Simrad ES80 - Synchronizing the ES80 by Means of a Serial Port

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8OntheleftsideoftheOutputdialogbox,selectOlexOutput.
9OntheOlexOutputpage,setuptheportparameters.
aSelectthecommunicationport.
bSelectAdd
cSelectApply.
dSelectOKtosavetheselectedsettingsandclosethedialogbox.
Note
TheOlexsystemwillonlyacceptinformationfromCWtransmissions.Ifyouattempt
toexportdatafromaLFMchannelitwillrespondwithanerrormessage.
SynchronizingtheES80bymeansofaserialport
IfyouwanttousetheES80asamasterorslaveinasynchronizedsystem,youmustset
itupforsuchoperation.Todothis,youmustselectwhichcommunicationporttousefor
thesynchronizationinterface,andyoumustselecttherequestedsynchronizationmode.
Prerequisites
Thisprocedureassumesthat:
•Thevesselisberthedoratsea.
•YouhaveanRS2-232interfaceportonyourProcessorUnitthatallowsyoutousethe
CTS/RTSconnections.
For"slave"operation,aremotesystem(forexampleK-Sync)mustbeavailableto
providetriggerpulses.For"master"operation,aremotehydroacousticsystem(sonar,
echosounder)isconnected.Thisremotesystemmustbesetupin"slave"mode.
Context
Whenevermorethanonehydroacousticsystemisinstalledonavessel,interferencemay
occur.Toavoidinterference,youhavetheseoptions:
•Thesystemsareallconnectedtoacommonsynchronizationsystem.
•Oneoftheacousticsystemsissetupas"master",andcontrolsthetransmissionson
theothersystems.
TheES80offersfunctionalityforremotetransmitsynchronization.Itcanbesetupto
operateineitherMasterorSlavemode.
Note
TheWideBandTransceiver(WBT)offersan Auxiliary portthatcanbeusedfor
synchronisationpurposes.Thissynchronizationmethodmaybemorestablethatthe
traditionalCTS/RTSconnectiontoaserialport.
Operatingprocedures