WASSP WMB1320F Operator's Manual

WASSP CDX OPERATORS MANUAL

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WASSP CDX OPERATORS MANUAL

WASSP CDX is control, visualisation, data management and data processing application for use with the WASSP DRX ‘Black Box’ multibeam transceiver.

This manual provides the basic information to operate WASSP CDX.

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CONTENTS

1 System Conﬁguration 5

1.1. System Overview 5

1.2. Installation 6

2 Application Overview 8

2.1. Quick Access Bar 9

DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORY

REVISION DATE REASON FOR CHANGE VERSION

March 2016 Compilation 1.0

April 2016 Update Tides 1.1

April 2016 Typos corrected 1.2

July 2016 Updates for V2 2.0

September 2016 Addition of 6.0 Tools and Utilities 3.0

1 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

1.1. SYSTEM OVERVIEW

Details on WASSP system conﬁguration can be seen in the DRX Installation Manual, with a typical conﬁguration shown below.

Satellite

Compass

GPS / Heading

USER PC

WASSP CDX

Data Manager

IMU

Roll / Pitch /

Heave

Figure 5. Sounder Gain and Dynamic Range Control 39

Figure 6. Simpliﬁed Wireless Conﬁguration 61

GLOSSARY

Term Description

CSM Content Sensitive Menu.

DHCP Dynamic Host Conﬁguration Protocol, for automatically providing IP addresses.

DRX

GbE Gigabit Ethernet.

IMU Inertial Motion Unit/Motion Sensor, typically for roll, pitch and heave.

LAN Local Area Network.

Pan Refers to horizontal and vertical scrolling of the Display panel.

RTK GPS Real Time Kinematic GPS, used for high quality positioning.

Zoom Refers to changing the scale of the Display panel.

‘Black Box’ smart transceiver that interfaces to devices and sensors to make up the WASSP sounder system.

WASSP

Transducer

Figure 1. DRX Recommended System

DC Power

9-32V DC

WASSP CDX is connected to DRX over gigabit Ethernet. The Ethernet link is used for all

communication between WASSP CDX running on PC or other devices and the DRX. This link is used for control of the DRX and for the DRX to supply data for visualisation, management and post processing to WASSP CDX.

DRX also serves DRX SETUP WEBPAGES for DRX conﬁguration. This is described in the DRX Installation manual.

The Ethernet connection can be connected either directly using crossover cable or auto crossover (DRX supports auto MDI/MDI-X) OR via a network switch if supporting multiple clients or running the DRX on vessel LAN (local area network).

If there is a DHCP server on the LAN the DRX will be assigned an appropriate IP address by the DHCP server. If there is no DHCP server, the DRX will fall through to Zeroconﬁguration assignment in block 169.254.0.0/16. Any connected device will need to be assigned an appropriate IP address on the same subnet as the DRX, either via DHCP server, Zero-conﬁguration or ﬁxed IP.

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The Data Manager application bundled with the WASSP CDX Install Package is used for recording DRX data, exporting to various formats and data playback to supported applications including WASSP CDX.

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1.2. INSTALLATION

WASSP CDX can be installed on any device that meets the minimum spec described in

“Appendix A - PC SPEC” on page 63.

1. From WINDOWS START run WASSP CDX SETUP

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Select FINISH

Select NEXT

Select INSTALL

2. You may now run the WASSP CDX Application.

WASSP CDX installer will also install various utilities including:

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» Data Manager; For data record, export and playback » Patch Test; For automated Patch Test to calculate roll oset » Location Server; For own-vessel navigation data in wireless mode » Find My DRX; For identifying DRXs on the network

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2 APPLICATION OVERVIEW

INFORMATION DISPLAY

CONTROL TOOLS

TOOL BARS

NOTE: CDX will expose functionality that is available to the user. All functionality described in the manual may not be available depending on DRX model and feature licensing.

Disabled controls indicate that the data may be enabled through upgrade or feature licensing.

Optional Display Panel information overlay enabled from CSMs. Information Display Panels can be selected and dragged to any position within the Display Panel.

Optional Display Panel control overlay enabled from CSMs.

Optional general data display tools enabled from CSMs.

Figure 2. Application Overview

HOME BAR

DISPLAY PANELS

Provides conﬁguration options for the Display Panels, Layout, Tools, System Setup and User Preferences. The HOME bar is accessed through the HOME button.

1A: Quick Access Bar:

See “2.1. Quick Access Bar” on page 9.

1B: Display Panel Setup:

See “4 Display Panel Settings” on page 32.

1C: Conﬁguration of CDX (UI PREFERENCES), DRX (DRX

PROCESSING) and system setup (DEVICE SETUP). See “3

System Set Up” on page 10.

Display panels are associated with speciﬁc data types for visualisation and control. Typical examples are Charting for bathymetric display and Sonar for multibeam swath data. Display panels available will depend on data available to CDX. Display panels are conﬁgured in LAYOUTS, 1A

5 6

2.1. QUICK ACCESS BAR

The QUICK ACCESS BAR is used to access top level options.

DAY / NIGHT button. Used for display brightness

conﬁgured in layout, 1A. See “3.3.8. Night Mode”

on page 29 for full control.

LAYOUTS button see “3.4. Layout” on page 31

for Display Panel selection.

