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OPERATOR'S MANUAL COLOR SOUNDER MODEL FCV-30 www.furuno.co.
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*00015183514* *00015183514*
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IMPORTANT NOTICES General • The operator of this equipment must read and follow the descriptions in this manual. Wrong operation or maintenance can cancel the warranty or cause injury. • Do not copy any part of this manual without written permission from FURUNO. • If this manual is lost or worn, contact your dealer about replacement. • The contents of this manual and equipment specifications can change without notice.
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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAZARD WARNING Keep heater away from equipment. Do not open the equipment. Only qualified personnel should work inside the equipment. A heater can melt the equipment's power cord, which can cause fire or electrical shock. Use the proper fuse. Immediately turn off the power at the switchboard if water leaks into the equipment or something is dropped in the equipment. Continued use of the equipment can cause fire or electrical shock.
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CAUTION Do not transmit when the transducer is out of water. The transducer may become damaged. The picture does not advance when the picture advance speed is set for "STOP". A dangerous situation may result if the vessel is navigated while monitoring the depth indication since it is not updated when the picture is stopped. Set the gain properly. No picture appears if the gain setting is too low, and noise appears when the gain is too high.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD ....................................................................................................... vii SYSTEM CONFIGURATION.............................................................................. viii 1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW......................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Controls........................................................................................................................1-1 1.2 Menu Operation .................
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1.20 Saving, Recalling User Settings ................................................................................ 1-33 1.20.1 Saving user settings ...................................................................................... 1-33 1.20.2 Loading user settings..................................................................................... 1-34 1.21 Recording, Replaying Data........................................................................................ 1-36 1.21.
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APPENDIX ...................................................................................................... AP-1 Menu Tree ......................................................................................................................... AP-1 Screen Division ................................................................................................................. AP-7 SPECIFICATIONS........................................................................................... SP-1 INDEX......
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FOREWORD Introduction FURUNO Electric Company thanks you for considering and purchasing the FCV-30 Color Sounder. We are confident you will discover why the FURUNO name has become synonymous with quality and reliability. For over 60 years FURUNO Electric Company has enjoyed an enviable reputation for quality and reliability throughout the world. This dedication to excellence is furthered by our extensive global network of agents and dealers.
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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Control Unit CV-301 Monitor Unit MU-151C/MU-201C (option) OR commercially available monitor Processor Unit CV-300 F1 F2 F3 F4 POWER Navigator Satellite Compass Net Sonde Hard Disk USB Memory 100-240 VAC 1φ, 50/60 Hz Transceiver Unit CV-302 100-120/200-240 VAC 1φ, 50/60 Hz Network Sounder ETR-30N Junction Box (option) CV-304 Transducer CV-303 System configuration .
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.1 Controls Scrollwheel Shifts cursor position in setting window. Left button Confirms menu selection. Right button Displays pop-up menu. Turns the power on/off. User-programmable function keys. F1 Trackball Moves trackball pointer.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.2 Menu Operation The FCV-30 is controlled from a menu system. Two types of menus are available: Main menu: Pop-up menu: 1.2.1 All menu options are contained in pull-down menus. Contains most frequently used menu functions. How to use the main menu Menu bar Menu bar appears when you put trackball pointer at screen top. Trackball pointer Menu bar 1. Roll the trackball to choose the menu desired (File, Disp, Setting, System, etc.) from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 3. Change settings as appropriate, referring to the information below. 4. After changing settings, roll the trackball to place the pointer on the OK button and then push the left button to save settings and close the dialog box. (See Note 3 below.) Note 1: To restore previous settings, click the Cancel button instead of the OK button at step 4. Note 2: To see the result of a change without closing a dialog box, click the Apply button.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW Tenkey Close Tenkey panel Place the cursor on the desired numeric key then push the left button. Repeat to enter all data required. Changing setting using a check box Bottom alarm Enabled (check mark) Disabled (no check mark) 1. Place the pointer on the check box of the item you want to enable or disable. 2. Push the left button to remove or insert the check mark as appropriate. An item is enabled when the check mark is present.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.2.3 How to use the pop-up menus Pop-up menus are provided for general use and with window displays. This procedure shows how to operate the general use pop-up. See the next page for a description of all pop-ups. 1. Right-click anywhere on the screen, and the general pop-up menu appears. Arrow indicates presence of an options window General use pop-up menu 2. Click the item desired. An item with ► indicates the presence of an option window.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW Pop-up menus Pop-up How to display Put cursor anywhere on screen (except a window, menu bar, title bar) and right-click. 1.2.3 Put cursor on fish histogram window and right-click. 1.11, 2.2.2 Put cursor on status window and right-click. 2.2.1 Status ALARM PICTURE TIMER COURSE 275.0 deg 00:10 GAIN SHIFT TEMPERATURE 15.3 C DEPTH 40.6 SPEED 17.8 LATITUDE 34 21.5912' N LONGITUDE 136 08.4732' E HEAVE -32.77m ROLL PITCH 1.6 deg 2.1 deg R/B 32.7m 265.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.3 Turning the Power On/Off Turning on the power 1. Turn on the monitor. switch. The power 2. Open the power switch cover on the Control Unit and push the comes on, Windows starts up, the FCV30 application launches and then the last-used display appears. Note that the Windows Help feature is not available with this equipment. Turning off the power There are two methods to turn off the power. a) Press the switch.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.4 Transmitting, Receiving Follow the procedure below to start transmitting and receiving, after turning on the power. 1. Click File. File menu 2. Click TX start. Transmission starts and images from underwater appear. To stop transmission, choose TX stop at step 2. It is recommended that, after stopping transmission, wait three seconds before using the menu.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.5 Displays 1.5.1 Choosing a display Six display modes are available. Choose the display mode which matches your current needs. 1. Click Disp. Disp menu 2. Click Mode. Mode dialog box 3. From the Display mode list box, choose the mode you wish to use. See the next several sections for display mode descriptions. To select screen division method, go to step 4. Otherwise go to step 5.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 4. From the Screen Layout list box, select the layout to use. The Preview window shows the results of your selection. Note that the split-beam display cannot be divided. 5. Click the OK button to finish. 1.5.2 Split-beam display The split-beam display shows the underwater images captured with the split-beam. With display of appropriate window you can discern single fish distribution (with the fish size histogram) and monitor fish movement (with the target graph).
