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Reference Manual
Simrad ES80
Wideband sh nding echo sounder
Widebandshndingechosounder
Thepurposeofthismanualistoprovidethedescriptionsand proceduresrequiredtoallowforsafeandefcientuseoftheSimrad ES80.Themanualalsooffersathoroughunderstandingofthevarious ES80operationalsettingsandadjustments.
Caution
YoumustneverstartES80transmissions("pinging")whentheshipis indrydock.Thetransducermaybedamagedifittransmitsinopenair.
SimradES80
ReferenceManual
Release1.3.x
TheinformationinthismanualisalsoavailableintheES80 context-sensitiveOn-linehelp.
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Documentinformation
•Product:SimradES80
•Document:ReferenceManual
•Documentpartnumber:406273
•DocumentISBNnumber:978-82-8066-186-9
•Revision:C
•Dateofissue:27March2019
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Warning
Theequipmenttowhichthismanualappliesmustonlybeusedforthepurposeforwhichitwas designed.Improperuseormaintenancemaycausedamagetotheequipmentand/orinjurytopersonnel. Youmustbefamiliarwiththecontentsoftheappropriatemanualsbeforeattemptingtooperate orworkontheequipment.
KongsbergMaritimedisclaimsanyresponsibilityfordamageorinjurycausedbyimproperinstallation, useormaintenanceoftheequipment.
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Tableofcontents
ABOUTTHISMANUAL............................................................13
SIMRADES80........................................................................15
Important..........................................................................................................................16
Systemdescription...........................................................................................................17
Systemdiagram................................................................................................................20
Mainsystemunits............................................................................................................21
Displaydescription.................................................................................................21
ProcessorUnitdescription......................................................................................22
Ethernetswitchdescription....................................................................................23
WideBandTransceiver(WBT)description...........................................................24
Transducers.............................................................................................................25
Networksecurity..............................................................................................................25
Supportinformation.........................................................................................................26
GETTINGSTARTED................................................................29
Startingnormaloperation................................................................................................30
TurningontheES80...............................................................................................30
Gettingtoknowtheuserinterface.........................................................................31
Checkingtransceiverandtransducersettings........................................................33
SelectingNormalmodetostart"pinging"..............................................................35
Verifyingthatthebottomiscorrectlydetected......................................................36
Checkingand/oreditingthetransceiverparameters..............................................37
TurningofftheES80..............................................................................................38
Basicoperation.................................................................................................................39
Introductiontothebasicprocedures......................................................................39
Selectingthelanguagedisplayedinthemenusanddialogboxes..........................40
Selectingwhichechogramtypetouse...................................................................40
Adjustingthegain(echosensitivity)......................................................................42
Choosingthedepthrangeandthestartdepthfortheechograms...........................43
Choosingthecoloursusedtopresenttheechograms.............................................45
Recordingechodata...............................................................................................46
Openingthecontextsensitiveon-linehelp............................................................47
Userinterfaceintroduction..............................................................................................49
ES80userinterfacefamiliarisation........................................................................49
Topbardescription.................................................................................................51
Informationpanes...................................................................................................52
Menusystem...........................................................................................................55
Bottombardescription...........................................................................................56
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Echogramviews.....................................................................................................57
SettinguptheES80Widebandshndingechosounderforthersttime....................59
Settingupsummary................................................................................................59
Adjustingthescreenresolution..............................................................................61
InstallingtheES80operationalsoftware................................................................62
DeningtheIPaddressontheProcessorUnitnetworkadapterfor
communicationwiththeWideBandTransceiver(WBT).................................63
TurningontheES80toPassivemode...................................................................64
Obtainingandinstallingthesoftwarelicense.........................................................65
Installingoneormoretransducers.........................................................................67
Installingtransceiverchannels...............................................................................69
DeningtheserialandEthernet(LAN)portparameters.......................................71
Settinguptheinputfromanavigationsystem(GPS)............................................73
Contextsensitiveon-linehelp..........................................................................................75
OPERATINGPROCEDURES.....................................................77
Turningon/offprocedures...............................................................................................78
TurningontheES80...............................................................................................78
TurningofftheES80..............................................................................................80
Choosingoperationalmodeandkeytransmitparameters...............................................81
SelectingNormalmode..........................................................................................81
SelectingInactivemode.........................................................................................82
SelectingReplaymode...........................................................................................83
Verifyingthatthebottomiscorrectlydetected......................................................84
Deningtheping(transmission)modes.................................................................85
Transmittingsinglepings.......................................................................................87
Transmittingwithxedtimeintervals...................................................................87
Conguringtheenvironmentalparameters............................................................88
Openingthecontextsensitiveon-linehelp............................................................89
Controllingthegainandrangesettings...........................................................................91
Adjustingthegain(echosensitivity)......................................................................91
AdjustingtheTVG(TimeV ariableGain)setting..................................................93
ChoosingRangeandStartRangevaluesinasurfacerelatedechogram................94
ChoosingRangeandStartRangevaluesinabottomrelatedechogram.................95
Recordingandreplayingrawechodata...........................................................................97
Deningtheleandfoldersettingsfordatarecording..........................................97
Recordingechodata...............................................................................................98
SelectingReplaymode.........................................................................................100
Choosingwhichechodatale(s)toreplay..........................................................100
Accessingtheechodatalestodelete,moveorcopythem................................102
Savingandrecallingscreencaptures.............................................................................103
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Savinganechogramscreencaptureimage...........................................................103
Recallingsingleechogramscreencaptureimages...............................................104
Accessingthescreencaptureimagestodelete,moveorcopythem....................104
Settinguptheechogrampresentation............................................................................106
Selectingwhichechogramtypetouse.................................................................106
Selectingechogramviewsonthebottombar.......................................................108
Changingthesizeoftheechogramviews............................................................109
Deningtheping(transmission)modes...............................................................109
Removingnoiseandfalseechoesfromtheechogram.........................................111
Choosingthecoloursusedtopresenttheechograms...........................................111
AdjustingtheTVG(TimeV ariableGain)setting................................................113
AdjustingtheTVGintheEchogramdialogbox..................................................114
Selectingthehorizontalscaleintheechograms...................................................116
Addingscalelabelstotheechograms..................................................................117
Enhancingthebottomcontourintheechograms.................................................118
Addingverticalmarkerlinestotheechogram.....................................................119
Addinghorizontaldepthlinestotheechograms..................................................120
Addingavariabledepthlinetotheechogram......................................................121
Addingautomatictrawllinestotheechogrampresentation................................121
Addingmanualtrawllinestotheechogrampresentation....................................122
Addingasingletextcommenttotheechogram...................................................123
Addingcommentsandannotationstotheechograms..........................................124
Investigatingthesub-bottomconditions..............................................................125
Usingtheinformationpanestocollectdatafromtheechoes........................................127
Retrievingthelatestechogramhistory.................................................................127
Disablingtheautomaticechogramhistoryrecording...........................................128
ChangingthecolourscaleintheES80presentations...........................................129
OpeningtheDepthinformationpanetoreadthecurrentdepth...........................131
Investigatingthebiomass.....................................................................................132
ChangingthecalculationparametersfortheBiomassinformationpane.............133
Investigatingtheechostrengthtodeterminethespeciesintheschool................134
Locatingthepositionofsingleshinthebeam...................................................136
Locatingthepositionofsingleshinthebeam...................................................137
Investigatingthebottomcharacteristics...............................................................138
Selectingshspeciesandchangingtheirsizetoimprovethesizedistribution
information......................................................................................................139
ChangingthecalculationparametersfortheSizeDistributioninformation
pane..................................................................................................................140
UsingtheZoominformationpanetostudydetailsintheechogram....................140
Deningsettingsrelatedtouserpreferencesandindividualcustomizing.....................143
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Selectingmenulanguage......................................................................................143