TRANSMIT button. DRX control to transmit. Ping

rate will be determined by selected range.

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SENSITIVE MENU (CSM)

Set up and conﬁguration of the speciﬁc Display Panels accessed through right-click on any panel.

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3 SYSTEM SET UP

3.1. DEVICE SETUP

For full details on network conﬁguration see DRX Installation Manual.

1. After installing the WASSP CDX on your PC, start the DRX and run WASSP CDX.

2. WASSP CDX will automatically select the DRX as long as the network has been

correctly conﬁgured.

3. To manually select the DRX you wish to connect to:

From the HOME bar, under

CONFIGURATION select DEVICE SETUP.

NOTE: Other WASSP data servers such as Data Manager can also be selected as a DRX Server.

For information on recording and playing back data ﬁles see “6 Tools and Utilities” on

page 60.

3.1.1. Wireless Server

WASSP CDX can be conﬁgured to be used in a wireless conﬁguration for remote mapping being transmitted from a TENDER to the PRIMARY vessel. The mapping data from the TENDER will be transmitted to the PRIMARY vessel real-time as well as o-line when the TENDER goes out of wireless range for a period of time.

A typical wireless conﬁguration can be seen in “Appendix B - Simpliﬁed Wireless

Conﬁguration” on page 64.

Setting up CDX for wireless connectivity consists of:

» Setting up the TENDER vessel » Conﬁguring PRIMARY vessel for receiving own vessel navigation data » Setting up the PRIMARY vessel

4. The DEVICE SETUP page displays the current (or previous) connection.

Press the CHANGE button and a drop-down list of available connections will be displayed.

5. Select your desired connection.

Setting up the ‘Tender’ vessel

1. Open %APPDATA%/WASSP/G3/UI ﬁle location.

2. Create a text ﬁle and name it wirelessip

3. In the TENDER wirelessip text ﬁle enter the IP address of the PRIMARY WASSP CDX

installation.

4. Open WASSP CDX on the Tender

computer.

From the HOME bar, under

CONFIGURATION select DEVICE SETUP.

5. Under WIRELESS SERVER enable

WIRELESS.

6. The connection indicator will display the following depending on the current status of the connection:

» GREEN: Connected » AMBER: Connection is being changed » RED: No Connection

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6. Set MODE to TENDER.

Conﬁguring the ‘Primary’ Vessel for receiving own vessel navigation data

The LOCATION SERVER enables WASSP CDX to display own vessel position and heading.

1. From WINDOWS START launch LOCATION SERVER.

3. Set the BAUDRATE.

4. Select START SERVER to start

the server.

2. Set COMPORTSTR to the comport that is used for the Primary’s heading and location port.

Setting up the ‘Primary’ vessel

1. Open %APPDATA%/WASSP/G3/UI ﬁle location.

2. Create a text ﬁle and name it wirelessip

3. In the PRIMARY wirelessip text ﬁle enter the IP address of the TENDER WASSP CDX

installation.

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4. Open WASSP CDX on the Primary computer.

From the HOME BAR, under

CONFIGURATION select DEVICE SETUP.

5. Under WIRELESS SERVER enable

WIRELESS.

6. Set MODE to PRIMARY.

3.2. DRX PROCESSING CONFIGURATION

3.2.1. DRX Information

The DRX PROCESSING menu is used for monitoring DRX status and conﬁguring DRX speciﬁc processing and control options.

From the HOME bar, under

CONFIGURATION select DRX PROCESSING.

7. In the LOCATION SERVER section the running location server will be automatically selected.

If there is more than one location server on the network, the CHANGE button allows selection of the appropriate Location Server.

DRX information displays general status information. This information is speciﬁc to the DRX or data server that CDX is connected to.

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Sound Velocity

set too low

Sound Velocity

set too high

Actual Sea Floor

3.2.2. Sound Velocity

Sound velocity input is required to compensate for range inaccuracies caused by sound speed variations. These changes can occur both seasonally and with geographical areas especially in coastal areas where sound velocity will be impacted by both temperature and water salinity dierences.

Sound velocity in water is aected by both temperature and salinity and can either be measured directly or derived from temperature and salinity. This value should be adjusted regularly, depending on the operating environment, as It will have a direct impact on mapping accuracy.

The sound velocity control allows for both direct and derived values. Sound velocity compensation can be calculated using appropriate sound velocity, sound velocity proﬁle or temperature and salinity sensors. The more accurate the sound velocity the more accurate the mapping.

The visual eect of incorrect sound velocity is that a ﬂat seaﬂoor will either curve up or curve down. This representation will indicate soundings that are too shallow or too deep with the aect being accentuated toward the edges of the swath.

Sound velocity measurements can be manually reckoned using the sonar display, see

“4.1. Sonar” on page 32 or the proﬁle tool, accessed through the Chart CSM, see “4.3.3. 2D Chart CSM” on page 51. To do this:

» Known ﬂat sea ﬂoor should be run over » If the sea ﬂoor appears to be curving upwards at the edges (smile), the sound

velocity value should be increased

» If the sea ﬂoor appears to be curving downwards at the edges (frown), the sound

velocity value should be decreased

MANUAL SOUND VELOCITY; used if sound

velocity is known.

