Wassp WMB-160F User manual

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WASSP - F SERIES
INSTALLATION MANUAL
WMB-160F and WMB-80F

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Warnings, Cautions, and Notes
Warnings, cautions, and notes are indicated by the
following icons throughout this manual:
A WARNING indicates that if the
instruction is not heeded, the action may
result in loss of life or serious injury.
A CAUTION indicates that if the instruction
is not heeded, the action may result in
equipment damage or software corruption.
Revision Date Reason for Change Version
12 November 2007 Updated with new software changes and addition of
Snapshot button to GUI.
V1.2
4 February 2008 Modied patch test description. V1.3
9 February 2009 New version incorporating Compact Transducer and
software version 104.048 changes
V1.4
7 April 2009 Detail of use with RJ-45 Type BTxR and transducer
cable with RJ-45 connectors added.
V1.41
11 May 2009 Minor wording correction, detail of Shuttle PC added. V1.42
23 June 2009 New version incorporating changes for software version
104.049
V1.5
9 July 2009 Updates and Backscatter Gain test added. V1.51
8 Dec 2009 Updated following release of V.50 software V1.6
2 September 2010 Updated for release of V.51 software V1.7
13 September 2010 Merged 80 and 160 Manuals into one document V1.8
28 January 2011 Updated to comply with latest V.51 features V1.9
30 November 2011 Updated gures and specs V2.0
12 January 2012 Updated Figures 7 and 11 V2.1
27 June 2012 V52 updates. V2.2
4 July 2014 V52.5 Updates V2.3
Document Revision History
Safety Notices
The installer of the equipment is solely responsible for
the correct installation of the equipment. WASSP Ltd.
assumes no responsibility for any damage associated
with incorrect installation.
Electrical Safety
►Fire, electrical shock, or equipment damage may occur if
the transceiver becomes wet.
►The equipment is rated for operation at:
►Make sure that the power is switched OFF at the main
supply (e.g. switchboard) before beginning the installation.
Fire or electrical shock may occur if the power is left ON.
►Do not open equipment covers unless you are totally
familiar with the system’s electrical circuits.
►Make sure all safety precautions for electrical equipment
are taken when operating or servicing the equipment.
These to be carried out in accordance with local or na-
tional regulatory body safety regulations.
►Make sure that the transducer will not loosen due to the
vessels vibration.
Related Documents
Document P/Number Title
WSP-009-001 WASSP System Operator Manual
A Note indicates a tip or additional infor-
mation that could be helpful while perform-
ing a procedure.
General Notices
WASSP Ltd. reserves the right to change the contents
of this manual and any system specications without
notice.
Contact WASSP Ltd. regarding copying or reproducing
this manual.
The WMB-160/80F is not designed to comply with hy-
drographical mapping standards and therefore must not
be used as a navigational mapping tool.
• Transceiver: 24 V DC.
• WASSP Ltd. supplied computer: 230 V AC.

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Contents
5 Purpose of this Manual
5 Introduction
Main Features ......................................................................................................................................................5
7 SystemConguration
8 Equipment Lists
Transducer Types................................................................................................................................................8
Compact Type WMB-160/80F-CT.........................................................................................................................................................8
WMB-160/80F-CT System — Standard Supply ................................................................................................9
WMB-160/80F-CT System — Options................................................................................................................9
10 Mounting
Mounting Considerations.................................................................................................................................10
Mounting the Transducer – General Considerations ..........................................................................................................................10
Mounting Considerations for the Personal Computer.........................................................................................................................10
12 Mounting Methods
Outline Diagrams ..............................................................................................................................................12
Transceiver Mounting Dimensions......................................................................................................................................................12
Shuttle Computer Mounting Dimensions ............................................................................................................................................13
Gland Assembly Dimensions ..............................................................................................................................................................14
UPS Installation and Mounting Dimensions........................................................................................................................................15
DC Power Supply Mounting Bracket Outline and Dimensions ..........................................................................................................16
Inverter Outline and Dimensions .......................................................................................................................................................17
Mount the Transducer Cable Gland....................................................................................................................................................18
Cable Gland Assembly - RJ-45 Type Connectors...............................................................................................................................20
Repairing / Replacing an RJ-45 Connector................................. .......................................................................................................21
Mounting Instructions – Transceiver ..............................................................................................................22
Transceiver Installation Considerations..............................................................................................................................................22
Transceiver Installation.......................................................................................................................................................................22
Transmitter Cable Socket Assembly...................................................................................................................................................23
Fitting the RJ-45 Type Connectors............................................................................ .........................................................................24
Mounting Instructions – Satellite Compass ...................................................................................................25
Satellite Compass Installation Considerations....................................................................................................................................25
26 Interface Connections
Computer to Transceiver..................................................................................................................................26
Power to Transceiver ........................................................................................................................................27
NMEA Interconnection......................................................................................................................................27
NMEA Sentences...............................................................................................................................................28
Shuttle PC Connections ...................................................................................................................................29
30 Software Installation
Re-installing the WMB-160/80F Sonar System Software Program...............................................................30
User Dongle........................................................................................................................................................................................34
Satellite Compass Software Set Up.................................................................................................................34
37 Pre-commissioning Procedures
Required Software ............................................................................................................................................36
Required Display Settings................................................................................................................................36
Recommended Display Settings .....................................................................................................................36
Network Settings...............................................................................................................................................36
Serial Transfer Task Settings ...........................................................................................................................37
Advanced Technician Utilities .........................................................................................................................39
Advanced Technician Options.........................................................................................................................39
BTXR Options....................................................................................................................................................41
Advanced Options ............................................................................................................................................42
44 Commissioning Procedure
Dockside Tests ..................................................................................................................................................44

