Installation manual

Simrad ES60
Cable between SH/SP sonar and echo sounder on page 67
Depth interface
The current depth from a defined transceiver channel can be
sent out on a serial line. In order to economize with the serial
ports, you can only use the serial lines already set up to accept
input from other peripherals. O ne or more of the following serial
lines can be used:
• Heave Sensor
• Navigation Interface
• Trawl Interface
Note that the depth information is normally also provided on the
duplex interfaces to trawl instrumentation and catch monitoring
systems.
Wiring procedure
1 Locate which RS-232 port you wish to use.
2 The ES60 Fish finding echo sounder, connect the transmit
signal
Tx on pin 3, and ground on pin 5.
3 On the remote system, connect the receive signal
Rx on
pin 2, and
ground on pin 5.
4 Ensure that the length of the cable does not exceed
approximately 50 meters. If a longer cable is required, you
may need to use buffer amplifiers on the serial li ne.
Setup procedure
1 Refer to the documentation provided with the remote
system, and establish which NMEA sentence(s) that can
be used for communication.
2 On the ES60, access the
Install menu, and
3 If you wish to use the same serial line as the Navigation
input, open the
Navigation Interface dialogue box.
4 If you wish to use the same serial line as the Heave input,
open the
Heave Sensor dialogue box.
5 If you wish to use the same serial line as the Trawl input,
open the
Tr awl Interface dialogue box.
6 Click the
Depth output button to open the Depth Output
dialogue.
7 Click
Depth Output to enable the output.
8 Click
Channel to select which transceiver and frequency
you wish to retrieve and export the depth information from.
• In most cases, the lowest frequency is used.
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