Simrad ES70 Operator manual

Operator manual

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Simrad ES70

Fish nding echo sounder

Fishndingechosounder

Thismanualprovidesyouwithbasicinformationrequired tousetheSimradES70Fishndingechosounder.For detailedoperationalinformation,refertotheSimradES70 Referencemanualandthecontextsensitiveon-linehelp.

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Operatormanual

Aboutthismanual

Thepurposeofthismanual

Thepurposeofthismanualistopresentthedescriptionsandproceduresrequiredto operatetheSimradES70Fishndingechosoundersysteminasafeandefcientmanner. Itisnotpossibletodescribeallfunctionsandparametersindetail.Itisthereforealso importantthatyoustudytheotherdocumentsthatareprovidedwithyouechosounder.

Gettoknowyourechosounder!

YourSimradES70echosounderisanadvanceandaccurateinstrumentdevelopedto helpyoundsh.Itisstilleasytouseassoonasyouhavefamiliarizedyourselfwith themenusystemandthewayyouchangeparametersTheechosoundercomprisesthe followingmainparts:

•Acolourdisplay

•Acomputer

•Oneormoretransceiverunits

•Oneormoretransducers

Thismanualwillfocusontheoperationalproceduresandsometheory.Foradditional details,seetheSimradES70Referencemanualandthecontextsensitiveon-linehelp.

Click“Help”!

InstalledonyourSimradES70Fishndingechosounderyouwillndacomprehensive on-linehelpsystem.Youmaynotnditinyourlanguage,buteverythingyoucanread intheES70Referencemanualcanalsobefoundinthecontextsensitiveon-linehelp.To accessthisinformationclick[?]ontheTitleBar,orthe[?]buttoninoneofthedialogs. Notethatwhenyouopenthehelpsystemitwillplaceitselfonthetopoftheechogram!

Note

WindowsNT,Windows2000,WindowsXP ,WindowsV ista,Windows7andWindowsare eitherregisteredtrademarksortrademarksofMicrosoftCorporationintheUnitedStates and/orothercountries.

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References

ThefollowingusermanualshavebeenprovidedfortheSimradES70Fishndingecho sounder.EnglishmanualsareprovidedwiththeES70whenitisshipped.Manualsin otherlanguagesmaybedownloadedfromw

w w . s i m r a d . c o m .

•SimradES70Referencemanual[338106]

•SimradES70Operatormanual[343522]

•SimradES70Installationmanual[343539]

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ThepurposeofthischapteristoprovideanoveralldescriptionoftheES70Fishnding echosoundersystemanditsmainfeatures.

Topics

•Importantonpage9

•Systemoverviewonpage10

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Important

Aswithallotheradvancedinstruments,thereareafewimportantthingsthatyoumustbe awareof.

Whentheechosounderisnotused

WhenyoudonotusetheES70,switchoffthedisplayandthecomputer.Y oumayswitch ofthetransceivertoo.

Whendockingyourvessel

ItisveryimportantthatnoonetriestousetheES70whenthevesselisindrydock.If thetransducerisactivatedwhenoutofwateritmaybedamagedbeyondrepair.To ensurethatthiscannothappen,removethepowersupplytotheeitherthecomputeror thetransceiver-orboth!Youmayalsoremovecircuitbreakers.Dothisb vesselisplacedinthedrydock!

Ifsomethingbreaksdown

Ifyoubelievethatsomethinghasbrokendown,contactyourlocaldealer.Hewillbe abletoassist.

Whenyouswitchofftheechosounder

e f o r e the

YoumustNEVERswitchofftheechosounderbymeansoftheon/offswitchonthe computer.YoumustALWA YSexittheES70applicationbyclickingtheExitbuttonon theTitleBar.Ifyoupowerdownthesounderbymeansofthecomputerswitchyoumay damagetheES70applicationandtheelectronicinterfaceparametersfortheexternal devices.

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Systemoverview

ThissectionprovidesthekeyfactsabouttheES70Fishndingechosoundersystem,as wellasabriefintroductiontothemainunits.

