Specifications

Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM
Issue 3 TIL – Eng – Spec – 040 Page 42 of 44
OPTION 11: SIDESCAN ALDEN PLOTTER INTERFACE
The SeaKing Sidescan system has the ability to send the Sidescan data out to an Alden Thermal
Parallel-Port Printer. With this interface, there are a number of additional functions including
Annotation that have been added into SeaKing surface software V1.52 and later. Any suggestions
or requests for new features not currently included in the latest software should be issued to
[e-mail]
, or alternatively contact the Tritech Software dept. ([phone]).
Enabling Alden Plotter
A quick check should be performed to ensure this is enabled near the end of the
C:\Windows\Sonv3so.ini file…
[ALDENPRINTER]
; Enable This Line if No Printer in System
;HAVEPRINTER=0
; Enable this Line if Have Alden Thermal Printer in System
HAVEPRINTER=1
…Enable a line by removing the ';' at the start. The above line settings will enable the Alden Plotter
and open the LPT1 port for use by this device only.
Configuring Serial Port
The SCU will be installed with the serial COM1 port as standard. With the installation of the optional
Serial AUX I/O card, COM3 and COM4 will also be available on the system (see earlier option).
The 'Remote' Panel will indicate what serial channels are open for data I/O. A COM port will be
assigned against each of the 3 channels and these are configured by clicking on the spanner
icon…
…Click on the Spanner Icon to open the Setup menu and ensure that Sonar Slot 5 is configured
as follows…
Spanner Icon opens
Setup menu.
Serial Channel Status Indicators;
Blue = Port Open
Grey = Port Closed
Red = Port Bad/Conflict
Click here to configure serial
channel and enable COM port.
Enable 'Remote Data Input' to
receive (annotate) messages
through the allocated serial
channel.