Simrad EK80 - Switching between ADCP and Echo Sounder Operation

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Ifyousetmaximumdepthtoavalueidenticalorsmallerthantheminimumvalue,
thebottomdetectionalgorithmwillbedisabled.TheEK80willnotdetectthe
bottomatall,andthedisplayeddepthwillbe0.00m.
Tip
Ifyouhaveproblemswithbottomdetection,youmayconsiderdisablingit.Thiscan
beusefulifyouonlywishtostudytargetsinthewatercolumn.
4SelectOKtosavetheselectedsettingsandclosethedialogbox.
Result
IftheEK80shouldloosebottomdetectionduetoairorotherdisturbances,itwilltryto
relocatethedepthwithintheminimumandmaximumdepthsyouhavedened.
SwitchingbetweenADCPandechosounder
operation
TheEC150-3Cisadualpurposeunit.ItcanbeusedeitherasanacousticDoppler
currentproler(ADCP)instrumenttomeasurewatercurrentorasasplit-beamecho
sounder.Itcannotoperatethesetwofunctionssimultaneously.
Context
ThistaskisonlyapplicableforaEK80systemttedwithrelevanthardwareforacoustic
Dopplercurrentproler(ADCP)functionality.
Procedure
1OpentheOperationmenu.
2SelectNormalOperation.
3Selectoperatingmode.
•ToactivateADCPoperation,clickthesmalloptionbuttonontheleftsideof
theADCPtable.
•Toactivateechosounderoperation,clickthesmalloptionbuttonontheleft
sideoftheEStable.
4SelectOKtosavetheselectedsettingandclosethedialogbox.
Result
TheActivemenuischangedaccordingly.
Secondaryprocedures