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.5.3 Three-beam display The three-beam display shows the images captured from the port, downward and starboard directions. * Beam direction B: Bearing (angle from bow direction) T: Tilt angle (angle from downward direction) 0 B:270 T: 10 <3> 20 0 0 Horizontal range from transducer B: 90 T: 10 B: 0 T: 0 <0> 15<3> 20 20 40 40 40 60 60 60 Beam 3 (Port) Beam 2 (Downward) * Beam direction can be shown with an icon ( ). See paragraph 3.2. 80 80 80 35.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW Note: Normally, pulses are fired from beam 1, beam 2 and beam 3 in that order and displayed on the screen as the port, downward and starboard images. When the display range of the 3-beam display is higher than 1000 m, the menu bar shows “Simul. TX”. To fire pulses from beam 1 – 3 simultaneously click the Simul TX indication to show ON. When this is done the picture advance speed quickens. However, the display becomes susceptible to unwanted echoes.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW Note:When the display range for the split beam + two beam presentation is 500 m or higher, “Deep Mode” appears in the menu bar and when it is 1000 m or higher, “Simul. TX” appears. If the deep mode activation method (set with "Deep mode" on the Echo image menu) is "Auto", no further action is necessary. If the method is "Manual", turn the deep mode ON or OFF with Deep mode on the menu bar. To enable simultaneous transmission, click Simul. TX on the menu bar followed by clicking ON.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.6 Choosing a Display Range 1.6.1 Changing display range selection method The range can be selected automatically or manually. Turn on Bottom search in the Echo image dialog box to enable this function. 1. Click Setting. 2. Click Echo image. Erase color Echo image dialog box 3. Click ▼on the Auto range / shift box. 4. Select appropriate option, referring to the description below. OFF: Manually select range, among 12 choices.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 0 TS 20 40 Bottom echo displayed within this range 60 54.8 m Line 1 (gray dashed line) 60 80 Line 2 (gray dashed line) 6. Use the trackball to put the trackball pointer on Line 1 or Line 2. The trackball pointer becomes a double-ended arrow. 7. Drag the line to the location desired then push the left button. Note: With auto range active, the minimum range is set according to the pulse length as shown below.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.6.2 Manual range selection Choose the detection range (from the transducer to the bottom), in 12 preset choices. The default ranges are shown in the table below. Display ranges Unit m Display Range 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 10 20 40 80 150 300 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 Note: You may preset ranges as desired. For further details, see Chapter 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. Click Setting. Click Echo image. Click the list box for Auto range/shift and select OFF.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.7 Shifting the Display Range The basic range and range shifting functions used together give you the means to select the depth you can see on the screen. The basic range can be thought of as providing a "window" into the water column and range shifting as moving the "window" to the desired depth. Shift the start depth to watch shallow or deep Picture Shift principle. 1.7.1 Selecting the display shift mode The shift feature works automatically or manually.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.8 Adjusting the Gain The Gain control adjusts the sensitivity of the receiver. Generally, use a higher setting for deep waters and a lower setting for shallow waters. In any case, adjust the control so that a slight amount of noise remains on the screen. CAUTION Use the proper gain setting. Incorrect gain may produce wrong depth indication, possibly resulting in a dangerous situation. 1. Click Setting. 2. Click Echo image. 3.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.9 Find Depth and Position of a Fish Echo You may measure the depth to a school of fish or bottom with the horizontal line marker, called the horizontal VRM (Variable Range Marker). Further, you may measure elapsed time with the vertical VRM. For example, you can measure how many minutes before the current time a fish echo appeared. Elapsed time and postion* to vertical VRM 0 00:00:28 34 42.616' N 135 19.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.10 Inscribing Lines You may inscribe vertical lines on the display to mark schools of fish, shoals, etc. When an echo of interest appears, click Marker line on the menu bar to inscribe a vertical line on the display. If TIMER is turned on in the Status window, elapsed time is counted from the moment the mark is inscribed. Note that color of the marker line can be changed. For details, see paragraph 3.5. 1.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW Measuring area 0 00:00:28 34 42.616' N 135 19.740' E 20 Fish size histogram window 40 40 60 80 54.8 m Fish size histogram window Note 1: The fish size histogram window can be moved as desired. See "Moving windows" on page 2.2. Note 2: When the fish size histogram window is closed, all data measured for it is deleted. For how to interpret the fish size histogram, see paragraph 2.2.2.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.12 Setting Measuring Area for Fish Size Histogram There are four ways to set the measurement area for the fish size histogram: • Measure fish at specific location • Measuring depth shallower than bottom in all directions • Measure specific depth range • Measure bottom fish 1.12.1 Measuring fish in a specific location 1. Click Setting. 2. Click Fish size. Fish size dialog box, measurement tab selected 3. Click the Measurement tab. 4. Click ▼ in the Measuring area box.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 6. Click ◄ or ► in the Manual Area (Vertical) box to set the vertical width of the area marker. (Setting range: 10-100(%)). Represents the percentage of the vertical width of the fish histogram display. 7. Click ◄ or ► in the Manual Area (Horizontal) box to set the horizontal width of the area marker. (Setting range: 10-100(%)). Represents the percentage of the horizontal width of the fish histogram display. 8. Click the OK button. 9.