Simrad EK15 - Ping Function

Functionsanddialogboxes
Tip
DonotconfusetheRecordfunctionwiththeautomaticHistoryfunction.TheHistory
functionrecordstheechogramimages
automaticallyontheharddisk,andonlyalimited
numberofimagesaresaveduntilthenewestimagereplacestheoldest.TheRecord
functionallowsyoutorecordtherawdatadirectlyfromthetransceiver.Theamountof
datayoucanrecordisonlylimitedbythesizeofyourstoragemedia.
Relatedprocedures
•Savingechogramsequences(rawdata)onpage54
•Recallingechogramsequences(rawdata)onpage56
Relatedtopics
•Historyinformationpaneonpage128
•Savingechogramsequences(rawdata)onpage54
•Recallingechogramsequences(rawdata)onpage56
•Operationmenu;functionsanddialogsonpage149
•NormalOperationdialogboxonpage154
•Recordfunctiononpage157
•ReplayFiledialogboxonpage234
Pingfunction
ThePingfunctionisactivatedbyclickingthePingbuttonontheOperationmenu.
Purpose
ThepurposeofthePingfunctionistoenableordisabletheEK15audiotransmissions
intothewater(“pinging”).
Description
Theaudiotransmission(“pinging”)fromtheEK15can
beswitchedofforon.Clickthemiddleofthebutton
toopenthesubmenu,oreithersidetoenableordisable
transmission.Thepingsymbolontherightsideofthe
buttonisalsousedtotransmitsinglepings.
Oncepingingisswitchedon,youcanusethePingModefunctiontochoosehowoften
theEK15shalltransmitsoundintothewater.
The“pingrate”istheparameterthatcontrolshowoftentheechosoundershalltransmit
acousticenergy(a“ping”)intothewater.
IfyouobserveapelagicechoontheEK15,anditseemstofollowthebottomcontour,it
mayinfactbeafalseechofromtheprevioustransmission(“ping”).Theonlywayto
removethisfalseechoistoreducethepingrate.Ifyoudothis,alltheechoesfromthe
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