Kongsberg Simrad SY50 User manual

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March2022©KongsbergMaritimeAS
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SimradSY50
Fish-ndingsonar
SoftwareReleaseNote
Release22.1
Thisdocumentdescribesthechangesintroducedwiththenewsoftware
version.
•Product:SY50
•Softwareversion:22.1
•Upgradefromversion:21.13
ThissoftwarecontrolsallfunctionalityintheSY50system.This
includestransmissionandreception,interfaceswithexternal
peripheralsandsensors,andalluserinterface.
ArmwareupdatefortheTransceiverUnitisnotincludedwiththis
release.
Additionalend-userdocumentsrelatedtotheSY50systemcanbe
foundonourwebsite.Thisincludespublicationsthataretranslatedto
otherlanguages.SelectedpublicationsarealsoprovidedonIETM
(InteractiveElectronicTechnicalManual)formats.
•https://www.kongsberg.com/sy50

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Documentinformation
•Product:SimradSY50
•Document:SoftwareReleaseNote
•Documentpartnumber:490366
•DocumentISBNnumber:N/A
•Revision:B
•Dateofissue:07March2022
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Theequipmenttowhichthismanualappliesmustonlybeusedforthepurposefor
whichitwasdesigned.Improperuseormaintenancemaycausedamagetothe
equipmentand/orinjurytopersonnel.Youmustbefamiliarwiththecontentsofthe
appropriatemanualsbeforeattemptingtooperateorworkontheequipment.
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improperinstallation,useormaintenanceoftheequipment.
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Tableofcontents
DOINEEDTOUPGRADE?........................................................5
SOFTWARELICENSES..............................................................6
SOFTWAREINSTALLATION......................................................7
Seetheinstructionvideo....................................................................................................7
Removingtheoperatingsoftware......................................................................................8
Deletingthesy50.xmlsystemle......................................................................................9
Installinganewversionoftheoperatingsoftware............................................................9
UPDATEDFUNCTIONSANDDIALOGBOXES...........................11
UserSettingsSetuppage................................................................................................11
Unitspage........................................................................................................................12
NewMarkerdialogbox...................................................................................................14
OperatingPanelpage.......................................................................................................14
OperatingPanelMk2..............................................................................................15
OperatingPanelMk3..............................................................................................19
DisplayOptionsdialogbox.............................................................................................22
Generalpage...........................................................................................................22
MINIMUMDISPLAYREQUIREMENTS.....................................26
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DoIneedtoupgrade?
Thissoftwareupdateintroducesnewfunctionality.Italsoaddressessoftwarebugsthat
havebeenreportedbyourusers,ordetectedduringourownproducttesting.
Werecommendthatallusersupdatetheirsoftware.
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Softwarelicenses
TheSimradSY50isnotalicensedproduct.
TheSY50systemdoesnotneedanysoftwarelicensestooperate.However,specic
softwarelicensecodes"unlocks"additionalfunctionality.
Thesoftwarelicenseisa32characterhexadecimalstringbasedonthehardware
identier(HardwareID).Thisuniqueidentierisgeneratedusinginformationfrom
keycomponentsintheProcessorUnit.Thesoftwarelicenseislinkedtothephysical
ProcessorUnit.YoucannotmovetheSY50systemsoftwarefromoneProcessorUnitto
anotherunlessyoualsorequestandinstallanewlicense.
Inordertoobtainasoftwarelicenseyoumustcontactoneofourdealersordistributors.
Youcanalsousetherequestformonourwebsite,orcontactoursupportdepartment
directly.
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Softwareinstallation
WhenanewsoftwareversionisreleasedfortheSY50systemitmustbeinstalledon
yourProcessorUnit.Contactyourlocaldealer,oraSimraddistributor,tohavethe
newsoftwareversioninstalled.
Note
Youmustremovetheoldversionofthesoftwarebeforeyouinstallthenewversion.
