Simrad PI HBU - REV A User manual

Instruction manual

Simrad PI HBU

Hydrophone Booster Unit

TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES

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SimradPIHBU

HydrophoneBoosterUnit

InstructionManual

ThisdocumentallowsyoutoinstallandputtousethePI

HBU(HydrophoneBoosterUnit).

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InstructionManual

Tableofcontents

ABOUT..............................................................................5

PIHBU(HYDROPHONEBOOSTERUNIT)...........................6

RECOMMENDEDPARAMETERSETTINGS............................7

SimradPI32..............................................................................................................7

SimradPI44andPI54...............................................................................................7

INSTALLATION.................................................................9

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About

ABOUT

ThisdocumentallowsyoutoinstallandputtousethePIHBU

(HydrophoneBoosterUnit).

Figure1PIHBU(HydrophoneBoosterUnit)

Figure2CommercialpowersupplyprovidedwiththePIHBU

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SimradPIHBU

PIHBU(HYDROPHONEBOOSTERUNIT)

ThePIHBU(HydrophoneBoosterUnit)isasmallandcompact

unitprovidingamplicationfortheweaksignalsfromthePI

hydrophone.ItisconnectedbetweenthehydrophoneandthePI

cabinet.ThePIHBUispoweredbyaseparatepowersupply.

Prerequisitesforuse

InordertousethePIHBUyourPIreceivermustoperatewith

thefollowingsoftwareversion:

•PI32:Notapplicable

•PI44:DSP(DigitalSignalProcessor)version1.11(orlater)

withMMIversion0.50(orlater).

•PI54:DSP(DigitalSignalProcessor)version1.11(orlater)

withMMIversion0.50(orlater).

WhyusethePIHBU

OnthePI44andPI54systems,softwarerelease1.08providedan

increasedrangecapability.ByusingthePIHBU(Hydrophone

BoosterUnit)aswellthesystemswillofferadditionalrange,

andtheywillbemoretolerantfornoise.OnPI32systems,the

PIHBU(HydrophoneBoosterUnit)willalsoprovideincreased

rangecapability.

Whyn

o t usethePIHBU

ForthemajorityofPIusersexperiencingadequateperformance,

andwithnoneedtoincreasetherangecapability,thePIHBU

(HydrophoneBoosterUnit)willnotberequired.

WhentousethePIHBU

ThePIHBU(HydrophoneBoosterUnit)isrecommendedif

thereceptionofthePIsystemisclutteredwithnoisefrom

interference,orwithnoisefromotheracousticsystemsonthe

vessel,suchassonars,echosoundersorlogs.ThePIHBU

(HydrophoneBoosterUnit)mayalsoproveusefulifyou

experiencenoisefromthevesselpropellers.

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Recommendedparametersettings

RECOMMENDEDPARAMETERSETTINGS

WhenthePIHBU(HydrophoneBoosterUnit)isputtouse,the

recommendedparametersettingsarechanged.

SimradPI32

ThefollowingReceiversetupparametersarerecommendedwhen

thePIHBU(HydrophoneBoosterUnit)isputtouse.

•Interferencelter:OFF

–SwitchONifinterferenceisstillaproblem.Asan

alternative,youmaykeepthelterOFF,andincreasethe

Detectionthreshold(DT)settinginstepsof2dBuntilthe

interferencedisappears.

•Interferencelterlevel:9

–IfyouswitchtheinterferencelterON,youmaychange

thelevelto8.

•AGC:OFF

•Manualgain:20dB

•Maxshootingspeed:1kn

–Inordertomaintainbestpossiblereceptionduringthe

shootingyoumayincreasethissettingto5kn.

•Detectionthreshold(DT):8dB

Theothersettingsarenotimportant.

Figure3PI30ReceiverSetup,example

SimradPI44andPI54

WhenthePIHBU(HydrophoneBoosterUnit)isputtouse,the

recommendedparametersettingsarechanged.

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•Interferencelter:OFF

–SwitchONifinterferenceisstillaproblem.Asan

alternative,youmaykeepthelterOFF,andincreasethe

Detectionthreshold(DT)settinginstepsof2dBuntilthe

interferencedisappears.

•Interferencelterlevel:8

–IfyouswitchtheinterferencelterON,youmaychange

thelevelto7.

•Sensorlter:LIGHT

•Catch/Bottomsensorlter:LIGHT

•AGC:OFF

•Manualgain:20dB

•Multipathlter:OFF

–IfyouusethePIGeometrysensor,thisltermustbeON.

•Detectionthreshold(DT):8dB

•Maxshootingspeed:1kn

–Inordertomaintainbestpossiblereceptionduringthe

shootingyoumayincreasethissettingto5kn.

Theothersettingsarenotimportant.

Figure4PI44/54ReceiverSetup,example

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