Simrad ER60 - REV B Technical Information

Reference manualSimrad EK60Scientic echo sounderTECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE FISHERIESwww.simrad.com

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SimradEK60Parameters1FrequencyChannelSelectionaTransceivertypeThisisthetypeoftransceivercurrentlyavailableonthenetwork.GPTmeansGeneralPurposeTransceiv

FunctionsanddialogsParameters1TransducerTheleftspin-boxisnotusedontheGeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT).Therightspin-boxisusedtoselecttransducer.Thetransd

SimradEK60Parameters1LocalIPAddressThisistheInternetProtocol(IP)addressofthelocalEthernetinterfaceboard.Ifyouhavemorethanoneinterfaceboard,youareprovi

FunctionsanddialogsNavigationTheNavigationdialogisopenedfromtheInstallmenu.PurposeTheNavigationdialogcontrolshowtheEK60receivesinformationfromexternal

SimradEK60Navigation;PositiontabTheparametersonthisNavigationtaballowsyoutocontroltheinterfacewithexternalpositioningsensors.ThesearetypicallyGPSsyste

Functionsanddialogs4TalkerIDIfyouwishtospecifyadedicatedTalkerIDonthetelegramformat,itcanbeselectedhere.TheTalkerIDisthersttwocharactersintheNMEAsent

SimradEK60bVBWThistelegramcontainsthecompassheadingtowhichthevesselpointsandthespeedofthevesselrelativetothewater.→VBWDualgroundandwaterspeedonpage182

FunctionsanddialogsaNoneNodistanceinformationisaccepted.bSpeedThedistanceinformationiscalculatedusingthespeedinformationreceivedbytheechosounder.Ifwil

SimradEK60•Telegramformatsonpage174Navigation;HeadingtabTheparametersonthisNavigationtaballowsyoutocontroltheinterfacewithexternalheadingsensors.These

FunctionsanddialogseVHWThistelegramcontainsthecompassheadingtowhichthevesselpointsandthespeedofthevesselrelativetothewater.→VHWWaterspeedandheadingonp

AboutthismanualAboutthismanualPurposeThepurposeofthisreferencemanualistoprovidethedescriptions,proceduresanddetailedparameterexplanationsrequiredtoall

SimradEK60IfyouchoosetousetheanalogueinputonaGeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT),theSetupbuttonallowsyoutoopenadedicateddialogtocontrolthesensitivityandoff

FunctionsanddialogsTrawlTheTrawldialogisopenedfromtheInstallmenu.PurposeTheTrawldialogallowsyoutoenterthemainparametersrelatedtothetrawl.Trawlinformat

SimradEK602SetupOnceyouhaveselectedaserialorEthernetcommunicationport,clickthisbuttontosetuptheapplicableportparameters.Therelevantportsetupdialogopen

FunctionsanddialogsDescriptionInordertoobtainaccuratedepthreadingsandshechoes,itisveryimportantthatthesoundspeedthroughthewaterissetcorrectly.IntheEn

SimradEK60AnnotationTheAnnotationdialogisopenedfromtheInstallmenu.PurposeThepurposeoftheAnnotationsdialogistoallowyoutoentercommentsandannotationsinto

Functionsanddialogs3EventThisfunctioninitiatesannotationswheneveraneventoccur.Eventsmaybetriggeredbyexternaldevices,setbyatimer,orinitiatedbyclickingt

SimradEK60DescriptionTheEK60softwareandcomputercanfunctionasadataserverforclientapplicationsrunningonperipheralcomputersconnectedtothelocalareanetwork

Functionsanddialogs2Localport(UDP)Thisportisimportantifyouwishtoreceiveinformation.Itmustmatchtheportnumberontheremotecomputer.Tondtheportnumberonthe

SimradEK60Normallytheclientbroadcastsamessagetoobtaininformationonapplicationsrunningonthelocalareanetwork.AlistoftheseprogramsisdisplayedwhentheDataS

FunctionsanddialogsUsersandPasswordsTheUsersandPasswordsdialogisopenedfromtheInstallmenu.PurposeTheUsersandPasswordsdialogisusedtoaddandremoveusers,an

SimradEK60RegisteredtrademarksWindows®,Windows®XP®,andWindows®7areeitherregisteredtrademarks,ortrademarksofMicrosoftCorporationintheUnitedStatesand/or

SimradEK603RemoveClicktodeletethecurrentlyselectuser.4PropertiesClicktomodifythepropertiesofthecurrentlyselectuser.TheUserPropertiesdialogappears.Ital

FunctionsanddialogsDescriptionTheEK60softwareautomaticallyscansthecomputertolocateandidentifyEthernet(LAN)andseriallineinterfaces.Oncethesoftwarehases

SimradEK602NameThisisthegivenidentityoftheserialport.Bydefault,theserialportsarenumbered.3ResourceThisisthecommunicationportontheEK60computer.Theseare

Functionsanddialogs11SetupInordertouseaseriallinetoreceiveortransmitinformation,itscommunicationparametersmustbesetuptomatchthepropertiesoftheperipher

