Simrad PI50 Reference manual

Reference manual
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Simrad PI50 Catch monitoring system
SimradPI50
Referencemanual
Thepurposeofthisreferencemanualistoprovide thedescriptions,proceduresanddetailedparameter explanationsrequiredtoallowforsafeandefcientuse oftheSimradPI50Catchmonitoringsystem,aswellas athoroughunderstandingofthesystemparametersand adjustments.
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Referencemanual

Tableofcontents

ABOUTTHISMANUAL.......................................................9
SIMRADPI50..................................................................11
Important................................................................................................................11
Systemdescription.................................................................................................12
Systemdiagram......................................................................................................13
Systemunits...........................................................................................................14
Colourdisplay............................................................................................14
ProcessorUnit............................................................................................14
ReceiverUnit.............................................................................................16
Hydrophones..............................................................................................17
Catchmonitoringsensors............................................................................18
Supportinformation...............................................................................................18
GETTINGSTARTED..........................................................20
PowerOn/Offprocedures.......................................................................................20
Poweron....................................................................................................20
Poweroff...................................................................................................21
Usingthetrackball..................................................................................................21
Sensorpresentations...............................................................................................22
Startingnormaloperation.......................................................................................23
Howtoselectmenulanguage......................................................................23
HowtoresetthePI50tofactorydefaultparameters.......................................23
Howtoselectandsetupthesensors.............................................................24
Howtosavethecurrentusersettings............................................................27
Howtocalibratethedepthsensors...............................................................27
TitleBar..................................................................................................................28
Themenusystem....................................................................................................30
Themenuhierarchy....................................................................................30
Menubuttons..............................................................................................30
DISPLAYVIEWS..............................................................33
Displayorganisation...............................................................................................33
Titlebar..................................................................................................................35
Logoandproductname...............................................................................35
Operationbuttons.......................................................................................35
Navigationalinformation.............................................................................36
Functionbuttons.........................................................................................37
Menusystem...........................................................................................................38
Sensorviews...........................................................................................................39
PIBottomContactsensorview....................................................................40
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PICatchsensorview...................................................................................41
PIDepthsensorview..................................................................................42
PIHeightsensorview.................................................................................43
PISpreadsensorview.................................................................................44
PITemperaturesensorview.........................................................................45
PITemperature/Depthsensorview...............................................................46
PIGeometrysensorview.............................................................................47
PIHeight/Depthsensorview.......................................................................49
PISpread/Depthsensorview.......................................................................50
PITwinSpreadsensorview.........................................................................52
PISeineSoundersensorview.......................................................................54
PIRemote/Depthsensorview......................................................................55
PIRipsensorview......................................................................................55
Verticalgeometryview................................................................................56
Trendviews............................................................................................................57
PIBottomContacttrendview......................................................................57
PICatchtrendview.....................................................................................57
PIDepthtrendview....................................................................................58
PIHeighttrendview...................................................................................59
PISpreadtrendview...................................................................................59
PITemperaturetrendview...........................................................................60
PITemperature/Depthtrendview.................................................................60
PIGeometrytrendview..............................................................................61
PIHeight/Depthtrendview.........................................................................62
PISpread/Depthtrendview.........................................................................62
PITwinSpreadtrendview...........................................................................62
PISeineSoundertrendview.........................................................................63
PIRemote/Depthtrendview........................................................................63
PIRiptrendview........................................................................................63
Screencaptures.......................................................................................................64
OPERATIONALPROCEDURES..........................................65
PowerOn/Offprocedures.......................................................................................66
Poweron....................................................................................................66
Poweroff...................................................................................................66
Usersettings...........................................................................................................67
HowtoresetthePI50tofactorydefaultparameters.......................................67
Howtosavethecurrentusersettings............................................................67
Howtousepreviouslysavedsettings...........................................................68
Userpreferences.....................................................................................................69
Howtoselectmenulanguage......................................................................69
Howtochoosecolourpresentationtheme(palette)........................................69
Howtochoosescreenbrightness..................................................................70
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Howtoselectmeasurementunits.................................................................70
Howtocontroltheorderofthesensorviews................................................70
Howtoselectandsetupthesensors......................................................................72
Genericprocedure.......................................................................................72
HowtosetupthePIBottomContactsensor.................................................75
HowtosetupthePICatchsensor................................................................76
HowtosetupthePIDepthsensor................................................................77
HowtosetupthePIHeightsensor...............................................................79
HowtosetupthePISpreadsensor..............................................................80
HowtosetupthePIT emperaturesensor......................................................82
HowtosetupthePIT emperature/Depthsensor............................................83
HowtosetupthePIGeometrysensor..........................................................85
HowtosetupthePIHeight/Depthsensor.....................................................86
HowtosetupthePISpread/Depthsensor....................................................88
HowtosetupthePIT winSpreadsensor......................................................89
HowtosetupthePISeineSoundersensor....................................................91
HowtosetupthePIRemote/Depthsensor...................................................91
HowtosetupthePIRipsensor...................................................................92
Sensorprocedures...................................................................................................93
Howtocalibratethedepthsensors...............................................................93
Howtoresetthesensorcounter...................................................................94
Howtosmoothoutthebottomandcatchreadings.........................................94
Howtosmoothoutthedatareception...........................................................95
Howtoremovespikesandreectionsfromthesensordata............................95
Howtosetupspreadanddepthsensorstomeasureverticalgeometry............96
Howtosetupdepthandheightsensorstomeasuretotalwaterdepth..............98
Howtosetuptheheightsensortoshowthetrawlopening.............................98
Receiversettings.....................................................................................................99
Howtoadjustthereceiversensitivity...........................................................99
Howtoghtinterference...........................................................................100
Alarmsandmessages...........................................................................................101
Howtoreadandacknowledgealarmsandmessages....................................101
Howtosetupsensoralarms......................................................................101
Howtoaccessthelogles.........................................................................102
Softwareprocedures.............................................................................................104
HowtoinstallthePI50software................................................................104
HowtoobtainthePI50license..................................................................105
HowtoupgradethePI50software.............................................................105
HowtoremovethePI50software..............................................................106
Externalinterfaces................................................................................................107
HowtosetupthePIsensordataoutput......................................................107
HowtosetuptheSimradITITrawlsysteminput........................................108
HowtosetuptheSimradechosounderinput...............................................110
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Howtosetupthenavigationsysteminput...................................................111
THEMENUSYSTEM.......................................................113
Aboutmenusandbuttons.....................................................................................113
Buttontypes..........................................................................................................114
Mainmenu............................................................................................................116
Operationmenu....................................................................................................117
Displaymenu........................................................................................................118
Setupmenu...........................................................................................................119
FUNCTIONSANDDIALOGS...........................................120
Mainmenu;functionsanddialogs.......................................................................121
UserSettings............................................................................................121
Range......................................................................................................123
StartRange...............................................................................................124
Operationmenu;functionsanddialogs................................................................126
SensorFilter.............................................................................................126
Catch/BottomFilter..................................................................................127
MultipathFilter........................................................................................128
ResetCounters.........................................................................................129
Displaymenu;functionsanddialogs...................................................................130
Palette......................................................................................................131
ScreenBrightness.....................................................................................131
Units........................................................................................................132
Language.................................................................................................132
StatusDisplay...........................................................................................133
TrendHistoryLength................................................................................136
DisplayOptions........................................................................................137
ScreenCaptures........................................................................................139
About.......................................................................................................139
Setupmenu;functionsanddialogs.......................................................................141
Simulator.................................................................................................141
GearType................................................................................................142
SelectSensors...........................................................................................142
AlarmLimits............................................................................................148
Calibration...............................................................................................149
Receiver...................................................................................................150
Navigation...............................................................................................153
Installation...............................................................................................157
I/OSetup..................................................................................................158
SoftwareLicense......................................................................................162
Otherdialogsandfunctions..................................................................................163
LANPortSetup........................................................................................163
SerialPortSetup.......................................................................................166
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AddSerialPort.........................................................................................167
PortMonitor.............................................................................................167
SelectInputs.............................................................................................168
SelectOutputs..........................................................................................170
Messages..................................................................................................171
PIDataOutput..........................................................................................172
PI50SENSORS..............................................................174
Sensorsoverview..................................................................................................174
PIBottomContactpurposeandapplication................................................175
PICatchpurposeandapplication...............................................................176
PIDepthpurposeandapplication...............................................................177
PIHeightpurposeandapplication..............................................................178
PISpreadpurposeandapplication.............................................................179
PITemperaturepurposeandapplication.....................................................180
PITemperature/Depthpurposeandapplication...........................................181
PIGeometrypurposeandapplication.........................................................182
PIHeight/Depthpurposeandapplication....................................................184
PISpread/Depthpurposeandapplication....................................................185
PITwinSpreadpurposeandapplication.....................................................186
PISeineSounderpurposeandapplication...................................................187
PIRemote/Depthpurposeandapplication..................................................188
PIRippurposeandapplication..................................................................189
Sensorconguration.............................................................................................190
Defaultcommunicationchannelsandupdaterates.......................................190
Changingacommunicationchannel...........................................................191
Changingtheupdaterate...........................................................................191
PICongurator.........................................................................................192
Chargingprocedures.............................................................................................193
Batteryhandling.......................................................................................193
HowtousetheSimradPICharger.............................................................194
HowtousetheSimradPIMaxiCharger......................................................196
HowtousetheSimradPIMiniCharger......................................................197
HowtousetheSimradPSCharger.............................................................198
TELEGRAMFORMATS....................................................200
AbouttheNMEAtelegramformat.......................................................................201
AboutNMEA...........................................................................................201
Telegrams.................................................................................................201
StandardNMEA0183communicationparameters......................................202
Sentencestructure.....................................................................................202
SpecicationofNMEAtelegrams.......................................................................203
DBSDepthbelowsurface.........................................................................203
GLLGeographicalpositionlatitude/longitude............................................204
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GGAGlobalpositioningsystemxdata.....................................................205
HDGHeading,deviationandvariation.......................................................205
HDMHeading,magnetic...........................................................................206
HDTHeading,true...................................................................................206
RMCRecommendedminimumspecicGNSSdata....................................206
VHWWaterspeedandheading.................................................................207
VTGCourseoverground&groundspeed..................................................207
VLWDualground/waterdistance..............................................................208
Proprietarytelegramsandformats.......................................................................209
DBSDepthoftrawlbelowsurface.............................................................209
HFBTrawlheadropetofootropeandbottom..............................................209
PSIMP-D1PISensordata.........................................................................209
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Aboutthismanual
Purpose
Thepurposeofthisreferencemanualistoprovidethedescriptions,proceduresand detailedparameterexplanationsrequiredtoallowforsafeandefcientuseoftheSimrad PI50,aswellasathoroughunderstandingofthesystemparametersandadjustments.
Agoodunderstandingofsystemfunctionsandcontrolsisessentialtofullytake advantageofthefunctionalityprovided.Seaconditionsvary,sometimesdrastically, anditisnotpossibletoidentifysettingsthatwillprovidethebestdataatalltimes. Carefulstudyoftheinformationinthismanualishighlyrecommended,preferably whileexploringthesystem’sfunctionality.
Click“Help”!
InstalledonyourSimradPI50youwillndacomprehensiveon-linehelpsystem. Youmaynotnditinyourlanguage,buteverythingyoucanreadintheSimradPI50 Referencemanualcanalsobefoundinthecontextsensitiveon-linehelp.
Toaccessthisinformationclick[?]ontheTitleBarmenu,orthe[?]buttoninoneof thedialogs.
Notethatwhenyouopenthehelpsystemitwillplaceitselfonthetopofthedisplay presentation!
Softwareversion
Thismanualcompliestosoftwareversion1.0.0.
Note
Windows,WindowsXP ,andWindows7areeitherregisteredtrademarks,ortrademarks ofMicrosoftCorporationintheUnitedStatesand/orothercountries.
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References
ThefollowingusermanualshavebeenprovidedfortheSimradPI50.Englishmanuals areprovidedwiththePI50whenitisshipped.Manualsinotherlanguagesmaybe downloadedfromh
t t p : / / w w w . s i m r a d . c o m .
•SimradPI50OperatorManual,English[328457/ISBN978-82-8066-121-2]
•SimradPI50ReferenceManual,English[328458/ISBN978-82-8066-120-3]
•SimradPI50InstallationManual,English[328459/ISBN978-82-8066-122-7]
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StudythischaptertofamiliarizeyourselfwiththeSimradPI50.
Topics
Importantonpage11
Systemdescriptiononpage12

SimradPI50

Systemdiagramonpage13
Systemunitsonpage14

Important

Aswithallotheradvancedinstruments,thereareafewimportantthingsthatyoumustbe awareof.
WhenthePI50isnotused
WhenyoudonotusethePI50,switchoffthedisplayandthecomputer.
YoumayswitchoftheReceiverUnittoo.
Ifsomethingbreaksdown
Ifyoubelievethatsomethinghasbrokendown,contactyourlocaldealer.Hewillbe abletoassist.
WhenyouswitchoffthePI50
YoumustNEVERswitchoffthePI50bymeansoftheon/offswitchonthecomputer.
YoumustALW AYSexitthePI50applicationbyclickingtheExitbuttonontheTitleBar.
IfyoupowerdownthePI50bymeansofthecomputerswitchyoumaydamagethe softwareapplicationandtheinterfaceparameterstoexternaldevices.
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Systemdescription

TheSimradPI50isdesignedfortheprofessionalsherycommunityimplementingthe latestinnovations.Thecatchmonitoringsystemallowsyoutostayinfullcontrolofthe gearanditsbehaviour.Thesystemisdesignedtobeequallyusefulforallshingtypes. Bottomtrawlers,pelagictrawlers,purseordanishseiners-whateverkindofgearyou use,allvesselscantakeadvantageofthefunctionalityprovidedbythePI50
TheSimradPI50comprisesthefollowingunits:
•Colourdisplay
•ProcessorUnit
•ReceiverUnit
•Hydrophone
Thehydrophoneismountedunderthevessel’shull.
Thesystemfurthercomprisesanumberofsmallandrobustsensorsmeasuringthe conditionsonyourshinggear.TheSimradPI50Catchmonitoringsystemcanreceive informationfromsixsensorssimultaneously.
Thesensorsarepoweredbybuilt-inrechargeablebatteries.Theyarehousedintitanium casings,anddesignedusingadvancedshockabsorbingmaterials.Theinformation collectedbythesensorsaresentthroughthewatertothehydrophonebymeansofcoded soundwaves.TheReceiverUnitampliesanddecodestheinformation,convertsitto digitalformat,andsendsittotheProcessorUnit(computer).Thecomputerinterpretsthe information,andnallypresentsittoyou.
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Systemdiagram

SimradPI50
Figure1System diagram
Abasicsystemdiagramisprovided.Interfacecapabilities andpowercablesarenotshown.
ADisplayUnit
BProcessorUnit
CReceiverUnit
DPowerSupply
EHydrophone
FCatchMonitoringSensors
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Systemunits

Eachsystemunitisdescribedinmoredetail.
Topics
Colourdisplayonpage14
ProcessorUnitonpage14
ReceiverUnitonpage16
Hydrophonesonpage17
Catchmonitoringsensorsonpage18

Colourdisplay

AnycommercialcolourdisplaycanbeusedwiththeSimradPI50Catchmonitoring systemprovidedthatthedisplaymeetsthebasicspecications.
Thesespecicationsare:
Minimumscreenresolution:1280x1024

ProcessorUnit

AdedicatedmaritimecomputermaybeprovidedwiththeSimradPI50system.
Figure2PI50MarineComputer
Whenthiscomputerissupplied,itisreadilysetupwithallnecessarysoftware.The computeriscustomizedbySimradtocontainnomovingparts.
Thecomputerisnormallymountedinthewheelhouse.Ifyouwishtotakeadvantage oftheaudiblealarmsoffered,thecomputermustbeinstalledinsuchmannerthatthe built-inloudspeakercanbeheard.Asanalternative,anexternalpoweredloudspeaker canbeconnected.
Note
ThePI50MarineComputerwillbeverywarmduringoperation.
AnycommercialcomputercanalsobeusedwiththeSimradsystemprovidedthatthe computermeetsthebasicminimumspecications.
Minimumcomputerrequirements
Observethefollowingminimumcomputerrequirements.
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Operatingsystem:Microsoft
7(32–bit)
[1]
Onnewinstallations,werecommendthatMicrosoft
®
Windows
®
®
XP
(32–bit)orMicrosoft
®
Windows
®
7isused.
Processorspeed:2GHzDualcore
Memory:2.0Gb
Freeharddiskspace:30Gb
Chipset:Intel
Graphicadapter:DirectX9.0ccompatiblewithDirect3dandOpenGL
Interfaces:
–Oneserial(RS-232)interfacetocommunicatewiththeReceiverUnit
Notethat“PCIExpress”serialinterfaceboardsarenotsupported.
–OneEthernetinterfacetocommunicatewithship’slocalareanetwork(ifrequired)
–Oneormoreseriallineinterfaces(dependsonhowmanyinterfacesthatare
requiredforthespecicintegration)
Note
USBtoSerialadapterarenotsupportedunderWindowsXP .
Displayresolution:1280x1024
[3]
®
Windows
[2]
®
1.ThePI50softwaredoesnotsupportMicrosoft©Windows©NTorolderoperatingsystems.
2.Alargenumberofcommercialgraphicadaptersareavailable,andSimradhasnottestedallofthem.
EvenadaptersmeetingtheminimumspecicationsmayinsomecasesprovetofailwiththePI50 software.Wewelcomeanyfeedbackwithcommentsorexperienceswithgraphicadapters.
3.Thisistheminimumresolution.AswithallotherWindowsapplications,thePI50softwarewillwork
withhigherresolutions,providedthatitissupportedbythegraphicadapterinthecomputerandthe displayconnected.
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ReceiverUnit

