Simrad EK80 - Powering up the EK80 to Passive Mode

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4Usealemanagerapplicationonthecomputertoaccessthesoftwareles.
5Double-clickontheSetup.exeletostarttheinstallation.
6Allowtheinstallationwizardtorun.Followtheinstructionsprovided.
WerecommendthatyouinstalltheEK80inthedefaultfoldersuggestedbythewizard.
Inthelastdialogboxyouarepermittedtoremoveoldsettings.Sincethisisyourrst
installationofthesoftware,youcandisregardthisoption.
7Oncetheinstallationhasbeencompleted,double-clicktheEK80icononthedesktopto
starttheprogram.
8Dependingonyouroperatingsystemparameters,certaindialogboxesmayopen.
aObservethatWindows7Firewallmayopenadialogboxrequestinginformation
aboutthenetwork.SelectPublic,andclickAllowaccess.
bTheoperatingsystemmayalsoopenotherdialogboxestoverifythattheEK80
softwarecanrunonthecomputer.Youmustofcoursepermitthis.
Furtherrequirements
Observethededicatedproceduresforobtainingandinstallingthesoftwarelicences.
PoweringuptheEK80toPassivemode
InordertousetheEK80,youmustrstpoweritup.Inthissituationwedonotwantthe
EK80totransmit,sowewillleaveitinPassivemode.
Prerequisites
ThisprocedureassumesthattheentireEK80installationhasbeeninspected.Allpower
sourceshavebeenmeasuredandveried.Allsystemcablesandconnectorshavebeen
checkedandtested.TheEK80hasbeeninstalledontheProcessorUnit.
Context
TheEK80softwareisnotautomaticallystartedwhentheProcessorUnitispoweredup.
Oncetheoperatingsystemhasstarted,youmustclicktheEK80programicononthedesktop.
WhentheEK80ispoweredupandsettoNormalmode,itwillusethetransducertotransmit
acousticpulsesintothewater.
Procedure
1VerifythateachWideBandTransceiver(WBT)ispoweredup.
TheWideBandTransceiver(WBT)powersupplyisttedwithanon/offswitch.
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