Simrad SU90 - Page 29

SimradSU90
Thisequipmentmayforexampleinclude:
•DifferentialGlobalPositioningSystem((D)GPS)
•Motionreferenceunit(MRU)
•Echosounder
•Catchmonitoringsystem
•Trawlsonar
•Currentmetersystem
•Radiobuoysystem
Alltheseperipheralsmaybeconnectedusingtheseriallines.Mostofthemwill
communicatebymeansofthestandardNMEA0183format.
Notethatperipheralequipmentandsensorsmustbepurchasedlocallybytheinstallation
shipyardorenduser.
DifferentialGlobalPositioningSystem((D)GPS)
A(D)GPSmaybeinterfacedwiththeSimradSU90sonartoestablishthevessel’s
positionandprovidecursorandmarkerlatitudeandlongitude.
Inadditiontonavigationaldata,the(D)GPSmayalsobeusedfortheinputofspeedlog
information.Most(D)GPSareequippedtopresentcourseinformation,butthisdatais
generallytooinconsistenttoprovideastablesonarpresentation.
Relatedtopics
•Positioningsysteminterfaceonpage286
Motionreferenceunit(MRU)
TheSU90offersabuilt-inmotionsensortoprovidestabilisationofthesonarbeams.
Youmayincreasetheefciencyandaccuracyifyouinstallaseparatemotionreference
unit(MRU).TheSU90providesaninterfacetotheMRU3sensormanufacturedby
KongsbergMaritime.Relevantinstallationproceduresareincludedinthismanual.
Relatedtopics
•Externalmotionreferenceunit(MRU)onpage30
•Connectinganexternalmotionreferenceunit(MRU)onpage144
Catchmonitoringsystem
Toprovidetrawlandpurseseinedepthinformationonthesonar’sdisplay,thefollowing
Simradcatchmonitoringsystemsmaybeconnected:
•SimradPISeriesCatchmonitoringsystems
•SimradITIIntegratedTrawlInstrumentationsystem
Relatedtopics
•Catchmonitoringsysteminterfaceonpage287
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