Leica Geosystems Viva CS10 User manual

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Connecting Viva controller to Ohmex Echo Sounders
CS10/CS15 Settings

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Connecting Viva controller to SonarLite
CS10/CS15 Settings - Introduction
The new Leica Geosystems Viva CS10 and CS15 controllers can
be connected to an Echo Sounder by Bluetooth or by serial cable.
The Ohmex ‘SonarLite’ legacy echo-sounder has a serial cable
connection only; the SonarMite has both Bluetooth and serial
options.
This slideshow covers the use of serial cable connection to the
SonarLite and SonarMite (the process is the same), and also the
minimal extra steps to use the SonarMite with Bluetooth.
For CS10 and CS15 dataloggers, the correct Leica cable to use is
the GEV 162, connected to the Ohmex serial cable with Green
connector.

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Connecting Viva controller to SonarLite
CS10/CS15 Settings
1. Switch on, choose GPS,
and go to main screen.
2. Highlight option 3, Instrument.

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Connecting Viva controller to SonarLite
CS10/CS15 Settings
3. Choose option 2,
‘Instrument connections’ (or
‘Connect to Instrument’
if using icons)

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Connecting Viva controller to SonarLite
CS10/CS15 Settings
4. Choose option 2,
‘All other connections’

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Connecting Viva controller to SonarLite
CS10/CS15 Settings
5. Highlight ‘ASCII Input’,
then Press F3, ‘Edit’.

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Connecting Viva controller to SonarLite
CS10/CS15 Settings
6. Tick ‘Receive ASCII data..’
7. At ‘Connect using’,
Choose ‘CS RS232 Port’.
(7a. To use the SonarMite
via Bluetooth, select an unused
‘CS Bluetooth’ port)
8. Press F5 ‘Device’.

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Connecting Viva controller to SonarLite
CS10/CS15 Settings
9. Press F6 to page to ‘Others’
and highlight ‘RS232’.
10. Press F2 ‘New’.

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Connecting Viva controller to SonarLite
CS10/CS15 Settings
11. Create new ‘Name’, eg ‘Sonarlite’.
12. Choose ‘Baud rate’ as 9600
or 4800
13. Press F1 ‘Store’.
or 4800

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Connecting Viva controller to SonarLite
CS10/CS15 Settings
The new device will appear.
14. Press F1 ‘OK’.

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Connecting Viva controller to SonarLite
CS10/CS15 Settings
15. For ‘End of message’ choose
‘CR/LF’ (do not press OK yet)
(15.a If using Bluetooth, press
F4 ‘Search’, identify the
SonarMite, and press F1 ‘OK’ to accept the device)

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Connecting Viva controller to SonarLite
CS10/CS15 Settings
16. Press F6 and page to the tab
‘Annotation 1’.
17. Tick the box ‘Store ASCII data..’

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Connecting Viva controller to SonarLite
CS10/CS15 Settings
18. In the ‘Message desc’ box,
enter a description, eg ‘Depth’.
19. Press F1 ‘OK’.
20. Press F1 ‘OK’ again to
return to the opening screen..
And you have finished!
You can now use the ‘Star’ (favourites) key, scroll down to ‘Hot
Keys..’ and select ‘GPS – ASCII Input Status’ on a hot-key to view
the incoming depth data at any time.