Simrad ES80 - Sensor Configuration Page

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SensorCongurationpage
WithseveralsensorsconnectedtotheES80,manyofthemwillprovidethesame
datagrams.Wecannotexpectthatthedatagramsprovidethesameinformation.
TheSensorCongurationpageallowsyoutodeneadatagrampriority,sothatthe
informationfromthe"mostreliable"sensorisusedbytheES80.Youcanalsodene
manualvaluesincaseasensorisunserviceable,ornotinstalled.
Prerequisites
TheInstallationdialogboxisnotavailablewhenyourES80issettoReplaymode.
Howtoopen
ThispageislocatedintheInstallationdialogbox.Toopen,selectitontheSetupmenu.
Description
WhentheES80communicateswith
peripheraldevices(forexample
navigationsensors),theinformation
iscontainedindatagrams.
Theterm"datagram"hasbeen
denedasfollows:
Aself-contained,independent
entityofdatacarryingsufcient
informationtoberoutedfrom
thesourcetothedestination
computerwithoutrelianceon
earlierexchangesbetweenthis
sourceanddestinationcomputerandthetransportingnetwork.
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1594,April2016
ThemajorityofthedatagramsusedbytheES80aredenedbytheNationalMarine
ElectronicsAssociation(NMEA).Otherproprietarydatagramsaredenedbythird-party
organizationsorbyKongsbergMaritime.
Anyinformationinadatagram,forexamplethecurrentdepth,maybeprovidedin
differentdatagramsfromseveralsensors.Duetoanumberofreasons(environmental
conditions,installation,conguration,accuracy,etc.),thenumericalvaluesprovidedcan
bedifferentfromonesensortoanother.
SeveralsensorareprovidedontheSensorCongurationpage,oneforeachtypeof
information.SelectthesensoryouwishtocongureintheSensorlist.Foreachtype,you
candeneaprioritysensorbyrearrangingthedatagramsinalist.Y oucanalsodene
manualvaluesincaseasensorisunserviceable,ornotinstalled.
Functionsanddialogboxes