Simrad CS90 User manual

442717/B/2019-11-15

Introduction

Thisdocumentdescribesthechangesintroduced

withthenewsoftwareversion.

•Product:CS90

•Softwareversion:3.1.4

Thissoftwarecontrolsallfunctionalityinthe

SimradCS90.Thisincludestransmissionand

reception,interfaceswithexternalperipheralsand

sensors,andalluserinterface.

ArmwareupdatefortheTransceiverUnitisnot

includedwiththisCS90release.

Note

Thisreleasenotealsodescribessoftwareversion

3.1.3.Thisreleasesawonlylimiteddistribution.

Softwarechanges

Thissoftwareupdatesolvesanumberofsoftware

bugsthathavebeenreportedbyourusers,or

detectedduringourownproducttesting.New

functionalityisalsointroduced.

Thefollowingspecicchangeshavebeenmade.

•ItwasreportedthattheCS90startedtoreact

slowlyonuserinteractionsafterlongtimeuse.

Thiswasdetectedwhenthetiltindicatordidnot

update.Thisbughasbeenxed.

•ThecurrentBottomFiltersettingisnow

automaticallysavedwiththeusersettings.

•Wehaveaddedanewintegrationtoour

AcousticDopplerCurrentProler(ADCP).The

informationisprovidedusinganNMEACUR

datagram,anditisdisplayedinthetopright

corneroftheHorizontalview.

Thecursorinformationismovedtothebottom

leftcorneroftheview,andplacedwiththe

manualtrackinformation(speedandcourse

betweenthetwolatesttargets).

•Itisnolongernecessarytolowerthehullunitto

saveusersettings.

•TheReceiverControlledGain(RCG)and

AutomaticGainControl(AGC)functionshave

beenimprovedforsectortransmission.

•New"Ownship"markeraddedasasquare

symbolonthesonarpresentation.Thesymbol

hasbeenaddedtothefunctionbuttonsF1,F2

andF3onthenewOperatingPanel(Mk2).

•Twonewpresentationmodeshavebeenadded.

–VerticalNorthUp:Thispresentationmode

offersoneV erticalviewandoneHorizontal

NorthUpview.

–DualHorizontalNorthUp:Thispresentation

modeofferstwoHorizontalNorthUpviews

Importantfactorsduringinstallation

Afewimportantfactorsmustbetakeninto

considerationduringtheCS90installationand

settingtowork.

Removeoldsoftwareversion

Ifyouarecurrentlyusingapreliminaryversion

oftheCS90software,youmustremoveboththe

softwareandalltheusersettings.

Moreinformation:RemovingtheCS90operational

software,page2

SimradCS90

SoftwareReleaseNote3.1.4

TransducerrotationaroundZ

Thealignmentofthetransducerisnowdenedas

transducerrotationaroundZ.Theanglecanbe

insertedasnumberbetween0and±180degrees.

Moreinformation:Deningtheinstallation

parametersforthetransducer,page4

MRUrotationaroundZ

Thealignmentofthemotionreferenceunit(MRU)

isnowdenedasMRUrotationaroundZ.The

anglemustbeinsertedasnumberbetween0and

±180degrees,anditisreferencedtotheship’sbow.

Moreinformation:Adjustingthebuilt-inmotion

sensoroffset,page6

NewOperatingPanel

AnewOperatingPanelwasintroducedwith

ourprevioussoftwareversion.Inallend-user

documentationthisnewOperatingPanelisreferred

toas"Mk2".

•ThemodebuttonsontheOperatingPanelare

dedicatedforusersettings.Bydefault,nouser

settingsareassignedtothesebuttons.

•DuringtheCS90installationyoumustcreate

usersettings,andthenassignthesetothese

modebuttons,forexample270°/V erticalor

DualHorizontal.

Moreinformation:SettinguptheOperatingPanel

(Mk2),page8andAssigningcustomusersettings

totheOperatingPanel,page10.

OperatingPanelfunctionbuttons

IfyouhaveputthenewOperatingPanel(Mk2.)to

use,pleasenotethatthesoftwareupgraderesets

thechosensettingsforthefunctionbuttonsF1,F2

andF3ontheOperatingPanel.Yourconguration

mustthereforeberepeated.Weapologizeforthe

inconvenience.

