Simrad EK15 User Manual

Operationalprocedures
Note
Ifyousetmaximumdepthtoavalueidenticalorsmallerthantheminimumvalue,the
bottomdetectionalgorithmwillbedisabled.TheEK15willthennotbeabletodetect
thebottomatall,andthedisplayeddepthwillbe0.00m
Relatedtopics
•Activemenuonpage139
•BottomDetectordialogboxonpage218
Procedure
1ClicktheActiveicon.
ThisiconislocatedundertheMainmenu.ItisusedtoopentheActive
menu.
2OntheActivemenu,clickBottomDetectortoopentheBottomDetector
dialogbox.
ThepurposeoftheBottomDetectordialogboxistodenetheupperandlower
depthlimitsmostlikelytobeusedduringtheEK15operation.Inthisdialogbox,
youcanalsomodifythesettingforBottomBacksteptochangethebottomdetection
relativetothebottomecho.
3EnteraMinimumDepth.
Thissettingeliminatesallunwantedbottomdetectionsfromthetransducersurface
anddowntothedeneddepth.
4EnteraMaximumDepth.
Setthisdepthtoapproximately50%morethantheexpecteddepth.IftheEK15
shouldloosebottomdetectionduetoairorotherdisturbances,itwilltrytorelocate
thedepthwithintheminimumandmaximumdepthsyouhavedened.Donot
exaggerate.Ifyouforexampleenter5000metersandthebottomtrackislost,the
EK15willsearchtheentiredepthfornewbottomlock.Thiswilltakealotoftime.
5ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialogbox.
Biomassprocedures
Observetheseproceduresrelatedtobiomassmeasurements.
Topics
•Monitoringthecurrentbiomassonpage74
•Enablingthebiomasslineonpage74
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Simrad EK15 Specifications

General

Brand	Simrad
Model	EK15
Category	Marine Equipment
Language	English