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•Environment
Environmentalparameterssuchassalinity,soundspeedandwatertemperatureallplay
animportantparttopresentaccurateechodata.UsetheEnvironmentparametersto
denethesevalues.Dependingonthecurrentseaandweatherconditions,youmay
needtochangethesevaluesfrequently.
•Language
YoumayprefertousetheST90withauserinterfaceinyourownlanguage.Aselection
oflanguagesisprovided.TheLanguagefunctionallowsyoutoselectthelanguagetobe
usedintheST90presentations,menusanddialogboxes.
•Stabilization
TheST90isprovidedwithabuilt-inelectronicstabilizationofthesonarbeams.Incase
ofafaultymotionreferenceunitthisfunctionalitycanbeturnedOff.
•ScreenCaptures
WhileusingtheST90youmaywishtomakeascreencapturetosaveaninstantaneous
copyofthecurrentpresentation.Y oucanchooseeitherasinglescreencaptureora
sequencewithmultiplescreencaptures.
•BeamVisualization
WiththevariousbeamsprovidedbytheST90,itmaybedifculttounderstandthe
concept.Howdothesebeams"behave"inthewater?Thebeamvisualizationfeature
simulateshowtheacousticbeamscovertheseabedandthewatercolumn.
•BITE(Built-InTestEquipment)
TheST90isacomputerizedFish-ndingsonar.Therearehardlyanyanaloguecircuitry,
andthepossibilityoftraditionaltroubleshootingislimited.Inordertorectifythis,a
built-insoftwareapplicationisavailabletooffertestandmaintenancefunctionality.
TheBITE(Built-InTestEquipment)dialogboxcontrolsthetestanddiagnoseprogram
thatcheckstheperformanceoftheST90.
•Export
TheExportdialogboxallowsyoutoexportusersettings,congurationles,message
logsandinformationrelatedtothehardwareandsoftwaretroubleshooting.
•Installation
BeforeyouusetheST90youmustsetituptocommunicatewiththerelevantperipherals.
Thisincludesthetransducer.UsetheInstallationdialogboxtosetupallinterfaceswith
externaldevices,andtosetupbasicparametersrelatedtoinstallationandoperation.In
mostcases,youonlyneedtodothisonce.
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