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•Youknowhowtosetuptheparametersforserialandlocalareanetwork(LAN)
communication.
•Allrelevantvesseldrawings,installationreportsand/ormeasurementresultsare
available.
•TheEK80systemisturnedonandoperatesnormally.
•Thevesselisberthed.
Neithertoolsnorinstrumentsarerequired.Forconnectionsandcommunication
parameters,seetherelevantend-userdocumentationfromthesensormanufacturer.
Context
Inmostcasesasuitablesensorisalreadyinstalledonthevessel.Aglobalpositioning
system(GPS)withacompatibleoutputformatcanalsobeused.
ThepropertiesofeachoftheavailablecommunicationportsaredenedontheI/OSetup
page.TheSensorInstallationpageallowsyourEK80tocommunicatewithexternal
sensorsandsystems.Tomakesurethattheinformationfromthe"mostreliable"sensors
areusedbytheEK80,usetheSensorCongurationpagetodeneadatagrampriorities.
ThecommunicationparametersdenedforNMEA0183are:
•Baudrate:4800bit/s
•Databits:8
•Parity:Even
•Stopbits:1
Procedure
1OpentheSetupmenu.
2OntheSetupmenu,selectInstallation.
ObservethattheInstallationdialogboxopens.Thisdialogboxcontainsanumber
ofpagesselectedfromthemenuontheleftside.
3OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,selectSensorInstallation.
aSelecttherelevantsensorintheInstalledSensorslist.
bMakesurethatthecorrectinstallationparametersareusedforthesensor.
4OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,selectSensorConguration.
aSelecttherelevantsensorintheSensorlist.
bMakesurethatthecorrectparametersareusedforsensorconguration.
5ClosetheInstallationdialogboxwithoutmakinganychanges.
6Observethetopbar.
7Makesurethattheinformationfromthesensorisdisplayed.
SimradEK80HarbourAcceptanceTest