Moreinformation:Assigningcustomusersettings

totheOperatingPanel,page10.

SystemProtection

ChecktheSystemProtectionsettingwhenyou

denethemiddlepositionofthetransducer.Make

surethatthevalueontheSystemProtectionpageis

lowerthanthemiddleposition;otherwisetheCS90

willturnoffthetransmitpower.

Moreinformation:Deningthemiddlepositionof

thetransducer,page11

DoIneedtoupgrade?

Thisisanimportantupdate.Theintroductionof

newfunctionalityandimprovementintheexisting

functionalitywilladdvaluetoyourinstallation.

Werecommendthatallusersupdatetheirsoftware.

End-userdocumentation

Enduserdocumentationandonlinehelpforthe

SimradCS90iscurrentlynotavailable.

Softwarelicenses

TheSimradCS90isnotalicensedproduct.

RemovingtheCS90operational

software

Beforeyoucaninstallthenewsoftwareversion,

youmustremovetheoldversion.Youmustalso

442717/B/2019-11-15

removetheusersettings.Theleformatforthe

usersettingsisnotcompatiblewiththeformatused

intheoldersoftwareversions.

Prerequisites

ThisprocedureismadefortheMicrosoft®

Windows®7operatingsystem.Itisassumed

thatyouarefamiliarwiththisoperatingsystem.

OperationinMicrosoft®Windows®10isvery

similar.

Context

RemovaloftheCS90softwareisdoneusing

functionalityprovidedbytheoperatingsystem.

Procedure

1TurnontheProcessorUnit.

2SelectPowerofftoturnoffthesystem.

3InthePowerOffdialogbox,selectExitto

OperatingSystemtoclosetheCS90program.

4Inthebottom-leftcornerofyourdesktop,

selecttheWindows®Startbutton.

5Ontheright-handsideoftheStartmenu,

selectControlPanel.

ObservethattheControlPanelopens.

6UninstalltheCS90.

aInthetoprightcorneroftheControl

Panel,selectCategoryview.

bUnderPrograms,selectUninstalla

program.

cOnthelistofprograms,locatetheCS90

software.

dSelecttheprogram,andthenrightclick

toselectUninstall.

eObservetheRemoveexistingsettings

dialogbox.

fSelectonlythecheckboxforUser

Settings.

gSelectUninstallinthedialogboxto

removethesoftware.

hFollowtheinstructionsprovidedbythe

wizard.

7Clickthe[X]inthetoprightcornertoclose

theControlPanel.

Softwareinstallation

WhenanewCS90softwareversionisreleased,it

mustbeinstalledonyourProcessorUnit.Contact

yourlocaldealer,oraSimraddistributor,tohave

thenewsoftwareversioninstalled.

AdedicatedwizardisusedtoinstalltheCS90

software.Installationofadditionaloperating

systemcomponentsmayberequired.Theseare

installedautomatically.Observetheinformation

offeredinthewizard.

Ifyouhaveapreliminary("Beta")softwareversion

installed,itmustberemovedbeforeyoucan

update.Usetheoperatingsystemfunctionalityto

removetheoldsoftwareversion.

442717/B/2019-11-15

Registereddealersanddistributorscandownload

thenewsoftwareversionfromthe"SimradDealer

Club".Toaccessthe"SimradDealerClub",visit

ourwebsite.

•https://www.simrad.com/sdc

Deningtheinstallationparameters

forthetransducer

Whentheinstallationtrunkismounted,itmaynot

bepositionedwiththemountingholesperfectly

alignedtothecentrelineofthevessel.Whenthe

hullunitisplacedonthetrunk,the"forward"

markonthetransducershaftsleeve-andthus

also"forward"onthetransducer-maynotpoint

forwardatall,butseveraldegreesoffthecentre

line.ToobtainaccurateCS90presentations,this

misalignmentmustbeadjustedbychangingthe

installationparameters.

Prerequisites

TheCS90hasbeensetupwithitshardwareunits

connectedasspeciedintheCS90Installation

manual.

•TheCS90systemisturnedonandoperates

normally.

