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SimradEchosoundersystem
Calibratingthecurrentindicator
Instructionmanual
Thispublicationprovidesyouwiththebasicinformationrequiredto
calibratetheechosoundersystemforcurrentindicatormeasurements.The
publicationisvalidforthefollowingproducts:
•SimradES80
•SimradCP60
Thesoftwarelicensecontrolswhichproductyouhave.Theproductname
onthetopbarchangesaccordingly.
Caution
Youmustneverpermittheechosoundersystemtotransmit(ping)when
theshipisinadrydock.Thetransducercanbedamagedifittransmits
intheopenair.
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)antenna
andthetransducer............................................................................................................20
Deningtheleandfoldersettingsforrawdatarecording.................................................24
Deningthebottomdetectionparametersforthecalibration..............................................25
Preparingtheechosoundersystemforcurrentindicatorcalibration...................................27
CALIBRATINGTHECURRENTVELOCITYMEASUREMENTS..........29
Recordingrawdata...............................................................................................................29
Collectingdataforcurrentindicatorcalibration...................................................................30
Processingdataforcurrentindicatorcalibration..................................................................34
FUNCTIONSANDDIALOGBOXES...............................................37
Calibrationfunction..............................................................................................................37
CalibrationWizarddialogbox#1.........................................................................................38
CalibrationWizarddialogbox#2.........................................................................................39
CalibrationWizarddialogbox#3.........................................................................................40
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Aboutthismanual
Thispublicationprovidesyouwiththebasicinformationrequiredtocalibratetheecho
soundersystemforcurrentindicatormeasurements.
Relevantproducts
Thispublicationprovidesyouwiththebasicinformationrequiredtocalibratetheecho
soundersystemforcurrentindicatormeasurements.Thepublicationisvalidforthe
followingproducts:
•SimradES80
•SimradCP60
Thesoftwarelicensecontrolswhichproductyouhave.Theproductnameonthetopbar
changesaccordingly.
Targetaudience
Calibratingtheechosoundersystemforvelocitymeasurementsensuresthattheaccuracyis
maintained.Calibrationmustbetakenseriously.Toachievethebestresults,thecalibration
mustbeplannedanddonecarefully.Duetothenatureofthedescriptionsandthelevel
ofdetailprovidedbythispublication,itiswellsuitedforthosewhoare-orwishtobe
-expertusers.
Agoodunderstandingofsystemfunctionsandcontrolsisessentialtofullytakeadvantage
ofthefunctionalityprovided.
Softwareversion
Thispublicationwascreatedforthefollowingsoftwareversion:23.1.
Onlineinformation
Allend-usermanualsprovidedforoperationandinstallationofyourechosoundersystem
canbedownloadedfromourwebsite.Thisincludespublicationsthataretranslatedinto
otherlanguages.SelectedpublicationsarealsoprovidedinIETM(InteractiveElectronic
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TechnicalManual)formats.Ourwebsitealsoprovidesinformationaboutotherproducts
fromKongsbergMaritime.
•www.kongsberg.com/sherysounder
Licenseinformation
Theechosoundersystemisalicensedproduct.Toobtainalicense,contactyourlocaldealer.
Thesoftwarelicensecontrolswhichproductyouhave.Theproductnameonthetopbar
changesaccordingly.
Registeredtrademarks
Observetheregisteredtrademarksthatapply.
Simrad®,SIMRAD®andtheSimrad®logoareeitherregisteredtrademarks,ortrademarks
ofKongsbergMaritimeASinNorwayandothercountries.
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,the
calibrationmustbeplannedanddonecarefully.
Note
Thecalibrationisimportantasitwillrevealinaccuraciesrelatedtothetransducer
alignment.Thecalibrationprocesswilldetectandmeasuresuchinaccuracies,andfeedthe
informationbackintotheechosoundersystem.Thiswillensureoptimalsystemperformance
aftercalibration.
Thecalibrationofthecurrentindicatorfunctionalityisnormallydoneatseaimmediately
afterleavingdrydock.Thecalibrationprocessrequiresyoutosetuptheechosounder
systemwithspecicsettings.Datacollectionisdonewhileusingaspecicsailingpattern
thatincludes"Williamson"turns.A"Williamson"turnmeansthatyoushallsteertheboat
aroundwiththeintentofrunningalongsidethelocationwheretheturnpatternwasrst
initiated.