TheSimradPI50Catchmonitoringsystemusesacustombuiltreceiver.
Figure3PI50ReceiverUnit
ThePI50receiverUnitishousedinasmallcabinet.Allnecessaryinputandoutput socketseasilyavailable.Theunitispoweredbyasmallexternalpowersupply.
TheReceiverUnitprovidesthefollowinginterfaces:
•SeriallinecabletotheProcessorUnit.
•Onehydrophone
•Externalpowersupply
TheReceiverUnitisnormallylocatedinacompartmentdirectlyabovethehydrophone. ThemaximumlengthoftheseriallinecabletotheProcessorUnitis50meters.
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Hydrophones

Twohullmountedhydrophonesareavailable,oneforpurseseiningoperations,andone fortrawloperations.Youcaninstallboth,andthenselectactivehydrophonebymeansof aselectorboxonthebulkhead.
Purseseinehydrophone
Figure4Purseseinehydrophone
Thehullmountedhydrophoneforpurseseining operationshasa90degreeshorizontalbeam anda30degreesverticalbeamtoprovidethe PI50withoptimalreceptionfromthesensors onapurseseine.
Thisspecicbeampatternisespeciallysuitedfor purseseiningandthewidecoverageareareduces theneedforcarefulalignment.
Trawlhydrophone
Thehullmountedhydrophonefortrawlingoperationshasa50degreeshorizontalbeam anda30degreesverticalbeamtoprovidethePI50withoptimalreceptionfromthe sensorsonabottomorpelagictrawl.
Thisspecicbeampatternisespeciallysuitedfortrawlingandthewidecoveragearea reducestheneedforcarefulalignment.
Portablehydrophone
Figure5Portablehydrophone
Aportablehydrophoneisalsoavailable.Itis designedasatemporarymeasureuntilaxed hydrophonecanbeinstalledatthevessel’snext planneddrydocking.Ithasanomnidirectional beamanda50meterintegratedcable.
Thecableissheathedinpolyurethaneproviding robustexternalprotectiontocomplimentits150 kgtensilestrength.
Thecableissuppliedonareelforconvenient retrievalandstowage,andisequippedwitha plugforeasyattachmenttotheReceiverUnit.
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Catchmonitoringsensors

AlargeselectionofsensorscanbeusedwiththePI50system.
Thecurrentsoftwareversionsupportsthefollowingsensors:
•BottomContact
•Catch
•Depth
•Spread
•Temperature
•Height
•Temperature/Depth
•Spread/Depth
•TwinSpread
•Height/Depth
•SeineSounder
•Geometry
Relatedtopics
Sensorviewsonpage39
Trendviewsonpage57
Howtoselectandsetupthesensorsonpage72
Sensorsoverviewonpage174
Sensorcongurationonpage190
Chargingproceduresonpage193

Supportinformation

IfyouneedadditionaltechnicalsupportforyourSimradPI50youmustcontactyour localdealer,oroneofoursupportdepartments.
Norway(Mainofce)
Address:Strandpromenaden50,3190Horten,Norway
Telephone:+4733034000
Telefax:+4733042987
E-mailaddress:s
Website:h t t p : / / w w w . s i m r a d . n o
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Address:PoligonoPartidaT orres38,03570Villajoyosa,Spain
Telephone:+34966810149
Telefax:+34966852304
SimradPI50
E-mailaddress:s
i m r a d . s p a i n @ s i m r a d . c o m
Website:h t t p : / / w w w . s i m r a d . e s
USA
Address:1921033rdAveW,Lynnwood,W A98036,USA
Telephone:+14257121136
Telefax:+14257121193
E-mailaddress:s
i m r a d . u s a @ s i m r a d . c o m
Website:h t t p : / / w w w . s i m r a d . c o m
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Topics
PowerOn/Offproceduresonpage20
Usingthetrackballonpage21
Sensorpresentationsonpage22
Startingnormaloperationonpage23

Gettingstarted

TitleBaronpage28
Themenusystemonpage30

PowerOn/Offprocedures

ObservetheseprocedurestoswitchtheSimradPI50onandoff.

Poweron

1PoweruptheReceiverUnit.
2PowerupthePI50computerandthedisplay.
3Ifnecessary,double-clickthePI50icononthedesktoptostarttheprogram.
4WaitwhilethePI50programstartsonthecomputer.
•Duringtheprograminitialisation,adialogappearstoletyouchoosefromthe currentusersettingsavailableonthePI50.Thedialogisonlyvisibleafew seconds.Y oudonotneedtomakeachoicehere.Y oucanselectusersettingat anytimebymeansoftheUserSettingsdialogontheMainmenu.
UserSettingsonpage121
5ObservethatthePI50starts.
•ThePI50startsupusingthesameoperationalparametersasthelasttimeyou usedit.Iftheseparametersareacceptable,continueoperation.Ifyouwishto alterbasicoperationalparameters,seethededicatedprocedures.
Startingnormaloperationonpage23
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Poweroff

Note
YoumustneverswitchoffthePI50onlybymeansoftheon/offswitchonthecomputer . Thismaydamagethesoftwareortheinterfaceparametersforexternaldevices.Y ou mustALW AYSusethisprocedure.
1ClicktheExitbuttonontheTitleBarinthetoprightcornerofthePI50presentation.
2ObservethatthePI50applicationclosesdown.
3Ifthecomputerdoesnotswitchitselfoffautomatically,usethefunctionality
providedbytheoperatingsystemtoswitchitoffmanually.
4Switchoffthedisplay.
5SwitchofftheReceiverUnit.

Usingthetrackball

Figure6Trackball
Astandardcomputermousecanalsobeused.Ifyouwishtouseamouse,werecommend thatyoundoneequippedwithacontrolwheel.
AllPI50functionsarecontrolledwiththe trackball.
AControlwheel
BTrackball
CRightmousebutton
DLeftmousebutton
Thistrackballisconnectedtothecomputer, andbymeansofthebuttonsandthewheel youcancontrolallthedialogsandparameter settings.
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Sensorpresentations

ThePI50canbeusedwithseveraldifferentsensors,butonlysixsensorssimultaneously.
Figure7Sensorpresentationexamplewithsensor viewsandtrendviewsshown
[4]
thesensordataforthelast20minutes.
Whensensorsareselected, thepresentationofthese aremadeautomatically. Thefollowingviewsare available:
Sensorviews:The informationfromeach sensorispresentedin arectangle.“Dual” sensorsusetwo channels,andthey usetworectangles forpresentation.The rectangleholdsthekey informationprovided bysensor,aswellas atrendview.Thisisa smallrectanglewithin thesensorview.It offersthechangesin
Trendviews:Foreachsensor,youcanalsoretrieveatrendview.Thisisagraph providingthehistoricvaluesfromthesensor.Boththeverticalandhorizontal resolutionsofthegraphcanbeadjusted.
–TheRangeandRangeStartbuttonsontheMainmenucontrolsthevertical
resolution.
–TheT rendHistoryLengthbuttonontheDisplaymenucontrolsthehorizontal
resolution(5to1440minutes).
Thepresentationofthevariousviewsaremadeautomatically,andthesizeofeachview dependsonthespaceavailable.Whennotrendviewsareopen,thesensorviewswill stretchfromthelefttotherightedgeofthepresentation.Whenatrendviewisopened, itwillpositionitselfontheleftside,andthesizeofthesensorviewswillbereduced. Ifadditionaltrendviewsareopened,theywillbepositionedontopofeachother,and theverticalsizeofeachviewisadjustedautomatically.
TheorderofthesensorviewsisdenedbythesettingmadeintheSelectSensorsdialog. Thelocationofthetrendviewsdonotfollowhisorder.Thersttrendviewllstheentire verticalspace,thenextareplacedontopoftherstinthesameordertheyareopened.
4.Thesensordataaretakenfromthebuilt-insimulator.
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Startingnormaloperation

OnceyouhavepoweredupthecompletePI50system,youarereadytostarttheactual operation.Whenstartedup,thePI50willautomaticallyapplyitsprevioussetup parameters.
Iftheseparametersareacceptableyoudonotneedtocarryouttheremainingprocedures inthissection.
OnceyouhavepoweredupthePI50andthedisplay,youarereadytostarttheactual operation.Whenstartedup,thePI50willautomaticallyapplyitsprevioussetup parameters.
Iftheseparametersareacceptableyoudonotneedtocarryouttheremainingprocedures inthissection.
Topics
Howtoselectmenulanguageonpage23
Gettingstarted
HowtoresetthePI50tofactorydefaultparametersonpage23
Howtoselectandsetupthesensorsonpage24
Howtosavethecurrentusersettingsonpage27
Howtocalibratethedepthsensorsonpage27

Howtoselectmenulanguage

Themenubuttons–aswellasothertext–inthePI50presentationareavailablein severallanguages.
1ClicktheDisplayiconundertheMainmenutoopentheDisplaysub-menu.
Displaymenuonpage118
2ClickthemiddleoftheLanguagebuttontoopenthelistofavailablelanguages.
Languageonpage132
3Clickonceonthelanguageyouwishtouse.
4Observethatthesub-menuisclosed,andthatalltextinthemenubuttonschangesto
theselectedlanguage.

HowtoresetthePI50tofactorydefaultparameters

Ifthecurrentsettingsareunreliable,oryousimplywishtoresetthePI50toaknownset ofparameters,choosethefactorysettingprovided.
1ObservetheMainmenuontherighthandsideofthePI50presentation.
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2ClicktheUserSettingsbuttontoopentheUserSettingsdialog.
UserSettingsonpage121
3IntheUserSettingsdialog,clickoneofthefactorysettingsinthetoptexteld:
SimradFactoryDefault
SimradPurseSetup
SimradT rawlSetup
4ClicktheActivateSelectedSetting,thenclickClose.

Howtoselectandsetupthesensors

ThePI50allowsyoutoputtheentirePIsensorrangetouse.However,youmustselect thesensorsthatyouwishtouse,setthemupintheorderyouwishtoseethemon thescreen,andselecttheoperationalparameters.Boththesensorselectionandthe parametersetuparedoneintheSelectSensorsdialog.
SelectSensorsonpage142
1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.
Setupmenuonpage119
2ClicktheSelectSensorsbuttontoopentheSelectSensorsdialog.
SelectSensorsonpage142
3ObservetheA vailableSensorseldontheupperleftsideofthedialog.Itlistsall
thesensortypessupportedbythePI50.
4Clickonceasensortypetoselectit.
5Clickthe[►]buttontocopythechosensensortotheSelectedSensorslist.
6Repeattoselectallrequestedsensors.
ThePI50systemwillkeeptrackofthequantityofsensorsyouareaddingtothe
SelectedSensorslist.Ifyoutrytoaddtoomanysensors,amessagewillletyouknow.
IfyouneedtodeleteasensorfromtheSelectedSensorslist,clickonit,andthen clickthe[]button.
7IntheSelectSensorsdialog,observetheitemsintheSelectedSensorslist.
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Note
Theorderofthesensorsinthislistisalsoreectedtotheorderofthesensorview rectangles
→Howtocontroltheorderofthesensorviewsonpage70
8Clickonceasensortypetoselectit.
9Clickoneofthe[▲]or[▼]buttonstomovethesensorupordownonthelistin
theSelectedSensorseld.
Theorderinthislistalsocontrolstheorderinwhichthesensorsarepresentedinthe
SensorCongurationeld,aswellastheverticalorderoftheSensorviewrectangles
inthePI50displaypresentation.
Howtocontroltheorderofthesensorviewsonpage70
10ObservethelistofsensorsintheSensorCongurationeldatthebottomofthe
dialog.
11Fore
a c h sensorintheSensorCongurationeld:
aChooseLabelID(identication).
LabelID:Thisnumberisusedtoidentifythesensor.
TheIDmustbeuniqueforeachsensor,andwerecommendthatyouletit matchthephysicallabelplacedonthesensor.Thenumberyouchoosewill beusedintheSensorview.
Sensorviewsonpage39
•TheorderinwhichtheSensorviewsarepresentedisdenedbytheorder intheSelectedSensorslist.
bChooseLabelName.
LabelName:Bydefault,theLabelNameisthesameasthesensorname listedwiththeAvailablesensors.Ifyouhaveakeyboardconnectedtothe PI50computer,youcanclickintheeld,andenteranothername.
TheLabelNameisonlyshowninthisdialog.
cChooseUpdateRate.
UpdateRate:Thisparameteriusedtoselectthesensor’supdaterate.
ThisishowoftenthePI50canexpecttoreceiveinformationfromthesensor.
Changingtheupdaterateonpage191
Note
TheUpdateRateparameterisvital.Theupdaterateyouchooseherem u s t complytotheupdaterateprogrammedintothesensor.Ifthesedonotmatch, thecommunicationwillnotwork.
ThedefaultupdateratesforthevarioussensorsarelistedinchapterPI50 Sensors.
Defaultcommunicationchannelsandupdateratesonpage190
Tochangethechannelnumberonthesensor,usethePIConguratorutility.
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PIConguratoronpage192
dChooseSensorValueName.
SensorV alueName:Bydefault,theSensorValueNameisthesameasthe sensornamelistedintheAvailableSensorslist.Ifyouhaveakeyboard connectedtothePI50computer,youcanclickintheeld,andenteranother name.Youcanalsoopentheon-screenkeyboard.
TheSensorV alueNameisusedintheSensorviews.Ifyouaresettingupa dualsensor,youcanentertwodifferentnames.
Sensorviewsonpage39
Example:IfyouhavethreePICatchsensorsonyourtrawl,youcanname them“CatchRear”,“CatchMiddle”and“CatchForward”.
eChooseChannelNumber.
ChannelNumber:Thisisthecommunicationchannelusedbetweenthe sensorandthePI50system.
Note
TheChannelNumberparameterisvital.Thecommunicationchannelnumber youchooseherem
u s t complytothechannelnumberprogrammedintothe sensor.Ifthesedonotmatch,thecommunicationwillnotwork.Bydefault, thechannelnumberwillmatchthefactorysetting.
Ifyouusemorethanonesensorsofthesametype,thechannelnumberof oneofthesensorsmustbechangedtomakeituniqueforthesensor.This mustbechangedb
o t h intheactualsensor,a n d intheSelectSensorsdialog duringconguration.
Thedefaultcommunicationchannelsforthevarioussensorsarelistedin chapterPI50Sensors.
Tochangethechannelnumberonthesensor,usethePIConguratorutility.
Defaultcommunicationchannelsandupdateratesonpage190
Changingacommunicationchannelonpage191
PIConguratoronpage192
fObservetheOffsetvalue.
Offset:Eachsensormeasuringspreadanddepthwillhaveanoffsetvalue.
Theoffsetvalueforthedepthsensorsaredeterminedduringcalibration.
Howtocalibratethedepthsensorsonpage27
Calibrationonpage149
Theoffsetvalueforthespreadsensormustbeenteredmanuallybased onyourknowledgeaboutthephysicallocationsofthesensorsandthe propertiesofthegear.
12ClickApplytosavethesensorconguration.
13CheckthatallsensorsareshowninthePI50presentation.
14ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.
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Tip
Ifyouhaveseveralsensorcongurationsdedicatedfordifferentgearsordifferenttasks, westronglyrecommendthatyousavetheseforfutureuse.
Howtosavethecurrentusersettingsonpage67
UserSettingsonpage121

Howtosavethecurrentusersettings

Ifyouhaveseveraluserwithfavouritecongurations,workwithdifferentgears,orwith differenttransducers,depthorbottomconditions,werecommendthatyousavethe parametersforfutureuse.
Ifyouhaveseveralsensorcongurationsdedicatedfordifferentgearsordifferenttasks, wealsostronglyrecommendthatyousavethese.
ThesettingssavedusingtheUserSettingsfunctionalityincludesallreceiversettings, interfaceparameters,aswellasthecurrentlyselectedsensorsandtheircommunication parameters.Thisisusefulifyouoperateacombinedtrawlerandseinerusingdifferent sensorsetuponthedifferentgears.
1ObservetheMainmenuontherighthandsideofthePI50presentation.
2ClicktheUserSettingsbuttontoopentheUserSettingsdialog.
UserSettingsonpage121
3IntheUserSettingdialog,clicktheSaveCurrentSettingbutton.
4IntheSettingdialog,clickOKtoacceptthesuggestedname.
5Tochooseadifferentname:
•IfyouhaveakeyboardconnectedtothePI50computer,youcanclickinthetext eld,removethesuggestion,andenteranyname.
•Ifakeyboardisnotconnected,clicktheKeyboardbuttontousetheon-screen keyboard.
6ObservethatthenameyouhavechosenappearsontheSavedSettingslist.
7ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

Howtocalibratethedepthsensors

Onlydepthsensorscanbecalibrated.Thepurposeistomakesurethatthedepthreported bythesensorisasaccurateaspossible.Thisprocedureiscarriedoutonboardthevessel.
Note
Inordertocalibratethesensor ,itmustbesubmergedinsaltwater.
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Thesoftwareprovidedforcalibrationassumesthatthesensorisloweredto1meterdeep. Ifyouneedtoloweritevendeeper,youwillneedtoaddthisadditionaldepthtothe
OffsetvaluewhenyouselectandsetupthesensorintheSelectSensorsdialog.
Example:Ifyouloweryoursensorto5metersdepthforcalibration,youmustenter
4(meters)intotheOffsetforthesensor.
SelectSensorsonpage142
1Mountaropetothetopfasteninglugsonthesensor.
2Tightentherope,andmeasureonemeterfromthebottomofthesensortoaspoton
therope.Placeavisualmarkerontheropeatthatlocation.
3Lowerthesensoroverthesideofthevesselandintothewater.Lowerituntilthe
visualmarkerontheropeisevenwiththesurface.
Youmaywishtouseadifferentdepthreferencethantheseasurface.Ifthisisthe case,changethemarkingontheropetotyoupreference,forexamplethedepthof thekeelorthedepthofanechosoundertransducer.
4Observethenumericalpresentationofthesensordepth,andallowthereadingto
stabilizeitself.
5ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.
Setupmenuonpage119
6ClickCalibration.
Calibrationonpage149
7IntheCalibrationdialog,clickStartCalibration.
8WaitforthePI50systemtodothecalibration.Readabook,orcallyourmother.
WhentheCalibrationdialogcloses,thecalibrationhasnished.ClickCloseto closethedialog.
9Observethenumericalpresentationofthesensordepth,andverifythatitreads1m.
10Retrievethesensorfromthewater.