Adedicatedwizardisusedtoinstallthesoftware.Installationofadditionaloperating
systemcomponentsmayberequired.Theseareinstalledautomatically.Observethe
informationofferedinthewizard.
Registereddealersanddistributorscandownloadthenewsoftwareversionfromthe
"SimradDealerClub".Toaccessthe"SimradDealerClub",visitourwebsite.
•www.kongsberg.com/sdc
Topics
Seetheinstructionvideo,page7
Removingtheoperatingsoftware,page8
Deletingthesy50.xmlsystemle,page9
Installinganewversionoftheoperatingsoftware,page9
Seetheinstructionvideo
Aninstructionvideohasbeencreatedtoillustratethesoftwareupgrade.
Seeourwebsiteformoreinformation.
•https://www.kongsberg.com/sy50
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Removingtheoperatingsoftware
Beforeyoucaninstallthenewsoftwareversion,youmustremovetheoldversion.
Prerequisites
Thefollowingitemsmaybeuseful:
•Computermouse
•Computerkeyboard
Neithertoolsnorinstrumentsarerequired.ThisprocedureismadefortheMicrosoft®
Windows®10operatingsystem.Itisassumedthatyouarefamiliarwiththisoperating
system.
Context
Removalofthesoftwareisdoneusingfunctionalityprovidedbytheoperatingsystem.
Procedure
1TurnontheProcessorUnit.
2SelectPowerofftoturnoffthesystem.
3InthePowerOffdialogbox,selectExittoOperatingSystemtoclosethe
SY50program.
4Ifapplicable:ConnectthekeyboardandthemousetoUSBsocketson
thefrontpaneloftheProcessorUnit.
5Uninstalltheapplication.
aIfapplicable:Opentheon-screenkeyboard.
bInthebottomleftcornerofyourdesktop,selectthelookingglasstostart
asearch.
cTypeControlPaneltolocatetheapplication,thenopenit.
dSelectProgramsandFeatures.
eOnthelistprovided,locatethesoftwareyoushalluninstall.
fSelectit,thenselectUninstall.
gObservetheRemoveexistingsettingsdialogbox.
hDonotselectanycheckboxes!
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iSelectUninstallinthedialogboxtoremovethesoftware.
jFollowtheinstructionsprovidedbythewizard.
6Clickthe[X]inthetoprightcornertoclosetheControlPanel.
7Ifapplicable:DisconnectthekeyboardandthemousefromtheProcessorUnit.
Deletingthesy50.xmlsystemle
AfteryouhaveremovedtheSY50software,thereisstillonemorelethatmustbe
deletedbeforeyoucaninstallthenewsoftwareversion.
Procedure
1FromtheWindows®Startbutton,right-clicktoopenFileExplorer.
2Navigatetothefollowingfolder:c:/ProgramData
3Openthisfolder:NtrLib
4Deletethefollowingle:sy50.xml
5CloseFileExplorer.
Installinganewversionoftheoperating
software
Adedicatedwizardisusedtoinstallthesoftware.TheoperatingsoftwarefortheSY50
systemmustbedownloadedonaseparatecomputer.
Prerequisites
Thefollowingspecicitemsarerequiredforthistask:
•Personalcomputer
•USBashdrive
•Computermouse(Optional)
•Computerkeyboard(Optional)
Neithertoolsnorinstrumentsarerequired.ThisprocedureismadefortheMicrosoft®
Windows®10operatingsystem.Itisassumedthatyouarefamiliarwiththisoperating
system.
Procedure
1Onthepersonalcomputer:
aDownloadthenewsoftwareversion.
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bUnpacktheZIPletoaccesstheexecutableapplicationle.
cCopytheapplicationletoaUSBashdrive.
2TurnontheProcessorUnit.
3Makethefollowingpreparations.
aIfapplicable:ConnectthekeyboardandthemousetoUSBsocketsonthefront
paneloftheProcessorUnit.
bInserttheUSBashdrive.