SimradEK607ProtocolThisisthecurrentprotocolspeciedfortheLANport.EachLANportcanreceivemultipletelegramssimultaneously,providedthatthetelegramsalluseth

FunctionsanddialogsOutputmenu;functionsanddialogsThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailablefromtheOutputmenu.1File(Output)TheFileOutputdialogisuse

SimradEK603ProcessedDataUsethistabtosetuptheEK60toexportEK500datagramstole,andchoosewhichinformationbeincludedinthesavedle.→FileOutput;ProcessedData

FunctionsanddialogsFileOutput;RawDatatabUsethistabtosaverawdatales,tocontroltheirsizes,andtospecifyautomaticstartoftherecording.Rawdatalescanberecor

SimradEK60FileOutput;ProcessedDatatabUsethistabtosetuptheEK60toexportEK500datagramstole,andchoosewhichinformationbeincludedinthesavedle.Dataprocesse

FunctionsanddialogsEthernetOutputTheEthernetOutputdialogisopenedfromtheOutputmenu.PurposeThepurposeoftheEthernetOutputdialogistodenethecommunicationp

SimradEK60SimradEK60StudythischaptertofamiliarizeyourselfwiththeSimradEK60.TheoperationsoftwareprovidedfortheSimradEK60isidentiedasSimradER60.Thisman

SimradEK603LocalIPAddressThisistheInternetProtocol(IP)addressofthelocalEthernetinterfaceboard.Inmostcases,eachEthernetboardhasauniqueIPaddress,evenwhe

FunctionsanddialogsDescriptionThisdialogallowsyoutodenewhichport(serialorEthernet)tousefordepthoutput,andwhichformattouse.Y oucansetuptheEK60toexport

SimradEK60cDBTThistelegramcontainstheactualdepthbelowthetransducerface.→DBTDepthbelowtransduceronpage178dDPTThistelegramcontainstheactualdepth.→DPTDep

Functionsanddialogs•SerialPortSetuponpage169•Telegramformatsonpage174•AbouttheNMEAtelegramformatonpage174164692/D131

SimradEK60Windowmenu;functionsanddialogsThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailablefromtheWindowmenu.1NewChannelTheNewChannelfunctionisusedtodispla

FunctionsanddialogsClickOperation→NewChannel.Selectchannelfromthesub-menupresentingthedifferenttransceiver/transducerchannelsinstalledontheechosounder

SimradEK60TileTheTilefunctionisopenedfromtheWindowmenu.PurposeTheTilefunctionisusedtodisplayanewchannelwindow.Thiscaneitherbeanewfrequencychannel,oran

FunctionsanddialogsCloseAllTheCloseAllfunctionisopenedfromtheWindowmenu.PurposeTheCloseAllfunctionisusedtocloseallopenchannelwindows.DescriptionAllwin

SimradEK60Helpmenu;functionsanddialogsThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailablefromtheHelpmenu.1ContentsUsetheContentsfunctionoptiontoopentherst

FunctionsanddialogsDescriptionEveryEK60softwarereleaseisuniquelyidentied.TheAboutdialogidentiestheEK60softwarerelease.Relatedtopics•Helpmenu;functio

SimradEK60ImportantAswithallotheradvancedinstruments,thereareafewimportantthingsthatyoumustbeawareof.Topics•WhentheEK60isnotusedonpage12•Whenyouaredoc

SimradEK60Short-cutmenus;functionsanddialogsThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailablefromtheshort-cutmenus.Theshort-cutmenusareopenedbyclickingth

Functionsanddialogs7RangeTheBottomRangedialogisusedtospecifytheverticaldepthrangefortheEchogramviewinbottomrelatedechograms.TheSurfaceRangedialogisuse

SimradEK60BottomDetectionTheBottomDetectiondialogisopenedfromtheDepthshort-cutmenu.PurposeThepurposeoftheBottomDetectiondialogistodenetheupperandlowe

Functionsanddialogs-50dB-70dB-30dB(CD010217-003)TheBackstepMin.Levelparameterallowsyoutomanuallymodifywhereonthebottompulsethedepthshallbedetected.

SimradEK60DescriptionSeveralspecicparametersareavailableforstudiesofsinglesh.Inordertodetectsingleshcorrectly,theseparametersmustbedenedtosuitthet

FunctionsanddialogsColourScaleTheColourScaledialogisopenedfromtheSingleTargetPosition,SingleTargetHistogramandColourScaleshort-cutmenus.PurposeThepurp

SimradEK60•Singletargetpositionviewonpage56•Coloursonpage89HistogramTheHistogramdialogisopenedfromtheSingleTargetHistogramshort-cutmenu.PurposeThisHis

Functionsanddialogs2LinesTheLinestabintheEchogramdialogallowsyoutocontrolthehorizontalandverticallinesusedtoenhancetheechogrampresentation.Youcanaddab

SimradEK60•BottomRangeonpage149Echogram;LinestabTheLinestabintheEchogramdialogallowsyoutocontrolthehorizontalandverticallinesusedtoenhancetheechogramp

FunctionsanddialogsTosetupaninterfaceporttocommunicatewiththePIandITIsystem(s),usethePortMonitordialog.→Trawlonpage109→PortManagementonpage118TheTrawl

