Simrad SH90 Operator manual

Operator manual

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SimradSH90

Operatormanual

Thismanualprovidesyouwiththebasicinformation requiredtooperatetheSimradSH90.Foramoredetailed descriptionoftheoperationandfunctionality,including menusandallparameters,refertotheSimradSH90 Referencemanual.

WARNING:TheSimradSH90sonarmustneverbe poweredupwhentheshipisindrydock.Thetransducer willbedamagedifittransmitsinopenair .Toprevent inadvertentuseofthesonar ,pulloutthemainsplugon theProcessorUnitwheneverthevesselisindrydock.

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Operatormanual

ABOUTTHISMANUAL

Aboutthismanual

Purpose

Thepurposeofthisoperatormanualistopresentthedescriptions andproceduresrequiredtooperatetheSimradSH90inasafeand efcientmanner.

Itisnotwithinthetasksofthismanualtodescribeallfunctions andparametersindetail.Itisthereforealsoimportantthatyou studytheotherdocumentsthatareprovidedwithyoursystem. Fordetaileddescriptionsofallfunctionsandparameters,referto theSimradSH90Referencemanual.

References

ThefollowingusermanualshavebeenprovidedfortheSimrad SH90.EnglishmanualsareprovidedwiththeSH90whenitis shipped.Whenavailable,manualsinotherlanguagesmaybe downloadedfromh

t t p : / / w w w . s i m r a d . c o m .

•SimradSH90InstallationManual,English[323776]

•SimradSH90OperatorManual,English[323773]

•SimradSH90ReferenceManual,English[323775]

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SimradSH90

SIMRADSH90

Importantmatters

StudythischaptertofamiliarizeyourselfwiththeSimradSH90.

Aswithalladvancedinstruments,thereareafewimportant mattersabouttheSH90thatyoumustremember.

Beforeyouswitchonthesonar

Beforeyoupowerupthesonar,makesurethatyouhavesufcient waterdepthtolowerthetransducer!

Whenthesonarisnotinuse

Toprotectthesonarwhenitisnotinuse,westronglyadviceyou tohoistthetransducer,eventhoughyoumaynotswitchoffthe power.Innarroworshallowwatersthisisveryimportant,since youmay-inworstcase-runthetransducerintothebottom. Thiswilldamagethetransducerandthetransducershaft,and extensiverepairisrequired.

Whenyoudockthevessel

Itisveryimportantthatthesonarsystemremainss whenthevesselisindrydock.Ifthetransducerissubjected totransmitpowerwhenitisinopenair,itwillbedamaged. Asasafeguardingmeasure,youcanremovethepowerfuses onthesonarsystembeforethevesselisdocked.Asanextra safeguardingmeasure,thesonarisbydefaultpoweredupwith thetransmitpowerswitchedoff.

Manualoperationofthehullunit

Intheeventofimproperoperation,thepowerful3kWelectric motormaycauseseriousdamagetotheequipmentand/orinjury topersonnel.

Therefore,b therelevantprocedure(s).Youwillthenfamiliarizeyourself withthemethod.

TherelevantproceduresarelocatedintheSH90Reference Manual.

Ifsomethingbreaksdown

Ifyouthinkthatsomethinghasbeendamagedonthesonar, contactyourlocaldealerforadvice.

e f o r e youstarttheoperation,readcarefullythrough

w i t c h e d o f f

Basicinformation

TheSimradSH90isanomnidirectionalhighfrequencysonar.

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SimradSH90

Itisdesignedforallsizedshingvessels,bothpurseseiners andtrawlers.

Theoperationalfrequencyis114kHz.Thecylindrical multi-elementtransducerallowstheomnidirectionalsonarbeam tobetiltedelectronicallyfrom+10to–60degrees.Thisallows youtoautomaticallytrackschoolsofsh,andtoobservethe wholewatervolumearoundthevessel.Astabilisingsystemis includedforelectronicpitchandrollcompensation.

Greatemphasishasbeenplacedongivingthebestpossible presentationsonahighresolutioncolourdisplay.

TheSH90ProcessorUnitiscontrolledbyMicrosoft’sWindows

operatingsystem,whichresultinaexiblechoiceofdisplay

modesforalargerangeofuserapplications.

Thesignalprocessingandbeamformingisperformedinafast digitalsignalprocessingsystemusingthefulldynamicrange ofthesignals.