MANUAL WATER SALINITY AND TEMPERATURE; if temperature and salinity

are known, these will be used to derive sound velocity in DRX.

MANUAL WATER SALINITY; can be used

if DRX has a temperature input and the manual salinity will be used to derive sound velocity.

NOTE: The default value for the salinity of sea water is 35ppt. This value should not be changed unless the actual salinity of the surrounding water is known. If in fresh water, the value should be set to 1.

NOTE: Temperature input into DRX may be direct from transducers with temperature sensors built in or from external temperature sensor.

EXTERNAL SOUND SPEED SENSOR; used if an external sound speed sensor is

connected directly to the DRX. Refer to DRX installation manual for conﬁguring sensors connected to the DRX.

Figure 3. Seaﬂoor inaccuracies due to incorrect sound velocity

Click on the drop down menu and select the option you wish to tune: MANUAL

SOUND VELOCITY; MANUAL WATER SALINITY AND TEMPERATURE; MANUAL WATER SALINITY or EXTERNAL SOUND SPEED SENSOR.

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3.2.3. IMS Control

IMS CONTROL is used for managing interfering acoustic equipment.

Manual mode allows basic control of operating center frequency and can be used to manually adjust frequency to avoid acoustic equipment operating in the same frequency band as DRX.

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3.2.4. Filter Setup

DRX FILTERS allow adjustment of signal processing ﬁlters to optimise the data and display

when operating in an environment with noise, clutter and other interference impacting the data quality.

These ﬁlters are split into ACOUSTIC DISPLAY for ﬁlters impacting sonar and sounder displays and SEAFLOOR for ﬁlters impacting Bathymetry on charting displays.

1. From the HOME bar, under

CONFIGURATION select DRX PROCESSING.

2. Select FILTERS.

3. ACOUSTIC DISPLAY: ECHO

AVERAGING

Applies to Sonar and Sounder data.

Purpose;

Reduction of clutter and false targets. Rejects small targets or fast changing data accentuating slow moving targets.

Disadvantage;

» Small targets will be lost » Display is out of calibration for target

strength

Example; OFF

Example; LOW

Example; MEDIUM

Example; HIGH

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4. ACOUSTIC DISPLAY: CLUTTER

Applies to Sonar and Sounder data. Clutter is a threshold control to remove return signals below a speciﬁed level.

Purpose;

To clean the display of speckle by removing data below the speciﬁed threshold level. Allows stronger targets to be more easily identiﬁed.

Disadvantages;

» Removes targets dependent on threshold set » Threshold is relative to noise level so targets may be lost with increased depth

Example; -6dB

5. SEAFLOOR: NOISE FILTER

Applies to Bathymetry charting data.

Purpose;

To remove single ping tracking errors through averaging.

Disadvantages;

» Small objects on a changeable

seaﬂoor may be missed

» Objects during high mapping speeds

may be missed

Example; +6dB

Example; +16dB

Example; OFF

Example; ON

Example; +30dB

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6. SEAFLOOR: TRACKING

Applies to Bathymetry charting data.

Purpose;

To prevent seaﬂoor tracking artifacts such as ﬁsh schools and interfering sources such as sounders.

Disadvantages;

» A very changeable seaﬂoor may not

be tracked eectively

» Tracking while traveling at higher

speeds may be compromised

Example; OFF

Disadvantages;

» Good seaﬂoor data may not be tracked » Seaﬂoor line on the Sonar display will be interrupted when aeration is detected » Bathymetry will have gaps or be smoothed when aeration is identiﬁed

Example; OFF

Example; HIGH

7. SEAFLOOR: AERATION

Applies to Bathymetry charting data.

Aeration will occur due to air bubbles across the transducer face. This will occur due to poor transducer installation, but also due to sea conditions, vessel speed, vessel traveling astern etc. This can aect the entire swath or smaller areas.

Example; LOW

Example; MEDIUM

Example; HIGH

Purpose;

To prevent aeration and other anomalies causing discontinuity in return signal strength from introducing poor seaﬂoor tracking.

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3.2.5. Tides

Tidal height oset can be conﬁgured to be applied as a depth correction in the DRX. This will depend on the tide option set in the TIDES menu.

1. From the HOME bar, under

CONFIGURATION select DRX PROCESSING.

2. Select TIDES

TIDE MODE will provide you with the

following options: DISABLED, AUTO,

MANUAL (STATION) or MANUAL (OFFSET).

3.2.5.3. Tide Mode Disabled

No tidal oset will be applied as a correction to seaﬂoor data in the DRX.

3.2.5.4. Tide Mode Auto

Tidal oset will be selected based on local tide station using time and position data. The value will be applied to the DRX periodically.

UTC OFFSET is used to correct UTC time

to local time. The Oset should include any daylight savings.

UTC OFFSET should entered to apply

correct local time for the tide station.

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3.2.5.5. Tide Mode Manual (Station)

Tidal oset will be applied based on a manually selected tide station. The value will be applied to the DRX periodically.

UTC OFFSET should entered to apply

correct local time for the tide station.

3.2.5.6. Tide Mode Manual (Oset)

3.3. UI PREFERENCES

This provides WASSP CDX user preference options.