TitleBar

ThePI50TitleBarislocatedonthetopofthedisplaypresentation,anditisstretched fromthefarlefttothefarrightside.
TheTitleBarprovidesbuttonstohideorshowthemenu,tomakeascreencapture,to opentheMessagesdialog,andtoopenthecontextsensitiveon-linehelp.Italsoprovides navigationalinformation,aswellasafewbuttonsrelatedtooperatingsystemfeatures.
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Figure8TitleBar
TitleBarelements
Brandandproductname:Thiselementidentiesthemanufacturerandtheproduct.
Logoandproductnameonpage35
Operation:Thesebuttonsareusedtocontrolbasicoperationalfunctions.
Operationbuttonsonpage35
Navigation:Thesearenotbuttons,butinformationeldsprovidingcurrentdata relatedtothevesselmovements.
Navigationalinformationonpage36
Function:Thesebuttonsareusedtocontrolbasicfunctionssuchasscreencaptures, help,menuappearance
Functionbuttonsonpage37
FormoredetailedinformationabouttheTitleBar,seeTitlebaronpage35.
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Themenusystem

Thissectionprovidesashortintroductiontothemenusystem,andexplainsthebasicuse ofthePI50menubuttons.
Formoreinformationaboutthemenusystem,seethededicatedchapter.
Themenusystemonpage113

Themenuhierarchy

Figure9The Mainmenu(top) withtheDisplay sub-menubelow
ThemenusystemonthePI50isbydefaultplacedontherighthand sideofthedisplaypresentation.Y oucanhowevereasilymovethe menutotheleftsideusingtheDisplayOptionsdialog,orhideit fromviewwiththeMenubuttonontheTitleBar.
Themainmenuisshort,andthethreesub-menusareopenedby clickingonthethreeicons.
Menuhierarchy
1TheMainmenuprovidestheparametersmostfrequentlyused
duringnormaloperation.
2TheOperationmenucontrolsthemainoperationalparameters.
3TheDisplaymenucontrolsthevisualaspectsofthesystem,
suchasparametersrelatedtothedisplaypresentation.
4TheSetupmenuallowsyoutocontroltheconguration
ofthesignalprocessing,aswellassysteminstallationand maintenance,andtheinterfacestoperipheraldevices.

Menubuttons

Eachmenucontainsseveralcommandbuttons.Eachbuttonshowsthefunctionofthe button,someofthemalsodisplaysthecurrentparametersetting.Themajorityofthe buttonsineachmenueldhavethesefunctions:
•Youcanincreaseanddecreaseparametervaluesbyclickingthebutton.
•Youcanchangeparametervaluesbymovingthecursorsideways.
•Youcanchangeparametervaluesbymeansofthescrollwheelonthemouseor
trackball.
•Youcanenterparametervaluesfromthekeyboard(ifyouhaveone).
•Youcanselectparametervaluefromthebutton’ssub-menu.
•Youcanopenadedicateddialog.
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Howtoselectanumericalparameterusingthe+/-buttons
1Movethecursortoeithersideofthebutton,andobservethatthebackgroundcolour
changes.
aClickonthel e f t sideofthebuttontodecreasethenumericalvalue.
bClickonther
i g h t sideofthebuttontoincreasethenumericalvalue.
Howtoselectanumericalparameterbymovingthecursorhorizontally
1Placethecursoronthemiddleofthebutton.
2Clickandholdtheleftmousebuttondepressed.
3Movethecursorhorizontally:lefttodecreasetheparametervalue,orrightto
increaseit.
4Releasethemousebuttonwhentherequestedvalueisshown.
Howtoselectanumericalparameterbymeansofthescrollwheel
1Placethecursoronthemiddleofthebutton.
2Spinthescrollwheelineitherdirectiontoincreaseordecreasetheparametervalue.
3Releasethescrollwheelwhentherequestedvalueisshown.
Howtoselectanumericalparameterusingthekeyboard
1Clickthemiddlesectionofthebuttontoopenatexteld.
2Enterthenumericalvalueintothetexteld.
Ifthenumericalvalueexceedsthepermittedrangefortheparameter,theframein thetexteldwillbered.Youwillthennotbeabletoenterthevalue.
3PresstheEnterkey.
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Howtoselectaparameterusingasub-menu
1Clickthemiddlesectionofthebuttontoopenasub-menu,thenclicktherequested
parametervalue.
Thechosenvalueisapplied,andthesub-menuisautomaticallyclosed.
2Wheneverapplicable,youcanalsoaccessthesub-menubyclickingtheleftand
rightsideofthebutton,butthismethodwillnotshowyouthemenuchoices.
aClickonthel
bClickonther
e f t sideofthebuttontoselectalowersub-menuchoice.
i g h t sideofthebuttontoselectahighersub-menuchoice.
Howtoselectparametersusingadialog
1Clickanywhereonthebuttontoopenaseparatedialog.
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Displayviews
ThedisplayviewsprovidedbytheSimradPI50isbasedonanawardwinningdesign. Themenusystem,presentationofdataintheoperationalmodes,andtheuserinterface elementshavebeencreatedinclosecooperationwithdesignersandusers.
ThischapterprovidesabriefoverviewoftheinformationdisplayedbytheSimradPI50, andhowitisorganised.
Topics
Displayorganisationonpage33
Titlebaronpage35
Menusystemonpage38
Sensorviewsonpage39
Trendviewsonpage57
Screencapturesonpage64

Displayorganisation

AtypicalPI50Catchmonitoringsystemdisplaypresentationisshown.
ATitleBar
TheTitleBaridentiesthelogo,andprovidesseveralconsandbuttons.Theseare usedtohideorretrievethemenusystem,andtoenablebasicsystemfunctions.
Titlebaronpage35
BSensorviews
Thesensorviewsareautomaticallyplacedontopofeachother.Theyreectthe sensorsyouhavechosenintheSelectSensorsdialog,andtheorderyouhavegiven thesensorswhenyoudenedthem.
Ifyouhaveopenedoneormoretrendviews,thesensorviewrectanglesare automaticallyreducedinsize.Ifyouhidethemenu,theywillenlargeandllthe vacantspaceleftbythemenusystem.
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CTrendviews
Eachsensorpresentationcanbeexpandedintoatrendviewtoshowthehistoric developmentoftheinformationprovidedbythesensor.
Eachtrendviewcomprisesagraph.Theseareplacedontheleftsideofthescreen, ontopofeachother,intheorderyouopenthem.
Figure10Sensorpresentationexamplewithsensorviewsandtrendviewsshown
DMainmenu
[5]
TheMainmenuisbydefaultlocatedontherighthandsideoftheechosounder presentation.Toopenanyofthesub-menus,clicktheicons.Tohideorretrievethe
Mainmenu,clicktheMenubuttonontheTitleBar.
Menusystemonpage38
ESub-menus
Threesub-menusmaybeopenedfromtheiconsatthebottomoftheMainmenu.
Menusystemonpage38
5.Thesensordataaretakenfromthebuilt-insimulator.
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Titlebar

ThePI50TitleBarislocatedonthetopofthedisplaypresentation,anditisstretched fromthefarlefttothefarrightside.
TheTitleBarprovidesbuttonstohideorshowthemenu,tomakeascreencapture,to opentheMessagesdialog,andtoopenthecontextsensitiveon-linehelp.Italsoprovides navigationalinformation,aswellasafewbuttonsrelatedtooperatingsystemfeatures.
Figure1 1TitleBar
TitleBarelements
Brandandproductname:Thiselementidentiesthemanufacturerandtheproduct.
Logoandproductnameonpage35
Operation:Thesebuttonsareusedtocontrolbasicoperationalfunctions.
Operationbuttonsonpage35
Navigation:Thesearenotbuttons,butinformationeldsprovidingcurrentdata
relatedtothevesselmovements.
Navigationalinformationonpage36
Function:Thesebuttonsareusedtocontrolbasicfunctionssuchasscreencaptures,
help,menuappearance
Functionbuttonsonpage37

Logoandproductname

TheSimradlogoandtheproductname(PI50)isshown.
Double-clicktheSimradlogotoreducethesizeofthePI50presentation.Double-click onemoretimetorestoretheoriginalsize.

Operationbuttons

Menubutton
ClickonceontheMenubuttontohidethemenu,andonemoretimetobring itbackagain.Whenthemenuishidden,itwilltemporarilybeshownonthe leftandrighthandsideofthedisplayifyoumovethecursortothatposition.
Themenusystemonpage113
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Screencapturebutton
Clickthisbuttononcetocreateascreencaptureofthecurrentechogram presentation.Toviewtherecordedimage,clickScreenCaptureontheT askbar toopentheimagebrowser.
Screencapturesonpage64

Navigationalinformation

Thesearenotbuttons,buteldsprovidingusefulinformationrelatedtothevessel movements.Y oucanchoosewhichinformationtobedisplayedifyouopentheDisplay
OptionsdialogfromtheDisplaysub-menu.
Note
ThisnavigationalinformationontheTitleBarmustnotbeusedfornavigation!
DisplayOptionsonpage137
Geographicallocation
ProvidedthataGPSsystemisconnectedtothePI50,thiseld ontheTitleBarwilldisplaythevessel’sgeographicalpositionin longitudeandlatitude.
ThecommunicationwiththeexternalGPSsystemissetupusingtheNavigationbutton ontheSetupmenu.
Navigation;Positiontabonpage154
Vesselheading
ProvidedthataGPSorcompasssystemisconnectedtothePI50,thiseld ontheTitleBarwilldisplaythevessel’scurrentheading.
ThecommunicationwiththeexternalGPSsystem,headingsensororgyro
compassissetupusingtheNavigationbuttonontheSetupmenu.
Navigation;Headingtabonpage157
Vesselspeed
ProvidedthataGPSorspeedlogsystemisconnectedtothePI50,thiseld ontheTitleBarwilldisplaythevessel’scurrentspeed.
ThecommunicationwiththeexternalGPSsystemorspeedsensorissetup
usingtheNavigationbuttonontheSetupmenu.
Navigation;Speedtabonpage155
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Watertemperature
ProvidedthatatemperaturesensorisconnectedtothePI50,thiseldon theTitleBarwilldisplaythewatertemperature.
Note
ThisfunctionalityisnotimplementedinSWversion1.0.0.
Depth
ProvidedthatanexternalechosounderisconnectedtothePI50to providetheinformation,thecurrentbottomdepthcanbeshown.

Functionbuttons

ThevefunctionbuttonsarelocatedonthefarrightsideoftheTitleBar.
Displayviews
Messagebutton
ThisMessagebuttonwillindicatewhenthePI50systemhasissuedamessage. ClickthebuttontoopentheMessagedialog.Ifyouholdthemousecursor overthebutton,atooltiprectanglewillprovidealistofthemessagesthatyou havenotacknowledged.
Howtoreadandacknowledgealarmsandmessagesonpage101
Messagesonpage171
Helpbutton
ClickthisbuttontoopenthePI50contextsensitiveon-linehelp.Thebutton opensthehelpsystemonitsstartpage.
Minimizebutton
ClickthisbuttontominimizethePI50displaypresentation.Thisisanoperating systemfunction.
Resizebutton
ClickthisbuttontochangethesizeofthePI50displaypresentation.This isanoperatingsystemfunction.
Exitbutton
ClickthisbuttontoclosethePI50program.
Poweroffonpage21
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Menusystem

ThePI50menuislocatedattherightsideofthedisplay.Adetailedbreakdownofthe commandsandparametersavailablefromthemenusystemisgivenintheMenusystem chapter.
Themenusystemonpage113
Figure12The Mainmenu (top)with theOperation sub-menubelow
YoucanplacethemenuontheleftsideofthePI50presentation bymeansoftheMenuontherightsideoptionintheDisplayOptions dialog.
DisplayOptionsonpage137
Youcanalsohidethemenufromviewifyoudonotneedit.Use theMenubuttonontheTitleBar.Clickoncetohidethemenu, clickonemoretimetoretrieveit.
Menuhierarchy
1TheMainmenuprovidestheparametersmostfrequentlyused
duringnormaloperation.
2TheOperationmenucontrolsthemainoperationalparameters.
3TheDisplaymenucontrolsthevisualaspectsofthesystem,suchasparameters
relatedtothedisplaypresentation.
4TheSetupmenuallowsyoutocontrolthecongurationofthesignalprocessing,as
wellassysteminstallationandmaintenance,andtheinterfacestoperipheraldevices.
Formoreinformationaboutthemenusystem,seetheMenuSystemchapter.
Themenusystemonpage113
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Sensorviews

EachsensorprovidinginformationtothePI50systemusesadedicatedrectangle–a
Sensorview–todisplaythisinformation.
Theserectanglesaredynamic.Thismeansthatyoucanchangetheirsize.Thetext fontandtheamountofinformationintherectanglewillchangeastherectangleis madelargerorsmaller.
Topics
PIBottomContactsensorviewonpage40
PICatchsensorviewonpage41
PIDepthsensorviewonpage42
PIHeightsensorviewonpage43
PISpreadsensorviewonpage44
PIT emperaturesensorviewonpage45
PIT emperature/Depthsensorviewonpage46
PIGeometrysensorviewonpage47
PIHeight/Depthsensorviewonpage49
PISpread/Depthsensorviewonpage50
PITwinSpreadsensorviewonpage52
PISeineSoundersensorviewonpage54
PIRemote/Depthsensorviewonpage55
PIRipsensorviewonpage55
V erticalgeometryviewonpage56
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PIBottomContactsensorview

ASensorcolourcode,identierandname:TheidentieristheLabelIDparameter,the
sensornameistheSensorValueNameparameter.Y oucancontroltheseparameters intheSelectSensorsdialog.
ThecolourcodeisissuedautomaticallybythePI50system.Thesamecolouris usedintheTrendviewandintheHistoryeld.
BBottomcontactstatusicon:Thearrowdisplays“bottomcontact”.
Thisisgraphicallyrepresentedbymakingcontactwith thehorizontalblackline(seabed).Whenbottomcontact islost,thearrowwillrisefromtheseabedandchange
appearance.
•Lefticon:Thesensorhasliftedofftheseabed.
•Righticon:Thesensorisinphysicalcontactwiththeseabed.
CTimer:Thistimerrecordshowmanyminutesthathaveelapsedsincethesensorlost
bottomcontact.Ifthebottomcontactisregained,thetimerstops.Itisthenrestarted oncethestatuschangesagain.ThetimercanbemanuallyresetbyclickingtheReset
CountersbuttonontheOperationmenu.
ResetCountersonpage129
DHistoryeld:Whenthesizeofthepresentationrectanglepermits,ahistoryeld
isshown.Theeldoffersagraphicalpresentationofthesensorinformationfor thelast20minutes.Theverticalrangeissetautomaticallydenedbythecurrent measurements.
EPulselampandTrendviewicons:ThegreenPulselampiconasheseverytimea
signalisreceivedfromthecorrespondingsensor.TheTrendviewiconopens(and closes)theTrendviewforthecorrespondingsensor.
Relatedtopics
PIBottomContactsensorviewonpage40
PIBottomContacttrendviewonpage57
HowtosetupthePIBottomContactsensoronpage75
PIBottomContactpurposeandapplicationonpage175
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PICatchsensorview

ASensorcolourcode,identierandname:TheidentieristheLabelIDparameter,the
sensornameistheSensorValueNameparameter.Y oucancontroltheseparameters intheSelectSensorsdialog.
ThecolourcodeisissuedautomaticallybythePI50system.Thesamecolouris usedintheTrendviewandintheHistoryeld.
BCatchstatusicon:Twosmallrectanglesvisualizesensoractivation.
Asmallyellowrectanglemeansthatthesensorhasnot beenactivatedyet.Aredrectanglemeansthatthetrawl hasbeenlledwithsh,andthishastriggeredthesensor.
•Lefticon:Thesensorhasbeenactivated.
•Righticon:Thesensorhasn
o t beenactivated.
CTimer:Thistimerrecordshowmanyminutesthathaveelapsedsincethesensor
wasactivated.ThetimercanbemanuallyresetbyclickingtheResetCounters buttonontheOperationmenu.
ResetCountersonpage129
DHistoryeld:Whenthesizeofthepresentationrectanglepermits,ahistoryeld
isshown.Theeldoffersagraphicalpresentationofthesensorinformationfor thelast20minutes.Theverticalrangeissetautomaticallydenedbythecurrent measurements.
EPulselampandTrendviewicons:ThegreenPulselampiconasheseverytimea
signalisreceivedfromthecorrespondingsensor.TheTrendviewiconopens(and closes)theTrendviewforthecorrespondingsensor.
Relatedtopics
PICatchsensorviewonpage41
PICatchtrendviewonpage57
HowtosetupthePIBottomContactsensoronpage75
PICatchpurposeandapplicationonpage176
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PIDepthsensorview

