Simrad ES70 - REV A, ES70 Operator's Manual

Operator manual

Simrad ES70

Fish nding echo sounder

TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES

www.simrad.com

SimradES70

Fishndingechosounder

Operatormanual

Release1.0.0

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

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Operatormanual

Tableofcontents

ABOUTTHISMANUAL.......................................................7

SIMRADES70...................................................................9

Important..................................................................................................................9

Systemoverview....................................................................................................10

Keyfacts....................................................................................................10

Mainunits..................................................................................................10

Simpliedsystemdiagrams.........................................................................12

GETTINGSTARTED..........................................................13

PowerOn/Offprocedures.......................................................................................13

Usingthetrackball..................................................................................................15

Startingnormaloperation.......................................................................................15

Howtochooseoperationalmode.................................................................16

Howtocheckthetransceiverandtransducersettings.....................................16

Howtocheckthebottomdetectorsettings....................................................17

Howtocheckthecolourscalesettings.........................................................17

Howtocheckthesizedistributionandshpositionsettings..........................18

Howtochecktheechogramsettings.............................................................19

Howtochecktherangesettings...................................................................21

Echosounderpresentations....................................................................................22

TitleBar..................................................................................................................23

Taskbar...................................................................................................................24

Themenusystem....................................................................................................24

Menuhierarchy..........................................................................................24

Menubuttons..............................................................................................25

DISPLAYVIEWS..............................................................28

Displayorganisation...............................................................................................28

TitleBar..................................................................................................................30

Logoandproductname...............................................................................31

Operationbuttons.......................................................................................31

Informationpaneicons................................................................................32

Navigationalinformation.............................................................................34

Functionbuttons.........................................................................................35

Replaybar...............................................................................................................36

Mainmenu..............................................................................................................37

Echograms..............................................................................................................37

Surfaceechogram.......................................................................................37

Bottomechogram.......................................................................................38

Pelagicechogram........................................................................................39

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Trawlechogram..........................................................................................40

Lines,markersandannotationsintheechograms..........................................40

Informationpanes...................................................................................................43

Aboutinformationpanes.............................................................................43

Depthinformationpane...............................................................................44

Biomassinformationpane...........................................................................44

BottomHardnessinformationpane..............................................................45

ColourScaleinformationpane.....................................................................45

SizeDistributioninformationpane...............................................................46

FishPositioninformationpane....................................................................48

EchoPositioninformationpane...................................................................48

Zoominformationpane...............................................................................49

Historyinformationpane.............................................................................50

Taskbar...................................................................................................................51

Screencaptures.......................................................................................................52

OPERATIONALPROCEDURES..........................................53

Operation................................................................................................................54

Howtochangethepingrate........................................................................54

Howtosaveanechogram............................................................................56

Howtosaverawechogramdata...................................................................57

Howtoplaybackechogramsequences.........................................................59

Views......................................................................................................................59

Howtochangethesizeofthepresentationelds...........................................60

Howtoselectpresentationlayout.................................................................60

Howtochangethecolourscaleandpresentationpalette................................60

Howtochangethenumberofcoloursintheechogram..................................61

Echogram................................................................................................................61

Howtoselectechogrampresentation...........................................................62

Howtoestablishhorizontalmarkers.............................................................62

Howtoestablishverticalmarkers.................................................................63

HowtoselectTVGgain..............................................................................63

Howtoremoveinterferenceandvessel’sownnoisefromthe

echograms..................................................................................................64

Howtoeasieridentifythebottom................................................................65

Ranges....................................................................................................................65

Howtochoosetheverticalrange.................................................................65

Howtochoosethestartrange......................................................................66

Bottomdetection....................................................................................................67

Howtodenemaximumandminimumdepth...............................................67

Sizedistribution,biomassandshdensity............................................................68

Howtomonitortheshsizedistribution......................................................68

Howtoadjusttheshlengthforcorrectcalculations.....................................69

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Howtomonitorthecurrentbiomass.............................................................69

Gain........................................................................................................................70

Howtoadjustthesignalgain.......................................................................70