Theactualcalibrationprocessisdoneafterthedatacollectioniscompleted.Thisprocessing
isdonebytheCalibrationWizard.Anyadjustmentstotheechosoundersystemlesare
doneautomatically.
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Asuitablelocationmustbeselectedbeforethecalibrationcanstart.Thefollowing
requirementsmustbemet:
•Depth:100metres(Depthvariationsbetween50and250metresareaccepted.)
•Seaoor:Smooth
•Seaconditions:Calm
Thequalityofthecalibrationandmeasurementsdependonthequalityofthesensors
connectedtotheechosoundersystem.Thebasiccalibrationofscaleandyawismadeby
comparingtheCourseOverGround(COG)andSpeedOverGround(SOG)datafrom
thecurrentindicatorandtheGPS.
Theinformationprovidedbythecalibrationisenteredintotheechosoundersoftwareas
operationalparameters.Thisisdoneautomatically.
Calibrationsummary
Thecalibrationprocessforvelocitymeasurementsinvolvesseveralsteps.Oncethe
necessarypreparationshavebeenmadeyoumustcollectthecalibrationdata,andthen
nallyprocessthese.
Prerequisites
Thefollowingprerequisitesmustbemetforasuccessfulcalibration:
•Therelevantcurrentindicatorhardwarehasbeeninstalledintheechosounderuser
interface.
•Aglobalpositioningsystem(GPS)isconnectedtotheechosoundersystem.Theinput
fromtheGPSsystemisenabledandcorrect.
•Aheadingsensor(gyrocompass)isconnectedtotheechosoundersystem.Thesensoris
turnedonandinnormaloperation.
•Topreventinterference,allotherhydroacousticinstrumentsmustbeturnedoff.
Optional:Amotionreferenceunit(MRU)isconnectedtotheechosoundersystem.The
sensorprovidesdataontheKMBinarydatagramformat.
Procedure
1Makethenecessarypreparations.
aSelectasuitablelocation.
bMakesurethattheechosoundersystemisfullyoperational.
cCollecttherelevantenvironmentalparameters.
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dSetuptheechosoundersystemforvelocitymeasurementscalibration.
eCreatealingsystemfortheRAWles.
Thecalibrationprocesscreatesanextensivesetofrawdatales.Y oumustdene
anduseastandardnamingconventionforthedatales.Eachlenamemustbe
unique.Thelenamemustcontainanumberofdescriptivetermstoidentifythe
mainfeaturesofthedatacontainedinthele.Suchdescriptivetermsmayinclude:
•Location
•Vesselname
Youmustalsocreateanduseasafelerepositoryforthedatales.Alocalpolicy
mustbeadoptedtoreferenceanddocumentanyadditionsto-ordeviationsfrom-
thislingsystem.
2Startrawdatarecording.
3Startcollectingcalibrationdata.
Important
Velocitymeasurementcalibrationisalwaysdoneusingpreviouslyrecordedrawdata.
Youmustcollectdatafromfoursurveylines.Thedatafromeachsurveylinecanbe
providedinanynumberof*.rawles.
4Stoprawdatarecording.
5Saveandprocessthecalibrationdata.
Supportinformation
Ifyouneedtechnicalsupportforyourechosoundersystemyoumustcontactyourlocal
dealer,oroneofoursupportofces.Alistofallourofcesanddealersisavailableonour
website.YoucanalsocontactourmainsupportofceinNorway.