Figure13PIDepthnumericalpresentation,example
ASensorcolourcode,identierandname:TheidentieristheLabelIDparameter,the
sensornameistheSensorValueNameparameter.Y oucancontroltheseparameters intheSelectSensorsdialog.
ThecolourcodeisissuedautomaticallybythePI50system.Thesamecolouris usedintheTrendviewandintheHistoryeld.
BCurrentdepth:Thisthecurrentdepthmeasuredbythesensor.Thecurrent
measurementunitisshown,aswellasabluetriangle.Thetriangleindicatesthe currentverticalmovementofthesensor;upordown.Inthisexamplethesensor measures82,5metersfromtheseasurfaceanddowntothesensor,andthesensor– andthusthegear–isslowlyrisingwith3meterseachminute.
CDepthchanges:Thisdigitshowsdepthchangesrecordedbythesensor,andthusthe
ascendingordescendingspeedofthenet.Thevalueisshowninunitsperminute. Thedirectionisshownwiththebluetriangle.Ifthesensordoesnotdetectany depthchanges,thearrowisremoved.
DHistoryeld:Whenthesizeofthepresentationrectanglepermits,ahistoryeld
isshown.Theeldoffersagraphicalpresentationofthesensorinformationfor thelast20minutes.Theverticalrangeissetautomaticallydenedbythecurrent measurements.
EPulselampandTrendviewicons:ThegreenPulselampiconasheseverytimea
signalisreceivedfromthecorrespondingsensor.TheTrendviewiconopens(and closes)theTrendviewforthecorrespondingsensor.
Relatedtopics
PIDepthsensorviewonpage42
PIDepthtrendviewonpage58
HowtosetupthePIDepthsensoronpage77
Howtosetupspreadanddepthsensorstomeasureverticalgeometryonpage96
Howtosetupdepthandheightsensorstomeasuretotalwaterdepthonpage98
PIDepthpurposeandapplicationonpage177
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PIHeightsensorview

ASensorcolourcode,identierandname:TheidentieristheLabelIDparameter,the
sensornameistheSensorValueNameparameter.Y oucancontroltheseparameters intheSelectSensorsdialog.
ThecolourcodeisissuedautomaticallybythePI50system.Thesamecolouris usedintheTrendviewandintheHistoryeld.
BCurrentheight:Thisistheheightfromtheseabedanduptothepositiononthe
gearinwhichthesensorismounted.Thecurrentmeasurementunitisshown,as wellastwobluetriangles.
Thetwotrianglesindicatethecurrentverticalmovementof thesensor;upordown.Inthisexamplethesensorisslowly increasingwith5meterseachminute.Ifthetwotrianglesare
o w a r d s eachother,theheightisdecreasing.Ifthey
arepointingawayf
pointingt
r o m eachother,theheightisincreasing.
CHeightchanges:Thisdigitshowsheightchangesrecordedbythesensor,andthus
theascendingordescendingspeedofthenet.Thevalueisshowninunitsper minute.Thedirectionisshownwiththetwobluetriangles.Ifthesensordoesnot detectanyheightchanges,thetrianglesareremoved.
DHistoryeld:Whenthesizeofthepresentationrectanglepermits,ahistoryeld
isshown.Theeldoffersagraphicalpresentationofthesensorinformationfor thelast20minutes.Theverticalrangeissetautomaticallydenedbythecurrent measurements.
EPulselampandTrendviewicons:ThegreenPulselampiconasheseverytimea
signalisreceivedfromthecorrespondingsensor.TheTrendviewiconopens(and closes)theTrendviewforthecorrespondingsensor.
Relatedtopics
PIHeightsensorviewonpage43
PIHeighttrendviewonpage59
HowtosetupthePIHeightsensoronpage79
Howtosetupdepthandheightsensorstomeasuretotalwaterdepthonpage98
Howtosetuptheheightsensortoshowthetrawlopeningonpage98
PIHeightpurposeandapplicationonpage178
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PISpreadsensorview

ASensorcolourcode,identierandname:TheidentieristheLabelIDparameter,the
sensornameistheSensorValueNameparameter.Y oucancontroltheseparameters intheSelectSensorsdialog.
ThecolourcodeisissuedautomaticallybythePI50system.Thesamecolouris usedintheTrendviewandintheHistoryeld.
BCurrentspread:Thisthecurrentdistancebetweenthetrawldoorsasmeasuredby
thesensor.Thecurrentmeasurementunitisshown,aswellastwobluetriangles.
Thetrianglesindicatethecurrentchangesinthespread distance;increasingordecreasing.Inthisexamplethe
spreaddistanceisslowlydecreasingwith2meterseach minute.Ifthetwotrianglesarepointingt isdecreasing.Iftheyarepointingawayf
o w a r d s eachother,thespreaddistance
r o m eachother,thespreaddistanceis
increasing.
CSpreadchanges:Thisdigitshowsthespreaddistancechangesrecordedbythe
sensor,andthustheincreasingordecreasingdistancebetweenthetwotrawldoors. Thevalueisshowninunitsperminute.Thedirectionisshownwiththeblue triangles.Ifthesensordoesnotdetectanyspreadchanges,thearrowsareremoved.
DHistoryeld:Whenthesizeofthepresentationrectanglepermits,ahistoryeld
isshown.Theeldoffersagraphicalpresentationofthesensorinformationfor thelast20minutes.Theverticalrangeissetautomaticallydenedbythecurrent measurements.
EPulselampandTrendviewicons:ThegreenPulselampiconasheseverytimea
signalisreceivedfromthecorrespondingsensor.TheTrendviewiconopens(and closes)theTrendviewforthecorrespondingsensor.
Relatedtopics
PISpreadsensorviewonpage44
PISpreadtrendviewonpage59
HowtosetupthePISpreadsensoronpage80
Howtosetupspreadanddepthsensorstomeasureverticalgeometryonpage96
PISpreadpurposeandapplicationonpage179
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PIT emperaturesensorview

ASensorcolourcode,identierandname:TheidentieristheLabelIDparameter,the
sensornameistheSensorValueNameparameter.Y oucancontroltheseparameters intheSelectSensorsdialog.
ThecolourcodeisissuedautomaticallybythePI50system.Thesamecolouris usedintheTrendviewandintheHistoryeld.
BCurrenttemperature:Thisthecurrenttemperaturemeasuredbythesensor.The
currentmeasurementunitisshown,aswellasabluetriangle.Thetriangleindicates ifthetemperatureisincreasingordecreasing.Inthisexamplethetemperatureis measuredto4,5°C,anditisrapidlyincreasingwith2°Ceachminute.
CTemperaturechanges:Thisdigitshowstemperaturechangesrecordedbythesensor.
Thevalueisshowninunitsperminute.Thedirectionofthetemperaturechangeis shownwiththebluetriangle.Ifthesensordoesnotdetectanytemperaturechanges, thearrowisremoved.
DHistoryeld:Whenthesizeofthepresentationrectanglepermits,ahistoryeld
isshown.Theeldoffersagraphicalpresentationofthesensorinformationfor thelast20minutes.Theverticalrangeissetautomaticallydenedbythecurrent measurements.
EPulselampandTrendviewicons:ThegreenPulselampiconasheseverytimea
signalisreceivedfromthecorrespondingsensor.TheTrendviewiconopens(and closes)theTrendviewforthecorrespondingsensor.
Relatedtopics
PIT emperaturesensorviewonpage45
PIT emperaturetrendviewonpage60
HowtosetupthePIT emperaturesensoronpage82
PIT emperaturepurposeandapplicationonpage180
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PIT emperature/Depthsensorview

Note
Thisisa“dual”sensor.ItwillseizetwocommunicationchannelsonthePI50.
ASensorcolourcode,identierandname:TheidentieristheLabelIDparameter,the
sensornameistheSensorValueNameparameter.Y oucancontroltheseparameters intheSelectSensorsdialog.
ThecolourcodeisissuedautomaticallybythePI50system.Thesamecolouris usedintheTrendviewandintheHistoryeld.
BCurrentdepth:Thisthecurrentdepthmeasuredbythesensor.Thecurrent
measurementunitisshown,aswellasabluetriangle.Thetriangleindicatesthe currentverticalmovementofthesensor;upordown.Inthisexamplethesensor measures82,5metersfromtheseasurfaceanddowntothesensor,andthesensor– andthusthegear–isslowlyrisingwith3meterseachminute.
CDepthchanges:Thisdigitshowsdepthchangesrecordedbythesensor,andthusthe
ascendingordescendingspeedofthenet.Thevalueisshowninunitsperminute. Thedirectionisshownwiththebluetriangle.Ifthesensordoesnotdetectany depthchanges,thearrowisremoved.
DHistoryeld:Whenthesizeofthepresentationrectanglepermits,ahistoryeld
isshown.Theeldoffersagraphicalpresentationofthesensorinformationfor thelast20minutes.Theverticalrangeissetautomaticallydenedbythecurrent measurements.
EPulselampandTrendviewicons:ThegreenPulselampiconasheseverytimea
signalisreceivedfromthecorrespondingsensor.TheTrendviewiconopens(and closes)theTrendviewforthecorrespondingsensor.
FCurrenttemperature:Thisthecurrenttemperaturemeasuredbythesensor.The
currentmeasurementunitisshown,aswellasabluetriangle.Thetriangleindicates ifthetemperatureisincreasingordecreasing.Inthisexamplethetemperatureis measuredto4,5°C,anditisrapidlyincreasingwith2°Ceachminute.
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GTemperaturechanges:Thisdigitshowstemperaturechangesrecordedbythesensor.
Thevalueisshowninunitsperminute.Thedirectionofthetemperaturechangeis shownwiththebluetriangle.Ifthesensordoesnotdetectanytemperaturechanges, thearrowisremoved.
HHistoryeld:Whenthesizeofthepresentationrectanglepermits,ahistoryeld
isshown.Theeldoffersagraphicalpresentationofthesensorinformationfor thelast20minutes.Theverticalrangeissetautomaticallydenedbythecurrent measurements.
Relatedtopics
PIT emperature/Depthsensorviewonpage46
PIT emperature/Depthtrendviewonpage60
HowtosetupthePIT emperature/Depthsensoronpage83
PITemperature/Depthpurposeandapplicationonpage181

PIGeometrysensorview

Note
Thisisa“dual”sensor.ItwillseizetwocommunicationchannelsonthePI50.
ASensorcolourcode,identierandname:TheidentieristheLabelIDparameter,the
sensornameistheSensorValueNameparameter.Y oucancontroltheseparameters intheSelectSensorsdialog.
ThecolourcodeisissuedautomaticallybythePI50system.Thesamecolouris usedintheTrendviewandintheHistoryeld.
BGeometryicon:Thisiconsindicateswithyourtrawlgeometryiscorrect.
Thesensorsystemmakesaccuratemeasurementsofthe distancesbetweenthecentreoftheheadropeabovethe
trawlopening(orthefootropeatthebottom),andeachofthetrawldoorsorwing
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ends.Ifthesedistancesarenotidenticalthetrawl(ordanishseine)isskewedand unbalanced.
•Lefticon:Thewireonthep
o r t trawldoorislongerthanthewireonthes t a r b o a r d
door.Thelengthdifferenceisshownontherightsideoftheicon.
•Lefticon:Thewireonthes
t a r b o a r d trawldoorislongerthanthewireonthep o r t
door.Thelengthdifferenceisshownontherightsideoftheicon.
CLengthdifference:Thisisthelengthdifferencebetweentheportandstarboardwires.
DHistoryeld:Whenthesizeofthepresentationrectanglepermits,ahistoryeld
isshown.Theeldoffersagraphicalpresentationofthesensorinformationfor thelast20minutes.Theverticalrangeissetautomaticallydenedbythecurrent measurements.
EPulselampandTrendviewicons:ThegreenPulselampiconasheseverytimea
signalisreceivedfromthecorrespondingsensor.TheTrendviewiconopens(and closes)theTrendviewforthecorrespondingsensor.
FPortlength:Thisisthelengthoftheportwire.Thecurrentmeasurementunit
isshown,aswellastwobluerectangles.Theserectanglesindicatethecurrent horizontallengthchanges.Ifthetworectanglesarepointingtowardseachother,the distanceisdecreasing.
GStarboardlength:Thisisthelengthofthestarboardwire.Thecurrentmeasurement
unitisshown,aswellastwobluerectangles.Theserectanglesindicatethecurrent horizontallengthchanges.Ifthetworectanglesarepointingtowardseachother,the distanceisdecreasing.
HHistoryeld:Whenthesizeofthepresentationrectanglepermits,ahistoryeld
isshown.Theeldoffersagraphicalpresentationofthesensorinformationfor thelast20minutes.Theverticalrangeissetautomaticallydenedbythecurrent measurements.
Relatedtopics
PIGeometrysensorviewonpage47
PIGeometrytrendviewonpage61
HowtosetupthePIGeometrysensoronpage85
PIGeometrypurposeandapplicationonpage182
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Note
Thisisa“dual”sensor.ItwillseizetwocommunicationchannelsonthePI50.
Displayviews
ThePIHeight/DepthsensorpresentationcomprisesoneHeightviewandoneDepth
viewtogether.
ASensorcolourcode,identierandname:TheidentieristheLabelIDparameter,the
sensornameistheSensorValueNameparameter.Y oucancontroltheseparameters intheSelectSensorsdialog.
ThecolourcodeisissuedautomaticallybythePI50system.Thesamecolouris usedintheTrendviewandintheHistoryeld.
BCurrentheight:Thisistheheightfromtheseabedanduptothepositiononthe
gearinwhichthesensorismounted.Thecurrentmeasurementunitisshown,as wellastwobluetriangles.
Thetwotrianglesindicatethecurrentverticalmovementof thesensor;upordown.Inthisexamplethesensorisslowly increasingwith5meterseachminute.Ifthetwotrianglesare
o w a r d s eachother,theheightisdecreasing.Ifthey
arepointingawayf
pointingt
r o m eachother,theheightisincreasing.
CHeightchanges:Thisdigitshowsheightchangesrecordedbythesensor,andthus
theascendingordescendingspeedofthenet.Thevalueisshowninunitsper minute.Thedirectionisshownwiththetwobluetriangles.Ifthesensordoesnot detectanyheightchanges,thetrianglesareremoved.
DHistoryeld:Whenthesizeofthepresentationrectanglepermits,ahistoryeld
isshown.Theeldoffersagraphicalpresentationofthesensorinformationfor thelast20minutes.Theverticalrangeissetautomaticallydenedbythecurrent measurements.
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EPulselampandTrendviewicons:ThegreenPulselampiconasheseverytimea
signalisreceivedfromthecorrespondingsensor.TheTrendviewiconopens(and closes)theTrendviewforthecorrespondingsensor.
FCurrentdepth:Thisthecurrentdepthmeasuredbythesensor.Thecurrent
measurementunitisshown,aswellasabluetriangle.Thetriangleindicatesthe currentverticalmovementofthesensor;upordown.Inthisexamplethesensor measures82,5metersfromtheseasurfaceanddowntothesensor,andthesensor– andthusthegear–isslowlyrisingwith3meterseachminute.
GDepthchanges:Thisdigitshowsdepthchangesrecordedbythesensor,andthusthe
ascendingordescendingspeedofthenet.Thevalueisshowninunitsperminute. Thedirectionisshownwiththebluetriangle.Ifthesensordoesnotdetectany depthchanges,thearrowisremoved.
HHistoryeld:Whenthesizeofthepresentationrectanglepermits,ahistoryeld
isshown.Theeldoffersagraphicalpresentationofthesensorinformationfor thelast20minutes.Theverticalrangeissetautomaticallydenedbythecurrent measurements.
Relatedtopics
PIHeight/Depthsensorviewonpage49
PIHeight/Depthtrendviewonpage62
HowtosetupthePIHeight/Depthsensoronpage86
PIHeight/Depthpurposeandapplicationonpage184

PISpread/Depthsensorview

Note
Thisisa“dual”sensor.ItwillseizetwocommunicationchannelsonthePI50.
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ASensorcolourcode,identierandname:TheidentieristheLabelIDparameter,the
sensornameistheSensorValueNameparameter.Y oucancontroltheseparameters intheSelectSensorsdialog.
ThecolourcodeisissuedautomaticallybythePI50system.Thesamecolouris usedintheTrendviewandintheHistoryeld.
BCurrentspread:Thisthecurrentdistancebetweenthetrawldoorsasmeasuredby
thesensor.Thecurrentmeasurementunitisshown,aswellastwobluetriangles.
Thetrianglesindicatethecurrentchangesinthespread
distance;increasingordecreasing.Inthisexamplethe
spreaddistanceisslowlydecreasingwith2meterseach minute.Ifthetwotrianglesarepointingt isdecreasing.Iftheyarepointingawayf
o w a r d s eachother,thespreaddistance
r o m eachother,thespreaddistanceis
increasing.
CSpreadchanges:Thisdigitshowsthespreaddistancechangesrecordedbythe
sensor,andthustheincreasingordecreasingdistancebetweenthetwotrawldoors. Thevalueisshowninunitsperminute.Thedirectionisshownwiththeblue triangles.Ifthesensordoesnotdetectanyspreadchanges,thearrowsareremoved.
DHistoryeld:Whenthesizeofthepresentationrectanglepermits,ahistoryeld
isshown.Theeldoffersagraphicalpresentationofthesensorinformationfor thelast20minutes.Theverticalrangeissetautomaticallydenedbythecurrent measurements.
EPulselampandTrendviewicons:ThegreenPulselampiconasheseverytimea
signalisreceivedfromthecorrespondingsensor.TheTrendviewiconopens(and closes)theTrendviewforthecorrespondingsensor.
FCurrentdepth:Thisthecurrentdepthmeasuredbythesensor.Thecurrent
measurementunitisshown,aswellasabluetriangle.Thetriangleindicatesthe currentverticalmovementofthesensor;upordown.Inthisexamplethesensor measures82,5metersfromtheseasurfaceanddowntothesensor,andthesensor– andthusthegear–isslowlyrisingwith3meterseachminute.
GDepthchanges:Thisdigitshowsdepthchangesrecordedbythesensor,andthusthe
ascendingordescendingspeedofthenet.Thevalueisshowninunitsperminute. Thedirectionisshownwiththebluetriangle.Ifthesensordoesnotdetectany depthchanges,thearrowisremoved.
HHistoryeld:Whenthesizeofthepresentationrectanglepermits,ahistoryeld
isshown.Theeldoffersagraphicalpresentationofthesensorinformationfor thelast20minutes.Theverticalrangeissetautomaticallydenedbythecurrent measurements.
Relatedtopics
PISpread/Depthsensorviewonpage50
PISpread/Depthtrendviewonpage62
HowtosetupthePISpread/Depthsensoronpage88
PISpread/Depthpurposeandapplicationonpage185
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PITwinSpreadsensorview

