Simrad SX90 - INSTALLATION REV C - Sonar Room Units

SimradSX90Fishndingsonar
informationfromperipheralunitsbymeansoftheInterfaceUnit.
Thecomputerholdsaread/writeCDunittobeusedforfuture
softwareupgrades.
BeamformerUnit
TheBeamformerUnitisamarinecomputer,whichrunsthe
MicrosoftWindowsXP®operatingsystem.Thesoftwareand
hardwarehasbeenmodiedbySimradtosuittheSX90sonar
requirements.Thepurposeofthiscomputeristoperformthe
advancedsignalprocessingrequiredtopresenttheinformation
ontheProcessorUnit.Thecomputerholdsaread/writeCDunit
tobeusedforfuturesoftwareupgrades.TheBeamformerUnit
communicateswiththeTransceiverUnitinthesonarroomusing
asingleethernetcable.
InterfaceUnit
TheInterfaceUnitprovidesinterfaceforallauxiliaryequipment;
log,gyro,GPS,echosounder,trawlsystems,purseseinesystems
etc.
Amplierandloudspeakers
Anamplierwithoneortwoloudspeakersmaybeconnectedto
theBeamformerUnittoprovidetheaudiooutput.Theseoptional
itemsaren
o t providedwiththesonardelivery.
Sonarroomunits
TransceiverUnit
TheTransceiverUnitislocatedinthesonarroom,closeto
theHullUnit.OneEthernetcableisusedforcommunication
withtheBeamformerUnitinthewheelhouse.Thetransceiver
performsthetransmissionandreceptioncontrolofthe256
transmittersand256receiverchannels,whicharelocatedonthe
eightidenticaltransceiverboards.
HullUnit
ThestandardSX92HullUnitisdesignedtobelowered1.2meters
belowtheship’shull,whileanoptionalhullunitwilllowerthe
transducerto1,6metersbelowthehull.Thetransducercanalso
beloweredtoanyselectedmiddleposition.Notethatincaseof
voltagefailure,theHullUnitcanbemanuallyraisedorlowered
bymeansofahandcrank.
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