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.
•www.kongsberg.com/sherysounder

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Documentinformation
•Product:Simradechosounder
•Document:ReferenceManual
•Documentpartnumber:110-0002398
•DocumentISBNnumber:978-82-8066-247-7
•Revision:A
•Dateofissue:23August2023
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Warning
Theequipmenttowhichthismanualappliesmustonlybeusedforthepurposefor
whichitwasdesigned.Improperuseormaintenancemaycausedamagetothe
equipmentand/orinjurytopersonnel.Youmustbefamiliarwiththecontentsofthe
appropriatemanualsbeforeattemptingtooperateorworkontheequipment.
KongsbergMaritimedisclaimsanyresponsibilityfordamageorinjurycausedby
improperinstallation,useormaintenanceoftheequipment.
Disclaimer
KongsbergMaritimeASendeavourstoensurethatallinformationinthisdocumentis
correctandfairlystated,butdoesnotacceptliabilityforanyerrorsoromissions.
Supportinformation
Ifyourequiremaintenanceorrepair,contactyourlocaldealer.Y oucanalsocontactus
usingthefollowingaddress:[email protected].Ifyouneedinformation
aboutourotherproducts,visithttps://www.kongsberg.com/simrad.Onthiswebsiteyou
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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
constructivecriticismtoanyofoursupportofces.
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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
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•Address:PartidaAtalayes20,03570Villajoyosa,Spain
•Telephone:[phone]
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•Address:Unit27-5SignatureOfces,TheBoulevard,MidValleyCity,
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