From the HOME bar, under

CONFIGURATION select UI PREFERENCES.

This provides the following unit preference options:

The manually set tidal oset will be applied to the DRX.

NOTE: TIDE VALUE will give the tide value currently being applied to the DRX.

NOTE: If UTC OFFSET for local time is incorrect, this will result in incorrect tidal height being calculated.

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3.3.1. Languages

This provides language options.

Hit APPLY for the language to be applied.

3.3.2. Depth

This will provide depth options in METERS,

FATHOMS or FEET.

3.3.4. Position

This will provide position options in

DECIMAL DEGREES; DECIMAL DEGREES (SIGNED); DEGREES, DECIMAL MINUTES

or DEGREES, MINUTES, SECONDS.

3.3.5. Temperature

This will provide temperature options in

CELSIUS or FAHRENHEIT.

3.3.6. Long Distance

3.3.3. Speed

This will provide speed options in KNOTS,

MILES PER HOUR, KILOMETERS PER HOUR

or METERS PER SECOND.

This will provide distant options in

NAUTICAL MILES, KILOMETERS, METERS

or FEET.

3.3.7. Short Distance

This will provide distant options in METERS or FEET.

3.3.8. Night Mode

Tick the check box to enable NIGHT

MODE.

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Use the slider control to adjust brightness level.

NOTE: Switching Night Mode on and o is available from the Home Menu Quick Access Bar.

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3.3.9. Multi Display

Enable this check box when using dual displays.

Below is an example of the Layout Option when Multidisplay is not enabled (see “3.4.

Layout” on page 31).

3.3.10. Zoom Control

Below is an example of the Layout Option when Multidisplay is enabled (see “3.4.

Layout” on page 31).

3.4. LAYOUT

Panel layout can be conﬁgured using the LAYOUT section of the HOME bar.

From the HOME bar, select LAYOUTS.

With MULTIDISPLAY disabled.

Allows layout selection options for a single display conﬁguration. Layout selection will depend on the features enabled.

With MULTIDISPLAY enabled.

Allows layout selection options for a dual display conﬁguration. Layout selection will depend on the features enabled.

Tick the check box to enable the display ZOOM control. The zoom control tool will appear at the top right of the active panel and applies to this active panel.

NOTE: The active Display Panel is the panel that is currently selected. To switch active panel, click in the panel.

3.3.11. Nav Bar

The Nav Bar, when active, will appear docked to the side of the display. The Nav Bar shows general vessel information.

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4 DISPLAY PANEL SETTINGS

Display Panels are conﬁgured through the CSMs and/or DISPLAY SETTINGS conﬁguration controls.

Typically the CSMs cover the most commonly accessed items but will also allow direct access to the HOME bar through the DISPLAY SETTINGS option on the CSM.

NOTE: All Display Panel conﬁguration options are accessible through the CSM and the CSM SETTINGS option.

4.1. SONAR

The Sonar Display Panel shows the water column and seaﬂoor proﬁle below the transducer.

display

Transducer PositionSeaﬂoor LineRaw Sonar

Data

Zoom ToolInformation

4.1.1. Sonar Conﬁgurations Options

From the HOME bar, under DISPLAY

SETTINGS select SONAR when there is

a Sonar Display Panel. This provides the following options:

Port Starboard

Supplies following information at the cursor:

INFORMATION DISPLAY

ZOOM & PAN CONTROL

» Depth » Target Strength

The sonar panel can be zoomed in and out.

AUTO ZOOM allows the display to be auto zoomed to optimum

depth to show the seaﬂoor and water column. AUTO ZOOM can be enabled from the CSM. See “4.1.1.3. Display” on page 35.

Manual zoom of displayed depth and range can be controlled using the mouse wheel or ZOOM tool. See “3.3.10. Zoom Control” on

page 30 and select the + and – controls as required.

NOTE - Touch control for zoom is available.

The Sonar panel can be panned in depth and Port/Starboard. To pan left-click the cursor and drag.

GAIN

RANGE

DISPLAY

GAIN, DYNAMIC RANGE and DISPLAY COLOUR are used to optimize

the sonar display to the user preference.

See “4.1.1.1. Gain” on page 34.

DRX control for setting ping / transmit range for the system. See

“4.1.1.2. Range” on page 35.

Controls for display settings. See “4.1.1.3. Display” on page 35.

DISPLAY COLOUR allows colour palette selection.

SEAFLOOR LINE allows seaﬂoor line to be overlaid on the sonar data.

AUTO ZOOM allows the display to be auto zoomed to ﬁt the Display

Panel or user controlled display zoom.

FILTERS allows adjustment of signal processing ﬁlters to optimise

the data and display when operating in an environment with noise, clutter and other interference impacting the data quality. See “3.2.4.

Filter Setup” on page 18.

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4.1.1.1. Gain

GAIN, DYNAMIC RANGE and DISPLAY COLOUR are used to optimize the sonar display

to the user preference. This is done by selecting the dynamic range to display, the colour scale used across the displayed dynamic range and the gain level to view within the available dynamic range.

Gain Control

Full

Display

Dynamic

Range

Display Colour Scale

4.1.1.2. Range

DRX control for setting ping / transmit range. Range can be adjusted manually using the scroll bar or automatically by selecting AUTO RANGE. AUTO RANGE will determine optimum range based on seaﬂoor depth.

