Simrad ES80 Reference Manual

www.simrad.

com

TECHNOLOG

Y FOR

SUS

TAINABLE FISHERIE

S

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.

406273/C

March2019©KongsbergMaritimeAS

Documentinformation

•Product:SimradES80

•Document:ReferenceManual

•Documentpartnumber:406273

•DocumentISBNnumber:978-82-8066-186-9

•Revision:C

•Dateofissue:27March2019

Copyright

TheinformationcontainedinthisdocumentremainsthesolepropertyofKongsbergMaritimeAS.No
partofthisdocumentmaybecopiedorreproducedinanyformorbyanymeans,andtheinformation
containedwithinitisnottobecommunicatedtoathirdparty,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentof
KongsbergMaritimeAS.

Warning

Theequipmenttowhichthismanualappliesmustonlybeusedforthepurposeforwhichitwas
designed.Improperuseormaintenancemaycausedamagetotheequipmentand/orinjurytopersonnel.
Youmustbefamiliarwiththecontentsoftheappropriatemanualsbeforeattemptingtooperate
orworkontheequipment.

KongsbergMaritimedisclaimsanyresponsibilityfordamageorinjurycausedbyimproperinstallation,
useormaintenanceoftheequipment.

Disclaimer

KongsbergMaritimeASendeavourstoensurethatallinformationinthisdocumentiscorrectandfairly
stated,butdoesnotacceptliabilityforanyerrorsoromissions.

Supportinformation

Ifyourequiremaintenanceorrepair,contactyourlocaldealer.Y oucanalsocontactususingthefollowing
address:[e-mail]tourotherproducts,visithttps:

//www.simrad.com.Onthiswebsiteyouwillalsondalistofourdealersanddistributors.

KongsbergMaritimeAS

www.kongsberg.com

ReferenceManual

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

406273/C

3

SimradES80

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

4

406273/C

ReferenceManual

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

406273/C

5

SimradES80

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

6

406273/C

ReferenceManual

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

406273/C

7

SimradES80

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

8

406273/C

ReferenceManual

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

406273/C

9

SimradES80

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

10

406273/C

ReferenceManual

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

406273/C

11

SimradES80

SimradSounder/TSS1datagram..........................................................................513

KongsbergEMAttitude3000datagramformat...................................................515

Thirdpartydatagramformats........................................................................................517

AtlasDepthdatagram...........................................................................................517

FurunoGPhvedatagramformat...........................................................................518

HemisphereGNSSGPHEVdatagramformat......................................................518

12

406273/C

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.

406273/C

13

SimradES80ReferenceManual

Softwareversion

ThisES80ReferenceManualcomplieswithsoftwareversion1.3.x.

Registeredtrademarks

Observetheregisteredtrademarksthatapply.

Simrad

®

,SIMRAD

®

andtheSimrad

®

logoareeitherregisteredtrademarks,or

trademarksofKongsbergMaritimeASinNorwayandothercountries.

Windows

®

isaregisteredtrademarkofMicrosoftCorporationintheUnitedStatesand

othercountries.

Wewantyourfeedback

WewanttoimproveES80continuously.Wealsowantourend-userdocumentationtobe
comprehensiveandrelevant.Youcanhelp.Pleaseprovidecomments,suggestionsor
constructivecriticismtoanyofoursupportofces.

14

406273/C

Topics

Important,page16

Systemdescription,page17

SimradES80

SimradES80

Systemdiagram,page20

Mainsystemunits,page21

Networksecurity,page25

Supportinformation,page26

406273/C

15

SimradES80ReferenceManual

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:

16

406273/C

SimradES80

•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.

406273/C

17

SimradES80ReferenceManual

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.

18

406273/C

Relatedtopics

Systemdiagram,page20

Supportinformation,page26

SimradES80

406273/C

19

SimradES80ReferenceManual

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

20

406273/C

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.

406273/C

21

SimradES80ReferenceManual

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.

22

406273/C

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

406273/C

23

SimradES80ReferenceManual

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

24

406273/C

SimradES80

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.

406273/C

25

SimradES80ReferenceManual

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:[phone]

•Telefax:[phone]

•Website:https://www.simrad.no

•E-mailaddress:[e-mail]

26

406273/C

Spain

•Companyname:SimradSpainS.L.U

•Address:PartidaAtalayes20,03570Villajoyosa,Spain

•Telephone:[phone]

•Telefax:[phone]

•Website:http://www.simrad.es

•E-mailaddress:[e-mail]

France

•Companyname:SimradFrance

•Address:5ruedeMenMeur,29730Guilvinec,France

•Telephone:[phone]

•Telefax:[phone]

SimradES80

•Website:http://www.simrad.fr

•E-mailaddress:[e-mail]

USA

•Companyname:KongsbergUnderwaterT echnologyInc/SimradFisheries

•Address:1921033rdAveW,SuiteB,Lynnwood,W A98036,USA

•Telephone:[phone]

•Telefax:[phone]

•Website:https://www.simrad.com

•E-mailaddress:[e-mail]

Canada

•Companyname:KongsbergMesotechLtd.

•Address:1598KebetWay,PortCoquitlam,BC,V3C5M5,Canada

•Telephone:[phone]

•Telefax:[phone]

•Website:https://www.simrad.com

•E-mailaddress:[e-mail]

406273/C

27

SimradES80ReferenceManual

Malaysia

•Companyname:KongsbergMaritimeMalaysiaSdn.Bhd

•Address:Unit27-5SignatureOfces,TheBoulevard,MidValleyCity,Lingkaran
SyedPutra,59200KualaLumpur,Malaysia

•Telephone:[phone]

•Telefax:[phone]

•Website:https://www.simrad.com

•E-mailaddress:[e-mail]

Korea

•Companyname:KongsbergMaritimeKoreaLtd

•Address:#1101-HarborTower,113-1,Nampodong6-Ga,Jung-Gu,Busan600-046
Korea

•Telephone:[phone]

•Telefax:[phone]

•Website:https://www.simrad.com

•E-mailaddress:[e-mail]

China

•Companyname:KongsbergMaritimeChinaLtd

•Address:555ChuanqiaoRoad,China(Shanghai)PilotFreeTradeZone,201206,
China

•Telephone:[phone]

•Telefax:[phone]

•Website:https://www.simrad.com

•E-mailaddress:[e-mail]

28

406273/C

Topics

Startingnormaloperation,page30

Basicoperation,page39

Gettingstarted

Gettingstarted

Userinterfaceintroduction,page49

SettinguptheES80Widebandshndingechosounderforthersttime,page59

Contextsensitiveon-linehelp,page75

406273/C

29

SimradES80ReferenceManual

Startingnormaloperation

Topics

TurningontheES80,page30

Gettingtoknowtheuserinterface,page31

Checkingtransceiverandtransducersettings,page33

SelectingNormalmodetostart"pinging",page35

Verifyingthatthebottomiscorrectlydetected,page36

Checkingand/oreditingthetransceiverparameters,page37

TurningofftheES80,page38

TurningontheES80

InordertousetheES80,youmustrstturniton.Youmustrstturnonthedisplay,
theProcessorUnit,thetransceiver(s),andtheEthernetswitch(ifapplicable).Afterthis
youcanstarttheES80program.

Prerequisites

TheES80isinstalledasspeciedintheES80Installationmanual.MinimumoneWide
BandTransceiver(WBT)withoneormoretransducershasbeenconnected.Allrelevant
navigationsensorsareoperational.

Caution

YoumustneverstartES80transmissions("pinging")whentheshipisindrydock.The
transducermaybedamagedifittransmitsinopenair.

Procedure

1Makesurethateachtransceiveristurnedon.

2TurnonthedisplayandtheProcessorUnit,andstarttheES80program.

3OncetheES80programhasstarted,observethatthepresentationllstheentire

screen.

4OntheMainmenuinthetoprightcornerofthepresentation,selectUserSettings,

andthenchoosethedefaultsettings.

5AtthebottomoftheMainmenu,observethattheOperationmenuiconisashing.

ItisashingtoindicatethateveniftheES80isturnedon,"pinging"isdisabled.
TheES80isinNormalmode,butTXPowerissettoOfftopreventtransmission.
Thisisforsafetyreasons.

30

406273/C

Gettingtoknowtheuserinterface

TheES80consistsofspecicvisualelementsthatworktogether.Thevisualelements
provideyouwiththeechoinformationyouneed,theyhelpyoutocontrolthe
functionalityneededtounderstandthisinformation,andnally,theyallowyoutocontrol
theoperationalparameters.Bydefault,theES80presentationcoverstheentirescreen.

Context

Gettingstarted

AT opbar

BReplaybar

CEchogramview

DInformationpanes

EMainmenu

FSecondarymenus

GBottombar

406273/C

31

SimradES80ReferenceManual

Procedure

1Movethecursortothetopbar,andinvestigatethefunctionsprovided.

Observethatsmalltooltipsopentoidentifythevariousfunctionsyoucanuse.

TheES80topbarislocatedonthetopofthedisplaypresentation,andstretches
fromthefarlefttothefarrightside.Thetopbargivesyoufastaccesstokey
functionalityandnavigationalinformation.Itprovidesbuttonstohideorshowthe
menu,tomakeascreencapture,toopentheMessagesdialogbox,andtoopenthe
contextsensitiveon-linehelp.Andmoreimportant,thetopbarallowsyoutosee
whendatarecordingisactive.

Topbaroverview,page220

2Observetheinformationpane"buttons"onthetopbar.

TheES80offersseveralinformationpanestoprovideadditionalanddetaileddata
fromtheES80presentation.Theinformationpanesareopenedandclosedusingthe
buttonsonthetopbar.Beforeyouopenaninformationpane,youmustrstclickin
anechogramviewtomakeit"active".

Informationpanesoverview,page224

3MovethecursortothemenusystemontherightsideoftheES80presentation.

TheMainmenuislocatedatthetopofthemenustructure.Itoffersthemost
commonfunctionsforefcientuseoftheES80.BelowtheMainmenu,asetof
dedicatediconsareusedtoopenthesecondarymenus.Selecttheicononemore
timetoclosethemenu.

TheES80menusystem,page281

4MovethecursortothebottomoftheES80presentation.

ThebottombarislocatedatthebottomoftheES80presentation,andstretchesfrom
thefarlefttothefarrightside.Thetabsonthebottombarallowsyoutochoose
channelandpresentationmode.Adedicatedtabprovidesaspecialviewforyouto
seethescreencapturesyouhavemade.Thebottombaralsoshowsyouthecurrent
colourscale,aswellasthetimeanddate.

Bottombardescription,page282

5MovethecursortotheechogramviewsinthemainES80presentation.

TheES80supportsseveraldifferentechogramtypes.Eachechogramisshown
inaseparateviewintheES80presentation.ThetabsatthebottomoftheES80
presentationallowsyoutochoosewhichchannelstoopen.Y oucanchangethe
physicalsizeanyviewbyclickingontheviewborder,andthendragittocreatea
largerrectangle.Notethatthesizeoftheotherviewswillbereducedaccordingly!

Abouttheechogramviews,page255

32

406273/C

6Clickinsideoneoftheechogramviews.

Gettingstarted

Beforeyoucanchangetheoperationalparametersforaview,youmust

clickinside
theviewtomakeit"active".Thechangesyoumakearebydefaultonlyvalidfor
the"active"view.Observethattheborderlinesofthe"active"viewaredrawn
withathickerline.

SomefunctionsofferanApplytoAllchoice.Ifyouenablethis,thechosensettingis
appliedtoalltheviewssimultaneously.

Checkingtransceiverandtransducersettings

InordertousetheES80,theProcessorUnitmustbeconnectedtooneormore
transceivers,andeachofthemmustinturnbeconnectedtooneormoretransducers.
Eachchannelmustbeinstalledbeforeitcanbeputtouse.Inthiscontext,thephrase
channelisusedasacommontermtoidentifythecombinationoftransceiver,transducer
andoperatingfrequency.Itisoftenusefultoverifythatallthechannelsareproperly
setup.ThisisarequirementfortheES80performance.

Prerequisites

TheES80isinstalledasspeciedintheES80Installationmanual.TheES80isturned
on,anditisworkingnormally.MinimumoneWideBandTransceiver(WBT)withone
ormoretransducershasbeenconnected.

Context

IfyouareusingaES80thathasbeeninuseforsometime,youcansafelyassumethat
thetransceiversandtransducershavebeensetupproperly.However,theprocedure
mayproveusefulifyouareaninexperienceduser.Makesurethatyoudonotchange
anyimportantsettings.

Note

WhenyouworkintheInstallationdialogbox,youmustalwaysselectApplytosavethe
changesmadeonapage.Youmustdothisbefore

youcontinueworkingonadifferent

page.

Procedure

1Verifythatthecurrentlyconnectedtransducer(s)areshownas"tabs"atthebottom

oftheES80presentation.

2OpentheSetupmenu.

3OntheSetupmenu,selectInstallation.

ObservethattheInstallationdialogboxopens.Thisdialogboxcontainsanumber
ofpagesselectedfromthemenuontheleftside.

406273/C

33

SimradES80ReferenceManual

4Ontheleftside,selectTransducerInstallation.

OntheInstalledTransducerslist,selectoneofthetransducers.Observethatthe

Transducerpageopenswithallsettingsunavailable.Thisisasafetyprecautionto

preventunintentionalchangestothetransducersettings.Tomakeanychanges,you
mustselectEdit.

5Verifythateachtransducerhasbeeninstalledwithallsettingsdened.

ThephysicallocationoftheES80transducerisimportantfortheES80data
accuracy.Theoffsetvaluefor"X"denestheverticallocation(thedepth)ofthe
transducerface.

Thisistheinstallationdepthofthetransducer;theverticallocationofthetransducer
facerelativetothewatersurface.Inordertomeasurecorrectwaterdepth,the
ES80needstoknowtheverticaldistancebetweenthevessel'swaterlineandthe
acousticfaceofeachtransducer.Thedepthofeachindividualtransducermustbe
denedmanually.Enterthedepthasapositivenumber.Ifthedisplacementofyour
vesselchangesconsiderably,youmayconsiderchangingthisparameteroften.For
accuratelocationofthetransducer,youneedthedetailedvesseldrawings.

6OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,selectTransceiver.

ObservethattheT ransceiverInstallationpageopens.

7Checkthatallapplicabletransceiversandtransducersareconnectedandoperational.

Foreachtransceiver,thisisindicatedbythegreenlabelwithtext"Installed".

8ClosetheInstallationdialogboxwithoutmakinganychanges.

ThepurposeoftheNormalOperationdialogboxistoprovideyouwithanoverviewof
thecurrenttransceiverparameters.Italsoallowsyoutochangetheseparametersto
matchyourcurrentoperationalrequirements.

9OpentheOperationmenu.

10OntheOperationmenu,opentheNormalOperationdialogbox.

11Foreachchannel(ifnecessary):

aSetPulseTypetoaLFMorCWmodeaspermittedbyyourlicenseandthe

transducer.

bSetModetoActive.

cSetPulseDurationtoyourchosenvalue.

dSetPowertothecorrectpowerlevelforthetransducer.

eSetStartFrequencyandEndFrequencytovaluespermittedbyyourlicense

andthetransducer.

Inthiscontext,thephrasechannelisusedasacommontermtoidentifythe
combinationoftransceiver,transducerandoperatingfrequency.

12Closethedialogbox.

34

406273/C

Gettingstarted

SelectingNormalmodetostart"pinging"

Inordertotransmit("ping")youmustsettheES80toNormalmode.

