Simrad EK80 - Connecting External Devices to the Processor Unit Using Ethernet Interfaces

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Procedure
1LocatetheserialconnectorontherearsideoftheProcessorUnit.
OntheEK80ProcessorUnit,alargesocket(indicatedwithanarrow)isavailable.A
dedicatedadapterisprovidedtoallowfourcablestobeconnectedtothissinglesocket.
Note
YoumustuseanRS-232interfaceforthispurpose.
2Connectthesynchronisationcablefromthecomputertotheperipheraldevice.
3Ontheperipheraldevice,wireasdescribedintherelevantdocumentation.
Furtherrequirements
ThesynchronisationsetupmustbedenedintheEK80softwarepriortouse.
Relatedtopics
RS-232usedassynchronizationtrigger(inputoroutput),page112
ConnectingexternaldevicestotheProcessorUnitusing
Ethernetinterfaces
ExternaldevicessuchaspositioningsystemsareoftenconnectedtotheProcessorUnit
usingEthernet.
Context
YoucanconnectyourProcessorUnit
totheship’slocalareanetwork(LAN)to
fetchsensorinformationthatissharedon
thenetwork.Thesameconnectioncan
beusedtosaveEK80dataonanetwork
disk,ortotransferthedatatoasecond
computerforpost-processing.
Procedure
1LocatetheEthernetconnectoron
therearsideofthecomputer.
OntheEK80ProcessorUnit,an
RJ45socket(indicatedwiththe
arrow)isavailable.
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