•TheCS90isinNormalmode,butTXPoweris

settoOfftopreventtransmissions.

•Thetransducerisretractedtoitsupperposition.

•Thevesselisberthedoratsea.

Neithertoolsnorinstrumentsarerequired.

Caution

YoumustneversettheCS90to"ping"unlessthe

transducerissubmergedinwater.Thetransducermay

bedamagedifittransmitsinopenair.

Foraccuratelocationofthetransducer,youneed

thedetailedvesseldrawings.Youalsoneedthe

alignmentanglethatwasrecordedwhenthehull

unitwasinstalled.

Illustration:

ABow

BThisisthealignmentangle.

C0°transducermark

Context

Asageneralrecommendation,thehullunitshall

beorientedwiththehoist/lowermotorpointing

aft.Ifthisorientationmakesitdifculttoaccess

theMotorControlUnit,thehullunitmaybe

rotatedduringitsinstallationtothemostsuitable

direction.Independentofthehullunitorientation,

thealignmentisalwaysdenedas:

Theanglemeasuredfromthebowtothe0°

transducermark.

The0°transducermarkislocatedoutermoston

themountingange,anditismarkedasared"0".

Dependingonthetransducermounting,itcanbe

442717/B/2019-11-15

locatedatanyangleonthemountingange,not

necessarilyasshownintheillustration.

OntheTransducerpage,denethisangleas

rotationaroundZ.

•Ifthe0°transducermarkpointstothestarboard

(right)sideofthevessel’scentreline,insert

thealignmentasanumberbetween0and+180

degrees.

•Ifthe0°transducermarkpointstotheport(left)

sideofthevessel’scentreline(asshowninthe

illustration),insertthealignmentasanumber

between0and–180degrees.

Illustration:

ARotationaroundthex-axis:Inthepositive

horizontaldirection(forward),apositiverotation

isclockwise.

BRotationaroundthey-axis:Inthepositive

horizontaldirection(starboard),apositiverotation

isclockwise.

CRotationaroundthez-axis:Inthepositive

verticaldirection(down),apositiverotationis

clockwise.

D.Referencepoint(ShipOrigin)

Procedure

1OpentheSetupmenu.

2OntheSetupmenu,selectInstallation.

ObservethattheInstallationdialogboxopens.

Thisdialogboxcontainsanumberofpages

selectedfromthemenuontheleftside.

3OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialog

box,selectthesmallwhitetrianglenextto

InstallationParameters.

Observethatamenuopenswithaccesstoall

theindividualpages.

4SelectTransducertoopenthepage.

5Inserttherelevantoffsetvalues.

aXOffset:Insertthehorizontaldistance

onthex-axis(fore-and-aftdirection)

betweenthetransducerandtheShip

Origin.

bYOffset:Insertthehorizontaldistance

onthey-axis(athwartshipdirection)

betweenthetransducerandtheShip

Origin.

cZOffset:Inserttheverticaldistanceon

theZaxisbetweenthetransducerandthe

ShipOrigin.

Todothisyouwillneedtheshipdrawings.

442717/B/2019-11-15

6Obtainthealignmentanglefromthepersonnel

thatinstalledthehullunit.

aRotationAroundX:Specifyanangle(in

degrees)tocompensateforanydeviation

fromtheXaxis(fore-and-aftdirection)

inthecoordinatesystem.Forsystems

usingahullunitthisvalueshouldbeset

to0degrees.

bRotationAroundY:Specifyanangle(in

degrees)tocompensateforanydeviation

fromthey-axis(athwartshipdirection)in

thecoordinatesystem.Forsystemsusing

ahullunitthisvalueshouldbesetto0

degrees.

cRotationAroundZ:Specifyanangle(in

degrees)tocompensateforanydeviation

fromtheZaxis(verticaldirection)inthe

coordinatesystem.Thisisthealignment

angle.

•Ifthe0°transducermarkpointstothe

starboard(right)sideofthevessel’s

centreline,insertthealignmentasa

numberbetween0and+180degrees.

•Ifthe0°transducermarkpointstothe

port(left)sideofthevessel’scentre

line(asshownintheillustration),

insertthealignmentasanumber

between0and–180degrees.