SimradEK60TransducerhandlingNoteAlltransducersmustbehandledasdelicateitems.Anywrongfulhandlingmaydamagethetransducerbeyondrepair .Donotactivatethetran

SimradEK60Echogram;PixelstabThePixelstabintheEchogramdialogisusedtospecifyhowsampledataareconvertedtopixeldata.Eachpingconsistsagivennumberofdatasampl

FunctionsanddialogsDescriptionTheHorizontalAxisdialogallowsyoutochoosethehorizontalscaleoftheechogram.Thiscontrolshow“fast”theechogrammovesfromrightto

SimradEK60DescriptionTheparametersdenedinthisdialogareonlyimplementedforbottomrelatedechograms.Thedialogtitleandtherangesettingswillbesurfacerelatedi

Functionsanddialogs3ApplytoallCheckthisboxtoapplythenewrangesettingtoallcurrentbottomechograms.Relatedtopics•Echogramviewonpage58•SurfaceRangeonpage15

SimradEK60TipManyusersprefertousetwochannelwindowsforeachechosounderfrequency.Onechannelwindowisthenusedforasurfacerelatedechogramusingalargerange,whi

FunctionsanddialogsaStartRelativeSurfaceThisparametercontrolsthedepthattheupperboundaryofthelayer,relativetothesurfacedepthdependingontheselectedlayer

SimradEK60LayerPropertiesTheLayerPropertiesdialogisopenedfromtheEchogramandNumericalshort-cutmenus.PurposeTheLayerPropertiesdialogisusedtoedittheprope

FunctionsanddialogscBottomTherangesettingsforthelayerarereferencedtothebottom.Thelayerisdownwardslimitedbythedetectedbottomdepth.3IntegrationaTargetsI

SimradEK60NumericalViewTheNumericalViewdialogisopenedfromtheNumericalshort-cutmenu.PurposeTheNumericalViewdialogisusedtoselectwhichinformationisdispla

Functionsanddialogs2PropertiesIfnecessary,clickthisbuttontomodifytheprinterproperties.Relatedtopics•PrintPreviewonpage157PrintPreviewThePrintPreviewdi

SimradEK60•Onecolourdisplay•OneProcessorUnit(personalcomputer)•AnEthernetswitch•Oneormoretransceiverunits•OneormoretransducersRealtimeechointegrationa

SimradEK604 CloseClickthisbuttontoclosethePrintPreviewdialog.5SelectpageThisspinboxallowsyoutoprintaselectedpagefromamultiplepagedocument.NoteThisfunc

FunctionsanddialogsSecondaryfunctionsanddialogsThedialogsdescribedinthissectionareallopenedfromwithintheotherEK60dialogs.Theyarethusnotopeneddirectlyf

SimradEK609SerialPortSetupTheSerialPortSetupdialogallowsyoutodenetheparametersforserialcommunication.→SerialPortSetuponpage16910PortMonitorThePortMon

FunctionsanddialogsDescriptionIfyouwishtochangethenameaswell,youneedtodeletetheuserusingtheRemovebuttonintheUsersandPasswordsdialog,andthenclickAddtoe

SimradEK60•Geographicalposition•Recordingstatus•DateandtimeChoosetodisplaylocalorGMTtimeusingtheLocalTimefunctionontheOptionsmenu.•WarningmessagesTheW

FunctionsanddialogsEK500Datagram;DatagramUsethistabtospecifywhichdatagramstooutputtoleand/orontheEthernetline.Parameters1DatagramAlistofallavailableo

SimradEK602BottomRangeClickthisbuttontochoosethebottomrangeforthedatagrams.ThebuttonopenstheBottomRangedialog.TheBottomRangedialogisusedtospecifytheve

FunctionsanddialogsDescriptionMessagesfromtheEK60canberelatedtoanytypeofhardwareorsoftwareerrors,andeveneventsrelatedtooperationalconditions.Anewmessa

SimradEK60DescriptionMessagesfromtheEK60canberelatedtoanytypeofhardwareorsoftwareerrors,andeveneventsrelatedtooperationalconditions.Anewmessageisagge

FunctionsanddialogsDescriptionHACisadataexchangeformatdenedbyICES(InternationalCouncilfortheExplorationoftheSea).Itisastandardformatforrawandeditedhy

SimradEK60ThebasicSimradEK60scienticechosoundersystemconsistsofonetransducer,onetransceiverunitandoneprocessorunit(computer).Inadditiontothis,thesyst

SimradEK60Relatedtopics•FileOutputonpage123•SingleTargetDetectiononpage141•SurfaceRangeonpage151LANPortSetupTheLANPortSetupdialogisaccessedfromthePort

Functionsanddialogs3RemoteIPAddressSelecttheInternetProtocol(IP)addressfortheremotecomputer.Ifthedatacommunicationissetuptoreceivedataonly,thisparamet

SimradEK602BaudrateUsethisentrytospecifythebaudrate(“speed”)fortheserialcommunication.StandardbaudratedenedforNMEAcommunicationis4800baud.3DatabitsUs

