Simrad PI44 C User manual

• For trawl, purse seine
and danish seine
• For all vessel sizes
• Six individual channels
• Eight different sensors
• Integrated echo sounder
• Rugged design
• Long range
• Fast sensor data update
• Easy to use
Simrad PI44
Cath monitoring system for trawlers and seiners
MAXIMIZING YOUR PERFORMANCE AT SEA
www.SIMRAD.com

SIMRAD PI44
Graphic mode
with echo sounder
Numerical data and echo
sounder data on a split screen
Only a few buttons give you access
and control over advanced features.
The majority of the functions are
controlled by direct access to the
relevant menu.
The PI sensors are not developed
for trawlers alone. They are just as
valuable for those working with
purse seine and danish seine.
Depth, temperature and bottom
contact are valuable information for
seining too, and with the Simrad
PI44 you have an efcient tool
providing numerous opportunities.
The Operator unit is the
“heart” of the Simrad PI44
Catch Monitoring System. In
spite its modest physical size
and simple installation, this
unit will give you the current
status of the trawl, purse
seine or danish seine, as well
as accurate echo sounder
images of sh and bottom.
By means of the Simrad PI44
Operator unit you can read the
data from six different sensors
simultaneously. Several sensor types
are available, such as depth, height,
temperature, catch, rip, bottom contact
and door spread.
The PI44 Operator unit provides
you with a 10.4” colour display, as
well as simple menu operation using
dedicated buttons. On the inside we
have supplied the advanced electronic
hardware and software.
One important design condition
was to create a system to be used on
both small and large vessels. For this
reason the Operator unit is small, and
by means of the mounting bracket
you can place it on a table, on the
bulkhead, or below the deckhead.
Using the mounting material included
you can also ush mount the unit into
a console.

Numerical sensor data
In order to take fully advantage
of the PI44 functionality, you should
exploit the interfaces. In addition
to the sensor data interfaces, the
PI44 also includes a fully featured
dual frequency echo sounder. Using
dedicated buttons, the echo sounder
is very easy to use. You can even
superimpose the sensor data onto
the echogram, and thus achieve a
graphic presentation of the underwater
situation.
Apart from this, the operator
unit can be connected to external
navigation instruments in order to
receive the vessel’s position, speed
and heading on NMEA format.
Connected to a Simrad Combi
transducer you can also read the
water surface temperature.
SIMRAD PI44

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
(855-165233 / Rev.C / July 2006)
PI44 System diagram
(A) = Operator unit
(B) = Battery charger
(C) = Hydrophone
(D) = Echo sounder transducer
(E) = Sensors
(F) = +24-32 Vdc
(G) = NMEA serial lines
Operator unit
Display: 10.4” colour LCD
Physical measurements:
• Height: 220 mm (w/o bracket)
• Width: 365 mm
• Depth: 75 mm (w/o bracket)
Power supply: +12 to +32 Vdc
Modes:
• Temperature
• Graphic
• Echo sounder
• Numerical
• Status
• Navigation
• Two or more modes can be used
simultaneously by means of the
split screen feature
Language: Several menu languages
available depending on SW version
Echo sounder
Frequencies:
• 38/200 kHz, or
• 50/200 kHz
Output power: 1 kW
Echo sounder modes:
• Normal
• Bottom lock
• Phase down
• Zoom
• A-Scope
Sensors
No. of channels: 6
Available sensors:
• Depth
• Temperature
• Bottom Contact
• Height
• Spread
• Twin spread
• Catch
• Rip
Applications:
• Trawl
• Purse seine
• Danish seine
Interfaces
• NMEA Serial lines
• External alarm
• Water temperature
• Speed
• Echo sounder transducer(s)
• Sensor hydrophone
Strandpromenaden 50
P.O.Box 111
N-3191 Horten,
Norway
Simrad Horten AS
Telephone: [phone]
Telefax: [phone]
[e-mail]
www.simrad.com
Additional equipment
• Battery charger for the sensors
• Echo sounder transducer(s)
• PC application for sensor
conguration
• PC application and special cable
for software update
• Additional hydrophone (with a
junction box) - recommended for
large trawlers
We reserve the rights to alter the technical specications without prior notication.