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•Master
MastermodeisusediftheES80isgoingtoactasthecontrollingunitina
synchronizedsystem.Theperipheralhydroacousticsystem(s)areonlypermitted
totransmitwhenenabledbytheES80.WhenMastermodeisselected,theES80
willrunusingitsinternalpingintervalparametersandsendtriggersignalstothe
peripheralsystem(s).
ThismodeisunavailableifyousetSynchronizationPorttoTransceiverAuxiliary
Port.
•Slave
SlavemodeisusediftheES80isgoingtotransmitonlywhenpermittedbya
peripheralsystem.WhenSlavemodeisselected,theES80doesnottransmit
("ping")unlessanexternaltriggerappearsonthechosensynchronizationport.
Theperipheralsystemmaybeanyotherhydroacousticproduct(forexamplean
echosounderorsonar),orevenadedicatedsynchronizationsystem.
7SelectSynchronizationDelay.
Thisdelayparameterisuseddifferentlydependingonthechosensynchronization
mode.
•Stand-alone
TheSynchronizationDelaysettingisnotapplicablewhensynchronizationis
switchedoff.
•Master
InMastermode,theES80waitsforthedelaytimeaftertheexternaltrigger
signalhasbeensenttotheslavesbeforetransmittingtheping.Thisisoften
referredtoasapre-trigger.
Note
Thisdelaywillonlyworkwhenthesynchronizationissetupusingaserialport.
•Slave
InSlavemode,theES80waitsforthedelaytimeaftertheexternaltriggersignal
hasarrivedbeforetransmittingtheping.Thisisoftenreferredtoasapost-trigger.
8Fromthelistofportsavailable,selectSynchronizationPort.
Thisistheinterfaceportcurrentlyusedtotransmitorreceivesynchronization
signals.ItmustbeanRS-232serialport.Sincethesynchronizationfunctiononly
usestheRequestToSend(RTS)andClearToSend(CTS)signalsonaserialport,
youcanuseaportthatisalreadyusedforotherpurposes.Forthesamereason,
youdonotneedtodeneanybaudrate.
9Atthebottomofthepage,selectApplytosaveyoursettings.
10ContinueyourworkintheInstallationdialogbox,orselectOKtocloseit.
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