IMAGENEX TECHNOLOGY CORP. 852-000-145 User Manual
IMAGENEX TECHNOLOGY CORP.
MODEL 852-000-145
ULTRA-MINIATURE DIGI TAL
ECHO SOUNDER
ECHO SOUNDER S/N _____________
IS CONFIGURED FOR:
_______________ VDC INPUT
______________ @ 115.2 kbps
IMAGENEX TECHNOLOGY CORP.
209-1875 BROADWAY STREET
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C.
CANADA, V3C 4Z1
TEL: (604) 944-8248
FAX: (604) 944-8249
445-060 MARCH 2009-REVISED MAY 2017
852 Echo Sounder 11000 m
IMAGENEX MODEL 852
ULTRA-MINIATURE 11000 m ECHO SOUNDER
APPLICATIONS: FEATURES:
• ROV Navigation • Ultra-miniature size is ideal for mounting
• Diving Support on today’s micro ROV’s
• Inspection • Low cost
• Search & Recovery • Direct connection to laptop computer
• External trigger available
The Model 852 Digital Echo Sounder was
designed for use with the smallest of ROV’s.
For maximum flexibility, the unit requires
approximately 1.5 Watts from 24 VDC, or
optional 48 VDC. Serial communication is
utilized, RS-485 or RS-232 at 115.2 kbps.
The maximum operating range is 50 meters.
HARDWARE
SPECIFICATIONS:
FREQUENCY
TRANSDUCER BEAM WIDTH
RANGE RESOLUTION
MIN. DETECTABLE RANGE
MAX. OPERATING DEPTH
MAX. CABLE LENGTH
INTERFACE
CONNECTOR
POWER SUPPLY
DIMENSIONS
WEIGHT: In Air
In Water
MATERIALS
FINISH
330 kHz
30° Conical
20 mm
500 mm
11000 m
1000 m on typical twisted shielded pair
RS-485 @ 115.2 kbps (RS-232 optional)
BH6M-Titanium
22 – 30 VDC at less than 1.5 Watts
Optional 40 – 56 VDC
See drawing
~913 g (~2 lbs)
~0.75 kg (~1.7 lbs)
6AL4V Titanium, PVC, Epoxy
Natural
Specifications subject to
change without notice www.imagenex.com Imagenex Technology Corp.
Copyright © 2009 - 2019
SOFTWARE
SPECIFICATIONS:
WINDOWS™ OPERATING SYSTEM
MODES
RANGE SCALES
EXTERNAL INPUT
FILE FORMAT
RECOMMENDED
MINIMUM COMPUTER
REQUIREMENTS:
Win852.exe
Windows™ XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
Echosounder
5 m, 10 m, 20 m, 30 m, 40 m, 50 m
Depth, Heading, Turns
(filename).852
100 MHz Pentium
16 MB RAM
1 GB Hard Disk
800 x 600 x 256 colour graphics
ORDERING
INFORMATION:
11000 m UNIT
RS-232 Option -006
40 – 56 VDC Option -013
Product and company names listed are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies.
852 Echo Sounder 11000 m 2
445-060 www.imagenex.com
Standard 852-000-145
IMAGENEX TECHNOLOGY CORP. 18FEB16
MODEL 852 ULTRA-MINIATURE DIGITAL
SCANNING SONAR HEAD
and ECHO SOUNDER
WIN852.EXE: Display Software For Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10
VERSION 2.09
OVERVIEW
WIN852 is a Windows program that controls, displays and records data from the Model
852 Ultra-Miniature Digital Scanning Sonar Head and/or the Model 852 Ultra-Miniature
Digital Echo Sounder. The program uses a 2-Wire RS-485 COM port (115200,N,8,1) to
communicate with the heads and an RS-232 COM port (38400,N,8,1) for receiving
Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) information such as Depth, Heading and Turns
Count. The heads can be operated at different ranges, gains, pulse lengths, etc. The
Windows display mode must be at least 800 x 600 pixels with a small font.
SCREEN LAYOUT
The main screen of WIN852 comprises of a sonar data window on the left side with
various sonar head controls and a sector size icon on the right side. The echo sounder
window overlays the sonar window and is expandable. Other items include a x2 Pixel
Zoom window, date/time readout, Depth/Heading/Turns readout, sonar head
range/bearing readout to one or two cursors and a control for displaying real time data
from the heads or playback data from a file. A pop-up window is available for displaying
diagnostics. A compass rose can be displayed in place of the pixel zoom window.
