Simrad EK15 - Test and Maintenance

SimradEK15
aLocateafreeserialportthatcanbeusedforthiscommunication.
bOntheseriallinesocketontheEK15computer,connectanRS-232cableas
follows:
•ReceivesignalRxonpin2.
•TransmitsignalTxonpin3.
•CommonGroundonpin5.
Tip
Ifthecomputerisnotttedwithasuitableseriallineconnector,useaUSBto
serialconverter.Severaltypesarecommerciallyavailable.
cOntheexternalsystem,wireasdescribedintherelevantdocumentation.
dEnsurethatthetotallengthoftheseriallinecabledoesnotexceed
approximately50meters.
Ifalongercableisrequired,youmayneedtousebufferampliersonthe
serialline.
2ClicktheSetupicon.
ThisiconislocatedundertheMainmenu.ItisusedtoopentheSetupmenu.
3ClickAnnotationstoopentheAnnotationsdialogbox.
ThepurposeoftheAnnotationsdialogboxistoallowyoutoentercommentsand
annotationsintotheechograms.
→Annotationsdialogboxonpage173
4ClickPortsoselectcommunicationport.
5ClickSetupsodenethecommunicationparameters.
6Ifthedataowisoperational,closealldialogboxes.
Testandmaintenance
Theseproceduresareprovidedforon-boardtestandmaintenanceoftheSimradEK15.
Important
Neitherthecomputernorthetransceiver(s)containanyuserreplaceableparts.Ifyou
suspectthatyoursystemisnotworkingproperly,contactyourdealerforassistance.
Topics
•Accessingtheloglestoretrieveoldmessagesonpage97
•Transducerhandlingandmaintenanceonpage98
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