Note
Thisisa“dual”sensor.ItwillseizetwocommunicationchannelsonthePI50.
ASensorcolourcode,identierandname:TheidentieristheLabelIDparameter,the
sensornameistheSensorValueNameparameter.Y oucancontroltheseparameters intheSelectSensorsdialog.
ThecolourcodeisissuedautomaticallybythePI50system.Thesamecolouris usedintheTrendviewandintheHistoryeld.
BT otalspread:Thisthecurrentdistancebetweenthetwoo
u t e r trawldoorsas measuredbythesensor.Thecurrentmeasurementunitisshown,aswellastwoblue triangles.Thetotalspreadisthesumoftheportandstarboardspreaddistances shownbelow.
Thetrianglesindicatethecurrentchangesinthespread distance;increasingordecreasing.Inthisexample
thespreaddistanceisslowlydecreasingwith2meters eachminute.Ifthetwotrianglesarepointingt distanceisdecreasing.Iftheyarepointingawayf
o w a r d s eachother,thetotalspread
r o m eachother,thetotalspread
distanceisincreasing.
CSpreadchanges:Thisdigitshowsthetotalspreaddistancechangesrecordedbythe
sensor,andthustheincreasingordecreasingdistancebetweenthetwoo
u t e r trawl doors.Thevalueisshowninunitsperminute.Thedirectionisshownwiththeblue triangles.Ifthesensordoesnotdetectanyspreadchanges,thearrowsareremoved.
DHistoryeld:Whenthesizeofthepresentationrectanglepermits,ahistoryeld
isshown.Theeldoffersagraphicalpresentationofthesensorinformationfor thelast20minutes.Theverticalrangeissetautomaticallydenedbythecurrent measurements.
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EPulselampandTrendviewicons:ThegreenPulselampiconasheseverytimea
signalisreceivedfromthecorrespondingsensor.TheTrendviewiconopens(and closes)theTrendviewforthecorrespondingsensor.
FPortspread:Thisthecurrentdistancebetweentheporttrawldoorandthecentre
clumpasmeasuredbythesensor.Thecurrentmeasurementunitisshown,aswell astwobluetrianglestoindicateifthespreaddistanceisincreasingordecreasing.
GStarboardspread:Thisthecurrentdistancebetweenthecentreclumpandthe
starboardtrawldoorasmeasuredbythesensor.Thecurrentmeasurementunitis shown,aswellastwobluetrianglestoindicateifthespreaddistanceisincreasing ordecreasing.
HHistoryeld:Whenthesizeofthepresentationrectanglepermits,ahistoryeld
isshown.Theeldoffersagraphicalpresentationofthesensorinformationfor thelast20minutes.Theverticalrangeissetautomaticallydenedbythecurrent measurements.
Relatedtopics
PITwinSpreadsensorviewonpage52
PITwinSpreadtrendviewonpage62
HowtosetupthePITwinSpreadsensoronpage89
PIT winSpreadpurposeandapplicationonpage186
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PISeineSoundersensorview

ThePISeineSoundersensorviewisshownbelow.
Note
Thisisa“dual”sensor.ItwillseizetwocommunicationchannelsonthePI50.
ThePISeineSoundersensorisregarded–andmustbesetup–asaPIHeight/Depth sensor.
Relatedtopics
PISeineSoundersensorviewonpage54
PISeineSoundertrendviewonpage63
HowtosetupthePISeineSoundersensoronpage91
PISeineSounderpurposeandapplicationonpage187
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PIRemote/Depthsensorview

ThePIRemote/Depthsensorisregarded–andmustbesetup–asaPIDepthsensor. Thesecondfunction(Remote)providedbythissensordoesnotinvolveadedicated presentation.
Relatedtopics
PIRemote/Depthsensorviewonpage55
PIRemote/Depthtrendviewonpage63
HowtosetupthePIRemote/Depthsensoronpage91
PIRemote/Depthpurposeandapplicationonpage188

PIRipsensorview

ThePIRipsensorisregarded–andmustbesetup–asaPICatchsensor.
FormoreinformationaboutthePIRipsensor,seethedocumentationprovidedwiththe sensor,orthebriefdescriptioninsection.
Relatedtopics
PIRipsensorviewonpage55
PIRiptrendviewonpage63
HowtosetupthePIRipsensoronpage92
PIRippurposeandapplicationonpage189
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Verticalgeometryview

TheverticalgeometryviewiscreatedifyouhaveoneDepthsensoroneachtrawldoor. ThePI50willthencalculatethedifference.
Note
Thisisnotadedicatedsensor ,butapresentationgeneratedbythePI50basedon informationfromothersensors.
Twosensorviewrectanglesareused,onetopresenttheinformationfromthetwodepth sensors,andonetoprovidethegeometryinformation.
Tosetupthetwodepthsensors,usetheAdvancedSensorCongurationfunctionalityin theSelectSensorsdialog.
Relatedtopics
SelectSensorsonpage142
Howtosetupspreadanddepthsensorstomeasureverticalgeometryonpage96
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Trendviews

TheT rendviewisopenedbyclickingtheiconinthetoprightcorneroftheSensorview rectangle.Theviewcomprisesagraph.Thegraphdisplaysthehistoricdevelopmentof theinformationprovidedbythesensor.
Onceopened,thegraphisplacedontheleftsideofthescreen.Ifmorethanonegraphis opened,theyareplacedontopofeachother,intheorderyouopenthem.Thevertical sizeofeachgraphisautomaticallyadjusted.Thecurveprovidedbythegraphusesthe samecolourthatisusedtoidentifythesensorintheSensorview.Thecolourischosen automaticallybythePI50.

PIBottomContacttrendview

Figure14PIBottomContacttrend view
LengthbuttonontheDisplaymenu.
Thetimecanbeselectedfrom5to1440minutes.
TrendHistoryLengthonpage136
•ThehistorycurvehasthesamecolourasusedtoidentifythesensorintheSensor
view.Thelabelattherightendofthecurveidentiesthesensor’sLabelIDandthe
typeofsensor.
•Thecurvesimplyshowswhenthesensorhasbeenactivated.
Relatedtopics
PIBottomContactsensorviewonpage40
PIBottomContacttrendviewonpage57
HowtosetupthePIBottomContactsensoronpage75
PIBottomContactpurposeandapplicationonpage175
ThePIBottomContacttrendviewshows whenthesensorhasbeenactivated.
•Theverticalscaleisxed.
•Thehorizontalscaleisdenedbythe parameterselectedintheTrendHistory

PICatchtrendview

Figure15PICatchtrendview
parameterselectedintheTrendHistoryLengthbuttonontheDisplaymenu.
Thetimecanbeselectedfrom5to1440minutes.
TrendHistoryLengthonpage136
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•Theverticalscaleisxed.
•Thehorizontalscaleisdenedbythe
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•ThehistorycurvehasthesamecolourasusedtoidentifythesensorintheSensor
view.Thelabelattherightendofthecurveidentiesthesensor’sLabelIDandthe
typeofsensor.
•Thecurvesimplyshowswhenthesensorhasbeenactivated.
Relatedtopics
PICatchsensorviewonpage41
PICatchtrendviewonpage57
HowtosetupthePIBottomContactsensoronpage75
PICatchpurposeandapplicationonpage176

PIDepthtrendview

Figure16PIDepthtrendview ThePIDepthtrendviewshowsthedepth
valuesrecordedbythesensor.
•Theverticalscaleisdenedbythe settingsmadewiththeRangeandStart
RangebuttonsontheMainmenu
Rangeonpage123
StartRangeonpage124
•Thehorizontalscaleisdenedbythe parameterselectedintheTrendHistory
LengthbuttonontheDisplaymenu.
Thetimecanbeselectedfrom5to1440minutes.
TrendHistoryLengthonpage136
•ThehistorycurvehasthesamecolourasusedtoidentifythesensorintheSensor
view.Thelabelattherightendofthecurveidentiesthesensor’sLabelIDandthe
typeofsensor.
•IfanexternalechosounderisconnectedtothePI50,thedepthrecordedbythe sounderisalsoshown.ThecurveisidentiedwiththelabelESontherightside.
Relatedtopics
PIDepthsensorviewonpage42
PIDepthtrendviewonpage58
HowtosetupthePIDepthsensoronpage77
Howtosetupspreadanddepthsensorstomeasureverticalgeometryonpage96
Howtosetupdepthandheightsensorstomeasuretotalwaterdepthonpage98
PIDepthpurposeandapplicationonpage177
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PIHeighttrendview

Displayviews
Figure17PIHeighttrendview
ThePIHeighttrendviewshowstheheight valuesrecordedbythesensor.
•Theverticalscaleisdenedbythe settingsmadewiththeRangeandStart
RangebuttonsontheMainmenu
Rangeonpage123
StartRangeonpage124
•Thehorizontalscaleisdenedbythe parameterselectedintheTrendHistory
LengthbuttonontheDisplaymenu.
Thetimecanbeselectedfrom5to1440minutes. →TrendHistoryLengthonpage136
•ThehistorycurvehasthesamecolourasusedtoidentifythesensorintheSensor
view.Thelabelattherightendofthecurveidentiesthesensor’sLabelIDandthe
typeofsensor.
Relatedtopics
PIHeightsensorviewonpage43
PIHeighttrendviewonpage59
HowtosetupthePIHeightsensoronpage79
Howtosetupdepthandheightsensorstomeasuretotalwaterdepthonpage98
Howtosetuptheheightsensortoshowthetrawlopeningonpage98
PIHeightpurposeandapplicationonpage178

PISpreadtrendview

Figure18PISpreadtrendview
ThePISpreadtrendviewshowsthedistance betweenthetrawldoors.
•Theverticalscaleisdenedbythe settingsmadewiththeRangeandStart
RangebuttonsontheMainmenu
Rangeonpage123
StartRangeonpage124
•Thehorizontalscaleisdenedbythe parameterselectedintheTrendHistory
LengthbuttonontheDisplaymenu.
Thetimecanbeselectedfrom5to1440minutes. →TrendHistoryLengthonpage136
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•ThehistorycurvehasthesamecolourasusedtoidentifythesensorintheSensor
view.Thelabelattherightendofthecurveidentiesthesensor’sLabelIDandthe
typeofsensor.
•IfanexternalechosounderisconnectedtothePI50,thedepthrecordedbythe sounderisalsoshown.ThecurveisidentiedwiththelabelESontherightside.
Relatedtopics
PISpreadsensorviewonpage44
PISpreadtrendviewonpage59
HowtosetupthePISpreadsensoronpage80
Howtosetupspreadanddepthsensorstomeasureverticalgeometryonpage96
PISpreadpurposeandapplicationonpage179

PIT emperaturetrendview

Figure19PITemperaturetrendview
ThePITemperaturetrendviewshowsthe temperaturechangesrecordedbythesensor.
•Theverticalscaleissetupautomatically.
•Thehorizontalscaleisdenedbythe parameterselectedintheTrendHistory
LengthbuttonontheDisplaymenu.
Thetimecanbeselectedfrom5to1440 minutes.
TrendHistoryLengthonpage136
•Thehistorycurvehasthesamecolouras
usedtoidentifythesensorintheSensorview.Thelabelattherightendofthecurve identiesthesensor’sLabelIDandthetypeofsensor.
Relatedtopics
PIT emperaturesensorviewonpage45
PIT emperaturetrendviewonpage60
HowtosetupthePIT emperaturesensoronpage82
PIT emperaturepurposeandapplicationonpage180

PIT emperature/Depthtrendview

ThePITemperature/Depthprovidestwoseparatetrendviews,onefortemperatureand onefordepth.Forinformation,see:
PIDepthtrendviewonpage58
PIT emperaturetrendviewonpage60
Relatedtopics
PIT emperature/Depthsensorviewonpage46
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HowtosetupthePIT emperature/Depthsensoronpage83
PITemperature/Depthpurposeandapplicationonpage181

PIGeometrytrendview

Displayviews
Figure20PIGeometrytrendviews
Thetimecanbeselectedfrom5to1440minutes.
TrendHistoryLengthonpage136
ThePIGeometryprovidestwotrendviews thatcanbeopenedindividually .Theshows thedistancebetweenthecentreofthetrawl andthetwotrawldoors.
Thetopgraphprovidesanoveralldescription ofthegeometry.Thebottomgraphpresents amoredetailedviewofthetwodistances thataremeasuredbythesensor.
•Theverticalscaleisdenedbythe settingsmadewiththeRangeandStart
RangebuttonsontheMainmenu
Rangeonpage123
StartRangeonpage124
•Thehorizontalscaleisdenedbythe parameterselectedintheTrendHistory
LengthbuttonontheDisplaymenu.
•Thehistorycurvesusethesametwocoloursthatareusedtoidentifythestarboard andportmeasurement.Thelabelsattherightendofthecurveidentifythesensor’s
LabelIDandthetypeofsensor.
Relatedtopics
PIGeometrysensorviewonpage47
PIGeometrytrendviewonpage61
HowtosetupthePIGeometrysensoronpage85
PIGeometrypurposeandapplicationonpage182
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PIHeight/Depthtrendview

ThePIHeight/Depthprovidestwoseparatetrendviews,oneforheightandonefor depth.Forinformation,see:
PIHeighttrendviewonpage59
PIDepthtrendviewonpage58
Relatedtopics
PIHeight/Depthsensorviewonpage49
PIHeight/Depthtrendviewonpage62
HowtosetupthePIHeight/Depthsensoronpage86
PIHeight/Depthpurposeandapplicationonpage184

PISpread/Depthtrendview

ThePISpread/Depthprovidestwoseparatetrendviews,oneforspreadandonefor depth.Forinformation,see:
PISpreadtrendviewonpage59
PIDepthtrendviewonpage58
Relatedtopics
PISpread/Depthsensorviewonpage50
PISpread/Depthtrendviewonpage62
HowtosetupthePISpread/Depthsensoronpage88
PISpread/Depthpurposeandapplicationonpage185

PITwinSpreadtrendview

Figure21PITwinSpreadtrendview
ThePITwinSpreadtrendviewshowsthe distancebetweenthetrawldoorsinadual trawlsystem.
•Twocurvesareshown,onefortheport spread,ononeforthestarboardspread.
•Theverticalscaleisdenedbythe settingsmadewiththeRangeandStart
RangebuttonsontheMainmenu
Rangeonpage123
StartRangeonpage124
•ThehorizontalscaleisdenedbytheparameterselectedintheTrendHistoryLength buttonontheDisplaymenu.
Thetimecanbeselectedfrom5to1440minutes.
TrendHistoryLengthonpage136
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•Thehistorycurvesusethesametwocoloursthatareusedtoidentifythestarboard andportmeasurement.Thelabelsattherightendofthecurveidentifythesensor’s
LabelIDandthetypeofsensor.
Relatedtopics
PITwinSpreadsensorviewonpage52
PITwinSpreadtrendviewonpage62
HowtosetupthePITwinSpreadsensoronpage89
PIT winSpreadpurposeandapplicationonpage186

PISeineSoundertrendview

ThePISeineSounderprovidestwoseparatetrendviews,oneforheightandonefor depth.Forinformation,see:
PIHeighttrendviewonpage59
PIDepthtrendviewonpage58
Relatedtopics
PISeineSoundersensorviewonpage54
PISeineSoundertrendviewonpage63
HowtosetupthePISeineSoundersensoronpage91
PISeineSounderpurposeandapplicationonpage187

PIRemote/Depthtrendview

ThePIRemote/Depthprovidesadepthgraph.Forinformation,seePIDepthtrend viewonpage58.
Relatedtopics
PIRemote/Depthsensorviewonpage55
PIRemote/Depthtrendviewonpage63
HowtosetupthePIRemote/Depthsensoronpage91
PIRemote/Depthpurposeandapplicationonpage188

PIRiptrendview

ThePIRipprovidesacatchgraph.Forinformation,seePICatchtrendviewonpage57.
Relatedtopics
PIRipsensorviewonpage55
PIRiptrendviewonpage63
HowtosetupthePIRipsensoronpage92
PIRippurposeandapplicationonpage189
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Screencaptures

ThePI50providesabuilt-inscreencapturefunction.
Tosaveanechogram,clicktheScreenCapturebuttonontheTitleBar.
Toaccesstheimages,clickScreenCapturesontheDisplaymenu.Thiswillopenale folder,andyoucanusestandardoperatingsystemstodelete,copy,renameormove theles.
ScreenCapturesonpage139
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Operationalprocedures
MenunavigationemployedbyPI50CatchmonitoringissimilartotheotherSimrad applicationswhichfollowthenewuserinterfacestandardsdevelopedbySimrad.The mainmenuislocatedattherightsideofthescreen,andbymeansofdedicatediconsatthe bottomofthemainmenu,youcanopentherelevantsub-menusordialogs.Menuchoices shownindarkcoloursarenotavailableforthecurrentoperationoroperationalmode.
Topics
PowerOn/Offproceduresonpage66
Usersettingsonpage67
Userpreferencesonpage69
Howtoselectandsetupthesensorsonpage72
Sensorproceduresonpage93
Alarmsandmessagesonpage101
Softwareproceduresonpage104
Externalinterfacesonpage107
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Topics
Powerononpage66
Poweroffonpage66