Keyfacts

TheSimradES70Fishndingechosounderisdesignedfortheprofessionalshery communityimplementingthelatestinnovations.Echosoundersrangingfromrelatively low-costsinglebeamtolargemulti-frequencysystemscontainingseveralsplit-beam channelscanberealised.

•TheSimradES70Fishndingechosoundersystemisexibleandeasytosetup

duetoitsmodulardesign.

•Menusanddialogsareoperatedusingastandardcomputermouseoratrackball.

•Additionaluserinputcanbefacilitatedusingastandardcomputerkeyboard.

•TheES70supportslargecolourdisplaymonitors.

•TheES70usestheMicrosoftWindows®operatingsystem.ItcompliestoWindows

XP®andWindows7®.

•TheES70providesyouwithanawardwinninguserinterface.Menusystem,dialogs

andstructurehavebeencreatedusinginnovativedesign,andinclosecooperation withcustomers.

•Astore/replayfunctionreducestheneedforechogramprintoutonpaper.The

unprocessedtransducersignalisrecordedontheinternalharddisk.Duringreplay, thissignalisinjectedintotheES70processingsoftwareasifitarriveddirectlyfrom thetransceiver.

Mainunits

ThebasicES70Fishndingechosounderconsistsof:

•Display

•Computer(TheES70MarineComputermaybeprovided)

•OneormoreGeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT)units

•Oneormorestandardsinglebeamtransducers

•Oneormoresplit-beamtransducers

Colourdisplay

Astandardcommercialcolourdisplayisused.Thedisplayunitisnormallynotprovided bySimrad.Severalcommercialtypesandsizesareavailable.

ES70MarineComputer

SimradcansupplytheES70MarineComputerfortheES70Fishndingechosounder system.

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Figure1ES70MarineComputer

Acommercialcomputermayalsobeused.Itmustcomplytotherequirement specicationslaidoutbyMicrosoftfortheiroperatingsystems.Itmustalsoprovidethe necessaryinterfacefacilities(seriallinesandEthernetconnections)thatyoursystemwill needtocommunicatewithexternalsensors(measuringdevices)andperipheralsystems.

GeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT)

TheGeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT)containstransmitterandreceiverelectronics. Thereceiversaredesignedforlownoise,andtheycanhandleinputsignalsspanninga verylargeinstantaneousdynamicamplituderangeof150dB.Alltargetsarecorrectly measuredanddisplayed.

Figure2GeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT)

AtwistedpairEthernetcableconnectstheGeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT)tothe computer.ThedistancebetweenthecomputerandtheGeneralPurposeTransceivercan beextendeduptomaximum100meters.

Ifmorethanonetransceiverisused,asmallEthernetswitchisrequiredtoconnectthe GeneralPurposeTransceiverstothecomputer.

Standardsinglebeamtransducer

TheES70mustbeconnectedtooneormoretransducers.

Awiderangeofoperationalfrequenciesareavailable.

FormoreinformationaboutthesinglebeamtransducersprovidedbySimrad,consult

w w . s i m r a d . c o m .

Split–beamtransducer

TheES70canbeusedwithSimrad’sadvancedsplit-beamtransducers.Thesetransducers areavailableatfrequenciesrangingfrom18to200kHz.

Formoreinformationaboutthesplit–beamtransducersprovidedbySimrad,consult

w w . s i m r a d . c o m .

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Simpliedsystemdiagrams

Thesystemdiagramsprovidedshowe

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Figure3SystemdiagramwithasingleGeneralPurposeTransceiver

ADisplayUnit

BProcessorUnit(computer)

CGeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT)

DTransducer(s)

Figure4SystemdiagramwithtwoGeneralPurposeTransceivers

ADisplayUnit

BProcessorUnit(computer)

CGeneralPurposeTransceiver

(GPT)

DTransducer(s)

EEthernetswitch

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Gettingstarted

ThischapterdescribeshowtogetstartedwiththebasicoperationoftheES70Fish ndingechosounder.

Note

ThischapterassumesthattheES70Fishndingechosounderhasatleastonefrequency channel(transceiverandtransducer)readilyconnected.Ifthisisnotthecase,observe theprocedure.