Context

TheOperationfunctioncontrolstheoperatingmodeoftheES80.Y oucansetitto
Inactive,NormalorReplay.NormalmodeallowstheES80totransmit("ping")through
thewater,andtoreceivetheechoes.

Caution

YoumustneverstartES80transmissions("pinging")whentheshipisindrydock.The
transducermaybedamagedifittransmitsinopenair.

Thetransmission("pinging")fromtheES80canbeturnedonoroff.ThePingfunction
enablesordisablestheES80transmissionsintothewater.OncepingingisOn,usethe

PingModefunctiontochoosehowoftentheES80shalltransmit.UsethePingInterval

functiontochoosethetime(inmilliseconds)betweeneachtransmission("ping")when

PingModeissettoInterval.

Procedure

1OpentheOperationmenu.

2SelectOperation,andsetittoNormal.

TheOperationfunctioncontrolstheoperatingmodeoftheES80.Youcansetitto
Inactive,NormalorReplay.NormalmodeallowstheES80totransmit("ping")
throughthewater,andtoreceivetheechoes.TheES80isnowreadyforuse.

3SetPingtoOn.

ThePingfunctionenablesordisablestheES80transmissionsintothewater.Once
pingingisOn,usethePingModefunctiontochoosehowoftentheES80shall
transmit.UsethePingIntervalfunctiontochoosethetime(inmilliseconds)
betweeneachtransmission("ping")whenPingModeissettoInterval.

4SetPingModetoMaximum.

ThiswillmaketheES80pingwithmaximumpingrate("speed").

Thepingrateisnormallylimitedbythemaximumrangesettings.Itwillalso
bedependantonhardwareissues.Thismaybe,forexample,howfastyour
ProcessorUnitcanhandletheinformationfromeachping,howfastyoursystem
communicateswithexternalperipherals,orhowlongtimethesystemusestosave
data.

406273/C

35

SimradES80ReferenceManual

Result

TheES80isnowtransmittingacousticpulses("pinging")intothewater.

Furtherrequirements

WhentheES80starts,itisveryimportantthatitdetectsthebottomcorrectly.Inmost
casesthiswilltakeplaceautomatically.However,wehaveexperiencedthatlarge
schoolsofshordifcultbottomconditionshavedeceivedtheES80todisplaythe
wrongdepth.Inthesecasesthesoundermaydisplaythebottomat0,0metersatthetop
oftheshschool.InordertoaidtheES80tolocatethecorrectdepth,youmustadjustto
bottommaximumandminimumrangesaccordingtotheactualbottomdepth.

Verifyingthatthebottomiscorrectlydetected

LocatingthebottomisimportantfortheES80.TheES80needsthis"bottomlock"to
locatethecorrectdepth,andtostayonitduringtheoperation,evenifthedepthchanges
continuously.Occasionally,difcultenvironmental,waterorbottomconditionsmay
inhibit"bottomlock".

Context

TheBottomDetectionparametersprovideseparatelimitsforminimumandmaximum
depth.Theselimitsmaybeusedtoobtain"bottomlock"onthedepthwhentheES80is
transmitting.TheBottomBackstepparameterallowsyoutomanuallymodifywhereon
thebottomechothedepthshallbedetected.

Tip

Ifyouhaveproblemswithbottomdetection,youmayconsiderdisablingit.Thiscanbe
usefulifyouonlywishtostudytargetsinthewatercolumn.

Procedure

1OpentheActivemenu.

2SelectBottomDetection.

Tip

ThebottomdetectionparametersarealsofoundasapageintheInformationPane

Optionsdialogbox.T oopentheInformationPaneOptionsdialogbox,selectthe

buttonontheActivemenu.T oopenthepage,youcanalsoselectSetupintheDepth
informationpane.

36

406273/C

3SetMinimumDepthandMaximumDepthtovaluestforthedepthatyourcurrent

location.

•TheMinimumDepthsettingeliminatesallunwantedbottomdetectionsfromthe

transducerfaceanddowntothedepthyouhavechosen.

•SettheMaximumDepthtoapproximately50%morethantheexpecteddepth.

Ifyousetmaximumdepthtoavalueidenticalorsmallerthantheminimumvalue,
thebottomdetectionalgorithmwillbedisabled.TheES80willnotdetectthe
bottomatall,andthedisplayeddepthwillbe0.00m.

Tip

Ifyouhaveproblemswithbottomdetection,youmayconsiderdisablingit.Thiscan
beusefulifyouonlywishtostudytargetsinthewatercolumn.

4SelectOKtosavetheselectedsettingsandclosethedialogbox.

Gettingstarted

Result

IftheES80shouldloosebottomdetectionduetoairorotherdisturbances,itwilltryto
relocatethedepthwithintheminimumandmaximumdepthsyouhavedened.

Checkingand/oreditingthetransceiverparameters

TheNormalOperationdialogboxlistsallthetransmissionparameters.Thedialogbox
providesonerowforeachchannelinuse.Youarepermittedtochangetheparameters.

Prerequisites

ThisprocedureassumesthattheES80systemisturnedonandoperatesnormally.The

NormalOperationdialogboxisonlyavailablewhentheES80operatesinNormalmode.

Procedure

1OntheOperationmenu,opentheNormalOperationdialogbox.

2Foreachchannel:

aSetPulseTypetoaLFMorCWmodeaspermittedbyyourlicenseandthe

transducer.

bSetModetoActive.

cSetPulseDurationtoyourchosenvalue.

dSetPowertothecorrectpowerlevelforthetransducer.

eSetStartFrequencyandEndFrequencytovaluespermittedbyyourlicense

andthetransducer.

406273/C

37

SimradES80ReferenceManual

Inthiscontext,thephrasechannelisusedasacommontermtoidentifythe
combinationoftransceiver,transducerandoperatingfrequency.

3Closethedialogbox.

TurningofftheES80

YoumustNEVERturnofftheES80bymeansoftheon/offswitchontheProcessorUnit.
YoucanclosetheES80programbyselectingExitonthetopbar.

Context

WhenyoudonotusetheES80,turnoffthedisplayandtheProcessorUnit.Ifyouare
notusingtheES80foralongperiodoftime,werecommendthatyouturnofftheWide
BandTransceiver(WBT).Usetheon/offswitchonthepowersupply,ordisengage
thecircuitbreakers.

Procedure

1SelectExitonthetopbar.

ObservethattheES80programclosesdown.

2IftheProcessorUnitdoesnotturnitselfoffautomatically,usethefunctionality

providedbytheoperatingsystemtoturnitoffmanually.

3Turnoffthedisplay.

Ifrequired,refertotheinstructionsprovidedbythedisplaymanufacturer.

4TurnoffeachWideBandTransceiver(WBT).

TheWideBandTransceiver(WBT)isnotttedwithanon/offswitch.Youcan
leavetheunitpermanentlyturnedon.IfyouarenotusingtheES80foralong
periodoftime,disconnectthepowersupply.

38

406273/C

Basicoperation

Topics

Introductiontothebasicprocedures,page39

Selectingthelanguagedisplayedinthemenusanddialogboxes,page40

Selectingwhichechogramtypetouse,page40

Adjustingthegain(echosensitivity),page42

Choosingthedepthrangeandthestartdepthfortheechograms,page43

Choosingthecoloursusedtopresenttheechograms,page45

Recordingechodata,page46

Openingthecontextsensitiveon-linehelp,page47

Gettingstarted

Introductiontothebasicprocedures

OnceyouhavepoweredupthecompleteES80system,andstartedtheES80program,
youarereadytostarttheactualoperation.Providedthatoneormoretransducersand
transceivershavebeeninstalled,theES80willreceiveinformationfromeach"ping",
andpresenttheechogramdata.

Observethesebriefprocedurestofamiliarizeyourselfwiththebasicoperation.

Theproceduresarepartlyprovidedtogetyouacquaintedwiththebasicfunctionality
offeredbytheES80,andpartlytosetuptheES80fornormaluse.TheES80startsup
usingthesamesettingsasthelasttimeyouusedit.Ifthesesettingsareacceptable,
continueoperation.

Note

TheproceduresassumethattheES80issetupwithatleastonefrequencychannel.If
thisisnotthecase,observetherelevantinstallationprocedures.Inthiscontext,the
phrasechannelisusedasacommontermtoidentifythecombinationoftransceiver ,
transducerandoperatingfrequency.

406273/C

39

SimradES80ReferenceManual

Selectingthelanguagedisplayedinthemenusanddialog boxes

YoumayprefertousetheES80withauserinterfaceinyourownlanguage.
TheLanguagefunctionallowsyoutoselectthelanguagetobeusedintheES80
presentations,menusanddialogboxes.

Context

Withafewexceptions,thechosenlanguagewillalso
beusedforallothertextsontheES80.TheES80
on-linehelpmaynotbeavailableforthelanguageyou
choose.Ifyourlanguageisnotsupported,theEnglish
on-linehelpisprovided.

Procedure

1OpentheSetupmenu.

2SelectthemiddleoftheLanguagebuttontoopenthelistofavailableoptions.

Languagefunction,page399

3Selectthelanguageyouwishtouse.

Result

Allthetextsintheuserinterface(menubuttons,dialogboxesetc)arechangedtothe
selectedlanguage.

Furtherrequirements

Thecontextsensitiveon-linehelplemayalsobeavailableinyourlanguage.Tochange
thelanguageintheon-linehelp,youmustrestarttheES80program.

Selectingwhichechogramtypetouse

TheES80supportsseveraldifferentechogramtypes.Eachechogramisshownina
separateviewintheES80presentation.T oselectwhichechogramtypesyouwishtosee
intheES80presentations,usetheEchogramdialogbox.

Context

Usethisfunctiontoselectwhatkindofechogramyouwishtoseeinthecurrent
("active")view.

40

406273/C

Gettingstarted

•Surface

ASurfaceechogramismainlyusedwhenyouwishtolookattheentirewater
columnstartingfromtheseasurfaceanddowntothebottom.Sincethisechogramis
referencedtotheseasurface,thebottomcontourwillvarywiththeactualdepth.

•Bottom

ABottomechogramismainlyusedwhenyouwishtoexaminetheechoesfromsh
closetothebottom.Sincethisechogramisreferencedtothebottom,theseasurface
willvarywiththeactualdepth,whilethebottomisdrawnat.

•Pelagic

APelagicechogramismainlyusedwhenyouwishtolookatthewatercolumn
startingfromanydistancebelowtheseasurfacedowntowardsthebottom,but
withoutseeingthebottomcontour.

•Trawl

Trawlsensorsystems(suchasSimradPI,PXandITI)communicateheadropedepth,
and/orthedistancefromtheheadropetothefootrope(trawlopening),totheES80at
regularintervals.Thisinformationisrequiredforthetrawlechogramtobegenerated.
TheTrawlechogramcoverstheverticalopeningofthetrawlwithreferencetothe
depthoftheheadrope.

Procedure

1Clickonceintheechogramviewthatyouwishtochange.

Thiswillmaketheview"active".Athickborderisplacedontheselectedview
tovisualizethis.

2OpentheActivemenu.

3SelectEchogram.

ObservethattheEchogramdialogboxopens.

4OntheleftsideoftheEchogramdialogbox,selectEchogramtoopenthepage.

5UsetheEchogramT ypefunctiontoselectthetypeyouwishtoapplytothechosen

view.

6Applythechange(s)youhavemade.

aSelectApplyifyouwishtoapplythechosensettingonlytothecurrentlyactive

echogramview.

bSelectApplytoAllifyouwishtousethechosensettingonalltheechograms

ofthesametype.

7Closethedialogbox.

Furtherrequirements

Ifnecessary,adjusttheRangeandStartRangesettingsaccordingly.

406273/C

41

SimradES80ReferenceManual

Adjustingthegain(echosensitivity)

Youcancomparethisgainsettingwiththevolumecontrolonyourcarradio.When
thegainisincreased,theechoeswillappearstronger.W eakechoeswillbeeasierto
see.However,sinceyoualsoincreasetheacousticnoiseinthereception,theES80
presentationswillalsoshowthisnoise.Toomuchgainmaytherefore"distort"the
presentation.

Context

Comparingthegainfunctionwiththevolumecontrolonyourcarradioisnotvery
accurate.Infact,thegainintheES80isconstant.TheGainfunctionisusedtoadjust
thesensitivity

increasethegainlevel(morepositivenumber),youreducetheminimumlevel,andthus
increasethesensitivity .

.Thisdonebycontrollingtheminimumlevelofdetection.Whenyou

Theechostrength(A)changeswithtime.Theminimumlevelofdetection(B)isadjusted
upordownwiththeGainfunction.IncreasingtheGainwithamorepositivenumber
reducestheminimumlevel,andthisincreasesthesensitivity.Onlyechoesoverthe
minimumlevelareshownintheechogram(C).

TheES80hasadynamicrangeof
140dB.ThismeansthattheES80
canreceivebothverystrongandvery
weakechoes.Actually,theES80will
detectechoesfromplanktontowhales,
bottomonmostdepths,andpresentthe
informationfreefromdistortion.Asa
comparison,ouroldechosounders
ES380andET100had-usinganalogue
TVG-adynamicrangecorresponding
toapproximately65dB.

Procedure

1ObservetheMainmenu.

ItsdefaultlocationisontherightsideoftheES80presentation.

42

406273/C

2ObservetheGainbutton.

Gainfunction,page312

3Thefollowingmethodscanbeusedforthisadjustment.

•Method1:Select[+]or[-]tochoosethelevel.

•Method2:Selectthemiddleofthebutton,holdthemousebuttondepressed.

Dragthecursorsidewaystoincreaseordecreasethelevel.

•Method3:Selectthemiddleofthebuttontoopenthemenu.Typetherequested

value.

YoucanonlydothisifyouhavecomputerkeyboardconnectedtoyourProcessor
Unit.

Note

Gettingstarted

DonotconfusethisGainsettingwiththeTVG(TimeV ariedGain)setting.

AdjustingtheTVG(TimeV ariableGain)setting,page93

TVGfunction,page414

Choosingthedepthrangeandthestartdepthforthe echograms

Ineachechogram,thestartdepthisdenedbytheStartRangedepthvalue.Thisisthe
"upperlimit"oftheechogram.Therangefromthisstartdepthanddownisdened
bytheRangevalue.

Context

TheRangesettingdeneshow"deep"youwishtheES80todetectechoes.Inother
words,thisistheverticaldistancebetweenthe"top"andthe"bottom"oftheechogram.
TheRangesettingspeciesthe"bottom"depth,whiletheStartRangesettingspecies
the"top"depth.ThewaytheRangeandStartRangesettingsworkdependsonthe
echogramtype.

Procedure

1ObservetheMainmenu.

ItsdefaultlocationisontherightsideoftheES80presentation.

2LocatetheStartRangefunction.

StartRangefunction,page310

406273/C

43

SimradES80ReferenceManual

3Thefollowingmethodscanbeusedforthisadjustment.

•Method1:Select[+]or[-]tochoosethelevel.

•Method2:Selectthemiddleofthebutton,holdthemousebuttondepressed.

Dragthecursorsidewaystoincreaseordecreasethelevel.

•Method3:Selectthemiddleofthebuttontoopenthemenu.Typetherequested

value.

YoucanonlydothisifyouhavecomputerkeyboardconnectedtoyourProcessor
Unit.

Note

RememberthatinaBottomechogram,theStartRangevaluemustbenegative.

4LocatetheRangefunction.

