Simrad PI50 - REV A User manual

Reference manual
Simrad PI50
Catch monitoring system
TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES
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SimradPI50
Catchmonitoringsystem
Referencemanual
Release1.0.0
Thepurposeofthisreferencemanualistoprovide
thedescriptions,proceduresanddetailedparameter
explanationsrequiredtoallowforsafeandefcientuse
oftheSimradPI50Catchmonitoringsystem,aswellas
athoroughunderstandingofthesystemparametersand
adjustments.
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Tableofcontents
ABOUTTHISMANUAL.......................................................9
SIMRADPI50..................................................................11
Important................................................................................................................11
Systemdescription.................................................................................................12
Systemdiagram......................................................................................................13
Systemunits...........................................................................................................14
Colourdisplay............................................................................................14
ProcessorUnit............................................................................................14
ReceiverUnit.............................................................................................16
Hydrophones..............................................................................................17
Catchmonitoringsensors............................................................................18
Supportinformation...............................................................................................18
GETTINGSTARTED..........................................................20
PowerOn/Offprocedures.......................................................................................20
Poweron....................................................................................................20
Poweroff...................................................................................................21
Usingthetrackball..................................................................................................21
Sensorpresentations...............................................................................................22
Startingnormaloperation.......................................................................................23
Howtoselectmenulanguage......................................................................23
HowtoresetthePI50tofactorydefaultparameters.......................................23
Howtoselectandsetupthesensors.............................................................24
Howtosavethecurrentusersettings............................................................27
Howtocalibratethedepthsensors...............................................................27
TitleBar..................................................................................................................28
Themenusystem....................................................................................................30
Themenuhierarchy....................................................................................30
Menubuttons..............................................................................................30
DISPLAYVIEWS..............................................................33
Displayorganisation...............................................................................................33
Titlebar..................................................................................................................35
Logoandproductname...............................................................................35
Operationbuttons.......................................................................................35
Navigationalinformation.............................................................................36
Functionbuttons.........................................................................................37
Menusystem...........................................................................................................38
Sensorviews...........................................................................................................39
PIBottomContactsensorview....................................................................40
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PICatchsensorview...................................................................................41
PIDepthsensorview..................................................................................42
PIHeightsensorview.................................................................................43
PISpreadsensorview.................................................................................44
PITemperaturesensorview.........................................................................45
PITemperature/Depthsensorview...............................................................46
PIGeometrysensorview.............................................................................47
PIHeight/Depthsensorview.......................................................................49
PISpread/Depthsensorview.......................................................................50
PITwinSpreadsensorview.........................................................................52
PISeineSoundersensorview.......................................................................54
PIRemote/Depthsensorview......................................................................55
PIRipsensorview......................................................................................55
Verticalgeometryview................................................................................56
Trendviews............................................................................................................57
PIBottomContacttrendview......................................................................57
PICatchtrendview.....................................................................................57
PIDepthtrendview....................................................................................58
PIHeighttrendview...................................................................................59
PISpreadtrendview...................................................................................59
PITemperaturetrendview...........................................................................60
PITemperature/Depthtrendview.................................................................60
PIGeometrytrendview..............................................................................61
PIHeight/Depthtrendview.........................................................................62
PISpread/Depthtrendview.........................................................................62
PITwinSpreadtrendview...........................................................................62
PISeineSoundertrendview.........................................................................63
PIRemote/Depthtrendview........................................................................63
PIRiptrendview........................................................................................63
Screencaptures.......................................................................................................64
OPERATIONALPROCEDURES..........................................65
PowerOn/Offprocedures.......................................................................................66
Poweron....................................................................................................66
Poweroff...................................................................................................66
Usersettings...........................................................................................................67
