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Minimumtechnicalrequirementsfordisplay,page225
ProcessorUnitdescription
TheProcessorUnitisthecomputerthatcontrolstheEK80system.Itisavitalpartofthe
EK80Widebandscienticechosounder.Itcontainstheoperationalsoftware,andoffers
theuserinterfacethatallowsyoutocontroltheEK80.Italsocontrolstheinterfaceto
peripheraldevices.
Thecomputermustcomplytotherequirement
specicationsprovidedbyMicrosoftfortheiroperating
systems.Itmustalsoprovidethenecessaryinterface
facilities(seriallinesandEthernetconnections)that
yourEK80willneedtocommunicatewithperipheral
systems.Thecomputermustbedesignedforruggeduse,andtheconstructionmustbeable
towithstandthevibrationsandmovementsofavessel.Theoperatingsystemmustbe
MicrosoftWindows
®
7.
AhighqualityEthernetadapterisrequired.IfyouwishtoconnecttheProcessorUnittothe
ship’snetwork,youwillneedtwoEthernetadapters.
Inthispublication,thecomputerisreferredtoastheProcessorUnit.
TheProcessorUnitisnormallymountedonthebridgeorinascienticlaboratory.
Note
TheEthernetadaptercommunicatingwiththeWideBandTransceiver(WBT)mustoffer
aReceiveBuffersfunction.Thisparametermustbesettoitsmaximumvalueifmorethan
oneWideBandTransceiver(WBT)isused.
TheProcessorUnitisnotastandardpartoftheEK80delivery.Asuitablecomputermay
beprovidedwiththeEK80system.TheProcessorUnitisdesignedforruggeduse,and
customizedbyKongsbergMaritime.Exceptfromthefans,itcontainsnomovingparts.It
isbasedonacommercialdesign,butthesoftwareandhardwarehasbeenspeciedand
assembledbyKongsbergMaritimetosuittheEK80requirements.Itissetupwithall
necessarysoftware.Consultyourlocaldealeroragentformoreinformation.
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Additionalrequireditems,page28
385609ProcessorUnitoutlinedimensions,page206
Minimumcomputerrequirements,page224
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