Examples:

•Ifthealignmentangleis295degrees,

insert-65degrees.

•Ifthealignmentangleis15degrees,

insert15degrees.

Dothisasaccuratelyaspossible.

7Atthebottomofthepage,selectApplytosave

yoursettings.

8ContinueyourworkintheInstallationdialog

box,orselectOKtocloseit.

Adjustingthebuilt-inmotionsensor

offset

Theinformationfromamotionreferenceunit

(MRU)(normallyheave,rollandpitchinformation)

isimportedintotheCS90toincreasetheaccuracy

oftheechodata.TheCS90isprovidedwitha

built-inmotionsensor.ItisplacedinsidetheMotor

ControlUnit.

Prerequisites

TheCS90hasbeensetupwithitshardwareunits

connectedasspeciedintheCS90Installation

manual.

•TheCS90systemisturnedonandoperates

normally.

•TheCS90isinNormalmode,butTXPoweris

settoOfftopreventtransmissions.

•Thetransducerisretractedtoitsupperposition.

•Thevesselisberthedoratsea.

Neithertoolsnorinstrumentsarerequired.

Caution

YoumustneversettheCS90to"ping"unlessthe

transducerissubmergedinwater.Thetransducermay

bedamagedifittransmitsinopenair.

442717/B/2019-11-15

ABow

B.Thisistheoffsetangle.

C.0°transducermark

D.0°motionsensorreference

Context

Asageneralrecommendation,thehullunitshall

beorientedwiththehoist/lowermotorpointingaft.

Ifthisorientationmakesitdifculttoaccessthe

MotorControlUnit,thehullunitmayberotated

duringitsinstallationtothemostsuitabledirection.

The0°referenceforthebuilt-insensorisalways

relatedtothegantry.Ifthehoist/lowermotordoes

notpointaft(onorparalleltothevessel’scentre

line)thebuilt-inmotionsensoroffsetmustbe

dened.Independentofthehullunitorientation,

theoffsetofthebuilt-inmotionsensorisalways

denedas:

Theanglemeasuredfromthebowtothemotion

sensor’ s0°reference.

Tip

Forimprovedoperationalaccuracy,anexternal

motionreferenceunit(MRU)maybeused.

OntheMRUpage,denetheoffsetasrotation

aroundZ.

•Ifthe0°referencemarkforthebuilt-inmotion

sensorpointstothestarboard(right)sideofthe

vessel’scentreline(asshownintheillustration),

inserttheoffsetasanumberbetween0and

+180degrees.

•Ifthe0°referencemarkpointstotheport(left)

sideofthevessel’scentreline,inserttheoffset

asanumberbetween0and–180degrees.

ARotationaroundthex-axis:Inthepositive

horizontaldirection(forward),apositiverotation

isclockwise.

B.Rotationaroundthey-axis:Inthepositive

horizontaldirection(starboard),apositiverotation

isclockwise.

C.Rotationaroundthez-axis:Inthepositive

verticaldirection(down),apositiverotationis

clockwise.

D.Referencepoint(ShipOrigin)

442717/B/2019-11-15

Procedure

1Estimatethealignmentanglefromthebow

(vessel’scentreline)tothe0°referencemark

forthebuilt-inmotionsensor.

Tip

Theanglebetweeneachmountingboltcanbe

usedasanaid.With24bolts,thereare15

degreesbetweeneachbolt.

2OntheSetupmenu,selectInstallation.

ObservethattheInstallationdialogboxopens.

Thisdialogboxcontainsanumberofpages

selectedfromthemenuontheleftside.

3OntheleftsideoftheInstallationdialog

box,selectthesmallwhitetrianglenextto

InstallationParameters.

Observethatamenuopenswithaccesstoall

theindividualpages.

4SelectMRUtoopenthepage.

5Insertthealignmentoffsetangleasarotation

aroundZ.

•Ifthe0°referencemarkforthebuilt-in

motionsensorpointstothestarboard

(right)sideofthevessel’scentreline(as

shownintheillustration),inserttheoffset

asanumberbetween0and+180degrees.