4Installthenewversionoftheapplication.
aFromtheWindows®Startbutton,right-clicktoopenFileExplorer.
bLocatetheexecutablesetuple(.exe).
cCopytheletoatemporaryfolderonthe"D"drive.
dDouble-clickthesetupexecutableletostarttheinstallation.
eSelectthecheckboxtoacceptthelicensetermsandconditions.
fSelectInstall.
gFollowtheinstructionsprovidedbythewizard.
Werecommendthatyouinstallthesoftwareinthedefaultfoldersuggested
bythewizard.
hCloseFileExplorer.
iRemovetheUSBashdrive.
5OntheProcessorUnitdesktop,double-clicktheSY50icontostarttheprogram.
6Ifapplicable:DisconnectthekeyboardandthemousefromtheProcessorUnit.
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Updatedfunctionsand
dialogboxes
Thisnewsoftwareversionhasresultedinchangestosomeofthefunctionsanddialog
boxesintheSY50userinterface.
Topics
UserSettingsSetuppage,page11
Unitspage,page12
NewMarkerdialogbox,page14
OperatingPanelpage,page14
DisplayOptionsdialogbox,page22
UserSettingsSetuppage
TheUserSettingsSetuppageisestablishedtooffergenericsettingsthatdonotnaturally
belongelsewhere.
Prerequisites
TheInstallationdialogboxisnotavailablewhenyourSY50systemissettoReplaymode.
Howtoopen
ThispageislocatedintheInstallation
dialogbox.Toopenthepage,select
InstallationontheSetupmenu.
Description
UserSettings
TheUserSettingsdialogboxallowsyoutosavethecurrentusersettings(your
currentselectionofoperationalparameters),andtoretrievefactoryorpreviously
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savedusersettings.Thesesettingscanberelatedtodifferentoperations,
environmentalconditionsorbasicpersonalpreferences.Bydefault,information
aboutthecurrentrange,bearingandtiltwillnotbesaved.OntheUserSettings
Setuppage,ticktheboxtoincluderange,bearingandtiltinformationthenext
timeyousavetheusersettings.
NewManuallyInitiatedTrack
Duringnormaloperation,someechoesareclearlymoreinterestingthanothers.In
manysituationsspecicechoesmayberegardedastargets.TosetuptheSY50
systemtoprovidesuchinformation,youcanstarttargettracking.
TheInitiateTrackfunctionallowsyoutomanuallystarttargettracking.
Placethecursorovertheechoyouwishtotrack.SelectInitiateTrack.Thetracked
targetisregardedasanobject,anditisidentiedwithacircleandtwolines.The
bearinglineisautomaticallylockedontheobjecttoreectsitsbearing.
Bydefault,anewmanuallyinitiatedtrackedobjectisautomaticallygivenpriority
status.Ifanotherobjecthasthispriority,thestatusistransferredtothenewobject.
Thepriorityisidentiedwitha"P".
OntheUserSettingsSetuppage,de-selectNewManuallyInitiatedTrackifyoudo
notwantnewtrackedtargetstobecomeprioritytargets.
Relatedfunctionality
UserSettingsdialogbox
TheUserSettingsdialogboxallowsyoutosavethecurrentusersettings(your
currentselectionofoperationalparameters),andtoretrievefactoryorpreviously
savedusersettings.ThisdialogboxisopenedfromtheMainmenu.
Unitspage
Theuserinterfacepresentsmanymeasurements.Thesemeasurementsareforexample
relatedtodepth,rangeanddistance.FromtheUnitspageyoucontrolwhichunits
ofmeasurementsthatareused.
Prerequisites
TheInstallationdialogboxisnotavailablewhenyourSY50systemissettoReplaymode.
Howtoopen
ThispageislocatedintheInstallationdialogbox.Toopenthepage,selectInstallation
ontheSetupmenu.
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Description
TheSY50systemispreparedtoworkwithseveralinternationalstandardsforunits
ofmeasurements.
UsetheUnitsoptionstoselecttheunitsofmeasurementsyouwanttoworkwith.The
SY50systemusestheminallpresentations.Youonlyneedtodenethemonce.Usethe
drop-downlistsprovidedtomaketheselections.
