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304
406273/C
Related
dialog
boxes
Normal
Operation
dialog
box,
page
318
BITE
(Built-In
T
est
Equipment)
dialog
box,
page
400
BITE:
Processor
page,
page
402
BITE:
Noise
page,
page
409
Conceptual
descriptions
Acoustic
noise,
page
462
About
Slope
and
Ramping,
page
469
Simrad
ES80
Reference
Manual
305
307
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
5
About this Manual
15
Simrad Es80
17
Important
18
System Description
19
System Diagram
22
Main System Units
23
Display Description
23
Processor Unit Description
24
Ethernet Switch Description
25
Wide Band Transceiver (WBT) Description
26
Transducers
27
Network Security
27
Support Information
28
Getting Started
31
Starting Normal Operation
32
Turning on the ES80
32
Getting to Know the User Interface
33
Checking Transceiver and Transducer Settings
35
Selecting Normal Mode to Start "Pinging
37
Verifying that the Bottom Is Correctly Detected
38
Checking And/Or Editing the Transceiver Parameters
39
Turning off the ES80
40
Basic Operation
41
Introduction to the Basic Procedures
41
Selecting the Language Displayed in the Menus and Dialog Boxes
42
Selecting Which Echogram Type to Use
42
Adjusting the Gain (Echo Sensitivity)
44
Choosing the Depth Range and the Start Depth for the Echograms
45
Choosing the Colours Used to Present the Echograms
47
Recording Echo Data
48
Opening the Context Sensitive On-Line Help
49
User Interface Introduction
51
ES80 User Interface Familiarisation
51
Top Bar Description
53
Information Panes
54
Menu System
57
Bottom Bar Description
58
Echogram Views
59
Setting up the ES80 Wideband Fish Finding Echo Sounder for the First Time
61
Setting up Summary
61
Adjusting the Screen Resolution
63
Installing the ES80 Operational Software
64
Defining the IP Address on the Processor Unit Network Adapter for Communication with the Wide Band Transceiver (WBT)
65
Turning on the ES80 to Passive Mode
66
Obtaining and Installing the Software License
67
Installing One or more Transducers
69
Installing Transceiver Channels
71
Defining the Serial and Ethernet (LAN) Port Parameters
73
Setting up the Input from a Navigation System (GPS)
75
Context Sensitive On-Line Help
77
Operating Procedures
79
Turning On/Off Procedures
80
Turning on the ES80
80
Turning off the ES80
82
Choosing Operational Mode and Key Transmit Parameters
83
Selecting Normal Mode
83
Selecting Inactive Mode
84
Selecting Replay Mode
85
Verifying that the Bottom Is Correctly Detected
86
Defining the Ping (Transmission) Modes
87
Transmitting Single Pings
89
Transmitting with Fixed Time Intervals
89
Configuring the Environmental Parameters
90
Opening the Context Sensitive On-Line Help
91
Controlling the Gain and Range Settings
93
Adjusting the Gain (Echo Sensitivity)
93
Adjusting the TVG (Time Variable Gain) Setting
95
Choosing Range
96
Start Range Values in a Surface Related Echogram
96
Choosing Range and Start Range Values in a Bottom Related Echogram
97
Recording and Replaying Raw Echo Data
99
Defining the File and Folder Settings for Data Recording
99
Recording Echo Data
100
Selecting Replay Mode
102
Choosing Which Echo Data File(S) to Replay
102
Accessing the Echo Data Files to Delete, Move or Copy Them
104
Saving and Recalling Screen Captures
105
Saving an Echogram Screen Capture Image
105
Recalling Single Echogram Screen Capture Images
106
Accessing the Screen Capture Images to Delete, Move or Copy Them
106
Setting up the Echogram Presentation
108
Selecting Which Echogram Type to Use
108
Selecting Echogram Views on the Bottom Bar
110
Changing the Size of the Echogram Views
111
Defining the Ping (Transmission) Modes
111
Removing Noise and False Echoes from the Echogram
113
Choosing the Colours Used to Present the Echograms
113
Adjusting the TVG (Time Variable Gain) Setting
115
Adjusting the TVG in the Echogram Dialog Box
116
Selecting the Horizontal Scale in the Echograms
118
Adding Scale Labels to the Echograms
119
Enhancing the Bottom Contour in the Echograms
120
Adding Vertical Marker Lines to the Echogram
121
Adding Horizontal Depth Lines to the Echograms
122
Adding a Variable Depth Line to the Echogram
123
Adding Automatic Trawl Lines to the Echogram Presentation
123
Adding Manual Trawl Lines to the Echogram Presentation
124
Adding a Single Text Comment to the Echogram
125
Adding Comments and Annotations to the Echograms
126
Investigating the Sub-Bottom Conditions
127
Using the Information Panes to Collect Data from the Echoes
129
Retrieving the Latest Echogram History
129
Disabling the Automatic Echogram History Recording
130
Changing the Colour Scale in the ES80 Presentations
131
Opening the Depth Information Pane to Read the Current Depth
