Installation manual

SimradMS70
The25cablesfromthetransducer(D)areconnectedtothethreetransceivershelves
(TRXU)inthetransceiver(B).AnEthernetswitchcontrollingtwolocalareanetworks
withinthetransceiverdistributetheprocessingtasksbetweenthesixbeamforming
computers(TRC).Theoperatorstationisconnectedtothesenetworksbymeansofan
Ethernetcable(1).
Systemunits
TheSimradMS70comprisesthefollowingunits:
•Colourdisplay
•MultibeamOperatorStation
•TransceiverUnit
•PowerSupplyUnits(3ea)
•Transducer
MultibeamOperatorStation
TheMS70MultibeamOperatorStationisahighperformancecomputer.
ThecomputersoftwareisbasedonthecommercialMicrosoft
®
Windows
®
XP
®
operating
system.
TheMultibeamOperatorStationcommunicateswiththeEthernetswitchinthe
TransceiverUnitbymeansofanEthernetcable.
Thesoftwareontheoperatorstationprovidesyouwiththefollowingmainfunctionality:
•OperationalcontroloftheSimradMS70
•Communicationwithperipheralsensorsandoptionalpost-processingsystem(s)
•Sonarpresentation
•Menusystem
•Contextsensitiveon-linehelp
TransceiverUnit
Thetransceiverperformsthesignalprocessinganddigitalbeamformingofthe
transmitterandreceiverchannels.
TheMS70TransceiverUnitishousedina19”instrumentrack.
Inordertoreducethelossinthetransducercables,thetransceiverisphysicallylocated
ascloseaspossibletothetransducerarray.
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