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Operationalprocedures
echosoundersthepenspentalongtimeontherearsideofthepapertray,andthat
reducedthepingrate.TheEK15isalot
faster,andyoumaysendoutapingevenbefore
theenergyfromthepreviouspinghasdisappeared.
Whentransmissionisenabled,youcanchoosefromthesepingmodes:
1Singlestep
ThisoptionallowstheEK15totransmitsinglepings.
Totransmitasingleping,clickthepingsymbolontherightsideofthePingbutton.
2Interval
ThisoptionallowstheEK15totransmitonceeverychosentimeinterval.
Thetimeinterval(inmilliseconds)ischosenwiththePingIntervalfunction.
3Maximum
ThisoptionallowstheEK15totransmitatmaximumspeed.
Thepingintervalisbasicallyonlylimitedbythemaximumdepthrange.
Itwillalsobedependantonhardwareissues.Thismaybe,forexample,howfast
yourcomputercanhandletheinformationfromeachping,howfastyoursystem
communicateswithexternalperipherals,orhowlongtimethesystemusestosave
data.
Relatedtopics
•Pingfunctiononpage151
•PingModefunctiononpage152
•PingIntervalfunctiononpage153
Procedure
1ClicktheOperationicon.
ThisiconislocatedundertheMainmenu.Itisusedtoopenthe
Operationmenu.
2ClickPing,andselectOn.
Thetwoiconsprovidedbythisbuttoncanalsobeusedtoenableordisable
transmission.
•Thelefticon(rectangle)is“Off”.
•Therighticonis“On”.ItisalsousedtoinitiatesinglepingswhenSingleStep
modeisselected.
3Choosingmaximumpingrate:
aClickPingMode,andselectMaximum.
ThiswillmaketheEK15pingwithmaximumspeed.Thetimebetweeneach
pingisautomaticallydeterminedbyanumberofparameters,includingthe
currentdepth,thepulsedurationandthechosenrange.
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