Kongsberg Simrad EK80 - Verifying the Communication with the Motion Reference Unit (MRU)

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Requirements
Results
Speeddataisprovidedanddisplayed.
Therelevantcommunicationparametersarerecorded.
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Relatedtopics
Testprocedures,page256
Verifyingthecommunicationwiththemotionreferenceunit
(MRU)
Theinformationfromamotionreferenceunit(MRU)(normallyheave,rollandpitch
information)isimportedintotheEK80toincreasetheaccuracyoftheechodata.The
communicationwiththesensoristested.Thistaskisonlyapplicableisyouareusingan
externalmotionreferenceunitonyourEK80.
Prerequisites
TheEK80hardwareunitsareinstalledasspeciedinthismanual.
•ThesensorisconnectedtoacommunicationportontheEK80.Thesensoristurned
onandinnormaloperation.
•Theinterfaceportissetupwiththecorrectcommunicationparameters.
•YouarefamiliarwithNMEAandotherrelevantdatagramformats.
•Youknowhowtosetuptheparametersforserialandlocalareanetwork(LAN)
communication.
•Allrelevantvesseldrawings,installationreportsand/ormeasurementresultsare
available.
•TheEK80systemisturnedonandoperatesnormally.
•Thevesselisberthedoratsea.
Neithertoolsnorinstrumentsarerequired.Forconnectionsandcommunication
parameters,seetherelevantend-userdocumentationfromthesensormanufacturer.
Context
Amotionreferenceunit(MRU)measuresthevessel’spitchandrollmovementsinthe
sea.TheinformationprovidedbythemotionsensorisusedbytheEK80tostabilizethe
beamsandtheechopresentation.
Procedure
1OpentheSetupmenu.
Settingtowork