HowtoadjusttheTVGgain........................................................................71

Powerandpulseduration.......................................................................................71

Howtochoosepassivemode.......................................................................72

Howtochangetheoutputpower..................................................................72

Howtoadjustthepulseduration..................................................................73

THEMENUSYSTEM.........................................................74

Aboutmenusandbuttons.......................................................................................74

Buttontypes............................................................................................................75

Mainmenu..............................................................................................................77

Operationmenu......................................................................................................78

Displaymenu..........................................................................................................79

Setupmenu.............................................................................................................80

Activemenu...........................................................................................................81

ECHOSOUNDERTHEORY.................................................82

Aboutbiomass........................................................................................................82

AboutTVGgain.....................................................................................................83

Aboutdynamicrangeanddisplaypresentation.....................................................84

Aboutoutputpower................................................................................................85

Aboutpulseduration..............................................................................................85

Aboutbottomslopes...............................................................................................87

Aboutrangeselection.............................................................................................87

Upperechogram:Surface............................................................................88

Lowerechogram:Bottomexpansion............................................................88

Aboutbottomlines.................................................................................................89

Bottomline................................................................................................89

Whiteline..................................................................................................90

Hardnessline..............................................................................................90

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Aboutthismanual

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 ,WindowsVista,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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SimradES70

ThepurposeofthischapteristoprovideanoveralldescriptionoftheES70Fishnding
echosoundersystemanditsmainfeatures.

Topics

•Importantonpage9

•Systemoverviewonpage10

Important

Aswithallotheradvancedinstruments,thereareafewimportantthingsthatyoumustbe
awareof.

Whentheechosounderisnotused

WhenyoudonotusetheES70,switchoffthedisplayandthecomputer.Y oumayswitch
ofthetransceivertoo.

Whendockingyourvessel

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

e f o r e the

vesselisplacedinthedrydock!

Ifsomethingbreaksdown

Ifyoubelievethatsomethinghasbrokendown,contactyourlocaldealer.Hewillbe
abletoassist.

Whenyouswitchofftheechosounder

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

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Split–beamtransducer

TheES70canbeusedwithSimrad’sadvancedsplit-beamtransducers.Thesetransducers
areavailableatfrequenciesrangingfrom18to200kHz.

Formoreinformationaboutthesplit–beamtransducersprovidedbySimrad,consult

w

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

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Simpliedsystemdiagrams

Thesystemdiagramsprovidedshowe

x a m p l e s onhowaES70systemmaybesetup.

Figure3SystemdiagramwithasingleGeneralPurposeTransceiver

ADisplayUnit

BProcessorUnit(computer)

CGeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT)

DTransducer(s)

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ADisplayUnit

BProcessorUnit(computer)

CGeneralPurposeTransceiver

(GPT)

DTransducer(s)

EEthernetswitch

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Gettingstarted

ThischapterdescribeshowtogetstartedwiththebasicoperationoftheES70Fish
ndingechosounder.

Note

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

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.YoumustALW AYSusethisprocedure.

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.

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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→ColourScaleinformationpaneonpage45

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 .

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11ChangetheEchogramT ypetoseethevariations.

12ClicktheHorizontalAxistab.

TheHorizontalAxistabintheEchogramdialogallowsyoutochoosethehorizontal
scaleoftheechogram.Thiscontrolshow“fast”theechogrammovesfromright
towardsleftacrossthedisplay.

13Trythevariousoptionstoseethevariationsontheechogram.

14ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

Howtochecktherangesettings

1Observetheverticalrangeoftheechograms.

Notethattheverticalrangeissetupdifferentlydependingontheechogramtype.

2Clickinasurfacerelatedechogramtomakeit“active”.

3ObservetheRangebuttonontheMainmenu.

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

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.

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

e f t sideofthebuttontodecreasethenumericalvalue.

bClickonther

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

e f t sideofthebuttontoselectalowersub-menuchoice.

bClickonther

i g h t sideofthebuttontoselectahighersub-menuchoice.

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Howtoselectparametersusingadialog

1Clickanywhereonthebuttontoopenaseparatedialog.

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