwishtocongureintheSensorlist.Foreachtype,you
candeneaprioritysensorbyrearrangingthedatagramsinalist.Youcanalsodene
manualvaluesincaseasensorisunserviceable,ornotinstalled.
Tip
Theechosoundersystemcancommunicatewithseveraldifferentsensortypes.Usethe
SensorInstallationpagetodenewhichexternalsensorsyourechosoundersystemwill
importinformationfrom.Youmustalsospecifywhichdatagramformatstouse.Open
theSensorInstallationpageintheInstallationdialogbox.
Procedure
1OpentheSetupmenu.
2OntheSetupmenu,selectInstallation.
3OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,selectSensorConguration.
4SelectthesensoryouwishtocongureintheSensorlist.
5Selectthedatagramyouwanttouse
6Usethetwolargearrowstomovetheselecteddatagramupordowntheprioritylist.
7Placethefollowingdatagramsatthetopofeachrespectivelist:
•Heading:HDT
•Position:GGA
•Speed:VTG
AvoidtheRMCdatagramaspositioninput,asitislessaccuratethanotherposition
datagrams.
8Atthebottomofthedialogbox,selectApplytosaveyoursettings.
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9Repeatforeachsensorinterfacethatyouneedtosetup.
10ClosetheInstallationdialogbox.
Relatedtopics
Preparations,page12
Calibratingthecurrentvelocitymeasurements,page28
Functionsanddialogboxes,page35
Insertingtheinstallationparametersforthe
globalpositioningsystem(GPS)antenna
andthetransducer
Thephysicallocationoftheglobalpositioningsystem(GPS)antennarelativetothe
transducerisrequiredtoallowtheechosoundertoshowthecorrectnavigational
informationintheechosounderpresentation.Ifyoudonothaveamotionreference
unit(MRU)connectedtoyourechosoundersystem,youmustestablishanalternative
origintobeusedduringthecalibration.
Prerequisites
Foraccurateshipdimensionsyouneedthedetailedvesseldrawings.Neithertoolsnor
instrumentsarerequired.Theechosoundersystemisturnedonandoperatesnormally.
Context
Whenyouhaveseveraldifferentsensorsandtransducersonyourvessel,andyouwish
eachofthemtoprovideaccuratedata,youneedtoknowtheirrelativephysicalpositions.
Theantennaofapositionsensoristypicallymountedhighabovethesuperstructure,
whileamotionsensorislocatedclosetothevessel’scentreofgravity.Bothofthese
arephysicallypositionedfarawayfromthetransducer,whichmaybelocatedcloserto
thebow.V eryoften,theinformationfromonesensordependsondatafromanother.
Itisthenimportantthattherelevantmeasurementsarecompensatedfortheserelative
distances.
Theoriginisthecommonreferencepointwhereallthreeaxisinthevesselcoordinate
systemmeet.Allphysicallocationsofthevessel’ssensors(radarandpositioning
systemantennas,echosounderandsonartransducers,motionreferenceunits,etc.)are
referencedtotheorigin.Inmostcases,thelocationofthevessel’s"ofcial"origin
hasbeendenedbythedesignerorshipyard.Thisoriginisnormallyidentiedwitha
physicalmarking,andalsoshownonthevesseldrawings.
Ifnecessary,otheroriginlocationsmaybedenedforspecicproductsorpurposes.
WeestablishanalternativeoriginonthewaterlineverticallyundertheGPSantenna
forthiscalibration.
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