Inadditiontothetraditionalsinglefrequencytransceiversystem, theSimradSH90containsanadvancedfrequencymodulated ltersystem(FM).

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SimradSH90

GETTINGSTARTED

OperatingPanel

Pleasendthebasicinformationrequiredtogetyoustartedup withtheSimradSH90.

Themostfrequentlyusedfunctionsaredirectlyaccessiblebythe designatedcontrolbuttonsontheOperatingPanel,andmayenter operationalcommandsdirectly.

Thebuttonsaregroupedineldsaccordingtotheirpurpose. Mostsonarfunctionsarealsoaccessibleandactivatedusingthe menusystemonthedisplayandthetrackballandSelectbutton ontheOperatingPanel.

Figure1OperatingPanel

AMainswitch:Powerthesonaron(andoff),lowerandhoist

thetransducer

BSymbol:Controlthetargetmarkersprovidingexactlatitude

andlongitudepositioning.

CMode:Selectyourfavouritedisplaymodeorusersetting

withthepushonabutton.

DGain:Separategaincontrolforhorizontalandverticalsonar

presentation.

ERange:Separaterangecontrolforhorizontalandvertical

sonarpresentation.

FCursor:Menuandcursorcontrol.

GTilt:Easycontrolofthesonar’stiltangle,orstartautomatic

searchprogram.

HV arious:Storeinterestingscreencaptures,andzoominon

details.

ITrain:Manualcontrolofbeamtraining,startautomatic

searchandtrackingprograms.

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Poweron/offprocedures

POWER

Gettingstarted

Theseproceduresexplainhowtoswitchthesonarsystemonand off.Theoperationismadeusingthebuttonsontheoperating panel.

Figure2OperatingPanel

Howtoswitchonthesonar

1PressthePowerbuttononthecolourdisplaymonitor.

2PressthePowerbuttonontheOperatingPanel,andkeepit

depressedforapproximatelytwoseconds.

•Thegreenlampontherightsideofthebuttonwillash toindicatedthatthepowerhasbeenswitchedon,andthat thecomputerisstartingup.

•Afterashortperiodyouwillseethesonarpictureon thedisplay.

•IfthesonarsystemhasbeendisconnectedfromAC power,theProcessorUnitmustbestartedmanually.Use theon/offswitchbehindthelidonthefrontpanel.

3Checkthatthewaterdepthbeneaththekeelissufcientto

lowerthetransducer.

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Down

POWER

4PresstheDownbuttononthecontrolpaneltolowerthe

transducer.

•Thegreenlampnexttothebuttonwillash,andan audiblesignalindicatesthatthetransducerislowered.

•Whenthelowerpositionhasbeenreached,thelamp willbelitcontinuously,theaudiblesignalstops,and thetopbuttonintheStatusparameterdialogshows

Transducer:Down.

•Bydefaultthetransmitpowerisdisabledwhenthe sonarispoweredup.Thisisforsafetyreasons.Onthe

Horizontalmenu,youwillseethattheTXpowerbutton

ashestoremindyouofthis.

5ClicktheTXpowertoselectFull.

Howtoswitchoffthesonar

1PresstheUpbuttonontheOperatingPanel.

•Thegreenlampnexttothebuttonwillash,andan audiblesignalindicatesthatthetransducerishoisted.

•Whentheupperpositionhasbeenreached,thelampwill illuminatecontinuously,theaudiblesignalstops,andthe upperbuttonintheStatusmenushowsTransducer:UP.

2PressthePowerbuttonontheOperatingPanel,andkeepit

depressedforapproximatelytwoseconds.

3Switchoffthedisplaymonitor.

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Howtoperformbasicoperations

Gettingstarted

4Pleasenote:

•Ifthesonarisswitchedoffuncontrolledwiththe transducerinitsloweredposition,thetransducerwill normallybehoistedautomaticallyafterapproximately oneminute.Youmusthoweververifythatthistakes place.Ifthetransducerisn

o t hoistedautomatically,itcan beraisedmanuallybymeansofthehoist/lowerswitchin theMotorControlUnit.Ifmainspowerislost,youcan alsousethehandcrankprovided.

Observethisbriefproceduretofamiliarizeyourselfwiththe basicoperationswithechopresentationsandmenuoperations.