133
Investigating the Biomass
134
Changing the Calculation Parameters for the Biomass Information Pane
135
Investigating the Echo Strength to Determine the Species in the School
136
Locating the Position of Single Fish in the Beam
138
Locating the Position of Single Fish in the Beam
139
Investigating the Bottom Characteristics
140
Selecting Fish Species and Changing Their Size to Improve the Size Distribution Information
141
Changing the Calculation Parameters for the Size Distribution Information Pane
142
Using the Zoom Information Pane to Study Details in the Echogram
142
Defining Settings Related to User Preferences and Individual Customizing
145
Selecting Menu Language
145
Reducing the Light Emitted from the Display Presentation
146
Increasing the Visibility of the Information Panes
147
Selecting the Navigational Information to Appear on the Top Bar
147
Selecting Which Tooltips to Appear in the User Interface
148
Enabling Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) Time on the Bottom Bar
149
Changing the Colour Palette ("Skin") Used in the ES80 Presentations
149
Choosing the Colours Used to Present the Echograms
150
Selecting Measurement Units
151
Placing Echogram Channels in Separate Windows on Multiple Displays
152
Rearranging the Layout of the ES80 Presentation
153
Moving a View to Another Display
154
Restoring the Locations and Sizes of the Views
154
Saving, Retrieving and Handling User Settings
156
Saving the Current User Settings
156
Choosing Previously Saved User Settings
157
Renaming Existing User Settings
158
Deleting User Settings that Are no Longer Used
159
Choosing ES80 Factory Default Settings
159
Adjusting the Transceiver Parameters
161
Selecting Passive Transceiver Mode
161
Adjusting the Output Power
162
Adjusting the Pulse Duration
162
Defining the Frequency Sweep (Chirp) Within each Transmission
163
Defining the Pulse Type for the ES80 Transmissions
164
Interfacing Peripheral Equipment
166
Installing Navigation Sensors and Other Sensors
166
Defining the Serial and Ethernet (LAN) Port Parameters
167
Setting up the Input from a Navigation System (GPS)
169
Configuring the Sensor Interface
171
Setting up a Serial or LAN (Ethernet) Port for Annotation Input
173
Connecting a Catch Monitoring System to a Serial or LAN (Ethernet) Port
174
Connecting a Trawl System to a Serial or LAN (Ethernet) Port
176
Setting up the Input from a Motion Reference Unit (MRU)
178
Setting up Depth Output to an External System
180
Exporting Sensor Data to a Peripheral System
182
Setting up Data Export to Olex
184
Synchronizing the ES80 by Means of a Serial Port
185
Synchronizing the ES80 by Means of a Serial Port
187
System Setup and Software Installation Procedures
190
Defining the IP Address on the Processor Unit Network Adapter for Communication with the Wide Band Transceiver (WBT)
190
Checking the Current Software Version
191
Installing the ES80 Operational Software
192
Obtaining and Installing the Software License
193
Moving the Software License from One Processor Unit to Another
195
Upgrading the ES80 Operational Software
196
Removing the ES80 Operational Software
197
Upgrading the Software on the Wide Band Transceiver (WBT)
199
Installing One or more Transducers
201
Installing Transceiver Channels
203
Installing GPT Transceiver Channels
205
Disconnecting Transceiver Channels
207
Maintaining the ES80
209
Updating the Online Help File
209
Adding an Online Help File in a New Language
210
Accessing and Retrieving Message Log Files
211
Checking the Transducer by Means of the BITE Functionality
212
Inspecting and Cleaning the Transducer Face
213
Painting the Transducer Face
215
Rules for Transducer Handling
216
Approved Anti-Fouling Paints
217
User Interface
219
ES80 User Interface Familiarisation
220
Top Bar
222
Top Bar Overview
222
Logo and Product Name
223
Menu Button
223
Screen Capture Button Description
224
Record Indicator Description
224
Event Button Description
225
Information Panes Overview
226
Navigational Information
228
Messages Button Description
234
Help Button Description
235
Operating System Button Descriptions
235
Information Panes
236
History Information Pane Description
236
Colour Scale Information Pane Description
237
Depth Information Pane Description
239
Biomass Information Pane Description
241
School Response Information Pane Description
244
Bottom Hardness Information Pane Description
246
Size Distribution Information Pane Description
248
Fish Position Information Pane Description
250
Echo Position Information Pane Description
252
Zoom Information Pane Description
254
Echogram Views
257
About the Echogram Views
257
Surface Echogram Description
259
