Kongsberg Simrad EK80 - Exporting Sensor Data to a Peripheral System

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cChoosewhichchanneltouseassourceforthedepthinformation.
"Bestpractice"istousethelowestfrequency.Inthiscontext,thephrase
channelisusedasacommontermtoidentifythecombinationoftransceiver,
transducerandoperatingfrequency.
dSelectAddtostartexportofthechosendataformat.
Onceanoutputtypehasbeendened,itislistedintheInstalledOutputsbox
ontheleftsideofthepage.
9Ifyouwanttocheckthecommunicationparameters,selectInspectPort.
Note
Youcannotmakeanychangeshere.Tochangethecommunicationparameters,use
theI/OSetuppage.TheI/OSetuppageislocatedintheInstallationandOutput
dialogboxes.
10Ifyouwanttocheckthedataowontheselectedport,selectMonitor.
Makesurethatthereisdatatrafcontheoutputport(shownintheTxDatabox).
ThePortMonitordialogboxprovidesonetextboxforincomingmessages(Rx
Data),andoneforoutgoingmessages(TxData).Usetheseboxesandyour
knowledgeofthedatacommunicationtoinvestigatethedatagrams.ThePort
Monitordialogboxisatoolfordebuggingpurposes.Itisneitherrequirednor
intendedfornormaloperationoftheEK80.
11SelectApplyandthenClosetosavealltheparametersandclosetheOutputdialog
box.
Relatedtopics
Interfacingperipheralequipment,page228
Exportingsensordatatoaperipheralsystem
TheinformationprovidedtotheEK80fromvarioussensorscanalsobeusefulforother
systemsonboard.TheEK80allowsyoutoexportthesamesensordatathatwas
originallyimported.Thiscan"reuse"thesameinformationonothersystems.TheRelay
Outputpageisusedtosetupandcontrolthisexportfunctionality.
Prerequisites
Thisprocedureassumesthat:
•YouhaveavacantinterfaceportonyourProcessorUnit.
•YouarefamiliarwithNMEAandotherrelevantdatagramformats.
•Youknowhowtosetuptheparametersforserialandlocalareanetwork(LAN)
communication.
•Theinterfaceportissetupwiththecorrectcommunicationparameters.
Settingtowork