•Ifthe0°referencemarkpointstotheport

(left)sideofthevessel’scentreline,insert

theoffsetasanumberbetween0and–180

degrees.

6Atthebottomofthepage,selectApplytosave

yoursettings.

7ContinueyourworkintheInstallationdialog

box,orselectOKtocloseit.

SettinguptheOperatingPanel

(Mk2)

TheOperatingPaneloffersallnecessarycontrol

functionsfornormaloperationoftheCS90.Before

itcanbeputtouse,theOperatingPanelmust

beconguredtopermitEthernetcommunication

betweenthepanelandtheProcessorUnit.

Prerequisites

TheOperatingPanelisinstalledasspeciedinthe

CS90Installationmanual.TheCS90Processor

Unitisturnedon.

Thefollowingspecicitemsarerequiredforthis

task.

•Computermouse

•Computerkeyboard

Neithertoolsnorinstrumentsarerequired.

Context

Whensupplied,theOperatingPanelissetupwith

thefollowingcommunicationparameters:

•IPaddress:157.237.60.20

•Subnetmask:255.255.255.0

•Gateway:157.237.60.1

TosetuptheEthernetcommunication,youmust

denetheIPaddressforthepanel,andidentifythe

ProcessorUnitinthepanelsoftware.Thesesettings

allowyoutousemorethanoneOperatingPanelon

theProcessorUnit.Youcanalsocontrolmorethan

oneProcessorUnitfromasingleOperatingPanel.

TheIPandMACaddressesforyourProcessor

Unitarecontainedinatextlenamed

IPandMACaddress.txt.Thelecontainsthe

productname,IPaddressandMACaddressinthe

followingformat(example):

442717/B/2019-11-15

CS90

157.237.60.15

AC:1F:6B:1D:42:E6

Ifthetextleismissingyoumustndthe

informationmanually.Wesuggestthatyoudo

this,andcreatethenecessaryfolderandtxtle

beforeyoustartthesetupprocess.Seestep1in

theprocedure.

Note

IftheOperatingPanelfailstoestablishcontact

withtheProcessorUnititwilltimeoutandswitch

itselfoffaftertwominutes.Whenthishappensthe

blueindicatorlightstopsashing.

Procedure

Ifrequired,locatetheIPandMACaddresseson

theETH1EthernetadapterintheProcessorUnit.

1ObtaintheIPaddress.

TheIPandMACaddressesforyourProcessor

Unitarecontainedinatextlenamed

IPandMACaddress.txt.Ifthetextleis

missingyoumustndtheinformation

manually.

aInthebottom-leftcornerofyourdesktop,

selecttheWindows®Startbutton.

bOnthemenu,selectSettings.

cObservethattheWindowsSettingsdialog

boxopens.

dSelectNetwork&Internet.

eSelectChangeadapteroptions.

fSelecttherelevantnetworkadapter,then

right-clickandselectPropertiesonthe

short-cutmenu.

gOnthelistofconnections,select

InternetProtocol4(TCP/IPv4),andthen

Properties.

hObservetheIPaddressfortheEthernet

adapter.

iWritedowntheinformation.

jCloseallthedialogboxes.

ObtaintheMACaddress.

aInthebottomleftcornerofyourdesktop,

selectthelookingglasstosearchthe

operatingsystem.

bType"Command",dothesearch,and

opentheCommandPromptwindow.

cTypeipcong/allandpresstheEnter

key.

dObservethe"PhysicalAddress"(MAC

address)fortherelevantEthernetadapter.

eWritedowntheinformation.

fClosetheCommandPromptwindow.

SelecttheadapterthattheOperatingPanel

isconnectedto.OntheCS90,theEthernet

adapterisnamedSimradConnect.

PreparetheOperatingPanelforuse.

2Makethefollowingpreparations.

aConnectthepowercablefromthe

OperatingPaneltothepoweroutleton

theuninterruptiblepowersupply(UPS).

bConnecttheEthernetcablefromthe

ProcessorUnittotheOperatingPanel.

Makesurethatyouusethecorrect

Ethernetsocketontherearsideofthe

ProcessorUnit:ETH1

cConnectthekeyboardandthemouseto

USBsocketsonthefrontpanelofthe

ProcessorUnit.

dOntheProcessorUnit,closeany

programsthatarerunning,andreturnto

thedesktop.