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW Measurement range marker(2) ashed yellow vertical line) 0 20 40 Range of measurement 40 Measurement range marker(1) (Short yellow horizontal dashes) 60 Bottom 54.8 m 80 Measurement range markers on the fish size display 8. Place the cursor on the measurement range marker(2) (yellow vertical line). The shape of the cursor changes from a single arrow ( ) to a double-ended arrow ( ). 9.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.13 Suppressing Low Level Noise (Clutter suppression) Light-blue dots may appear over most of screen. This is mainly due to dirty water or noise. This noise can be suppressed by adjusting the Clutter suppression function. Appearance of clutter on the display 1. Click Settings. 2. Click Echo image. 3. Click ▼ in the Clutter curve box. Clutter curve options 4. Click the setting desired, referring to the description below.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.14 Eliminating Weak Echoes Sediments in water or reflections from plankton may be painted on the display in green or light-blue. These weak echoes may be erased with the erase color function. 1. Click Settings. 2. Click Echo image. 3. Click ◄ or ► in the Erase color box to choose the echo strength you wish to erase. The higher the number the stronger the echo that will be erased. 4. Click OK button. 1.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.16 Picture Advance Speed The picture advance speed determines how quickly the vertical scan lines run across the screen. When selecting a picture advance speed, keep in mind that a fast advance speed will expand the size of the school of fish horizontally on the screen and a slow advance speed will contract it. The illustration below shows this concept. FAST SLOW The advancement speed may be set independent of or synchronized with ship’s speed. 1. Click Settings. 2.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW Speed-dependent picture advance (SYNC) The speed-dependent picture advance (SYNC) uses speed data from a speed-measuring device to advance the picture according to ship's speed. As shown in the figure below the horizontal scale of the display is not influenced by the change of ship’s speed, thus the speed-dependent picture advance permits judgment of the size and abundance of a school of fish at any ship's speed.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.17 A-scope Display The A-scope display shows echoes at least at each transmission with amplitudes and tone proportional to their intensities. It is useful for estimating fish specifies and bottom composition. 1. Click Disp. 2. Click Mode. 3. Click the list box for A-scope then select desired setting. OFF: Deactivate the A-scope display. Small: A-scope display shown on right 1/10 of the screen. Standard: A-scope display shown on right 1/8 of the screen.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.18 Alarms This sounder has five alarms: fish alarm, bottom alarm, bottom fish alarm, water temperature alarm and vertical temperature alarm. When the bottom echo or fish echo comes into the alarm range or the water temperature is within or out of the range of the temperature value set, the equipment generates audio and visual alarms to alert you. If “Alarm” is enabled on the Status window, the offending alarm is shown in red, in reverse video.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.18.2 Enabling, disabling an alarm 1. Click Settings. 2. Click Alarm. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Alarm dialog box Check the box in Bottom alarm, Fish alarm, Temp alarm or V-temp alarm as appropriate. For the Fish alarm, choose alarm type with the radio buttons Fish or Bottom fish. For the Temp alarm or V-temp alarm, choose alarm type with the radio buttons Out of range or Within range.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.18.3 Setting audio alarm volume You may set the volume of the audio alarm as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4. Click Settings. Click Alarm. Click ▼ in the Volume box. Click the setting desired. (setting range: 0-7). The higher the setting the louder the alarm. 5. Click the OK button. 1.19 Function Keys The function keys on the control unit provide for one-touch access to the setting window of your choice. 1.19.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.20 Saving, Recalling User Settings You may save echo sounder settings, and recall them when desired. This is useful when you want to set up the equipment quickly for a specific objective; for example, certain fish species. 1.20.1 Saving user settings User settings can be saved to the internal memory or a file. The procedure below shows how to save them to a file. 1. Adjust settings according to targeted fish or objective. 2. Click File. 3.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.20.2 Loading user settings User settings can be loaded from the internal memory or a file. The procedure below shows how to load them from a file. Note that you cannot load user settings while transmitting. 1. Click File. 2. Click Load user settings followed by clicking From file. This window shows chosen display settings Thumbnail of display settings Read display 3. Click the ◄ or ► button to choose the display settings you wish to display.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW Note: You may use the Details button to display detailed information about the chosen display settings. Asterisk indicates saved display settings This window shows display settings in detail Details button Read display, details shown 4. Click the Read button to activate chosen settings.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.21 Recording, Replaying Data The USB port on the processor unit connects to a USB 2.0 hard disk (user supplied) to record and replay raw data and picture data. Hard Disk (USB 2.0)* USB Processor Unit Power * USB 1.1 Cannot be used. Connecting a hard disk 1.21.1 Choosing where to record data 1. Connect a USB hard disk to the USB port on the processor unit. 2. Click Setting. 3. Click Record. Not displayed during TX or RX.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 4. Click the Reference button. Volume (E): 5. Choose location of data recording and then close the Reference window. 6. Click ◄ or ► successively in the Recording time box to set recording time (1-24 hours). 7. Click ◄ or ► successively in the Recording free space box to set required free space (512-32767 MB). 8. Click the OK button. Data recording information Data recording information can be confirmed in the Record info sub window.