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
Copyright
TheinformationcontainedinthisdocumentremainsthesolepropertyofKongsberg
MaritimeAS.Nopartofthisdocumentmaybecopiedorreproducedinanyformorby
anymeans,andtheinformationcontainedwithinitisnottobecommunicatedtoathird
party,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofKongsbergMaritimeAS.
Warning
Theequipmenttowhichthismanualappliesmustonlybeusedforthepurposefor
whichitwasdesigned.Improperuseormaintenancemaycausedamagetothe
equipmentand/orinjurytopersonnel.Youmustbefamiliarwiththecontentsofthe
appropriatemanualsbeforeattemptingtooperateorworkontheequipment.
KongsbergMaritimedisclaimsanyresponsibilityfordamageorinjurycausedby
improperinstallation,useormaintenanceoftheequipment.
Disclaimer
KongsbergMaritimeASendeavourstoensurethatallinformationinthisdocumentis
correctandfairlystated,butdoesnotacceptliabilityforanyerrorsoromissions.
Supportinformation
Ifyourequiremaintenanceorrepair,contactyourlocaldealer.Youcanalsocontactus
usingthefollowingaddress:[email protected].Ifyouneed
informationaboutourotherproducts,visithttps://www.kongsberg.com/simrad.Onthis
websiteyouwillalsondalistofourdealersanddistributors.

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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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SimradSY50

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DoIneedtoupgrade?
Thissoftwareupdateintroducesnewfunctionality.Italsoaddressessoftwarebugsthat
havebeenreportedbyourusers,ordetectedduringourownproducttesting.
Werecommendthatallusersupdatetheirsoftware.
DoIneedtoupgrade?

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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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