Note
WhenyouworkintheInstallationdialogbox,youmustalwaysselectApplytosavethe
changesmadeonapage.Youmustdothisbeforeyoucontinueworkingonadifferent
page.
Details
Length
Choosetheunitof
measurementforallthe
readoutsrelatedtorange
anddistancesintheSY50
systemuserinterface.
Thismayforexamplebe
thecursorlocation.
Depth
Choosetheunitof
measurementforallthe
presentationsofdepth.
Thismayforexamplebe
thecurrentwaterdepth.
Distance
Choosetheunitofmeasurementforallpresentationsofsaileddistance.
Position
Choosetheunitofmeasurementforgeographicalpositions.
Speed
Choosetheunitofmeasurementforallthepresentationsofvesselspeed.
Temperature
Choosetheunitofmeasurementforallthetemperaturereadings.Thismayfor
examplebethecurrentwatertemperature,butonlyifyouhaveasuitablesensor
connectedtotheSY50system.
FishLength
Choosetheunitofmeasurementforallpresentationsofshlength.
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NewMarkerdialogbox
TheNewMarkerdialogboxallowsyoutocreateanewmarkerbasedontheknowndepth
andgeographicalpositionofanewtarget.
Howtoopen
TheNewMarkerdialogboxisopenedfromtheNewbuttonintheObjectsmenu.
Description
Usethisfunctionalityifyouneedtocreate
amarkerbasedongeographicalinformation
fromanexternalsource.Youcanplace
markersonforexamplewrecks,obstacles
ontheseabedorcoralreefs.Foreachnew
markeryoumustprovide:
•Longitude
•Latitude
•Depth
•PositionInputFormat
Whenthenewmarkeriscreated,itisautomaticallyassignedauniqueidentier(UID)by
theSY50system.
OperatingPanelpage
TheOperatingPaneloffersallnecessarycontrolfunctionsfornormaloperation.It
furtherallowsyoutoassigncertainfunctionstodedicatedbuttonsandswitches.The
OperatingPanelpageisusedtoselectwhichphysicalhardwarepanelyouuse,andto
assignfunctionalitytotheprogrammablebuttons.
Prerequisites
TheInstallationdialogboxisnotavailablewhenyourSY50systemissettoReplaymode.
Howtoopen
ThispageislocatedintheInstallationdialogbox.Toopenthepage,selectInstallation
ontheSetupmenu.
Description
ThecontrolsprovidedbytheOperatingPanelarearrangedinlogicalfunctionalgroups.
Thisoffersyouclearandeasyoperationwithfastaccesstokeyfunctionality.Allthe
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functionalityprovidedbytheSY50systemcanbeaccessedusingthetrackballonthe
OperatingPanelandthemenusystemshowninthedisplaypresentation.
TheSY50systemsupportstwodifferentoperatingpanels.Thesearereferredtoas
"Mk2"and"Mk3".
•TheMk2OperatingPanelisconnectedtotheProcessorUnitusinganEthernetcable.
•TheMk3OperatingPanelisconnectedtotheProcessorUnitwithaUSBcable.
TheMk3OperatingPanelisthestandardpanelprovidedfortheSY50system.
Selectwhichoperatingpaneltouse.Assignfunctionalityaspermittedbyeachtype
ofoperatingpanel.
Topics
OperatingPanelMk2,page15
OperatingPanelMk3,page19
OperatingPanelMk2
TheMk2OperatingPanelisconnectedtotheProcessorUnitusinganEthernetcable.
TheOperatingPanelisprovidedwithabuilt-inpowersupply.
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Details
UserSettingButtons
OntheMk2OperatingPanel,thefourbuttonsdedicatedforuser
settingsorpresentationmodesarelocatedthetopofthepanel.
SelectModeSelectiontospecifywhatyouwanttousethebuttons
for.Assignonepredenedusersettingorpresentationmodeto
eachbuttonontheOperatingPanel.
