8.7Intermediatecalibration—i50
Tridata
Intermediatecalibrationallowsyouto:
•Checktheinstrumentsoftwareversion.
•Checkandifnecessarysettheinstrumentstatus
aseitherMasterorRepeater.
•Performacalibrationspeedrunoverameasured
distancetoensureaccuratespeedreadings.
Checkingi50Tridatasoftwareversionand
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Depth
Duringnormaloperation:
1.PressandholdtheDepthandSpeedbuttonsat
thesametimeforapproximately4seconds,until
theSoftwareVersionpageisdisplayed.
2.PresstheDepthbuttontodisplaytheinstrument
status.
Master(transducerconnected)orRepeater(No
transducerconnected).
3.Tochangethedepthstatus:
i.PresstheTripandResetbuttonsatthesame
time.
Thestatuswillash.
ii.UsetheTriporResetbuttontoswitchthe
statusbetweenMasterorRepeater.
i.PresstheTripandResetbuttonsatthesame
timetoconrmthenewinstrumentstatus.
4.PresstheDepthbuttonagaintobeginspeedrun
calibration.
5.ToexittheIntermediatecalibrationsettingsat
anytime,pressandholdtheDepthandSpeed
buttonsatthesametimeforapproximately4
seconds:
PerformingSpeedRunCalibration
TheSpeedRunCalibrationinvolvescarryingout
2ormoreruns,overameasureddistance,to
enableacalibrationfactortobedetermined.Each
runconsistsofanoutwardandareturnlegwhich
minimizestheeffectoftidaldriftwhenthecalibration
factorisdetermined.
Note:Thisprocedureisnotrequiredifcurrent
speedissettoSOG.
FromtheIntermediateCalibrationpage:
1.PresstheDepthbuttonuntilyoureachthe
CalibrationRunpage(2pressesfromthe
SoftwareVersionpage).
2.PresstheTripandResetbuttonsatthesame
time.
Therunlengthwillash.
3.UsetheTripandResetbuttonstoadjusttherun
lengthtotherequiredvalue.
Thedefaultvalueis1.00(default)thesettingcan
beadjustedfrom0.25to2.50).
4.PresstheTripandResetbuttonsatthesame
timetocommencetheSpeedRunCalibration
Thetextinthebottomsectionofthescreen
alternatesbetweenStrt1andthecurrent
CalibrationFactor.
5.Starttheoutwardlegofthecalibrationrunand
asyoupassthestartpoint,presstheSpeed
button,sothepageshowsOUtatthebottomof
thescreen.
Asthecalibrationrunproceeds,thedisplayed
valuewillchange.
6.AttheendoftheoutwardlegpresstheSpeed
buttonagain.
ThetextrEtrnwillashatthebottomofthe
screenandthedisplayeddistancefreezes.
Note:Atthispointthedisplayeddistancemaynot
bethesameasthemeasureddistance,dueto
errorsintroducedbytidalow.
7.Turnyourvesselround,startthereturnleg
andasyoudoso,presstheSpeedbuttonso
rEtrnstopsashingandthedisplayedvalue
increments.
8.Attheendofthereturnleg,presstheSpeed
button.
Atthispoint:
•ThetextSTART2alternatingwiththenew
CalibrationFactorisdisplayedatthetopofthe
page.
•Thedisplayeddistancefreezes
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