Simrad ES80 - Investigating the Bottom Characteristics

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5Investigatetheinformationprovidedbytheinformationpane.
ThisisbasicallythesameviewasintheFishPositioninformationpane.However,
theshechoesarehereviewedfromthesideandnotfromabove.Thismeansthat
youcanalsoinvestigatethedepthofthesingleshesinthebeam.
TheinformationintheEchoPositioninformationpaneispresentedin3D.
•Onastandardcomputermouse,usethemiddlewheeltozoominandout.
•Right-clickwhilemovingthemousepointertoalterthe3Dpresentation.
6SelectCloseinthetoprightcornertoclosetheinformationpane.
Investigatingthebottomcharacteristics
TheBottomHardnessinformationpaneshowsyouthecurrentbottomreectivity.This
givesanindicationtohowhardthebottomis.Thevalueiscalculatedusingthebottom
echostrengthinthecurrentping.
Context
Thebottomhardnessshownintheinformationpanewasdetectedbythelatestpingin
theselectedview.
Whenyoustudythebottomhardness,youcanlearnmoreaboutthebottom.Certain
speciesareknowntopreferspecicbottomconditions.Withmoreknowledge,youare
betterqualiedtoestimatethepossiblecatch.
Tip
TheHardnessLinecanbeaddedtoyourechogramtoretrieveadditionalinformation.It
appearsasthickcolourcodedlinethatfollowsthebottomcontour .Thislinedoesnot
removeinformation,itsimply"pushes"theechoinformationfurtherdowninorderto
showyouthebottomreectivity.
Procedure
1Clickinanyechogramviewtomakeit"active".
Thesettingyouchoosewillonlybevalidforthecurrently"active"echogram.The
"active"echogramviewisidentiedwithathickerborder.
2Onthetopbar,selecttheappropriatebuttontoopentheinformationpane.
3Clickthebottomrightcorneroftheinformationpane,anddragtorequestedsize.
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