HowtoresetthePI50tofactorydefaultparameters.......................................67
Howtosavethecurrentusersettings............................................................67
Howtousepreviouslysavedsettings...........................................................68
Userpreferences.....................................................................................................69
Howtoselectmenulanguage......................................................................69
Howtochoosecolourpresentationtheme(palette)........................................69
Howtochoosescreenbrightness..................................................................70
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Howtoselectmeasurementunits.................................................................70
Howtocontroltheorderofthesensorviews................................................70
Howtoselectandsetupthesensors......................................................................72
Genericprocedure.......................................................................................72
HowtosetupthePIBottomContactsensor.................................................75
HowtosetupthePICatchsensor................................................................76
HowtosetupthePIDepthsensor................................................................77
HowtosetupthePIHeightsensor...............................................................79
HowtosetupthePISpreadsensor..............................................................80
HowtosetupthePITemperaturesensor......................................................82
HowtosetupthePITemperature/Depthsensor............................................83
HowtosetupthePIGeometrysensor..........................................................85
HowtosetupthePIHeight/Depthsensor.....................................................86
HowtosetupthePISpread/Depthsensor....................................................88
HowtosetupthePITwinSpreadsensor......................................................89
HowtosetupthePISeineSoundersensor....................................................91
HowtosetupthePIRemote/Depthsensor...................................................91
HowtosetupthePIRipsensor...................................................................92
Sensorprocedures...................................................................................................93
Howtocalibratethedepthsensors...............................................................93
Howtoresetthesensorcounter...................................................................94
Howtosmoothoutthebottomandcatchreadings.........................................94
Howtosmoothoutthedatareception...........................................................95
Howtoremovespikesandreectionsfromthesensordata............................95
Howtosetupspreadanddepthsensorstomeasureverticalgeometry............96
Howtosetupdepthandheightsensorstomeasuretotalwaterdepth..............98
Howtosetuptheheightsensortoshowthetrawlopening.............................98
Receiversettings.....................................................................................................99
Howtoadjustthereceiversensitivity...........................................................99
Howtoghtinterference...........................................................................100
Alarmsandmessages...........................................................................................101
Howtoreadandacknowledgealarmsandmessages....................................101
Howtosetupsensoralarms......................................................................101
Howtoaccessthelogles.........................................................................102
Softwareprocedures.............................................................................................104
HowtoinstallthePI50software................................................................104
HowtoobtainthePI50license..................................................................105
HowtoupgradethePI50software.............................................................105
HowtoremovethePI50software..............................................................106
Externalinterfaces................................................................................................107
HowtosetupthePIsensordataoutput......................................................107
HowtosetuptheSimradITITrawlsysteminput........................................108
HowtosetuptheSimradechosounderinput...............................................110
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Howtosetupthenavigationsysteminput...................................................111
THEMENUSYSTEM.......................................................113
Aboutmenusandbuttons.....................................................................................113
Buttontypes..........................................................................................................114
Mainmenu............................................................................................................116
Operationmenu....................................................................................................117
Displaymenu........................................................................................................118
Setupmenu...........................................................................................................119
FUNCTIONSANDDIALOGS...........................................120
Mainmenu;functionsanddialogs.......................................................................121
UserSettings............................................................................................121
Range......................................................................................................123
StartRange...............................................................................................124
Operationmenu;functionsanddialogs................................................................126
SensorFilter.............................................................................................126
Catch/BottomFilter..................................................................................127
MultipathFilter........................................................................................128
ResetCounters.........................................................................................129
Displaymenu;functionsanddialogs...................................................................130
Palette......................................................................................................131
ScreenBrightness.....................................................................................131
Units........................................................................................................132
Language.................................................................................................132
StatusDisplay...........................................................................................133
TrendHistoryLength................................................................................136
DisplayOptions........................................................................................137
ScreenCaptures........................................................................................139
About.......................................................................................................139
Setupmenu;functionsanddialogs.......................................................................141
Simulator.................................................................................................141
GearType................................................................................................142
SelectSensors...........................................................................................142
AlarmLimits............................................................................................148