Poweron

1PoweruptheReceiverUnit.
2PowerupthePI50computerandthedisplay.
3Ifnecessary,double-clickthePI50icononthedesktoptostarttheprogram.
4WaitwhilethePI50programstartsonthecomputer.
•Duringtheprograminitialisation,adialogappearstoletyouchoosefromthe currentusersettingsavailableonthePI50.Thedialogisonlyvisibleafew seconds.Y oudonotneedtomakeachoicehere.Y oucanselectusersettingat anytimebymeansoftheUserSettingsdialogontheMainmenu.
UserSettingsonpage121
5ObservethatthePI50starts.
•ThePI50startsupusingthesameoperationalparametersasthelasttimeyou usedit.Iftheseparametersareacceptable,continueoperation.Ifyouwishto alterbasicoperationalparameters,seethededicatedprocedures.
Startingnormaloperationonpage23

Poweroff

Note
YoumustneverswitchoffthePI50onlybymeansoftheon/offswitchonthecomputer . Thismaydamagethesoftwareortheinterfaceparametersforexternaldevices.Y ou mustALW AYSusethisprocedure.
1ClicktheExitbuttonontheTitleBarinthetoprightcornerofthePI50presentation.
2ObservethatthePI50applicationclosesdown.
3Ifthecomputerdoesnotswitchitselfoffautomatically,usethefunctionality
providedbytheoperatingsystemtoswitchitoffmanually.
4Switchoffthedisplay.
5SwitchofftheReceiverUnit.
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Usersettings

Topics
HowtoresetthePI50tofactorydefaultparametersonpage67
Howtosavethecurrentusersettingsonpage67
Howtousepreviouslysavedsettingsonpage68

HowtoresetthePI50tofactorydefaultparameters

Ifthecurrentsettingsareunreliable,oryousimplywishtoresetthePI50toaknownset ofparameters,choosethefactorysettingprovided.
1ObservetheMainmenuontherighthandsideofthePI50presentation.
2ClicktheUserSettingsbuttontoopentheUserSettingsdialog.
UserSettingsonpage121
3IntheUserSettingsdialog,clickoneofthefactorysettingsinthetoptexteld:
SimradFactoryDefault
SimradPurseSetup
SimradT rawlSetup
4ClicktheActivateSelectedSetting,thenclickClose.

Howtosavethecurrentusersettings

Ifyouhaveseveraluserwithfavouritecongurations,workwithdifferentgears,orwith differenttransducers,depthorbottomconditions,werecommendthatyousavethe parametersforfutureuse.
Ifyouhaveseveralsensorcongurationsdedicatedfordifferentgearsordifferenttasks, wealsostronglyrecommendthatyousavethese.
ThesettingssavedusingtheUserSettingsfunctionalityincludesallreceiversettings, interfaceparameters,aswellasthecurrentlyselectedsensorsandtheircommunication parameters.Thisisusefulifyouoperateacombinedtrawlerandseinerusingdifferent sensorsetuponthedifferentgears.
1ObservetheMainmenuontherighthandsideofthePI50presentation.
2ClicktheUserSettingsbuttontoopentheUserSettingsdialog.
UserSettingsonpage121
3IntheUserSettingdialog,clicktheSaveCurrentSettingbutton.
4IntheSettingdialog,clickOKtoacceptthesuggestedname.
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5Tochooseadifferentname:
•IfyouhaveakeyboardconnectedtothePI50computer,youcanclickinthetext eld,removethesuggestion,andenteranyname.
•Ifakeyboardisnotconnected,clicktheKeyboardbuttontousetheon-screen keyboard.
6ObservethatthenameyouhavechosenappearsontheSavedSettingslist.
7ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

Howtousepreviouslysavedsettings

Ifyouhavesavedsensorcongurationsdedicatedfordifferentgearsordifferenttasks, youcanretrievetheseforfastandefcientparametersetup.
1ObservetheMainmenuontherighthandsideofthePI50presentation.
2ClicktheUserSettingsbuttontoopentheUserSettingsdialog.
UserSettingsonpage121
3IntheUserSettingdialog,clickonceontherequestedsavedsettingsintheSaved
Settingslist.
4ClickActivateSelectedSetting.
5ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.
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Userpreferences

Topics
Howtoselectmenulanguageonpage69
Howtochoosecolourpresentationtheme(palette)onpage69
Howtochoosescreenbrightnessonpage70
Howtoselectmeasurementunitsonpage70
Howtocontroltheorderofthesensorviewsonpage70

Howtoselectmenulanguage

Themenubuttons–aswellasothertext–inthePI50presentationareavailablein severallanguages.
1ClicktheDisplayiconundertheMainmenutoopentheDisplaysub-menu.
Displaymenuonpage118
2ClickthemiddleoftheLanguagebuttontoopenthelistofavailablelanguages.
Languageonpage132
3Clickonceonthelanguageyouwishtouse.
4Observethatthesub-menuisclosed,andthatalltextinthemenubuttonschangesto
theselectedlanguage.

Howtochoosecolourpresentationtheme(palette)

ThePI50presentationmaybesetupusingoneofseveralcolourthemes.Inthemenu system,thesearecalledpalettes.
ThePaletteparameterallowsyoutoselectthebackgroundcoloursandday/night brightnessofthedisplaypresentationtosuityoupersonalpreferences.Thechoiceyou makeheredoesnothaveanyeffectonthePI50performance.Tochangethepalette,click eithersideofthebutton,oronthemiddleofthebuttontoopenthemenu.
1ClicktheDisplayiconundertheMainmenutoopentheDisplaysub-menu.
Displaymenuonpage118
2ClickthemiddleofthePalettebutton,andobservethechoices.
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Paletteonpage131
3Clickthepaletteyouwishtouse.Thechangesaremadeimmediately.

Howtochoosescreenbrightness

Whenthebridgeisdark,thelightemittedbythePI50displaycanaffectyournight vision.Inordertocompensateforthis,youcanreducetheintensity.TheScreen
Brightnessallowsyoutoreducethethisbrightness,andhencemakethedisplaydarker.
Theintensityoflightemittedbythedisplaycanbereducedfrom100%to0%insteps of10.
1ClicktheDisplayiconundertheMainmenutoopentheDisplaysub-menu.
Displaymenuonpage118
2ClickeithersideoftheScreenBrightnessbuttontomaketheadjustment.
ScreenBrightnessonpage131

Howtoselectmeasurementunits

UsetheUnitsdialogtosetupthevariousunitsofmeasurementsyouwishtoworkwith. Normally,youwillonlyneedtodenetheseonce.
1ClicktheDisplayiconundertheMainmenutoopentheDisplaysub-menu.
Displaymenuonpage118
2ClickUnitstoopentheUnitsdialog.
Unitsonpage132
3Makethenecessaryadjustments.
4ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

Howtocontroltheorderofthesensorviews

YoucancontroltheverticalorderoftheSensorviewrectangles.Thisiscongurationis madeintheSelectSensorsdialog.
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1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.
Setupmenuonpage119
2ClicktheSelectSensorsbuttontoopentheSelectSensorsdialog.
SelectSensorsonpage142
3ObservetheSelectedSensorslist.
SelectSensors;SelectedSensorsonpage145
4IntheSelectedSensorseld,clickonceonthesensortoselectit.
Operationalprocedures
5Clickoneofthe[]or[]buttonstomovethesensorupordownonthelistin
theSelectedSensorseld.
Theorderinthislistalsocontrolstheorderinwhichthesensorsarepresentedinthe
SensorCongurationeld,aswellastheverticalorderoftheSensorviewrectangles
inthePI50displaypresentation.
Howtocontroltheorderofthesensorviewsonpage70
6ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.
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Howtoselectandsetupthesensors

Topics
Genericprocedureonpage72
HowtosetupthePIBottomContactsensoronpage75
HowtosetupthePICatchsensoronpage76
HowtosetupthePIDepthsensoronpage77
HowtosetupthePIHeightsensoronpage79
HowtosetupthePISpreadsensoronpage80
HowtosetupthePIT emperaturesensoronpage82
HowtosetupthePIT emperature/Depthsensoronpage83
HowtosetupthePIGeometrysensoronpage85
HowtosetupthePIHeight/Depthsensoronpage86
HowtosetupthePISpread/Depthsensoronpage88
HowtosetupthePITwinSpreadsensoronpage89
HowtosetupthePISeineSoundersensoronpage91
HowtosetupthePIRemote/Depthsensoronpage91
HowtosetupthePIRipsensoronpage92

Genericprocedure

ThePI50allowsyoutoputtheentirePIsensorrangetouse.However,youmustselect thesensorsthatyouwishtouse,setthemupintheorderyouwishtoseethemon thescreen,andselecttheoperationalparameters.Boththesensorselectionandthe parametersetuparedoneintheSelectSensorsdialog.
SelectSensorsonpage142
1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.
Setupmenuonpage119
2ClicktheSelectSensorsbuttontoopentheSelectSensorsdialog.
SelectSensorsonpage142
3ObservetheA vailableSensorseldontheupperleftsideofthedialog.Itlistsall
thesensortypessupportedbythePI50.
4Clickonceasensortypetoselectit.
5Clickthe[►]buttontocopythechosensensortotheSelectedSensorslist.
6Repeattoselectallrequestedsensors.
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ThePI50systemwillkeeptrackofthequantityofsensorsyouareaddingtothe
SelectedSensorslist.Ifyoutrytoaddtoomanysensors,amessagewillletyouknow.
IfyouneedtodeleteasensorfromtheSelectedSensorslist,clickonit,andthen clickthe[]button.
7IntheSelectSensorsdialog,observetheitemsintheSelectedSensorslist.
Note
Theorderofthesensorsinthislistisalsoreectedtotheorderofthesensorview rectangles
→Howtocontroltheorderofthesensorviewsonpage70
8Clickonceasensortypetoselectit.
9Clickoneofthe[▲]or[▼]buttonstomovethesensorupordownonthelistin
theSelectedSensorseld.
Theorderinthislistalsocontrolstheorderinwhichthesensorsarepresentedinthe
SensorCongurationeld,aswellastheverticalorderoftheSensorviewrectangles
inthePI50displaypresentation.
Howtocontroltheorderofthesensorviewsonpage70
10ObservethelistofsensorsintheSensorCongurationeldatthebottomofthe
dialog.
11Fore
a c h sensorintheSensorCongurationeld:
aChooseLabelID(identication).
LabelID:Thisnumberisusedtoidentifythesensor.
TheIDmustbeuniqueforeachsensor,andwerecommendthatyouletit matchthephysicallabelplacedonthesensor.Thenumberyouchoosewill beusedintheSensorview.
Sensorviewsonpage39
•TheorderinwhichtheSensorviewsarepresentedisdenedbytheorder intheSelectedSensorslist.
bChooseLabelName.
LabelName:Bydefault,theLabelNameisthesameasthesensorname listedwiththeAvailablesensors.Ifyouhaveakeyboardconnectedtothe PI50computer,youcanclickintheeld,andenteranothername.
TheLabelNameisonlyshowninthisdialog.
cChooseUpdateRate.
UpdateRate:Thisparameteriusedtoselectthesensor’supdaterate.
ThisishowoftenthePI50canexpecttoreceiveinformationfromthesensor.
Changingtheupdaterateonpage191
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TheUpdateRateparameterisvital.Theupdaterateyouchooseherem u s t complytotheupdaterateprogrammedintothesensor.Ifthesedonotmatch, thecommunicationwillnotwork.
ThedefaultupdateratesforthevarioussensorsarelistedinchapterPI50 Sensors.
Defaultcommunicationchannelsandupdateratesonpage190
Tochangethechannelnumberonthesensor,usethePIConguratorutility.
PIConguratoronpage192
dChooseSensorValueName.
SensorV alueName:Bydefault,theSensorValueNameisthesameasthe sensornamelistedintheAvailableSensorslist.Ifyouhaveakeyboard connectedtothePI50computer,youcanclickintheeld,andenteranother name.Youcanalsoopentheon-screenkeyboard.
TheSensorV alueNameisusedintheSensorviews.Ifyouaresettingupa dualsensor,youcanentertwodifferentnames.
Sensorviewsonpage39
Example:IfyouhavethreePICatchsensorsonyourtrawl,youcanname them“CatchRear”,“CatchMiddle”and“CatchForward”.
eChooseChannelNumber.
ChannelNumber:Thisisthecommunicationchannelusedbetweenthe sensorandthePI50system.
Note
TheChannelNumberparameterisvital.Thecommunicationchannelnumber youchooseherem
u s t complytothechannelnumberprogrammedintothe sensor.Ifthesedonotmatch,thecommunicationwillnotwork.Bydefault, thechannelnumberwillmatchthefactorysetting.
Ifyouusemorethanonesensorsofthesametype,thechannelnumberof oneofthesensorsmustbechangedtomakeituniqueforthesensor.This mustbechangedb
o t h intheactualsensor,a n d intheSelectSensorsdialog
duringconguration.
Thedefaultcommunicationchannelsforthevarioussensorsarelistedin chapterPI50Sensors.
fObservetheOffsetvalue.
Offset:Eachsensormeasuringspreadanddepthwillhaveanoffsetvalue.
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Tochangethechannelnumberonthesensor,usethePIConguratorutility.
Defaultcommunicationchannelsandupdateratesonpage190
Changingacommunicationchannelonpage191
PIConguratoronpage192
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Theoffsetvalueforthedepthsensorsaredeterminedduringcalibration.
Howtocalibratethedepthsensorsonpage27
Calibrationonpage149
Theoffsetvalueforthespreadsensormustbeenteredmanuallybased onyourknowledgeaboutthephysicallocationsofthesensorsandthe propertiesofthegear.
12ClickApplytosavethesensorconguration.
13CheckthatallsensorsareshowninthePI50presentation.
14ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.
Tip
Ifyouhaveseveralsensorcongurationsdedicatedfordifferentgearsordifferenttasks, westronglyrecommendthatyousavetheseforfutureuse.
Howtosavethecurrentusersettingsonpage67
UserSettingsonpage121

HowtosetupthePIBottomContactsensor

1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.
Setupmenuonpage119
2ClicktheSelectSensorsbuttontoopentheSelectSensorsdialog.
SelectSensorsonpage142
3ObservetheA vailableSensorseldontheupperleftsideofthedialog.Itlistsall
thesensortypessupportedbythePI50.
4ClickonceontheBottomContactsensorinthelist,thenclickthe[]buttonto
copythesensortotheSelectedSensorslist.
5Observethatanerrormessageappearsifyoutrytoaddtoomanysensorstothe
SelectedSensorseld.
ThePI50canhandlemaximumsixsensors.Rememberthatdualsensorseachseize twosensorcommunicationchannels.
6IntheSelectedSensorseld,clickonceonthesensortoselectit.
7Clickoneofthe[▲]or[▼]buttonstomovethesensorupordownonthelistin
theSelectedSensorseld.
Theorderinthislistalsocontrolstheorderinwhichthesensorsarepresentedinthe
SensorCongurationeld,aswellastheverticalorderoftheSensorviewrectangles
inthePI50displaypresentation.
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8IntheSensorCongurationeld,choose:
aLabelID
bLabelName
cUpdateRate
dSensorV alueName
ThenameyouenterhereisshownintheSensorview.
PIBottomContactsensorviewonpage40
eChannelNumber
Note
ItisveryimportantthattheChannelnumberandUpdateRateparametersdened foreachsensorintheSelectSensorsdialogmatchesthecorrespondingparameters programmedintothesensor .Ifthesevitalparametersdonotmatch,youwillnot receiveinformationfromthesensor .
9Ifthisistheonlysensoryouwishtosetup,orthelastsensor,clickOktosavethe
settingsandclosethedialog.
Relatedtopics
PIBottomContactsensorviewonpage40
PIBottomContacttrendviewonpage57
HowtosetupthePIBottomContactsensoronpage75
PIBottomContactpurposeandapplicationonpage175

HowtosetupthePICatchsensor

Note
ThisprocedureisalsousedtosetupthePIRipsensor .
1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.
Setupmenuonpage119
2ClicktheSelectSensorsbuttontoopentheSelectSensorsdialog.
SelectSensorsonpage142
3ObservetheA vailableSensorseldontheupperleftsideofthedialog.Itlistsall
thesensortypessupportedbythePI50.
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4ClickonceontheCatchsensorinthelist,thenclickthe[]buttontocopythe
sensortotheSelectedSensorslist.
5Observethatanerrormessageappearsifyoutrytoaddtoomanysensorstothe
SelectedSensorseld.
ThePI50canhandlemaximumsixsensors.Rememberthatdualsensorseachseize twosensorcommunicationchannels.
6IntheSelectedSensorseld,clickonceonthesensortoselectit.
7Clickoneofthe[▲]or[▼]buttonstomovethesensorupordownonthelistin
theSelectedSensorseld.
Theorderinthislistalsocontrolstheorderinwhichthesensorsarepresentedinthe
SensorCongurationeld,aswellastheverticalorderoftheSensorviewrectangles
inthePI50displaypresentation.
Howtocontroltheorderofthesensorviewsonpage70
8IntheSensorCongurationeld,choose:
aLabelID
bLabelName
cUpdateRate
dSensorV alueName
ThenameyouenterhereisshownintheSensorview.Ifyouhavemorethanone Catchsensor,youcanusethiseldtoenterdedicatednamesforeachofthem.
PICatchsensorviewonpage41
eChannelNumber
Note
ItisveryimportantthattheChannelnumberandUpdateRateparametersdened foreachsensorintheSelectSensorsdialogmatchesthecorrespondingparameters programmedintothesensor .Ifthesevitalparametersdonotmatch,youwillnot receiveinformationfromthesensor .
9Ifthisistheonlysensoryouwishtosetup,orthelastsensor,clickOktosavethe
settingsandclosethedialog.
Relatedtopics
PICatchsensorviewonpage41
PICatchtrendviewonpage57
HowtosetupthePIBottomContactsensoronpage75
PICatchpurposeandapplicationonpage176