Norway(mainofce)
•Companyname:KongsbergMaritimeAS/Simrad
•Address:Strandpromenaden50,N3190Horten,Norway
•Telephone:[phone]
•Telefax:[phone]
•Website:www.kongsberg.com/simrad
•Emailaddress:[email protected]
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Spain
•Companyname:KongsbergMaritimeSpainS.L.U
•Address:PartidaAtalayes20,03570Villajoyosa,Spain
•Telephone:[phone]
•Telefax:[phone]
•Website:www.kongsberg.com/simrad
•Emailaddress:[email protected]
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,W A98036,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]
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Malaysia
•Companyname:KongsbergMaritimeMalaysiaSdn.Bhd
•Address:Unit27-5SignatureOfces,TheBoulevard,MidValleyCity,
LingkaranSyedPutra,59200KualaLumpur,Malaysia
•Telephone:[phone]
•Telefax:[phone]
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•Emailaddress:[email protected]
Korea
•Companyname:KongsbergMaritimeKoreaLtd
•Address:#1101HarborTower,113-1,Nampodong6-Ga,Jung-Gu,Busan600-046,Korea
•Telephone:[phone]
•Telefax:[phone]
•Website:www.kongsberg.com/simrad
•Emailaddress:[email protected]
China
•Companyname:KongsbergMaritimeChinaLtd
•Address:555ChuanqiaoRoad,China(Shanghai)PilotFreeTradeZone,201206,China
•Telephone:[phone]
•Telefax:[phone]
•Website:www.kongsberg.com/simrad
•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)antennaand
thetransducer,page20
Deningtheleandfoldersettingsforrawdatarecording,page24
Deningthebottomdetectionparametersforthecalibration,page25
Preparingtheechosoundersystemforcurrentindicatorcalibration,page27
Calibratingthecurrentindicator
Calibratingtheechosoundersystemforvelocitymeasurementsensuresthattheaccuracyis
maintained.Thecalibrationofthecurrentindicatorfunctionalityisnormallydoneatsea
immediatelyafterleavingdrydock.
Note
Calibrationmustbetakenseriously.Toachievethebestresults,thecalibrationmustbe
plannedanddonecarefully.
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Thecalibrationprocessrequiresyoutosetuptheechosoundersystemwithspecicsettings.
AllechodataarestoredinRAWles.Theactualcalibrationprocessisdoneafterthedata
collectioniscompleted.ThisprocessingisdonebytheCalibrationWizard.Anyadjustments
totheechosoundersystemlesaredoneautomatically.
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.Thebasiccalibrationofscaleandyawismadeby
comparingtheCourseOverGround(COG)andSpeedOverGround(SOG)datafrom
thecurrentindicatorandtheGPS.
Anyadjustmentstotheechosoundersystemlesaredoneautomatically.Nogain
adjustmentsarerequired.
Note
Velocitymeasurementcalibrationisalwaysdoneusingpreviouslyrecordedrawdata.You
mustcollectdatafromfoursurveylines.Thedatafromeachsurveylinecanbeprovidedin
anynumberof*.rawles.
Theinformationprovidedbythecalibrationisenteredintotheechosoundersoftwareas
operationalparameters.
Relatedtopics
Preparations,page12
Calibratingthecurrentvelocitymeasurements,page29
Functionsanddialogboxes,page37
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Obtainingandinstallingthesoftwarelicense
forrawdatarecording
Tousetheechosoundersystemwithatransceiveryouneedavalidsoftwarelicense.Before
youcanusetheechosoundersystemyoumustobtaina"licensestring"andinstallitonyour
computer.Withoutalicenseyouwillnotbeabletocommunicatewiththetransceiver.You
needasecondsoftwarelicensetorecordrawdata.Thesecondsoftwarelicenseistime
limitedforthisspecicpurpose.
Prerequisites
Thisprocedureisonlyvalidforcalibrationofyourechosoundersystem.Thesoftware
licenseforordinaryuseoftheechosoundersystemisinstalled.
Context
Thesoftwarelicenseisa32characterhexadecimalstringbasedonthetransceiver’sserial
number.Itdenesseveralkeyparametersthatcontrolthefunctionalityandbehaviourof
thetransceiver(s)youuse.
Note
Onceyoureceiveyoursoftwarelicensestring(s),donotlosethem.Wesuggestthatyoucopy
theinformationintoatextle(forexampleNotepad),andaddrelevantinformation.Place
thetextleonthecomputerdesktop,andmakesurethatbackupcopiesaremade.
Inordertoobtainasoftwarelicenseyoumustcontactoneofourdealersordistributors.You
canalsocontactourmainsupportofceinNorway.
Procedure
1Obtainthenecessaryinformationaboutyourechosoundersystem:
aTransceiverserialnumber
bTransducerserialnumber
2Sendtheinformationtooneofourdealersordistributors.