OPERATION
To operate the sonar head and echo sounder, ensure that the head cable is connected to
the 2-Wire RS-485 serial port or an RS-485 to RS-232 converter is installed in-line.
Connect 22 to 30VDC to the power wires (+V to RED, -V to BLACK) using a DC power
supply capable of supplying a current of 1 Amp. Run the program WIN852.EXE and
select the button DATA FROM 'HEAD' on the right-hand side of the display. Ensure that
the correct COM port is selected (Com Ports Menu) and depending on the RS-485 serial
i/o card installed in your computer, select AUTO Enable or RTS (Request To Send)
Enable. Also ensure that the sonar head and/or echo sounder is enabled via the Set
Switches Dialog Box. To allow other programs to use available CPU time, WIN852 can
be put into standby mode simply by minimizing the main window.
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MAIN MENU
File Menu
Record Start (Stop)... opens a File Name Dialog Box so the user can input a
filename for logging sonar and/or echo sounder data (shot
by shot) complete with date/time stamp. The file
extension is always '.852'. The filename and current size
(kbytes) of the file are displayed at the top of the screen.
File recording continues until Record Stop is selected.
Available only when DATA FROM 'HEAD' is active.
Playback... opens a File Name Dialog Box so the user can select and
playback a previously recorded '.852' Sonar file. Available
only when DATA FROM 'FILE' is active.
Copy Start (Stop)... opens a File Name Dialog Box so the user can enter a
filename for a new ‘.852’ file that can be used for making
smaller data files from large pre-recorded sonar files. The
filename and current size (kbytes) of the file are displayed
at the top of the screen. File copying continues until Copy
Stop is selected. Available when DATA FROM 'FILE' is
active.
Save Screen... opens a File Name Dialog Box so the user can enter a
filename for saving the screen as a '.BMP' bitmap file.
Exit writes current configuration to file (WIN852.INI), closes
the program and exits to Windows.
Color Table Menu
Norm Hi normal high intensity color table used for mapping the
echo data amplitude to a color for display. Color depth is
107 colors ranging from Black (low level) through Blue,
Green, Orange, Yellow, White and Red (max level).
Norm Lo normal low intensity color table.
Green 107 shades of green.
Grey 107 shades of grey (White on Black).
Rev Grey 107 shades of grey (Black on White).
Brown/Yellow 107 mixed shades of brown and yellow.
Green/Blue 107 mixed shades of green and blue.
Green/Yellow 107 mixed shades of green and yellow.
Blue 107 shades of blue.
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MAIN MENU (con't)
Options Menu
Units to change the units of measurement from Meters to Feet.
Xdcr Position to adjust the display of the sonar head echo data relative to
the physical mounting of the sonar head. If the xdcr
(transducer) is physically mounted down (red side down),
this switch should be set to 'Down'. If the xdcr is mounted
up (red side up), 'Up' should be selected. If this switch is
set incorrectly, the sonar display will appear as a mirror
image; targets which are actually on the right side will
appear on the left, and vice-versa.
Noise Filter to minimize noise in the displayed return data.
Sound Velocity to change the speed of sound number used in range
measurements. This number can have a range of 750 m/s
(2461 ft/s) to 2250 m/s (7381 ft/s). The default is 1500
m/s (4921.3 ft/s).
User Text to enter a text string for display in the User Text Window.
Calibrate Sonar Head to adjust the motor to the center or zero position.
Com Ports Menu
Sonar Head to select the serial communications port (COM1-COM32)
for communicating with the connected sonar head and/or
echo sounder. Ports that are already used or unavailable
are greyed out. The port that is selected must be a 2-Wire
RS-485 serial port. Alternatively, you could use an RS-
232 port with an external RS-485 to RS-232 converter
connected in-line. All communication through this port is
at 115200 bits per second, No Parity, 8 Data Bits and 1
Stop Bit.
AUTO Enable use this mode if your RS-485 serial i/o card or converter
can automatically enable its’ transmit driver. Two
excellent converters are the SeaLink +485I (P/N 2104)
from www.sealevel.com and the Model 9365 from
www.telebyteusa.com which automatically enable the
transmit driver when sending data as opposed to
controlling the driver via RTS (Request To Send).