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.21.2 Recording data 1. Connect a USB hard disk to the USB port on the processor unit. 3. Click File. File menu 3. Click Record. When a file is recorded it is automatically assigned a file name comprised of date and time of the recording plus the extension .lst. An example file name is shown below. 2005_03_01_05_50_32.lst Extension Seconds Minutes Hours Day Month Year To stop recording data, choose Stop at step 3 in the above procedure.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.21.3 Converting recorded data to HAC format Recorded data can be converted to HAC format data, the standard archiving and playback format for fisheries acoustics data. This HAC format is nonrestrictive and independent of the computer platform. It can accommodate most echo sounders. Note that this feature is not available when transmitting or receiving. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Connect USB hard disk to the USB port on the processor unit. Click File. Click TX stop. Click File.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 9. With the slider bars, choose start position and end position. 10. Click the Start button to start the conversion. The progress bar extends rightward as the conversion progresses. When the conversion has been completed, the message “End of conversion” appears. Click the OK button to finish. 11. Click the Close button. 1.21.4 1. 2. 3. 4. Playing back data Connect a USB hard disk to the USB port on the processor unit. Click File. Click TX stop. Click Play.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 11. Click the Open button to start playback. Playback start point slider bar Play mode Select recording settings. Auto: Recording's settings Manual: User settings Date of recording Current time in recording Current ping no./ Total no. of pings recorded Play interval slider bar Check to repeat playback. Play dialog box Notes on playing back data • Use the Play mode Auto and Manual radio buttons to change setting data: Auto: Use settings used in the recording.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.21.5 Saving screen shot You may take a screen shot to save the current window. Compared to raw data, the size of the screen shot is small, thus loading time is much shorter. 1. Connect a USB hard disk to the USB on the processor unit. 2. Click File. 3. Click Save the screen shot. The screen shot is saved to the location designated at step 5 in paragraph 1.21.1. This data is automatically assigned a file name and extension as below. 05_50_32.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.21.6 Loading a screen shot 1. Connect hard drive to the USB on the processor unit. 2. Click File. 3. Click Load the screen shot. File location box Open E: Removable disk 2006_04_10 File box Image(*.jpg) 4. Click ▼ in the file location box. 5. Click the hard disk drive connected to the FCV-30. Folder(s) showing year, month and as folder name appear. 6. Double-click desired folder, and “ImageData” folder appears. 7.
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 11. To erase the screen shot, click the Close button.
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2. WINDOW DISPLAYS The FCV-30 has eight window displays: status, fish size histogram, target graph, V-temp graph, bottom zoom, bottom lock, marker zoom, and bottom discrimination. You may locate these windows anywhere on the screen. Further, right clicking at the upper right side of a window displays associated pop-up menu. 2.1 Turning on Window Displays 1. Click Disp. Disp menu 2. Click Display window. One zoom window may be activated. Display window dialog box 3.
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2. WINDOW DISPLAYS Automatically arranging windows 1. Click Window on the menu bar. 2. Click Auto arrange to relocate windows to their default locations. Moving windows 1. Use the trackball to place the pointer in the window. 2. Roll the trackball while holding down the left button to move the window. 2.2 Interpreting the Window Displays 2.2.1 Status window The Status window shows current settings and data input from external sensors.
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2. WINDOW DISPLAYS R/B This window shows which indications are currently displayed. Status dialog box 3. Click items in the Display Item window as appropriate. Enabled items are highlighted in blue. Note 1: “Default” restores default Status window items; “Select all” enables all items; Release all disables all items. Note 2: You may change the location of items in the Status window freely: 1) Click the item in the Layout window which you want to change its location.
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2. WINDOW DISPLAYS Data display description Item Picture advance Shift Alarm Gain Timer Temperature L/L Speed Course Roll Pitch Heave Range/Bearing Time difference Draft 2-4 Description Show current picture advance setting. Show current shift value. Show current alarm content. Show current gain setting. Choose Marker line from the menu bar and push the left button. The timer then counts up the number of minutes (max. 99 min. 59 sec.) since the left button was pushed.
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2. WINDOW DISPLAYS 2.2.2 Fish size histogram window The fish size histogram is a bar graph that shows fish length and distribution within the selected measuring area. The SPLIT (split beam) display must be active to show the fish size histogram window.
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2. WINDOW DISPLAYS Setting up the fish size histogram dialog box 1. Click Setting. 2. Click Fish size. Fish size histogram dialog box Note: If the Target graph dialog box appears, click the Fish size histogram tab. Description of Fish size dialog box Menu item Description Display tab Horizontal axis scale Vertical axis area Vertical zoom rate Choose the horizontal axis scale, from 10-100(%). Choose the vertical axis scale from 1-6.
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2. WINDOW DISPLAYS (Continued from previous page) Menu item Description Measurement tab Fish gain The strength of the returning echo varies with fish species. Adjust the fish gain according to fish species to get actual fish length distribution on the fish histogram display. Measurement threshold Set measurement threshold (2-20(cm)) for the fish histogram display. For example, if you do not want to measure fish less than 10 cm in length, enter 10. Measuring area Select how to measure fish.