Echopresentationandmenu

1Oncethesonarsystemisupandrunning,observethelayout

ofthedisplaypresentation:

•Onther

•Onthel

i g h t side,observethemenusystem(A).

e f t side,observethesonarechopresentation(B).

Figure3Basicmenu(A)andechopresentation(B)

2OntheOperatingPanel,presstheMenubutton(located

abovethelargetrackball).

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3Onthedisplay,observethatthemenudisappears.

Whenthemenuisremovedtheechopresentationisextended tocovertheentiredisplay.

4Usethetrackball,andmovethecursorovertotheleftor

rightsideofthedisplay.

5Observethatthemenureappearsontheselectedside,and

thattheremainingechopresentationareaisn

o t re-scaled.

6Movethecursortowardsthecentreofthedisplay,and

observethatthetemporarymenudisappears.

7OntheOperatingPanel,presstheMenubuttononemore

time,andobservethatthemenureappears.

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Figure4Menustructure

Gettingstarted

Themenustructure

Themenucontainsseveraldifferentbuttons,tabsandparameter dialogs.

ASonartype:Thiseldsimplystatesthenameofthe

sonar.

BMode:Clickheretochangedisplaymode.Ifyou

clickonthemiddleofthebuttonyouwillopena dedicatedmenuformodeselection.Ifyouclickonthe rightorleftsideofthebuttonyoucanscrollthrough theavailablemodes.

CT ab:Clickonatabtobringforwardthemenu.

DMenu:Thisisthebodyofthemenu.Eachmenuholds

oneormorebuttons.

EButton:Clickonabuttontochangetheapplicable

parameter.Ifyouclickonthemiddleofthebutton youwillnormallyopenadedicatedparameterdialog forparameterselection.Ifyouclickontherightorleft sideofthebuttonyoucanscrollthroughtheavailable choices.

FParameterdialog:Whenyouclickabutton,the

relevantparameterdialogopensatthebottomofthe menu.Eachparameterdialogholdsoneormore buttonsormenus.T ocloseaparameterdialog,click theClosebutton.MostdialogsprovideaHelpbutton foraccesstotheon-linehelp.Inthisexampleyou canseetheStatusdialog,whichisreplacedwhena parameterdialogisopened.

GMessages:Thebuttonatthebottomofthemenuis

usedtoprovidemessagesfromthesonarsystem.

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SimradSH90

CURSOR

SONAROPERA TINGPANEL

Select

View

Object

(CD015022L)

(C )D015010A

Controlthecursor

Operatethetrackball(A)ontheOperating Panel.

Observethatthecursormovesonthesonar display,andthatitchangesitsformdepending onitslocation.

ObservethelocationoftheSelectbutton(B). Pressthisbuttontomakeaselection.

TheViewandObjectbuttonsabovethetrackball areusedtoopenspecicmenus.

Menubuttons

Eachmenucontainsseveralbuttons.Eachbuttonshowsboththe functionandthecurrentparameter.Themajorityofthebuttons ineachmenueldhavethreefunctions:

•Youcanselectalowerparametervalue.

•Youcanselectahigherparametervalue.

•Youcanopentheapplicableparameterdialog.

AClickheretodecreasetheparametervalue

BClickheretoincreasetheparametervalue

CClickheretoopentheparameterdialog.

UsethetrackballontheOperatingPanel,andpositionthecursor overthel cursorchangestoa“minus”sign.Thismeansthatthevalueof theparameterwilldecreasewhenyoupresstheSelectbutton ontheOperatingPanel.

e f t sideofthebutton(A).Observethattheshapeofthe

Positionthecursoroverther

i g h t sideofthebutton(B).Observe thattheshapeofthecursorchangestoa“plus”sign.Thismeans thatthevalueoftheparameterwillincreasewhenyoupressthe

Selectbutton.

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)D015010C

Positionthecursoronthecentreofthemenubutton(C).Observe thattheshapeofthecursorchangestoa“menu”symbol.This meansthattheapplicableparameterdialogwillopenwhenyou presstheSelectbutton.Thedialogappearsinthelowerpartof themenueld.

Changingaparametervalue

Observethisgenericproceduretochangeaparametervalue. Onceyouhavegainedmoreexperience,andhavebecomemore familiarwiththeavailableoptions,youwillselecttheparameters directlyfromthebuttons.

