Simrad PI HBU Instruction Manual

Instruction manual

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Simrad PI HBU
Hydrophone Booster Unit

SimradPIHBU

HydrophoneBoosterUnit

InstructionManual

ThisdocumentallowsyoutoinstallandputtousethePI

HBU(HydrophoneBoosterUnit).

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InstructionManual

Tableofcontents

ABOUT..............................................................................5

PIHBU(HYDROPHONEBOOSTERUNIT)...........................6

RECOMMENDEDPARAMETERSETTINGS............................7

SimradPI32..............................................................................................................7

SimradPI44andPI54...............................................................................................7

INSTALLATION.................................................................9

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ABOUT

ThisdocumentallowsyoutoinstallandputtousethePIHBU

(HydrophoneBoosterUnit).

Figure1PIHBU(HydrophoneBoosterUnit)

About

Figure2CommercialpowersupplyprovidedwiththePIHBU

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SimradPIHBU

PIHBU(HYDROPHONEBOOSTERUNIT)

ThePIHBU(HydrophoneBoosterUnit)isasmallandcompact
unitprovidingamplicationfortheweaksignalsfromthePI
hydrophone.ItisconnectedbetweenthehydrophoneandthePI
cabinet.ThePIHBUispoweredbyaseparatepowersupply .

Prerequisitesforuse

InordertousethePIHBUyourPIreceivermustoperatewith
thefollowingsoftwareversion:

•PI32:Notapplicable

•PI44:DSP(DigitalSignalProcessor)version1.11(orlater)
withMMIversion0.50(orlater).

•PI54:DSP(DigitalSignalProcessor)version1.11(orlater)
withMMIversion0.50(orlater).

WhyusethePIHBU

OnthePI44andPI54systems,softwarerelease1.08providedan
increasedrangecapability.ByusingthePIHBU(Hydrophone
BoosterUnit)aswellthesystemswillofferadditionalrange,
andtheywillbemoretolerantfornoise.OnPI32systems,the
PIHBU(HydrophoneBoosterUnit)willalsoprovideincreased
rangecapability.

Whyn

o t usethePIHBU

ForthemajorityofPIusersexperiencingadequateperformance,
andwithnoneedtoincreasetherangecapability,thePIHBU
(HydrophoneBoosterUnit)willnotberequired.

WhentousethePIHBU

ThePIHBU(HydrophoneBoosterUnit)isrecommendedif
thereceptionofthePIsystemisclutteredwithnoisefrom
interference,orwithnoisefromotheracousticsystemsonthe
vessel,suchassonars,echosoundersorlogs.ThePIHBU
(HydrophoneBoosterUnit)mayalsoproveusefulifyou
experiencenoisefromthevesselpropellers.

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RECOMMENDEDPARAMETERSETTINGS

WhenthePIHBU(HydrophoneBoosterUnit)isputtouse,the
recommendedparametersettingsarechanged.

SimradPI32

ThefollowingReceiversetupparametersarerecommendedwhen
thePIHBU(HydrophoneBoosterUnit)isputtouse.

•Interferencelter:OFF

–SwitchONifinterferenceisstillaproblem.Asan

alternative,youmaykeepthelterOFF,andincreasethe

Detectionthreshold(DT)settinginstepsof2dBuntilthe

interferencedisappears.

•Interferencelterlevel:9

–IfyouswitchtheinterferencelterON,youmaychange

thelevelto8.

Recommendedparametersettings

•AGC:OFF

•Manualgain:20dB

•Maxshootingspeed:1kn

–Inordertomaintainbestpossiblereceptionduringthe

shootingyoumayincreasethissettingto5kn.

•Detectionthreshold(DT):8dB

Theothersettingsarenotimportant.

Figure3PI30ReceiverSetup,example

SimradPI44andPI54

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WhenthePIHBU(HydrophoneBoosterUnit)isputtouse,the
recommendedparametersettingsarechanged.

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•Interferencelter:OFF

–SwitchONifinterferenceisstillaproblem.Asan

alternative,youmaykeepthelterOFF,andincreasethe

Detectionthreshold(DT)settinginstepsof2dBuntilthe

interferencedisappears.

•Interferencelterlevel:8

–IfyouswitchtheinterferencelterON,youmaychange

thelevelto7.

•Sensorlter:LIGHT

•Catch/Bottomsensorlter:LIGHT

•AGC:OFF

•Manualgain:20dB

•Multipathlter:OFF

–IfyouusethePIGeometrysensor,thisltermustbeON.

•Detectionthreshold(DT):8dB

•Maxshootingspeed:1kn

–Inordertomaintainbestpossiblereceptionduringthe

shootingyoumayincreasethissettingto5kn.

Theothersettingsarenotimportant.

Figure4PI44/54ReceiverSetup,example

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Installation

INSTALLATION

ObservetheproceduretoinstallthePIHBU(Hydrophone
BoosterUnit).

1UnpackthePIHBU(HydrophoneBoosterUnit)unit.

2Checkthatthepackagecontainstheunitandapowersupply.

3FindasuitablelocationforthePIHBUunit.

TheunitmustbeplacedclosetothePIoperatorunit,and
withinreachofapoweroutlet(115–230Vac).Observethe
lengthofthehydrophonecable,whichlimitsthedistance
betweentheunits.

4MountthePIHBUunit.

5PowerdownyourPIsystem.

6Disconnectthehydrophoneconnectorontherearsideofthe

PIoperatorunit,andconnectittothePIHBUunit(A).

Figure5PIHBU(HydrophoneBoosterUnit)connections

AHydrophonesocket

BCabletohydrophonesocketonPIoperatorunit

C+24Vdcpowersocket(usepowersupplyprovided

withthePIHBU)

7ConnectthecablefromthePIHBUunit(B)tothe

hydrophonesocketontherearsideofthePIoperatorunit.

8ConnectthepowersupplytoACmains,andconnectthe

powercabletothesocket(C)onthePIHBUunit.

9PowerupyourPIsystem.

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