HowtosetupthePIDepthsensor

Note
ThisprocedureisalsousedtosetupthePIRemote/Depthsensor.
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1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.
Setupmenuonpage119
2ClicktheSelectSensorsbuttontoopentheSelectSensorsdialog.
SelectSensorsonpage142
3ObservetheA vailableSensorseldontheupperleftsideofthedialog.Itlistsall
thesensortypessupportedbythePI50.
4ClickonceontheDepthsensorinthelist,thenclickthe[]buttontocopythe
sensortotheSelectedSensorslist.
ThreeDepthversionsareavailable.Thesearesetupformaximumdepth300m, 600mor1000m.Thedepthrangeisxedbythefactory,andcannotbechanged inthePIConguratorutility.
5Observethatanerrormessageappearsifyoutrytoaddtoomanysensorstothe
SelectedSensorseld.
ThePI50canhandlemaximumsixsensors.Rememberthatdualsensorseachseize twosensorcommunicationchannels.
6IntheSelectedSensorseld,clickonceonthesensortoselectit.
7Clickoneofthe[▲]or[▼]buttonstomovethesensorupordownonthelistin
theSelectedSensorseld.
Theorderinthislistalsocontrolstheorderinwhichthesensorsarepresentedinthe
SensorCongurationeld,aswellastheverticalorderoftheSensorviewrectangles
inthePI50displaypresentation.
Howtocontroltheorderofthesensorviewsonpage70
8IntheSensorCongurationeld,choose:
aLabelID
bLabelName
cUpdateRate
dSensorV alueName
ThenameyouenterhereisshownintheSensorview.
PIDepthsensorviewonpage42
eChannelNumber
fOffsetforthedepthsensor
Theoffsetforthesensoriscalculatedautomaticallybymeansofthecalibration procedure.Ifyoualreadyknowtheoffsetvalue,youcanenteritdirectly.
Howtocalibratethedepthsensorsonpage93
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Note
ItisveryimportantthattheChannelnumberandUpdateRateparametersdened foreachsensorintheSelectSensorsdialogmatchesthecorrespondingparameters programmedintothesensor .Ifthesevitalparametersdonotmatch,youwillnot receiveinformationfromthesensor .
9ClicktheAdvancedSensorCongurationbutton,andobservethatadditionalchoices
areaddedtotheSensorCongurationeld.
10IfyouhaveaHeightsensorinuse,setupaconnectiontoit.
ThiswillallowthePI50tocalculateanddisplaythetotalwaterdepth.
Howtosetupdepthandheightsensorstomeasuretotalwaterdepthonpage98
11Ifthisistheonlysensoryouwishtosetup,orthelastsensor,clickOktosavethe
settingsandclosethedialog.
Relatedtopics
PIDepthsensorviewonpage42
PIDepthtrendviewonpage58
HowtosetupthePIDepthsensoronpage77
Howtosetupspreadanddepthsensorstomeasureverticalgeometryonpage96
Howtosetupdepthandheightsensorstomeasuretotalwaterdepthonpage98
PIDepthpurposeandapplicationonpage177

HowtosetupthePIHeightsensor

1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.
Setupmenuonpage119
2ClicktheSelectSensorsbuttontoopentheSelectSensorsdialog.
SelectSensorsonpage142
3ObservetheA vailableSensorseldontheupperleftsideofthedialog.Itlistsall
thesensortypessupportedbythePI50.
4ClickonceontheHeightsensorinthelist,thenclickthe[]buttontocopythe
sensortotheSelectedSensorslist.
5Observethatanerrormessageappearsifyoutrytoaddtoomanysensorstothe
SelectedSensorseld.
ThePI50canhandlemaximumsixsensors.Rememberthatdualsensorseachseize twosensorcommunicationchannels.
6IntheSelectedSensorseld,clickonceonthesensortoselectit.
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7Clickoneofthe[]or[]buttonstomovethesensorupordownonthelistin
theSelectedSensorseld.
Theorderinthislistalsocontrolstheorderinwhichthesensorsarepresentedinthe
SensorCongurationeld,aswellastheverticalorderoftheSensorviewrectangles
inthePI50displaypresentation.
Howtocontroltheorderofthesensorviewsonpage70
8IntheSensorCongurationeld,choose:
aLabelID
bLabelName
cUpdateRate
dSensorV alueName
ThenameyouenterhereisshownintheSensorview.
PIHeightsensorviewonpage43
eChannelNumber
Note
ItisveryimportantthattheChannelnumberandUpdateRateparametersdened foreachsensorintheSelectSensorsdialogmatchesthecorrespondingparameters programmedintothesensor .Ifthesevitalparametersdonotmatch,youwillnot receiveinformationfromthesensor .
9ClicktheAdvancedSensorCongurationbutton,andobservethatadditionalchoices
areaddedtotheSensorCongurationeld.
10Enterthetrawlopening.
ThiswillallowthetrawlopeningtobeshowninthePIHeighttrendview.
Howtosetuptheheightsensortoshowthetrawlopeningonpage98
11Ifthisistheonlysensoryouwishtosetup,orthelastsensor,clickOktosavethe
settingsandclosethedialog.
Relatedtopics
PIHeightsensorviewonpage43
PIHeighttrendviewonpage59
HowtosetupthePIHeightsensoronpage79
Howtosetupdepthandheightsensorstomeasuretotalwaterdepthonpage98
Howtosetuptheheightsensortoshowthetrawlopeningonpage98
PIHeightpurposeandapplicationonpage178

HowtosetupthePISpreadsensor

1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.
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Setupmenuonpage119
2ClicktheSelectSensorsbuttontoopentheSelectSensorsdialog.
SelectSensorsonpage142
3ObservetheA vailableSensorseldontheupperleftsideofthedialog.Itlistsall
thesensortypessupportedbythePI50.
4ClickonceontheSpreadsensorinthelist,thenclickthe[]buttontocopythe
sensortotheSelectedSensorslist.
TwoSpreadversionsareavailable.Thesearesetupforstandardorextended(XT) spreadrange.ThiscongurationcanbechangedinthePIConguratorutility.
5Observethatanerrormessageappearsifyoutrytoaddtoomanysensorstothe
SelectedSensorseld.
ThePI50canhandlemaximumsixsensors.Rememberthatdualsensorseachseize twosensorcommunicationchannels.
6IntheSelectedSensorseld,clickonceonthesensortoselectit.
7Clickoneofthe[▲]or[▼]buttonstomovethesensorupordownonthelistin
theSelectedSensorseld.
Theorderinthislistalsocontrolstheorderinwhichthesensorsarepresentedinthe
SensorCongurationeld,aswellastheverticalorderoftheSensorviewrectangles
inthePI50displaypresentation.
Howtocontroltheorderofthesensorviewsonpage70
8IntheSensorCongurationeld,choose:
aLabelID
bLabelName
cUpdateRate
dSensorV alueName
ThenameyouenterhereisshownintheSensorview.
PISpreadsensorviewonpage44
eChannelNumber
fOffsetforthespreadsensor
Theoffsetforthespreadsensormustbeenteredmanuallybasedonyour knowledgeaboutthesensorinstallationandthepropertiesofthegear.Y oucan enteravaluebetween+99and–99meters.
Note
ItisveryimportantthattheChannelnumberandUpdateRateparametersdened foreachsensorintheSelectSensorsdialogmatchesthecorrespondingparameters programmedintothesensor .Ifthesevitalparametersdonotmatch,youwillnot receiveinformationfromthesensor .
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9ClicktheAdvancedSensorCongurationbutton,andobservethatadditionalchoices
areaddedtotheSensorCongurationeld.
10ConnecttheSpreadsensorwithportand/orstarboardDepthsensor.
Thiswillallowyoutosetupthesystemtomeasureverticalgeometry.Referto thededicatedprocedure.
Howtosetupspreadanddepthsensorstomeasureverticalgeometryonpage96
11Ifthisistheonlysensoryouwishtosetup,orthelastsensor,clickOktosavethe
settingsandclosethedialog.
Relatedtopics
PISpreadsensorviewonpage44
PISpreadtrendviewonpage59
HowtosetupthePISpreadsensoronpage80
Howtosetupspreadanddepthsensorstomeasureverticalgeometryonpage96
PISpreadpurposeandapplicationonpage179

HowtosetupthePITemperaturesensor

1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.
Setupmenuonpage119
2ClicktheSelectSensorsbuttontoopentheSelectSensorsdialog.
SelectSensorsonpage142
3ObservetheA vailableSensorseldontheupperleftsideofthedialog.Itlistsall
thesensortypessupportedbythePI50.
4ClickonceontheTemperaturesensorinthelist,thenclickthe[]buttontocopy
thesensortotheSelectedSensorslist.
5Observethatanerrormessageappearsifyoutrytoaddtoomanysensorstothe
SelectedSensorseld.
ThePI50canhandlemaximumsixsensors.Rememberthatdualsensorseachseize twosensorcommunicationchannels.
6IntheSelectedSensorseld,clickonceonthesensortoselectit.
7Clickoneofthe[▲]or[▼]buttonstomovethesensorupordownonthelistin
theSelectedSensorseld.
Theorderinthislistalsocontrolstheorderinwhichthesensorsarepresentedinthe
SensorCongurationeld,aswellastheverticalorderoftheSensorviewrectangles
inthePI50displaypresentation.
Howtocontroltheorderofthesensorviewsonpage70
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8IntheSensorCongurationeld,choose:
aLabelID
bLabelName
cUpdateRate
dSensorV alueName
ThenameyouenterhereisshownintheSensorview.
PIT emperaturesensorviewonpage45
eChannelNumber
Note
ItisveryimportantthattheChannelnumberandUpdateRateparametersdened foreachsensorintheSelectSensorsdialogmatchesthecorrespondingparameters programmedintothesensor .Ifthesevitalparametersdonotmatch,youwillnot receiveinformationfromthesensor .
9Ifthisistheonlysensoryouwishtosetup,orthelastsensor,clickOktosavethe
settingsandclosethedialog.
Relatedtopics
PIT emperaturesensorviewonpage45
PIT emperaturetrendviewonpage60
HowtosetupthePIT emperaturesensoronpage82
PIT emperaturepurposeandapplicationonpage180

HowtosetupthePIT emperature/Depthsensor

1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.
Setupmenuonpage119
2ClicktheSelectSensorsbuttontoopentheSelectSensorsdialog.
SelectSensorsonpage142
3ObservetheA vailableSensorseldontheupperleftsideofthedialog.Itlistsall
thesensortypessupportedbythePI50.
4ClickonceontheT emperature/Depthsensorinthelist,thenclickthe[]buttonto
copythesensortotheSelectedSensorslist.
Note
Thisisa“dual”sensor .ItwillseizetwocommunicationchannelsonthePI50.
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ThreeDepthversionsareavailable.Thesearesetupformaximumdepth300m, 600mor1000m.Thedepthrangeisxedbythefactory,andcannotbechanged inthePIConguratorutility.
5Observethatanerrormessageappearsifyoutrytoaddtoomanysensorstothe
SelectedSensorseld.
ThePI50canhandlemaximumsixsensors.Rememberthatdualsensorseachseize twosensorcommunicationchannels.
6IntheSelectedSensorseld,clickonceonthesensortoselectit.
7Clickoneofthe[▲]or[▼]buttonstomovethesensorupordownonthelistin
theSelectedSensorseld.
Theorderinthislistalsocontrolstheorderinwhichthesensorsarepresentedinthe
SensorCongurationeld,aswellastheverticalorderoftheSensorviewrectangles
inthePI50displaypresentation.
Howtocontroltheorderofthesensorviewsonpage70
8IntheSensorCongurationeld,choose:
aLabelID
bLabelName
cUpdateRateforeachofthetwosensors
dSensorV alueNameforeachofthetwosensors
eThesenamesyouenterareshownintheSensorviews.
PITemperature/Depthsensorviewonpage46
fChannelNumber
gOffsetforthedepthsensor
Theoffsetforthesensoriscalculatedautomaticallybymeansofthecalibration procedure.Ifyoualreadyknowtheoffsetvalue,youcanenteritdirectly.
Howtocalibratethedepthsensorsonpage93
Note
ItisveryimportantthattheChannelnumberandUpdateRateparametersdened foreachsensorintheSelectSensorsdialogmatchesthecorrespondingparameters programmedintothesensor .Ifthesevitalparametersdonotmatch,youwillnot receiveinformationfromthesensor .
9Ifthisistheonlysensoryouwishtosetup,orthelastsensor,clickOktosavethe
settingsandclosethedialog.
Relatedtopics
PIT emperature/Depthsensorviewonpage46
PIT emperature/Depthtrendviewonpage60
HowtosetupthePIT emperature/Depthsensoronpage83
PITemperature/Depthpurposeandapplicationonpage181
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HowtosetupthePIGeometrysensor

1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.
Setupmenuonpage119
2ClicktheSelectSensorsbuttontoopentheSelectSensorsdialog.
SelectSensorsonpage142
3ObservetheA vailableSensorseldontheupperleftsideofthedialog.Itlistsall
thesensortypessupportedbythePI50.
4ClickonceontheGeometrysensorinthelist,thenclickthe[]buttontocopy
thesensortotheSelectedSensorslist.
Note
Thisisa“dual”sensor .ItwillseizetwocommunicationchannelsonthePI50.
SeveralPIGeometrycongurationsareavailable.
PIGeometry:Thisisthestandardconguration.Bothdistancemeasurements,
aswellasthedifferencebetweenthem,aretransmittedbythesensor.This standardrangecongurationisusedwhenthedistancebetweenthesensorand thetrawldoorsisbelow300meters,andwillprovidethebestaccuracyfor shorterdistances.
PIGeometryXT:Extendedrangeversion.TheXTcongurationcanbeusedfor
maximumdistancesupto600meters.TheXTcongurationdoesnotprovide thesameaccuracyasthestandardconguration.Usethisonlyifthestandard congurationcannotbeused.Allthreemeasurementsaretransmittedbythe sensor.
PIGeometryDifferential:Standardrange.Onlythedifferencebetweenthetwo
measurementsaretransmittedbythesensor.Thissavesbattery,anditwillonly requireonechannelonthehostPIsystem.
Tochangeconguration,usethePIConguratorapplication.
5Observethatanerrormessageappearsifyoutrytoaddtoomanysensorstothe
SelectedSensorseld.
ThePI50canhandlemaximumsixsensors.Rememberthatdualsensorseachseize twosensorcommunicationchannels.
6IntheSelectedSensorseld,clickonceonthesensortoselectit.
7Clickoneofthe[▲]or[▼]buttonstomovethesensorupordownonthelistin
theSelectedSensorseld.
Theorderinthislistalsocontrolstheorderinwhichthesensorsarepresentedinthe
SensorCongurationeld,aswellastheverticalorderoftheSensorviewrectangles
inthePI50displaypresentation.
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Howtocontroltheorderofthesensorviewsonpage70
8IntheSensorCongurationeld,choose:
aLabelID
bLabelName
cUpdateRateforeachofthetwosensors
dSensorV alueNameforeachofthetwomeasurements,forexample“port”
and“starboard”.
Ifyouuseadifferentialconguration,youonlyneedtoenteronename.
ThenamesyouenterareshownintheSensorviews.
PIGeometrysensorviewonpage47
eChannelNumber
Note
ItisveryimportantthattheChannelnumberandUpdateRateparametersdened foreachsensorintheSelectSensorsdialogmatchesthecorrespondingparameters programmedintothesensor .Ifthesevitalparametersdonotmatch,youwillnot receiveinformationfromthesensor .
9Ifthisistheonlysensoryouwishtosetup,orthelastsensor,clickOktosavethe
settingsandclosethedialog.
Relatedtopics
PIGeometrysensorviewonpage47
PIGeometrytrendviewonpage61
HowtosetupthePIGeometrysensoronpage85
PIGeometrypurposeandapplicationonpage182