FunctionsanddialogsDescriptionThePortMonitordialogprovidesonetexteldforincomingmessages(Rxdata),andoneforoutgoing(Txdata).Usetheseeldsandyourownknow

SimradEK60TransducerParametersTheTransducerParametersdialogisopenedfromthebuttonintheTransceiverInstallationdialog.PurposeTheTransducerParametersdialo

FunctionsanddialogsDescriptionTheAnalogMotionSensorSetupprovidessensitivityandoffsetvaluesforheave,rollandpitch.Eachparametercanbeselectedindividually

SimradEK60TelegramformatsThischapterdetailsthestandardNMEA,thirdpartyandproprietarySimradtelegrams,aswellas–ifapplicable–dedicatedleformatsfordatatra

TelegramformatsTopics•NationalMarineElectronicsAssociation(NMEA)onpage175•NMEAtelegramprinciplesonpage175•StandardNMEA0183communicationparametersonpag

SimradEK60NMEAsentencestructureThefollowingprovidesasummaryexplanationoftheapprovedparametricsentencestructure.$aaccc,c—c*hh<CR><LF>1“$”:S

TelegramformatsSpecicationofNMEAtelegramsAllstandardNMEAtelegramssupportedbytheEK60arespeciedhere.TheinformationisextractedfromtheoriginalNMEAspeci

SimradEK60IfyouwishtoconnecttheEK60totheship'snetwork,youmustimplementthesamesecuritymechanismsontheEK60computer(s)asfortherestofthenetwork.Inthe

SimradEK60DBTDepthbelowtransducerThistelegramprovidesthewaterdepthreferencedtothetransducer.Format$--DBT,x.x,f,y.y,M,z.z,F*hh<CR><LF>Forma

TelegramformatsGGAGlobalpositioningsystemxdataThistelegramcontainstime,positionandxrelateddatafromaglobalpositioningsystem(GPS).Format$--GGA,hhmmss.

SimradEK605yyyyy.yy,a=longitudeeast/west,positionindegrees,minutesandhundredths.6a=West/East.CharactersW(West)orE(East)identiesthebearing.7hhmmss.ss=

TelegramformatsHDMHeading,magneticThistelegramcontainsvesselheadingindegreesmagnetic.Thetelegramisnolongerrecommendedforuseinnewdesigns.Itisoftenrepla

SimradEK604A=status,charactersA(datavalid)orV(Navigationreceiverwarning)areused.5llll.ll,a=latitudenort/south.CharactersN(North)orS(South)identiesthe

TelegramformatsVHWWaterspeedandheadingThistelegramcontainsthecompassheadingtowhichthevesselpointsandthespeedofthevesselrelativetothewater.Format$--VHW

SimradEK60Formatdescription1––=talkeridentier2VTG=telegramidentier3x.x,T=courseoverground,degreestrue4y.y,M=courseoverground,degreesmagnetic5z.z,N=s

TelegramformatsProprietarytelegramsandformatsThesearetheproprietarytelegramssupportedbytheEK60.ThesetelegramformatshaveallbeendenedbySimrad.Thetelegr

SimradEK60longTransducerNumber[4];floatAthwartShips;};Ethernetformatdescription1Header#=canbeD1,D2orD3forchannels1,2or3.2Separator=“,”3Time=currenttim

Telegramformatsisusedinsidethesysteminalldatadisplaysandinloggeddata(atransformationisappliediftherollisgivenwithrespecttothehorizontal).4Notethatheav

SimradEK60Spain•Companyname:SimradSpain•Address:PoligonoPartidaTorres38,03570Villajoyosa,Spain•Telephone:+34966810149•Telefax:+34966852304•E-mailaddre

SimradEK604ThisformathaspreviouslybeenusedwiththeEM950andtheEM1000withtherstsynchronisationbytealwaysassumedtobezero(Datagram“KongsbergEMAttitude1000

TelegramformatsNoteThisdescriptionisnotcomplete.Forfurtherinformation,contactSimrad.Format$PSIMP,D,tt,dd,M,U,S,C,V,Cr,Q,In,SL,NL,G,Cb,error*chksum<

SimradEK6017Cb=cablequality:•0=cableisnotconnected•1=cableisOK•2=ashortcircuit,orthehydrophonecurrentistoolarge18error=errordetected–0whennoerrorisdet

TelegramformatsThedenitionoftheattitudeanglesinthisformatisdifferentfromtheEuleranglesdenitionusedelsewhere.Thedifferenceappearsintherollangle,where

SimradEK606s=asinglecharacterprovidinga“space”characterifthevalueispositive,ora“–”characterifitisnegative7rrrr=roll–fourcharacterdecimalnumberwithroll

TelegramformatsProprietarythirdpartytelegramsandformatsAllthirdpartytelegramformatssupportedbytheEK60arespeciedhere.Thesetelegramformatsarecreatedbyt

SimradEK60FileformatsThischapterdescribestheleformatssupportedbytheEK60Scienticechosounder.Topics•Numerictypedenitiononpage194•Rawdataformatonpage1

