Simrad ES80 User Manual

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Parity
Usethisfunctiontospecifytheparityforserialcommunication.Thestandard
paritydenedforNMEAseriallinecommunicationis"None".
Aparitybit,orcheckbitisabitaddedtotheendofastringofbinarycode
thatindicateswhetherthenumberofbitsinthestringwiththevalueoneis
evenorodd.Paritybitsareusedasthesimplestformoferrordetectingcode.
[...]Inserialdatatransmission,acommonformatis7databits,anevenparity
bit,andoneortwostopbits.Thisformatneatlyaccommodatesallthe7-bit
ASCIIcharactersinaconvenient8-bitbyte.Otherformatsarepossible;8bits
ofdataplusaparitybitcanconveyall8-bitbytevalues.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parity_bit
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Installationdialogbox,page346
Outputdialogbox,page386
I/OSetuppage,page371
PortMonitordialogbox
CommunicationwithexternaldevicesisimportantforES80operation.The
communicationbetweentheProcessorUnitandperipheraldevicestakesplaceusing
"datagrams".Thesedatagramsareself-containedandindependententitiesofdata
carryinginformation.WhensettingupormaintainingtheES80,itisalwaysusefulto
verifythatthecommunicationlineswithexternaldevicesareoperational.ThePort
Monitordialogboxallowsyoutostudythecommunicationstreamonthechosenserial
lineorLANport.
Howtoopen
ToopenthePortMonitordialogbox,selectaserialorLANportontheI/OSetuppage,
andselectMonitor.
TheI/OSetuppageislocatedintheInstallationandOutputdialogboxes.TheInstallation
dialogboxislocatedontheSetupmenu.TheOutputdialogboxisalsolocatedonthe
Setupmenu.
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Simrad ES80 Specifications

General

Operating Temperature	-15°C to +55°C
Type	Echosounder
Transceiver	External
Applications	Fisheries research, commercial fishing
Depth Range	Up to 3000 meters
Interface	Ethernet, NMEA 2000
Frequency Range	18 kHz, 38 kHz, 70 kHz, 120 kHz, 200 kHz, 333 kHz