Gettingstarted

TherelevantprocedureislocatedintheES70Referencemanual.

Topics

•PowerOn/Offproceduresonpage13

•Usingthetrackballonpage15

•Startingnormaloperationonpage15

•Echosounderpresentationsonpage22

•TitleBaronpage23

•Taskbaronpage24

•Themenusystemonpage24

PowerOn/Offprocedures

Note

Makesurethatyouhavesufcientwaterbelowthehullb e f o r e youpoweruptheecho sounder.Ifyoustarttheechosounderwiththetransducerinair ,youmaydamageit beyondrepair!

HowtopoweruptheES70echosounder

1PoweruptheGeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT)unit.

2Powerupthecomputerandthedisplay.

3WaituntiltheES70programstartsonthecomputer.

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WhentheES70starts,youmayseeadialogrequestingpermissiontoupgradethe rmwareonthetransceiver.Thishappensifthermwareonthetransceiverisolder thanthermwareprovidedasapartoftheES70software.Sincefunctionality ontheES70maydependonthermwareinthetransceiver,clickY estoupgrade thetransceiver.

Duringtheprograminitialisation,adialogappearstoletyouchoosefromthecurrent usersettingsavailableontheES70.Thedialogisonlyvisibleafewseconds.Y ou donotneedtomakeachoicehere.Y oucanselectusersettingatanytimebymeans oftheUserSettingdialogontheMainmenu.

4Chooseoperationalmode:

aObservetheMainmenuontherighthandsideoftheES70presentation.

bClicktheOperationmenuicontoopentheOperationmenu.

cClicktheOperationbutton,andselectNormal.

5OnthePingbutton,clickthesymbolontherighthandsidetostartpinging.

6ObservethattheES70starts.

•TheES70startsupusingthesameoperationalparametersasthelasttimeyou usedit.Iftheseparametersareacceptable,continueoperation.Ifyouwishtoalter basicoperationalparameters,seesectionStartingnormaloperationonpage15.

•WhentheES70starts,itisveryimportantthatitdetectsthebottomcorrectly. Inmostcasesthiswilltakeplaceautomatically.However,wehaveexperienced thatlargeschoolsofshordifcultbottomconditionshavedeceivedtheES70to displaythewrongdepth.Inthesecasesthesoundermaydisplaythebottomat 0,0meters,orwithanyotherabnormalvalue.InordertoaidtheES70tolocate thecorrectdepth,observethededicatedprocedure.SeeHowtodenemaximum andminimumdepthonpage67.

HowtopowerofftheES70echosounder

Note

YoumustNEVERswitchofftheechosounderonlybymeansoftheon/offswitchon thecomputer .Thismaydamagethesoftwareortheinterfaceparametersforexternal devices.YoumustALWAYSusethisprocedure.

1ClicktheExitbuttonontheTitleBarinthetoprightcorneroftheES70presentation.

2ObservethattheES70applicationclosesdown.

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3Ifthecomputerdoesnotswitchitselfoffautomatically,usethefunctionality

providedbytheoperatingsystemtoswitchitoffmanually.

4Switchoffthepowertothedisplayandtothetransceiver(s).

Usingthetrackball

AllES70functionsarecontrolledwiththetrackball.Thistrackballisconnectedtothe computer,andbymeansofthebuttonsandthewheelyoucancontrolallthedialogsand parametersettings.Astandardcomputermousecanalsobeused.Ifyouwishtousea mouse,werecommendthatyoundoneequippedwithacontrolwheel.

AControlwheel

BTrackball

CRightmousebutton

DLeftmousebutton

Startingnormaloperation

OnceyouhavepowereduptheES70andthedisplay,youarereadytostarttheactual operation.Whenyouhavechosenoperationalmode,theechosounderstartsusingits previoussetupparameters.

Note

Iftheseparametersareacceptableyoudonotneedtocarryouttheremainingprocedures inthissection.

TheseprocedurebelowassumesthattheES70Fishndingechosounderhasatleast onefrequencychannel(transceiverandtransducer)readilyconnected.Ifthisisnot thecase,observetheprocedure.