FileformatsEvery*.rawlebeginswithacongurationtelegram.Asecondcongurationdatagramwithintheleisillegal.ThedatacontentoftheCongurationdatagramofanal

SimradEK60DescriptionAlldatagramsusethesameheader.Thedatagramtypeeldidentiesthetypeofdatagram.ASCIIquadruplesareusedtoeasehumaninterpretationandlong

FileformatsfloatFrequency;//[Hz]floatGain;//[dB]-SeenotebelowfloatEquivalentBeamAngle;//[dB]floatBeamWidthAlongship;//[degree]floatBeamWidthAthwartshi

SimradEK60OperationalproceduresThischaptercontainsseveraloperationalproceduresexplaininghowyoucanputyourSimradEK60touse.Arethereanyproceduresmissing?A

SimradEK60AnexampleNMEAspeedmessagelineisshownbelow:$HUVTG,245.0,T,245.0,M,4.0,N,2.2,K‹cr›‹lf›Relatedtopics•SpecicationofNMEAtelegramsonpage177Annota

FileformatsRemarks1Power:Thepowerdatacontainedinthesampledatagramiscompressed.Inordertorestorethecorrectvalue(s),youmustdecompressthevalueaccordingtot

SimradEK60DatasubscriptionandremotecontrolTheEK60Scienticechosoundersystemprovidesthefacilitytosubscribetodata,andtocontrolthesystemoperationfromause

DatasubscriptionandremotecontrolFigure9DatasubscriptionsClientapplication(Echosounderorthirdparty)Subscriberparameterupdates(UDP /Binary)Subscri

SimradEK60RequestServerInfoSendthefollowingRequestServerInfomessagetothespecicIPaddressoftheserver,orbroadcastthemessagetoreceiveserverinformationfro

DatasubscriptionandremotecontrolResponseTheserverapplicationwillrespondwithaResponsemessagecontainingatleasttheclientidiftheconnectcommandsucceeded,or

SimradEK60AliveReportThecontentoftheAliveReportmessageisshownbelow.structAliveReport{charHeader[4];//”ALI\0”charInfo[1024];//e.g.”ClientID:1,SeqNo:1\0

DatasubscriptionandremotecontrolIfthecontentsofMsgControlis”2,1,3\0”itmeansthatthecurrentUDPmessageisthesecondrequestmessagesentfromtheclienttotheserv

SimradEK60<response><clientInfo><ciddt=”3”>clientid</cid><riddt=”3”>requestid</rid></clientInfo><fault>

DatasubscriptionandremotecontrolAnexampleofthecontentsoftheRequesteldofaSubscribecommandtotheRemoteDataServerisshownbelow:<request><clientIn

OperationalproceduresPoweron/offproceduresTheseproceduresexplainhowtoswitchtheEK60systemonandoff.NoteWhenyoupoweruptheEK60fortheveryrsttime,observeth

SimradEK60IftheamountofdataexceedsthelimitofoneUDPmessage,thedatawillbesplitintomultipleUDPmessages.TheTotalMsgeldcontainsthenumberofUDPmessagesforth

DatasubscriptionandremotecontrolAnexampleofthecontentsoftheszRequesteldofanUnsubscribecommandtotheRemoteDataServerisshownbelow.<request><cli

SimradEK60AnexampleofthecontentsoftheRequesteldofaGetParametercommandtotheParameterServerisshownbelow.<request><clientInfo><cid>1&l

DatasubscriptionandremotecontrolAnexampleofthecontentsoftheRequesteldofaSetParametercommandtotheParameterServerisshownbelow.<request><client

SimradEK60Thedataoutputwillalwaysstartwitha64-bitintegertimevalue,whichidentiesthenumberof100nanosecondsintervalsthathaselapsedsinceJanuary1,1601.Ifa

DatasubscriptionandremotecontrolParametersRangeDefaultUnitRangeStart(0,20000)0mMinTSValue(–120,50)–50.0dBMinEchoLength(0,20)0.8NoneMaxEchoLength(0,20)

SimradEK60InputParametersRangeDefaultUnitSampleDataType(Power,Angle,Sv,Sp,Ss,TVG20,TBG40,PowerAngle)PowerNoneRange(0,20000)100mRangeStart(0,20000)0mOu

DatasubscriptionandremotecontrolInputParametersRangeDefaultUnitPixelCount(0,10000)500NoneRange(0,20000)100mRangeStart(0,20000)0mTVGType(Pr,Sv,Sp,TS,Sp

SimradEK60ParametersRangeDefaultUnitMinTSValue(-120,50)–50dBMinEchoLength(0,20)0.8NoneMaxEchoLength(0,20)1.8NoneMaxGainCompensation(0,12)6.0dBMaxPhase

DatasubscriptionandremotecontrolOutputstructStructIntegrationDataHeader{DWORDLONGdlTime;};structStructIntegrationDataBody{doubledSa;//integratedvalue[

SimradEK604Double-clicktheEK60icononthedesktoptostarttheprogram.5WaitwhiletheEK60programstartsonthecomputer.6ObservethattheEK60presentationllstheenti

