Simrad ES80 - Configuring the Environmental Parameters

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Procedure
1OpentheOperationmenu.
2SetPingModetoInterval.
3Specifytheintervalbetweeneach"ping".
aSelecteitherside(+or–)ofthePingIntervalbuttontoselecttherequested
timebetweeneach"ping".
bSelectPingIntervaltoopenit,andtypetherequestedtimebetweeneach"ping".
Selecteithersideofthebuttontochooseavalue.Selectthemiddleofthe
buttontoopenit.IfyouhaveakeyboardconnectedtotheES80,youcantype
therequestedvalueintothetextbox.
Youcanalsochangethevaluebyselecting-andholding-themiddleofthe
button,andmovethecursorsideways.Movethecursortowardslefttoreduce
thevalue,ortowardsrighttoincreasethevalue.Releasethemousebutton
whentherequestedvalueisshowninthebutton.
4OntheOperationmenu,setPingtoOn.
5Selecttherightsymboltostart"pinging".
Relatedtopics
Pingfunction,page321
PingModefunction,page323
PingIntervalfunction,page324
Conguringtheenvironmentalparameters
Inordertomakecorrectmeasurementsofthetargetsinthewatercolumn,aswellasthe
currentdepth,youmustsetupthecorrectenvironmentalparameters.
Context
Inordertoobtainaccuratedepthreadingsandshechoes,itisveryimportantthat
thesoundspeedthroughthewaterissetcorrectly.Severalparametersarerequiredto
calculatethecorrectsoundspeedvalue.Iftheseparametersarenotknowntoyou,use
thedefaultvalue1494m/s.Thisisatypicalmeanvalueforsoundspeed.
Procedure
1OpentheSetupmenu.
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