Simrad ST90 User manual

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Quick Start Guide

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February2020©KongsbergMaritimeAS
SimradST90
Fish-ndingsonar
QuickStartGuide
Thepurposeofthismanualistoprovideanintroductiontosafeand
efcientuseoftheSimradST90Fish-ndingsonar.Thismanualis
intendedforallinexperiencedandnewusersoftheSimradST90.
Caution
YoumustneverstartST90transmissions(pinging)whentheshipisindry
dock.Thetransducersmaybedamagediftheytransmitinopenair.
Allend-usermanualsprovidedforoperationandinstallationofyour
SimradST90canbedownloadedfromourwebsite.
•https://www.simrad.com

KongsbergMaritimeAS
www.kongsberg.com
Documentinformation
•Product:SimradST90
•Document:QuickStartGuide
•Documentpartnumber:337568
•DocumentISBNnumber:N/A
•Revision:A
•Dateofissue:26February2020
Copyright
TheinformationcontainedinthisdocumentremainsthesolepropertyofKongsberg
MaritimeAS.Nopartofthisdocumentmaybecopiedorreproducedinanyformorbyany
means,andtheinformationcontainedwithinitisnottobecommunicatedtoathirdparty,
withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofKongsbergMaritimeAS.
Warning
Theequipmenttowhichthismanualappliesmustonlybeusedforthepurposeforwhich
itwasdesigned.Improperuseormaintenancemaycausedamagetotheequipmentand/or
injurytopersonnel.Youmustbefamiliarwiththecontentsoftheappropriatemanuals
beforeattemptingtooperateorworkontheequipment.
KongsbergMaritimedisclaimsanyresponsibilityfordamageorinjurycausedbyimproper
installation,useormaintenanceoftheequipment.
Disclaimer
KongsbergMaritimeASendeavourstoensurethatallinformationinthisdocumentis
correctandfairlystated,butdoesnotacceptliabilityforanyerrorsoromissions.
Supportinformation
Ifyourequiremaintenanceorrepair,contactyourlocaldealer.Youcanalsocontactus
usingthefollowingaddress:[email protected].Ifyouneedinformationabout
ourotherproducts,visithttps://www.simrad.com.Onthiswebsiteyouwillalsonda
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Tableofcontents
ABOUTTHISMANUAL..................................................................5
SIMRADST90..............................................................................6
Important.................................................................................................................................6
Systemdescription..................................................................................................................9
Generalsafetyrules................................................................................................................11
Supportinformation..............................................................................................................12
GETTINGSTARTED....................................................................15
OperatingPaneldescription..................................................................................................16
Startingnormaloperation.....................................................................................................19
TurningontheST90fornormaluse...........................................................................19
Gettingtoknowtheuserinterface..............................................................................21
Gettingtoknowpresentationmodesandviews..........................................................23
SelectingNormalmodetostart"pinging"...................................................................27
Adjustingtheradiusofthesearcharea.......................................................................29
Adjustingtheechosensitivity.....................................................................................30
Changingtheverticalangleofthesonarbeams..........................................................32
Adjustingthehorizontaldirectionofthesonarbeam.................................................34
TurningofftheST90...................................................................................................36
Basicoperatingprocedures...................................................................................................37
Selectingthelanguagedisplayedinthemenusanddialogboxes...............................37
Selectingoperatingfrequencyforminimumnoise.....................................................38
Hidingthemenusystemwhenyoudonotneedit......................................................39
Savingsingleorsequentialscreencaptures................................................................40
Savingthecurrentusersettings...................................................................................41
Deningtheping(transmission)modes......................................................................42
MENUSYSTEM...........................................................................44
Aboutthemenusandmenubuttons......................................................................................45
Usingthe“smart”menubuttons...........................................................................................45
Mainmenu............................................................................................................................46
Operationmenu.....................................................................................................................48
Displaymenu........................................................................................................................50
Setupmenu...........................................................................................................................52
Activemenu..........................................................................................................................54
Objectsmenu........................................................................................................................57
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VisualObjectsmenu.............................................................................................................61
Cosmeticsmenu....................................................................................................................64
Shortcutmenus.....................................................................................................................66
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Aboutthismanual
Thepurposeofthismanualistoprovideanintroductiontosafeandefcientuseofthe
SimradST90Fish-ndingsonar.Themanualdoesnotcontaindetailedinformationabout
functions,dialogboxesandoperatingparameters.
