Simrad EK80 User manual

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Simrad EK80
QUICK START
GUIDE

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SimradEK80
Scienticwidebandechosounder
Quickstartguide
Release2.0.x
Thismanualprovidesyouwiththebasicinformationrequiredtoget
youstartedwiththeSimradEK80Scienticwidebandechosounder
andADCP .FormoreinformationaboutthepracticaluseoftheEK80
system,aswellasdetailedinformationaboutthefunctionsanddialog
boxesprovided,refertotheReferenceManualand/orthecontextsensitive
On-linehelp.
Note
Youmustneversetthesystemto"ping"unlessthetransducerissubmerged
inwater.Mosttransducersaredamagedbeyondrepairiftheytransmitin
openair.Preventinadvertentuseofthesystemwheneveratransduceris
notsubmerged.
Additionalend-userdocumentsrelatedtotheEK80systemcanbefound
onourwebsite.Thisincludespublicationsthataretranslatedtoother
languages.
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Documentinformation
•Product:SimradEK80
•Document:Quickstartguide
•Documentpartnumber:403825
•DocumentISBNnumber:
•Revision:C
•Dateofissue:5December2020
Copyright
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Warning
Theequipmenttowhichthismanualappliesmustonlybeusedforthepurposeforwhichitwasdesigned.
Improperuseormaintenancemaycausedamagetotheequipmentand/orinjurytopersonnel.Youmustbe
familiarwiththecontentsoftheappropriatemanualsbeforeattemptingtooperateorworkontheequipment.
KongsbergMaritimedisclaimsanyresponsibilityfordamageorinjurycausedbyimproperinstallation,
useormaintenanceoftheequipment.
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butdoesnotacceptliabilityforanyerrorsoromissions.
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Tableofcontents
SIMRADEK80..............................................................................5
HARDWAREINSTALLATIONFORPORTABLEANDLABSETUP.......7
SETTINGTHEEK80SYSTEMTOWORK.........................................9
InstallingtheEK80operationalsoftware...............................................................................9
Obtainingandinstallingthesoftwarelicense.......................................................................10
DeningtheIPaddressontheProcessorUnitnetworkadapterforcommunicationwith
thetransceiver...................................................................................................................11
Installingoneormoretransducers........................................................................................12
Settinguptransceiverchannels.............................................................................................13
GETTINGSTARTED....................................................................14
TurningontheEK80system................................................................................................14
Startingnormaloperation.....................................................................................................15
Replaydata............................................................................................................................16
Gettingtoknowtheuserinterface........................................................................................18
Recorddata...........................................................................................................................20
TurningofftheEK80system................................................................................................21
TARGETSTRENGTHCALIBRATIONSUMMARY............................22
GETMOREINFORMATION.........................................................25
Openingthecontext-sensitiveonlinehelp............................................................................25
End-userdocumentation.......................................................................................................26
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SimradEK80

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SimradEK80
ThesystemdiagramidentiesthemaincomponentsofabasicEK80system.Onlythe
mainconnectionsbetweentheunitsareshown.Detailedinterfacecapabilitiesandpower
cablesarenotshown.
Inthispublication,thecomputerisreferredtoastheProcessorUnit.
Basicsystem
ThebasicSimradEK80Scienticwidebandechosounderconsistsofonetransducer,
oneWideBandTransceiver(WBT)andoneProcessorUnit.Additionaltransceivers
andtransducerscanbeaddedtomeetyouroperationalandfunctionalrequirements.
Post-processingsoftwareisprovidedbythird-partysuppliers.Seeourwebsiteformore
information.
Unlessotherwisespeciedinacontract,thedisplayandtheEthernetswitcharenotincluded
inthestandarddeliveryfromKongsbergMaritime.Thesearecommercialitemsthatcan
bepurchasedlocally.
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ADisplay+ProcessorUnit
BTransceiverofthefollowingtypes:WBTmini,WBTTube,WBTandEC150–3C.
CTransducers
Transceiverunit
Thetransceiverunitisprovidedtotransmitandreceiveacousticenergythroughthewater,
usinganappropriatetransducer.Thistransmissionandreceptionarecommonlyreferred
toasaping.Aftereachtransmission,thetransceiverreceivestheechoesfromthetargets
inthewaterand/ortheseabed.Theseechoesarelteredandampliedandthenconverted
intodigitalformat.
Transducers
TheEK80Scienticwidebandechosoundercanbeusedwithalloursingle-beamand
split-beamtransducers.Inmostcases,onesplit-beamtransducerisusedforeachtransceiver.
Severaloperationalfrequenciesareavailable.Consultourwebsiteforacompletedesription.
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TheEK80canbeexpandedbyaddingdedicatedhardwareforacousticDopplercurrent
proler(ADCP)measurements.
ThismanualgivesabriefinstructiononhowtoinstalltheEK80hardwareandhowyou
usetheEK80software.TheEK80softwarecanbeinstalledandusedwithoutaccesstoany
hardware.Replayingrecordedlesisagreatwaytofamiliarizeoneselfwiththesoftware.
Youcanevenperformafullcalibrationbasedonpreviouslyrecordedles.
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Hardwareinstallationfor
portableandlabsetup
SeveraloftheEK80transceiversarewellsuitedforportableapplicationssuchassurveys
fromasmallvessel.Testingtheequipmentinthelabisalsoagreatwayofgettingto
knowtheequipmentandtoensurethateverythingisworkingbeforegoingintotheeld.
Thisisasummaryofthegeneralinstallationconsiderationsandrequirementsapplicable
forportableandlabsetup.
Context
Makesurethatyoudon'tpingwithatransduceroutof
thewater.Useasmallwatertankandkeepthetransducer
submerged.Youshouldnotpingatfulltransmit
powerwhenworkingundertheseconditions.Itisalso
perfectlynetooperatealltheEK80transceiverswith
notransducerconnected.
Foraportableandlabasetupsystem,anoverall
procedureisprovidedhere.Thisproceduredoesnot
describeanydetailedtasks.Formoredetailsandrelevant
descriptionsusetheEK80Installationmanual.
Procedure
1UnpackthevariousunitsthatcomprisetheEK80.
2Connecttheunitstogetherasindicatedintheschematics.
Ifyouusemorethanonetransceiver,ahighperformanceEthernetswitchmustbeused.
Note
Itisveryimportantthathigh-qualityEthernetcablesareused.YoumustuseCAT-5E
STP(ShieldedTwistedPair)qualityorbetter.Ifyouusecableswithlowerbandwidth
capacityyouwillreducetheEK80performance.
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3Connectpower.
4PoweruptheProcessorUnit.
5InstallandstarttheEK80software.
Note
ForinformationaboutthepracticaluseoftheEK80,refertotheEK80Reference
Manual.End-userdocumentsrelatedtotheEK80systemcanbefoundonourwebsite.
YoucanalsondinformationintheEK80ContextSensitiveOn-lineHelp.
Relatedtopics
Replaydata,page16
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