Kongsberg Simrad EK80 - Verifying the Communication with the Course Gyro

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Relatedtopics
Testprocedures,page256
Verifyingthecommunicationwiththecoursegyro
Withouttheinputfromacoursegyro,theEK80willnotbeabletopresentcorrect
navigationalinformation.Thecurrentheadingisshownonthetopbarifyouhave
enabledthisintheDisplayOptionsdialogbox.Thecommunicationwiththesensor
istested.
Prerequisites
TheEK80hardwareunitsareinstalledasspeciedinthismanual.
•ThesensorisconnectedtoacommunicationportontheEK80.Thesensoristurned
onandinnormaloperation.
•Theinterfaceportissetupwiththecorrectcommunicationparameters.
•YouarefamiliarwithNMEAandotherrelevantdatagramformats.
•Youknowhowtosetuptheparametersforserialandlocalareanetwork(LAN)
communication.
•Allrelevantvesseldrawings,installationreportsand/ormeasurementresultsare
available.
•TheEK80systemisturnedonandoperatesnormally.
•Thevesselisberthedoratsea.
Neithertoolsnorinstrumentsarerequired.Forconnectionsandcommunication
parameters,seetherelevantend-userdocumentationfromthesensormanufacturer.
Context
Inmostcasesasuitablecoursegyroisalreadyinstalledonthevessel.Aglobal
positioningsystem(GPS)withacompatibleoutputformatcanalsobeused.
Settingtowork