SimradSX90
Mainunits
TheSimradSX90Fishndingsonarconsistsofthefollowing
units:
•Normallyinstalledinthewheelhouse:
–Displaymonitor
–OperatingPanel
–ProcessorUnit
–BeamformerUnit
–InterfaceUnit
–Amplierandloudspeakers(option)
•Normallyinstalledinthesonarroom:
–TransceiverUnit
–HullUnit
Wheelhouseunits
DisplayMonitor
TheDisplayMonitorisahigh-resolutioncolourLCD(Liquid
CrystalDisplay).Inadditiontothesonarpicture,themonitorcan
alsodisplaytheusermenufortheinteractiveoperation.Inorder
toeasethesituationcomprehension,certaincolourshavebeen
chosentobetterthedistinctionbetweenthevariouselementsin
thescene.
OperatingPanel
TheOperatingPanelcontainsallnecessarycontrolfunctions
foroperatingthesonar.Thecontrolsarearrangedinfunction
groups,whichgivesaclearandeasyoperation.Notethatall
sonaroperationalsomaybemadefromthetrackball,orfroman
optionalstandardmouse.
ProcessorUnit
TheProcessorUnitisamarinecomputer,whichrunsthe
MicrosoftWindowsXP®operatingsystem.Thesoftwareand
hardwarehasbeenmodiedbySimradtosuittheSX90sonar
requirements.Thepurposeofthiscomputeristoallowyou
tocontrolthesonar.Itprovidesthegraphicpresentationof
thesonarmodesandtheimagescreated,itholdsthemenu
system,itcommunicateswiththeOperatingPanel,andreads
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