Simrad ES80 User Manual

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4UnderHistory,deselectHistoryLoggingtodisablethefunction.
Note
IfyouopentheHistoryinformationpanewhilehistoryloggingisdisabled,the
informationpresentedreectsthelatestechoesrecordedbeforetheloggingwas
disabled.Whenhistoryloggingisenabledaftersometime,youwillhavea"hole"
inthepingsequence.
5SelectOKtosavetheselectedsettingsandclosethedialogbox.
ChangingthecolourscaleintheES80presentations
TheColourScaleinformationpaneshowsyouthecurrentcolourscaleinuseforthe
ES80presentations.Italsoallowsyoutomakechangestotheecholevelsitpresents.
Context
ThecolourscalesusedbytheES80aredesignedtoreectthehowstrongtheechoesare.
Theechostrengthismeasuredindecibels(dB).Inthebasiccolourscalewith12colours,
eachcolourrepresentsa3dBstep.Thismeansthattheentirescalecovers36dB.The
dynamicrangeoftheES80ismuchlarger.TheColourScaleparametersallowyouto
changethelowerlimitofcolourscalerangetomatchthecurrentechoes.
Tip
ThecolourscaleisshownonthebottombarevenwhentheColourScaleinformation
paneisclosed.
Yourchoiceofcolourscalehasnoeffectonthegainsettings.Thecolourscaleonly
controlsthevisualpresentationoftheES80echodata.
Procedure
1Clickinanyechogramviewtomakeit"active".
Thesettingyouchoosewillonlybevalidforthecurrently"active"echogram.The
"active"echogramviewisidentiedwithathickerborder.
2Onthetopbar,selecttheappropriatebuttontoopentheinformationpane.
3Clickthebottomrightcorneroftheinformationpane,anddragtorequestedsize.
4SelectaTransparencysettingthattsyourrequirements.
Thechosentransparencypercentageisusedonallopeninformationpanes.
Operatingprocedures

Simrad ES80 Specifications

General

Operating Temperature	-15°C to +55°C
Type	Echosounder
Transceiver	External
Applications	Fisheries research, commercial fishing
Depth Range	Up to 3000 meters
Interface	Ethernet, NMEA 2000
Frequency Range	18 kHz, 38 kHz, 70 kHz, 120 kHz, 200 kHz, 333 kHz