Simrad ES80 - Defining the Ping (Transmission) Modes

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2SelectBottomDetection.
Tip
ThebottomdetectionparametersarealsofoundasapageintheInformationPane
Optionsdialogbox.ToopentheInformationPaneOptionsdialogbox,selectthe
buttonontheActivemenu.Toopenthepage,youcanalsoselectSetupintheDepth
informationpane.
3SetMinimumDepthandMaximumDepthtovaluestforthedepthatyourcurrent
location.
•TheMinimumDepthsettingeliminatesallunwantedbottomdetectionsfromthe
transducerfaceanddowntothedepthyouhavechosen.
•SettheMaximumDepthtoapproximately50%morethantheexpecteddepth.
Ifyousetmaximumdepthtoavalueidenticalorsmallerthantheminimumvalue,
thebottomdetectionalgorithmwillbedisabled.TheES80willnotdetectthe
bottomatall,andthedisplayeddepthwillbe0.00m.
Tip
Ifyouhaveproblemswithbottomdetection,youmayconsiderdisablingit.Thiscan
beusefulifyouonlywishtostudytargetsinthewatercolumn.
4SelectOKtosavetheselectedsettingsandclosethedialogbox.
Result
IftheES80shouldloosebottomdetectionduetoairorotherdisturbances,itwilltryto
relocatethedepthwithintheminimumandmaximumdepthsyouhavedened.
Relatedtopics
BottomDetectiondialogbox,page430
Deningtheping(transmission)modes
YoucaneasilycontrolhowoftentheES80shalltransmitacousticenergy(a"ping")
intothewater.Youcandisablethetransmissionaltogether,setittooperateasfastas
possible,orselectatimedinterval.
Context
OncepingingisOn,usethePingModefunctiontochoosehowoftentheES80shall
transmit.Thisfunctionallowsyoutocontrolthebehaviorofthetransmissions
("pinging").
Operatingprocedures