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Commissioning Step 1: Ships Measurements ....................................................................................................................................44
Commissioning Step 2: Channel Gain................................................................................................................................................46
Commissioning Step 3: Channel Signal Function...............................................................................................................................47
Commissioning Step 4: Array Geometry.............................................................................................................................................48
Commissioning Step 5: Electrical Noise .............................................................................................................................................49
Commissioning Step 6: Sensor Selection...........................................................................................................................................51
Commissioning Step 7: Heading Offset..............................................................................................................................................51
Commissioning Step 8: Tide Conguration.........................................................................................................................................52
B. Sea Trials.......................................................................................................................................................53
Sea Trial Commissioning Step 9: Array Polarity .................................................................................................................................53
Sea Trial Commissioning Step 10 : Roll Correction Polarity...............................................................................................................53
Sea Trial Commissioning Step 11: Side Lobe Levels .........................................................................................................................54
Sea Trial Commissioning Step 12 : Patch Test (Roll) .........................................................................................................................55
Sea Trial Commissioning Step 13 : Sound Speed..............................................................................................................................56
Sea Trial Commissioning Step 14 : Beam Width Reduction...............................................................................................................57
Sea Trial Commissioning Step 15 : GPS Time Delay.........................................................................................................................58
Sea Trial Commissioning Step 16 : Not recommended Patch Tests ..................................................................................................59
Sea Trial Commissioning Step 17 : Setting Sidescan Gain Limit .......................................................................................................59
Sea Trial Commissioning Step 18 : Check Backscatter Levels ..........................................................................................................59
Sea Trial Commissioning Step 19: Clear Contour Maps (Optional)....................................................................................................60
Sea Trial Commissioning Step 20: Map an area (Optional)................................................................................................................60
Commissioning Step 21 : Copy Final System Conguration ..............................................................................................................60
61 Start Up / Shut Down Procedures
63 Troubleshooting
64 Advanced Optional Patch Tests
65 Compact Transducer Dimensions, 160 kHz, 80 kHz.
67 TechnicalSpecication

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Purpose of this Manual This installation manual describes the procedures to install the following WMB-
160/80F equipment:
►A WMB-160/80F-CT transceiver.
►An WASSP Ltd. supplied Shuttle XPC personal computer.
►The WMB-160/80F software program onto a computer hard disk drive.
It also provides procedures to commission the WMB-160/80F system during
dockside and sea trials.
Introduction The WMB-160/80F is a multi-beam Sonar system that uses a wide-angle sonar
transducer to prole the water column and sea-oor to a high resolution. It is
this unique combination of multi-beam sonar and computer processing power
which provides you with unparalleled information about the shing environment.
It gives you a wide 120° port-starboard swath of the water column and sea-
oor, allowing you to nd and position reefs and wrecks, sh schools, sea-oor
hardness changes, and foreign objects in the water column or on the sea-oor.
From the 120° swath, the system processes 112 dynamic beams, with each beam
containing detections from the water column and sea-oor.
The WMB-160/80F can be applied to a variety of shing methods, as well as
search and rescue, customs, and police applications.
The information is presented in a user-friendly, mouse controlled, Windows-based
operating system. The system can output data to plotting software packages.
For optimal performance, roll, heave, pitch, heading and position inputs are all
required. These can be provided through an WASSP Ltd. recommended SC-30
satellite compass.
The efciency of heave compensation depends on the quality of the input data.
The WMB-160/80F does not correct the effects of heave, but minimises them. This
is why accurate ship measurements must be taken and the dockside and sea trial
commissioning procedures carried out thoroughly.
Main Features
►Improved performance.
The use of separate transmit and receive arrays has enabled WASSP Ltd. to
optimise both transmit performance and receive sensitivity, giving improved
performance over traditional sonar and sounders.
►High detail picture of the marine environment.
The transmit beam spreads over a 120° port-starboard swath and covers 4° fore-
aft while the receive beam covers 10° fore-aft, displaying a highly detailed picture
of the marine environment.
►Beam stabilisation.
Beam stabilisation compensates for the movement of the vessel, providing
accurate sea-oor proles and sh school locations.
►Variable beam width.
Unique to the WMB-160/80F, the single beam view can not only be stabilised,
but the beam width can be varied from 5° to 40°.
►Triple beam view.
With variable width and angle, the port, centre, and starboard views display
together to help build your understanding of the sea environment.