SimradEK60DWORDLONGdlTime;};structStructIntegrationDataBody{doubledSa;//integratedvaluefromsingleecho//trace[m2/nmi2]};structStructIntegrationData{Str

DatasubscriptionandremotecontrolTable8Pingbasedparameters(cont'd.)DescriptionParameternameR/ORangeUnitAbsorptionCoefcientTransceiverMgr/<Chan

SimradEK60Table8Pingbasedparameters(cont'd.)DescriptionParameternameR/ORangeUnitVesselrollTransceiverMgr/RollNo–90to90degVesselpitchTransceiverMg

DatasubscriptionandremotecontrolTable10Operationmodeparameters(cont'd.)DescriptionParameternameR/ORangeUnitPingintervalAcousticDeviceSynchroniser

SimradEK60EchosoundertheoryWhenyouuseanechosoundertherearesomebasicknowledgethatyoumaynditusefultopossess.Topics•Conceptsonpage223–Observationrangeon

EchosoundertheoryConceptsObservethefollowingdescriptionsofkeyconcepts.Topics•Observationrangeonpage223•Split-beamoperationonpage224•Bottomechoonpage22

SimradEK60Table12Maximumdetectiondepth,splitbeamtransducersTransducerFrequency(kHz)Pulseduration(ms)Bandwidth(hz)Txpower(W)Rangesh(m)Rangebottom(m)ES

EchosoundertheoryBottomechoAhardatbottomreectsthetransmittedsignalasifitwereamirror.Thetransmittedpulsehitstheilluminatedbottomareaatnearlythesamein

SimradEK60Figure12Wavepropagationfromaatbottom(CD010217C)(CD010217G)TheEK60transmitshighenergysoundwavepulsesintothesea.Aatbottomreectsthetransmitt

Echosoundertheorytostartshing.Youmustalsoconsiderifthisnumberisaresultoflargeamountsofplanktonorbait,orifthereisrealshbelowthekeel.Thenumberprovided

OperationalproceduresRelatedtopics•Exitonpage85EchogramproceduresTheseproceduresexplainthevariousparameterscontrollingtheEK60echogram.Topics•Changingt

SimradEK60Onemethodforminimizingthe“bottomslopes”phenomenonistouseatransducerwithnarrowbeam,ortoincreasethepulseduration.Tominimizethisphenomenononthe

EchosoundertheoryFigure15Bottomslopes(CD010217-002)Example6BottomslopesTheedgeofthebeam(A)hitsthebottomrst,andstartstogiveanecho.Thebottomdetectorint

SimradEK60ParametersObservethefollowingdescriptionsofkeyparameters.Topics•TVGgainonpage230•Outputpoweronpage231•Pulsedurationonpage233•Rangeselectiono

EchosoundertheoryFigure16TVGprinciple(CD010217-004)20logR40logRA ATheillustrationshowshowthegainclosetothebottom(B)islargerthanjustbelowthetransdu

SimradEK60Inordertoknowhowmuchpoweryoucanuseyoumustknowwhatkindoftransduceryouareusing.ProvidedthattheechosounderhasbeeninstalledwithaSimradtransducer

EchosoundertheoryWhenthepeakpressureamplitudeissomewhatgreaterthan1atm,theabsolutepressureforasoundsourceatsealevelwillbelessthanzeroduringtherarefact

SimradEK60Figure17Pulsedurationprinciples(CD010217C)C12ABD12ABApulsedurationof1mScovers1,5metersinthewater,andthiscorrespondstoatargetseparationofappr

EchosoundertheoryRelatedtopics•Changingthepulsedurationtoenhancetheverticalresolutiononpage22•NormalOperationonpage76RangeselectionForeveryfrequency(c

SimradEK60Example9StartRangeinapelagicechogramInapelagicechogram,settheStartRangevalueto20meters.Thiswillmaketheechogramstartfrom20metersbelowtheseasu

InstallationInstallationThesearethespecicproceduresrequiredtogetyoustartedwiththeSimradEK60.Normally,youwillonlyneedtodotheseproceduresonce.Werecomme

SimradEK604Makethedesiredchanges.5ClickOk.Relatedtopics•Echogramviewonpage58•BottomRangeonpage149•SurfaceRangeonpage151Changingthepulsedurationtoenhan

SimradEK60ThesetasksaredescribedindetailintheSimradEK60Installationmanual.3Doaclosevisualinspectionoftheinstallation.Checkeachcableandconnectiontoensu

Installation6Oncetheinstallationhasbeencompleted,double-clicktheprogramicononthedesktoptostarttheapplication.7IfyouuseWindows7operatingsystem:aObserve

SimradEK60Procedure1Onthecomputer,denethenetworkadaptersettings.Windows®XP®aClickStart→Settings→NetworkConnections.bClickonthenetworkadapteroncetosel

InstallationInstallingfrequencychannelsThisprocedureexplainshowtoinstallafrequencychannel.Eachtransceivercontainsoneormorefrequencychannels.Thisphrase

SimradEK60ImportantTheprocedureassumesthatyouhavealreadyinstalledoneormorefrequencychannels.Procedure1ClickFile→Operation.2ObservethattheNormalOperati