TherelevantprocedureislocatedintheES70Referencemanual.

1Chooseoperationalmode

2Checkthetransceiverandtransducersettings

3Checkthebottomdetectorsettings

4Checkthecolourscalesettings

5Checkthesizedistributionandshpositionsettings

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6Checktheechogramsettings

7Checktherangesettings

Howtochooseoperationalmode

1ObservetheMainmenuontherighthandsideoftheES70presentation.

2ClicktheOperationmenuicontoopentheOperationmenu.

3ClicktheOperationbutton,andselectNormal.

Howtocheckthetransceiverandtransducersettings

1Observethatthecurrentlyconnectedtransducer(s)areshownastabsontheT askbar.

Eachtransducernamealsoidentiestheoperationalfrequency.

2ClicktheSetupicontoopentheSetupmenu.

→Setupmenuonpage80

3OntheSetupmenu,clickInstallation,andthenT ransceiverInstallation.

ObservethattheTransceiverInstallationdialogopens.Thisdialogisusedto controlthecommunicationbetweentheES70computerandthetransceiver(s)and transducer(s).

4Checkthatallapplicabletransceiversandtransducersareconnectedandoperational.

Foreachtransceiver,thisisindicatedbythegreenlabelwithtext“Installed”.

5ClickOKtosavethesettingsandclosethedialog.

6ClicktheOperationicontoopentheOperationmenu.

→Operationmenuonpage78

7OntheOperationmenu,clickNormalOperation.

ObservethattheNormalOperationdialogopens.Thisdialogisusedtodene variousparametersassociatedwiththetransceiver.Thesesettingsinclude

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transceivermode,thedepthofthetransducersurface,thetransmitpower,andthe pulseduration.NotethatthisdialogisnotavailableinReplaymode.

8Foreachchannel(transceiver/transducercombination):

aSetModetoActive.

bSetPulseLengthtoAuto.

TheES70willautomaticallychoosethebestpulsedurationtottheoperational frequency,modeandcurrentdepth.Thepulsedurationdenestheresolution.

→Aboutpulsedurationonpage85

cSetPowertomaximum.

dCheckthattheDepthvalueissetcorrectly.

Thisisthedepthofthetransducerfacerelativetothewatersurface.Apositive valueofforexample5metersmeansthatthetransducerislocated5meters belowtheseasurface.Foraccuratedepthreadings,thisDepthvaluemustbe setupcorrectly.

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9ClickOKtosavethesettingsandclosethedialog.

Howtocheckthebottomdetectorsettings

1ClicktheActiveicontoopentheActivemenu.

→Activemenuonpage81

2OntheActivemenu,clickBottomDetector.

ObservethattheBottomDetectordialogopens.Thisdialogisusedtodenevarious parametersassociatedwiththebottomdetection.Theseincludethedepthrange, wheretheES70searchesforthebottom.

3SetMinimumDepthandMaximumDepthtovaluestforthedepthatyourcurrent

location.

Note

SettingbothMinimumDepthandMaximumDepthto0mwillturnoffbottom detection.

4ClickOKtosavethesettingsandclosethedialog.

Howtocheckthecolourscalesettings

1ClicktheColourScaleiconontheTitleBartoopentheColourScaleinformation

pane.

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2Observethatthecurrentcolourscaleisshown.

Youcanlterouttheweakestechoesbymanuallymodifyingthecolourthreshold.

aClicktheColourScaleiconontheTitleBartoopentheColourScaleinformation

pane.

bMovethecursortotheleftsideofthecolourscale.

Observethatthecursorchangesshapetoadualarrowline.

cClickontheleftedgeofthecolourscale,anddragtheedgetowardsright.

dObservethattheweakestcoloursareremovedfromthecolourscale,andthus

alsotheweakestechoesfromtheechogrampresentation.

3ClicktheDisplayicontoopentheDisplaymenu.

→Displaymenuonpage79

4OntheDisplaymenu,clickColourSetup.