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►Bottom lock.
Bottom lock provides a traditional bottom lock mode where the changes in
bottom depth are ignored and the bottom is drawn at. Fish and other echoes
are shown relative to the at bottom image, enabling better discrimination
between bottom sh and the sea-oor.
►Computerbasedprolestorage.
A computer-based system means the WMB-160/80F can generate and store
very detailed sea-oor proles.
►Digital signal processing (DSP).
Using DSP technology, the WMB-160/80F can provide an indication of changes
in sea-oor hardness, ideal for scalloping, crayshing, and trawling where you
want to understand and locate small changes on the sea-oor.
►160 kHz operating frequency.
Operating at a frequency of 160 kHz provides high sea-oor denition.
►2-D and 3-D zoom.
2-D zooming from 250 m out to 3 km. 3-D zooming from 10 m out to 1 km.
►Depthandsea-oorcoverage.
Sea-oor coverage is determined by the beam width in use: For a 90 degree
beam width, the sea-oor coverage will be approximately twice the water depth.
For example, 100 m depth gives 200 m sea-oor coverage with 112 beams -
every ping. For a 120 degree beam width, the sea-oor coverage is 3.4 x depth.
For example 200m depth gives approximately 680m sea-oor coverage.
►Unique power management system (14 power levels).
14 power levels provide optimal performance over a wide range of sea-oor
types and water depths.
►More accurate 3-D.
Proles 90 times faster than conventional single beam echo sounders, leading
to reduced costs and improved accuracy.
►Future proof technology.
The computer based operating system and transceiver rmware are both
upgradeable as new features and methods in software are developed.

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SystemConguration Figure 1 shows a fully functional WMB-160/80F Sonar system.
Figure 1 – Overview of a Fully Functional WMB-160/80F Sonar System with Options
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Equipment Lists Transducer Type
The WMB-160/80F system uses a compact transducer intended to be mounted
inside the hull through a suitable opening to allow the bottom face of the
transducer to be in contact with the sea water.
Type WMB-160/80F-CT
The compact transducer is a rectangular-shaped, low-prole transducer for
through-hull mounting, encased in a sealed sea chest made to suit the vessel’s
hull dead rise angle. The compact transducer is best suited to steel and aluminium
hulls.
A sea chest for housing and sealing the transducer should be designed and
constructed by a reputable shipyard to suit the size and contours of the hull of
each individual vessel. This must be sized and constructed accurately.
The sea chest provides a stable platform for the transducer and must be mounted
as horizontal to the vessel as possible. An optional gland supplied by WASSP Ltd.
in alloy, plastic, or steel, provides the transducer cable through-hull seal.
The Compact Transducer is supplied standard with a 10m cable. Different cable
lengths are available. Please ask your WASSP representative for details.
INPUT
LEVEL
LOAD
LEVEL
FAULT
FREQ.
50Hz
60Hz
PURE SINE WAVEINVERTER
AC OUTPUT
OFF
ON
POWER SUPPLY OPTIONS
WMB-DC
WMB-AC
230 V AC UPS 24 V DC POWER SUPPLY
INVERTER
230 V AC UPS 24 V DC POWER SUPPLY
Power
Input
Figure 2 – Power Supply Options