IndexIndex12colours,9064colours,90AAboutbottomslopes,227depthvariablegain,230dialogdescription,136displaypresentation,227dynamicrange,227NMEAtelegramf

SimradEK60Helpmenu,67,136Installmenu,65,95Numericalshort-cutmenu,73Operationmenu,63,75Optionsmenu,64,89Outputmenu,66,123Scopeshort-cutmenu,71Shortcutm

IndexDataSourcedialog,82DeleteLayerfunction,155DepthOutput,128displaypresentation,227displayviews,50dynamicrange,227Echogramdialog,144EK500Datagramdia

SimradEK60pelagic,235pingmarker,147playbackles,79presentations,21rangehowtochange,21removeplaybackles,79settinghowtochange,21timemarker,147trawl(lin

Indexsensitivity,173Heaverollandpictprotocol,190Helpon-line,9Helpmenuoptions,67,136HexdisplayPortMonitor,171HFBtelegram,188HideViewfunctiondescription

Operationalprocedures4Setminimumandmaximumdepthtothedesiredvalues.5ClickOk.Relatedtopics•Depthviewonpage55•BottomDetectiononpage140Investigatinglowpin

SimradEK60bottomdetection,140MaximumecholengthSingleTargetDetection,142MaximumgaincompensationSingleTargetDetection,142MaximumphasedeviationSingleTarg

IndexWindowmenu,67,132Optionsmenuoptions,64,89OutputEK500,127Outputmenuoptions,66,123Outputpowerdescription,231PPalette,90Parity,170ParitybitNMEA0183s

SimradEK60Readerthismanual,9Recordingrawdatahowto,28Referenceinformation,74Registeredtrademarks,10RemoteIPLANport,121RemoteIPAddress,100,116,128,169Re

IndexStandardNMEA0183standard,175Startpinging,80Start-upprocedureinitial,239Startatvesseldistanceleoutput,125StartRelativeBottom,150Start-upprocedure

SimradEK60depthtelegram,188dialogdescription,109opening,110Trawl(line)echogram,146Trawl,bottomtelegram,188Trawl,footropetelegram,188Trawl,headropetele

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SimradEK604Checktheparametersettingsforrawdatastorage.RememberthatyoucansetuprangeparametersontheRawdatatabintheFileOutputdialog.→FileOutputonpage123T

OperationalproceduresTransceiverinstallationproceduresUsethefollowingprocedurestoinstall,modifyordeletefrequencychannelsfromtheechosoundersetup.Genera

SimradEK602ObservethattheTransceiverInstallationdialogopensThepurposeoftheTransceiverInstallationdialogistosetupthenecessaryparameterstoconnecttheEK60

Operationalprocedures4EnterthenewIPaddress.ThedefaultIPaddressesare:•18kHzGPT:157.237.15.3•38kHzGPT:157.237.15.5•70kHzGPT:157.237.15.7•120kHzGPT:157.2

SimradEK60ReferenceManualRelease2.4.XThisreferencemanualdescribeshowtousetheSimradEK60andEY60scienticechosounders.Thesoftwareapplicationusedtooperate

SimradEK60DatarecordingandplaybackproceduresTheseproceduresexplainhowtosaveandrecallrawdata.Topics•Recordingrawdataonpage28•Playbackrawdataonpage29Rel

Operationalprocedures•M=Pingrateinpingperseconds(Userdened)•24=hours•3600=secondsperhourThus,youcanaffecttheamountofstoredrawdatabychanginge.g.theran

SimradEK60cSelectmanualparametersifrequired.NoteIfthedistancefromthevesseltothetrawlisdifferentfrom0(zero),youwillneedtoenablethedistancecounterintheN

OperationalproceduresWiththesettingsspeciedbelow,theprintermaybeusedtoproduceanechogramasdocumentationforalltheinstalledtransceivers.Withsomeexperien

SimradEK60•Minimumlevel-100dB(chosentogiveareasonablepingrate)•Maximumlevel-64dB11Right-clickintheEchogramview,andselectRangeontheshort-cutmenutoopent

OperationalproceduresTestresultsPrintthistable,anduseittollinthemeasuredvalues.Enginerevolutions(rpm)1 23456 7 8 9Propellerrevolutions(rpm)Propelle

SimradEK60Example:IfthedesiredlowerTSlimitis-50dB,andatthesametimeasignal-to-noiseratioof10dBisrequired,thesettingintheColourScaledialogfor40logTVGmus

Operationalprocedures7Inthesecondconrmationdialog,clickY estoacknowledgethechoice.8Intherestartdialog,clickOk.9ClickOperation→Exittoclosetheechosound

SimradEK60EK60calibrationThischapterexplainshowtodoasinglebeamcalibrationoftheSimradEK60.Topics•Basicinformationaboutcalibrationonpage37•Transducermai

EK60calibrationBasicinformationaboutcalibrationInordertomaintaintheaccuracyprovidedbytheSimradEK60andthatisrequiredforscienticapplications,itmustbeca

RevisionstatusDocumentnumber:164692/RevisionD/ISBN-13:978-8066-011-4Rev.AJuly2003Firstversion.Rev.BSeptember2004Revisedforsoftwareversion2.1.0.Rev.CJa

