User manual

SimradES70
SettingupthedepthoutputtoaSimradsonar
ThisprocedureexplainshowtoconnecttheES70toaSimradsonarsystem.
Thecurrentdepthfromadenedtransceiverchannelcanbesentoutonaserialline
toasonarsystem.
Important
Forthisoutput,youcanonlyuseanexistingseriallinealreadysetuptoacceptinput
fromanotherperipheralsystem.
Notethatthedepthinformationisnormallyalsoprovidedontheduplexinterfacesto
trawlinstrumentationandcatchmonitoringsystems.
Therststep(withsub-steps)inthisprocedureexplainshowtodothephysicalcabling
usingaseriallineoranEthernetconnection.Theremainingstepsdescribehowtosetup
theinterfaceintheES70software.
1ConnecttheES70tothesonarusingaserialline.
aLocateafreeserialportthatcanbeusedforthiscommunication.
bOntheseriallinesocketontheES70computer,connectanRS-232cableas
follows:
•ReceivesignalRxonpin2.
•TransmitsignalTxonpin3.
•CommonGroundonpin5.
cOnthesonar,connectthecableasfollows:
InterfaceUnit
aUseoneoftheseriallineconnectorsTB1throughTB7.
bTransmittedsignalTxfromES70onpin1.
cCommonGroundonpin5.
ProcessorUnit
aTransmittedsignalTxfromES70topin2
bCommonGroundonpin5.
cEnsurethatthetotallengthoftheseriallinecabledoesnotexceed
approximately50meters.
Ifalongercableisrequired,youmayneedtousebufferampliersonthe
serialline.
2ClicktheSetupicon.
ThisiconislocatedundertheMainmenu.ItisusedtoopentheSetup
menu.
→Setupmenuonpage152
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