Rangefunction,page309

5Thefollowingmethodscanbeusedforthisadjustment.

•Method1:Select[+]or[-]tochoosethelevel.

•Method2:Selectthemiddleofthebuttontoopenthemenu.Selectavaluefrom

theoptionsprovided.

•Method3:Selectthemiddleofthebuttontoopenthemenu.Typetherequested

value.

YoucanonlydothisifyouhavecomputerkeyboardconnectedtoyourProcessor
Unit.

Note

ByselectingAuto,theES80automaticallyadjuststherangeaccordingtothe
currentdepth.

Example

Inasurfaceechogram,settheStartRangevalueto0meters.Thiswillmakethe
echogramstartfromtheseasurface(providedthatthetransduceroffsethasbeen
dened).SetRangetothecurrentdepthplus20meters.Theechogramwillnowshow
theareafromtheseasurfaceanddownto20meters"below"thebottom.Thebottom
contouriseasilydetectedwhenthedepthchanges.

Inabottomechogram,settheStartRangevalueto–5meters.Thiswillmakethe
echogramstartfrom5metersabovethebottom.SetRangetothe5metersplus10=15
meters.Theechogramwillnowshowtheareafrom5metersabovethedepth,anddown
to10meters"below"thebottom.Thebottomcontourwillappearasaatline.

44

406273/C

Gettingstarted

Choosingthecoloursusedtopresenttheechograms

Severaldifferentcolourscalesarepredenedandavailableforthepresentationof
echograms.Y oucaneasilychoosewhichcolourstouse.Thepresentationcolourshave
noeffectontheoperationalperformanceoftheES80.TheColourSetupdialogbox
controlsthepresentationcoloursusedbytheES80.Thisincludesthepalette("skin"),the
numberofcoloursinuse,andthecolourscale.

Context

Whichcolourscaletouseismainlyapersonalpreferencebasedonambientlight
conditions,thenatureoftheechoesandyourownexperience.

Keepinmindthatinthebasicscalewith12colours,eachdiscretecolourrepresentsa
3dBrangeofechosignalstrength.Thisimpliesthatthenextcolourisselectedevery
timetheechostrengthisdoubled.

Tip

Bydefaultyouhave64or12coloursavailabletopresenttheechoes,andaselectionof
palettes.ThecolourscalecanberetrievedanytimebyselectingColourScaleonthetop
bar.ThechosencoloursareshownatthebottomoftheES80presentation.

Ifyouchoosetousemanycolours,theresolutionoftheES80presentationisgreatly
improved.Itistheneasiertodistinguishthedifferencebetweenthevariousechoesof
differentsizeand/ortargetstrength.

Tip

YoucanadjusttheecholevelrangebymeansoftheColourScalesettings.
TheseareopenedfromtheColourScaleinformationpane.Youcanndthe
samesettingsintheInformationPaneOptionsdialogboxontheActivemenu.

Thefollowingcolourscalesareavailable.

12coloursSonarcoloursSmoothESGrayscaleBI500colours

TheSmoothEchosounderscaleisbasedonthestandard12-colourscale.Additional
colourshavebeenaddedbetweenthemtomakesmoothercolourtransitions.

Procedure

1OpentheDisplaymenu.

2SelectColourSetup.

406273/C

45

SimradES80ReferenceManual

3Selectthenumberofcoloursyouwanttouse.

Note

Ifyouwanttoapplyoneofthepredenedcolourscales,youmustselect64colours.

4Selectthecolourscaleyouwanttouse.

5Atthebottomofthedialogbox,selectApplytopreviewyourchoice(s).

6SelectOKtosavetheselectedsettingandclosethedialogbox.

Recordingechodata

TherawdatarecordingfunctionprovidedbytheES80allowsyoutosaveechodata
usingthe*.rawformat.Thedatalescanbecopiedormovedtootherrecordablemedia,
ortoanothercomputeronthenetwork.Y oucankeeptherecordedlesforscientic
studies,futurereferences,orfortrainingpurposes.Therecordingiscontrolledbythe

Recordfunction.

Prerequisites

Beforeyoustartdatarecording,makesurethatyouhavedenedwheretostoretheles.
Todenewhichdisksandfolderstousetosavethedatales,usetheFileSetuppage.
TheFileSetuppageislocatedintheOutputdialogbox.Ifyouwishtosaveyourrecorded
dataonanexternalharddisk,makesurethatitisconnectedtotheProcessorUnit.

Deningtheleandfoldersettingsfordatarecording,page97

FileSetuppage,page388

Context

OntheES80,youcansaveandrecallechoinformationusingthefollowingmethodsand
formats.

•Bitmapimages(containingthefullES80screencapture)aresavedwheneveryou
selectScreenCaptureonthetopbar.

•RawdataisrecordedusingtheRecordfunctionontheOperationmenu.

•A"historyle"isrecordedautomaticallyandcontinuously.Whentheleisfull,it
willstarttooverwritetheoldestdata,thuscreatinga"ringbuffer".

46

406273/C

Gettingstarted

Note

DonotconfusetheRecordfunctionwiththeautomaticHistoryfunction.Unlessyou
reallyneedtorecordrawdataforplaybackpurposes,youshouldusethisfunctionwith
care.Thedataleswillllyouharddiskveryfast!TheHistoryfunctionsavesthe
echogramimages

automaticallyontheProcessorUnitharddiskTheseimagescanbe
recalledusingtheHistoryinformationpane.TheinformationintheHistorypresentation
isthesameasontheoriginalechogrampresentation.

Dataleswillnormallybecomeverylarge.IfyouwishtorecordlargeamountsofES80
data,makesurethatyouhaveenoughspaceonyourharddisk.UnlessyourProcessor
Unitisequippedwithaverylargedisk,werecommendthatyousavethedatatoan
externalstoragedevice.

Procedure

1OpentheOperationmenu.

2Tostartdatarecording,opentheRecordbutton,andselectOn.

Alternatively,simplyselecttheredcircleontherightsideofthebutton.

TheRecordindicatoronthetopbarchangesitscolourtoreectthatrecording
isactive.

Recordfunction,page325

3Ifyouwishtoreducethesizeofthedataleyouarerecording,clickthemiddle

oftheRecordbuttontoopenit,andselectSplitFile.

Thecurrentleisclosed,andanewleisautomaticallystarted.

4Tostoprecording,opentheRecordbutton,andselectOff.

Alternatively,selecttheblackrectangleontheleftsideofthebuttontostopthe
recording.

Openingthecontextsensitiveon-linehelp

InstalledonyourES80youwillndacomprehensivecontextsensitiveon-linehelp
system.EverythingyoucanreadintheES80ReferenceManualcanalsobefoundin
theon-linehelp.Theon-linehelpcanbeopenedfromalldialogboxesintheES80user
interface.YoucanalsousetheHelpbuttononthetopbar.

Context

Toopentheon-linehelponitsstartpage,selectHelponthetopbar.T oreadabouta
dialogboxandtheoptionsprovided,selectthe[?]buttoninitstoprightcorner.

406273/C

47

SimradES80ReferenceManual

Navigationintheon-linehelpleismadebymeansofthemenusystemontheleftside,
aswellastheinteractivelinkswithinthedocument.

Note

TheES80on-linehelpmaynotbeavailableforthelanguageyouhavechosenforthe
userinterface.Ifyourlanguageisnotsupported,theEnglishon-linehelpisprovided.

Procedure

1SelectHelponthetopbar.

Theon-linehelpopensonitsstartpage.Observethemenuontheleftside
ofthehelpwindow.Ifyouhaveacomputerkeyboardconnected,youcan
usethesearchfunctionality.

2SelectHelpinthetoprightcornerofeachdialogbox.

Thedescriptionoftherelevantdialogboxopens.Observethemenuontheleftside
ofthehelpwindow.Ifyouhaveacomputerkeyboardconnected,youcanuse
thesearchfunctionality.

Relatedtopics

Contextsensitiveon-linehelp,page286

48

406273/C

Userinterfaceintroduction

Topics

ES80userinterfacefamiliarisation,page49

Topbardescription,page51

Informationpanes,page52

Menusystem,page55

Bottombardescription,page56

Echogramviews,page57

Gettingstarted

ES80userinterfacefamiliarisation

Bydefault,theES80presentationcoverstheentirescreen.Thevisualelementsprovide
youwiththeechoinformationyouneed,theyhelpyoutocontrolthefunctionality
neededtounderstandthisinformation,andnally,theyallowyoutocontrolthe
operationalparameters.

ThisES80screencaptureshowsyouatypicaldatareplaysituation.Y oucanseethesame
echoesfromtwodifferenttransducers,onelowfrequency(left),andonehighfrequency.
Therearetwoechogramviewsforeachtransducer.Y oucanseeseveralrectangularsonar
viewspresentingsonarechodataindifferentways.Thetopbarshowsyounavigational

406273/C

49

SimradES80ReferenceManual

informationaswellasbuttonsforkeyfunctionsandinformationpanes.Themenu
systemontherightsidegivesyoueasyaccesstoallthefunctionalityofferedbytheES80.

AT opbar

TheES80topbarislocatedonthetopofthedisplaypresentation,andstretches
fromthefarlefttothefarrightside.Thetopbargivesyoufastaccesstokey
functionalityandnavigationalinformation.Itprovidesbuttonstohideorshowthe
menu,tomakeascreencapture,toopentheMessagesdialogbox,andtoopenthe
contextsensitiveon-linehelp.Andmoreimportant,thetopbarallowsyoutosee
whendatarecordingisactive.

BReplaybar

Duringreplay,thededicatedreplaybarisshownimmediatelyunderthetopbar.
Thereplaybarallowsyoutoretrievesavedles,andtocontroltheplayback.

CEchogramviews

Bydefault,youhavetwoechogramsforeachfrequencychannel.Y oucanchoose
whichtypeofechogramyouwishtosee.Ifyouhavemorethanonefrequency
channel,theechogramsforeachchannelcanbepresentedhorizontallywithone
overtheother,orverticallynexttoeachother.Inthiscontext,thephrasechannel
isusedasacommontermtoidentifythecombinationoftransceiver,transducer
andoperatingfrequency.

DInformationpanes

TheES80offersseveralinformationpanestoprovideadditionalanddetaileddata
fromtheES80presentation.Theinformationpanesareopenedandclosedusing
thebuttonsonthetopbar.Youcanchangetheappearanceoftheinformation
panestosuityourpreferences.Y oucanchangethetransparencyandthephysical
sizeofeachpane.

EMainmenu

TheMainmenuislocatedatthetopofthemenustructure.Itoffersthe
mostcommonfunctionsforefcientuseoftheES80.Bydefault,the

Mainmenuisopen.ItispositionedontherighthandsideoftheES80

presentation.Onthetopbar,usetheMenubuttontohideorshowthemenu.

FSecondarymenus

ThebottomoftheMainmenuholdstheiconstoopen(andclose)thesecondary
menus.Selectanicontoopentherequestedmenu,selectitonemoretimetocloseit.

GBottombar

ThebottombarislocatedatthebottomoftheES80presentation,andstretchesfrom
thefarlefttothefarrightside.Thetabsonthebottombarallowsyoutochoose
channelandpresentationmode.Adedicatedtabprovidesaspecialviewforyouto
seethescreencapturesyouhavemade.Thebottombaralsoshowsyouthecurrent
colourscale,aswellasthetimeanddate.

50

406273/C

Gettingstarted

Topbardescription

TheES80topbarislocatedonthetopofthedisplaypresentation,andstretchesfromthe
farlefttothefarrightside.Thetopbargivesyoufastaccesstokeyfunctionalityand
navigationalinformation.Itprovidesbuttonstohideorshowthemenu,tomakeascreen
capture,toopentheMessagesdialogbox,andtoopenthecontextsensitiveon-linehelp.
Andmoreimportant,thetopbarallowsyoutoseewhendatarecordingisactive.

ALogoandproductname

Thisinformationidentiesthebrandandtheproduct.

BMenubutton

Selectthisbuttontohideorshowthemenu.

CScreenCapture/Event/Record

SelectScreenCapturetomakeacopyofthecurrentES80presentation.Select

Eventtoinitiateaneventannotationontheechogram.TheRecordindicatorshows

youwhenrecordingisactive.

DInformationpanes

Eachinformationpaneisopenedandclosedwithitsdedicatedbuttononthetopbar.

ENavigationalinformation

Thesearenotbuttons,butseparateread-outsthatshowusefulinformationrelatedto
thevesseland/orES80navigationandoperation.Theinformationshownonthe
ES80topbarmustnotbeusedforvesselnavigation!

FDepthAlarm

Ifthecurrentdepthchangestoexceedthelimitsyouhavechosen,thealarmis
triggered.Double-clickDepthAlarmtoopentheAlarmLimitsdialogbox.

GMessagesbutton

Byashing,theMessagesbuttonshowsyouthattheES80hasissuedamessage.
Thecolourofthetrianglereectstheseverityofthemostseriousmessage.Select
thebuttontoopentheMessagesdialogbox.

HOperatingsystembuttons

Theoperatingsystembuttonsopenthecontextsensitiveonlinehelp,minimizeand
maximizethepresentationwindow,andclosedowntheES80program.

406273/C

51

SimradES80ReferenceManual

Informationpanes

TheES80offersseveralinformationpanestoprovideadditionalanddetaileddatafrom
theES80presentation.Theinformationpanesareopenedandclosedusingthebuttons
onthetopbar.

Beforeyouopenaninformationpane,youmustrstclickinanechogramviewtomake
it"active".Bydoingthisyouselectthechannel.Inthiscontext,thephrasechannel
isusedasacommontermtoidentifythecombinationoftransceiver,transducerand
operatingfrequency.

Selecttherelevantbuttononthetopbartoopentheinformationpane.

Inmostcases,thedataintheinformationpaneisonlyvalidfortheselectedchannel.

Toclosetheinformationpane,selectthebuttononthetopbaronemoretime.Youcan
alsoselectCloseinthetoprightcornerofthepane.

TheES80offersthefollowinginformationpanes(fromleft).

•History

TheHistoryinformationpaneallowsyoutoviewpreviouslyrecordedechogram
sequences.Donotconfusethisfunctionwiththerecordingfunctionality.TheHistory
functionsavestheechogramimagesautomaticallyontheProcessorUnitharddisk
TheinformationintheHistorypresentationisthesameasontheoriginalechogram
presentation.

Historyinformationpanedescription,page234

•ColourScale

TheColourScaleinformationpaneallowsyoutoviewthecurrentcolourscalein
use,andtomakechangestotheecholevelsitpresents.

ColourScaleinformationpanedescription,page235

•Depth

TheDepthinformationpaneprovidesthewaterdepthinthecurrentechogramview.
Ifyouhaveseveralechogramviewsopen,youcanplaceonepaneineachview.

Depthinformationpanedescription,page237

•Biomass

TheBiomassinformationpanedisplaysanindexofthebiomassinthecurrent
echogramview.ThebiomassindexisthesameastheNASC(Nauticalareascattering

2

strength)withunitm

2

/nmi

.

Biomassinformationpanedescription,page239

52

406273/C

Gettingstarted

•SchoolResponse

TheSchoolResponseinformationpaneshowsyouthevolumebackscatterasa
functionofthefrequency.Theinformationisprovidedasaplotthatshowsthehow
theechostrengthforagroupoftargets(forexampleaschoolofsh)changewith
theoperationalfrequency.Thisfunctionalityallowsyoutoidentifythenatureofthe
schools,anddiscriminatebetweenthem.Theinformationpanecanonlybeopened
whentheES80operateswithFM("chirp")transmissions.