Calibration...............................................................................................149
Receiver...................................................................................................150
Navigation...............................................................................................153
Installation...............................................................................................157
I/OSetup..................................................................................................158
SoftwareLicense......................................................................................162
Otherdialogsandfunctions..................................................................................163
LANPortSetup........................................................................................163
SerialPortSetup.......................................................................................166
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AddSerialPort.........................................................................................167
PortMonitor.............................................................................................167
SelectInputs.............................................................................................168
SelectOutputs..........................................................................................170
Messages..................................................................................................171
PIDataOutput..........................................................................................172
PI50SENSORS..............................................................174
Sensorsoverview..................................................................................................174
PIBottomContactpurposeandapplication................................................175
PICatchpurposeandapplication...............................................................176
PIDepthpurposeandapplication...............................................................177
PIHeightpurposeandapplication..............................................................178
PISpreadpurposeandapplication.............................................................179
PITemperaturepurposeandapplication.....................................................180
PITemperature/Depthpurposeandapplication...........................................181
PIGeometrypurposeandapplication.........................................................182
PIHeight/Depthpurposeandapplication....................................................184
PISpread/Depthpurposeandapplication....................................................185
PITwinSpreadpurposeandapplication.....................................................186
PISeineSounderpurposeandapplication...................................................187
PIRemote/Depthpurposeandapplication..................................................188
PIRippurposeandapplication..................................................................189
Sensorconguration.............................................................................................190
Defaultcommunicationchannelsandupdaterates.......................................190
Changingacommunicationchannel...........................................................191
Changingtheupdaterate...........................................................................191
PICongurator.........................................................................................192
Chargingprocedures.............................................................................................193
Batteryhandling.......................................................................................193
HowtousetheSimradPICharger.............................................................194
HowtousetheSimradPIMaxiCharger......................................................196
HowtousetheSimradPIMiniCharger......................................................197
HowtousetheSimradPSCharger.............................................................198
TELEGRAMFORMATS....................................................200
AbouttheNMEAtelegramformat.......................................................................201
AboutNMEA...........................................................................................201
Telegrams.................................................................................................201
StandardNMEA0183communicationparameters......................................202
Sentencestructure.....................................................................................202
SpecicationofNMEAtelegrams.......................................................................203
DBSDepthbelowsurface.........................................................................203
GLLGeographicalpositionlatitude/longitude............................................204
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GGAGlobalpositioningsystemxdata.....................................................205
HDGHeading,deviationandvariation.......................................................205
HDMHeading,magnetic...........................................................................206
HDTHeading,true...................................................................................206
RMCRecommendedminimumspecicGNSSdata....................................206
VHWWaterspeedandheading.................................................................207
VTGCourseoverground&groundspeed..................................................207
VLWDualground/waterdistance..............................................................208
Proprietarytelegramsandformats.......................................................................209
DBSDepthoftrawlbelowsurface.............................................................209
HFBTrawlheadropetofootropeandbottom..............................................209
PSIMP-D1PISensordata.........................................................................209
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Aboutthismanual
Purpose
Thepurposeofthisreferencemanualistoprovidethedescriptions,proceduresand
detailedparameterexplanationsrequiredtoallowforsafeandefcientuseoftheSimrad
PI50,aswellasathoroughunderstandingofthesystemparametersandadjustments.
Agoodunderstandingofsystemfunctionsandcontrolsisessentialtofullytake
advantageofthefunctionalityprovided.Seaconditionsvary,sometimesdrastically,
anditisnotpossibletoidentifysettingsthatwillprovidethebestdataatalltimes.
Carefulstudyoftheinformationinthismanualishighlyrecommended,preferably
whileexploringthesystem’sfunctionality.
Click“Help”!
InstalledonyourSimradPI50youwillndacomprehensiveon-linehelpsystem.
Youmaynotnditinyourlanguage,buteverythingyoucanreadintheSimradPI50
Referencemanualcanalsobefoundinthecontextsensitiveon-linehelp.
Toaccessthisinformationclick[?]ontheTitleBarmenu,orthe[?]buttoninoneof
thedialogs.
Notethatwhenyouopenthehelpsystemitwillplaceitselfonthetopofthedisplay
presentation!
Softwareversion
Thismanualcompliestosoftwareversion1.0.0.
Note
Windows,WindowsXP ,andWindows7areeitherregisteredtrademarks,ortrademarks
ofMicrosoftCorporationintheUnitedStatesand/orothercountries.
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References
ThefollowingusermanualshavebeenprovidedfortheSimradPI50.Englishmanuals
areprovidedwiththePI50whenitisshipped.Manualsinotherlanguagesmaybe
downloadedfromh
t t p : / / w w w . s i m r a d . c o m .
•SimradPI50OperatorManual,English[328457/ISBN978-82-8066-121-2]
•SimradPI50ReferenceManual,English[328458/ISBN978-82-8066-120-3]
•SimradPI50InstallationManual,English[328459/ISBN978-82-8066-122-7]
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StudythischaptertofamiliarizeyourselfwiththeSimradPI50.
Topics
•Importantonpage11
•Systemdescriptiononpage12
•Systemdiagramonpage13
•Systemunitsonpage14
Important
Aswithallotheradvancedinstruments,thereareafewimportantthingsthatyoumustbe
awareof.
