Simrad EK15 - Setting up the Depth Output to a Peripheral System

SimradEK15
Settingupthedepthoutputtoaperipheralsystem
Purpose
Thisprocedureexplainshowtosetupaseriallinetoexportthisinformationtoa
peripheralsystem.
Description
TheEK15willoutputdepthinformationonseveraldifferentformats.
Thefollowingtelegramsaresupported:
→DBSDepthbelowsurfaceonpage250
→DBTDepthbelowtransduceronpage251
→DPTDepthonpage251
→SimradEK500Depthtelegramonpage257
→Atlasdepthtelegramonpage266
→PSIMDHBBottomhardnessandbiomassonpage263
Relatedtopics
•Setupmenuonpage138
•I/OSetupdialogboxonpage194
•SelectInputsdialogboxonpage229
•SerialPortSetupdialogboxonpage226
•PortMonitordialogboxonpage227
•StandardNMEA0183communicationparametersonpage249
Physicalcabling
Therststep(withsub-steps)inthisprocedureexplainshowtodothephysicalcabling
usingtherelevantconnection.Theremainingstepsdescribehowtosetuptheinterface
parametersintheEK15software.
Procedure
1ConnecttheEK15totheperipheralsystemusingaserialline.
aLocateafreeserialportthatcanbeusedforthiscommunication.
bOntheseriallinesocketontheEK15computer,connectanRS-232cableas
follows:
•ReceivesignalRxonpin2.
•TransmitsignalTxonpin3.
•CommonGroundonpin5.
Tip
Ifthecomputerisnotttedwithasuitableseriallineconnector,useaUSBto
serialconverter.Severaltypesarecommerciallyavailable.
cOntheperipheralsystem,wireasdescribedintherelevantdocumentation.
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