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WMB-160/80F-CT System — Standard Supply
Table 1 lists the equipment and cabling shipped with a standard WMB-160/80F-CT
Type System.
Table 1 – Standard Equipment: Multi-beam 160 kHz System Compact Type Transducer
Name Part Number Qty. Weight Remarks
Compact Transducer
with 5m cable
WMBT-160/80F-CTR5 1
Compact Transducer
with 10m cable
WMBT-160/80F-CTR10 1
Compact Transducer
with 20m cable.
WMBT-160/80F-CTR20 1
Transceiver WMB-BTxR
(fequency specic)
1 5 kg Electronics housing
Shuttle computer
complete with Win XP
operating system
WSP-002-042 1 ~8 kg Computer c/w keyboard and
mouse/trackball. Fully loaded
with WMB-160/80F software.
USB dongle with
software
WSP-002-003 1 - Required to operate trans-
ducer and transceiver.
PC mounting bracket WSP-002-010 1 - Required to mount Shuttle
PC.
Cable Clamp WSP-201-020 1 - Clamps transducer cable
Keyboard WSP-002-002 1 -
Trackball WSP-002-001 1 -
Ethernet cable WSP-002-020 1 - 15 m
NMEA optocoupler WSP-002-004 1 -
NMEA 9-pin cable WSP-002-021 1 - 5 m
Power cable
Transceiver
WSP-002-022 1 - 5 m
Transmitter Plug WSP-100-029 1 - Not Connected when Shipped
Installation Manual WSP-009-002 1 - This manual
Operator Manual WSP-009-001 1 - Related manual
WMB-160/80F-CT System — Options
Table 2 lists the options available for use with the WMB-160/80F Compact
Transducer Type System.
Table 2 – Optional Equipment
Name Part Number Qty. Remarks
Satellite compass:
- Interface unit
SC-30
- IF-NMEASC 1
A GPS satellite compass is required for roll
stabilisation.
Interface unit provides data outputs to BTxR.
Aluminium gland WSP-002-080 1 Through hull type.
Plastic gland WSP-002-081 1 Through hull type.
Steel gland WSP-002-082 1 Through hull type.
AC power kit WSP-002-063 1 Complete with 230 V AC UPS and 24 V DC
power supply.
DC power kit WMB-DC 1 Complete with inverter, 230 V AC UPS, and 24
V DC power supply.

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Mounting Mounting Considerations
Mounting the Transducer – General Considerations
The transducer is mounted on the hull below the water line, normally using a
permanent sea chest. The transducer must be mounted so that it is aligned with the
fore-aft axis of the vessel. It must also be mounted so that the at underside of the
transducer is as close to horizontal as possible.
If the vessel has a keel, the transducer can be mounted somewhere along the
length of it. If it is mounted on the hull, it should be far enough away from the keel
so that the keel will not be detected within the 120° beam angle. Figure 3 shows a
sea chest type through-hull mounting designed specically for a fast moving, alloy
hull craysh boat.
The performance of the system is directly related to the mounting location of the
transducer, especially for high-speed cruising. The installation should be planned in
advance, keeping in mind the xed cable length of 10 meters and the following factors:
►Air bubbles and turbulence caused by movement of the vessel seriously
degrade the sounding capability of the transducer. The transducer should be
located in a position with the most smooth water ow.
►The transducer should not be mounted close to propellers because noise from
propellers can adversely affect the performance of the transducer.
►Mount the transducer inboard of lifting strakes as these create acoustic noise.
►The transducer must always remain submerged, even when the boat is rolling,
pitching or planing at high speed.
►A practical choice would be somewhere between a ⅓ and a ½ of the boat’s
length from the stern. For planing hulls, a practical location is generally towards
the rear of the vessel, to ensure that the transducer is always submerged,
regardless of the planing angle.
►Do not mount another transducer near the WASSP transducer as it will interfere
with the 120° beam.
Mounting Considerations for the Personal Computer
The WASSP Ltd. supplied Shuttle XPC computer must be mounted on a at, stable
surface. The computer can be mounted horizontally using the supplied stand. Keep
the following in mind when selecting a mounting location for the computer:
►Secure the computer so that it cannot come loose in rough seas.
►Keep the computer out of direct sunlight.
►The temperature and humidity of the location where the computer is mounted
should be moderate and stable.
►Locate the computer away from exhaust pipes and vents.
►The mounting location should be well ventilated.
►Mount the computer where shock and vibration are minimal.
►Keep the computer away from electromagnetic eld-generating equipment,
such as motors or generators.
►For maintenance and checking purposes, leave sufcient space at the sides
and rear of the computer installation location.
►A magnetic compass will be affected if placed too close to the computer. Do
not locate the computer closer than the following compass safe distances to
prevent interference with the magnetic compass:
• Standard compass: 0.8 meters.
• Steering compass: 0.6 meters.