Kongsberg Simrad EK80 - Connecting a Catch Monitoring System to a Serial or LAN (Ethernet) Port

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9Selectwhichdatagram(s)youwanttoimportfromtheperipheraldevice.
WhenyouselectsensortypeAnnotation,onlyonedatagramcanbeselected.
10DonotspecifyadedicatedTalkerID.
11SelectAddtosavethenewdeviceinterfaceyouhavedened.
ThedeviceinterfaceisaddedtotheInstalledSensorslistontheSensorInstallation
page.ItisnotnecessarytousetheSensorCongurationpagetosetupaprioritylist.
12SelectApplyandthenClosetosavealltheparametersandclosetheInstallation
dialogbox.
Relatedtopics
Interfacingperipheralequipment,page228
ConnectingacatchmonitoringsystemtoaserialorLAN
(Ethernet)port
AcatchmonitoringsystemcanbeconnectedtotheEK80.Theconnectionismadeusing
aserialorLAN(Ethernet)portontheProcessorUnit.Foranysensorinterfacetowork,
thecommunicationparametersmustbesetupcorrectly.
Prerequisites
Thisprocedureassumesthat:
•YouhaveavacantinterfaceportonyourProcessorUnit.
•YouarefamiliarwithNMEAandotherrelevantdatagramformats.
•Youknowhowtosetuptheparametersforserialandlocalareanetwork(LAN)
communication.
•Theinterfaceportissetupwiththecorrectcommunicationparameters.
•TheEK80systemisturnedonandoperatesnormally.
•ThenewsensorisphysicallyconnectedtotheEK80usingaserialornetworkcable.
Thesensoristurnedonandinnormaloperation.
Neithertoolsnorinstrumentsarerequired.
Context
TheSensorInstallationpageallowsyourEK80tocommunicatewithexternalsensors
andsystems.Youmustspecifywhichcommunicationporttouse(LAN(LocalArea
Network)orserialport).Youcantypeacustomnametoidentifythesensorimport.In
thelistofvaliddatagramformats,selecttheformat(s)tobeacceptedbytheEK80.For
eachrelevantsensoryoumustinserttheoffsetvaluesthatdenetheitsphysicallocation
relativetothevessel’scoordinatesystem.
Settingtowork