SchoolResponseinformationpanedescription,page242

•BottomHardness

TheBottomHardnessinformationpaneshowsyouthecurrentbottomreectivity.
Thisindicateswhattypeofbottomyouhaveunderyourkeel.Thevalueiscalculated
usingthebottomechostrengthinthecurrentping.

BottomHardnessinformationpanedescription,page244

•SizeDistribution

TheSizeDistributioninformationpaneshowsahistogramoftheechoesdetected
fromsingleshes.Thehistogrampresentstheactualsizeoftheshinweightor
length,orwithechostrength(shownindB).TheSizeDistributioninformationpane
onlyworkswhenyouhaveasplit-beamtransducer.

SizeDistributioninformationpanedescription,page246

•FishPosition

TheFishPositioninformationpaneshowsthepositionofthedetectedsinglesh
echoes.Thecurrentping(largestcircles)andthethreepreviousping(smallercircles)
areshown.Theviewis"fromabove".Thecoloursindicatetheechostrength.The
FishPositioninformationpaneonlyworkswhenyouuseasplit-beamtransducer.

FishPositioninformationpanedescription,page248

•EchoPosition

TheEchoPositioninformationpaneshowsthepositionofthedetectedsingleechoes
withinthebeam.Thecurrentping(largestcircles)andthethreepreviousping
(smallercircles)areshown.Theviewis"fromtheside".Thecoloursindicatethe
echostrength.TheEchoPositioninformationpanerequirestheuseofasplit-beam
transducer.

EchoPositioninformationpanedescription,page250

•Zoom

TheZoominformationpaneallowsyoutomagnifyachosenareaofthecurrent
echogram.

Zoominformationpanedescription,page252

406273/C

53

SimradES80ReferenceManual

Tip

Youcaneasilychangethephysicalsizeandshapeofeachinformation
pane.Clickinitslowerrightcorner ,anddragtoanewsize.
TheTransparencyfunctionallowsyoutoadjusthowmuchyouareabletosee"through"
theinformationpanesyouhaveopened.TheTransparencyfunctionislocatedonthe

Displaymenu.

Relatedtasks

Increasingthevisibilityoftheinformationpanes,page145

Retrievingthelatestechogramhistory,page127

Disablingtheautomaticechogramhistoryrecording,page128

ChangingthecolourscaleintheES80presentations,page129

OpeningtheDepthinformationpanetoreadthecurrentdepth,page131

Investigatingthebiomass,page132

ChangingthecalculationparametersfortheBiomassinformationpane,page133

Investigatingthebottomcharacteristics,page138

Selectingshspeciesandchangingtheirsizetoimprovethesizedistribution
information,page139

ChangingthecalculationparametersfortheSizeDistributioninformationpane,page140

UsingtheZoominformationpanetostudydetailsintheechogram,page140

Relatedfunctions

Transparencyfunction,page329

Relateddialogboxes

InformationPaneOptionsdialogbox,page433

54

406273/C

Gettingstarted

Menusystem

ThemenusystemisbydefaultlocatedontherighthandsideoftheES80presentation.
Themenusareorganizedinatreestructurewithamainmenu,asetofsecondarymenus,
andseveralmenubuttons.Someofthemenubuttonsopendialogboxesorsub-menusto
offeradditionalchoices.

TheMainmenuislocatedatthetopofthemenu
structure.Itoffersthemostcommonfunctionsfor
efcientuseoftheES80.Unlessyouhidetheentire
menusystemfromview,theMainmenuisvisibleat
alltimes,evenifyouclosethesecondarymenus.

BelowtheMainmenu,asetofdedicatediconsareused
toopenthesecondarymenus.

AOperationmenu:TheOperationmenuoffersthemostcommonfunctionsforbasic

ES80operation.

BDisplaymenu:TheDisplaymenuprovidesbasicfunctionsrelatedtothescreen

behaviourandpresentationofES80data.

CSetupmenu:TheSetupmenuprovidesbasicfunctionsrelatedtotheES80

installationparametersanditscommunicationwithperipheralsystems.

DActivemenu:TheActivemenuoffersparametersrelatedtocurrentviewsanddata

presentationsshownbytheES80.

EExtrasmenu:TheExtrasmenuis-inspiteofitsnameandlocation-notamenuat

all.This"menu"opensasmallviewtomonitorkeyoperationalparameters.

Tip

Unlessyouneedtomakefrequentchangestotheoperatingparameters,you
maywanttohidethemenufromtheES80presentation.Thiswillgiveyoumore
spacetopresentechodata.T ohidethemenu,selectMenuonthetopbar .Toretrieveit,
selectMenuonemoretime.Whenthemenuishidden,itistemporarilyshownontheleft
orrightsideoftheES80presentationifyoumovethecursortothatposition.

406273/C

55

SimradES80ReferenceManual

Bottombardescription

ThebottombarislocatedatthebottomoftheES80presentation,andstretchesfromthe
farlefttothefarrightside.Thetabsonthebottombarallowsyoutochoosechanneland
presentationmode.Adedicatedtabprovidesaspecialviewforyoutoseethescreen
capturesyouhavemade.Thebottombaralsoshowsyouthecurrentcolourscale,as
wellasthetimeanddate.

Thenumberoftabsavailableonthebottombardependsonhowmanychannelsyour
ES80has.T wotab"groups"allowyoutoselectchannelsandviews.Thisexampleshows
theES80withtwochannels.Inthiscontext,thephrasechannelisusedasacommon
termtoidentifythecombinationoftransceiver,transducerandoperatingfrequency.

APresentationmodes

Threepresentationmodesareavailablewhenyouwishtoseealltheechogram
channelssimultaneouslyintheES80presentation.Thethreetabswillarrangethe
echogramviewsvertically,horizontally,orinrectangularrowsandcolumns.

Bydefault,theechogramviewsareautomaticallyarrangedintheES80presentation.
Youcanclickanddragtheborderofeachindividualviewtochangeitssize.The
sizeoftheotherviewsarereducedaccordingly.

BSelectingindividualechogramchannels

Eachchannelisshownwithadedicatedtab.Thechannelisidentiedwiththe
nameofthetransducerinuse.Thisnameisthecustomnameyouprovidedwhen
youinstalledthetransducer.Selectaspecictransducertabtoseeonlythatchannel
intheES80presentation.

Relatedtasks

Selectingechogramviewsonthebottombar,page108

56

406273/C

Gettingstarted

Echogramviews

TheES80supportsseveraldifferentechogramtypes.Eachechogramisshownina
separateviewintheES80presentation.ThetabsatthebottomoftheES80presentation
allowsyoutochoosewhichchannelstoopen.

Supportedechogramtypes

•Surface

ASurfaceechogramismainlyusedwhenyouwishtolookattheentirewater
columnstartingfromtheseasurfaceanddowntothebottom.Sincethisechogram
isreferencedtotheseasurface,thebottomcontourwillvarywiththeactualdepth.
IfyousetuptheStartRangeandRangedepthstoplacethebottomcontouratthe
lowerendoftheechogram,youwillhavegoodopportunitytostudytheechoesfrom
thewatercolumn.

Surfaceechogramdescription,page257

•Bottom

ABottomechogramismainlyusedwhenyouwishtoexaminetheechoesfromsh
closetothebottom.Sincethisechogramisreferencedtothebottom,theseasurface
willvarywiththeactualdepth,whilethebottomisdrawnat.Thismakesiteasy
tostudytheechoesfromthebottom.Y oucaninvestigatethebottomconditionsand
hardness,anddetectsh.

Bottomechogramdescription,page260

•Pelagic

APelagicechogramismainlyusedwhenyouwishtolookatthewatercolumn
startingfromanydistancebelowtheseasurfacedowntowardsthebottom,but
withoutseeingthebottomcontour.Pelagicechogramsareusefulwhenyouworkin
deeperwaters.Thereducedrangeandthefactthatyoudonotneedtowaitforthe
bottomechomeansthattheES80'spingrateisincreased.

Pelagicechogramdescription,page263

•Trawl

Trawlsensorsystems(suchasSimradPI,PXandITI)communicateheadropedepth,
and/orthedistancefromtheheadropetothefootrope(trawlopening),totheES80at
regularintervals.Thisinformationisrequiredforthetrawlechogramtobegenerated.
TheTrawlechogramcoverstheverticalopeningofthetrawlwithreferencetothe
depthoftheheadrope.Inadditiontothetrawlopening,theechogramcoversacertain
rangeoverandunderthetrawlopening.

Trawlechogramdescription,page265

Selectingwhichechogramtypetouse

Onceoneormoreechogramviewsareopen,youcan
choosewhichechogramtypetosee.

Clickonceintheechogramviewthatyouwishtochange.Thiswillmaketheview
"active".Athickborderisplacedontheselectedviewtovisualizethis.Openthe

406273/C

57

SimradES80ReferenceManual

Activemenu,clickEchogramtoopenthedialogbox,andselectEchogramTypeonthe
Echogrampage.

Ineachechogramview,youcanalsoselectfromanumberofmarkers,linesand
annotationstoenhancetheechogram,ortoprovideadditionalinformation.Thesecanbe
selectedontheLinespageintheEchogramdialogbox.

Relateddialogboxes

Echogramdialogbox,page419

Echogram:Echogrampage,page424

58

406273/C

Gettingstarted

SettinguptheES80Widebandshnding
echosounderforthersttime

Topics

Settingupsummary,page59

Adjustingthescreenresolution,page61

InstallingtheES80operationalsoftware,page62

DeningtheIPaddressontheProcessorUnitnetworkadapterforcommunicationwith
theWideBandTransceiver(WBT),page63

TurningontheES80toPassivemode,page64

Obtainingandinstallingthesoftwarelicense,page65

Installingoneormoretransducers,page67

Installingtransceiverchannels,page69

DeningtheserialandEthernet(LAN)portparameters,page71

Settinguptheinputfromanavigationsystem(GPS),page73

Settingupsummary

BeforeanewES80Widebandshndingechosoundercanbeputtouse,itmustbe
setupforoperation.

Prerequisites

•TheES80Widebandshndingechosoundersystemunitshaveallbeeinstalled

accordingtotheinstructionsintheES80Installationmanual.

•Allcableshavebeenconnectedandveried.

•Allsystemunitshavebeeninspected.

•TheES80operationalsoftwareisavailable.

•TheES80softwarelicenseisavailable.

Caution

YoumustneversettheES80intonormaloperationwhentheshipisindrydock.The
transducermaybedamagedifittransmitsinopenair.

Procedure

1Dothefollowingpreparations.

406273/C

59

SimradES80ReferenceManual

aTurnontheProcessorUnit.

bMakesurethatyouhaveadministrativerights.

cSwitchoffanyrewallapplications.

dOpentheoperatingsystems’sNetworkandSharingCenter,andsettheIP

addressforthenetworkadapterusedtocommunicatewiththetransceiver.

•IPAddress:157.237.15.12(Recommended)

•Subnetmask:255.255.255.0

2InstalltheES80operationalsoftware.

3Turnonthetransceiver(s).

4MakesurethattheProcessorUnitisconnectedtothetransceiver(s)usingthe

EthernetcablespeciedintheES80Installationmanual.

Ifyouusemorethanonetransceiver,ahighperformanceEthernetswitchmust
beused.

Note

Itisveryimportantthatahigh-qualityEthernetcableisused.Y oumustuse
CAT-5ESTP(ShieldedTwistedPair)qualityorbetter .Ifyouusecableswithlower
bandwidthcapacityyouwillreducetheES80performance.

5StarttheES80.

6OntheSoftwareLicensepage,installthesoftwarelicense(s).

7OntheT ransducerpage,installeachtransducer.

8OntheTransceiverInstallationpage,connectthetransducer(s)tothetransceiver(s).

9OntheSensorInstallationpage,setuptheinterfacestothenavigationsensors.

10Startnormaloperation.

aSetOperationtoNormal.

bIntheNormalOperationdialogbox,settheoperationalparameters.

cSetPingModetoMaximum.

dSetPingtoOn.

60

406273/C

Gettingstarted

Adjustingthescreenresolution

Somecomputershavegraphicadaptersthatarenotabletodetecttheresolutionof
thecurrentdisplay.Thislimitationcanalsobecausedbythedisplaycable,orby
imperfectionsinadisplaymatrixsystem.Insuchcases,youmustusethefunctionality
oftheoperatingsystemtoadjustthescreenresolution.

Prerequisites

ThisprocedureismadefortheMicrosoft
Windows

®

7operatingsystem.Itis

®

assumedthatyouarefamiliarwiththis
operatingsystem.

Context

Asageneralrecommendation,youshould
setthescreenresolutionashighaspossible.
Thiswillallowyoumore"space"inthe
ES80presentationtooffermoredetailed
information.Thephysicalwidthofyour
topbarwillalsobeextended,andfreespace
foriconsandnavigationalinformation.

Unlessyouchangethehardware(computer,
graphicadapterordisplay),youwillonly
needtodothisonce.

Procedure

1OntheProcessorUnit,closetheES80program.

2Inthebottom-leftcornerofyourdesktop,selecttheWindows

®

Startbutton.

3Ontheright-handsideoftheStartmenu,selectControlPanel.

4ObservethattheControlPanelopens.

5IntheControlPaneldialogbox,underAppearanceandPersonalization,selectAdjust

screenresolution.

6Changethedisplaysettings.

aMakesurethatthecorrectdisplayisshown.

bChangetheresolutiontomaximumpermittedresolutionforthedisplay.

cSelectOK.

dObservethatthescreenresolutionchanges.

eIfyouaresatisedwiththenewresolution,selectKeepchangesinthe

acknowledgedialogbox.

7Clickthe[X]inthetoprightcornertoclosetheControlPanel.

406273/C

61

SimradES80ReferenceManual

InstallingtheES80operationalsoftware

IfyourES80WidebandshndingechosounderisprovidedwithaProcessorUnit,the
ES80softwarehasalreadybeeninstalled.Ifyouintendtouseyourowncomputer,you
mustinstallthesoftwareyourself.

Prerequisites

Inordertoinstallthesoftware,youneedtherelevantlesetonasuitablemedia.Ifthe
softwareisprovidedonaCDoraDVD,andyourcomputerisnotttedwithasuitable
drive,copythelestoaUSBashdrive.

Note

MakesurethatyouhaveadministrativerightsontheProcessorUnit.Y ouneedthisto
installthesoftware.Ifyoupurchasedyourowncomputer ,youmustverifythatitmeets
thetechnicalrequirementsforusewiththeES80.Dothisbefore

youinstallthesoftware.

Context

OneormorevalidsoftwarelicensesarerequiredtooperatetheES80.Thesoftware
licensesareinstalledaftertheES80softwareinstallation.TheSoftwareLicensepageis
providedforthispurpose.

Procedure

1TurnontheProcessorUnit.

2Switchoffanyrewallapplications.

3InserttheES80softwaremedia.

IftheES80softwareisprovidedonaCDorDVD,andyourProcessorUnitisnot
ttedwithasuitabledrive,copythelestoaUSBashdrive.

4UsealemanagerapplicationontheProcessorUnittoaccessthesoftwareles.

5Double-clickSetup.exetostarttheinstallation.

Note

Iftheoperatingsystemonyourcomputerisnotsupported,theinstallationwillstop
withanerrormessage.Youmustthenupgradeyourcomputer-oruseadifferent
one-tocompletethesoftwareinstallation.