YoucanalsocontactourmainsupportofceinNorway.Youcanusethefollowing
e-mailaddress:
•[email protected]
Oncethesoftwarelicensestring(s)havebeenreturnedtoyou(mostlikelybye-mail),you
caninstallthelicensesintothesoftware.
3OpentheSetupmenu.
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4OntheSetupmenu,selectInstallation.
ObservethattheInstallationdialogboxopens.Thisdialogboxcontainsanumberof
pagesselectedfromthemenuontheleftside.
5OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,selectSoftwareLicense.
ObservethattheSoftwareLicensepageopens.
6SelectTypeLicenseString,andtypethelicensestringintothedialogbox.
Ifyoudonothaveacomputerkeyboardconnectedtoyourechosoundersystem,select
theKeyboardbuttontoopenanon-screenkeyboard.Ifyouhavereceivedthelicense
stringonanelectronicformat(e-mailortextle),youcancopythestringfromthe
sourcedocumentandpasteitintotheTypeLicenseStringdialogbox.
7SelectOKtosavethelicensestringandclosetheTypeLicenseStringdialogbox.
8VerifythatthelicensestringisplacedintheCurrentlyactivelicenseslist.
Ifnecessary,selectthelicensestringontheleftside,andclickthearrowbutton[>]to
moveittotheCurrentlyactivelicenseslist.
9SelectApplyandthenClosetosavealltheparametersandclosetheInstallationdialog
box.
Relatedtopics
Preparations,page12
Calibratingthecurrentvelocitymeasurements,page29
Functionsanddialogboxes,page37
Selectingthelocationforcurrentindicator
calibration
Itisimportanttondthebestpossiblelocationforthevelocitymeasurementcalibration.
Theseabedshouldbeassmoothaspossible.Youalsoneedcalmseaandenoughspacefor
manoeuvringthroughtherecommendedsailingpattern.
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,page29
Functionsanddialogboxes,page37
Conguringtheenvironmentalparameters
Environmentalparameterssuchassalinity,soundspeedandwatertemperatureallplay
animportantparttopresentaccurateechodata.Theseparametersarealsoessentialfor
asuccessfulcalibration.
Context
Youmustcorrectlysetthesoundspeedthroughthewatertoobtainaccurateechoes.Several
parametersarerequiredtocalculatethecorrectsoundspeedvalue.Iftheseparametersare
unknown,usethedefaultvalueof1494m/s.Thisisatypicalmeanvalueforsoundspeedin
saltwater.Infreshwaterwesuggestthatyousetthesoundspeedvalueto1450m/s.
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Procedure
1OpentheSetupmenu.
2SelectEnvironment.
3OpentheWaterColumnpage.
aSpecifyifyouworkinfreshorsaltwater.
bSpecifyasalinityvaluethattsyoucurrentgeographicalarea.
4SelectOKtosavethesettingsandclosethedialogbox.
Relatedtopics
Preparations,page12
Calibratingthecurrentvelocitymeasurements,page29
Functionsanddialogboxes,page37
Importingthewatertemperaturefromthe
transducer
Thenavigationalinformationonthetopbarmayincludearead-outofthecurrentwater
temperature.Thetemperaturecanbeprovidedbyatransducerthatoffersthisfunctionality.
Thewatertemperatureisessentialforasuccessfulcalibration.
Prerequisites
Theechosoundersystemisturnedonandoperatesnormally.
Context
WhenyouselecttheTemperaturesensor,youwillnoticethatradiobuttonsreplacethe
checkboxforsometransducers.Theseenableyoutoselectmanualtemperature,ora
supportedtransceiver/transducerasthesourcefortemperaturemeasurements.Thischoiceis
permittedbecauseselectedtransducersoffertemperaturemeasurements.Whenchoosingthe
suitabletransceiver,adrop-downlistwithchannelssupportingthesetransducer-induced
temperaturemeasurementsappears.
Procedure
1OpentheSetupmenu.
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2OntheSetupmenu,selectInstallation.
3OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,selectSensorConguration.
aUnderSensors,selectTemperature.
bSelectTransceiver.
cUnderTransceiver,selectthecurrentindicatortransducer.
4Atthebottomofthedialogbox,selectApplytosaveyoursettings.
5ClosetheInstallationdialogbox.
6Makesurethatthetemperatureisshownonthetopbar.
