Simrad EK80 User manual

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Simrad EK80

QUICK START

GUIDE

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SimradEK80

Scienticwidebandechosounder

Quickstartguide

Release2.0.x

Thismanualprovidesyouwiththebasicinformationrequiredtoget

youstartedwiththeSimradEK80Scienticwidebandechosounder

andADCP .FormoreinformationaboutthepracticaluseoftheEK80

system,aswellasdetailedinformationaboutthefunctionsanddialog

boxesprovided,refertotheReferenceManualand/orthecontextsensitive

On-linehelp.

Note

Youmustneversetthesystemto"ping"unlessthetransducerissubmerged

inwater.Mosttransducersaredamagedbeyondrepairiftheytransmitin

openair.Preventinadvertentuseofthesystemwheneveratransduceris

notsubmerged.

Additionalend-userdocumentsrelatedtotheEK80systemcanbefound

onourwebsite.Thisincludespublicationsthataretranslatedtoother

languages.

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Documentinformation

•Product:SimradEK80

•Document:Quickstartguide

•Documentpartnumber:403825

•DocumentISBNnumber:

•Revision:C

•Dateofissue:5December2020

TheinformationcontainedinthisdocumentremainsthesolepropertyofKongsbergMaritimeAS.Nopartof

thisdocumentmaybecopiedorreproducedinanyformorbyanymeans,andtheinformationcontainedwithin

itisnottobecommunicatedtoathirdparty,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofKongsbergMaritimeAS.

Warning

Theequipmenttowhichthismanualappliesmustonlybeusedforthepurposeforwhichitwasdesigned.

Improperuseormaintenancemaycausedamagetotheequipmentand/orinjurytopersonnel.Youmustbe

familiarwiththecontentsoftheappropriatemanualsbeforeattemptingtooperateorworkontheequipment.

KongsbergMaritimedisclaimsanyresponsibilityfordamageorinjurycausedbyimproperinstallation,

useormaintenanceoftheequipment.

Disclaimer

KongsbergMaritimeASendeavourstoensurethatallinformationinthisdocumentiscorrectandfairlystated,

butdoesnotacceptliabilityforanyerrorsoromissions.

Supportinformation

Ifyourequiremaintenanceorrepair,contactyourlocaldealer.Youcanalsocontactususingthefollowing

address:[email protected].Ifyouneedinformationaboutourotherproducts,visithttps:

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Tableofcontents

SIMRADEK80..............................................................................5

HARDWAREINSTALLATIONFORPORTABLEANDLABSETUP.......7

SETTINGTHEEK80SYSTEMTOWORK.........................................9

InstallingtheEK80operationalsoftware...............................................................................9

Obtainingandinstallingthesoftwarelicense.......................................................................10

DeningtheIPaddressontheProcessorUnitnetworkadapterforcommunicationwith

thetransceiver...................................................................................................................11

Installingoneormoretransducers........................................................................................12

Settinguptransceiverchannels.............................................................................................13

GETTINGSTARTED....................................................................14

TurningontheEK80system................................................................................................14

Startingnormaloperation.....................................................................................................15

Replaydata............................................................................................................................16

Gettingtoknowtheuserinterface........................................................................................18

Recorddata...........................................................................................................................20

TurningofftheEK80system................................................................................................21

TARGETSTRENGTHCALIBRATIONSUMMARY............................22

GETMOREINFORMATION.........................................................25

Openingthecontext-sensitiveonlinehelp............................................................................25

End-userdocumentation.......................................................................................................26

Quickstartguide

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SimradEK80

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SimradEK80

ThesystemdiagramidentiesthemaincomponentsofabasicEK80system.Onlythe

mainconnectionsbetweentheunitsareshown.Detailedinterfacecapabilitiesandpower

cablesarenotshown.

Inthispublication,thecomputerisreferredtoastheProcessorUnit.

Basicsystem

ThebasicSimradEK80Scienticwidebandechosounderconsistsofonetransducer,

oneWideBandTransceiver(WBT)andoneProcessorUnit.Additionaltransceivers

andtransducerscanbeaddedtomeetyouroperationalandfunctionalrequirements.

Post-processingsoftwareisprovidedbythird-partysuppliers.Seeourwebsiteformore

information.

Unlessotherwisespeciedinacontract,thedisplayandtheEthernetswitcharenotincluded

inthestandarddeliveryfromKongsbergMaritime.Thesearecommercialitemsthatcan

bepurchasedlocally.

SimradEK80

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ADisplay+ProcessorUnit

BTransceiverofthefollowingtypes:WBTmini,WBTTube,WBTandEC150–3C.

CTransducers

Transceiverunit

Thetransceiverunitisprovidedtotransmitandreceiveacousticenergythroughthewater,

usinganappropriatetransducer.Thistransmissionandreceptionarecommonlyreferred

toasaping.Aftereachtransmission,thetransceiverreceivestheechoesfromthetargets

inthewaterand/ortheseabed.Theseechoesarelteredandampliedandthenconverted

intodigitalformat.

Transducers

TheEK80Scienticwidebandechosoundercanbeusedwithalloursingle-beamand

split-beamtransducers.Inmostcases,onesplit-beamtransducerisusedforeachtransceiver.

Severaloperationalfrequenciesareavailable.Consultourwebsiteforacompletedesription.

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TheEK80canbeexpandedbyaddingdedicatedhardwareforacousticDopplercurrent

proler(ADCP)measurements.

ThismanualgivesabriefinstructiononhowtoinstalltheEK80hardwareandhowyou

usetheEK80software.TheEK80softwarecanbeinstalledandusedwithoutaccesstoany

hardware.Replayingrecordedlesisagreatwaytofamiliarizeoneselfwiththesoftware.

Youcanevenperformafullcalibrationbasedonpreviouslyrecordedles.

SimradEK80Quickstartguide

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Hardwareinstallationfor

portableandlabsetup

SeveraloftheEK80transceiversarewellsuitedforportableapplicationssuchassurveys

fromasmallvessel.Testingtheequipmentinthelabisalsoagreatwayofgettingto

knowtheequipmentandtoensurethateverythingisworkingbeforegoingintotheeld.

Thisisasummaryofthegeneralinstallationconsiderationsandrequirementsapplicable

forportableandlabsetup.

Context

Makesurethatyoudon'tpingwithatransduceroutof

thewater.Useasmallwatertankandkeepthetransducer

submerged.Youshouldnotpingatfulltransmit

powerwhenworkingundertheseconditions.Itisalso

perfectlynetooperatealltheEK80transceiverswith

notransducerconnected.

Foraportableandlabasetupsystem,anoverall

procedureisprovidedhere.Thisproceduredoesnot

describeanydetailedtasks.Formoredetailsandrelevant

descriptionsusetheEK80Installationmanual.

Procedure

1UnpackthevariousunitsthatcomprisetheEK80.

2Connecttheunitstogetherasindicatedintheschematics.

Ifyouusemorethanonetransceiver,ahighperformanceEthernetswitchmustbeused.

Note

Itisveryimportantthathigh-qualityEthernetcablesareused.YoumustuseCAT-5E

STP(ShieldedTwistedPair)qualityorbetter.Ifyouusecableswithlowerbandwidth

capacityyouwillreducetheEK80performance.

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3Connectpower.

4PoweruptheProcessorUnit.

5InstallandstarttheEK80software.

Note

ForinformationaboutthepracticaluseoftheEK80,refertotheEK80Reference

Manual.End-userdocumentsrelatedtotheEK80systemcanbefoundonourwebsite.

YoucanalsondinformationintheEK80ContextSensitiveOn-lineHelp.

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