6Allowtheinstallationwizardtorun.Followtheinstructionsprovided.

Werecommendthatyouinstallthesoftwareinthedefaultfoldersuggestedbythe
wizard.Inthelastdialogboxyouarepermittedtoremoveoldsettings.Sincethisis
yourrstinstallationofthesoftware,youcandisregardthisoption.

7Oncethesoftwareinstallationhasbeencompleted,double-clicktheicononthe

desktoptostarttheprogram.

8Dependingonyouroperatingsystemparameters,certaindialogboxesmayopen.

62

406273/C

Gettingstarted

aTheWindows

®

7Firewallmayopenadialogboxrequestinginformationabout

thenetwork.SelectPublic,andthenselectAllowaccess.

bTheoperatingsystemmayalsoopenotherdialogboxestoverifythattheES80

softwarecanrunonthecomputer.Youmustpermitthis.

Furtherrequirements

Observethededicatedproceduresforobtainingandinstallingthesoftwarelicence(s).

DeningtheIPaddressontheProcessorUnitnetwork
adapterforcommunicationwiththeWideBandTransceiver
(WBT)

ThecommunicationbetweentheProcessorUnitandthetransceiver(s)ismadeusinga
highcapacityEthernetcable.Ifmorethanonetransceiverisused,anEthernetswitchis
added.OntheES80,thenecessaryIPaddressisgeneratedautomatically.However,we
recommendthatyoumanuallydenewhichIPAddressandSubnetmasktheEthernet
adapterintheProcessorUnitshalluseforthiscommunication.

Prerequisites

ThisprocedureismadefortheMicrosoft
thatyouarefamiliarwiththisoperatingsystem.

®

Windows

®

7operatingsystem.Itisassumed

Context

AslongasyoudonotchangetheProcessorUnittoanothercomputer,orreplacethe
networkadapterinyourProcessorUnit,youwillonlyneedtodothisonce.

Procedure

1OntheProcessorUnit,closetheES80program.

2OpentheNetworkandSharingCenterdialogbox.

aInthebottom-leftcornerofyourdesktop,selecttheWindows

®

Startbutton.

bOntheright-handsideoftheStartmenu,selectControlPanel.

cObservethattheControlPanelopens.

dSelectNetworkandSharingCenter.

aInthebottom-leftcornerofyourdesktop,selecttheWindows

®

Startbutton.

bOntheright-handsideoftheStartmenu,selectControlPanel.

cObservethattheControlPanelopens.

dSelectNetworkandSharingCenter.

(IftheControlPanelisshownwithcategories,selectViewnetworkstatusand

tasks.)

eOntheleft-handmenu,selectChangeadaptersettings.

406273/C

63

SimradES80ReferenceManual

fClickonceonyournetworkadaptertoselectit,thenright-clickandselect

Propertiesontheshortcutmenu.

gOnthelistofconnections,selectInternetProtocol4(TCP/IPv4),andthen

Properties.

3SelectUsethefollowingIPaddress,andtypetheIPaddressandnetworkmask.

•IPAddress:157.237.15.12(Recommended)

•Subnetmask:255.255.255.0

YoucanleaveSubnetmaskblankandselectOK.Whenyouseeanerrormessage
sayingthatthemessagesubnetmaskismissing,selectOKagain.Adefaultsubnet
maskisthenautomaticallygenerated.

4SelectOKtosavetheselectedsettings,andthencloseallthedialogboxes.

Furtherrequirements

IfyoulaterneedtochangetheIPaddress,alwaysrestartthetransceiverbeforeyou
starttheES80.

TurningontheES80toPassivemode

InordertousetheES80,youmustrstturniton.Inthissituationwedonotwantthe
ES80totransmit,sowewillleaveitinPassivemode.

Prerequisites

ThisprocedureassumesthattheentireES80installationhasbeeninspected.Allpower
sourceshavebeenmeasuredandveried.Allsystemcablesandconnectorshavebeen
checkedandtested.TheES80hasbeeninstalledontheProcessorUnit.

Context

Theprogramisnot
operatingsystemhasstarted,selecttheES80programicononthedesktop.

WhentheES80ispoweredupandsettoNormalmode,itwillusethetransducerto
transmitacousticpulsesintothewater.

Caution

YoumustneverstartES80transmissions("pinging")whentheshipisindrydock.The
transducermaybedamagedifittransmitsinopenair.

automaticallystartedwhentheProcessorUnitisturnedon.Oncethe

Procedure

1MakesurethattheWideBandTransceiver(WBT)isturnedon.

TheWideBandTransceiver(WBT)powersupplyisttedwithanon/offswitch.

64

406273/C

2Turnonthedisplay.

Ifrequired,refertotheinstructionsprovidedbythedisplaymanufacturer.

3TurnontheProcessorUnit.

Waitwhiletheoperatingsystemloads.

4Double-clicktheES80iconontheProcessorUnitdesktoptostarttheprogram.

5Selectusersettings.

Duringtheprogramload,adialogboxappearstoletyouchoosefromthecurrent
usersettingsavailableontheES80.Thedialogboxisonlyvisibleafewseconds.
Youdonotneedtomakeachoicehere.Y oucanselectyourpredenedusersetting
atanytimebymeansoftheUserSettingsdialogboxontheMainmenu.

6OncetheES80programhasstarted,observethatthepresentationllstheentire

screen.

Gettingstarted

Obtainingandinstallingthesoftwarelicense

TooperatetheES80withatransceiveryouneedavalidsoftwarelicense.Beforeyoucan
usetheES80youmustobtaina"licensestring"andinstallitonyourProcessorUnit.
Withoutalicenseyouwillnotbeabletocommunicatewiththetransceiver.

Prerequisites

ThisprocedureassumesthattheES80operatingsoftwarehasbeensuccessfullyinstalled
ontheProcessorUnit.

Context

Thesoftwarelicenseisa32characterhexadecimalstringbasedonthetransceiver’sserial
number.Itdenesseveralkeyparametersthatcontrolthefunctionalityandbehaviour
ofthetransceiver(s)youuse.Eachsoftwarelicensecode"unlocks"oneWideBand
Transceiver(WBT)foroperationalusewithasetofpredenedproperties.

ThesoftwarelicenseisnotlinkedtothephysicalProcessorUnit.Y oucantherefore
easilymovethesoftwarefromonecomputertoanother,justremembertomakeacopy
ofthelicensestring.

InordertoobtainasoftwarelicenseyoumustcontactaSimraddealerordistributor.You
canalsousetherequestformonhttp://www .simrad.com/support,orcontactoursupport
departmentdirectly.

406273/C

65

SimradES80ReferenceManual

Note

ThisprocedureisonlyvalidifyourES80shalloperatewithaWideBandTransceiver
(WBT).

Onceyoureceiveyoursoftwarelicensestring(s),donotlosethem

.W esuggestthatyou
copytheinformationintoatextle(forexampleNotepad),andaddrelevantinformation.
PlacethetextleontheProcessorUnitdesktop,andmakesurethatbackupcopies
aremade.

Procedure

1Obtainthenecessaryinformationaboutyourtransceiver(s)andtransducer(s).

Writedown:

aTheserialnumberforeachtransceiver.

bWhichtransducersyouhaveconnectedtoeachtransceiver.

cThecenterfrequencyforeachtransducer.

dTheQ-valueforeachtransducer.

eThemaximumnominalpowerratingforeachtransducer.

2SendthenecessaryinformationtooneofSimrad'sdealersordistributors.

Youcanalsousetherequestformonhttp://www.simrad.com/support,orcontact
oursupportdepartmentdirectly.

Youcanusethefollowinge-mailaddress:

•[e-mail]

Oncethesoftwarelicensestring(s)havebeenreturnedtoyou(mostlikelybye-mail),
youcaninstallthelicensesintothesoftware.

3OpentheSetupmenu.

4OntheSetupmenu,selectInstallation.

ObservethattheInstallationdialogboxopens.Thisdialogboxcontainsanumber
ofpagesselectedfromthemenuontheleftside.

5OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,selectSoftwareLicense.

ObservethattheSoftwareLicensepageopens.

6SelectTypeLicenseString,andtypethelicensestringintothedialogbox.

IfyoudonothaveacomputerkeyboardconnectedtoyourES80system,selectthe

Keyboardbuttontoopenanon-screenkeyboard.Ifyouhavereceivedthelicense

stringonanelectronicformat(e-mailortextle),youcancopythestringfromthe
sourcedocumentandpasteitintotheTypeLicenseStringdialogbox.

7SelectOKtosavethelicensestringandclosetheT ypeLicenseStringdialogbox.

66

406273/C

Gettingstarted

8VerifythatthelicensestringisplacedintheCurrentlyactivelicenseslist.

Ifnecessary,selectthelicensestringontheleftside,andclickthearrowbutton[>]
tomoveittotheCurrentlyactivelicenseslist.

9SelectApplyandthenClosetosavealltheparametersandclosetheInstallation

dialogbox.

Installingoneormoretransducers

ThetransducersyouwishtousewiththeES80mustbe"installed"asapartofthe
softwareconguration.Whichtransducerstousedependsonthenumberoftransceivers
inyoursystem,andthelicensesyouhaveforthese.Unlessyoureplaceabroken
transducer,oraddanew,youonlyneedtodothisonce.

Prerequisites

ItisassumedthattheES80softwarehasbeeninstalled,andthatallrelevantlicense
stringshavebeenapplied.Youneedtoknowthetypeandserialnumberofeach
transducerthatyouwishtoinstall.

Context

EachtransducerisaddedusingtheT ransducerInstallationpage.TheTransducer

InstallationpageislocatedintheInstallationdialogbox.

YoucanonlychooseatransducerfromtheModellist.Thelistisgeneratedfromasystem
leonyourProcessorUnit.Itcontainsallthetransducersthatarecompatiblewiththe
WideBandTransceiver(WBT),butsincethesoftwareiscommonforseveralsystems
theremayalsobenon-compatibletransducersinthelist.Thelistalsoincludestechnical
specicationsforeachtransducer.Y oucannotseethisinformation,butitisusedby
theES80tosetuptheoperationalparameters.ThisallowstheWideBandTransceiver
(WBT)tooptimizeitsperformancefortheindividualtransducermodels.

Ifyoucannotndyourtransducerinthelist,contactyoudealer,agentorKongsberg
MaritimetoupgradetherelevantsoftwarecomponentintheES80.

Note

JustmakingchangesandselectingOKatthebottomofthepagewillnotinstallanything.
Selectwhattoinstall,denetherelevantparameters,andthenselectAdd.

Procedure

1OpentheSetupmenu.

2OntheSetupmenu,selectInstallation.

ObservethattheInstallationdialogboxopens.Thisdialogboxcontainsanumber
ofpagesselectedfromthemenuontheleftside.

406273/C

67

SimradES80ReferenceManual

3OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,selectTransducerInstallation.

TransducerInstallationpage,page348

4SelectthetransduceryouwishtoinstallfromtheModellist.

Note

Makesurethatyouselectatransducerthatissupportedbyyourcurrentlicense.

5Inserttheserialnumber.

Thisserialnumberisusedasareferenceidentication.Thetransducerinstallation
willworkevenifyoudonotaddthisserialnumber.SomenewSimradtransducers
withbuilt-in"intelligence"willautomaticallyprovidethisserialnumber.

6TypethenameyouwishtouseintotheCustomNamebox.

Typeanynamethatyouwishtousetoidentifythetransducer.Thenameyouselect
willonlybeusedtoidentifythetransducerinotherdialogboxes.Itisnotusedin
theechodatathatyouexport.Ifyoudonothaveacomputerkeyboardconnectedto
yourES80system,selecttheKeyboardbuttontoopenanon-screenkeyboard.

7Selectmountingmethod.

8Specifytheorientationofthetransducerbeam.

9Providetheaccuratephysicallocationofthetransducerwithreferencetothe

vessel’scoordinatesystem.

Usethecentreofthetransducerfaceasreference,anddenetheoffsetvalues
relatedtotheShipOrigin.Theinstallationanglesrelevantforthetransducermust
alsobedened.Thesevalueswererecordedduringthetransducerinstallation,and
theydenethedirectionofthetransducerface.

aSelecttheoffsetvalueontheXaxis(fore-and-aftdirection)fromtheShip

Origin.AdjustwithapositivevalueforXifthetransducerislocatedahead
oftheshiporigin.

bSelecttheoffsetvalueontheYaxis(athwartship)fromtheShipOrigin.

AdjustwithapositivevalueforYifthetransducerislocatedonthestarboard
sideoftheshiporigin.

cSelecttheoffsetvalueontheZaxis(vertical)fromtheShipOrigin.Adjust

withapositivevalueforZifthetransducerislocatedunder

theshiporigin.

10SelectAddtosavetheinformationyouhaveprovided.

ThetransducerisaddedtothelistintheInstalledT ransducersbox.

11Repeatforeachtransducerthatyouwishtoinstall.

12ContinueyourworkintheInstallationdialogbox,orselectOKtocloseit.

68

406273/C

Gettingstarted

Result

Onceatransducerhasbeeninstalled,itislistedintheInstalledTransducersbox.Tosee
theinformationyouhavecollectedaboutthetransducer,selecttherelevanttransducer
inthelist.

TheEditfunctionalityontheTransducerInstallationpagemakesitpossibletochange
theinformationyouhaveprovidedforthetransducer.Y oucannotchangethemodel
identicationandtheserialnumber.Thecustomnameisusedseveralplacesintheuser
interface,anditcanbechanged.

TheRemovefunctionalityontheT ransducerInstallationpagemakesitpossibletodelete
theinformationyouhaveprovidedforthetransducer.Thereisno"undo"functionality.

Installingtransceiverchannels

InordertousetheES80,theProcessorUnitmustbeconnectedtooneormore
transceivers,andeachofthemmustinturnbeconnectedtooneormoretransducers.
Eachchannelmustbeinstalledbeforeitcanbeputtouse.Inthiscontext,thephrase
channelisusedasacommontermtoidentifythecombinationoftransceiver,transducer
andoperatingfrequency.

Prerequisites

TheES80isinstalledasspeciedintheES80Installationmanual.

•Allcablesareconnectedandtested.

•Eachtransceiverispoweredup.

•Thesoftwarelicenseforeachtransceiverisinstalledandactivated.

•TheEthernetadapterintheProcessorUnitissetupwithauniqueIPaddress.

•AllrelevanttransducersareinstalledusingtheTransducerpage.

Context

TheTransceiverInstallationparameterscontroltheinstallationanddisconnectionof
transceivers.Everytimethepageisopened,theES80softwareautomaticallyperformsa
searchontheEthernetnetworkfortransceivers.

ThelistintheupperpartontheTransceiverInstallationpageshowsyouanoverview
ofthetransceiversandchannelsthatarecurrentlyavailable.Inthiscontext,thephrase
channelisusedasacommontermtoidentifythecombinationoftransceiver,transducer
andoperatingfrequency.Eachchannelisidentiedbythetransceivertypeandserial
numberandthetransducer(s)inuse.Thecurrentstatusforeachchannelisalsoprovided.

•Busy:Thechannelisalreadyinuse,probablybyanotherechosounderonthesame

network.Y oucannotconnecttothischannel.

•Installed:ThischannelisconnectedtoyourES80system.

•Lost:Thischannelcannotbeused.

406273/C

69

SimradES80ReferenceManual

•Available:Thischannelisvacantandreadyforuse.