Reducingthelightemittedfromthedisplaypresentation....................................144
Increasingthevisibilityoftheinformationpanes................................................145
Selectingthenavigationalinformationtoappearonthetopbar..........................145
Selectingwhichtooltipstoappearintheuserinterface.......................................146
EnablingCoordinatedUniversalTime(UTC)timeonthebottombar................147
Changingthecolourpalette("skin")usedintheES80presentations..................147
Choosingthecoloursusedtopresenttheechograms...........................................148
Selectingmeasurementunits................................................................................149
Placingechogramchannelsinseparatewindowsonmultipledisplays...............150
RearrangingthelayoutoftheES80presentation.................................................151
Movingaviewtoanotherdisplay........................................................................152
Restoringthelocationsandsizesoftheviews.....................................................152
Saving,retrievingandhandlingusersettings................................................................154
Savingthecurrentusersettings............................................................................154
Choosingpreviouslysavedusersettings..............................................................155
Renamingexistingusersettings...........................................................................156
Deletingusersettingsthatarenolongerused......................................................157
ChoosingES80factorydefaultsettings...............................................................157
Adjustingthetransceiverparameters.............................................................................159
SelectingPassivetransceivermode.....................................................................159
Adjustingtheoutputpower..................................................................................160
Adjustingthepulseduration.................................................................................160
Deningthefrequencysweep(chirp)withineachtransmission.........................161
DeningthepulsetypefortheES80transmissions.............................................162
Interfacingperipheralequipment...................................................................................164
Installingnavigationsensorsandothersensors...................................................164
DeningtheserialandEthernet(LAN)portparameters.....................................165
Settinguptheinputfromanavigationsystem(GPS)..........................................167
Conguringthesensorinterface...........................................................................169
SettingupaserialorLAN(Ethernet)portforannotationinput..........................171
ConnectingacatchmonitoringsystemtoaserialorLAN(Ethernet)port...........172
ConnectingatrawlsystemtoaserialorLAN(Ethernet)port.............................174
Settinguptheinputfromamotionreferenceunit(MRU)...................................176
Settingupdepthoutputtoanexternalsystem......................................................178
Exportingsensordatatoaperipheralsystem.......................................................180
SettingupdataexporttoOlex..............................................................................182
SynchronizingtheES80bymeansofaserialport...............................................183
SynchronizingtheES80bymeansofaserialport...............................................185
Systemsetupandsoftwareinstallationprocedures.......................................................188
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DeningtheIPaddressontheProcessorUnitnetworkadapterfor
communicationwiththeWideBandTransceiver(WBT)...............................188
Checkingthecurrentsoftwareversion.................................................................189
InstallingtheES80operationalsoftware..............................................................190
Obtainingandinstallingthesoftwarelicense.......................................................191
MovingthesoftwarelicensefromoneProcessorUnittoanother.......................193
UpgradingtheES80operationalsoftware............................................................194
RemovingtheES80operationalsoftware............................................................195
UpgradingthesoftwareontheWideBandTransceiver(WBT)..........................197
Installingoneormoretransducers.......................................................................199
Installingtransceiverchannels.............................................................................201
InstallingGPTtransceiverchannels.....................................................................203
Disconnectingtransceiverchannels.....................................................................205
MaintainingtheES80....................................................................................................207
Updatingtheonlinehelple................................................................................207
Addinganonlinehelpleinanewlanguage......................................................208
Accessingandretrievingmessagelogles..........................................................209
CheckingthetransducerbymeansoftheBITEfunctionality.............................210
Inspectingandcleaningthetransducerface.........................................................211
Paintingthetransducerface.................................................................................213
Rulesfortransducerhandling...............................................................................214
Approvedanti-foulingpaints................................................................................215
USERINTERFACE.................................................................217
ES80userinterfacefamiliarisation................................................................................218
Topbar...........................................................................................................................220
Topbaroverview..................................................................................................220
Logoandproductname........................................................................................221
Menubutton.........................................................................................................221
ScreenCapturebuttondescription.......................................................................222
Recordindicatordescription................................................................................222
Eventbuttondescription.......................................................................................223
Informationpanesoverview.................................................................................224
Navigationalinformation.....................................................................................226
Messagesbuttondescription................................................................................232
Helpbuttondescription........................................................................................233
Operatingsystembuttondescriptions..................................................................233
Informationpanes..........................................................................................................234
Historyinformationpanedescription...................................................................234
ColourScaleinformationpanedescription..........................................................235
Depthinformationpanedescription.....................................................................237
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Biomassinformationpanedescription.................................................................239
SchoolResponseinformationpanedescription...................................................242
BottomHardnessinformationpanedescription...................................................244
SizeDistributioninformationpanedescription....................................................246
FishPositioninformationpanedescription..........................................................248
EchoPositioninformationpanedescription........................................................250
Zoominformationpanedescription.....................................................................252
Echogramviews.............................................................................................................255
Abouttheechogramviews...................................................................................255
Surfaceechogramdescription..............................................................................257
Bottomechogramdescription..............................................................................260
Pelagicechogramdescription...............................................................................263
Trawlechogramdescription.................................................................................265
Echogramlinesandmarkers..........................................................................................269
Annotationmarkersdescription...........................................................................269
BiomassLinedescription.....................................................................................270
BottomLinedescription.......................................................................................272
HardnessLinedescription....................................................................................273
Labelmarkersdescription....................................................................................274
RangeOtherLinedescription...............................................................................275
ScaleLinesdescription.........................................................................................276
TrawlLinedescription.........................................................................................277
VariableDepthLinedescription...........................................................................278
VerticalTickdescription.......................................................................................279
WhiteLinedescription.........................................................................................280
TheES80menusystem..................................................................................................281
Bottombardescription...................................................................................................282
Replaybardescription...................................................................................................283
Screencapturebrowserdescription...............................................................................285
Contextsensitiveon-linehelp........................................................................................286
MENUSYSTEM.....................................................................287
Aboutthemenusandmenubuttons...............................................................................287
Usingthe“smart”menubuttons....................................................................................288
Mainmenu.....................................................................................................................290
Operationmenu..............................................................................................................291
Displaymenu.................................................................................................................292
Setupmenu....................................................................................................................294
Activemenu...................................................................................................................299
Extrasmenu...................................................................................................................301
FUNCTIONSANDDIALOGBOXES.........................................305
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Mainmenu;Functionsanddialogboxes.......................................................................306
UserSettingsdialogbox.......................................................................................306
Rangefunction.....................................................................................................309
StartRangefunction.............................................................................................310
Gainfunction........................................................................................................312
Operationmenu;Functionsanddialogboxes................................................................315
Operationfunction................................................................................................315