Tip
Beforeyoucanassigncustomusersettingstotheoperatingpanel,aselectionof
settingsmustbeavailablefromtheUserSettingsdialogbox.TheUserSettings
dialogboxislocatedontheMainmenu.
AnyusersettingselectedontheOperatingPanelisidentiedintheupperleft
corneroftheHorizontalview.TheidentifyingnumberreferstotheUserSetting
numberontheOperatingPanelpage.Clickonthetexttomakeitlarger .Clickone
moretimetorestoretheoriginalfontsize.
RotarySwitchFunctions
TheMk2OperatingPanelisttedwiththreerotaryswitches.Theswitchesare
identiedwithnumbers.Eachswitchcanbeassignedafunctionrelatedtorange,
gain,bearingortilt.
UnderRotarySwitchOptions,assignonefunctiontoeachrotaryswitchonthe
OperatingPanel.Thefollowingfunctionscanbeassigned:
HorizontalRange
ThisistherangesettingintheHorizontalview.
VerticalRange
ThisistherangesettingintheVerticalview.
InspectionRange
ThisistherangesettingintheInspectionview.
HorizontalRange2
ThisistherangesettinginthesecondHorizontalviewwhena"dual"
presentationmodeisused.
VerticalRange2
ThisistherangesettinginthesecondV erticalviewwhena"dual"
presentationmodeisused.
PlaneRange
ThisistherangesettinginthePlaneview.
ActivePingRange
Thisistherangesettinginthecurrentlyactiveview.
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ActivePingGain
Thisisthegainsettinginthecurrentlyactiveview
ActivePingBearing
Thisisthebearingsettinginthecurrentlyactiveview.
ActivePingTilt
Thisisthetiltsettinginthecurrentlyactiveview
ButtonOptions
TheMk2OperatingPanelisttedwiththree
functionbuttons.ThebuttonsareidentiedasF1,
F2andF3.Eachbuttoncanbeassignedadedicated
function.Thethreefunctionbuttonsaregrouped
withtheScreenCapturebutton.
UnderButtonOptions,assignonefunctiontoeach
FxbuttonontheOperatingPanel.Thefollowing
functionscanbeassigned:
AutoTilt
Thisisan"on/off"function.WhenAutoTilt
modeisactivatedthebeamwillautomaticallychangeitstiltangleforeach
transmission("ping").Thecentreofthetiltsectorisdenedbythechosentilt
anglejustbeforetheAutoTiltmodeisstarted.Thechosentiltsectorisshown
onthetiltindicatorintheHorizontalviewusingashadedbackground.The
sectorandstepsettingsaremadeusingtheTiltfunctionontheMainmenu.
OffCentre
ThisisthesamefunctionasSetNewShipCentreontheshortcutmenu.Place
thecursoranywhereintheviewandpressthebutton.Thefunctionmoves
thevesselsymboltotheselectedposition.
Zoom
Placethecursoranywhereintheview,right-clickandselectZoom.Onlyone
zoomlevelisprovided.SelectZoomonemoretimetorestoretheoriginal
view.
MenuOff
Thisisan"on/off"function.Unlessyouneedtomakefrequentchangesto
theoperatingparameters,youmaywanttohidethemenufromthedisplay
presentation.Thisgivesyoumorespaceforechoinformation.
OwnShip
ThisisthesamefunctionasPlaceOwnShipMarkerontheshortcutmenu.
Selectthisfunctiontoaddasquaresymboltothevessel’scurrentpositionin
theechopresentation.Theownshipmarkerisnowregardedasanobject.
AllinformationabouttheobjectisshownintheObjectsmenulistedas
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"OSM".UseDeleteOwnShipMarkerontheshortcutmenutodeletethe
markerfromthecurrentview.