Targetaudience
ThismanualisintendedforallinexperiencedandnewusersoftheSimradST90.Weassume
thatyouarefamiliarwiththebasicacousticprinciplesofsoundinwater.Wealsoexpect
thatyouhavesomeexperiencewithsonaroperation.
Registeredtrademarks
Observetheregisteredtrademarksthatapply.
Simrad®,SIMRAD®andtheSimrad®logoareeitherregisteredtrademarks,ortrademarks
ofKongsbergMaritimeASinNorwayandothercountries.
Windows®isaregisteredtrademarkofMicrosoftCorporationintheUnitedStatesand
othercountries.
Wewantyourfeedback
WewanttoimproveST90continuously.Wealsowantourend-userdocumentationto
becomprehensiveandrelevant.Youcanhelp.Pleaseprovidecomments,suggestionsor
constructivecriticismtoanyofoursupportofces.
Onlineinformation
Allend-usermanualsprovidedforoperationandinstallationofyourSimradST90canbe
downloadedfromourwebsite.OurwebsitealsoprovidesinformationaboutotherSimrad
products.
•https://www.simrad.com/st90
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SimradST90
Topics
Important,page6
Systemdescription,page9
Generalsafetyrules,page11
Supportinformation,page12
Important
TheST90isanadvancedproduct.Itisusedwithotheradvancedproducts.Thereis
importantinformationthatyouneedtoknow.
BeforeyouturnontheST90
BeforeyouturnontheST90,makesurethatyouhavesufcientwaterdepthtolowerthe
transducer!
Caution
YoumustneverturnontheST90whentheshipisindrydock.Thetransducermaybe
damagedifittransmitsinopenair.
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WhentheST90isnotused
WhenyoudonotusetheST90,turnofftheentiresystem.
Note
YoumustneverturnofftheST90bymeansoftheon/offswitchontheProcessorUnit.
YoumustALWAYSusetheOperatingPanel.
Whenyouaredockingyourvessel
YoumustneversettheST90tonormaloperationwhentheshipisindrydock.The
transducermaybedamagedifittransmitsinopenair.Topreventinadvertentuseofthe
ST90,pulloutthemainsplugontheProcessorUnitwheneveryourvesselisindrydock.
Additionalprecautionarymeasurersshouldbeconsidered.
Ifsomethingbreaksdown
Ifyoubelievethatsomethinghasbrokendown,contactyourlocaldealer.Alistofallour
dealersisprovidedonourwebsite.
•https://www.simrad.com
Ifyouareunabletocontactadealer,observethesupportinformationinthispublication.
WhenyouwanttoturnofftheST90
YoumustneverturnofftheST90bymeansoftheon/offswitchontheProcessorUnit.
WhenyoudonotusetheST90,turnitoffwiththePowerbuttonontheOperatingPanel.
IfthetransducerisloweredwhenyouturnofftheST90,itisautomaticallyretractedto
itsupperposition.
Note
IfyouturnofftheST90bymeansoftheon/offswitchontheProcessorUnityoumaydamage
thesoftwareandtheinterfacesettingsusedtocommunicatewithexternaldevices.
Manualoperationofthehullunit
Intheeventofimproperoperation,thepowerfulelectricmotoronthehullunitmaycause
seriousdamagetotheequipmentand/orinjurytopersonnel.Therefore,beforeyoustart
manualoperation,readcarefullythroughtherelevantoperatingprocedures.
Note
Youmustfamiliarizeyourselfwiththecorrecthandlingmethodsandtherelevantsafety
requirements.
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Rulesfortransducerhandling
Atransducermustalwaysbehandledasadelicateinstrument.Incorrectactionsmaydamage
thetransducerbeyondrepair.Aphysicalblowtothetransducerfacemayeasilydamageone
ormoreelements.Observethesetransducerhandlingrules:
•Donotactivatethetransducerwhenitisoutofthewater.
•Donothandlethetransducerroughlyandavoidimpacts.
•Donotexposethetransducertodirectsunlightorexcessiveheat.
•Donotdamagetheouterprotectiveskinofthetransducer.
