Simrad PI SEINESOUNDER Instruction Manual

Instruction manual

T E C H N O L O G Y F O R S U S T A I N A B L E F I S H E R I E S

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Simrad PI SeineSounder
Combisensor for depth and height measurements

SimradPISeineSounder

Instructionmanual

Thisdocumentgivesyouthenecessaryinformationfor
mounting,chargingandmaintainingthePISeineSounder
sensor.ItalsoexplainshowtosetupthePI32,PI44and
PI54catchmonitoringsystemstoreceiveanddisplaythe
informationprovidedbythesensor.

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Documentnumber:313700/ISBN-10:82-8066-091-7/ISBN-13:978-82-8066-091-6

Rev.A26June2007

Originalrelease.

Onlyminorcorrectionstothetext.Tablewithdefault

Rev.B

9October2007

communicationchannelsandupdateratesmodiedwithnew
sensors.

Rev.C

28February2008

DocumentupdatedtocomplywithnewPI44/54MMISoftware
version0.47.

Onlyminorchanges.Tablewithdefaultcommunicationchannels

Rev.D

26June2008

andupdateratesmodiedwithnewsensors.Documentalsovalid
forPI44/54MMISoftwareversion0.50.

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designed.Improperuseormaintenancemaycausedamagetotheequipmentand/orinjurytopersonnel.
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operateorworkontheequipment.
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Instructionmanual

Tableofcontents

INTRODUCTION................................................................5

Purposeandapplications..........................................................................................5

Mainpartsidentication...........................................................................................7

Informationonthesensorlabel................................................................................8

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

Mountingonatrawl.................................................................................................9

Mountingonpurseseine........................................................................................11

CONFIGURATION............................................................14

Basicconguration.................................................................................................14

CongurationofthePI32.......................................................................................15

CongurationofthePI44andPI54(SW0.40)......................................................16

CongurationofthePI44andPI54(SW0.47)......................................................18

Aboutsensorconguration....................................................................................20

Defaultcommunicationchannelsandupdaterates.........................................20

Changingacommunicationchannel.............................................................20

Changingtheupdaterate.............................................................................21

PICongurator...........................................................................................21

DISPLAYPRESENTATIONS..............................................22

Numericalpresentation...........................................................................................22

GraphicalpresentationonPI32..............................................................................23

GraphicalpresentationonPI44andPI54...............................................................24

CHARGINGANDMAINTENANCE......................................27

PISeineSoundermaintenance................................................................................27

PISeineSoundercharging......................................................................................28

HowtousetheSimradPICharger.........................................................................28

Dailyoperation...........................................................................................29

Indicators...................................................................................................31

Automaticconguration..............................................................................31

HowtousetheSimradPIMaxiCharger.................................................................32

DailyoperationofthePIMaxiCharger.........................................................32

PIMaxiChargerindicators...........................................................................33

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Introduction

INTRODUCTION

Efcientsherywithtrawlandpurseseineassumesprofessional
andadequateinstrumentationonthegear.Simradhasprovided
professionalinstrumentsforshndingformorethansixtyyears.
Thisusermanualdescribesinstallation,useandmaintenanceof
theSimradPISeineSounderwhenputtousewiththePIcatch
monitoringsystems.

Note

TheSimradPI32andtheSimradPI44andPI54systemswith
softwareversion0.40willonlyacceptPISeineSoundersensors
withdepthrangelimitedto300meters.Touse600or1000m
depthrange,youwillneedPI44/54withsoftwareversion0.47
(orlater).

Purposeandapplications

ThepurposeofthePISeineSounderistoachieveaccurate
measurementsofboththewaterdepthandtheheightabovethe
seabedwithasinglesensor.ThePISeineSounderthuscontains
bothapressuresensortomeasurethewaterdepth,andanecho
sounderwithtwotransducerstomeasuretheheightabovethe
seabed.Theresultsfromthesemeasurementsaretransmitted
byacousticsignalstothePIcatchmonitoringsystemmounted
onthevessel.