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2. WINDOW DISPLAYS 2.2.3 Target graph window The target graph window plots fish echo position (latest three scans). It is available when the SPLIT display is active. Target graph Radius scale Latest three data are shown. Color of circle indicates strength of individual fish echo. Own ship (Large circle): latest data (Medium circle): 2nd latest data (Small circle): 3rd latest data Target graph window Setting up the target graph window 1. Click Setting. 2.
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2. WINDOW DISPLAYS 2.2.4 V-temperature graph window The V-temperature graph window plots depth and water temperature data fed from a net sonde or trawl sonar. (Max. 6 units.) Water temperature is plotted on the horizontal axis; depth on the vertical axis. You may adjust the minimum and maximum horizontal axis figures on the Net dialog box. Further, the temperature/depth line color may be chosen on the Color dialog box.
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2. WINDOW DISPLAYS Setting up the v-temp graph 1. Click System. 2. Click Net. Input data: Choose the format of data fed from net sonde or trawl sonar. CIF: Water temperature and net depth fed from net sonde. NMEA: Water temperature and net depth fed from trawl sonar Horizontal axis Min and Horizontal axis Max: These set the minimum and maximum temperature scale, and the range is –5 to 35(°C).
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2. WINDOW DISPLAYS 2.2.5 Zoom windows Three types of zoom windows are available: bottom-lock, bottom zoom, and marker zoom. The zoom window can be located anywhere desired, by dragging it to the desired location, or fixed at the bottom of the screen. The zoom window location can be selected with Zoom location on the Mode dialog box. You can select the zoom window type, size of the window (small, medium and large), zoom range, and activate and deactivate the window from the menu and the zoom pop-up.
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2. WINDOW DISPLAYS Bottom zoom window The bottom zoom window expands bottom and bottom fish echoes by the zoom range selected. It is useful for determining bottom hardness. A bottom displayed with a short echo tail usually means it is a soft, sandy bottom. A long echo tail means a hard bottom. 0 00:00:28 34 42.616' N 135 19.740' E TS School of fish 20 30 40 60 41 43 45 47 49 51 44.
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2. WINDOW DISPLAYS Marker zoom window The marker zoom window zooms echoes within the expansion marker (blue dashed line). This marker is operated the same as the horizontal VRM. 0 TS 5 00:00:28 34 42.616' N 135 19.740' E Expansion marker School of fish 20 30 40 60 Marker change button 30 32 34 Marker pos change 44.
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2. WINDOW DISPLAYS 2.2.6 Bottom discrimination graph The bottom discrimination graph plots bottom nature, hardness and/or roughness, and it can be plotted on any of the zoom windows. Right click the zoom window to show the pop-up menu then select (check) Hardness and/or Roughness from the menu to show the related graph. "H” appears at the left side of the zoom window when the Hardness graph is active, “R” when the Roughness graph is active.
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3. CHANGING SETTINGS This chapter provides the information necessary for changing equipment settings. For details about specific dialog boxes, see the table below. Dialog box See para.; Display window 2.1 Status 2.2.1 Record 1.21 Fish size 2.2.2 Alarm 1.18 External output, calibration, comm. settings, date Installation manual Net 2.2.4 3.1 Mode Dialog Box The Mode dialog box lets you choose display mode, screen layout, A-scope format, beam window and zoom window location.
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3. CHANGING SETTINGS 4. Click the Display mode change button. Shows direction of detection beam. Display mode change dialog box 5. In the Display Item window, blue-highlight the display(s) you wish to use. In the Beam information window you may set the tilt angle and bearing for beams 1 through 5. 6. Click ◄ or ► successively in a Tilt box to set tilt angle (0-degree is vertical). 7. Click ◄ or ► successively in a Bearing box to set bearing (0-degree is ship’s bow). 8.
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3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3.2 Display Item Dialog Box The Display Item dialog box lets you choose what indications to display. 1. Click Disp. 2. Click Display item. Display item dialog box 3. In the Display Item window, blue-highlight the items you wish to display. 4. Click the OK button.
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3. CHANGING SETTINGS Temp graph scale: Choose where to display the temperature graph scale: Left, Left-Mid, Center, Right-Mid, Right. Bottom discrimination scale: Choose where to display the bottom discrimination scale: Left, Left-Mid, Center, Right-Mid, Right. Beam direction: Choose how to show beam direction: Letters, Figures or Letters + Figures. Light-blue line 3.3 Line length: Shows default angle. 10 deg: Radius of inner circle 20 deg: Radius of outer circle Line direction: Shows bearing.
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3. CHANGING SETTINGS Echo image dialog box description Auto range/shift: Set up for automatic bottom tracking. "Bottom search" must be on to use auto range or auto shift. OFF turns off automatic range and automatic shift. Auto range automatically changes the range with depth change. Auto shift automatically places the bottom echo at the bottom of the screen without changing the basic range.
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3. CHANGING SETTINGS User TVG setting: Effective when “TVG curve” is set for Manual. This allows you to set a different TVG from those provided. Noise threshold: Adjusts noise present on long range (deep depth). The larger the figure, the more noise is erased. Color resolution: Effective when “Clutter curve” is turned off. You may set display width dB for colors. Set display width dB for one color. Line interpolation: Smoothes picture when picture advance speed is 2/1, 4/1 or 8/1.