Tochoosewhichnavigationalinformationtobedisplayedonthetopbar,usetheTop
BarcheckboxesontheGeneralpage.ThispageislocatedintheDisplayOptions
dialogbox.
Relatedtopics
Preparations,page12
Calibratingthecurrentvelocitymeasurements,page29
Functionsanddialogboxes,page37
Conguringthesensorpriorityforcurrent
indicatorcalibration
Withmultiplesensorsconnectedtotheechosoundersystem,manyofthemwillprovidethe
samedatagrams.Wecannotexpectthatthesedatagramsprovidethesameinformation.The
SensorCongurationpageallowsyoutodeneadatagrampriority,sothattheinformation
fromthe"mostreliable"sensorisusedbytheechosoundersystem.Youcanalsodene
manualvaluesincaseasensorisunserviceable,ornotinstalled.
Prerequisites
Thisprocedureassumesthat:
•ThesensorisphysicallyconnectedtotheProcessorUnitusingaserialorEthernetcable.
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•Theinterfaceportissetupwiththecorrectcommunicationparameters.
•Theinputfromthenavigationsensorisdenedintheuserinterface.Therelevant
interfaceparametersandphysicallocationpropertiesforthesensoraredened.
Context
Anyinformationinadatagram,forexample,thevesselspeed,maybeprovidedindifferent
datagramsfromseveralsensors.Duetoseveralreasons(environmentalconditions,
installation,conguration,accuracy,etc.),thenumericalvaluesprovidedcanbedifferent
fromonesensortoanother.
Thetermdatagramhasbeendenedasfollows:
Aself-contained,independententityofdatacarryingsufcientinformationtoberouted
fromthesourcetothedestinationcomputerwithoutrelianceonearlierexchanges
betweenthissourceanddestinationcomputerandthetransportingnetwork.
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.Openthe
SensorInstallationpageintheInstallationdialogbox.
Procedure
1OpentheSetupmenu.
2OntheSetupmenu,selectInstallation.
3OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,selectSensorConguration.
4SelectthesensoryouwishtocongureintheSensorlist.
5Selectthedatagramyouwanttouse
6Usethetwolargearrowstomovetheselecteddatagramupordowntheprioritylist.
7Placethefollowingdatagramsatthetopofeachrespectivelist:
•Heading:HDT
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•Position:GGA
•Speed:VTG
AvoidtheRMCdatagramaspositioninput,asitislessaccuratethanotherposition
datagrams.
8Atthebottomofthedialogbox,selectApplytosaveyoursettings.
9Repeatforeachsensorinterfacethatyouneedtosetup.
10ClosetheInstallationdialogbox.
Relatedtopics
Preparations,page12
Calibratingthecurrentvelocitymeasurements,page29
Functionsanddialogboxes,page37
Insertingtheinstallationparametersforthe
globalpositioningsystem(GPS)antennaand
thetransducer
Thephysicallocationoftheglobalpositioningsystem(GPS)antennarelativetothe
transducerisrequiredtoallowtheechosoundertoshowthecorrectnavigationalinformation
intheechosounderpresentation.Ifyoudonothaveamotionreferenceunit(MRU)
connectedtoyourechosoundersystem,youmustestablishanalternativeorigintobe
usedduringthecalibration.
Prerequisites
Foraccurateshipdimensionsyouneedthedetailedvesseldrawings.Neithertoolsnor
instrumentsarerequired.Theechosoundersystemisturnedonandoperatesnormally.
Context
Whenyouhaveseveraldifferentsensorsandtransducersonyourvessel,andyouwisheach
ofthemtoprovideaccuratedata,youneedtoknowtheirrelativephysicalpositions.The
antennaofapositionsensoristypicallymountedhighabovethesuperstructure,whilea
motionsensorislocatedclosetothevessel’scentreofgravity.Bothofthesearephysically
positionedfarawayfromthetransducer,whichmaybelocatedclosertothebow.V eryoften,
theinformationfromonesensordependsondatafromanother.Itisthenimportantthatthe
relevantmeasurementsarecompensatedfortheserelativedistances.
Theoriginisthecommonreferencepointwhereallthreeaxisinthevesselcoordinate
systemmeet.Allphysicallocationsofthevessel’ssensors(radarandpositioningsystem
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