Simrad ST90 User Manual

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Procedure
1Connectthegyro(orotherheadingsensor)toanavailablecommunicationporton
yourProcessorUnit.
ThisisdescribedintheST90Installationmanual.
2OpentheSetupmenu.
3OntheSetupmenu,selectInstallation.
ObservethattheInstallationdialogboxopens.Thisdialogboxcontainsanumberof
pagesselectedfromthemenuontheleftside.
4OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,selectSensorInstallation.
5ForSensorType,selectGyrotoimportinformationfromaglobalpositioningsystem.
6Selectwhichportyouwanttoimportthesensorinformationon.
7Ifyouwanttocheckthecommunicationparameters,selectInspectPort.
Note
Youcannotmakeanychangeshere.Tochangethecommunicationparameters,use
theI/OSetuppage.
8IfyouwanttocheckthattheperipheralsystemistransmittingdatatotheST90,select
Monitor.
ThePortMonitordialogboxprovidesonetextboxforincomingmessages(RxData),
andoneforoutgoingmessages(TxData).Usetheseboxesandyourknowledgeofthe
datacommunicationtoinvestigatethedatagrams.ThePortMonitordialogboxisa
toolfordebuggingpurposes.Itisneitherrequirednorintendedfornormaloperation
oftheST90.
9Typeacustomnametoidentifytheinterfaceinotherdialogboxes.
10Selectwhichdatagram(s)youwanttoimportfromthesensor.
11Ifrelevant,specifyadedicatedtalkerID.
12Providetheaccuratephysicallocationofthesensor(oritsantenna)withreferenceto
thevessel’scoordinatesystem.
ThepositionofcertainsensorsmustbedenedasanoffsettotheShipOrigininthe
coordinatesystemtomaximizeperformance.Theseoffsetvaluesareallrequiredto
allowtheST90togiveyouasaccurateinformationaspossible.Thedegreeofaccuracy
offeredbytheST90isdirectlyrelatedtotheaccuracyoftheinformationyouenter
ontheSensorInstallationpage.
Operatingprocedures

Simrad ST90 Specifications

General

Brand	Simrad
Model	ST90
Category	Sonar
Language	English