Simrad EK80 - Setting up a Serial Line for Annotation Input

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Settingupaseriallineforannotationinput
Severaldifferentannotationtypesmaybeaddedtotheechogram.Youcanaddthese
manually,orimportinformationasdatagramsusingacommunicationport.
Prerequisites
Thisprocedureassumesthat:
•YouhaveavacantinterfaceportonyourProcessorUnit.
•YouarefamiliarwithNMEAandotherrelevantdatagramformats.
•Youknowhowtosetuptheparametersforserialandlocalareanetwork(LAN)
communication.
Context
Thedatacommunicationfromanexternalannotationsourceisbasedonaproprietarydata
format.
TheEK80supportsthefollowingdatagramformatforannotations.
•SimradATS
SimradA TSisaproprietarydatagramformatcreatedbyKongsbergMaritime.Itallows
youtoimportannotationsfromexternaldevices.
Procedure
1Connecttheperipheralsystemprovidingtheannotationstoanavailablecommunication
portonyourProcessorUnit.
ThisisdescribedintheCablelayoutandinterconnectionschapter.
2ClicktheSetupicon.
TheiconislocatedundertheMainmenu.ItisusedtoopentheSetupmenu.
3OntheSetupmenu,clickInstallation.
ObservethattheInstallationdialogboxopens.Thisdialogboxcontainsanumberof
pagesselectedbythemenuontheleftside.
4OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,clickI/OSetup.
ObservethattheI/OSetuppageisshown.
5Selecttheinterfaceportyouwishtouse.
aObservethatalistoftheProcessorUnit’sserialandnetworkinterfaceports
isshown.
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