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MAIN MENU (con't)
RTS Enable use this mode if your RS-485 serial i/o card or converter
requires RTS (Request To Send) to enable its’ transmit
driver.
Depth/Heading/Turns to select the serial communications port (COM1-COM32)
for receiving Depth, Heading and Turns Count
information generated from an ROV computer system.
This port accepts the following comma deliminated ASCII
serial string at 38400,N,8,1:
dddd.d,F,hhh.h,-tt<CR><LF>
dddd.d is the ROV depth (0000.0 to 9999.9)
F for depth in Feet or M for depth in Meters
hhh.h is the ROV compass heading in degrees (000.0 to
359.9)
–tt is the ROV turns counter (-99 to 99). Negative
numbers contain a leading minus sign, positive numbers
contain a leading space character (no plus sign).
<CR> - carriage return
<LF> - line feed
If the program detects only one available COM port (i.e.
on a laptop computer), this port will be reserved for
communications with the sonar head only and the
Depth/Heading/Turns input will not be available.
As default on older computers, COM1/COM3 share IRQ4
(interrupt request #4) and COM2/COM4 share IRQ3.
Ensure that the COM port you select for the
Depth/Heading/Turns input does not share its IRQ with
the sonar head COM port. This could cause the program
to hang up!
Enable/Disable use this selection to enable or disable the
Depth/Heading/Turns serial port input.
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MAIN MENU (con't)
Set Switches Menu
Sonar Head
Enable / Disable to enable or disable sonar head communications.
The following parameters can be controlled:
Range 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 Meters or equivalent Feet
Gain 0 to 40 dB
Train Angle not available
Sector Size 0 to 360 degree in 3 degree increments
Speed Normal (3 degrees/step), Fast (6 degrees/step)
Pulse Length 10 to 250 microseconds in 10 microsecond increments
Switch Delay 0 to 500 milliseconds in 2 millisecond increments
Frequency 675kHz or 850 kHz
Echo Sounder
Enable / Disable to enable or disable echo sounder communications.
Enabling the echo sounder will display the Echo Sounder
data window.
The following parameters can be controlled:
Range 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 Meters or equivalent Feet
Gain 0 to 40 dB
Pulse Length 10 to 250 microseconds in 10 microsecond increments
Profile Off, Points, Low-Mix, Med-Mix or High-Mix
Profile Min. Range 0 to 25 Meters in 0.1 Meter increments
Switch Delay 0 to 500 milliseconds in 2 millisecond increments
Frequency 675kHz only
Select the Default button to quickly return to factory default settings.
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MAIN MENU (con't)
Misc Menu
Grid On/Off to display the range rings on the sonar display.
Pixel Zoom (x2) displays a x2 pixel zoom window in the lower right
hand corner of the screen. A rectangular area about
the cursor is displayed in this window. If the left
mouse button is pressed anywhere in the sonar
image window, the zoom window will be captured
(held). Pressing the button a second time releases
the capture.
Compass Rose displays a circular compass rose in place of the
pixel zoom window (if Depth/Heading/Turns is
enabled).
Clear Screen Now to clear all echo data from the sonar display.
Diagnostics displays the Diagnostics Pop-Up Window. This
window displays the header information from the
sonar head.
ES Profile Mode Off, Points Only, Low Mix, Med Mix, High Mix
ES External Trigger Enable to enable or disable the Echo Sounder External
Trigger function
ES External Trigger Edge select Positive or Negative trigger edge
ES External Trigger Mode select Manual or Automatic Trigger function
Sonar External Trigger Enable to enable or disable the Sonar Head External
Trigger function
Sonar External Trigger Edge select Positive or Negative trigger edge
Sonar External Trigger Mode select Manual or Automatic Trigger function
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MAIN MENU (con't)
Sonar On When Minimized when this item is checked, the sonar head and/or
echo sounder will continue to operate and log data
when the sonar screen is minimized. If not checked,
the serial port is closed while communication and
data logging are put on hold until the screen is
maximized. This allows other programs to use the
serial port and available CPU time
Help Menu
About... displays an about box showing the software version and
date of this program.
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