Simrad EK80 - Starting Normal Operation

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Context
Anoverallprocedureisprovided.Thisproceduredoesnotdescribeanydetailedtasks.
Refertotherelevantdescriptionsandtasksinthismanual.
•EK80Referencemanual
YoucanalsondinformationintheEK80ContextSensitiveOn-lineHelp.
Procedure
1Makesurethateachtransceiveristurnedon.
2StarttheEK80program.
PingissettoOfftopreventtransmission("pinging").Thisisforsafetyreasons.
Startingnormaloperation
OnceyouhavepoweredupthecompleteEK80system,andstartedtheEK80program,
youarereadytostarttheactualoperation.
Context
Note
Youmustneversetthesystemto"ping"unlessthetransducerissubmergedinwater.Most
transducersaredamagedbeyondrepairiftheytransmitinopenair .Preventinadvertent
useofthesystemwheneveratransducerisnotsubmerged.
Procedure
1SetOperationtoNormal.
2IntheNormalOperationdialogbox,settheoperatingparameters.
3SetPingModetoInterval.
4SetPingtoOn.
TheEK80systemcanbesetto“ping”whenatransducerisnotconnectedtothe
transceiver.Dummy-loadsforthistestpurposeareavailableforpurchase.
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