•Donotusehigh-pressurewater,sandblasting,metaltoolsorstrongsolventstoclean
thetransducer.
•Donotsteponthetransducercables.
•Donotdamagethetransducercables,andavoidexposuretosharpobjects.
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Systemdescription
TheSimradST90isalongrangeandlowfrequencyshndingsonarwitha360degrees
coverage.TheST90isdesignedformediumandlargesizedshingvessels.
ADisplay(Theseconddisplayis
optional.)
BProcessorUnit
COperatingPanel
DTransceiverUnit
EHullUnit
FHoistmotor
GMotorControlUnit
HTransducer
Achoiceofhullunitsisavailableforthe
ST90Fish-ndingsonar.Thehullunits
offerdifferentphysicalpropertiesand
loweringdepths.Thesametransducer
isusedonallhullunittypes.
Ifhighperformanceisyournumber
1criteriawhenchoosingasonar;such
aslongrange,highresolution,narrow
beamsandhighsourcelevels,this
isyournaturalchoice.Wemadeno
compromisesduringthedesignofthe
ST90.Ourgoalwassimplytomakethe
ultimatehighperformanceshnding
sonar.WiththeSimradST90,weuse
lowerfrequenciesthantheSX90and
SU90sonars.Inordertoachievethis,
acompletelynewtransducerhasbeen
designed.Eachelementislargerthanthe
previousSX90andSU90elements,but
thenumberofelementsisthesameastheSU90.Thisallowsforthesamenarrowbeam,
andultimatelyalongerrange.TheST90hasbeendesignedtosearchwithverylongranges
inallweatherandseaconditions.Whetheritisheavyweather,hardbottom,openwaters,
weaktargets-allechoesarehandledbytheST90duetothefullystabilizedandverynarrow
beamscombinedwiththecuttingedgesignalprocessing.
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Thecentreoperationalfrequencyis19kHz,butyoucanselectanyoperationalfrequency
from14to24kHzinstepsof1kHz.Thecylindricalmulti-elementtransducerallows
theomnidirectionalsonarbeamstobetiltedelectronicallyfrom-10to+84degrees.This
allowsyoutoautomaticallytrackschoolsofsh,andtoobservethewholewatervolume
aroundthevessel.
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Generalsafetyrules
Safetyisimportant.Thesafetyprecautionsmustbefollowedatalltimesduringinstallation
andmaintenancework.
WARNING
TheST90operateson115VACand/or230VACat50/60Hz.Thisvoltageislethal!
Youmustneverworkaloneonhigh-voltageequipment!
Thehullunitispoweredbya3-phasehighvoltage.
Thisequipmentmustbeservicedonlybyqualiedpersonnelfamiliarwiththe
constructionandoperationoftheST90,aswellasthepotentialhazardsinvolved.
Failuretoobservethisprecautioncouldresultinbodilyinjury.
1Youmustalwaysswitchoffallpowerbeforeinstallationormaintenanceworkon
theST90system.
Usethemaincircuitbreaker,andlabelthebreakerwithawarningsignthatinforms
othersthatmaintenanceorinstallationworkisinprogressonthesystem.
2Forsafetyreasons,twopersonsmustalwaysbepresentduringtroubleshootingwith
powerON.
3Readandunderstandtheapplicablerstaidinstructionsrelatedtoelectricshock.
4Whenevermaintenanceisinprogress,itisessentialthatarstaidkitisavailable,and
thatallpersonnelarefamiliarwiththerstaidinstructionsforelectricalshock.
5Thevariouspartsofthesystemmaybeheavy.
Makesurethattheappropriatetoolsandcertiedliftingequipmentareavailable.The
personnelmustbetrainedinrelevantinstallationandmaintenancework.
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Supportinformation
IfyouneedtechnicalsupportforyourSimradST90youmustcontactyourlocaldealer,or
oneofoursupportdepartments.Alistofallourofcesanddealersisprovidedonour
website.Y oucanalsocontactourmainsupportofceinNorway.
