Kongsberg Simrad EK80 - Functional Test of the EK80 Wide Band Scientific Echo Sounder

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FunctionaltestoftheEK80Widebandscienticecho
sounder
AbrieffunctionaltestisusedtoverifythattheEK80isoperational.
Prerequisites
TheEK80hardwareunitsareinstalledasspeciedinthismanual.
•TheEK80isturnedoff.
•Allrelevantchannels(transceiver/transducercombinations)areinstalledintheuser
interface.
•AllrelevantexternalsensorsareconnectedtotheEK80.Thesensorsareturned
onandoperatenormally.
•Thevesselisberthedoratsea.
Neithertoolsnorinstrumentsarerequired.
Caution
YoumustneversettheEK80to"ping"unlessthetransducerissubmergedinwater.
Thetransducermaybedamagedifittransmitsinopenair.
Procedure
1MakesurethattheEK80unitshavebeensetuptooperatewiththesupplyvoltage
youhaveavailable.
2Makesurethatthetransducercablesarenotinstalledclosetopowercables.
3TurnallEK80systemunitson.
4MakesurethatthepowerLEDontheWideBandTransceiver(WBT)islit.
5OntheProcessorUnitdesktop,double-clicktheEK80icontostarttheprogram.
6Makesurethatthelatestsoftwareversionisinstalled.
EveryEK80softwarereleaseisuniquelyidentied.TheAboutdialogboxidenties
thecurrentEK80softwareversion.Ifyouwishtondthelatestsoftwareversion
fortheEK80,checkourwebsite.
•https://www.kongsberg.com/ek80
aOpentheSetupmenu.
bSelectAbouttoopenthedialogbox.
cFindtheinformationthatyouneed.
dSelectClosetoclosethedialogbox.
Settingtowork