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3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3.4 Beam Dialog Box This Beam dialog box sets up the multi-beam display. 1. Click Setting. 2. Click Beam. Beam dialog box, SPLIT and Multi beam tabs SPLIT tab description TX pulse length: Pulse length can be changed. The Short pulse offers better resolution, while the Middle and Long pulses are useful for middle- and long-range detection, respectively. Note that the Long pulse is not available when the range is 10 m. The message "Stop transmission.
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3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3.5 Temp Dialog Box The temp dialog box sets up temperature data (fed from temperature sensor). With connection of a temperature sensor, temperature change over time can be plotted on a graph. 1. Click System in the menu bar. 2. Click Temp. Temp dialog box description Temp input: Choose the data format of temperature data. CIF: Temperature data fed from net sonde NMEA: Temperature data fed from temperature sensor.
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3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3.6 Color Dialog Box The Color dialog box lets you set the colors to use. 1. Click System. 2. Click Color. Color dialog box Day/Night Chooses window background color. Daytime color provides a white background; Nighttime color a black background.
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3. CHANGING SETTINGS Hue You may adjust colors to meet various operating environments. User1 and User2 let you custom-adjust colors to suit your needs. 1. Choose User1 or User2 as appropriate. 2. Click the Change button corresponding to the color you want to adjust. Color Basic colors: Custom colors Define Custom Colors >> OK Cancel Standard color choices 3. Choose a color from the Basic colors. If the color is suitable to you, go to step 7. To further customize the color, go to the next step. 4.
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3. CHANGING SETTINGS Marker line: Choose color of marker line. The procedure is the same as for “Hue”. VRM: Choose the color of the VRM. Temp graph: Choose the color of the graph line in temperature graph. Bottom discrimination: Choose the color of the graph line in bottom discrimination graph. Net: Choose the color of the color of each net sonde or trawl sonar marker. Pane: Choose the color of the border around windows. 3.
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3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3.8 Target Sphere Calibration Dialog Box To accurately analyze fish distribution, it is necessary to calibrate target strength using a calibration sphere. The calibration is done to jibe the target strength (TS) value displayed in the fish histogram dialog box with the TS of the calibration sphere. Follow the procedure below to perform the calibration. 1. Suspend a calibration sphere at least 3 m directly below the transducer. 2. Open the fish histogram dialog box. 3.
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3. CHANGING SETTINGS 8. Click Target sphere calibration. 9. In the Target sphere TS box, use ◄ or ► to set the TS value (fixed value) of the target sphere. 10. Click the Start measurement button. The TS value of the calibration sphere inside the area marker is calculated and is displayed in the Setting value box. 11. If necessary you may fine tune the found value. 12. Click the OK button to finish.
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3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3.9 External Echo Sounder This equipment can show the image from an external FURUNO echo sounder, such as the ETR-30N. 3.9.1 Displaying image from external echo sounder 1. Click File on the menu bar. 2. Click ETR. The ETR-30N starts transmitting and the image from it appears in the “external echo sounder” window. The message “ETR connection confirmed…” appears at the top of the window until transmission starts.
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3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3.9.2 File menu Click File on the external echo sounder window’s menu bar. Load user setting: Load saved user settings. For details, see paragraph 1.20.2 Save user settings: Three sets of user settings can be saved. For further details, see paragraph 1.20.1. Close: Stop TX/RX by ETR-30N and close external echo sounder window. 3.9.3 Disp menu Click Display on the external echo sounder window’s menu bar.
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3. CHANGING SETTINGS Screen layout: Show the external echo sounder image in horizontal or vertical split. The low frequency-zoom, high frequency-zoom display or dual frequency display must be active, otherwise this feature is inoperative. A-scope: Turn the A-scope display on or off. ETR display item dialog box Show or hide Color bar, Time marker, Mode indicator, V-VRM, H-VRM and Depth indication.
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3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3.9.4 Setting menu 1. Click Setting on the echo sounder window’s menu bar. 2. Click Echo image. Erase color Range: Choose display range among eight ranges. Display range is automatically chosen when the Auto mode (Fishing or Cruising) is active. Shift: Set amount of display range shift. Gain: Set gain. Gain is automatically chosen when the Auto mode (Fishing or Cruising) is active. TVG level: Compensate for propagation attenuation of the ultrasonic waves.
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3. CHANGING SETTINGS STC: Help distinguish surface fish from surface echoes. The setting range is 0-10; the higher the setting the greater the extent of suppression. Setting 10 suppresses noise up to 5 m. Turn off the STC when there is no noise on the screen, otherwise weak echoes may be missed. Range details: If the factory-set ranges are not to your liking, you may change them as desired. Zoom range: Set zoom ranges.
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3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3.9.5 System menu 1. Click Setting on the menu bar 2. Click System. ETR TX/RX dialog box Click TX/RX on the System menu to show this dialog box. Gain adjustment: Compensate for too high or too low gain and adjust gain balance of low and high frequency. Setting range: -50 to 50. Freq adjustment: Fine tune the TX frequency when interference cannot be rejected otherwise. Setting range: -10.0 to 10.0. TX power reduction: This setting is normally “OFF”.