Note

WhenyouworkintheInstallationdialogbox,youmustalwaysselectApplytosavethe
changesmadeonapage.Youmustdothisbefore

youcontinueworkingonadifferent

page.

Procedure

1OpentheSetupmenu.

2OntheSetupmenu,selectInstallation.

ObservethattheInstallationdialogboxopens.Thisdialogboxcontainsanumber
ofpagesselectedfromthemenuontheleftside.

3OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,selectTransceiver.

Transceiverpages,page352

TransceiverInstallationpage,page353

4Installthechannels(s).

aObservethatthetransceiver(s)youhaveconnectedtotheProcessorUnitare

listed.

Eachtransceiverisidentiedwithtypeandserialnumber.Theavailable
channelsoneachtransceiverarelistedseparately.

bForeachchannel,choosewhichtransducertoconnectto.

Thelistoftransducersavailableforinstallationisdenedbythoseyou
installedontheTransducerpage.

Note

Thisisacriticaltask.Makesurethatthecorrecttransducerisselected.

cObservethatthestatusfortherelevantfrequencychannelschangetoInstalled.

70

406273/C

Tip

Ifnotransceiversarelisted:

•SelectBrowseintheTransceiverBrowsingbox,andopentheLocalIPAddress
box.SelectthecorrectaddressfortheEthernetadapteryouareusing.Thiswill
maketheES80searchthenetworkforavailabletransceivers.

•Checkthateachtransceiverhasbeenturnedon.

•VerifythattheEthernetcommunicationbetweentheunitsisoperational.

•IfyouareusinganEthernetswitch,makesurethatitworks.

5Atthebottomofthepage,selectApplytosaveyoursettings.

6Repeatuntilallthechannelshavebeeninstalled.

7ContinueyourworkintheInstallationdialogbox,orselectOKtocloseit.

Gettingstarted

Result

Whenallchannelshavebeeninstalled,youcanstartnormaloperation.

Caution

YoumustneverstartES80transmissions("pinging")whentheshipisindrydock.The
transducermaybedamagedifittransmitsinopenair.

DeningtheserialandEthernet(LAN)portparameters

Foranysensorinterfacetowork,thecommunicationparametersmustbesetupcorrectly.
TheES80softwareautomaticallyscanstheProcessorUnittolocateandidentifythe
availablecommunicationports.Oncethesoftwarehasestablishedalistofvalid
interfaces,youcansetupandcontrolthecommunicationparameters.

Prerequisites

Thisprocedureassumesthat:

•YouhaveavacantinterfaceportonyourProcessorUnit.

•YouarefamiliarwithNMEAandotherrelevantdatagramformats.

•Youknowhowtosetuptheparametersforserialandlocalareanetwork(LAN)
communication.

•Thecommunicationparametersrequiredforthesensorinterfaceareknown.

Context

TheI/OSetuppageprovidestwolists;oneforserialportsandoneforEthernet
(LAN)ports.Eachlistissupportedwithasetoffunctionstosetupandmonitorthe

406273/C

71

SimradES80ReferenceManual

communicationports.Selecttheportyouwanttoworkwithandthenselectoneof
thebuttonsbelowthelist.

Tip

TheSensorspageintheBITE(Built-InTestEquipment)dialogboxprovidesanoverview
ofallthecommunicationlinesandsensorsinuse.Allrelevantstatusinformationis
provided.Y ouopentheBITEdialogboxfromtheSetupmenu.

WhenyouworkintheInstallationdialogbox,youmustalwaysselectApplytosavethe
changesmadeonapage.Y oumustdothisbefore

youcontinueworkingonadifferent

page.

Procedure

1OpentheSetupmenu.

2OntheSetupmenu,selectInstallation.

ObservethattheInstallationdialogboxopens.Thisdialogboxcontainsanumber
ofpagesselectedfromthemenuontheleftside.

3OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,selectI/OSetup.

4ObservethattheavailableserialandnetworkinterfaceportsontheProcessorUnit

arelisted.

5SetuptherelevantserialorEthernet(LAN)communicationparameters.

aSelecttheinterfaceportyouwishtosetup.

bSelectSetupbelowthelisttoopentheSerialPortSetuporLANPortSetup

dialogbox.

cSetuptherelevantserialorEthernet(LAN)communicationparameters.

ThecommunicationparametersdenedforNMEA0183are:

•BaudRate:4800b/s

•DataBits:8

•Parity:None

•StopBits:1

Someinstrumentsmayofferotherparametersand/oroptions.Y oumustalways
checktherelevantdocumentationprovidedbythemanufacturer.

dSelectOKtosavetheselectedsettingsandclosethedialogbox.

6Atthebottomofthepage,selectApplytosaveyoursettings.

7Repeatforanyothercommunicationportsthatyouneedtosetup.

8ClosetheInstallationdialogbox.

72

406273/C

Gettingstarted

Settinguptheinputfromanavigationsystem(GPS)

FortheES80touseandoffercorrectnavigationalinformation,oneormoreexternal
sensorsmustbeconnected.Typicalsensorsarethosethatprovidespeed,headingand
geographicalposition.Toselectwhichsensorstoinstall,usetheSensorInstallation
page.Y ourcurrentpositionisshownonthetopbarifyouhaveenabledthisinthe

DisplayOptionsdialogbox.

Prerequisites

Thisprocedureassumesthat:

•YouhaveavacantinterfaceportonyourProcessorUnit.

•YouarefamiliarwithNMEAandotherrelevantdatagramformats.

•Youknowhowtosetuptheparametersforserialandlocalareanetwork(LAN)
communication.

•Theinterfaceportissetupwiththecorrectcommunicationparameters.

•TheES80isturnedon,anditisworkingnormally.

•ThenewsensorisphysicallyconnectedtotheES80usingaserialornetworkcable.It
isswitchedonandinnormaloperation.

Neithertoolsnorinstrumentsarerequired.

Context

TheSensorInstallationpageallowsyourES80tocommunicatewithexternalsensors
andsystems.Youmustspecifywhichcommunicationporttouse(LAN(LocalArea
Network)orserialport).Y oucantypeacustomnametoidentifythesensorimport.In
thelistofvaliddatagramformats,selecttheformat(s)tobeacceptedbytheES80.Once
asensorhasbeenchosen,youmustselecttheoffsetvaluesthatdenethesensor’s
physicallocationrelativetoyourvessel’scoordinatesystem.

Note

JustmakingchangesandselectingOKatthebottomofthepagewillnotinstallanything.
Selectwhattoinstall,denetherelevantparameters,andthenselectAdd.

Procedure

1Connectthenavigationsystemtoanavailablecommunicationportonyour

ProcessorUnit.

ThisisdescribedintheES80Installationmanual.

2OpentheSetupmenu.

406273/C

73

SimradES80ReferenceManual

3OntheSetupmenu,selectInstallation.

ObservethattheInstallationdialogboxopens.Thisdialogboxcontainsanumber
ofpagesselectedfromthemenuontheleftside.

4OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,selectSensorInstallation.

5ForType,selecttheGPSsensortoimportinformationfromaglobalpositioning

system.

6Selectwhichportyouwanttoimportthesensorinformationon.

7Ifyouwanttocheckthecommunicationparameters,selectInspectPort.

Note

Youcannotmakeanychangeshere.T ochangethecommunicationparameters,
usetheI/OSetuppage.

8IfyouwanttocheckthattheperipheralsystemistransmittingdatatotheES80,

selectMonitor.

ThePortMonitordialogboxprovidesonetextboxforincomingmessages(Rx

Data),andoneforoutgoingmessages(TxData).Usetheseboxesandyour

knowledgeofthedatacommunicationtoinvestigatethedatagrams.ThePort

Monitordialogboxisatoolfordebuggingpurposes.Itisneitherrequirednor

intendedfornormaloperationoftheES80.

9Typeacustomnametoidentifytheinterfaceinotherdialogboxes.

10Selectwhichdatagram(s)youwanttoimportfromthesensor.

11Ifrelevant,specifyadedicatedtalkerID.

12Providetheaccuratephysicallocationofthesensor(oritsantenna)withreference

tothevessel’scoordinatesystem.

ThepositionofcertainsensorsmustbedenedasanoffsettotheShipOrigininthe
coordinatesystemtomaximizeperformance.Theseoffsetvaluesareallrequired
toallowtheES80togiveyouasaccurateinformationaspossible.Thedegreeof
accuracyofferedbytheES80isdirectlyrelatedtotheaccuracyoftheinformation
youenterontheSensorInstallationpage.

aSelecttheoffsetvalueontheXaxis(fore-and-aftdirection)fromtheShip

Origin.AdjustwithapositivevalueforXifthesensorislocatedahead

ofthe

shiporigin.

bSelecttheoffsetvalueontheYaxis(athwartship)fromtheShipOrigin.

AdjustwithapositivevalueforYifthesensorislocatedonthestarboard
sideoftheshiporigin.

cSelecttheoffsetvalueontheZaxis(vertical)fromtheShipOrigin.Adjust

withapositivevalueforZifthesensorislocatedundertheshiporigin.

74

406273/C

Gettingstarted

13SelectAddtosavethenewsensorinterfaceyouhavedened.

ThesensorinterfaceisaddedtotheInstalledSensorslistontheSensorInstallation
page.

14Atthebottomofthedialogbox,selectApplytosaveyoursettings.

15Repeatforeachsensorinterfacethatyouneedtosetup.

16ContinueyourworkintheInstallationdialogbox,orselectOKtocloseit.

Furtherrequirements

OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialogbox,selectSensorConguration.Denethe
priorityofthedatagrams,andsetuprelevantcongurationparameters.

Contextsensitiveon-linehelp

ES80hasacomprehensivecontext-sensitiveon-linehelpsystem.Allinformationinthe
ES80ReferenceManualcanalsobefoundintheon-linehelp.

Thecontextsensitiveon-linehelpislocatedinasingleproprietaryMicrosoft

®

CHM
le.ThisCHMlewillrunonanycomputerwithaMicrosoftoperatingsystem.Y ou
canalsocopytheCHMletoanytabletdeviceifyouhaveareaderapplicationthat
supportstheCHMformat.

Note

DuetolimitationsdenedbyMicrosoft

®

,CHMleswillnotopenfromwebsitesand

servers.

Toopenthehelpsystem,selectHelpinanydialogbox.Thiswillprovideinstantaneous
informationabouttherelevantdialogbox.Linkstorelatedproceduresandtopicsare
provided.Navigationintheon-linehelpleismadebymeansofthemenusystemon
theleftside,aswellastheinteractivelinkswithinthedocument.

Note

Toopentheon-linehelponitsstartpage,selectHelponthetopbar .Toread
aboutadialogboxandtheoptionsprovided,selectthe[?]buttoninitstop
rightcorner .

TheES80on-linehelpmaynotbeavailableforthelanguageyouhavechosenforthe
userinterface.Ifyourlanguageisnotsupported,theEnglishon-linehelpisprovided.

Relatedtasks

Openingthecontextsensitiveon-linehelp,page89

Updatingtheonlinehelple,page207

Addinganonlinehelpleinanewlanguage,page208

406273/C

75

SimradES80ReferenceManual

Relatedfunctions

Helpbuttondescription,page233

76

406273/C

Operatingprocedures

Topics

Turningon/offprocedures,page78

Choosingoperationalmodeandkeytransmitparameters,page81

Operatingprocedures

Controllingthegainandrangesettings,page91

Recordingandreplayingrawechodata,page97

Savingandrecallingscreencaptures,page103

Settinguptheechogrampresentation,page106

Usingtheinformationpanestocollectdatafromtheechoes,page127

Deningsettingsrelatedtouserpreferencesandindividualcustomizing,page143

Saving,retrievingandhandlingusersettings,page154

Adjustingthetransceiverparameters,page159

Interfacingperipheralequipment,page164

Systemsetupandsoftwareinstallationprocedures,page188

MaintainingtheES80,page207

406273/C

77

SimradES80ReferenceManual

Turningon/offprocedures

Topics

TurningontheES80,page78

TurningofftheES80,page80

TurningontheES80

InordertousetheES80,youmustrstturniton.Youmustrstturnonthedisplay,
theProcessorUnit,thetransceiver(s),andtheEthernetswitch(ifapplicable).Afterthis
youcanstarttheES80program.

Prerequisites

TheES80isinstalledasspeciedintheES80Installationmanual.MinimumoneWide
BandTransceiver(WBT)withoneormoretransducershasbeenconnected.

Context

Theprogramisnot

automaticallystartedwhentheProcessorUnitisturnedon.

Double-clicktheES80iconontheProcessorUnitdesktoptostarttheprogram.

Caution

YoumustneverstartES80transmissions("pinging")whentheshipisindrydock.The
transducermaybedamagedifittransmitsinopenair.

Procedure

1MakesurethateachWideBandTransceiver(WBT)isturnedon.

TheWideBandTransceiver(WBT)powersupplyisttedwithanon/offswitch.

2Turnonthedisplay.

Ifrequired,refertotheinstructionsprovidedbythedisplaymanufacturer.

3TurnontheProcessorUnit.

Waitwhiletheoperatingsystemloads.

4Double-clicktheES80iconontheProcessorUnitdesktoptostarttheprogram.

5Selectusersettings.

Duringtheprogramload,adialogboxappearstoletyouchoosefromthecurrent
usersettingsavailableontheES80.Thedialogboxisonlyvisibleafewseconds.
Youdonotneedtomakeachoicehere.Y oucanselectyourpredenedusersetting
atanytimebymeansoftheUserSettingsdialogboxontheMainmenu.

78

406273/C

Operatingprocedures

6OncetheES80programhasstarted,observethatthepresentationllstheentire

screen.

Theprogramstartsupusingthesamesettingsasthelasttimeyouusedit.Ifthese
settingsareacceptable,continueoperation.Ifyouwishtoalteranyofthesettings,
seetherelevantprocedures.

7AtthebottomoftheMainmenu,observethattheOperationmenuiconisashing.

ItisashingtoindicatethateveniftheES80isturnedon,"pinging"isdisabled.
TheES80isinNormalmode,butTXPowerissettoOfftopreventtransmission.
Thisisforsafetyreasons.

8SelecttheOperationicontoopenthemenu.

9SetOperationtoNormal.

Operationfunction,page315

10SetPingtoOn.

Pingfunction,page321

11SetPingModetoMaximum.

ThiswillmaketheES80pingwithmaximumpingrate("speed").Thepingrate
isnormallylimitedbythemaximumrangesettings.Itwillalsobedependanton
hardwareissues.Thismaybe,forexample,howfastyourProcessorUnitcan
handletheinformationfromeachping,howfastyoursystemcommunicateswith
externalperipherals,orhowlongtimethesystemusestosavedata.

PingModefunction,page323

12ObservethattheES80starts.

Furtherrequirements

WhentheES80starts,itisveryimportantthatitdetectsthebottomcorrectly.Inmost
casesthiswilltakeplaceautomatically.However,wehaveexperiencedthatlarge
schoolsofshordifcultbottomconditionshavedeceivedtheES80todisplaythe
wrongdepth.Inthesecasesthesoundermaydisplaythebottomat0,0metersatthetop
oftheshschool.InordertoaidtheES80tolocatethecorrectdepth,youmustadjustto
bottommaximumandminimumrangesaccordingtotheactualbottomdepth.

406273/C

79

SimradES80ReferenceManual

TurningofftheES80

YoumustNEVERturnofftheES80bymeansoftheon/offswitchontheProcessorUnit.
YoumustalwaysclosetheES80programbyselectingExitonthetopbar.