Figure5Changingaparametervalue

1Movethecursortothemiddleofthemenubutton(A).

Observethatthecursorchangesitsshapetoamenusymbol.

2PresstheSelectbuttonontheOperatingPanel.

3Observethatthecorrespondingparameterdialog(B)opens

atthebottomofthemenu.

4Movethecursordowntothedialog,positionthecursor

overtherequestedparametervalue(C),andpresstheSelect buttonagain.

5Observethatthechangeyouhaverequestedtakesimmediate

effectonthesonar.

•Thismakesiteasytotesttheeffectofeachparameter setting.Notehoweverthattransceiverrelatedparameters willrstbeoperationalinthenextping.

6MovethecursordowntotheClosebutton(D),andpress

theSelectbuttonagain.

7Observethattheparameterdialogcloses.

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Note

Inthismanual,thephrase“Clickthebutton”meansthatyou shallpositionthecursoroverthemenubutton,andthenpress theSelectbuttonontheOperatingPanel.

Certainparametersettingsareidentiedwithanasterisk(*).This symbolindicatesthedefaultsettingknowntoperformwellunder normalconditions.Ifyouget“lost“intheparametersettings,the

Defaultsettingsfunctionwillbringupthesenormalparameters.

TheDefaultsettingfunctionisavailableontheSetupmenu,anda dedicatedparameterdialogisused.

IntheSimradSH90sonar,allparametersarestored.This functionwillcausethesonartorememberalltheselected parametersettings,evenwhenthesonarisswitchedoff.

Visualaids

Figure6Visualaids

Thesonardisplaycontainsnotonlythesonarpictureandthe menusystem,butalsootherinformationthatisusefulfor efcientoperation.

Commoninformationonthedisplay

Innearlyalldisplaymodes,thefollowinginformationis provided.

ACurrenthorizontalgain.

BCurrenthorizontalrange.

CThecursor’ scurrentgeographicalposition(providedthat

thenecessarysensorisconnectedtothesonar).

DThecursor’ scurrentbearingrelativetothevesselortrue

north.

ECurrenttilt.

FCurrentrangeanddepthofthecursorposition.

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Gettingstarted

Movingtheboundarylines

Inmostdisplaymodeswithmultipleviews,thesizeofeachview caneasilybemodiedbymovingtheboundarylinebetweenthe views.Observethefollowingprocedure:

1Placethecursorontheboundaryline.Observethatit

changesitsshapetoadoublearrow(↔).

2Pressa

n d h o l d theSelectbuttonontheOperatingPanel.

3MovethecursorwiththeSelectbuttondepressed.Observe

thattheboundarylineismoved.

4ReleasetheSelectbutton.

5Observethattheboundarylinehasbeenrelocatedtothenew

cursorposition.

Cosmetics

ThechoicesintheCosmeticsmenuallowsyoutoenableor disablearangeofvisualaidsinthesonarpicture.

1ClicktheDisplaytabtoopenthe

Displaymenu.

2ClicktheCosmeticsbuttontoopen

theCosmeticsmenu.

3Observearangeofparameters

availabletoprovideyouwith additionalinformationonthesonar picture.

•TheClosebuttonclosesthismenu.

•TheHelpbuttonopenstheon-line help.

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SimradSH90

(CD015013B)

100

200

300

400

Figure7BearingCard(A),WindMarker(B)andDistance Rings(C)

TheBearingCard(A)showsthecurrentbearingrelativetothe vessel.Themarkersareshownasshortwhitelinesforevery10th degreealongtheoutercircleofthesonarview.

TheWindMarker(B)isshownasanarrowdrawnfromthe Compasscardpointingtowardsthecentreofthedisplay.Ifa windsensorisconnectedtothesonar,itwillautomaticallyshow thecurrentwinddirection.Otherwise,thewinddirectionmaybe enteredmanually.Thearrowhasaxedlength,itisnotscaled accordingtothecurrentwindspeed.

TheDistanceRings(C)areshownasdottedrings,eachwitha rangeread-outonthelefthandsideofthedisplaycentre.

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Figure8V ariableRangeMarker(D),CompassCard(E)and VerticalRing(F)

TheVariableRangeMarker(VRM)(D)consistsofanadjustable rangeringwithrangeread-out.Itcanbeusedforanytypeof distancemarkingrelativetothevessel.Toadjustthemarker, locatethecursoronthemarkerring,presstheSelectonthe OperatingPanel,andmovethecursorwiththeSelectbutton depressed.Whenthebuttonisreleased,thevariablerange markerradiuswillbelockedtothenewposition.