ObservethattheColourSetupdialogopens.Thisdialogisusedtodenewhich colourscaletouseontheES70presentations.Youcantesttheoptionsbymaking aselection,andclickingApply.Theresultingcolourscaleisimmediatelyshown intheColourScaleinformationpane.

Whenthecolourscaleuses12colours,eachcolouralwaysrepresentsa3dBvalue range.Using12coloursthusenablesmappingofa36dBvaluerangetocolours.

5ClickOKtoacceptthedefaultsettingsandclosethedialog.

Howtocheckthesizedistributionandshpositionsettings

Note

Sizedistributionandshpositioninformationpanesareonlyavailableifyouusea splitbeamechosoundersystem!

1ClicktheSizeDistributioniconontheTitleBartoopentheSizeDistribution

informationpane.

TheSizeDistributioninformationpaneshowsahistogramofthesingleshechoes

detectedintheechogram.Foranaccuratex-axisvalue,placethecursoronavertical

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barinthehistogram,andreadthevaluefromthelabel.TheabbreviationTSis commonlyused.Itmeans“TargetStrength”,andthisisameasureofhowstrong echotheindividualshesinthecurrentechogramgenerate.Theechostrength indicatesthesizeoftheshes.TheSizeDistributioninformationpanethusprovides amathematicalestimateofthesizesofallthechosenshspeciesintheechogram.

→SizeDistributioninformationpaneonpage46

Tochangetheshspecies,usetheFishSelectdialogopenedontheSetupmenu.

2IntheSizeDistributioninformationpane,clicktheSetupiconinthetoprightcorner

toopentheSizeDistributiondialog.

TheSizeDistributiondialogallowsyoutoshapethesizedistributionhistogram toyourownrequirements.Y oucansetupthemode,theupperandlowerlimits, theaccuracy,andtheverticalresolution.

3ClickOKtosavethesettingsandclosethedialog.

4ClicktheFishPositioniconontheTitleBartoopentheFishPositioninformation

pane.

TheFishPositioninformationpaneshowsthepositionwithinthebeamofthe detectedsingleechoesforthecurrentping(largestcircles)andthethreeprevious ping(smallercircles).Thecoloursindicatetheechostrength.

→FishPositioninformationpaneonpage48

Howtochecktheechogramsettings

1ObservetheES70echogram.

Ifyouhavetwoormorechannels(transducers/frequencies),observethetabson theTaskbar.

→Displayorganisationonpage28

2Clickoneofthetransducertabs.Observethatonlytheechogramfromtheselected

frequencychannelisshown.

Bydefault,twoechogramsareshownforeachfrequencychannel.Thetop echogramissurfacerelated,whilethebottomechogramisbottomrelated.Several echogramtypesareprovided.

•Surface:Theechogramisrelatedtotheseasurface.Startdepth(upperechogram

boundary)andverticalrange(acrossechogram)aremanuallyselectedbythe

StartDepthandRangebuttonsontheMainmenu.

•Bottom:Theechogramisrelatedtothedetectedbottom.Stopdepth(lower

echogramboundary)andverticalrangearemanuallyselectedbytheStartDepth andRangebuttonsontheMainmenu.Theechogramisonlydrawnforpings havingasuccessfulbottomdetection.

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•Pelagic:ThisechogramisnearlyidenticaltotheSurfaceechogram.However,

thebiomasscalculationsarenotrestrictedbythebottomdetection.Thismeans thatthebottomechowillbeincludedincalculationsifitappearswithinthe chosenrange.

Example:Ifyouareinvestigatingalargeschoolofpelagicsh,settheStart

RangeandRangetoenclosetheschool.Iftheschoolislargeenough,aSurface

echogrammaymistakeitforbottom,andthebiomassreadingswillbewrong. ThePelagicechogramwillhoweverdisregardthebottomdetection,andgivea correctestimateofthebiomass.

•Trawl:Trawlsensorsystemscommunicateheadropedepthand

headrope-to-footropedistancetotheES70atregularintervals.Theechogram coverstheverticalopeningofthetrawlincludingasmallmarginateachside. Theheadropeandfootropemarginsareidentical.Thebiomasscalculationsare notrestrictedbythebottomdetection.

3Movethecursorovertheechogram.

