Simrad EK15 - Page 95

Operationalprocedures
bOntheseriallinesocketontheEK15computer,connectanRS-232cableas
follows:
•ReceivesignalRxonpin2.
•TransmitsignalTxonpin3.
•CommonGroundonpin5.
Tip
Ifthecomputerisnotttedwithasuitableseriallineconnector,useaUSBto
serialconverter.Severaltypesarecommerciallyavailable.
cOnthemotionsensor,connectthecableasdescribedintheapplicableuser
manual.
dEnsurethatthetotallengthoftheseriallinecabledoesnotexceed
approximately50meters.
Ifalongercableisrequired,youmayneedtousebufferampliersonthe
serialline.
2ClicktheSetupicon.
ThisiconislocatedundertheMainmenu.ItisusedtoopentheSetupmenu.
3ClicktheInstallationbuttontoopentheInstallationsub-menu.
Onthemenuprovided,clickI/OSetuptoopentheI/OSetupdialogbox.
4IntheI/OSetupdialogbox,selectwhichseriallinetousetoacceptmotionsensor
information.
5Clickonthechosenporttoselectit,thenclicktheInputbuttontoopentheSelect
Inputsdialogbox.
6IntheSelectInputsdialogbox,clickAMLontheleftside,andclickthe[►]button
toconnectit.
7ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialogbox.
8IntheI/OSetupdialogbox,clickonthechosenporttoselectit,thenclicktheSetup
buttontoopentheSerialPortSetupdialogbox.
9IntheSerialPortSetupdialogbox,entertherelevantparameterstosetuptheport.
10ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialogbox.
11IntheI/OSetupdialogbox,clickonthechosenporttoselectit,thenclickthe
MonitorbuttontoopenthePortMonitordialogbox.
12Checkthedataowontheinputcommunicationline.
Inordertomonitorthisdataow,theperipheralsystemmustbeactiveand
transmittinginformationtotheEK15.
13Ifthedataowisoperational,closealldialogboxes.
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