5.Selectthedevicethatthetransduceryouarecalibratingisconnectedto
.
Alistofavailabletransducerdataisdisplayed.
6.
(1)
Select
Speed.
Important:
(1)S
teponlyapplicabletoiTC-5.
7
.Select
SpeedCalibration.
8.Select
NewcalusingSOG.
Y
ouwillneedtoaddcalibrationpointsatarangeofspeedsspanningthefullspeedrangeofthe
vessel.Conventionaltransducerscanhaveupto5calibrationpointsandsmarttransducerscan
haveupto8.Ideallythecalibrationpointsshouldbetakenatregularincrementsthroughoutthe
speedrangewiththelastcalibrationpointbeingclosetothevessel’stopspeed.
WiththeSpeedTransducerconnectedtoaSpeedPodthe5calibrationpointsarefixedin
sequenceat2,4,8,16and32knots.WhenaddingcalibrationpointsduringtheSpeedRun
Calibrationensurevesselspeedisasclosetothefixedcalibrationpointspeedsaspossible,as
thecalibrationfactorappliedwillbethedifferencebetweentheactualvesselspeedandthe
fixedcalibrationpointspeed.
9.Select
Start.
10.Ensurethevessel’sspeedissteadyatyourfirstcalibrationpointspeedandselect Add.
11.Repeatstep10forallremainingcalibrationpoints,ensuringthatthecalibrationpointsareequally
spacedthroughoutyourvessel’sspeedrangefromstationarytotopspeed.
OnceallcalibrationpointshavebeensuccessfullyaddedtheCalibrationcompletemessageis
displayed.
12.Select
OK.
Calibrationtable
Bydefaultspeedtransducersincludeadefaultsetofcalibrationpointswhichareoverwrittenduring
thenormalspeedcalibrationprocess.Thecalibrationpointsarestoredinthecalibrationtable.The
calibrationtablecanbeaccessedfromtheAdvancedmenu.
Fromthe
Advancedmenuyoucan:
•Viewtheexistingcalibrationtable
•Adjusttheexistingcalibrationpoints(Add,EditorDeletecalibrationpoints)
•Enteranewcalibrationtable
•CheckLogSpeedagainstSOG
•Resetthecalibrationtabletofactorydefaults
Viewingthecalibrationtable
Calibrationpointsarestoredinthecalibrationtable.
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