Simrad ST90 - Verifying ST90 Operation by Means of the Element BITE Functionality

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Settingtoworksummary,page242
TestingtheST90operationalfunctionality,page345
VerifyingST90operationbymeansoftheElementBITE
functionality
ThepurposeoftheElementBITE(ElementBuilt-InTestEquipment)dialogboxisto
allowon-linetestandvericationoftheindividualelementsinthetransducer.Itallows
youtoseeifthetransducerelementsareoperationalduringtransmissionandreception.
TheB-Scanpageallowsyoutomonitorthetimeseriesofdatathatisreceivedfromeach
oftheelementsintheST90transducer.Thestartsampleandthenumberofsamples
tobedisplayedareadjustable.
Prerequisites
TheST90isinstalledasspeciedinthismanual.
•TheST90isturnedon,anditisworkingnormally.
•TheST90isinNormalmode,butTXPowerissettoOfftopreventtransmission.
•Thetransducerisretractedtoitsupperposition.
•Thevesselisberthedoratsea.
Neithertoolsnorinstrumentsarerequired.
Caution
YoumustneversettheST90to"ping"unlessthetransducerissubmergedinwater.
Thetransducermaybedamagedifittransmitsinopenair.
Context
BymeansoftheElementBITE(ElementBuilt-InTestEquipment)functionality,youcan
easilydetermineiftheST90hardwareisoperational.Thefollowingpagesareprovided.
•Matrix
TheMatrixpageallowsyoutomonitortheaveragesignalvaluesorsignalphases
fromeachofthechannelsandtransducerelementsintheST90.Thepresentationis
providedonamatrixcorrespondingtotheelementlocationsinthetransducer.
SimradST90InstallationManual