4.1.1.3. Display

DISPLAY COLOUR will provide the option

to use various colour scales for the display.

SEAFLOOR LINE displays the seaﬂoor line

when enabled.

Figure 4. Sonar Gain and Dynamic Range Control

Gain

The gain level can be adjusted using the slider bar.

The histogram display alongside this slider indicates the spread of target strength returns.

Dynamic Range

The display dynamic range can be adjusted by selecting from the available options.

AUTO ZOOM allows the display to be auto

zoomed to optimum depth to show the seaﬂoor and water column.

FILTERS allows adjustment of signal

processing ﬁlters to optimise the data and display when operating in an environment with noise, clutter and other interference impacting the data quality.

See “3.2.4. Filter Setup” on page 18

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4.1.2. Sonar CSM

Accessed by right-clicking in the Sonar Display Panel.

SEAFLOOR LINE Allows seaﬂoor line to be overlaid on the sonar data.

AUTO ZOOM

Allows the display to be auto zoomed to ﬁt the Display Panel or user controlled display zoom.

4.2. SOUNDER

The Sounder Display Panel shows the traditional sounder echogram display for each of the active beams selected.

The display may show single beam, triple beam or quint beam modes in the Display Panel. Below shows the typical triple beam display.

Information

Display

Grid Overlay

Current

Ping Data

Exit History

Zoom Tool

CURSOR INFO Displays the Information display as an overlay on the Display Panel.

SHOW BEAMS Shows the Sounder beams overlaid on the Sonar panel. See “4.2.1.3.

Sounder Options” on page 41.

SETTINGS

This option will display the SONAR Menu. See “4.1. Sonar” on page

32.

Current Depth Echogram History Data

INFORMATION DISPLAY

ZOOM & PAN CONTROL

Range Scale

Supplies following information at the cursor:

» Position and depth » Beam details » Target Strength

The sounder panel can be zoomed in and out.

AUTO ZOOM allows the display to be auto zoomed to optimum

depth to show the seaﬂoor and water column. AUTO ZOOM can be enabled from the CSM. See “4.2.1.2. Display” on page 40.

Manual zoom of displayed depth and range can be controlled using the mouse wheel or ZOOM tool. See “3.3.10. Zoom Control” on

page 30 and select the + and – controls as required.

NOTE: Touch control for zoom is available.

The Sounder panel can be panned to view history:

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» Left-click cursor and drag to see history in pan mode » On pan the EXIT HISTORY control will appear » To exit pan mode click on EXIT HISTORY

The Sounder panel can be panned in depth. To pan in depth, leftclick cursor and drag.

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4.2.1. Sounder Conﬁguration Options

From the HOME bar, select

SOUNDER when there is a

Sounder Display Panel.

This provides the following options:

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Controls for display settings. See “4.2.1.2. Display” on page 40.

DISPLAY COLOUR allows colour palette selection.

SEAFLOOR LINE allows seaﬂoor line to be overlaid on the sonar

data.

DISPLAY

AUTO ZOOM allows the display to be auto zoomed to ﬁt the

Display Panel or user controlled display zoom.

GRID OVERLAY overlays a grid on the Echogram display.

ADVANCE option allows for advancing the Echogram scroll at

the required rate.

SOUNDER OPTIONS

FILTERS

Allows independent conﬁguration of each sounder beam. See

“4.2.1.3. Sounder Options” on page 41.

Allows adjustment of signal processing ﬁlters to optimise the data and display when operating in an environment with noise, clutter and other interference impacting the data quality. See “3.2.4. Filter

Setup” on page 18.

4.2.1.1. Gain

GAIN, DYNAMIC RANGE and DISPLAY COLOUR are used to optimize the sounder display

to the user preference. This is done by selecting the dynamic range to display, the colour scale used across the displayed dynamic range and the gain level to view within the available dynamic range.

Gain Control

GAIN and DYNAMIC RANGE and DISPLAY COLOUR are used to

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RANGE

optimize the Sounder display to the user preference.

See “4.2.1.1. Gain” on page 39.

DRX control for setting ping / transmit range for the system. See

“4.1.1.2. Range” on page 35.

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Display

Dynamic

Range

Display Colour Scale

Figure 5. Sounder Gain and Dynamic Range Control

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Gain

The gain level can be adjusted using the slider bar.

Dynamic Range

The display dynamic range can be adjusted by selecting from the available options.

4.2.1.2. Display

ADVANCE option allows for advancing the

Echogram scroll at the required rate.

4.2.1.3. Sounder Options

SOUNDER OPTIONS allows independent

conﬁguration of each sounder beam.

The sounder beams are equivalent to a set of independent single beam sounders which can be used at any angle across the multibeam swath. This can be depicted on the sonar view.

DISPLAY COLOUR will provide the option

to use various colour scales for the display.

SEAFLOOR LINE displays the seaﬂoor line

when enabled.

AUTO ZOOM allows the display to be auto

zoomed to optimum depth to show the seaﬂoor and water column.

GRID OVERLAY overlays a grid on the

Echogram display.

The SOUNDER MODE is used to display 1, SINGLE BEAM, 3, TRIPLE BEAM, or 5 QUINT BEAM, beams in the sounder Display Panel.