Observethatarectangular“tooltip”labelisshown.Itprovidesinformationabout theechoesatthecursor’spresentposition.Whichinformationtoincludeinthelabel isdenedintheDisplayOptionsdialog.

4ClicktheHorizontaltab.Observethattheechogramchannelsareshownhorizontally.

5ClicktheV erticaltab.Observethattheechogramchannelsareshownvertically.

6Clickononeoftheechograms.

Observethattheechogramthenappearswithathickborderline.Theechogramyou haveselectedisnowthe“active”echogram.AnychangesmadeintheEchogram dialogwillbydefaultonlyapplytothisechogram.

→Echogramsonpage37

7OntheActivemenu,clickEchogram.

ObservethattheEchogramdialogopens.Thisdialogisusedtocontrolthe appearanceoftheactiveechogram.

8IntheEchogramdialog,checkthattheLinestabisshown.

TheLinestabintheEchogramdialogallowsyoutochangetheappearanceofthe bottomline.Youcanaddanextrabottomline,andinadditiontothisyoucanenable eitherawhitelineorahardnessindicatorline.Thetaboffersseveralhorizontal informationlines,andyoucanchoosetheverticalscaleoftheechogram.Finally, theLinestabofferstimeordistancemarkers,andyoucanenableannotations.

9ClickBottomlineandWhitelinetoenablethese.Observethechangesonthe

echogram.

10ClicktheEchogramtab.

TheEchogramtabintheEchogramdialogallowsyoutoselectwhichTVGcurveto usefortheechogram.Y oucanchoosefromseveralstandardcurves,ormakeyour own.Thetabalsoallowsyoutochoosewhichtypeofechogramyouwishtodisplay.

→AboutTVGgainonpage83

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11ChangetheEchogramT ypetoseethevariations.

12ClicktheHorizontalAxistab.

TheHorizontalAxistabintheEchogramdialogallowsyoutochoosethehorizontal scaleoftheechogram.Thiscontrolshow“fast”theechogrammovesfromright towardsleftacrossthedisplay.

13Trythevariousoptionstoseethevariationsontheechogram.

14ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

Howtochecktherangesettings

1Observetheverticalrangeoftheechograms.

Notethattheverticalrangeissetupdifferentlydependingontheechogramtype.

2Clickinasurfacerelatedechogramtomakeit“active”.

3ObservetheRangebuttonontheMainmenu.

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TheRangefunctionallowsyoutospecifytheverticalrangeofthewatercolumn coveredbytheechogram.Therangeisdenedfromaselectedstartrange,and downtoavaluebeneaththecurrentbottomdepth.Thevalueshownandselectedis bydefaultappliedonlytothecurrentlyselectedechogram.

4ObservetheStartRangebuttonontheMainmenu.

StartRangeallowsyoutospecifythestartdepthoftheechogram,thatisfrom

whichdepthinthewatercolumnthepresentationshallstart.Thevalueshownand selectedisappliedtothecurrentlyselectedechogramtype.

Example:Inasurfaceechogram,settheStartRangevalueto0meters.Thiswill maketheechogramstartfromtheseasurface(providedthatthetransduceroffset hasbeendened).SetRangetothecurrentdepthplus20meters.Theechogramwill nowshowtheareafromtheseasurfaceanddownto20meters“below”thebottom. Thebottomcontouriseasilydetectedwhenthedepthchanges.

Example:Inasurfaceechogram,settheStartRangevalueto10meters.Thiswill maketheechogramstartfrom10metersbelowtheseasurface(providedthatthe transduceroffsethasbeendened).SetRangetothecurrentdepthplus20meters. Theechogramwillnowshowtheareafrom10metersbelowtheseasurface,and downto10meters“below”thebottom.Thebottomcontouriseasilydetected whenthedepthchanges.

5SetRangetoAuto,andsetStartRangeto0.

Observethechangesmadetothesurfacerelatedechogram.

6Clickinabottomrelatedechogramtomakeit“active”.

7ObservetheRangeandStartRangebuttonsontheMainmenu.