Context

WhenyoudonotusetheES80,turnoffthedisplayandtheProcessorUnit.Ifyouare
notusingtheES80foralongperiodoftime,werecommendthatyouturnofftheWide
BandTransceiver(WBT).Usetheon/offswitchonthepowersupply,ordisengage
thecircuitbreakers.

Procedure

1SelectExitonthetopbar.

ObservethattheES80programclosesdown.

2IftheProcessorUnitdoesnotturnitselfoffautomatically,usethefunctionality

providedbytheoperatingsystemtoturnitoffmanually.

3Turnoffthedisplay.

Ifrequired,refertotheinstructionsprovidedbythedisplaymanufacturer.

4TurnoffeachWideBandTransceiver(WBT).

TheWideBandTransceiver(WBT)isnotttedwithanon/offswitch.Youcan
leavetheunitpermanentlyturnedon.IfyouarenotusingtheES80foralong
periodoftime,disconnectthepowersupply.

80

406273/C

Choosingoperationalmodeandkeytransmit parameters

Topics

SelectingNormalmode,page81

SelectingInactivemode,page82

SelectingReplaymode,page83

Verifyingthatthebottomiscorrectlydetected,page84

Deningtheping(transmission)modes,page85

Transmittingsinglepings,page87

Transmittingwithxedtimeintervals,page87

Operatingprocedures

Conguringtheenvironmentalparameters,page88

Openingthecontextsensitiveon-linehelp,page89

SelectingNormalmode

Inordertotransmit("ping")youmustsettheES80toNormalmode.

Context

TheOperationfunctioncontrolstheoperatingmodeoftheES80.Y oucansetitto
Inactive,NormalorReplay.NormalmodeallowstheES80totransmit("ping")through
thewater,andtoreceivetheechoes.

Caution

YoumustneverstartES80transmissions("pinging")whentheshipisindrydock.The
transducermaybedamagedifittransmitsinopenair.

Thetransmission("pinging")fromtheES80canbeturnedonoroff.ThePingfunction
enablesordisablestheES80transmissionsintothewater.OncepingingisOn,usethe

PingModefunctiontochoosehowoftentheES80shalltransmit.UsethePingInterval

functiontochoosethetime(inmilliseconds)betweeneachtransmission("ping")when

PingModeissettoInterval.

Procedure

1OpentheOperationmenu.

2SelectOperation,andsetittoNormal.

406273/C

81

SimradES80ReferenceManual

TheOperationfunctioncontrolstheoperatingmodeoftheES80.Youcansetitto
Inactive,NormalorReplay.NormalmodeallowstheES80totransmit("ping")
throughthewater,andtoreceivetheechoes.TheES80isnowreadyforuse.

3SetPingtoOn.

ThePingfunctionenablesordisablestheES80transmissionsintothewater.Once
pingingisOn,usethePingModefunctiontochoosehowoftentheES80shall
transmit.UsethePingIntervalfunctiontochoosethetime(inmilliseconds)
betweeneachtransmission("ping")whenPingModeissettoInterval.

4SetPingModetoMaximum.

ThiswillmaketheES80pingwithmaximumpingrate("speed").

Thepingrateisnormallylimitedbythemaximumrangesettings.Itwillalso
bedependantonhardwareissues.Thismaybe,forexample,howfastyour
ProcessorUnitcanhandletheinformationfromeachping,howfastyoursystem
communicateswithexternalperipherals,orhowlongtimethesystemusestosave
data.

Result

TheES80isnowtransmittingacousticpulses("pinging")intothewater.

Furtherrequirements

WhentheES80starts,itisveryimportantthatitdetectsthebottomcorrectly.Inmost
casesthiswilltakeplaceautomatically.However,wehaveexperiencedthatlarge
schoolsofshordifcultbottomconditionshavedeceivedtheES80todisplaythe
wrongdepth.Inthesecasesthesoundermaydisplaythebottomat0,0metersatthetop
oftheshschool.InordertoaidtheES80tolocatethecorrectdepth,youmustadjustto
bottommaximumandminimumrangesaccordingtotheactualbottomdepth.

Relatedtopics

Operationfunction,page315

SelectingInactivemode

InactivemodeisprovidedtopausetheES80operationtemporarily.Neithertransmission
norreceptionwilltakeplace.Thecurrentechoeswillberemovedfromthepresentation.

Context

TheOperationfunctioncontrolstheoperatingmodeoftheES80.Y oucansetitto
Inactive,NormalorReplay.

82

406273/C

Operatingprocedures

Note

NotethatInactiveoperatingmodeisnotthesameasPassivemode.WhileInactive
modestopsbothtransmissionandreception,PassivemodewillstillallowtheES80
toreceiveechoes.

ToselectPassivemode,usetheNormalOperationdialogbox.

Procedure

1OpentheOperationmenu.

2SelectOperation,andsetittoInactive.

Result

WhentheES80hasbeendisabledusingthisfunction,itwillstop.Thetransmission
("pinging")stops.Thecurrentechoeswillberemovedfromthepresentation.

Relatedtopics

Operationfunction,page315

SelectingReplaymode

TheReplaymodeallowsyoutoplaybackpreviouslyrecordedrawdata.TheES80isnot
operationalwhileinReplaymode.Neithertransmissionnorreceptiontakesplace.

Context

Allplaybackiscontrolledbythereplaybar.

AStop:Selectthisbuttontostoptheplayback.

BPlay/Pause:Selectthisbuttontostarttheplayback,ortopauseit.

CReplayspeed:Selectthissliderandmoveitsidewaystoadjustthereplayspeed.

DReplayle:Thisbuttonshowswhichleyouarecurrentlyplaying.

EProgress:Thisbarshowsyouthereplayprogressofthecurrentle.

Procedure

1OpentheOperationmenu.

406273/C

83

SimradES80ReferenceManual

2SetOperationtoReplay.

Thereplaybaropensautomatically.Itispositioneddirectlybelowthetopbaratthe
topoftheES80presentation.

3SelectPlay/Pausetostarttheplayback.

4Tostopthereplay,chooseanyotheroperationalmode.

Furtherrequirements

Ifyouneedtoselectwhichlestoreplay,clickReplayFileundertheOperationbutton.
Youcanalsoclickthelargebuttoninthemiddleofthereplaybar.

Relatedtopics

Operationfunction,page315
ReplayFiledialogbox,page440
Replaybardescription,page283

Verifyingthatthebottomiscorrectlydetected

LocatingthebottomisimportantfortheES80.TheES80needsthis"bottomlock"to
locatethecorrectdepth,andtostayonitduringtheoperation,evenifthedepthchanges
continuously.Occasionally,difcultenvironmental,waterorbottomconditionsmay
inhibit"bottomlock".

Context

TheBottomDetectionparametersprovideseparatelimitsforminimumandmaximum
depth.Theselimitsmaybeusedtoobtain"bottomlock"onthedepthwhentheES80is
transmitting.TheBottomBackstepparameterallowsyoutomanuallymodifywhereon
thebottomechothedepthshallbedetected.

Tip

Ifyouhaveproblemswithbottomdetection,youmayconsiderdisablingit.Thiscanbe
usefulifyouonlywishtostudytargetsinthewatercolumn.

Procedure

1OpentheActivemenu.

84

406273/C

Operatingprocedures

2SelectBottomDetection.

Tip

ThebottomdetectionparametersarealsofoundasapageintheInformationPane

Optionsdialogbox.T oopentheInformationPaneOptionsdialogbox,selectthe

buttonontheActivemenu.T oopenthepage,youcanalsoselectSetupintheDepth
informationpane.

3SetMinimumDepthandMaximumDepthtovaluestforthedepthatyourcurrent

location.

•TheMinimumDepthsettingeliminatesallunwantedbottomdetectionsfromthe
transducerfaceanddowntothedepthyouhavechosen.

•SettheMaximumDepthtoapproximately50%morethantheexpecteddepth.

Ifyousetmaximumdepthtoavalueidenticalorsmallerthantheminimumvalue,
thebottomdetectionalgorithmwillbedisabled.TheES80willnotdetectthe
bottomatall,andthedisplayeddepthwillbe0.00m.

Tip

Ifyouhaveproblemswithbottomdetection,youmayconsiderdisablingit.Thiscan
beusefulifyouonlywishtostudytargetsinthewatercolumn.

4SelectOKtosavetheselectedsettingsandclosethedialogbox.

Result

IftheES80shouldloosebottomdetectionduetoairorotherdisturbances,itwilltryto
relocatethedepthwithintheminimumandmaximumdepthsyouhavedened.

Relatedtopics

BottomDetectiondialogbox,page430

Deningtheping(transmission)modes

YoucaneasilycontrolhowoftentheES80shalltransmitacousticenergy(a"ping")
intothewater.Y oucandisablethetransmissionaltogether,setittooperateasfastas
possible,orselectatimedinterval.

Context

OncepingingisOn,usethePingModefunctiontochoosehowoftentheES80shall
transmit.Thisfunctionallowsyoutocontrolthebehaviorofthetransmissions
("pinging").

406273/C

85

SimradES80ReferenceManual

•IfyouchooseSinglePing,youcantransmitsinglepingsbyclickingthepingsymbol
onthePingbutton.

•IfyouchooseInterval,youmustdenethetimebetweeneach"ping"withthePing

Intervalfunction.

•IfyouchooseMaximum,theES80willtransmit("ping")asoftenaspossible.

Procedure

1OpentheOperationmenu.

2OntheOperationmenu,setPingtoOn.

•Selecttherightsymboltostart"pinging".

•Selecttheleftsymboltostop"pinging".

•Selectthemiddleofthebuttontoopenthebuttonmenu.

3SetPingModetoMaximum.

ThiswillmaketheES80pingwithmaximumpingrate("speed").Thetimebetween
eachping("pingrate")dependsmainlyonthecurrentrange.Insomesystems,a
lowperformanceProcessorUnitand/oraslowharddiskmayreducethepingrate.
HowfastyourProcessorUnitcommunicateswithexternalperipheralsmayalso
haveaneffectonthepingrate.

4SetPingModetoInterval.

5Specifytheintervalbetweeneach"ping".

aSelecteitherside(+or–)ofthePingIntervalbuttontoselecttherequested

timebetweeneach"ping".

bSelectPingIntervaltoopenit,andtypetherequestedtimebetweeneach"ping".

Selecteithersideofthebuttontochooseavalue.Selectthemiddleofthe
buttontoopenit.IfyouhaveakeyboardconnectedtotheES80,youcantype
therequestedvalueintothetextbox.

Youcanalsochangethevaluebyselecting-andholding-themiddleofthe
button,andmovethecursorsideways.Movethecursortowardslefttoreduce
thevalue,ortowardsrighttoincreasethevalue.Releasethemousebutton
whentherequestedvalueisshowninthebutton.

6SetPingModetoSinglePing.

7Selectthe"ping"symbolontherightsideofthePingbuttontotransmitonesingle

"ping".

86

406273/C

Operatingprocedures

Relatedtopics

Pingfunction,page321
PingModefunction,page323
PingIntervalfunction,page324

Transmittingsinglepings

YoucansetuptheES80totransmita"ping"onlywhenyouclickthePingbutton.

Context

ThePingModefunctionisusedtocontrolhowoftentheES80shalltransmititsenergy
intothewater.Fornormaluse,chooseMaximum.ThiswillallowtheES80totransmit
continuouslyandasoftenaspossible.

IfyouchooseSinglePing,youcantransmitsinglepingsbyclickingthepingsymbol
onthePingbutton.

Procedure

1OpentheOperationmenu.

2SetPingModetoSinglePing.

3Selectthe"ping"symbolontherightsideofthePingbuttontotransmitonesingle

"ping".

Relatedtopics

Pingfunction,page321
PingModefunction,page323
PingIntervalfunction,page324

Transmittingwithxedtimeintervals

YoucansetuptheES80totransmita"ping"atxedtimeinterval.

Context

ThePingModefunctionisusedtocontrolhowoftentheES80shalltransmititsenergy
intothewater.Fornormaluse,chooseMaximum.ThiswillallowtheES80totransmit
continuouslyandasoftenaspossible.

IfyouchooseInterval,youmustdenethetimebetweeneach"ping"withthePing

Intervalfunction.Thetimeinterval(inmilliseconds)ischosenwiththePingInterval

function.

406273/C

87

SimradES80ReferenceManual

Procedure

1OpentheOperationmenu.

2SetPingModetoInterval.

3Specifytheintervalbetweeneach"ping".

aSelecteitherside(+or–)ofthePingIntervalbuttontoselecttherequested

timebetweeneach"ping".

bSelectPingIntervaltoopenit,andtypetherequestedtimebetweeneach"ping".

Selecteithersideofthebuttontochooseavalue.Selectthemiddleofthe
buttontoopenit.IfyouhaveakeyboardconnectedtotheES80,youcantype
therequestedvalueintothetextbox.

Youcanalsochangethevaluebyselecting-andholding-themiddleofthe
button,andmovethecursorsideways.Movethecursortowardslefttoreduce
thevalue,ortowardsrighttoincreasethevalue.Releasethemousebutton
whentherequestedvalueisshowninthebutton.

4OntheOperationmenu,setPingtoOn.

5Selecttherightsymboltostart"pinging".

Relatedtopics

Pingfunction,page321
PingModefunction,page323
PingIntervalfunction,page324

Conguringtheenvironmentalparameters

Inordertomakecorrectmeasurementsofthetargetsinthewatercolumn,aswellasthe
currentdepth,youmustsetupthecorrectenvironmentalparameters.

Context

Inordertoobtainaccuratedepthreadingsandshechoes,itisveryimportantthat
thesoundspeedthroughthewaterissetcorrectly.Severalparametersarerequiredto
calculatethecorrectsoundspeedvalue.Iftheseparametersarenotknowntoyou,use
thedefaultvalue1494m/s.Thisisatypicalmeanvalueforsoundspeed.

Procedure

1OpentheSetupmenu.

88

406273/C

Operatingprocedures

2SelectEnvironment.

ObservethattheEnvironmentdialogboxopens.

3OpentheWaterColumnpage.

4Specifyifyouworkinfreshorsaltwater.

5Specifytherelevantenvironmentalparameters.

6Specifythesoundspeed.

IfyouselectCalculated,theES80willcalculatethesoundspeedbasedonthe
parametersyouhaveprovided.IfyouselectManual,youcanprovideyourown
value.

7Tostudytheresultingabsorptioncurve,observetheinformationatthebottomof

thepage.

Toincreasethephysicalsizeofthecurve,simplyincreasethesizeofthedialogbox.

8SelectOKtosavetheselectedsettingsandclosethedialogbox.

Relatedtopics

Environmentdialogbox,page340
WaterColumnpage,page340

Openingthecontextsensitiveon-linehelp

InstalledonyourES80youwillndacomprehensivecontextsensitiveon-linehelp
system.EverythingyoucanreadintheES80ReferenceManualcanalsobefoundin
theon-linehelp.Theon-linehelpcanbeopenedfromalldialogboxesintheES80user
interface.YoucanalsousetheHelpbuttononthetopbar.

Context

Toopentheon-linehelponitsstartpage,selectHelponthetopbar.T oreadabouta
dialogboxandtheoptionsprovided,selectthe[?]buttoninitstoprightcorner.

Navigationintheon-linehelpleismadebymeansofthemenusystemontheleftside,
aswellastheinteractivelinkswithinthedocument.