AutoBearing
Thisisan"on/off"function.SetthisfunctiontoOntostarttheautomatic
searchfunction.IntheAutoBearingmodetheSY50systemwill
automaticallysearchwithindenedsectorlimits.Thesectorisidentiedin
theviewusingtwoangularsymbols.Thesectorandstepsettingsaremade
usingtheBearingfunctionontheMainmenu.
ScreenRecording
Thisisan"on/off"function.TheScreenRecordingfunctionallowsyouto
recordandsavetheechopresentationasavideole.Eachscreenrecording
youmakeissavedin.mp4formatontheProcessorUnitharddisk.Thele
namereectsthecurrentdateandtime.
SelectScreenRecordingtostartandstoptherecordingfromtheOperating
Panel.
UsetheScreenRecordingpagetodenewherethevideolesaresaved.This
pageislocatedintheOutputdialogbox.
DeleteOldestMarker
TheSY50offersseveraldifferentmarkertypes.Youcanaddasmany
markersasyoulike.Themostcommonmarkerscanbeaddedusingdedicated
buttonsontheOperatingPanel.Othermarkersareaddedusingtheshortcut
menuineachview.Eachmarkerisidentiedwithitsgeographicallocation.
SelectDeleteOldestMarkertousetheOperatingPaneltoremovetheoldest
markerfromthesonarview.
JoystickOptions
Usethesesettingstosetupthejoystickoperation.
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OperatingPanelMk3
TheMk3OperatingPanelisconnectedtotheProcessorUnitwithaUSBcable.A
dedicatedpowersupplyunitisnotrequired.
Details
UserSettings/Presentationmodes
OntheMk3OperatingPanel,therequestedusersettingor
presentationmodeischosenwithasinglebutton.Pressthebutton
repeatedlytocyclethroughthesettingsormodes.SelectMode
Selectiontospecifywhatyouwanttousethebuttonfor.
Tip
Beforeyoucanassigncustomusersettingstotheoperatingpanel,aselectionof
settingsmustbeavailablefromtheUserSettingsdialogbox.TheUserSettings
dialogboxislocatedontheMainmenu.
AnyusersettingselectedontheOperatingPanelisidentiedintheupperleft
corneroftheHorizontalview.TheidentifyingnumberreferstotheUserSetting
numberontheOperatingPanelpage.Clickonthetexttomakeitlarger .Clickone
moretimetorestoretheoriginalfontsize.
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RotarySwitchFunctions
TheMk2OperatingPanelisttedwiththreerotaryswitches.TheMk3Operating
Panelisttedwithtworotaryswitches.Theswitchesareidentiedwithnumbers.
Eachswitchcanbeassignedafunctionrelatedtorange,gain,bearingortilt.
UnderRotarySwitchOptions,assignonefunctiontoeachrotaryswitchonthe
OperatingPanel.Thefollowingfunctionscanbeassigned:
HorizontalRange
ThisistherangesettingintheHorizontalview.
VerticalRange
ThisistherangesettingintheVerticalview.
InspectionRange
ThisistherangesettingintheInspectionview.
HorizontalRange2
ThisistherangesettinginthesecondHorizontalviewwhena"dual"
presentationmodeisused.
VerticalRange2
ThisistherangesettinginthesecondV erticalviewwhena"dual"
presentationmodeisused.
PlaneRange
ThisistherangesettinginthePlaneview.
ActivePingRange
Thisistherangesettinginthecurrentlyactiveview.
ActivePingGain
Thisisthegainsettinginthecurrentlyactiveview
ActivePingBearing
Thisisthebearingsettinginthecurrentlyactiveview.
ActivePingTilt
Thisisthetiltsettinginthecurrentlyactiveview
FortheMk3OperatingPanel,assignonefunctiontoeachrotaryswitchwhen
youpressit.
None
Nospecicfunctionalityisassigned.
AutoTilt
Thisisan"on/off"function.WhenAutoTiltmodeisactivatedthebeamwill
automaticallychangeitstiltangleforeachtransmission("ping").Thecentre
ofthetiltsectorisdenedbythechosentiltanglejustbeforetheAutoTilt
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