ThePISeineSounderhasbeendevelopedtobeusedonboth
bottomandpelagictrawlsandonpurseandDanishseiners.The
sensormustbeinstalledintwodifferentwaysdependingonthe
application:

•Trawl:Horizontallybehindtheheadrope

•Seine:Verticallybelowthefootrope

Inordertomakepossiblethesetwoapplicationsandmounting
methods,theechosounderinsidethesensorhasbeenequipped
withtwotransducers.Bymeansofa“sensorkey”youcaneasily
denewhichtransducertouse.

Providedwiththesensorisa“giftbox”withtwosensorkeys.
Thesearetwospecialbolts,andbymeansofmagnetisminside
thebolts,thesewillselectwhichechosoundertransducertouse.
Theboltswillalsoactaswaterdetectors,andthatmeansthat
theywillslowlydisintegrate.Whenyoumountthesensorona
trawlorapurseseine,itisthereforeimportantthatyouusethe
correctkey:

•Trawl:Usethes

•Purseseine:Usethel

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Figure1ThePISeineSounderinuseonapelagictrawl

AFromitspositiononthetopofthetrawl,thesensormeasures

thedepthfromtheseasurface

BThesensoralsomeasurestheheightabovetheseabed.

Figure2ThePISeineSounderinuseonapurseseine

AFromitspositionatthebottomofthepurseseine,thesensor

measuresthedepthfromtheseasurface

BThesensoralsomeasurestheheightabovetheseabed.

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Mainpartsidentication

Observetheillustrationbelowforidenticationofthemainparts
ofthePISeineSounder.

Figure3PISeineSounder

ANegativechargingandfasteninglug

BPositivechargingandfasteninglug

CCommunicationlink

DLocationofsensorlamp

ESensor“key”andwaterswitchsensor

FEchosoundertransducerfortrawl

GEchosoundertransducerforpurseseine

HDepthsensor

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Informationonthesensorlabel

Thesensorlabelprovidesthefollowinginformation.

Figure4ThePISeineSoundersensorlabel

AChannelidentication.

Youmustwritedownthetwochannelscurrentlyusedbythe
sensortocommunicatewiththePIsystem.

BThisinformationidentiesthesensortype.Threetypesare

available:

•PI-ND300:PISeineSounderformaximumdepth300m

•PI-ND600:PISeineSounderformaximumdepth600m

•PI-ND1000:PISeineSounderformaximumdepth1000m

CSparepartordernumber .

DOpeningforthewatertoaccessthepressuresensor .

ESensor“key”andwaterswitchsensor

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Installation

INSTALLATION

ThePISeineSounderhasbeendevelopedtobeusedonboth
bottomandpelagictrawlsandonpurseandDanishseiners.
Itisimportantthatyouunderstandthetwodifferentwaysof
installation.

•Trawl:Horizontallybehindtheheadrope

•Seine:Verticallybelowthefootrope

Note

Removethesensorfromthegearbeforeitpassesthroughthe
powerblock.

Ensurethatmountingmaterialattachedtothecharginglugsdo
notformanelectricalconnection,asthiswillshortthecharging
current.

Mountingonatrawl

Location

Placethesensorwhereyouwishtomonitortheheight.Thisis
normallyaftoftheheadropeatthecentreofthenet.

Mounting

Securethetwoforwardfasteninglugs(A)usingtwosnaphooks
andrope.Then,securethetwoaftfasteninglugs(B)usingsnap
hooksandstrongrubberbands.Thismountingplacesthesensor
inacradlesupportedonallfoursides.Inordertosecurethe
sensorinplace,werecommendthatyouassembleabagofne
meshednet,andtiesthistothetrawlclosetothemiddleofthe
headrope.Then,mountthesensorinsidethisbag.Thesensor
mustbeproperlysecuredtopreventitfrommovingsidewaysor
rotateduringuse.Makesurethatyouhavebestpossiblefree
viewbetweenthesensorandthebottom,andbetweenthesensor
andthevessel.

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Figure5Mountingontrawl

ARopeandsnaphooks

BRubberbandsandsnaphooks

CSIMRADimprintonthesensormustpointup!

DReversesideofsensor

EEchosoundertransducermustpointtowardsthebottom!

Note

Ensurethatyoumountthesensorwiththereverseside(D)and
theechosoundertransducer(E)pointingtowardsthebottom!
TheSIMRADprintonthesensor(C)mustpointuptowardsthe
watersurface!

REMEMBER:Ontrawl,usethes

h o r t keybolt!

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