User manual
SimradES70
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Therststep(withsub-steps)inthisprocedureexplainshowtodothephysicalcabling
usingaseriallineoranEthernetconnection.Theremainingstepsdescribehowtosetup
theinterfaceintheES70software.
1ConnecttheES70totheGPSsystemusingaseriallineoranEthernetline.
Serialline
aLocateafreeserialportthatcanbeusedforthiscommunication.
bOntheseriallinesocketontheES70computer,connectanRS-232cableas
follows:
•ReceivesignalRxonpin2.
•TransmitsignalTxonpin3.
•CommonGroundonpin5.
cOntheseriallinesocketontheES70computer,connectanRS-422cableas
follows:
•ReceivesignalRXD+onpin1.
•ReceivesignalRXD-onpin4.
•TransmitsignalTXD+onpin2.
•TransmitsignalTXD-onpin3.
•CommonGroundonpin5.
dOntheGPSsystem,wireasdescribedintherelevantdocumentation.
eEnsurethatthetotallengthoftheseriallinecabledoesnotexceed
approximately50meters.
Ifalongercableisrequired,youmayneedtousebufferampliersonthe
serialline.
Ethernetline
aLocatetheEthernetportyouwishtouse.
IfnoEthernetportisavailable,anEthernetswitchmaybeinsertedbetweenthe
computerandthetransceiver.
bConnectanEthernetcablefromtheES70computertotheperipheralsystem.
IfyouconnectanEthernetcabledirectly
betweentheES70computeranda
peripheralsystem,youmustusea“cross-over”Ethernetcable.Ifyouconnect
totheothersystembymeansofanEthernetswitch,youmustuse“straight”
Ethernetcables.
WestronglyrecommendthatyouusehighqualityEthernetcables,minimum
CAT-5.
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