Norway(mainofce)
•Companyname:KongsbergMaritimeAS/Simrad
•Address:Strandpromenaden50,N-3190Horten,Norway
•Telephone:[phone]
•Telefax:[phone]
•Website:https://www.simrad.no
•E-mailaddress:[email protected]
Spain
•Companyname:SimradSpainS.L.U
•Address:PartidaAtalayes20,03570Villajoyosa,Spain
•Telephone:[phone]
•Telefax:[phone]
•Website:http://www.simrad.es
•E-mailaddress:[email protected]
France
•Companyname:SimradFrance
•Address:5ruedeMenMeur,29730Guilvinec,France
•Telephone:[phone]
•Telefax:[phone]
•Website:http://www.simrad.fr
•E-mailaddress:[email protected]
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USA
•Companyname:KongsbergUnderwaterTechnologyInc/SimradFisheries
•Address:1921033rdAveW,SuiteA,Lynnwood,W A98036,USA
•Telephone:[phone]
•Telefax:[phone]
•Website:https://www.simrad.com
•E-mailaddress:[email protected]
Canada
•Companyname:KongsbergMesotechLtd.
•Address:1598KebetWay,PortCoquitlam,BC,V3C5M5,Canada
•Telephone:[phone]
•Telefax:[phone]
•Website:https://www.simrad.com
•E-mailaddress:[email protected]
Malaysia
•Companyname:KongsbergMaritimeMalaysiaSdn.Bhd
•Address:Unit27-5SignatureOfces,TheBoulevard,MidV alleyCity,LingkaranSyed
Putra,59200KualaLumpur,Malaysia
•Telephone:[phone]
•Telefax:[phone]
•Website:https://www.simrad.com
•E-mailaddress:[email protected]
Korea
•Companyname:KongsbergMaritimeKoreaLtd
•Address:#1101-HarborTower,113-1,Nampodong6-Ga,Jung-Gu,Busan600-046,Korea
•Telephone:[phone]
•Telefax:[phone]
•Website:https://www.simrad.com
•E-mailaddress:[email protected]
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China
•Companyname:KongsbergMaritimeChinaLtd
•Address:555ChuanqiaoRoad,China(Shanghai)PilotFreeTradeZone,201206,China
•Telephone:[phone]
•Telefax:[phone]
•Website:https://www.simrad.com
•E-mailaddress:[email protected]
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Gettingstarted
Topics
OperatingPaneldescription,page16
Startingnormaloperation,page19
Basicoperatingprocedures,page37
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OperatingPaneldescription
TheST90OperatingPanelisthemostimportantdeviceforfastandefcientuser
interface.TheOperatingPaneloffersallnecessarycontrolfunctionsfornormaloperationof
theST90.
ThecontrolsprovidedbytheOperatingPanelarearrangedinlogicalfunctionalgroups.This
offersyouclearandeasyoperationwithfastaccesstokeyfunctionality.Themajorityofthe
ST90functionscanbeaccessedusingthetrackballontheOperatingPanelandthemenu
systemshownintheST90presentation.TheOperatingPanelallowsyoutoassigncertain
functionstodedicatedbuttonsandswitches.
Tip
AUSBsocketisprovidedinthetopleftcorneroftheOperatingPanel.Usethissocketto
connectacomputerkeyboard,amouseoraUSBashdrive.
APower:PressthisbuttontoturntheST90onandoff.
•BeforeyouturnontheST90,makesurethatyouhavesufcientwaterdepthto
lowerthetransducer!
•YoumustneverturnontheST90whentheshipisindrydock.Thetransducermay
bedamagedifittransmitsinopenair.
•YoumustneverturnofftheST90bymeansoftheon/offswitchontheProcessor
Unit.YoumustALWAYSusetheOperatingPanel.
BSonarSelect:SincetheOperatingPanelusesEthernettocommunicatewiththe
ProcessorUnit,youcanuseonesinglepaneltocontrolmorethanonesonarsystem.To
changewhichsonartocontrol,pressSonarSelectontheOperatingPanel.Ifyouuse
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yourOperatingPaneltocontrolmorethantwosonars,pressSonarSelectrepeatedly
toselect.
CUserSettings:PressoneoftheUserSettingsbuttonstoapplyapredenedusersetting.
TochoosewhichfunctiontoapplyopentheOperatingPanelpage.UnderUserSetting
Buttons,assignonepredenedsettingtoeachbuttonontheOperatingPanel.The
OperatingPanelpageislocatedintheInstallationdialogbox.
