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•SchoolSelect
Duringnormaloperation,thedetectionandestimationofshschoolsdependsonthe
specieandthedensityoftheschool.SchoolSelectoffersaselectionofspecies.Basedon
yourchoicetheST90willadjustitsoperatingparameterstoachieveoptimalperformance.
SelectSchoolSelectSetuptoadjustthedensityforagivenspecie,ortocreateyouown
schoolparameters.
•Environment
Environmentalparameterssuchassalinity,soundspeedandwatertemperatureallplay
animportantparttopresentaccurateechodata.UsetheEnvironmentparametersto
denethesevalues.Dependingonthecurrentseaandweatherconditions,youmay
needtochangethesevaluesfrequently.
•Language
YoumayprefertousetheST90withauserinterfaceinyourownlanguage.Aselection
oflanguagesisprovided.TheLanguagefunctionallowsyoutoselectthelanguagetobe
usedintheST90presentations,menusanddialogboxes.
•Stabilization
TheST90isprovidedwithabuilt-inelectronicstabilizationofthesonarbeams.Incase
ofafaultymotionreferenceunitthisfunctionalitycanbeturnedOff.
•ScreenCaptures
WhileusingtheST90youmaywishtomakeascreencapturetosaveaninstantaneous
copyofthecurrentpresentation.Youcanchooseeitherasinglescreencaptureora
sequencewithmultiplescreencaptures.
•BeamVisualization
WiththevariousbeamsprovidedbytheST90,itmaybedifculttounderstandthe
concept.Howdothesebeams"behave"inthewater?Thebeamvisualizationfeature
simulateshowtheacousticbeamscovertheseabedandthewatercolumn.
•BITE(Built-InTestEquipment)
TheST90isacomputerizedFish-ndingsonar.Therearehardlyanyanaloguecircuitry,
andthepossibilityoftraditionaltroubleshootingislimited.Inordertorectifythis,a
built-insoftwareapplicationisavailabletooffertestandmaintenancefunctionality.
TheBITE(Built-InTestEquipment)dialogboxcontrolsthetestanddiagnoseprogram
thatcheckstheperformanceoftheST90.
–Processor
TheProcessorpageoffersanoverviewoftheparametersrelatedtosoftwareversion,
operationandnetwork.
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