NormalOperationdialogbox...............................................................................318
Pingfunction........................................................................................................321
PingModefunction..............................................................................................323
PingIntervalfunction...........................................................................................324
Recordfunction....................................................................................................325
Displaymenu;Functionsanddialogboxes...................................................................328
ScreenBrightnessfunction...................................................................................328
Transparencyfunction..........................................................................................329
DisplayOptionsdialogbox..................................................................................330
DisplayOptions:Generalpage............................................................................331
DisplayOptions:Tooltippage.............................................................................333
ColourSetupdialogbox.......................................................................................334
DockingViewsfunction.......................................................................................336
Setupmenu:Functionsanddialogboxes......................................................................339
Environmentdialogbox.......................................................................................340
WaterColumnpage..............................................................................................340
ManualAnnotationdialogbox.............................................................................342
FishSelectdialogbox..........................................................................................343
CalculationIntervaldialogbox............................................................................344
Installationdialogbox..........................................................................................346
TransducerInstallationpage.................................................................................348
Transceiverpages.................................................................................................352
SensorInstallationpage........................................................................................363
SensorCongurationpage...................................................................................369
I/OSetuppage......................................................................................................371
Synchronizationpage...........................................................................................375
Unitspage.............................................................................................................378
Trawlpage............................................................................................................380
Annotationspage..................................................................................................382
SoftwareLicensepage..........................................................................................384
Outputdialogbox.................................................................................................386
FileSetuppage.....................................................................................................388
DepthOutputpage................................................................................................391
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RelayOutputpage................................................................................................395
OlexOutputpage..................................................................................................397
Languagefunction................................................................................................399
BITE(Built-InTestEquipment)dialogbox.........................................................400
Aboutdialogbox..................................................................................................412
Activemenu;Functionsanddialogboxes.....................................................................414
TVGfunction.......................................................................................................414
Ping-PingFilterfunction......................................................................................417
BottomGainfunction...........................................................................................418
Echogramdialogbox............................................................................................419
BottomDetectiondialogbox...............................................................................430
InformationPaneOptionsdialogbox..................................................................433
ColourScalepage.................................................................................................434
SizeDistributionpage..........................................................................................438
Secondaryfunctionsanddialogboxes...........................................................................440
ReplayFiledialogbox.........................................................................................440
LANPortSetupdialogbox..................................................................................442
SerialPortSetupdialogbox.................................................................................444
PortMonitordialogbox.......................................................................................446
AddSerialPortdialogbox...................................................................................448
Messagesdialogbox............................................................................................449
AlarmLimitsdialogbox......................................................................................451
AddWindowdialogbox.......................................................................................452
CONCEPTDESCRIPTIONS....................................................454
Vesselcoordinatesystem...............................................................................................455
Observationrangeversusoperationalfrequency...........................................................457
Aboutbottomechoes.....................................................................................................458
Aboutsoundwavepropagation.....................................................................................459
Whatissampling?..........................................................................................................461
Acousticnoise................................................................................................................462
Contributingfactors..............................................................................................462
Selfnoise..............................................................................................................464
Ambientnoise.......................................................................................................466
Fishinggearnoise.................................................................................................467
Electricalselfnoise..............................................................................................467
Somemeanstoreduceacousticnoise..................................................................467
AboutSlopeandRamping.............................................................................................469
TECHNICALSPECIFICATIONS..............................................472
Introductiontotechnicalspecications.........................................................................473
Interfacespecications...................................................................................................473
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Weightandoutlinedimensions......................................................................................477
Powerrequirements.......................................................................................................479
Environmentalrequirements..........................................................................................481
Compasssafedistance...................................................................................................483
Minimumcomputerrequirements..................................................................................484
Minimumdisplayrequirements.....................................................................................485
DATAGRAMFORMATS..........................................................487
AboutNMEAandstandarddatagramformats..............................................................488
NMEA..................................................................................................................488
AbouttheNMEAdatagramformats....................................................................488
NMEAsentencestructure....................................................................................489
StandardNMEA0183communicationparameters..............................................490
NMEAdatagramformats...............................................................................................491
NMEADBSdatagram..........................................................................................491
NMEADBTdatagram.........................................................................................492
NMEADPTdatagram..........................................................................................493
NMEAGGAdatagram.........................................................................................494
NMEAGGKdatagram.........................................................................................495
NMEAGLLdatagram..........................................................................................496
NMEAHDGdatagram.........................................................................................497
NMEAHDMdatagram........................................................................................497
NMEAHDTdatagram.........................................................................................498
NMEARMCdatagram........................................................................................498
NMEAVBWdatagram........................................................................................499
NMEAVHWdatagram........................................................................................501
NMEAVLWdatagram.........................................................................................501
NMEAVTGdatagram.........................................................................................502
NMEAZDAdatagram.........................................................................................503
Proprietarydatagramformats........................................................................................504
KongsbergDFTW aterleveldatagram.................................................................504
KongsbergOFSDropkeeldatagram...................................................................505
SimradA TSdatagram..........................................................................................506
SimradDBSdatagramformat..............................................................................506
SimradHFBdatagramformat..............................................................................507
SimradPSIMDHBdatagramformat....................................................................507
SimradPSIMP-Ddatagramformat......................................................................508
SimradPSIMP-Fdatagramformat.......................................................................510
SimradTDSdatagramformat..............................................................................511
SimradTPRdatagramformat...............................................................................512
SimradTPTdatagramformat...............................................................................512
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SimradSounder/TSS1datagram..........................................................................513
KongsbergEMAttitude3000datagramformat...................................................515
Thirdpartydatagramformats........................................................................................517
AtlasDepthdatagram...........................................................................................517
FurunoGPhvedatagramformat...........................................................................518
HemisphereGNSSGPHEVdatagramformat......................................................518
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Aboutthismanual

