Simrad ES80 - Ping Mode Function

406273/C
323
Note
Thisfunctionmustbeusedwithcare.ItwillstarttheES80evenifyourvesselisin
drydock.YoumustneversettheES80intonormaloperationwhentheshipisin
drydock.Ifthetransducerisactivatedwhenoutofthewateritmaybedamaged
beyondrepair.ItisthereforeveryimportantthattheES80systemremainsswitched
offwhenthevesselisindrydock,andthatnoonetriestouseit.
Relatedtasks
SelectingNormalmode,page81
Deningtheping(transmission)modes,page85
Transmittingsinglepings,page87
Transmittingwithxedtimeintervals,page87
Relatedfunctions
Operationfunction,page315
PingModefunction,page323
PingIntervalfunction,page324
PingModefunction
ThePingModefunctionisusedtocontrolhowoftentheES80shalltransmititsenergy
intothewater.Fornormaluse,chooseMaximum.ThiswillallowtheES80totransmit
continuouslyandasoftenaspossible.
Prerequisites
ThePingModefunctionisonlyavailablewhentheES80operatesinNormalmode.
Howtoopen
ThisfunctionisopenedfromtheOperationmenu.
Description
OncepingingisOn,usethePingModefunctiontochoosehowoftentheES80shall
transmit.Thisfunctionallowsyoutocontrolthebehaviorofthetransmissions
("pinging").
•IfyouchooseSinglePing,youcantransmitsinglepingsbyclickingthepingsymbol
onthePingbutton.
•IfyouchooseInterval,youmustdenethetimebetweeneach"ping"withthePing
Intervalfunction.
Functionsanddialogboxes