Simrad EK80 - Setting up the Input from a Sound Speed Sensor

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Settinguptheinputfromasoundspeedsensor
Ifyouhaveasoundspeedsensorlocatedclosetothetransducerface,youcanimportthe
informationfromthissensor.ThiswillresultinmoreaccurateEK80data.
Prerequisites
Thisprocedureassumesthat:
•YouhaveavacantinterfaceportonyourProcessorUnit.
•YouarefamiliarwithNMEAandotherrelevantdatagramformats.
•Youknowhowtosetuptheparametersforserialandlocalareanetwork(LAN)
communication.
Context
Thedatacommunicationfromthesoundspeedsensorisbasedonaproprietarydataformat.
Procedure
1Connectthesoundspeedsensortoanavailableserialcommunicationportonyour
ProcessorUnit.
ThisisdescribedintheCablelayoutandinterconnectionschapter.
2ClicktheSetupicon.
TheiconislocatedundertheMainmenu.ItisusedtoopentheSetupmenu.
3OntheSetupmenu,clickInstallation.
ObservethattheInstallationdialogboxopens.Thisdialogboxcontainsanumberof
pagesselectedbythemenuontheleftside.
4OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,clickI/OSetup.
ObservethattheI/OSetuppageisshown.
5Selecttheserialinterfaceportyouwishtouse.
aObservethatalistoftheProcessorUnit’sserialinterfaceportsisshown.
bClickonceontheserialportyouwishtouse.
cClicktheInputbuttonbelowthelisttoopentheSelectInputsdialogbox.
6OntheAvailableInputslist,clickthesystem/datatype(s)youwishtoimport,then
click[►].
Toimportinformationfromasoundspeedsensor,chooseAML.
7Verifythatthechosendatatype(s)areshownintheInputslist.
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