Aboutthismanual
Thepurposeofthismanualistoprovidethedescriptions,proceduresanddetailed parameterexplanationsrequiredtoallowforsafeandefcientuseoftheSimradES80. ThemanualalsoprovidesyouwithathoroughunderstandingoftheES80parameters andadjustments.
Targetaudience
ThismanualisintendedforallusersoftheES80.Duetothenatureofthedescriptions andthelevelofdetailprovidedbythismanual,itiswellsuitedforthosewhoare-or wishtobe-expertusers.
Agoodunderstandingofsystemfunctionsandcontrolsisessentialtofullytake advantageofthefunctionalityprovided.Seaconditionsvary,sometimesdrastically , anditisnotpossibletoidentifysettingsthatwillprovidethebestdataatalltimes. Acarefulstudyoftheinformationinthismanualishighlyrecommended,preferably whileexploringtheES80functionality.
Weassumethatyouarefamiliarwiththebasicacousticprinciplesofsoundinwater.W e alsoexpectthatyouhavesomeexperiencewithechosounderand/orsonaroperation.
UsetheHelpbutton
ES80hasacomprehensivecontext-sensitiveon-linehelpsystem.Allinformationinthe ES80ReferenceManualcanalsobefoundintheon-linehelp.Toopenthecontext sensitiveon-linehelp,selectHelponthetopbar,ortheHelpbuttoninoneofthedialog boxes.
Onlineinformation
Allend-usermanualsprovidedforoperationandinstallationofyourSimradES80canbe downloadedfromourwebsite.
•https://www.simrad.com
OurwebsitealsoprovidesinformationaboutotherSimradproducts.
Licenseinformation
TheES80isalicensedproduct.Inordertoobtainalicense,contactyourlocaldealer.
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Softwareversion
ThisES80ReferenceManualcomplieswithsoftwareversion1.3.x.
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trademarksofKongsbergMaritimeASinNorwayandothercountries.
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Wewantyourfeedback
WewanttoimproveES80continuously.Wealsowantourend-userdocumentationtobe comprehensiveandrelevant.Youcanhelp.Pleaseprovidecomments,suggestionsor constructivecriticismtoanyofoursupportofces.
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Important,page16
Systemdescription,page17

