Kongsberg Simrad EK80 - Making Sure that All EK80 Cables Are Properly Connected

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MakingsurethatallEK80cablesareproperlyconnected
TheEK80reliesoncommunicationbetweeneachsystemunit,andbetweentheEK80
andexternaldevices.Itisveryimportantthatallcablesarecorrectlyinstalled,thatthe
propercabletypeshavebeenused,andthatallcablesareconnectedcorrectly.
Prerequisites
TheEK80hardwareunitsareinstalledasspeciedinthismanual.
•TheEK80isturnedoff.
•Allsystemcablesareinstalled.
•Allcableconnectionsaremade.
Youneedthefollowingequipment:
•Cabletester
•Multimeter
Context
AllcablingisdescribedintheCablelayoutandinterconnectionschapter.Refertothe
cableplan,thecablelistandthebasiccablerequirements.
Procedure
1ForeachcableinuseontheEK80:
aMakesurethatthecableisinstalledasspeciedintheCablelayoutand
interconnectionschapter.
Payspecialattentiontosignalcables.Thesemustnotbeinstalledtooclose
topowercables.
bMakesurethattheterminationsateachendofthecablearecorrect.
cMakesurethatthecableisproperlyidentied.
2Ifpossible,useamultimeteroradedicatedcabletestertocheckthecontinuity
ineachcable.
3UseaqualicationtestertomakesurethateachEthernetcableiscorrectlywired,
andmeetsthespecicationsrelatedtoqualityandbandwidth.
4Ifirregularitiesarefound,writethesedownintheintheInstallationremarkstable.
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