SINGLE BEAM will just display beam B3

TRIPLE BEAM will display beams B2, B3

and B4

QUINT BEAM will display beams B1, B2,

B3, B4 and B5

Individual beam conﬁguration is carried out through the beam selection. Each beam can be conﬁgured independently if default operations need to be changed.

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1. Select the beam to conﬁgure from the BEAM NUM options.

The option to the right shows BEAM 3 selected (Beam 3 is typically the Nadir beam).

2. For the selected beam set the angle o of Nadir from the BEAM ANGLE options.

NOTE: 0o is Nadir, P is angle Port side of

Nadir, S is Starboard side of Nadir

4.2.2. Sounder CSM

Accessed by right-clicking in the Sounder Display Panel.

Allows selection of an individual beam. Control is available when

BEAM NUM

SOUNDER MODE is SINGLE BEAM and allows any beam to be

selected for display.

3. For the selected beam set the width from the BEAM WIDTH options.

AUTO ZOOM

Allows the display to be auto zoomed to ﬁt the Display Panel or user controlled display zoom.

CURSOR INFO Displays the Information display as an overlay on the Display Panel.

BOTTOM LOCK mode displays the bottom as a straight line, no

matter how the bottom contour may change.

BOTTOM LOCK

Fish and other water column targets are relative to this ﬂat bottom line.

Places a mark at the cursor position. To modify or delete this mark, right-click on the symbol and a sub menu will appear.

DROPMARK

Click on Edit to modify the name or colour. See “5.1. Marks” on

page 57..

SETTINGS

This option will display the SOUNDER Menu. See “4.2. Sounder” on

page 37.

NOTE: BEAM WIDTH and BEAM ANGLE o Nadir will determine seaﬂoor

coverage of the beam.

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The Chart display overlays Bathymetry data and optionally backscatter data, real time on chart cartography layers.

Information

Measure

Display

Mapped

Bathymetry

Heading

Line

Vessel

Track

Chart

Cartography

Colour

Tool

Zoom

Tool

4.3.1. Charting Cartography

Charting cartography supported currently includes:

» Navionics Gold/Navionics+ » Navionics Platinum

Navionics charting on SD card will be automatically detected and loaded into WASSP

CDX.

NOTE: Navionics charting needs to be registered over the internet on ﬁrst use. Registration will be automatically carried out by WASSP CDX and will require an internet connection. Once registered no internet connection is required.

4.3.2. Chart Conﬁguration Options

From the HOME bar, select

CHART when there is a 2D or 3D

Display Panel. This provides the following options:

Proﬁle

Tool

INFORMATION DISPLAY

ZOOM & PAN CONTROL

Supplies following information at the cursor:

» Depth » Position

The Chart panel can be ranged in and out.

Manual zoom of range can be controlled using the mouse wheel or ZOOM tool, see “3.3.10. Zoom Control” on page 30. Select the + and – controls as required.

NOTE: Touch control for zoom is available.

The 2D Chart panel can be panned to display dierent geographical areas. To pan the chart, left-click cursor and drag.

NOTE: To re-center on the vessel use the CSM

The 3D Chart panel can be orientated; left-click the cursor and drag.

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DISPLAY

CHART LAYERS

TRACK OPTIONS

Controls for mapping options

» MAPPING: To enable or disable Bathymetry being saved to

the database and displayed on the chart

» BEST BEAM: To optimise overlapping Bathymetry selection » COLOUR TOOL: Used to select Bathymetry colour display.

See “4.3.2.1. Colour Tool” on page 46.

Display options on the chart

» 2D CHART: Enable/disable display of the chart cartography » 3D CHART: Enable/disable display of the cartography » 3D SWATH: Enable/disable the vessel swath display » 3D DEPTH LINE: Enable/disable the vessel depth line display

Used to enable or disable speciﬁc chart layers. See “4.3.2.2. Chart

Layers” on page 47.

Used to set up vessel track on the 2D Chart. See “4.3.2.3. Track

Options” on page 48.

With AUTO COLOURS disabled the colour range will be controlled by the user.

The colour range can be condensed or extended using the slider bars to apply between two user speciﬁed depths.

4.3.2.2. Chart Layers

By selecting CHART LAYERS, speciﬁc charting cartography layers can be enabled or disabled.

Used to access the Backscatter setup and conﬁguration options for overlay on the chart.

See “4.3.2.4. Backscatter” on page 48.

Used to set up the Mapping Database. See “4.3.3. Database” on

page 46.

Setup” on page 18.

BACK SCATTER

DATABASE

FILTERS

4.3.2.1. Colour Tool

The COLOUR TOOL allows colour range to be set on the Bathymetry.

With AUTO COLOURS enabled the colour range will be assigned automatically, centered around the current depth at the vessel.

The colour range around depth at vessel can be adjusted using the slider. This will other condense or extend the colour range for a speciﬁc depth range.

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4.3.2.3. Track Options

By selecting TRACK, the following options are available:

TRACK enables or disables display of the

track on the 2D Chart display.

COLOUR allows track colour selection.

DELETE TRACK will permanently delete the

track.