SimradES80

SimradES80
Systemdiagram,page20
Mainsystemunits,page21
Networksecurity,page25
Supportinformation,page26
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Important

TheES80isanadvancedproduct.Aswithmostotheradvancedinstruments,thereis importantinformationthatyouneedtoknow.
BeforeyouturnontheES80
BeforeyouturnontheES80,makesurethatthetransducerissubmergedinwater.
Caution
YoumustneverstartES80transmissions("pinging")whentheshipisindrydock.The transducermaybedamagedifittransmitsinopenair.
WhentheES80isnotused
WhenyoudonotusetheES80,turnoffthedisplayandtheProcessorUnit.Ifyouknow thatyouwillnotusetheES80foralongtime,werecommendthatyoualsoswitchoff thetransceiver(s).
Whenyouaredockingyourvessel
YoumustneverturnontheES80whentheshipisindrydock.Thetransducermaybe damagedifittransmitsinopenair.TopreventinadvertentuseoftheES80,pullout themainsplugontheProcessorUnitwheneveryourvesselisindrydock.Additional precautionarymeasurersshouldbeconsidered.
Ifsomethingbreaksdown
Ifyoubelievethatsomethinghasbrokendown,contactyourlocaldealer.Alistofall ourdealersisprovidedonourwebsite.
•https://www.simrad.com
Ifyouareunabletocontactadealer,observethesupportinformationinthispublication.
WhenyouwanttoturnofftheES80
YoumustNEVERturnofftheES80bymeansoftheon/offswitchontheProcessorUnit. YoumustALW AYSselectExitonthetopbar.
Note
IfyouturnofftheES80bymeansoftheon/offswitchontheProcessorUnityoumay damagethesoftwareandtheinterfacesettingsusedtocommunicatewithexternal devices.
Rulesfortransducerhandling
Atransducermustalwaysbehandledasadelicateinstrument.Incorrectactionsmay damagethetransducerbeyondrepair.Observethesetransducerhandlingrules:
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•Donotactivatethetransducerwhenitisoutofthewater.
•Donothandlethetransducerroughlyandavoidimpacts.
•Donotexposethetransducertodirectsunlightorexcessiveheat.
•Donotusehigh-pressurewater,sandblasting,metaltoolsorstrongsolventstoclean thetransducerface.
•Donotdamagetheouterprotectiveskinofthetransducerface.
•Donotliftthetransducerbythecable.
•Donotsteponthetransducercable.
•Donotdamagethetransducercable,andavoidexposuretosharpobjects.
Relatedtopics
Supportinformation,page26

Systemdescription

TheSimradES80isthemostmodern“highend”splitbeamechosounderinthe professionalsherymarket.Basedonmorethan60yearsofresearchanddevelopment inclosecollaborationwithshermenandleadingmarinescientiststhiswidebandecho soundersystemhassucceededthefamousES60andES70systems.
Simradhasmanufacturedshndersformorethan65years,andwehavemorethan 25yearsofexperiencewithsplitbeamtechnology.Ourrstsplitbeamshnder, operatingon38kHz,cameonthemarketin1984.Itwasquicklyfollowedbya70kHz system.Today,wecanofferawiderangeofoperationalfrequenciesfrom18kHzused fordetectingdeepwaterspecies,upto333kHzusedforndandmeasureplankton.
TheSimradES80isthefthgenerationprofessionalsplitbeamshnderfortheworld wideshingcommunity.Thelatestinnovationsincomputerandsignalprocessing technologyareusedtocreateasophisticated,butalsointuitive,echosounder.It isdesignedtosatisfytheincreasingneedfromourdemandingcustomers:"Top performanceatanydepthandeasytooperate”.
TheSimradES80isawidebandechosounder.Itcanoperatewithoperational frequenciesrangingfrom10to500kHz.Withasuitabletransducer,theES80canuse frequencysweeps("chirps")acrossarangeoffrequencies.Thisgivesyouincreased resolutiononthelongerranges.
Originallydesignedforoutscienticsounders,theES80canalsoofferthe"target response"(TS)curve.Thisfunctionmakesiteasiertodeterminewhichspeciesyou arelookingat.
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ThisscreencaptureshowstheSimradES80setupforacloseinspectionofshcloseto thebottom.Asmallschoolisplacedinthezoomwindow.Thecaptureiskindlyprovided byAegeanElectronics,Greece.
Theechosoundersystemismodular,andyoucanassembleanycombinationsof transceiversandtransducerstotyourpurposes.Inatypicalconguration,theES80 comprises:
ADisplay
BOneProcessorUnit
COneormoretransceiverunits
DAnEthernetswitch(ifmorethanonetransceiverisused)
EOneormoresingle-orsplitbeamtransducers
TheES80canworkwiththeGeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT),theWideBand Transceiver(WBT)andtheEK15Transceiver.
TheES80canworkwithseveraltransceivers.
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Systemdiagram,page20
Supportinformation,page26
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Systemdiagram

