Simrad EK80 Harbour Acceptance Test

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Neithertoolsnorinstrumentsarerequired.Forconnectionsandcommunication
parameters,seetherelevantend-userdocumentationfromthesensormanufacturer.
Context
Mostglobalpositioningsystem(GPS)receiversprovideNMEA0183datagrams
containinggeographicallatitudeandlongitudeinformation,aswellascurrentspeed
andsaileddistance.SomeGPSsystemswillalsoprovidethecurrentheading,butthis
informationisnormallytakenfromthegyro.
ThepropertiesofeachoftheavailablecommunicationportsaredenedontheI/OSetup
page.TheSensorInstallationpageallowsyourEK80tocommunicatewithexternal
sensorsandsystems.Tomakesurethattheinformationfromthe"mostreliable"sensors
areusedbytheEK80,usetheSensorCongurationpagetodeneadatagrampriorities.
ThecommunicationparametersdenedforNMEA0183are:
•Baudrate:4800bit/s
•Databits:8
•Parity:Even
•Stopbits:1
Someinstrumentsmayprovideotherparametersand/oroptions.Y oumustalwayscheck
therelevanttechnicaldocumentationsuppliedbythemanufacturer.
Procedure
1OpentheSetupmenu.
2OntheSetupmenu,selectInstallation.
ObservethattheInstallationdialogboxopens.Thisdialogboxcontainsanumber
ofpagesselectedfromthemenuontheleftside.
3OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,selectSensorInstallation.
aSelecttherelevantsensorintheInstalledSensorslist.
bMakesurethatthecorrectinstallationparametersareusedforthesensor.
4OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,selectSensorConguration.
aSelecttherelevantsensorintheSensorlist.
bMakesurethatthecorrectparametersareusedforsensorconguration.
5ClosetheInstallationdialogboxwithoutmakinganychanges.
6Observethetopbar.
7Makesurethattheinformationfromthesensorisdisplayed.
Ifnecessary,enabletheread-outintheDisplayOptionsdialogbox.
SimradEK80HarbourAcceptanceTest

Simrad EK80 Specifications

General

Brand	Simrad
Model	EK80
Category	Marine Equipment
Language	English