Simrad EK80 - Turning off the EK80

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Furtherrequirements
WhentheEK80starts,itisveryimportantthatitdetectsthebottomcorrectly.Inmost
casesthiswilltakeplaceautomatically.However,wehaveexperiencedthatlarge
schoolsofshordifcultbottomconditionshavedeceivedtheEK80todisplaythe
wrongdepth.Inthesecasesthesoundermaydisplaythebottomat0.0metresatthetop
oftheshschool.InordertoaidtheEK80tolocatethecorrectdepth,youmustadjustto
bottommaximumandminimumrangesaccordingtotheactualbottomdepth.
Relatedtopics
TestingtheEK80operationalfunctionality,page27
Secondaryprocedures,page47
TurningofftheEK80
YoumustneverturnofftheEK80bymeansoftheon/offswitchontheProcessorUnit.
YoumustalwaysclosetheEK80programbyselectingExitonthetopbar.
Context
WhenyoudonotusetheEK80,turnoffthedisplayandtheProcessorUnit.Ifyouare
notusingtheEK80foralongperiodoftime,werecommendthatyouturnofftheWide
BandTransceiver(WBT).Usetheon/offswitchonthepowersupply,ordisengage
thecircuitbreakers.
Procedure
1SelectExitonthetopbar.
ObservethattheEK80programclosesdown.
Tip
IftheEK80ProcessorUnitisusedasaserverwithoneormoreclientsconnected,a
relevantmessagewillappear.Werecommendthatyouturntheseclientsoffrst.
ClosingdowntheEK80programwithclientsconnectedwilltakelongertime.
2IftheProcessorUnitdoesnotturnitselfoffautomatically,usethefunctionality
providedbytheoperatingsystemtoturnitoffmanually.
3Turnoffthedisplay.
Ifrequired,refertotheinstructionsprovidedbythedisplaymanufacturer.
4Turnoffeachtransceiver.
TheWideBandTransceiver(WBT)isnotttedwithanon/offswitch.Y oucan
leavetheunitpermanentlyturnedon.IfyouarenotusingtheEK80foralong
periodoftime,disconnectthepowersupply.
Secondaryprocedures