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Direction
Inordertodoapropercongurationofthesensor,youmustselectifthesensor
isgoingtopointtothevesselortothegear.“Vessel”istypicallyusedforspread
measurements.“Aft”istypicallyusedforgeometrymeasurements
Function
Youcanselectthemeasurementsyouwantyoursensortomake.Theavailable
optionswillvaryaccordingtothegearsystemyouareworkingwith,thelocation
youhavechosenforthesensorandwhereitpointsto.Onceyouhaveselectedyour
measurement,therelevantadditionalrequiredparametersareautomaticallyshown.
Dependingonthemeasurement(orfunction)selected,someotheradditional
parametersareneeded.
Interval
Thedefaultvalueis(1:1)
Offset
Entertheoffsetvalueinordertohaveprecisereadings.
Blankingzone
Whenthesensorissetuptomeasureheightfromthemiddleofatrawldoor,the
physicalpropertiesofthedoorcancausefalseechoesandhencewrongheight
information.Youcaninserta“blankspace”toinhibitfalsedetectionsasthesensor
willdisregardallechoesreceivedfromobjectsinsidethedenedzone.Atypical
blankingzoneis1.5metresfromthesensortothebottomofthetrawldoor.
RemoteCode
RemoteGeometrymeasurementsaremadeusingone“master”sensorandtwo
“remote”sensors.
Communicationchannel
AllsensorsareprovidedbyKongsbergMaritimeASwithpredenedcommunication
channels.WheninterfacingaSRtypereceiverunit,eachsensorchannelcancontain5
measurements.
Itmayberequiredtochangeoneormorecommunicationchannels,andtheremaybe
manyreasonsforthis.
•Youhavemorethanoneofeachsensor.Ifyouhavetwoormorecatch
monitoringsensorsonboard,youneedtomakesuretheydonotusethesame
frequencyrange.Forexample,ifyouhavethreetemperaturesensors,theyMUST
communicateonthreedifferentchannels.
•Othervesselsnearyoursusethesamecatchmonitoringsystem(orsimilar)and
theyhaveoneormoreoftheirsensorssetuptothesamecommunicationchannels
asyouhave.Thiswillcreateinterferenceasyouwill“read”othersensors.
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