ThesystemdiagramidentiesthemaincomponentsofabasicES80system.Only themainconnectionsbetweentheunitsareshown.Detailedinterfacecapabilitiesand powercablesarenotshown.
ThebasicSimradES80Wideband shndingechosounderconsists ofonetransducer,oneWide BandTransceiver(WBT)and oneProcessorUnit.Additional transceiversandtransducerscanbe addedtomeetyouroperationaland functionalrequirements.
Inthispublication,thecomputeris referredtoastheProcessorUnit.
Unlessotherwisespeciedina contract,thedisplayandtheEthernet switcharenotincludedinthe standarddeliveryfromKongsberg Maritime.Thesearecommercial itemsthatcanbepurchasedlocally.
ADisplay
BProcessorUnit
CEthernetswitch
DWideBandTransceiver(WBT)
ETransducer
Relatedtopics
Systemdescription,page17
Displaydescription,page21
ProcessorUnitdescription,page22
Ethernetswitchdescription,page23
WideBandTransceiver(WBT)description,page24
Transducers,page25
Supportinformation,page26
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Mainsystemunits

Topics
Displaydescription,page21
ProcessorUnitdescription,page22
Ethernetswitchdescription,page23
WideBandTransceiver(WBT)description,page24
Transducers,page25

Displaydescription

SimradES80
AdisplayisarequiredpartoftheES80Widebandshndingechosounder.For bestreadability,thedisplaymustbeprotectedfromglareandhavethecorrectheight andangle.
AnycommercialdisplaycanbeusedwiththeES80Widebandshndingechosounder, providedthatthedisplaymeetstheminimumrequirements.
Youmaywishtoseemanyechogramchannelssimultaneously.Alargedisplaywithhigh resolutionisthenuseful.TheES80softwaresupportsalldisplaysizes.Thevisualquality oftheES80presentationdependsonthequalityofyourgraphicadapteranddisplay.
Note
ThedisplayisnotastandardpartoftheES80delivery.Thisisacommercialitemthat canbepurchasedlocally.
Thechosendisplaymustbedesignedformaritimeuse,anditmustmeettheminimum performancespecications.Y oumustalsomakesurethatthechosendisplaysupports thevideoformatsprovidedbytheProcessorUnit.KongsbergMaritimemayprovide asuitabledisplay.
Tip
Manycomputershavetwovideoports.T wodisplayscanthereforebeusedtoseethe ES80presentations.Y oucanplacethetwodisplaysnexttoeachother.Y oucanalso choosetoplacetheseconddisplayatanotherlocationonthevessel.
TheAddFloatingWindowdialogboxmakesitpossibletograbacompleteechogram presentationforachosenchannel,andplaceitinaseparatewindow .Tomovea chosenechogramtoaseparatewindow,simplychoosethechannel(identiedwithits transducer),andclickOk.Thenewwindowcontainsthechosenechogramchannel.Y ou canmovethiswindowtoanydisplayusingthefunctionalityprovidedbytheoperating system.T oclosethewindow,clickthe"X"initstoprightcorner.
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Relatedtopics
Systemdescription,page17
Systemdiagram,page20
Technicalspecications
Weightandoutlinedimensions,page477
Powerrequirements,page479
Environmentalrequirements,page481
Compasssafedistance,page483
Minimumdisplayrequirements,page485