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3. CHANGING SETTINGS Long: Detection resolution is lower, however detection range is longer (2x normal). Depending on the range, the TX rate is 1/2 of the normal. Manual: Operator chooses pulse length. TX pulse length (Manual): Operative when TX pulse length is set to Manual. The pulse length range is 0.2-5(ms). The smaller the figure, the better the resolution, however the detection range is shorter. Conversely the larger the figure, the better the detection but the lower the resolution.
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3. CHANGING SETTINGS ETR Color dialog box Day/Night: Choose background color of the echo sounder window. Choose “Day” for white background; “Night” for black background. Hue: Choose color arrangement for the echo sounder image. The procedure is the same as that shown in paragraph 3.6. VRM: Choose color for the horizontal and vertical VRMs.
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3. CHANGING SETTINGS Unit menu Choose unit of depth measurement. Test/Initialization menu Simulation: The simulation mode provides simulated echo sounder operation to help acquaint with the features of this equipment, without the need for connecting the transducer. The echo sounder image stored in the memory is played back on the echo sounder window. “Demo” appears on the title bar of the echo sounder window when the simulation mode is active. Self test: Display the program no.
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3. CHANGING SETTINGS 3.10 Dual Monitors Dual monitors can be used by connecting a monitor to the USB port on the processor unit with a USB-VGA (or SVGA) adapter. For monitor connection and display setting, see your dealer. Do the procedure below to use dual monitors. 1. 2. 3. 4. Click Disp on the menu bar. Click Mode. Click ▼ in the Display mode box. Click USER1, USER2 or USER3. The Beam window box becomes active. For the USER display, set two displays among SPLIT and BEAM1 – BEAM5. See page 3-2.
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3. CHANGING SETTINGS Shown on main monitor Shown on sub monitor 6. To change the display position of the bottom zoom, bottom lock and marker zoom window, click ▼ in the Zoom location window and choose Manual or Fixed. Manual: Move zoom window in main or sub monitor. Fixed: Fix main or sub monitor at bottom of the display. 7. Click the OK button to finish.
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4. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING 4.1 Maintenance Regular maintenance is important for maintaining good performance. Follow the recommended procedures to keep the equipment in good working order. WARNING Do not open the equipment. Hazardous voltage which can cause electrical shock exists inside the equipment. Only qualified personnel should work inside the equipment. 4.1.1 Check points The items to check on a regular basis are tabulated below.
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4. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING 4.1.3 Replacing fuses Fuses protect the processor unit and transceiver unit from overvoltage and internal fault. If a fuse blows find the cause before replacing it. If it blows again after replacement, request service. WARNING Use the proper fuse. Use of a wrong fuse can result in damage to the equipment or cause fire. Unit Processor unit Transceiver unit 4.1.
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4. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING 4.1.5 Trackball If the trackball does not roll smoothly it may require cleaning. Do the following to clean the trackball. 1. Turn the ring on the trackball 45°. Trackball Ring Trackball 2. Clean the ball with a soft lint-free cloth, and then blow carefully into the ball-cage to dislodge dust and lint. 3. Look for a build-up of dirt on the metal rollers. If dirty, clean the rollers using a cotton swab moistened lightly with isopropyl-rubbing alcohol. 4.
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4. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING 4.2 Troubleshooting The section provides information which the user can follow to restore normal operation. If normal operation cannot be restored, do not attempt to check inside any unit. Any repair work is best left to a qualified technician. Troubleshooting Symptom No echo sounder image or depth scale No echo sounder image but characters and markers appear. Echo sounder image appears but no zero line. Sensitivity is low. No depth indication.
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4. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING 4.3 Restoring Default Settings You may wish to restore all default settings to start operation afresh or to clear stray data. If you want to restore your previous settings, jot them down and restore them after clearing the memory. 1. Click System. System menu 2. Click Test/Initialization. 3. Click Default settings.
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4. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING 4. Click the Yes button. Yes No 5. Click the Yes button to restore all default settings. 4.4 Finding Software Version 1. Click System > Test/Initialization > Version Information. 0252349-XX.XX 0252336-XX.XX 0252337-XX.XX XX.XX = Version and version no. 0252338-XX.XX 0252339-XX.XX X X X X X X X X X X Version information 2. Click the Close button to quit. 4-6 X = Board version no.
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APPENDIX Menu Tree Menu bar File TX Start TX Stop Record Play Stop Pause Load the screen shot Save the screen shot Load user settings (From internal memory, From file) Save user settings (To internal memory, To file) Convert to HAC format ETR Quit Disp Mode Setting 1 Display Mode (SPLIT, 3 BEAM, SPLIT + 2 BEAM USER 1, USER 2, USER 3) Display mode Display Item change (SPLIT, BEAM1, BEAM2, BEAM3, BEAM4, BEAM5) Beam Tilt (0-20) information Bearing (0-359) Screen layout (Vertical, Horizontal, Combination)
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APPENDIX 1 3 2 Zoom range (2m, 5m, 10m, 20m, 40m) User setting Range1 (2-200) Range2 (2-200) Range3 (2-200) Range4 (2-200) Range5 (2-200) Shift (0-5000; 0m) Gain (0.0-10.0; 5.0) TX rate (0-20; 20) STC (0-10; 0) User TVG setting (0-40) TVG curve (10, 20, 30, 40, manual) Noise threshold (-30 - +30) Clutter curve (Standard, Straight, OFF) Clutter (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) Color resolution ( OFF (0.1-3.