4.3.2.4. Backscatter

Backscatter overlay displays seaﬂoor surface reﬂectivity as the seaﬂoor target strength compensated for reﬂection angle due to slope, beam angle, and other losses.

For optimum performance the backscatter calibration routine should be run to compensate for system characteristics.

SHOW BACKSCATTER shows the

backscatter overlay on the chart.

Backscatter will show instead of Bathymetry when enabled.

The backscatter control allows setting the backscatter colour range.

To change the colour range drag the minimum and maximum indicators on the slider controls.

The histogram alongside the colour range controls indicates the actual spread of backscatter intensity currently displayed in the panel.

The backscatter display can either be shown as greyscale or colour scale using the COLOUR TABLE selection.

The display range can be automatically adjusted to be optimal for the data by using the SCALE COLOURS TO VIEW button. This selects the colour range to ﬁt the intensity histogram.

Backscatter overlay displays seaﬂoor reﬂectivity, represented by colour change.

NOTE: Backscatter CALIBRATE process should be run prior to using the

Backscatter overlay.

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CALIBRATE : Backscatter calibration is run to compensate for system characteristics that

may cause artefacts on the backscatter display. Speciﬁcally this compensates for the transducer beam pattern variance from the nominal. Calibration requires:

» 10 – 50m depth » Flat seaﬂoor with consistent seaﬂoor type » Calm conditions » At least 200m straight run

To run the Backscatter calibration:

1. Enable SHOW BACKSCATTER.

2. Line up for the calibration run and begin the calibration run.

3. Hit the CALIBRATION button:

• A line across the swath will indicate Calibration routine has started.

• The Backscatter data will adjust dynamically during the calibration run.

4.3.3. 2D Chart CSM

To access the 2D CSM, right-click on the Display Panel:

• A 2nd line across the swath will indicate when the calibration data collection has completed.

4. Once completed the Backscatter will be adjusted to compensated levels.

5. Pressing cancel at any point during the calibration run will stop the data collection process and disregard the data.

CENTER ON VESSEL

Centers the chart on the vessel position. This mode will be disabled if the chart is panned.

MODE Toggles between NU (North Up) and HU (Head Up) chart display.

COLOUR TOOL

Displays the COLOUR TOOL. See “4.3.2.1. Colour Tool” on page

46.

SHOW PROFILE Enables the Proﬁle tool. See “5.2. Proﬁle Tool” on page 58.

CURSOR INFO Displays the Information display as an overlay on the Display Panel.

Places a mark at the cursor position. To modify or delete this mark,

DROP MARK

right-click on the symbol and a sub menu will appear. See “5.1. Marks”

on page 57.

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Starts / Stops the Measure on the PROFILE tool. See “5.2. Proﬁle Tool”

on page 58.

This option will display the CHART Menu. See “4.3.1. Chart

Conﬁguration Options” on page 46.

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4.3.4. 3D Chart CSM

To access the 3D CSM, right-click on the Display Panel:

4.3.5. Database

The Mapping Database is used for all WASSP CDX data storage.

DATABASE is used to set up the Mapping Database. Bathymetric data from the DRX will

be saved to the database you select.

4.3.5.1. To create a Database

1. From the HOME bar, under DISPLAY

SETTINGS, select CHART.

CENTER ON VESSEL

Centers the chart on the vessel position.

Toggles between NU (North Up), HU (Head Up) and FREE ROTATE

MODE

which allows user orientation of Vessel and chart; left-click the sursor and drag.

Scale options allow the vertical scale of the 3D display to be changed

SCALE

whilst horizontal scale remains the same. This will accentuate seaﬂoor features.

COLOUR TOOL

Displays the COLOUR TOOL. See “4.3.2.1. Colour Tool” on page 46.

CURSOR INFO Displays the Information display as an overlay on the Display Panel.

RESET VIEW This will reset view to its native resolution.

SETTINGS

This option will display the CHART Menu. See “4.3. Chart” on page

44.

2. Select DATABASE.

NOTE: 3D Chart control is bound to the 2D control which means that display control on 2D will impact the 3D display.

NOTE: Cursor info only displays depth at the cursor on mapped Bathymetry.

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3. Under the PATH, click on the dots.

4. This will open a BROWSE FOR

FOLDER window. Select the folder

where the database is to be stored.

5. Type in a name for the database.

4.3.5.2. To Select a Database

Bathymetric data will be recorded to the currently selected database.

4. From the HOME bar, under DISPLAY

SETTINGS, select CHART.

5. Select DATABASE.

6. Select high resolution 0.3M option or

low resolution 0.6M option.

7. Click CREATE.

NOTE: There will be no mapping recorded beyond the max depth stated in the dropdown.

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6. The user can switch to use a dierent

database using the SWITCH button. All databases under the currently selected PATH will be available to select. See “4.3.3. Database” on page

46.

7. Select appropriate database.

CURRENT DATABASE will indicate the

currently selected database name and storage resolution

5 TOOLS

5.1. MARKS

The MARKS setting can be accessed from CSMs in Charting and Sounder Display Panels and by right-clicking on a MARK and selecting EDIT.

The MARK setting can be used to:

» Select MARK ICON » Select MARK COLOUR » Edit MARK NAME

NOTE: Only databases under the select Path will be shown in the database selection list. Change PATH to view databases stored in other locations.