WhenthePI50isnotused
WhenyoudonotusethePI50,switchoffthedisplayandthecomputer.
YoumayswitchoftheReceiverUnittoo.
Ifsomethingbreaksdown
Ifyoubelievethatsomethinghasbrokendown,contactyourlocaldealer.Hewillbe
abletoassist.
WhenyouswitchoffthePI50
YoumustNEVERswitchoffthePI50bymeansoftheon/offswitchonthecomputer.
YoumustALW AYSexitthePI50applicationbyclickingtheExitbuttonontheTitleBar.
IfyoupowerdownthePI50bymeansofthecomputerswitchyoumaydamagethe
softwareapplicationandtheinterfaceparameterstoexternaldevices.
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Systemdescription
TheSimradPI50isdesignedfortheprofessionalsherycommunityimplementingthe
latestinnovations.Thecatchmonitoringsystemallowsyoutostayinfullcontrolofthe
gearanditsbehaviour.Thesystemisdesignedtobeequallyusefulforallshingtypes.
Bottomtrawlers,pelagictrawlers,purseordanishseiners-whateverkindofgearyou
use,allvesselscantakeadvantageofthefunctionalityprovidedbythePI50
TheSimradPI50comprisesthefollowingunits:
•Colourdisplay
•ProcessorUnit
•ReceiverUnit
•Hydrophone
Thehydrophoneismountedunderthevessel’shull.
Thesystemfurthercomprisesanumberofsmallandrobustsensorsmeasuringthe
conditionsonyourshinggear.TheSimradPI50Catchmonitoringsystemcanreceive
informationfromsixsensorssimultaneously.
Thesensorsarepoweredbybuilt-inrechargeablebatteries.Theyarehousedintitanium
casings,anddesignedusingadvancedshockabsorbingmaterials.Theinformation
collectedbythesensorsaresentthroughthewatertothehydrophonebymeansofcoded
soundwaves.TheReceiverUnitampliesanddecodestheinformation,convertsitto
digitalformat,andsendsittotheProcessorUnit(computer).Thecomputerinterpretsthe
information,andnallypresentsittoyou.
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Systemdiagram
Figure1System
diagram
Abasicsystemdiagramisprovided.Interfacecapabilities
andpowercablesarenotshown.
ADisplayUnit
BProcessorUnit
CReceiverUnit
DPowerSupply
EHydrophone
FCatchMonitoringSensors
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Systemunits
Eachsystemunitisdescribedinmoredetail.
Topics
•Colourdisplayonpage14
•ProcessorUnitonpage14
•ReceiverUnitonpage16
•Hydrophonesonpage17
•Catchmonitoringsensorsonpage18
Colourdisplay
AnycommercialcolourdisplaycanbeusedwiththeSimradPI50Catchmonitoring
systemprovidedthatthedisplaymeetsthebasicspecications.
Thesespecicationsare:
•Minimumscreenresolution:1280x1024
ProcessorUnit
AdedicatedmaritimecomputermaybeprovidedwiththeSimradPI50system.
Figure2PI50MarineComputer
Whenthiscomputerissupplied,itisreadilysetupwithallnecessarysoftware.The
computeriscustomizedbySimradtocontainnomovingparts.
Thecomputerisnormallymountedinthewheelhouse.Ifyouwishtotakeadvantage
oftheaudiblealarmsoffered,thecomputermustbeinstalledinsuchmannerthatthe
built-inloudspeakercanbeheard.Asanalternative,anexternalpoweredloudspeaker
canbeconnected.
Note
ThePI50MarineComputerwillbeverywarmduringoperation.
AnycommercialcomputercanalsobeusedwiththeSimradsystemprovidedthatthe
computermeetsthebasicminimumspecications.
Minimumcomputerrequirements
Observethefollowingminimumcomputerrequirements.
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•Operatingsystem:Microsoft®Windows®XP®(32–bit)orMicrosoft®Windows®
7(32–bit)[1]
Onnewinstallations,werecommendthatMicrosoft®Windows®7isused.
•Processorspeed:2GHzDualcore
•Memory:2.0Gb
•Freeharddiskspace:30Gb
•Chipset:Intel
•Graphicadapter:DirectX9.0ccompatiblewithDirect3dandOpenGL[2]
•Interfaces:
–Oneserial(RS-232)interfacetocommunicatewiththeReceiverUnit
Notethat“PCIExpress”serialinterfaceboardsarenotsupported.