Bottom Echogram Description
262
Pelagic Echogram Description
265
Trawl Echogram Description
267
Echogram Lines and Markers
271
Annotation Markers Description
271
Biomass Line Description
272
Bottom Line Description
274
Hardness Line Description
275
Label Markers Description
276
Range Other Line Description
277
Scale Lines Description
278
Trawl Line Description
279
Variable Depth Line Description
280
Vertical Tick Description
281
White Line Description
282
The ES80 Menu System
283
Bottom Bar Description
284
Replay Bar Description
285
Screen Capture Browser Description
287
Context Sensitive On-Line Help
288
Menu System
289
About the Menus and Menu Buttons
289
Using the "Smart" Menu Buttons
290
Main Menu
292
Operation Menu
293
Display Menu
294
Setup Menu
296
Active Menu
301
Extras Menu
303
Functions and Dialog Boxes
307
Main Menu; Functions and Dialog Boxes
308
User Settings Dialog Box
308
Range Function
311
Start Range Function
312
Gain Function
314
Operation Menu; Functions and Dialog Boxes
317
Operation Function
317
Normal Operation Dialog Box
320
Ping Function
323
Ping Mode Function
325
Ping Interval Function
326
Record Function
327
Display Menu; Functions and Dialog Boxes
330
Screen Brightness Function
330
Transparency Function
331
Display Options Dialog Box
332
Display Options: General Page
333
Display Options: Tooltip Page
335
Colour Setup Dialog Box
336
Docking Views Function
338
Setup Menu: Functions and Dialog Boxes
341
Environment Dialog Box
342
Water Column Page
342
Manual Annotation Dialog Box
344
Fish Select Dialog Box
345
Calculation Interval Dialog Box
346
Installation Dialog Box
348
Transducer Installation Page
350
Transceiver Pages
354
Sensor Installation Page
365
Sensor Configuration Page
371
I/O Setup Page
373
Synchronization Page
377
Units Page
380
Trawl Page
382
Annotations Page
384
Software License Page
386
Output Dialog Box
388
File Setup Page
390
Depth Output Page
393
Relay Output Page
397
Olex Output Page
399
Language Function
401
BITE (Built-In Test Equipment) Dialog Box
402
About Dialog Box
414
Active Menu; Functions and Dialog Boxes
416
TVG Function
416
Ping-Ping Filter Function
419
Bottom Gain Function
420
Echogram Dialog Box
421
Bottom Detection Dialog Box
432
Information Pane Options Dialog Box
435
Colour Scale Page
436
Size Distribution Page
440
Secondary Functions and Dialog Boxes
442
Replay File Dialog Box
442
LAN Port Setup Dialog Box
444
Serial Port Setup Dialog Box
446
Port Monitor Dialog Box
448
Add Serial Port Dialog Box
450
Messages Dialog Box
451
Alarm Limits Dialog Box
453
Add Window Dialog Box
454
Concept Descriptions
456
Vessel Coordinate System
457
Observation Range Versus Operational Frequency
459
About Bottom Echoes
460
About Sound Wave Propagation
461
What Is Sampling
463
Acoustic Noise
464
Contributing Factors
464
Self Noise
466
Ambient Noise
468
Fishing Gear Noise
469
Electrical Self Noise
469
Some Means to Reduce Acoustic Noise
469
About Slope and Ramping
471
Technical Specifications
474
Introduction to Technical Specifications
475
Interface Specifications
475
Weight and Outline Dimensions
479
Power Requirements
481
Environmental Requirements
483
Compass Safe Distance
485
Minimum Computer Requirements
486
Minimum Display Requirements
487
Datagram Formats
489
About NMEA and Standard Datagram Formats
490
Nmea
490
About the NMEA Datagram Formats
490
NMEA Sentence Structure
491
Standard NMEA 0183 Communication Parameters
492
NMEA Datagram Formats
493
NMEA DBS Datagram
493
NMEA DBT Datagram
494
NMEA DPT Datagram
495
NMEA GGA Datagram
496
NMEA GGK Datagram
497
NMEA GLL Datagram
498
NMEA HDG Datagram
499
NMEA HDM Datagram
499
NMEA HDT Datagram
500
NMEA RMC Datagram
500
NMEA VBW Datagram
501
NMEA VHW Datagram
503
NMEA VLW Datagram
503
NMEA VTG Datagram
504
NMEA ZDA Datagram
505
Proprietary Datagram Formats
506
Kongsberg DFT Water Level Datagram
506
Kongsberg OFS Drop Keel Datagram
507
Simrad ATS Datagram
508
Simrad DBS Datagram Format
508
Simrad HFB Datagram Format
509
Simrad PSIMDHB Datagram Format
509
Simrad PSIMP-D Datagram Format
510
Simrad PSIMP-F Datagram Format
512
Simrad TDS Datagram Format
513
Simrad TPR Datagram Format
514
Simrad TPT Datagram Format
514
Simrad Sounder/Tss1 Datagram
515
Kongsberg EM Attitude 3000 Datagram Format
517
Third Party Datagram Formats
519
Atlas Depth Datagram
519
Furuno Gphve Datagram Format
520
Hemisphere GNSS GPHEV Datagram Format
520
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Simrad ES80 Specifications
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Brand
Simrad
Model
ES80
Category
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Language
English
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