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Example:Inabottomechogram,settheStartRangevalueto–5meters.This willmaketheechogramstartfrom5metersabovethebottom.SetRangetothe5 metersplus10=15meters.Theechogramwillnowshowtheareafrom5meters abovethedepth,anddownto10meters“below”thebottom.Thebottomcontour willappearasaatline.

8SetRangeto15,andsetStartRangeto5.

Observethechangesmadetothebottomrelatedechogram.

Echosounderpresentations

ThissectiondescribestheoveralllayoutofthepresentationprovidedbytheES70echo sounder.

Theexampleshowsadualfrequencyechosounderusingtwosplit-beamtransducers(38 and120kHz).ThescreencapturehasbeenmadewhileinReplaymode.

ATitleBar

TheTitleBarcontainsiconstoopenthevariousinformationpanes,aswellas buttonstoinitiatespecicfunctions.

BEchogram(s)

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OneormoreEchogramisdisplayedusingthelargestportionofthescreen.The presentationlayoutiscontrolledbythefunctionbuttonsontheStatusbar.Youcan displayindividualechogramsforeachfrequencyinuse,oryoucanlayoutthe presentationofallfrequencieseitherhorizontallyorvertically.

AdditionalinformationpanesmaybeselectedontheTitleBarusingtherelevant icons.

CMainmenu

Themenusystemisbydefaultlocatedattherightsideofthedisplaypresentation. Themainmenuisalwaysvisible,butmaybehiddenfromview.Toopena sub-menu,clickoneoftheiconsatthebottomofthemainmenu.

DT askbar

TheTaskbarstretchesacrosstheentirepresentationwidthatthebottomofthe display.Ontheleftside,dedicatedfunctionbuttonsallowsyoutocontrolthe presentationlayout.

EReplaybar

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TheReplaybarcontrolstheplaybackwheninReplaymode.Itisonlyvisible inthismode.

Foramoredetaileddescriptionoftheechogrampresentationsandthedisplayviews, seeDisplayviewsonpage28.

TitleBar

TheES70TitleBarislocatedonthetopofthedisplaypresentation,anditisstretched

fromthefarlefttothefarrightside.

ABrandandproductnameidentication

BOperationbutton;Menu

COperationbuttons;ScreencaptureandRecord

DIconstoopeninformationpanes

ENavigationalinformation

FFunctionbuttons(Messages,Helpandoperatingsystemfunctions)

TitleBarelements

•Brandandproductname:Thiselementidentiesthemanufacturerandtheproduct.

→Logoandproductnameonpage31

•Operation:Thesebuttonsareusedtocontrolbasicoperationalfunctions.

→Operationbuttonsonpage31

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•Informationpanes:Theiconsareusedtoopenandclosededicatedinformationpanes.

→Informationpaneiconsonpage32

•Navigation:Thesearenotbuttons,butinformationeldsprovidingcurrentdata relatedtothevesselmovements.

→Navigationalinformationonpage34

•Function:Thesebuttonsareusedtocontrolbasicfunctionssuchasscreencaptures, help,menuappearance

→Functionbuttonsonpage35

FormoredetailedinformationabouttheTitleBar,seeTitleBaronpage30.

Taskbar

TheT askbarislocatedatthebottomofthedisplay.TheT askbarcontainstabstocontrol

theechogrampresentations,aswellastimeanddateinformation.

AEchogrambrowser

BPresentationformat

CTransducer/echogrampresentation

DDate

ETime

Formoreinformation,seeT askbaronpage51.

Themenusystem

Thissectionprovidesashortintroductiontothemenusystem,andexplainsthebasic useoftheES70menubuttons.

Formoreinformationaboutthemenusystem,seeThemenusystemonpage74.

Menuhierarchy

ThemenusystemontheES70isbydefaultplacedontherighthandsideofthedisplay presentation.Y oucanhowevereasilymovethemenutotheleftsideusingtheDisplay

Optionsdialog,orhideitfromviewwiththeMenubuttonontheTitleBar.Themain

menuisshort,andthefoursub-menusareopenedbyclickingonthefouricons.

