Simrad PI50 - REFERENCE MANUAL REV A Reference Manual

Reference manual

Simrad PI50
Catch monitoring system

TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES

www.simrad.com

SimradPI50

Catchmonitoringsystem

Referencemanual

Release1.0.0

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

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Rev.A01.03.2010

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wasdesigned.Improperuseormaintenancemaycausedamagetotheequipmentand/orinjury
topersonnel.Theusermustbefamiliarwiththecontentsoftheappropriatemanualsbefore
attemptingtoinstall,operateorworkontheequipment.
KongsbergMaritimeASdisclaimsanyresponsibilityfordamageorinjurycausedbyimproper
installation,useormaintenanceoftheequipment.

Supportinformation

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address:-.Ifyouneedinformationaboutourotherproducts,visitourwebsite.Onthewebsiteyou
willalsondalistofourdealersanddistributors.

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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

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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SimradPI50

StudythischaptertofamiliarizeyourselfwiththeSimradPI50.

Topics

•Importantonpage11

•Systemdescriptiononpage12

•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

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

®

Windows

®

XP

®

(32–bit)orMicrosoft

®

Windows

®

7(32–bit)

[1]

Onnewinstallations,werecommendthatMicrosoft

®

Windows

®

7isused.

•Processorspeed:2GHzDualcore

•Memory:2.0Gb

•Freeharddiskspace:30Gb

•Chipset:Intel

•Graphicadapter:DirectX9.0ccompatiblewithDirect3dandOpenGL

[2]

•Interfaces:

–Oneserial(RS-232)interfacetocommunicatewiththeReceiverUnit

Notethat“PCIExpress”serialinterfaceboardsarenotsupported.

–OneEthernetinterfacetocommunicatewithship’slocalareanetwork(ifrequired)

–Oneormoreseriallineinterfaces(dependsonhowmanyinterfacesthatare

requiredforthespecicintegration)

Note

USBtoSerialadapterarenotsupportedunderWindowsXP .

•Displayresolution:1280x1024

[3]

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:[phone]

•Telefax:[phone]

•E-mailaddress:s

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

•Website:h t t p : / / w w w . s i m r a d . n o

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Spain

•Address:PoligonoPartidaT orres38,03570Villajoyosa,Spain

•Telephone:[phone]

•Telefax:[phone]

•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:[phone]

•Telefax:[phone]

•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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Gettingstarted

Topics

•PowerOn/Offproceduresonpage20

•Usingthetrackballonpage21

•Sensorpresentationsonpage22

•Startingnormaloperationonpage23

•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

AllPI50functionsarecontrolledwiththe
trackball.

AControlwheel

BTrackball

CRightmousebutton

DLeftmousebutton

Thistrackballisconnectedtothecomputer,
andbymeansofthebuttonsandthewheel
youcancontrolallthedialogsandparameter
settings.

Astandardcomputermousecanalsobeused.Ifyouwishtouseamouse,werecommend
thatyoundoneequippedwithacontrolwheel.

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Sensorpresentations

ThePI50canbeusedwithseveraldifferentsensors,butonlysixsensorssimultaneously.

Figure7Sensorpresentationexamplewithsensor
viewsandtrendviewsshown

[4]

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

thesensordataforthelast20minutes.

•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

•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

dChooseSensorV alueName.

•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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