Simrad SX90 - INSTALLATION REV C - Echo Sounder System Interface; Trawl System Interface

AppendixCSX90cabledetails
thisdataisgenerallytooinconsistenttoprovideastablesonar
presentation.ThesonarcanreadtheGPSdatafromanRS-232
seriallinewithastandardNMEA0183telegramformat.
Connecttheseriallinetoanyvacantport(TB1-7)inthe
InterfaceUnitasdescribedinsectionRS-232totheInterface
Unitonpage200.
ForphysicalconnectiontotheGPSunit,refertotheapplicable
GPSdocumentation.
Relatedtopics
•RS-232totheInterfaceUnitonpage200
•Positioningsysteminterfacesetupandtestonpage137
Echosoundersysteminterface
Toprovidedepthinformationonthesonar,anechosounderwith
standardNMEA0183outputformat(RS-232serialline)maybe
connected.MostSimradechosoundershavethedepthoutput
availableonanRS-232serialline.
Connecttheseriallinetoanyvacantport(TB1-7)inthe
InterfaceUnitasdescribedinsectionRS-232totheInterface
Unitonpage200.
ForconnectiontoaSimradechosounderusinganRS-232serial
line,refertoinformationlistedbelow.Thisisa“one-way”
connection,sincethesonardoesnotoutputanydatathatare
usefulfortheechosounder.Forphysicalconnectiontoa
thirdpartyechosounder,refertotheapplicableechosounder
documentation.
Relatedtopics
•Sonarseriallineonpage212
•RS-232totheInterfaceUnitonpage200
•Echosoundersysteminterfacesetupandtestonpage137
Trawlsysteminterface
TheSimradSX90Fishndingsonarcanreadthetrawldatafrom
aSimradFS20,FS25orFS70TrawlsonarortheSimradITI
(IntegratedTrawlInstrumentation)system.Thecommunication
isachievedusingaRS-232serialline.
WhenconnectingtheFSSeriesTrawlsonartothesonar’s
InterfaceUnit,thetrawldepthwillautomaticallybeshownin
accordancewiththesurface,targetsandbottominthevertical
modesonthesonar.WhentheITItrawlsystemisconnected
totheSX90,theinformationexchangedbetweentheITIand
sonaris:
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