Simrad ST90 - Connecting the Transducer Cables to the Transceiver Unit

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Settingtoworksummary,page242
TurningontheST90forthersttime,page276
ConnectingthetransducercablestotheTransceiverUnit
ThetransducercablesareconnectedtotheTransceiverUnitusingalargetransceiver
plug.ThetransceiverplugmustbermlyconnectedtothesidesocketontheTransceiver
Unit-andthetransducermustbesubmergedinwater-beforeyoucantransmitting
(‘pinging’)withtheST90.
Prerequisites
Weassumethatyouareequippedwithastandardsetoftools.
Thistoolsetmustcomprisethenormaltoolsforelectronicand
electromechanicaltasks.Eachtoolmustbeprovidedinvarious
sizes.Werecommendthatalltoolsaredemagnetizedtoprotect
yourequipment.
Context
OncethetransceiverplugisconnectedtotheTransceiverUnit,
andthetransducerissubmergedinwater,theST90canbeset
totransmit("ping").
Caution
YoumustneverstartST90transmissions("pinging")when
theshipisindrydock.Thetransducermaybedamagedifit
transmitsinopenair.
Procedure
1Makesurethattheplughousingiscleanandnotdamaged
inanyway.
2Makesurethatthegasketiscleanandnotdamagedin
anyway.
3Mountthetransceiverplug.
aHoldtheplughousingontopofthesocket.
bPushthepluggentlyinplace.
Toavoidunnecessarystrainontheconnectors,youmustinsertthetransceiver
plugstraightin.
cInserttheboltscarefully,andmakesurethattheyttothethreads.
Usetheboltsandwashersprovidedfortheprotectingcover.
Settingtowork