Installation manual
SimradES70
C8EK60/C08Computertoground
Whenapplicable,thiscablemustbeprovidedbytheinstallationshipyard.Itis
astandardcommercialgroundcable.
•V esselgroundonpage46
C9EK60/C09Ethernettoshiplocalareanetwork(LAN)
IfthecomputerisequippedwithtwoEthernetconnectors,itmayalsobe
connectedtothelocalareanetwork(LAN).Astandard“straight”Ethernetcable
isrequired,andthecablemustbeprovidedbytheinstallationshipyard.
NotethatscreenedEthernet(CA T5orbetter)cablesmustbeused.
•RJ45Ethernet,straightonpage49
C10EK60/C10EthernettoGeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT)
Itisstronglyrecommendedtoequipthecomputerwithtwonetworkadapters.
OnewillbeusedtocommunicatewiththeGeneralPurposeTransceiver(s),
whiletheotherisusedtoconnecttheES70systemtothelocalareanetwork.
Failuretouseseparatenetworkadapterswillcauseaheavytrafcloadonthe
commonnetwork.Thiswillinhibitnormaltrafconthisnetwork,anddegrade
theoperationalcapabilitiesoftheechosoundersystem.
Withonetransceiver,usea“crossover”Ethernetcablebetweenthecomputer
andthetransceiver.
Withmorethanonetransceivers,addanEthernetswitchtothesystem,anduse
“straight”Ethernetcables.
Itisveryimportantthathighquality(CAT5orbetter)Ethernetcablesareused.
Cableswithlowerbandwidthcapacitywillreducethesystemperformance.
•RJ45Ethernet,straightonpage49
•RJ45Ethernet,crossoveronpage50
C11EK60/C11Serialinterfaceline
Thenumberofseriallinesavailabledependsonthechosencomputermakeand
model.TheSimradMC71computerprovidedwiththeEK60providesveserial
lines,fouroftheseareopticallyisolated.Additionalseriallinesmaybeaddedif
required.Amultipleinterfacecircuitboardisused,andtheconnectorrequires
aspecialadapter.
Oneseriallinecanbeusedtoprovideexternalsynchronisationwithother
hydroacousticsystems(sonars,echosounders).Ifthisoptionisused,the
synchronisationcabletotheGeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT)isnotused.
•GenericRS-232Seriallineonpage41
•GenericRS-232Seriallineonpage42
•RS-232asexternaltriggeronpage43
•ITIseriallineonpage60
•PI44/54seriallineonpage61
•PI30/32seriallineonpage62
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