ProcessorUnitdescription

TheProcessorUnitisthecomputerthatcontrolstheES80system.Itisavitalpartofthe ES80Widebandshndingechosounder.TheProcessorUnitcontainstheoperational software,andofferstheuserinterfacethatallowsyoutocontroltheES80.Furthermore, itoffersanumberofserialandEthernetlinesforcommunicationwithexternaldevices. Inthispublication,thecomputerisreferredtoastheProcessorUnit.
ThecomputermustmeettheoperatingsystemrequirementsprovidedbyMicrosoft ThecomputermustalsoprovidethenecessaryinterfacefacilitiesthatyourES80needs tocommunicatewithperipheralsystems.Thecomputermustbedesignedforrugged use,andtheconstructionmustbeabletowithstandthevibrationsandmovementsofa vessel.TheoperatingsystemmustbeMicrosoft
®
Windows10.
AhighqualityEthernetadapterisrequired.IfyouwishtoconnecttheProcessorUnitto theship’snetwork,youwillneedtwoEthernetadapters.
TheProcessorUnitisnormallymountedonthebridgeorinascienticlaboratory.
Note
TheEthernetadaptercommunicatingwiththeWideBandTransceiver(WBT)mustoffer aReceiveBuffersfunction.Thisparametermustbesettoitsmaximumvalueifmorethan oneWideBandTransceiver(WBT)isused.
TheProcessorUnitisnotastandardpartoftheES80delivery.Asuitablecomputermay beprovidedwiththeES80.TheProcessorUnitisdesignedforruggedmaritimeuse. IthasbeencustomizedbyKongsbergMaritime.Exceptfromthefans,itcontainsno movingparts.Thecomputerisbasedonacommercialdesign,butthesoftwareand hardwarehavebeenspeciedbyKongsbergMaritimetosuittheES80requirements. Itissetupwithallnecessarysoftware.Consultyourlocaldealeroragentformore information.
®
.
TheES80designsupportstwodisplays.Thiscanbeapracticalsolution.Y oucanplace thetwodisplaysnexttoeachother.Y oucanalsochoosetoplacetheseconddisplayat anotherlocationonthevessel.
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Relatedtopics
Systemdescription,page17
Systemdiagram,page20
Technicalspecications
Weightandoutlinedimensions,page477
Powerrequirements,page479
Environmentalrequirements,page481
Compasssafedistance,page483
Minimumcomputerrequirements,page484

Ethernetswitchdescription

SimradES80
AhighcapacityEthernetswitchisakeycomponentoftheES80system.
IfyouusemorethanoneWideBandTransceiver(WBT),ahighcapacityEthernet switchisrequired.TheEthernetswitchisusedtoconnecteachWideBandTransceiver (WBT)totheProcessorUnit.
Note
Makesurethatyourselectedswitchhasalargebandwidthcapacity.Minimum1Gb (1000BASE-T)isrequired.YoumustalsomakesurethatallEthernetcablesaretype Cat5eorbetter .Aslowerswitch-orlowqualitycables–willdecreasetheoperational performanceoftheES80.
1000BASE-T(alsoknownasIEEE802.3ab)isastandardforgigabitEthernetover copperwiring.Each1000BASE-Tnetworksegmentcanbeamaximumlength of100meters(330feet),andmustuseCategory5cableorbetter(includingCat 5eandCat6).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabit_Ethernet(January2016)
Relatedtopics
Systemdescription,page17
Systemdiagram,page20
Technicalspecications
Weightandoutlinedimensions,page477
Powerrequirements,page479
Environmentalrequirements,page481
Compasssafedistance,page483
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WideBandT ransceiver(WBT)description

TheES80WideBandTransceiver(WBT)isprovidedtotransmitacousticenergythrough water.Thistransmissionandreceptionarecommonlyreferredtoasaping.Aftereach transmission,thetransceiverreceivestheechoesfromthetargetsinthewaterand/orthe seabed.Theseechoesarelteredandampliedandthenconvertedintodigitalformat.
TheWideBandTransceiver(WBT)comprisesarugged boxprovidingallnecessarytransmitterandreceiver electronics.Thereceiverisdesignedforlownoise, anditcanhandleinputsignalsspanningaverylarge instantaneousdynamicamplituderange.Alltargetsare correctlymeasured.Thetransceiveroperateswithina largefrequencyband,andsupportssinglefrequencies, frequencysweep(chirp)anduserdenedwaveforms.
TheWideBandTransceiver(WBT)isdesignedforapplicationswhereperformance isthetoppriority.Ithasfour500Wchannelsthatcaneitherworkindependently withsinglebeamtransducers,ortogetherwithasplitbeamtransducer.Thedesignis optimizedforapplicationswherepowerconsumptionandphysicalsizeisnotcritical.
AhighqualityEthernetcableconnectstheWideBandTransceiver(WBT)tothe ProcessorUnit.ThedistancebetweentheProcessorUnitandthetransceivercanbe extendeduptomaximum70meters.Ifalongercableisrequired,cutitinhalf,andinsert anEthernetswitchtoprovidebufferamplication.
Note
IfmorethanoneWideBandTransceiver(WBT)isused,asmallhighcapacityEthernet switchisrequiredtoconnectthetransceiverstotheProcessorUnit.
TheWideBandTransceiver(WBT)requiresanexternalpowersupplyoffering12to15 Vdc,minimum5A.Asuitablepowersupplyisprovidedwiththedelivery.
Tip
TheES80alsosupportstheuseofGeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT)transceivers. InordertouseGeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT)transceivers,minimumoneWide BandTransceiver(WBT)mustbeinstalledrsttohandlethesoftwarelicenseforthe ES80system.
Relatedtopics
Systemdescription,page17
Systemdiagram,page20
Technicalspecications
Weightandoutlinedimensions,page477
Powerrequirements,page479
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Environmentalrequirements,page481
Compasssafedistance,page483

