Simrad ST90 Installation Manual

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•TxInhibitFirmware:Thermwareonthetransceiverboardsischeckedtoverify
compatibilitywiththeST90operationalsoftware.Thealarmisprovidedto
makesurethatthefunctionalityofferedbytheST90canbesupportedbythe
transceiverboards.Amismatchwilltriggera"rmwarenotaccepted"alarm.
•TxInhibitOperationMode:Thisfeatureactivatesthesystemprotectiontomake
surethattheST90doesnottransmit("ping")whenyouhavechosenReplay
orInactivemode.
•VesselSpeed:Whenthetransducerisfullylowered,thespeedofthevesselmust
notexceedthemaximumspeedpermittedbythehullunit.Thismaximumspeed
dependsonthesizeofthetransducer,themechanicalconstructionofthehull
unit,andhowfardownthetransducerhasbeenlowered.TheSystemProtection
pageallowsyoutodenean"UpperWarningLimit"thatinitiatesthealarm.
5Atthebottomofthepage,selectApplytosaveyoursettings.
6ContinueyourworkintheInstallationdialogbox,orselectOKtocloseit.
Relatedtopics
Settingtoworksummary,page242
ConguringtheST90fornormaloperation,page307
Selectinghullunit
TheST90canbeprovidedwithdifferenthullunits.Themaindifferencebetweenthese
hullunitsisthelengthofthetransducershaft,andthusalsothephysicalheightofthe
entirehullunitassembly.Thesametransducerisusedonallhullunittypes.
Context
ThehullunitprovidedwiththeST90isdesignedtolowerthetransducerdownbelowthe
ship’shullwhentheST90shallbeused.WhentheST90isswitchedoff,thetransducer
ishoistedforprotection.
Caution
Ifthetransducerhitslargerobjectsorbottom,thetransducershaftmaybebent,or
-inworstcase-itcanbebrokenoff.Abrokentransducershaftwillcausewater
leakagethroughthetopoftheshaft.Ifyoususpectthatthetransducershaftisseriously
damagedwithholes,donotretractthetransducertoitsupperposition.
Topreventseriousdamagetothevesselorthevesselstability,youmusthaveawater
pumpandawarningsysteminthesonarroom.
Procedure
1OpentheSetupmenu.
Settingtowork

Simrad ST90 Specifications

General

Brand	Simrad
Model	ST90
Category	Sonar
Language	English