Kongsberg Simrad EK80 - Setting up the Input from a Motion Reference Unit (MRU)

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10Selectwhichdatagram(s)youwanttoimportfromtheperipheraldevice.
WhenyouselectsensortypeITI-FS,onlyonedatagramcanbeselected;ITI-FS
Datagrams.ThisisagroupofdatagramsthatallowstheEK80toimportinformation
fromtrawlsystems.
11DonotspecifyadedicatedTalkerID.
12SelectAddtosavethenewsysteminterfaceyouhavedened.
ThesysteminterfaceisaddedtotheInstalledSensorslistontheSensorInstallation
page.ItisnotnecessarytousetheSensorCongurationpagetosetupaprioritylist.
13SelectApplyandthenClosetosavealltheparametersandclosetheInstallation
dialogbox.
Relatedtopics
Interfacingperipheralequipment,page228
Settinguptheinputfromamotionreferenceunit(MRU)
Theinformationfromamotionreferenceunit(MRU)(normallyheave,rollandpitch
information)isimportedintotheEK80toincreasetheaccuracyoftheechodata.
Prerequisites
Thisprocedureassumesthat:
•YouhaveavacantinterfaceportonyourProcessorUnit.
•YouarefamiliarwithNMEAandotherrelevantdatagramformats.
•Youknowhowtosetuptheparametersforserialandlocalareanetwork(LAN)
communication.
•Theinterfaceportissetupwiththecorrectcommunicationparameters.
•TheEK80systemisturnedonandoperatesnormally.
•ThenewsensorisphysicallyconnectedtotheEK80usingaserialornetworkcable.
Thesensoristurnedonandinnormaloperation.
Neithertoolsnorinstrumentsarerequired.
Context
Amotionreferenceunit(MRU)measuresthevessel’spitchandrollmovementsinthe
sea.TheinformationprovidedbythemotionsensorisusedbytheEK80tostabilizethe
beamsandtheechopresentation.
Settingtowork