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Note
ADCPoperationscannottakeplacewithoutinputfromamotionreferenceunit(MRU).
TheinputmustbeprovidedontheKMBinarydatagramformat.KMBinaryisa
proprietarydatagramformatcreatedbyKongsbergMaritimeforgeneraluse.This
formathasveryhighresolutionontimingandsensorparameters.
Procedure
1Connectthemotionsensorsystemtoanavailablecommunicationportonyour
ProcessorUnit.
ThisisdescribedintheCablelayoutandinterconnectionschapter.Observethe
applicablerequirementsrelatedtocabling.Makesurethatthetotallengthofthe
seriallinecabledoesnotexceedapproximately50meters.Ifalongercableis
required,youmayneedtousebufferampliers.
IftheProcessorUnitisnotttedwithasuitableseriallineconnector,usea
USB-to-serialconverter.Severaltypesarecommerciallyavailable.Notethatmost
USB-to-serialconverterswillintroducesomelatency.Theymayalsointroduce
bejitterinthecommunication.Theamountofjitterdependsonthequalityof
theconverter.
2OpentheSetupmenu.
3OntheSetupmenu,selectInstallation.
ObservethattheInstallationdialogboxopens.Thisdialogboxcontainsanumber
ofpagesselectedfromthemenuontheleftside.
4OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,selectSensorInstallation.
5Selectthemotionreferenceformatyouwanttouse.
6Selecttheportyouwishtouse(serialorLAN).
7Ifyouwanttocheckthecommunicationparameters,selectInspectPort.
Note
Youcannotmakeanychangeshere.Tochangethecommunicationparameters,use
theI/OSetuppage.TheI/OSetuppageislocatedintheInstallationandOutput
dialogboxes.
8IfyouwanttocheckthattheperipheralsystemistransmittingdatatotheEK80,
selectMonitor.
ThePortMonitordialogboxprovidesonetextboxforincomingmessages(Rx
Data),andoneforoutgoingmessages(TxData).Usetheseboxesandyour
knowledgeofthedatacommunicationtoinvestigatethedatagrams.ThePort
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