Simrad ES80 - Obtaining and Installing the Software License

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2Turnonthedisplay.
Ifrequired,refertotheinstructionsprovidedbythedisplaymanufacturer.
3TurnontheProcessorUnit.
Waitwhiletheoperatingsystemloads.
4Double-clicktheES80iconontheProcessorUnitdesktoptostarttheprogram.
5Selectusersettings.
Duringtheprogramload,adialogboxappearstoletyouchoosefromthecurrent
usersettingsavailableontheES80.Thedialogboxisonlyvisibleafewseconds.
Youdonotneedtomakeachoicehere.Youcanselectyourpredenedusersetting
atanytimebymeansoftheUserSettingsdialogboxontheMainmenu.
6OncetheES80programhasstarted,observethatthepresentationllstheentire
screen.
Obtainingandinstallingthesoftwarelicense
TooperatetheES80withatransceiveryouneedavalidsoftwarelicense.Beforeyoucan
usetheES80youmustobtaina"licensestring"andinstallitonyourProcessorUnit.
Withoutalicenseyouwillnotbeabletocommunicatewiththetransceiver.
Prerequisites
ThisprocedureassumesthattheES80operatingsoftwarehasbeensuccessfullyinstalled
ontheProcessorUnit.
Context
Thesoftwarelicenseisa32characterhexadecimalstringbasedonthetransceiver’sserial
number.Itdenesseveralkeyparametersthatcontrolthefunctionalityandbehaviour
ofthetransceiver(s)youuse.Eachsoftwarelicensecode"unlocks"oneWideBand
Transceiver(WBT)foroperationalusewithasetofpredenedproperties.
ThesoftwarelicenseisnotlinkedtothephysicalProcessorUnit.Youcantherefore
easilymovethesoftwarefromonecomputertoanother,justremembertomakeacopy
ofthelicensestring.
InordertoobtainasoftwarelicenseyoumustcontactaSimraddealerordistributor.You
canalsousetherequestformonhttp://www.simrad.com/support,orcontactoursupport
departmentdirectly.
Gettingstarted