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APPENDIX 4 5 6 (Measurement) (Unit) Alarm Record System Output Compensation Temp Net 7 Fish gain (-12.0-12.0) Measurement threshold (2-20) Measuring area (Manual, All, Specific range, Bottom trace) Manual area (Vertical) (10-100) Manual area (Horizontal) (10-100) Bottom trace area (2m, 5m, 10m, 20m, 50m, 100m, 200m) Calibration value (-30.0-30.
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APPENDIX 7 8 Color Day/Night (Day, Night) Hue (Standard, Mono, USER1, USER2) Marker line (Change color.) VRM (Change color.) Temp graph (Change color.) Bottom discrimination (Change color of Hardness and Flatness graph lines.) Net (Change color of Net marks 1-6.) Pane (Change color of window border.) Unit Depth (m, ft, fa, hiro, P/B) Temperature (°C, °F) Speed (kt, km/h, mph) Bearing (TRUE, Magnetic) Communication Network IP address (192. 168. 2.
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APPENDIX ETR File Load user settings Save user settings Close Disp Mode Display mode (HF single, LF single, Dual freq, HF zoom, LF zoom) Zoom mode (Bottom lock, Bottom zoom, Marker zoom) Screen layout (Vertical, Horizontal) A-scope (OFF, ON) Display item ETR display item (Color bar, Time marker, Mode indicator, V-VRM, H-VRM, Depth) Window size (Small, Medium, Large) Setting Echo image Low/High freq. Common 9 Range (5m, 10m, 20m, 40m, 80m, 150m, 300m) Shift (0-1200) Gain (0.0-10.
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APPENDIX 9 System TX/RX Compensation Color Low/High freq. Gain adjustment (-50-50) Freq adjustment (-10.0-10.0) TX power reduction (OFF, ON) TX pulse length (Short1, Short2, Standard, Long Manual) TX pulse length [Manual] (0.2-5.0) Draft (-15.0-60.0) Sound velocity (200-2000) Day/Night (Day, Night) Hue (Standard, Mono, USER1, USER2) VRM (Change color of VRM.
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APPENDIX Screen Division A-scope display ON PIC1 A-scope PIC1 PIC1 PIC2 PIC1 PIC1 A-scope PIC2 PIC3 PIC2 PIC1 PIC1 A-scope PIC1 A-scope PIC2 A-scope PIC1 A PIC2 A PIC3 A PIC1 PIC3 PIC1 PIC1 A-scope PIC2 A PIC3 A PIC4 A PIC4 P I C 1 PIC1 A PIC2 A PIC5 PIC4 PIC3PIC2 PIC1 A S C O P E PIC3 A PIC4 A PIC5 A Division: Left, Right PIC2 A-scope PIC2 A PIC1 PIC4 PIC3 PIC2 PIC1 PIC1 A-scope PIC3 PIC2 PIC1 A-scope PIC2 A-scope PIC1 Division: Up, Down PIC5 PIC4 PIC3
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APPENDIX A- scope display OFF PIC1 PIC1 PIC2 PIC1 PIC2 PIC1 PIC3 PIC2 PIC1 PIC1 PIC2 PIC3 PIC3 PIC2 PIC1 PIC1 PIC1 PIC2 PIC3 PIC4 PIC2 PIC3 PIC4 PIC3 PIC2 PIC4 PIC1 PIC1 PIC2 PIC1 PIC2 PIC3 PIC4 PIC5 PIC3 PIC4 PIC5 PIC4 PIC3 PIC2 PIC5 Division: Left, Right AP-8 Division: Up, Down Division: Combination
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FURUNO FCV-30 SPECIFICATIONS OF THE COLOR VIDEO SOUNDER FCV-30 1. DISPLAY 1.1 Display Optional supply or commercial monitor XGA (1024x768), SXGA (1280x1024) 1.2 Display Range Range: 10-5000 m, Shift: 0-5000 m, Zoom range: 2-200 m 1.3 Display Mode SPLIT, 3 beam, SPLIT + 2 beam, User1, User2, User3 1.4 Display Window Status, Fish size histogram, Target position graph, V-temp graph, Bottom lock, Bottom zoom, Marker zoom, Bottom discrimination graph 1.
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FURUNO 5. FCV-30 ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION 5.1 Useable Temperature Range Processor Unit 0°C to +40°C Transducer -5°C to +35°C Transceiver Unit -15°C to +45°C (with Motion Sensor) -15°C to +55°C (no Motion Sensor) Control Unit 5.2 Relative Humidity -15°C to +55°C Less than 95% (at 40°C) 5.3 Water Resistance Processor Unit IP20 (not waterproof) Control Unit Front panel: IP22, Other than front panel: IP20 Transceiver Unit Not waterproof 5.4 Vibration (IEC60945 Ed. 4) From 2 Hz-5 Hz to 13.
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INDEX A Alarms audio volume .................................. 1-31 bottom alarm .................................. 1-29 bottom fish alarm............................ 1-29 enabling, disabling.......................... 1-30 fish alarm ........................................ 1-29 temperature alarm .......................... 1-29 vertical temperature alarm.............. 1-29 A-scope display.................................. 1-28 B Beam dialog box .................................. 3-7 Bottom alarm............
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INDEX Status window.......................................2-2 System configuration .............................viii T Target graph window ............................2-8 Temperature alarm .............................1-29 Three-beam display............................ 1-11 Trackball maintenance .........................4-3 Transducer maintenance......................4-2 Transmitting ..........................................1-8 Troubleshooting....................................4-4 U Unit dialog box......
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