HowtosetupthePIHeight/Depthsensor

Note
ThisprocedureisalsousedtosetupaPISeineSoundersensor .
1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.
Setupmenuonpage119
2ClicktheSelectSensorsbuttontoopentheSelectSensorsdialog.
SelectSensorsonpage142
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3ObservetheA vailableSensorseldontheupperleftsideofthedialog.Itlistsall
thesensortypessupportedbythePI50.
4ClickonceontheHeight/Depthsensorinthelist,thenclickthe[]buttontocopy
thesensortotheSelectedSensorslist.
Note
Thisisa“dual”sensor .ItwillseizetwocommunicationchannelsonthePI50.
ThreeDepthversionsareavailable.Thesearesetupformaximumdepth300m, 600mor1000m.Thedepthrangeisxedbythefactory,andcannotbechanged inthePIConguratorutility.
5Observethatanerrormessageappearsifyoutrytoaddtoomanysensorstothe
SelectedSensorseld.
ThePI50canhandlemaximumsixsensors.Rememberthatdualsensorseachseize twosensorcommunicationchannels.
6IntheSelectedSensorseld,clickonceonthesensortoselectit.
7Clickoneofthe[▲]or[▼]buttonstomovethesensorupordownonthelistin
theSelectedSensorseld.
Theorderinthislistalsocontrolstheorderinwhichthesensorsarepresentedinthe
SensorCongurationeld,aswellastheverticalorderoftheSensorviewrectangles
inthePI50displaypresentation.
Howtocontroltheorderofthesensorviewsonpage70
8IntheSensorCongurationeld,choose:
aLabelID
bLabelName
cUpdateRateforeachofthetwosensors
dSensorV alueNameforeachofthetwosensors
eThesenamesyouenterareshownintheSensorviews.
PIHeight/Depthsensorviewonpage49
fChannelNumber
gOffsetforthedepthsensor
Theoffsetforthesensoriscalculatedautomaticallybymeansofthecalibration procedure.Ifyoualreadyknowtheoffsetvalue,youcanenteritdirectly.
Howtocalibratethedepthsensorsonpage93
Note
ItisveryimportantthattheChannelnumberandUpdateRateparametersdened foreachsensorintheSelectSensorsdialogmatchesthecorrespondingparameters programmedintothesensor .Ifthesevitalparametersdonotmatch,youwillnot receiveinformationfromthesensor .
9Ifthisistheonlysensoryouwishtosetup,orthelastsensor,clickOktosavethe
settingsandclosethedialog.
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PIHeight/Depthsensorviewonpage49
PIHeight/Depthtrendviewonpage62
HowtosetupthePIHeight/Depthsensoronpage86
PIHeight/Depthpurposeandapplicationonpage184

HowtosetupthePISpread/Depthsensor

1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.
Setupmenuonpage119
2ClicktheSelectSensorsbuttontoopentheSelectSensorsdialog.
SelectSensorsonpage142
3ObservetheA vailableSensorseldontheupperleftsideofthedialog.Itlistsall
thesensortypessupportedbythePI50.
4ClickonceontheSpread/Depthsensorinthelist,thenclickthe[]buttontocopy
thesensortotheSelectedSensorslist.
Note
Thisisa“dual”sensor .ItwillseizetwocommunicationchannelsonthePI50.
TwoSpreadversionsareavailable.Thesearesetupforstandardorextended(XT) spreadrange.ThiscongurationcanbechangedinthePIConguratorutility.
ThreeDepthversionsareavailable.Thesearesetupformaximumdepth300m, 600mor1000m.Thedepthrangeisxedbythefactory,andcannotbechanged inthePIConguratorutility.
5Observethatanerrormessageappearsifyoutrytoaddtoomanysensorstothe
SelectedSensorseld.
ThePI50canhandlemaximumsixsensors.Rememberthatdualsensorseachseize twosensorcommunicationchannels.
6IntheSelectedSensorseld,clickonceonthesensortoselectit.
7Clickoneofthe[▲]or[▼]buttonstomovethesensorupordownonthelistin
theSelectedSensorseld.
Theorderinthislistalsocontrolstheorderinwhichthesensorsarepresentedinthe
SensorCongurationeld,aswellastheverticalorderoftheSensorviewrectangles
inthePI50displaypresentation.
Howtocontroltheorderofthesensorviewsonpage70
8IntheSensorCongurationeld,choose:
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aLabelID
bLabelName
cUpdateRateforeachofthetwosensors
dSensorV alueNameforeachofthetwosensors
ThesenamesyouenterareshownintheSensorviews.
PISpread/Depthsensorviewonpage50
eChannelNumber
fOffsetforthedepthsensor
Theoffsetforthesensoriscalculatedautomaticallybymeansofthecalibration procedure.Ifyoualreadyknowtheoffsetvalue,youcanenteritdirectly.
Howtocalibratethedepthsensorsonpage93
gOffsetforthespreadsensor
Theoffsetforthespreadsensormustbeenteredmanuallybasedonyour knowledgeaboutthesensorinstallationandthepropertiesofthegear.Y oucan enteravaluebetween+99and–99meters.
Note
ItisveryimportantthattheChannelnumberandUpdateRateparametersdened foreachsensorintheSelectSensorsdialogmatchesthecorrespondingparameters programmedintothesensor .Ifthesevitalparametersdonotmatch,youwillnot receiveinformationfromthesensor .
9ClicktheAdvancedSensorCongurationbutton,andobservethatadditionalchoices
areaddedtotheSensorCongurationeld.
10ConnecttheSpread/DepthsensorwithstarboardDepthsensor.
Thiswillallowyoutosetupthesystemtomeasureverticalgeometry.Referto thededicatedprocedure.
Howtosetupspreadanddepthsensorstomeasureverticalgeometryonpage96
11Ifthisistheonlysensoryouwishtosetup,orthelastsensor,clickOktosavethe
settingsandclosethedialog.
Relatedtopics
PISpread/Depthsensorviewonpage50
PISpread/Depthtrendviewonpage62
HowtosetupthePISpread/Depthsensoronpage88
PISpread/Depthpurposeandapplicationonpage185

HowtosetupthePITwinSpreadsensor

1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.
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Setupmenuonpage119
2ClicktheSelectSensorsbuttontoopentheSelectSensorsdialog.
SelectSensorsonpage142
3ObservetheA vailableSensorseldontheupperleftsideofthedialog.Itlistsall
thesensortypessupportedbythePI50.
4ClickonceontheTwinSpreadsensorinthelist,thenclickthe[]buttontocopy
thesensortotheSelectedSensorslist.
Note
Thisisa“dual”sensor .ItwillseizetwocommunicationchannelsonthePI50.
5Observethatanerrormessageappearsifyoutrytoaddtoomanysensorstothe
SelectedSensorseld.
ThePI50canhandlemaximumsixsensors.Rememberthatdualsensorseachseize twosensorcommunicationchannels.
6IntheSelectedSensorseld,clickonceonthesensortoselectit.
7Clickoneofthe[▲]or[▼]buttonstomovethesensorupordownonthelistin
theSelectedSensorseld.
Theorderinthislistalsocontrolstheorderinwhichthesensorsarepresentedinthe
SensorCongurationeld,aswellastheverticalorderoftheSensorviewrectangles
inthePI50displaypresentation.
Howtocontroltheorderofthesensorviewsonpage70
8IntheSensorCongurationeld,choose:
aLabelID
bLabelName
cCommonUpdateRateforthetwomeasurements
dSensorV alueNameforeachofthetwosensors
ThesenamesyouenterareshownintheSensorviews.
PIT winSpreadsensorviewonpage52
eChannelNumber
fOffsetforthespreadsensor
Theoffsetforthespreadsensormustbeenteredmanuallybasedonyour knowledgeaboutthesensorinstallationandthepropertiesofthegear.Y oucan enteravaluebetween+99and–99meters.
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Note
ItisveryimportantthattheChannelnumberandUpdateRateparametersdened foreachsensorintheSelectSensorsdialogmatchesthecorrespondingparameters programmedintothesensor .Ifthesevitalparametersdonotmatch,youwillnot receiveinformationfromthesensor .
9Ifthisistheonlysensoryouwishtosetup,orthelastsensor,clickOktosavethe
settingsandclosethedialog.
Relatedtopics
PITwinSpreadsensorviewonpage52
PITwinSpreadtrendviewonpage62
HowtosetupthePITwinSpreadsensoronpage89
PIT winSpreadpurposeandapplicationonpage186

HowtosetupthePISeineSoundersensor

Note
ThePISeineSoundersensorissetupasaPIHeight/Depthsensor .
→HowtosetupthePIHeight/Depthsensoronpage86.
Relatedtopics
PISeineSoundersensorviewonpage54
PISeineSoundertrendviewonpage63
HowtosetupthePISeineSoundersensoronpage91
PISeineSounderpurposeandapplicationonpage187

HowtosetupthePIRemote/Depthsensor

Note
ThePIRemote/DepthsensorissetupasaPIDepthsensor .
→HowtosetupthePIDepthsensoronpage77
Relatedtopics
PIRemote/Depthsensorviewonpage55
PIRemote/Depthtrendviewonpage63
HowtosetupthePIRemote/Depthsensoronpage91
PIRemote/Depthpurposeandapplicationonpage188
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HowtosetupthePIRipsensor

Note
ThePIRipsensorissetupasaPICatchsensor .
→HowtosetupthePICatchsensoronpage76
Relatedtopics
PIRipsensorviewonpage55
PIRiptrendviewonpage63
HowtosetupthePIRipsensoronpage92
PIRippurposeandapplicationonpage189
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Sensorprocedures

Topics
Howtocalibratethedepthsensorsonpage93
Howtoresetthesensorcounteronpage94
Howtosmoothoutthebottomandcatchreadingsonpage94
Howtosmoothoutthedatareceptiononpage95
Howtoremovespikesandreectionsfromthesensordataonpage95
Howtosetupspreadanddepthsensorstomeasureverticalgeometryonpage96
Howtosetupdepthandheightsensorstomeasuretotalwaterdepthonpage98
Howtosetuptheheightsensortoshowthetrawlopeningonpage98

Howtocalibratethedepthsensors

Onlydepthsensorscanbecalibrated.Thepurposeistomakesurethatthedepthreported bythesensorisasaccurateaspossible.Thisprocedureiscarriedoutonboardthevessel.
Note
Inordertocalibratethesensor ,itmustbesubmergedinsaltwater.
Thesoftwareprovidedforcalibrationassumesthatthesensorisloweredto1meterdeep. Ifyouneedtoloweritevendeeper,youwillneedtoaddthisadditionaldepthtothe
OffsetvaluewhenyouselectandsetupthesensorintheSelectSensorsdialog.
Example:Ifyouloweryoursensorto5metersdepthforcalibration,youmustenter
4(meters)intotheOffsetforthesensor.
SelectSensorsonpage142
1Mountaropetothetopfasteninglugsonthesensor.
2Tightentherope,andmeasureonemeterfromthebottomofthesensortoaspoton
therope.Placeavisualmarkerontheropeatthatlocation.
3Lowerthesensoroverthesideofthevesselandintothewater.Lowerituntilthe
visualmarkerontheropeisevenwiththesurface.
Youmaywishtouseadifferentdepthreferencethantheseasurface.Ifthisisthe case,changethemarkingontheropetotyoupreference,forexamplethedepthof thekeelorthedepthofanechosoundertransducer.
4Observethenumericalpresentationofthesensordepth,andallowthereadingto
stabilizeitself.
5ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.
Setupmenuonpage119
6ClickCalibration.
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Calibrationonpage149
7IntheCalibrationdialog,clickStartCalibration.
8WaitforthePI50systemtodothecalibration.Readabook,orcallyourmother.
WhentheCalibrationdialogcloses,thecalibrationhasnished.ClickCloseto closethedialog.
9Observethenumericalpresentationofthesensordepth,andverifythatitreads1m.
10Retrievethesensorfromthewater.

Howtoresetthesensorcounter

TheBottomContactandCatchsensorshavetimers.Theseareusedtokeeptrackof howlongthesensorshavebeenactivated.
1ClicktheOperationiconundertheMainmenutoopentheOperationsub-menu.
2ClicktheResetCountersbutton.
ResetCountersonpage129

Howtosmoothoutthebottomandcatchreadings

TheCatch/BottomFilterisusedtosmooththeinformationfromthePICatchandPI
BottomContactsensors.
SettoLightlteringthechangeinstatusmustlastandremainstableforatleastt sensortransmissionsbeforethedisplayischanged.WhenHeavylteringisapplied,the changeinstatusmustlastandremainstableforatleaste thechangeisshownonthePI50display.
TheCatch/BottomFilterisavailablebothontheOperationmenuandintheReceiver dialog.
i g h t sensortransmissionsbefore
w o
Catch/BottomFilteronpage127
Receiveronpage150
1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.
2ClickReceivertoopentheReceiverdialog.
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Receiveronpage150
3ChangethestatusoftheCatch/BottomFilter.
4ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.

Howtosmoothoutthedatareception

TheSensorFiltercanbeusedifyouhaveproblemswiththereception.Itwillaverage thedatareceivedfromthesensors.
ThePI50isdesignedtoquicklyupdatedata.Afterthesensorshavebeensubmerged, thereceiverrequiresonlythreeconsecutivepingsfromindividualsensorstocalculate anddisplaytheirrespectiveinformation.However,ifyouexperienceproblemswiththe reception,youmaytrythislter.
TheSensorFilterisavailablebothontheOperationmenuandintheReceiverdialog.
SensorFilteronpage126
Receiveronpage150
1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.
2ClickReceivertoopentheReceiverdialog.
Receiveronpage150
3ChangethestatusoftheSensorFilter.
WerecommendthatyouonlyuseHeavylteringiftherearelargeuctuationsin thedisplayeddata,oriftherateofchangeissmall.Reducedlteringispreferable, sincethisshortensthedelaybetweenupdatingthechangesinsensorlocation,and thecorrespondingdisplayedinformation.
4ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.
Howtoremovespikesandreectionsfromthesensordata
TheMultipathFilterisdesignedtoremedyforreections,spikesandtime-laginthe sensordata.Theseproblemsmayoccurifneighbouringchannelsareused,orifthePI50 isdisturbedbyotherhydroacousticsystemsinuseonownorothervessels.
Whenyouoperateinanareaswithsubstantialreverberationduetothebottom topography,orinshallowwaters,youmayexperience“jumps”orspikesinthedata receivedfromthesensors.Sucherrorscanalsobecausedbyothertypesofhydroacoustic equipmentoperatingonthePI50frequencyrange.Thislterhasbeenimplementedto remedyforsuchinterferenceproblemaswell.
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Figure22Spikes
TheMultipathFilterisavailablebothontheOperationmenuandintheReceiverdialog.
MultipathFilteronpage128
Receiveronpage150
1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupsub-menu.
2ClickReceivertoopentheReceiverdialog.
AStabledatareading
BSpikecausedbyreections,time-lag,
reverberationorinterference
Receiveronpage150
3ChangethestatusoftheMultipathFilter.
WerecommendthatyouonlyuseHeavylteringiftherearelargeuctuationsin thedisplayeddata,oriftherateofchangeissmall.Reducedlteringispreferable, sincethisshortensthedelaybetweenupdatingthechangesinsensorlocation,and thecorrespondingdisplayedinformation.
4ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.
Howtosetupspreadanddepthsensorstomeasurevertical geometry
Ifyouhaveonedepthsensormountedoneachtrawldoor,youcanmakethePI50 calculatetheverticalgeometry.Thesystemwillthenreadeachofthetwodepthvalues, subtractonefromtheother,andshowyouthedifference.
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Figure23Verticalgeometrymeasurements
Providedthatthesensorsaremountedonthetrawldoors,theverticalgeometry measurementscanbemadeusinganyofthefollowingsensors:
•PIDepth
•PIHeight/Depth
Operationalprocedures
•PISpread/Depth
•PIRemote/Depth
•PITemperature/Depth
ThecongurationoftheverticalgeometrymeasurementismadeintheSelectSensors dialogduringthecongurationofaPISpreadsensor.
SelectSensorsonpage142
Note
Youmusthaveonedepthsensoroneachtrawldoortomeasureverticalgeometry.
1SetupthePIDepth,PIHeight/Depth,PITemperature/DepthorPIRemote/Depth
sensorasdescribedinthededicatedprocedure.
HowtosetupthePIDepthsensoronpage77
HowtosetupthePIHeight/Depthsensoronpage86
HowtosetupthePIT emperature/Depthsensoronpage83
HowtosetupthePIRemote/Depthsensoronpage91
2SetupthePISpreadorPISpread/Depthsensorasdescribedinthededicated
procedure.
HowtosetupthePISpreadsensoronpage80
HowtosetupthePISpread/Depthsensoronpage88
3Forthededicatedspreadsensor,clickAdvancedSensorConguration.
4Connectthespreadsensortooneortwodepthsensors.
Theavailabledepthsensorswillautomaticallybelisted.
5ClickOKtosavethesettingsandclosethedialog.
6Observethattheverticalgeometryisshownasasensorview.
V erticalgeometryviewonpage56
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Howtosetupdepthandheightsensorstomeasuretotal waterdepth
Ifyouhavebothadepthsensorandaheightsensormountedonthegear,youcanmake thePI50calculatethetotaldepth.Thesystemwillthenreadeachofthetwosensor values,addonetotheother,andshowyouthesum.
ThecongurationofthewaterdepthmeasurementismadeintheSelectSensorsdialog duringthecongurationofaPIDepthsensor.
SelectSensorsonpage142
Note
Youmusthavebothsensorsonyougear .Theymustbephysicallylocatednexttoeach othertomakethetotaldepthvaluecorrect.
1SetupthePIHeightsensorasdescribedinthededicatedprocedure.
HowtosetupthePIHeightsensoronpage79
2SetupthePIDepthsensorasdescribedinthededicatedprocedure.
HowtosetupthePIDepthsensoronpage77
3Forthededicateddepthsensor,clickAdvancedSensorConguration.
Theavailableheightsensorswillautomaticallybelisted.
4ClickOKtosavethesettingsandclosethedialog.
5ObservethatthetotaldepthisshowninthePIDepthtrendview.
PIDepthtrendviewonpage58

Howtosetuptheheightsensortoshowthetrawlopening

ThePIHeightsensormaybesetuptodisplaythetrawlopeninginthetrendview.
ThecongurationofthisfunctionismadeintheSelectSensorsdialogduringthe congurationofaPIHeightsensor.
SelectSensorsonpage142
1SetupthePIHeightsensorasdescribedinthededicatedprocedure.
HowtosetupthePIHeightsensoronpage79
2ClickAdvancedSensorConguration.
3Entertheheightofthetrawldoor.
4ClickOKtosavethesettingsandclosethedialog.
5ObservethatthetotaldepthisshowninthePIHeighttrendview.
PIHeighttrendviewonpage59
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