Transducers

TheES80Widebandshndingechosoundercanbeusedwithalloursingle-beamand split-beamtransducers.
KongsbergMaritimecanprovideawide rangeofefcientandaccurateSimrad transducersfortheES80Widebandsh ndingechosounder.Alargenumberof operationalfrequenciesisavailable.
Allourtransducersaredesignedtowork optimallyacrossalargebandwidthand indemandingenvironments.Forour sh-ndingechosounders,wedivide thefeaturesofthetransducersintofour maincategories;single-beam,split-beam, widebandanddepth-rated.Several transducerstintomorethanonecategory.
Formoreinformationaboutour transducers,seeourwebsite.
•https://www.simrad.com
Relatedtopics
Systemdescription,page17
Systemdiagram,page20

Networksecurity

IfaES80systemisconnectedtoalocalareanetwork,datasecurityisimportant.
EquipmentmanufacturedbyKongsbergMaritimeisfrequentlyconnectedtothevessel's localareanetwork(LAN).Whenyouconnectacomputertoalocalareanetworkyou willalwaysexposethedataonthatcomputer.Allothercomputersconnectedtothesame networkmaybeabletoaccessyourdata.Severalthreatsmayimmediatelyoccur:
•Remotecomputerscanreadthedata.
•Remotecomputerscanchangethedata.
•Remotecomputerscanchangethebehaviourofthecomputer,forexampleby installingunwantedsoftware.
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Usually,twoparametersareusedtodenethethreatlevel:
1Thelikelihoodthatanyremotecomputerwilldoanyoftheabove.
2Thedamagedoneifaremotecomputersucceedsdoingthis.
KongsbergMaritimehasnoinformationregardingthecompletesysteminstallationon anyvessel.SystemsprovidedbyKongsbergMaritimeareregardedasstand-aloneofine systems.Theyarestand-aloneeventhoughtheymaybeconnectedtoanetworkfor sensorinterfacesand/ordatadistribution.
Note
NonetworksafetyapplicationsareinstalledonKongsbergMaritimecomputers.The computersarethereforenotprotectedagainstviruses,malwareorunintentionalaccess byexternalusers.
SecuringtheES80systemitselfhasnomeaningunlessthereisapolicyinplacethat securesallcomputersinthenetwork.Thispolicymustincludephysicalaccessbytrained andtrustedusers.Thecustomer/enduseroftheES80systemwillalwaysbeincharge ofdeningandimplementingasecuritypolicy,andprovidingtherelevantnetwork securityapplications.
Note
KongsbergMaritimewillnotacceptanyresponsibilityforerrorsand/ordamagescaused byunauthorizeduseoforaccesstotheES80.

Supportinformation

IfyouneedtechnicalsupportforyourSimradES80youmustcontactyourlocaldealer, oroneofoursupportdepartments.Alistofallourofcesanddealersisprovidedonour website.Y oucanalsocontactourmainsupportofceinNorway.
Norway(mainofce)
•Companyname:KongsbergMaritimeAS/Simrad
•Address:Strandpromenaden50,N-3190Horten,Norway
•Telephone:+4733034000
•Telefax:+4733042987
•Website:https://www.simrad.no
•E-mailaddress:simrad.support@simrad.com
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Spain
•Companyname:SimradSpainS.L.U
•Address:PartidaAtalayes20,03570Villajoyosa,Spain
•Telephone:+34966810149
•Telefax:+34966852304
•Website:http://www.simrad.es
•E-mailaddress:simrad.spain@simrad.com
France
•Companyname:SimradFrance
•Address:5ruedeMenMeur,29730Guilvinec,France
•Telephone:+33298582388
•Telefax:+33298582388
SimradES80
•Website:http://www.simrad.fr
•E-mailaddress:simrad.france@simrad.com
USA
•Companyname:KongsbergUnderwaterT echnologyInc/SimradFisheries
•Address:1921033rdAveW,SuiteB,Lynnwood,W A98036,USA
•Telephone:+14257121136
•Telefax:+14257121193
•Website:https://www.simrad.com
•E-mailaddress:sh.usa.support@simrad.com
Canada
•Companyname:KongsbergMesotechLtd.
•Address:1598KebetWay,PortCoquitlam,BC,V3C5M5,Canada
•Telephone:+16044648144
•Telefax:+16049415423
•Website:https://www.simrad.com
•E-mailaddress:simrad.canada@simrad.com
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Malaysia
•Companyname:KongsbergMaritimeMalaysiaSdn.Bhd
•Address:Unit27-5SignatureOfces,TheBoulevard,MidValleyCity,Lingkaran SyedPutra,59200KualaLumpur,Malaysia
•Telephone:+6564117488
•Telefax:+60322013359
•Website:https://www.simrad.com
•E-mailaddress:simrad.asia@simrad.com
Korea
•Companyname:KongsbergMaritimeKoreaLtd
•Address:#1101-HarborTower,113-1,Nampodong6-Ga,Jung-Gu,Busan600-046 Korea
•Telephone:+82-51-242-9933
•Telefax:+82-51-242-9934
•Website:https://www.simrad.com
•E-mailaddress:simrad.korea@simrad.com
China
•Companyname:KongsbergMaritimeChinaLtd
•Address:555ChuanqiaoRoad,China(Shanghai)PilotFreeTradeZone,201206, China
•Telephone:+86-21-3127-9888
•Telefax:+86-21-3127-9555
•Website:https://www.simrad.com
•E-mailaddress:simrad.china@simrad.com
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