–OneEthernetinterfacetocommunicatewithship’slocalareanetwork(ifrequired)
–Oneormoreseriallineinterfaces(dependsonhowmanyinterfacesthatare
requiredforthespecicintegration)
Note
USBtoSerialadapterarenotsupportedunderWindowsXP .
•Displayresolution:1280x1024[3]
1.ThePI50softwaredoesnotsupportMicrosoft©Windows©NTorolderoperatingsystems.
2.Alargenumberofcommercialgraphicadaptersareavailable,andSimradhasnottestedallofthem.
EvenadaptersmeetingtheminimumspecicationsmayinsomecasesprovetofailwiththePI50
software.Wewelcomeanyfeedbackwithcommentsorexperienceswithgraphicadapters.
3.Thisistheminimumresolution.AswithallotherWindowsapplications,thePI50softwarewillwork
withhigherresolutions,providedthatitissupportedbythegraphicadapterinthecomputerandthe
displayconnected.
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ReceiverUnit
TheSimradPI50Catchmonitoringsystemusesacustombuiltreceiver.
Figure3PI50ReceiverUnit
ThePI50receiverUnitishousedinasmallcabinet.Allnecessaryinputandoutput
socketseasilyavailable.Theunitispoweredbyasmallexternalpowersupply.
TheReceiverUnitprovidesthefollowinginterfaces:
•SeriallinecabletotheProcessorUnit.
•Onehydrophone
•Externalpowersupply
TheReceiverUnitisnormallylocatedinacompartmentdirectlyabovethehydrophone.
ThemaximumlengthoftheseriallinecabletotheProcessorUnitis50meters.
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Hydrophones
Twohullmountedhydrophonesareavailable,oneforpurseseiningoperations,andone
fortrawloperations.Youcaninstallboth,andthenselectactivehydrophonebymeansof
aselectorboxonthebulkhead.
Purseseinehydrophone
Figure4Purseseinehydrophone
Thehullmountedhydrophoneforpurseseining
operationshasa90degreeshorizontalbeam
anda30degreesverticalbeamtoprovidethe
PI50withoptimalreceptionfromthesensors
onapurseseine.
Thisspecicbeampatternisespeciallysuitedfor
purseseiningandthewidecoverageareareduces
theneedforcarefulalignment.
Trawlhydrophone
Thehullmountedhydrophonefortrawlingoperationshasa50degreeshorizontalbeam
anda30degreesverticalbeamtoprovidethePI50withoptimalreceptionfromthe
sensorsonabottomorpelagictrawl.
Thisspecicbeampatternisespeciallysuitedfortrawlingandthewidecoveragearea
reducestheneedforcarefulalignment.
Portablehydrophone
Figure5PortablehydrophoneAportablehydrophoneisalsoavailable.Itis
designedasatemporarymeasureuntilaxed
hydrophonecanbeinstalledatthevessel’snext
planneddrydocking.Ithasanomnidirectional
beamanda50meterintegratedcable.
Thecableissheathedinpolyurethaneproviding
robustexternalprotectiontocomplimentits150
kgtensilestrength.
Thecableissuppliedonareelforconvenient
retrievalandstowage,andisequippedwitha
plugforeasyattachmenttotheReceiverUnit.
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Catchmonitoringsensors
AlargeselectionofsensorscanbeusedwiththePI50system.
Thecurrentsoftwareversionsupportsthefollowingsensors:
•BottomContact
•Catch
•Depth
•Spread
•Temperature
•Height
•Temperature/Depth
•Spread/Depth
•TwinSpread
•Height/Depth
•SeineSounder
•Geometry
Relatedtopics
•Sensorviewsonpage39
•Trendviewsonpage57
•Howtoselectandsetupthesensorsonpage72
•Sensorsoverviewonpage174
•Sensorcongurationonpage190
•Chargingproceduresonpage193
Supportinformation
IfyouneedadditionaltechnicalsupportforyourSimradPI50youmustcontactyour
localdealer,oroneofoursupportdepartments.
Norway(Mainofce)
•Address:Strandpromenaden50,3190Horten,Norway
•Telephone:[phone]
•Telefax:[phone]
•E-mailaddress:s
i m r a d . s u p p o r t @ s i m r a d . c o m
•Website:h t t p : / / w w w . s i m r a d . n o
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