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Themainmenuprovidesalimitednumberofkey functions,whilethesub-menusofferawiderrangeof parameters.

Menuhierarchy

1TheMainmenuprovidestheparametersmostfrequentlyusedduringnormal

operation.

2TheOperationmenucontrolsthemainoperationalparameters.

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3TheDisplaymenucontrolsthevisualaspectsofthesystem,suchasparameters

relatedtothedisplaypresentation.

4TheSetupmenuallowsyoutocontrolthecongurationofthesignalprocessing,as

wellassysteminstallationandmaintenance,andtheinterfacestoperipheraldevices.

5TheActivemenuhasitscontentlinkedtothecurrentactiveitem(vieworobject).

Useittoaccessspecialfeaturesavailablefortheselecteditem.

Menubuttons

Eachmenucontainsseveralcommandbuttons.Eachbuttonshowsthefunctionofthe button,someofthemalsodisplaysthecurrentparametersetting.Themajorityofthe buttonsineachmenueldhavethesefunctions:

•Youcanincreaseanddecreaseparametervaluesbyclickingthebutton.

•Youcanchangeparametervaluesbymovingthecursorsideways.

•Youcanchangeparametervaluesbymeansofthescrollwheelonthemouseor

trackball.

•Youcanenterparametervaluesfromthekeyboard(ifyouhaveone).

•Youcanselectparametervaluefromthebutton’ssub-menu.

•Youcanopenadedicateddialog.

Howtoselectanumericalparameterusingthe+/-buttons

1Movethecursortoeithersideofthebutton,andobservethatthebackgroundcolour

changes.

aClickonthel

bClickonther

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e f t sideofthebuttontodecreasethenumericalvalue.

i g h t sideofthebuttontoincreasethenumericalvalue.

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Howtoselectanumericalparameterbymovingthecursorhorizontally

1Placethecursoronthemiddleofthebutton.

2Clickandholdtheleftmousebuttondepressed.

3Movethecursorhorizontally:lefttodecreasetheparametervalue,orrightto

increaseit.

4Releasethemousebuttonwhentherequestedvalueisshown.

Howtoselectanumericalparameterbymeansofthescrollwheel

1Placethecursoronthemiddleofthebutton.

2Spinthescrollwheelineitherdirectiontoincreaseordecreasetheparametervalue.

3Releasethescrollwheelwhentherequestedvalueisshown.

Howtoselectanumericalparameterusingthekeyboard

1Clickthemiddlesectionofthebuttontoopenatexteld.

2Enterthenumericalvalueintothetexteld.

Ifthenumericalvalueexceedsthepermittedrangefortheparameter,theframein thetexteldwillbered.Y ouwillthennotbeabletoenterthevalue.

3PresstheEnterkey.

Howtoselectaparameterusingasub-menu

1Clickthemiddlesectionofthebuttontoopenasub-menu,thenclicktherequested

parametervalue.

Thechosenvalueisapplied,andthesub-menuisautomaticallyclosed.

2Wheneverapplicable,youcanalsoaccessthesub-menubyclickingtheleftand

rightsideofthebutton,butthismethodwillnotshowyouthemenuchoices.

aClickonthel

bClickonther

e f t sideofthebuttontoselectalowersub-menuchoice.

i g h t sideofthebuttontoselectahighersub-menuchoice.

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Howtoselectparametersusingadialog

1Clickanywhereonthebuttontoopenaseparatedialog.

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Simrad ES70 Operator manual

Tableofcontents

Aboutthismanual

SimradES70

Important

Systemoverview

Keyfacts

Mainunits

Colourdisplay

ES70MarineComputer

GeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT)

Standardsinglebeamtransducer

Split–beamtransducer

Gettingstarted

PowerOn/Offprocedures

Usingthetrackball

Startingnormaloperation

Howtochooseoperationalmode

Howtocheckthetransceiverandtransducersettings

Howtocheckthebottomdetectorsettings

Howtocheckthecolourscalesettings

Howtochecktheechogramsettings

Howtochecktherangesettings

Echosounderpresentations

TitleBar

Taskbar

Themenusystem

Menuhierarchy

Menubuttons