DF1F2F3:PressoneoftheFxbuttonstoapplyapredenedfunction.Tochoosewhich
functiontoapplyopentheOperatingPanelpage.UnderButtonOptions,assignone
functiontoeachFxbuttonontheOperatingPanel.
ScreenCapture:PressthisbuttontomakeacopyofthecurrentST90presentation.You
canchooseeitherasinglescreencaptureorasequencewithmultiplescreencaptures.
OpentheScreenCapturesdialogboxtoselectscreencapturemode.
EJoystick:Pressthejoystickforwardtoincreasethetiltangleintheactiveview.Turn
thebuttononthetopofthejoysticktochangethebearingintheactiveview.
FMousebuttons:Thesebuttonscorrespondtothetwomostcommonbuttonsona
standardcomputermouse.Whenaninstructiontellsyouto"select"or"left-click",press
theleftbutton.Whenaninstructiontellsyouto"right-click",presstherightbutton.
GUsethesebuttonstolowerandhoistthetransducer.Whilethetransducerismovingthe
indicatorlampashes,andanaudiblesignalissounded.Whentherequestedposition
hasbeenreached,theindicatorlampislit,andtheaudiblesignalstops.
•Up:PressUptohoistthetransducertoitsupperposition.
•Middle:PressMiddletoplacethetransducerinapredenedmiddleposition.
•Down:PressDowntolowerthetransducertoitsbottomposition.
HRotaryswitches:Turnarotaryswitchtoapplyapredenedfunction.Tochoosewhich
functiontoapplyopentheOperatingPanelpage.UnderRotarySwitchOptions,assign
onefunctiontoeachrotaryswitchontheOperatingPanel.
IUsethesebuttonstoplacemarkersinthecurrentactiveview.
•Marker:PressMarkertoplaceagenericmarkerintheactiveview.Oneormore
markerscanbeplacedintheviewtoidentifyspecicechoes.Eachmarkerisshown
asasmalltrianglewithorwithoutashortidentifyinglabel.Itispositionedbasedon
thetwoknownaxesintheviewaswellasthetiltandbearingofthecurrentping.
•CircleMarker:PressCircleMarkertoplaceacircularmarkerintheactiveview.The
circleisdrawnwiththesamediameterasyourpurse.Bymeansofthecircleyou
canseethesizeoftheschoolrelativetoyourpurse.
•Gear:PressGeartoplaceagearsymbolintheactiveview.Thegearsymbolis
providedasatooltohelpyouplanandshootthepurseseine.Thesymbolisintended
tobeusedinastructuredsequencethatstartswhenyouplantoshootthepurseseine.
JPressthesebuttonstostartpositionortargettracking.
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•PositionTrack:UsethetrackballtocontrolthecursorintheST90userinterface.A
positiontrackpermitstheST90toautomaticallycontrolthetiltandbearingbased
onthemovementsofyourvessel.Itlocksonapositiondenedbyitslatitude,
longitudeanddepth.Thebearingandtiltsettingsareautomaticallyadjustedto
compensateforthemovementsofyourvessel.
•TargetTrack:AtargettrackpermitstheST90toautomaticallycontrolthetiltand
bearingbasedonthemovementsofthechosentarget.Itlocksonthetargetdened
byitsposition,headingandspeed.Thebearingandtiltsettingsareautomatically
adjustedtofollowthemovementsofthetrackedtarget.
Anewtrackedobjectisautomaticallygivenprioritystatus.Relevantinformationabout
thepriorityobjectcanbefoundinthelowerleftcorneroftheview.Ifyouchangethe
tiltorbearingsettingsmanuallytheprioritystatusislost.
KTrackball:UsethetrackballtocontrolthecursorintheST90userinterface.
Note
TheST90supportstwodifferentoperatingpanels.Thesearereferredtoas"Mk1"and
"Mk2".Inthispublicationalldescriptionsandreferencesarerelatedto"Mk2".
Beforeyoucanchangethesettingsrelatedtoaview,youmustclickinsidetheviewto
activateit.Thechangesyoumakearebydefaultonlyvalidfortheactiveview.Severalof
thefunctionsofferApplytoAll.IfyouselectApplytoAllyoursettingisappliedtoall
theviewsinthecurrentpresentationmode.
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