Simrad PI50 Reference manual

Reference manual

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Simrad PI50 Catch monitoring system

SimradPI50

Catchmonitoringsystem

Referencemanual

Thepurposeofthisreferencemanualistoprovide thedescriptions,proceduresanddetailedparameter explanationsrequiredtoallowforsafeandefcientuse oftheSimradPI50Catchmonitoringsystem,aswellas athoroughunderstandingofthesystemparametersand adjustments.

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Referencemanual

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

(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

i m r a d . s u p p o r t @ s i m r a d . c o m

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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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Simrad PI50 Reference manual

Tableofcontents

Aboutthismanual

SimradPI50

Important

Systemdescription

Systemdiagram

Systemunits

Colourdisplay

ProcessorUnit

ReceiverUnit

Hydrophones

Purseseinehydrophone

Trawlhydrophone

Portablehydrophone

Catchmonitoringsensors

Supportinformation

Gettingstarted

PowerOn/Offprocedures

Poweron

Poweroff

Usingthetrackball

Sensorpresentations

Startingnormaloperation

Howtoselectmenulanguage

HowtoresetthePI50tofactorydefaultparameters

Howtoselectandsetupthesensors

Howtosavethecurrentusersettings

Howtocalibratethedepthsensors

TitleBar