442717/B/2019-11-15

eOntheOperatingPanel,pressPower,and

keepitdepressedforafewseconds.

Theblueindicatorlightinthebutton

asheswhiletheOperatingPanel

establishescontactwiththeProcessor

Unit.Whenyoustartthepanelforthe

rsttimetheinterfacemustbecongured

toestablishthisconnection.Whenthe

connectionhasbeenmade,theblue

indicatorlightislitpermanently.

fOntheProcessorUnitdesktop,open

folderSIMRAD-Shortcut.

gDouble-clickleIPandMACaddress.txt

toopenitinatexteditor.

hDouble-clicktheURLshortcuttoopen

theOperatingPanelcongurationpage

inthedefaultwebbrowser.

ObservethattheOperatingPanel

congurationpageopenson

page157.237.60.20:5000

3Denethecongurationparameters.

aSelectSOPCongurationonthetop

menutoopenthepage.

bObservethedefaultvalues.

Ifyouwishtokeepthesedefaultvalues,

donothing.Thedefaultvaluesare

wellsuitedifyouhaveonesinglepanel

communicatingwithonesingleProcessor

Unit.Forothercongurations,seethe

relevantprocedures.

4AddasingleProcessorUnittotheOperating

Panelconguration.

aSelectSonarPCsCongurationonthetop

menutoopenthepage.

bTypeorcopytheIPaddressintothe

relevantbox.

cTypeorcopytheMACaddressintothe

relevantbox.

dSelectADDSonarPC.

eObservethatyourProcessorUnitis

addedtothelist.

fClosethewebbrowser.

5MakesurethattheOperatingPanelis

functional.

aMakesurethattheblueindicatorislit,

andcheckthatyoucanmovethecursor

onthescreen.

bOntheProcessorUnitdesktop,

double-clicktheCS90icontostartthe

program.

WaituntiltheCS90operatesnormally.

cPressandholdPowerdepressedfour

minimumfoursecondstoturnoffthe

OperatingPanel.

ObservethattheTransceiverOn/Off

dialogboxopensautomatically.

MakesurethattheCS90isturnedoff.

dTurnontheCS90withthePowerbutton

ontheOperatingPanel.

eMakesurethatyoucancontrolthe

cursor,andthatyoucanmakeselections

inthemenusystem.

fPressand/orturnselectedbuttons,

andmakesurethatthecorresponding

functionisactivatedintheuserinterface.

Assigningcustomusersettingsto

theOperatingPanel

TheUserSettingsdialogboxisusedtostoreyour

favouriteCS90settings.Thesesettingscanbe

relatedtodifferentoperations,environmental

conditionsorbasicpersonalpreferences.You

canusedifferentsettingstocreateasmanyuser

prolesasyoulike,andgivethemanyname.

TheOperatingPanelallowsyoutoassigncertain

442717/B/2019-11-15

Other manuals for CS90

Table of contents

Popular Marine Equipment manuals by other brands

Clarion

Clarion CMS2 Owner's manual & installation manual

EBS

EBS M7000 installation manual

Kongsberg

Kongsberg M3 Bathy installation manual

NPK

NPK SCS-1002 operating manual

Furuno

Furuno FE-800 installation manual

Harken

Harken 1561 instructions

Notifier

Notifier FS-BSO Installation and maintenance instructions

Raymarine

Raymarine ST40 Quick reference guide

E2S

E2S E2XS112UL Instructions/service manual

R2Sonic

R2Sonic 2026 Operation manual

COBHAM

COBHAM SAILOR 6000 installation manual

Clarion

Clarion GR10BT Owner's manual & installation manual

Raymarine

Raymarine Maxiview ST80 Owner's handbook

GUIDANCE MARINE

GUIDANCE MARINE 20- Series Installer's guide

Raymarine

Raymarine ST60 Tridata Owner's handbook

olympia electronics

olympia electronics ΒS-531/1/MAR quick start guide

Sonic

Sonic 2024 Operation manual

Quicksilver

Quicksilver 88688A25 Installation, operation and maintenance instructions