There are colour options for each mark. To change colour, click on the colour box you require e.g. yellow:

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5.2. PROFILE TOOL

The proﬁle tool can be used to measure the distance between two points and to give a proﬁle of the seaﬂoor between those two points.

To enable or disable display of the proﬁle tool click on PROFILE option in the appropriate CSM.

2. Drag the START

MEASURE

Indicator to required start

End Measure

Indicator

Proﬁle Line

Start Measure

Indicator

position and leftclick to lock Start position.

3. Drag the END

MEASURE

Indicator to required ﬁnish position and leftclick to lock End position.

4. The measure and proﬁle will be dynamically updated on the proﬁle tool.

5. The START MEASURE INDICATOR and

END MEASURE Indicator can be selected

by hovering over, left-click and drag to a new position for proﬁling.

PROFILE TOOL will be displayed. Mousing over the Proﬁle Tool will display depth and

distances.

To select the measure area that will be proﬁled:

1. Select START MEASURE from the CSM.

6. To remove the Measure tool from the

Panel select STOP MEASURE on the CSM.

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6 TOOLS AND UTILITIES

6.1. DATA MANAGER

DATA MANAGER is used for recording and replaying data from the

DRX. DATA MANAGER can also be used for exporting recorded data into dierent ﬁle formats for oine processing.

DATA MANAGER is installed with CDX but is launched as an

independent application.

6.1.1. Data Manager Record

1. Click on the RECORD

tab.

5. Select the location that you want to store your ﬁles to by clicking on

BROWSE under SAVE LOCATION.

6. Click on RECORD to start recording and STOP to stop recording.

7. When recording there are some options:

» ‘Include Sonar Display Data’ will record Sonar data as well as bathymetric data. This

will result in medium size ﬁles.

» ‘Include Diagnostics Data’ will record the full raw data useful for technician

analysis. However, it will result in very large ﬁles.

2. Connect to the DRX that you want to Record data from.

3. Click on the SCAN button to view DRXs on the network.

4. Select the DRX and click OK.

» REC SNIPPET will record enough full raw data for a short period of time. This data

is useful for technician analysis of issues without recording overly large ﬁles.

6.2. DATA MANAGER REPLAY

1. Click on the REPLAY

tab.

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2. Click on START

SERVER. This allows

Data Manager to be available to client applications such as CDX.

3. Once a client application is successfully connected the connection icon will display green.

4. A playback ﬁle can be selected using the

OPEN FILE button.

5. PLAYBACK

CONTROLS can then

be used to control the playback.

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APPENDIX A - PC SPEC

MINIMUM RECOMMENDED

OS Windows 7, 8.1, 10 Windows 8.1, 10

CPU Base Frequency 2GHz 2GHz

Cores/Threads 2/4 4/4

Memory 4GB 8GB

Graphics DirectX 11 DirectX 11

Screen Resolution 1024x768 FHD - 1920x1080

HDD/SDD 250GB 2TB

Network Ethernet GbE GbE

Wi-Fi 802.11ac 802.11ac

NOTE: In Replay mode Data Manager appears as a DRX to client applications and can be selected in DEVICE SETUP in CDX. See “3.1. Device setup” on page 10.

Example of WASSP supported PCs:

» Low end PCs

• Intel NUC5i3RYK

» Tablets

• ToughPad FZ-GI

• Microsoft Surface Pro 4

» Ruggedised PCs

• ADLINK MXE-5400

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GPS Compass

IMU

Transducer

DRX

WASSP CDX

GPS Compass

WASSP CDX

Figure 6. Simpliﬁed Wireless Conﬁguration

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Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

1 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION

1.1. SYSTEM OVERVIEW

Figure 1. DRX Recommended System

1.2. INSTALLATION

2 APPLICATION OVERVIEW

Figure 2. Application Overview

2.1. QUICK ACCESS BAR

3 SYSTEM SET UP

3.1. DEVICE SETUP

3.1.1. Wireless Server

3.2. DRX PROCESSING CONFIGURATION

3.2.1. DRX Information

3.2.2. Sound Velocity

3.2.3. IMS Control

3.2.4. Filter Setup

3.2.5. Tides

3.3. UI PREFERENCES

3.3.1. Languages

3.3.2. Depth

3.3.4. Position

3.3.5. Temperature

3.3.6. Long Distance

3.3.3. Speed

3.3.7. Short Distance

3.3.8. Night Mode

3.3.9. Multi Display

3.3.10. Zoom Control

3.4. LAYOUT

3.3.11. Nav Bar

4 DISPLAY PANEL SETTINGS

4.1. SONAR

Figure 4. Sonar Gain and Dynamic Range Control

4.1.2. Sonar CSM

4.2. SOUNDER

Figure 5. Sounder Gain and Dynamic Range Control

4.2.2. Sounder CSM

4.3. CHART

4.3.1. Charting Cartography

4.3.3. 2D Chart CSM

4.3.4. 3D Chart CSM

4.3.5. Database

5 TOOLS

5.1. MARKS

5.2. PROFILE TOOL

6 TOOLS AND UTILITIES

6.1. DATA MANAGER

6.1.1. Data Manager Record

6.2. DATA MANAGER REPLAY

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