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Speedlog
ProvidedthataspeedlogsensorisinterfacedtotheEK80,thevessel’scurrentspeedcan
bepresentedintheuserinterface.AspeedlogisnormallynotapartoftheEK80delivery.
Inmostcasesasuitablesensorisalreadyinstalledonthevessel.Aglobalpositioning
system(GPS)withacompatibleoutputformatcanalsobeused.
Thespeedloginterfacerequirementsare:
•Serialline:StandardNMEA0183datagramformats
•Ethernet(LAN)line:StandardNMEA0183datagramformats
Relatedtopics
Additionaloptionalitems,page31
Scopeofsupply,page25
SimradEK80,page13
Coursegyro
WhenacoursegyroisconnectedtotheEK80,thevessel’scurrentheadingcanbe
presentedintheuserinterface.AcoursegyroisnotapartoftheEK80delivery.
Note
Withouttheinputfromacoursegyro,theEK80willnotbeabletopresentcorrect
navigationalinformation.
Inmostcasesasuitablecoursegyroisalreadyinstalledonthevessel.Aglobal
positioningsystem(GPS)withacompatibleoutputformatcanalsobeused.
Thecoursegyrointerfacerequirementsare:
•Serialline:StandardNMEA0183datagramformats
•Ethernet(LAN)line:StandardNMEA0183datagramformats
Relatedtopics
Additionaloptionalitems,page31
Scopeofsupply,page25
SimradEK80,page13
MotionReferenceUnit(MRU)
Forimprovedoperationalaccuracywesuggestthatyouconnectamotionreference
unit(MRU)totheEK80.
Withouttheinputfromamotionreferencesensor,theEK80willnotbeableto
compensateforthevesselmovements.ThislackofcompensationwillpreventtheEK80
fromprovidingcorrectechoinformation.
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