Installation manual

TransceiverUnitinstallation

ThischapterexplainshowtoinstalltheSimradMS70TransceiverUnit.

TheTransceiverisnormallypositionedinadedicatedroominthevicinityofthe

transducer.Thephysicallengthofthecableslimitthephysicaldistancebetweenthe

transducerandthetransceiver.

Topics

•AbouttheTransceiverUnitonpage47

•TransceiverUnitpreparationsonpage49

•TransceiverUnitinstallationprocedureonpage50

•TransceiverUnitpartsidenticationonpage65

Relatedtopics

•Sonarroomrequirementsonpage25

•Performance,TransceiverUnitonpage168

•Powerrequirementsonpage173

•Environmentalrequirementsonpage174

•TransceiverUnitoutline(281020)onpage177

AbouttheTransceiverUnit

Thetransceiverperformsthesignalprocessinganddigitalbeamformingofthe

transmitterandreceiverchannels.

TheMS70TransceiverUnitishousedina19”instrumentrack.

Inordertoreducethelossinthetransducercables,thetransceiverisphysicallylocated

ascloseaspossibletothetransducerarray.

Themaincomponentsinthetransceiverare:

•3eaTRXUTransceiversubracks

•6eaTRCBeamformingcomputers

•1eaEthernetswitch

•Cabinetfanunit

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