TheCompassCard(E)isshownasshortyellowlinesfor every10thdegreealongtheoutermostcircleofthesonarview. Atrianglesymbolindicateseach90thdegree.Ithaslabels indicatingNorth,East,SouthandWest.Itisupdatedwhenthe headingofownshiphaschangedmorethan1degree.

TheV erticalRing(F)showstheselectedrangeofthevertical sliceasafullcircleinthehorizontalpresentation.Thisisan indicationofwhichdistanceatargetshouldbepresentedinthe verticalview.TheV erticalRingwillonlybevisibleinthose modesthatsupportaverticalslice.

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Figure9DepthDividers(G),MinuteMarkers(H)andBow Marker(I)

On-linehelp

TheDepthDividers(G)arehorizontaldottedlinesusedto visualizethedepthstepsintheverticalslices.

TheMinuteMarkers(H)areshownassmallcirclesonthetrack historyoftheship.

TheBowMarker(I)isheadingmarker.Itisadottedlinedrawn fromthebowofyourownship.

TheSimradSH90sonarisequippedwithacomprehensive on-linehelpsystem.Helpisprovidedintwolevels:On-lineand Free.Itisavailablefromalltheparameterdialogsandmenusby clickingtheHelpbutton.

Oncepressed,thersthelptextwillappearinthebottomofthe menu.ThisistheOn-linetext.Itisshort,contextsensitive,and designednottointerrupttheoperationofthesonar.Toclosethe

Helpparameterdialog,clicktheClosebutton.

Toaccessmoredetailedinformation,clicktheFreebutton.This willopenthecompleteinteractivemanual.Itcontainsthesame informationastheprintedSH90ReferenceManual,butthe

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Gettingstarted

informationismadeavailableusingthemenuonthelefthand sideandinteractivelinksthroughoutthedocument.ClickFree inthebottomleftcornertoreturntothesmallon-lineparameter dialog,orClosetoexittheinteractivemanual.

Note

IfyouclickClosebuttontoclosethelargeinteractivemanual (Free),thismanualwillautomaticallyreappearthenexttime youclickaHelpbutton.

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SimradSH90

OPERATIONALPROCEDURES

Menuprocedures

Thischapterpresentshowtoperformthemostcommon proceduresontheSH90sonar.Notethatthepoweron/off procedureshavebeenpreviouslyexplained.

Thissectionprovidesgeneralproceduresformenuhandling.

Howtohidethemenu

Themenuisnormallylocatedontherighthandsideofthe display,butifyoudon’tneedit,youcaneasilyremoveit.

1PresstheMenubuttonontheOperatingPanel.

TheMenubuttonactsasatoggleswitch.Pressoncetoremove themenu,andonemoretimetoretrieveit.

Alternativemethod

1ClicktheDisplaytabonthesonarmenu.

2ClicktheFullscreen:Onbutton.

Howtorecallthemenu

1Movethecursortothefarleftorfarrightsideofthedisplay

2Observethatthemenusystemappears.Itcanbeshownon

eitherside,andwillnotaffectthesonarpicture.

3OpentheDisplaymenu,andclickFullscreen:Off.

Howtosimplifythemenu

Thisprocedureexplainshowyoucaneasilyreducethenumber ofbuttonsonthesonarmenus.Thiscanbeusefulifyounever usethem.

1ClicktheDisplaytabtoopentheDisplaymenu.

2ClicktheMenubutton.

3Intheparameterdialog,selectthemenulevelyouwishto

use.

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Simrad SH90 Operator manual

Tableofcontents

ABOUTTHISMANUAL

SimradSH90

Importantmatters

Basicinformation

GETTINGSTARTED

OperatingPanel

Poweron/offprocedures

Howtoswitchonthesonar

Howtoswitchoffthesonar

Howtoperformbasicoperations

Echopresentationandmenu

Themenustructure

Controlthecursor

Menubuttons

Changingaparametervalue

Visualaids

Commoninformationonthedisplay

Movingtheboundarylines

Cosmetics

On-linehelp

OPERATIONALPROCEDURES

Menuprocedures

Howtohidethemenu

Howtosimplifythemenu