Note

TheES80on-linehelpmaynotbeavailableforthelanguageyouhavechosenforthe
userinterface.Ifyourlanguageisnotsupported,theEnglishon-linehelpisprovided.

406273/C

89

SimradES80ReferenceManual

Procedure

1SelectHelponthetopbar.

Theon-linehelpopensonitsstartpage.Observethemenuontheleftside
ofthehelpwindow.Ifyouhaveacomputerkeyboardconnected,youcan
usethesearchfunctionality.

2SelectHelpinthetoprightcornerofeachdialogbox.

Thedescriptionoftherelevantdialogboxopens.Observethemenuontheleftside
ofthehelpwindow.Ifyouhaveacomputerkeyboardconnected,youcanuse
thesearchfunctionality.

Relatedtopics

Contextsensitiveon-linehelp,page286

90

406273/C

Operatingprocedures

Controllingthegainandrangesettings

Topics

Adjustingthegain(echosensitivity),page91

AdjustingtheTVG(TimeVariableGain)setting,page93

ChoosingRangeandStartRangevaluesinasurfacerelatedechogram,page94

ChoosingRangeandStartRangevaluesinabottomrelatedechogram,page95

Adjustingthegain(echosensitivity)

Youcancomparethisgainsettingwiththevolumecontrolonyourcarradio.When
thegainisincreased,theechoeswillappearstronger.W eakechoeswillbeeasierto
see.However,sinceyoualsoincreasetheacousticnoiseinthereception,theES80
presentationswillalsoshowthisnoise.Toomuchgainmaytherefore"distort"the
presentation.

Context

Comparingthegainfunctionwiththevolumecontrolonyourcarradioisnotvery
accurate.Infact,thegainintheES80isconstant.TheGainfunctionisusedtoadjust
thesensitivity

.Thisdonebycontrollingtheminimumlevelofdetection.Whenyou

increasethegainlevel(morepositivenumber),youreducetheminimumlevel,andthus
increasethesensitivity .

Theechostrength(A)changeswithtime.Theminimumlevelofdetection(B)isadjusted
upordownwiththeGainfunction.IncreasingtheGainwithamorepositivenumber
reducestheminimumlevel,andthisincreasesthesensitivity.Onlyechoesoverthe
minimumlevelareshownintheechogram(C).

406273/C

91

SimradES80ReferenceManual

TheES80hasadynamicrangeof
140dB.ThismeansthattheES80
canreceivebothverystrongandvery
weakechoes.Actually,theES80will
detectechoesfromplanktontowhales,
bottomonmostdepths,andpresentthe
informationfreefromdistortion.Asa
comparison,ouroldechosounders
ES380andET100had-usinganalogue
TVG-adynamicrangecorresponding
toapproximately65dB.

Procedure

1ObservetheMainmenu.

ItsdefaultlocationisontherightsideoftheES80presentation.

2ObservetheGainbutton.

3Thefollowingmethodscanbeusedforthisadjustment.

•Method1:Select[+]or[-]tochoosethelevel.

•Method2:Selectthemiddleofthebutton,holdthemousebuttondepressed.
Dragthecursorsidewaystoincreaseordecreasethelevel.

•Method3:Selectthemiddleofthebuttontoopenthemenu.Typetherequested
value.

YoucanonlydothisifyouhavecomputerkeyboardconnectedtoyourProcessor
Unit.

Note

DonotconfusethisGainsettingwiththeTVG(TimeV ariedGain)setting.

Relatedtopics

Gainfunction,page312

92

406273/C

Operatingprocedures

AdjustingtheTVG(TimeVariableGain)setting

Whenanacousticpulseissentthroughthewater,itwillgraduallyloseitsenergy.The
greaterthedistancebetweenthetransducerandthetarget(s),thegreaterthelossof
energy.TVG(TimeV ariableGain)compensatesforthelossofacousticenergydueto
geometricspreadandabsorption.UsetheTVGbuttonortheEchogramdialogbox.

Context

TheTVG(TimeVaribleGain)compensationisdesignedtocounteractthenatural
phenomenaofgeometricspreadandabsorptionloss.IntheES80,theTVGcompensation
ismadeusingdigitalsignalprocessingsoftware.TheTVGcompensationisexpressed
asalogarithmiccurve.Youcanchoosefromaselectionofcurves.Eachcurvehasa
differentslopecreatingadifferentgaincompensation.Eachcurveisidentiedwiththe
equationXlogTVG.Thecoefcient"X"isaninteger.Typicalvaluesfor"X"are10to40.

Tip

YoucanselectTVGusingthisfunction.Y oucanalsoadjusttheTVGsettinginthe

Echogramdialogbox.TheTVGfunctionislocatedontheEchogrampage.

TheES80allowsyoutousedifferentTVGcompensationfortheechoesfromthewater
columnthanfromthebottom.Bymakingthebottomechoesindividuallyadjustable,
youcannetunethepresentationfromthebottomtoinvestigatethebottomtypeand
conditions.TheBottomTVGadjustmenthasnoeffectonshclosetothebottom.T o
adjusttheBottomTVG,opentheEchogramdialogbox.

Procedure

1Clickinanyechogramviewtomakeit"active".

Thesettingyouchoosewillonlybevalidforthecurrently"active"echogram.The
"active"echogramviewisidentiedwithathickerborder.

2OpentheActivemenu.

3LocatetheTVGbutton.

4ChooseyourrequestedsettingforTVG(TimeV ariableGain).

5SelectApplytoAllifyouwishtousethechosensettingonalltheechogramsof

thesametype.

Relatedtopics

TVGfunction,page414
Echogram:Echogrampage,page424
Aboutsoundwavepropagation,page459

406273/C

93

SimradES80ReferenceManual

ChoosingRangeandStartRangevaluesinasurfacerelated echogram

ASurfaceechogramismainlyusedwhenyouwishtolookattheentirewatercolumn
startingfromtheseasurfaceanddowntothebottom.InaSurfaceechogram,thestart
depthoftheechogramisdenedbythepositiveStartRangedepthvalue.Therangefrom
thisstartdepthanddownisdenedbytheRangevalue.

Context

TheRangesettingdeneshow"deep"youwishtheES80todetectechoes.Inother
words,thisistheverticaldistancebetweenthe"top"andthe"bottom"oftheechogram.
TheRangesettingspeciesthe"bottom"depth,whiletheStartRangesettingspecies
the"top"depth.

Therangeyouspecifyappliestothecurrentlyselectedechogram.Itisidentiedwitha
thickborder.Severalechogramtypesareavailable.

InaSurfaceechogram,theStartRangevalueisusedtodeterminefromwhichdepththe
echogramshallstart.Thisisnormallychosentobeafewmetersbelowtheseasurface.
TheRangevalueisthenusedtodenetheverticalextensionoftheechogram.The

RangemaybesettoAuto,butforscienticpurposesaxedrangeisrecommended.The

AutosettingallowstheES80toautomaticallydeterminethedepthrangebasedonthe

bottomdetection.

Example

StartRange

inasurfacerelatedechogram

Inasurfaceechogram,settheStartRangevalueto0meters.Thiswill
maketheechogramstartfromtheseasurface(providedthatthetransducer
offsethasbeendened).SetRangetothecurrentdepthplus20meters.The
echogramwillnowshowtheareafromtheseasurfaceanddownto20
meters"below"thebottom.Thebottomcontouriseasilydetectedwhen
thedepthchanges.

Procedure

1Clickinanyechogramviewtomakeit"active".

Thesettingyouchoosewillonlybevalidforthecurrently"active"echogram.The
"active"echogramviewisidentiedwithathickerborder.

2ObservetheMainmenu.

ItsdefaultlocationisontherightsideoftheES80presentation.

3LocatetheStartRangefunction.

4ChooseapositivevalueforStartRangetoplacethetopoftheechogramatthe

preferreddepthundertheseasurface.

94

406273/C

Operatingprocedures

Thefollowingmethodscanbeusedforthisadjustment.

•Select[+]or[-]tochoosetherequestedsetting.

•Selectthemiddleofthebutton,holdthemousebuttondepressed.Dragthe
cursorsidewaystoincreaseordecreasethelevel.

•Selectthemiddleofthebuttontoopenthemenu.Typetherequestedvalue.

YoucanonlytypeanewvalueifacomputerkeyboardisconnectedtoyourES80
ProcessorUnit.

5LocatetheRangefunction.

6ChooseapositivevalueforRangetoplacethebottomoftheechogramatthe

preferreddepthoverorunderthebottom.

Relatedtopics

Rangefunction,page309
StartRangefunction,page310
Observationrangeversusoperationalfrequency,page457
Aboutbottomechoes,page458

ChoosingRangeandStartRangevaluesinabottomrelated echogram

ABottomechogramismainlyusedwhenyouwishtoexaminetheechoesfromsh
closetothebottom.InaBottomechogram,thestartdepthoftheechogramisdened
bythenegativeStartRangedepthvalue.Therangefromthisstartdepthisdened
bytheRangevalue.

Context

TheRangesettingdeneshow"deep"youwishtheES80todetectechoes.Inother
words,thisistheverticaldistancebetweenthe"top"andthe"bottom"oftheechogram.
TheRangesettingspeciesthe"bottom"depth,whiletheStartRangesettingspecies
the"top"depth.

Therangeyouspecifyappliestothecurrentlyselectedechogram.Itisidentiedwitha
thickborder.Severalechogramtypesareavailable.

InaBottomechogram,theRangevalueis"added"totheStartRangevaluetodetermine
theverticaldepthoftheechogram.TheStartRangevaluemustbenegativebecausethe
echogramshallstartfromapreferredheightoverthebottom.

406273/C

95

SimradES80ReferenceManual

Example

StartRangeandRangeinbottomrelatedechogram

Inabottomechogram,settheStartRangevalueto–5meters.Thiswill
maketheechogramstartfrom5metersabovethebottom.SetRangetothe
5metersplus10=15meters.Theechogramwillnowshowtheareafrom
5metersabovethedepth,anddownto10meters"below"thebottom.The
bottomcontourwillappearasaatline.

Procedure

1Clickinanyechogramviewtomakeit"active".

Thesettingyouchoosewillonlybevalidforthecurrently"active"echogram.The
"active"echogramviewisidentiedwithathickerborder.

2ObservetheMainmenu.

ItsdefaultlocationisontherightsideoftheES80presentation.

3LocatetheStartRangefunction.

4ChooseanegativevalueforStartRangetoplacethestartdepthatthepreferred

distanceover

thebottom.

Thefollowingmethodscanbeusedforthisadjustment.

•Select[+]or[-]tochoosetherequestedsetting.

•Selectthemiddleofthebutton,holdthemousebuttondepressed.Dragthe
cursorsidewaystoincreaseordecreasethelevel.

•Selectthemiddleofthebuttontoopenthemenu.Typetherequestedvalue.

YoucanonlytypeanewvalueifacomputerkeyboardisconnectedtoyourES80
ProcessorUnit.

5LocatetheRangefunction.

6ChooseapositivevalueforRangetoplacethebottomoftheechogramatthe

preferreddepthunder

thebottom.

Relatedtopics

Rangefunction,page309
StartRangefunction,page310
Observationrangeversusoperationalfrequency,page457
Aboutbottomechoes,page458

96

406273/C

Recordingandreplayingrawechodata

Topics

Deningtheleandfoldersettingsfordatarecording,page97

Recordingechodata,page98

SelectingReplaymode,page100

Choosingwhichechodatale(s)toreplay,page100

Accessingtheechodatalestodelete,moveorcopythem,page102

Deningtheleandfoldersettingsfordatarecording

Operatingprocedures

TheRecordfunctionallowsyoutorecordechodata.ThedataaresavedontheProcessor
Unitharddisk-oronanexternaldatastoragedevice-accordingtothepreferences
youhavedened.

Context

TheFileSetupparameterscontrolhowandwheretherecordedlesaresavedonthe
ProcessorUnitharddisk,oronanexternaldisk.Byaddingalenameprex,youcan
alsoidentifylesrecordedfromanyspecicmissionorsurvey.Y oucanalsodenea
maximumsizeofthedatales.

Tip

Dataleswillnormallybecomeverylarge.IfyouwishtorecordlargeamountsofES80
data,makesurethatyouhaveenoughspaceonyourharddisk.UnlessyourProcessor
Unitisequippedwithaverylargedisk,werecommendthatyousavethedatatoan
externalstoragedevice.

Setuptheleandfolderparametersbefore

youstarttherecording.Ifyouwishto
saveyourrecordeddataonanexternalharddisk,makesurethatitisconnectedto
theProcessorUnit.

Ifthecurrentlesizegetstoobigduringrecording,usetheSplitFilefunctiononthe

Recordbutton.Thiswillclosethecurrentle,andthenautomaticallycontinuerecording

toanewle.TheRecordfunctionislocatedontheOperationmenu.

DonotconfusetheRecordfunctionwiththeautomaticHistoryfunction.Unlessyou
reallyneedtorecordrawdataforplaybackpurposes,youshouldusethisfunctionwith
care.Thedataleswillllyouharddiskveryfast!TheHistoryfunctionsavesthe
echogramimages

automaticallyontheProcessorUnitharddiskTheseimagescanbe
recalledusingtheHistoryinformationpane.TheinformationintheHistorypresentation
isthesameasontheoriginalechogrampresentation.

406273/C

97

SimradES80ReferenceManual

Procedure

1OpentheSetupmenu.

2SelectOutput.

ObservethattheOutputdialogboxopens.Thisdialogboxcontainsanumberof
pagesselectedbythemenuontheleftside.

3OntheleftsideoftheOutputdialogbox,selectFileSetuptoopenthepage.

FileSetuppage,page388

4OntheFileSetuppage,denetherecordingparameters.

5SelectOKtosavetheselectedsettingsandclosethedialogbox.

Recordingechodata

TherawdatarecordingfunctionprovidedbytheES80allowsyoutosaveechodata
usingthe*.rawformat.Thedatalescanbecopiedormovedtootherrecordablemedia,
ortoanothercomputeronthenetwork.Y oucankeeptherecordedlesforscientic
studies,futurereferences,orfortrainingpurposes.Therecordingiscontrolledbythe

Recordfunction.

Prerequisites

Beforeyoustartdatarecording,makesurethatyouhavedenedwheretostoretheles.
Todenewhichdisksandfolderstousetosavethedatales,usetheFileSetuppage.
TheFileSetuppageislocatedintheOutputdialogbox.Ifyouwishtosaveyourrecorded
dataonanexternalharddisk,makesurethatitisconnectedtotheProcessorUnit.

Deningtheleandfoldersettingsfordatarecording,page97

FileSetuppage,page388

Context

OntheES80,youcansaveandrecallechoinformationusingthefollowingmethodsand
formats.

•Bitmapimages(containingthefullES80screencapture)aresavedwheneveryou

selectScreenCaptureonthetopbar.Thescreencapturesyoumakearesavedin
.jpgformatontheharddiskintheProcessorUnit.TheScreenCapturestabonthe
bottombaropensadedicatedviewerthatallowsyoutoopentheseimages.Inthe
vieweryoucanalsoopenthelefolderontheProcessorUnitharddisk.Y oucan
copy,renameordeletetheimageles.

•RawdataisrecordedusingtheRecordfunctionontheOperationmenu.Toplayback

data,useOperationtoselectReplaymode.Thismodeallowsyoutoreplaypreviously
recordeddataontheES80.WheninReplaymode,theES80isnotabletotransmit
("ping").Forthisreason,theES80isinactiveduringplayback.

98

406273/C