SimradEK60NoteAlltransducersmustbehandledasdelicateitems.Anywrongfulhandlingmaydamagethetransducerbeyondrepair .Donotactivatethetransducerwhenitisouto

EK60calibration•Thesoundvelocityisautomaticallycalculatedbytheechosounder.•Thecorrespondingabsorptioncoefcientiscalculatedbytheechosounderaccordingto

SimradEK60Figure3SoundabsorptionFrequency(kHz)Soundabsorption(dB/km)0(CD010014A)010203040506025 50 75 100 125 150 175 20035% SALINITY302520151050f

EK60calibrationIfthevesselisanchoredormooredonlyforeoraft,thewindwillcauseittodriftsideways.Ifthecurrentthenattackswithadifferentangle,itwillmakeabads

SimradEK60Figure4RiggingthevesselforspherecalibrationWINCH2WINCH3WINCH1(CD010014C)Eachwinchmustbeprovidedwithalongspoolof0.60mmdiametermonolamentn

EK60calibrationthelinemustbeatleasttwopulselengths,sothattheechofromtheadditionalweightdoesnotinterferewiththesphereecho.Immersethesphereinasolutionof

SimradEK60Table1Copperspheres(cont'd.)Frequency(kHz)Diameter(mm)Targetstrength(dB)71010,3–50,5Targetstrengthcalculatedforsoundspeed1490m/s.Thesam

EK60calibrationc:\er60\calibration\2003\38kHz\0.256msec\Thesamestructurecanberepeatedforthedifferentpulsedurationforeachfrequency.Whenyousavethecalibr

SimradEK6010EnterthefollowingdataintheRecorddialog:aTransducer’sserialnumberbCorrecttheoreticaltargetstrength(TS)forthereferencetargetcAlloweddeviatio

EK60calibration5Whenyouhavenisheddatarecording,clickFile→SaveAstoopentheSaveAsdialog.6Choosethedirectorywhereyouwantthecalibrationletobesaved,andent

ReferenceManualTableofcontentsABOUTTHISMANUAL...9SIMRADEK60...

SimradEK60ofthetransducerisinverselyconnected,thebeamwidthwillbeapproximatelyonedegreetoowide,theoffsetangleswillbeapproximatelyonedegreeoffcentreinbo

EK60calibrationUpdatingtransducerparametersWhenyouaresatisedwiththecalibrationresultsyoucanusetheresultstoupdateyourtransducerparametersintheechosoun

SimradEK60DisplayviewsThischapterprovidesabriefoverviewoftheinformationdisplayedbytheSimradEK60,andhowtheinformationisorganized.Topics•Displayorganiza

DisplayviewsDisplayorganizationTheEK60displayisorganizedasfollows(fromtop):•Mainmenu•Toolbar•AnumberofChannelWindows•StatusbarAdisplaywiththreechannel

SimradEK60MainmenuTheEK60mainmenuislocatedatthetopoftheechosounderwindow.Tooperate,clickonthemenunameandobservethedrop-downmenu.Selectanewitemonthedro

DisplayviewsTable2EasyoperationtoolbarToolbarbuttonEquivalentDialogStartpinging[►]StartPingcontrolPerformsingleping[►1]SinglestepPingcontrolStoppingin

SimradEK60•Distanceinnauticalmilesormeters•Geographicalposition•Recordingstatus•DateandtimeChoosetodisplaylocalorGMTtimeusingtheLocalTimefunctiononthe

DisplayviewsDepthviewTheDepthviewcomprisesthehorizontalviewdirectlybelowthetoolbar.Theviewdisplaysthecurrentdepth.(CD010012B)Ifyouclicktheright mouseb

SimradEK60SingletargetpositionviewTheSingletargetpositionviewisnormallylocatedinthetopleftcorner.(CD010012C)Thisviewshowsthepositionwithinthebeamofthe

DisplayviewsSingletargethistogramviewTheSingletargethistogramviewisnormallylocatedinthebottomleftcornerofthedisplaypresentation(CD010012D)Thehistogram

SimradEK60EK60CALIBRATION...36Basicinformationaboutcalibration...

SimradEK60EchogramviewTheEchogramviewwillnormallydominateeachchannelwindowontheechosounderdisplay.(CD010012E)Theechogramcontainsinformationabouttheaco

DisplayviewsScopeviewTheScopeviewisnormallylocatedontherightsideoftheEchogramview.(CD010012F)TheScopeviewprovidesalogarithmicoscilloscopevisualization

SimradEK60ColourscaleviewTheColourscaleviewisnormallylocatedontheleftsideoftheEchogramview.(CD010012G)TheColourscaleviewvisualizesthemappingofechostre

DisplayviewsNumericalviewTheNumericalviewisnormallylocatedonthefarrightsideofthedisplay.(CD010012H)TheNumericalviewprovideslistingwithallthevariouspar

SimradEK60ThemenusystemThemenunavigationemployedbytheSimradEK60issimilartootherWindows-basedsoftware.Mainmenutopicslocatedinthemenubaratthetopofthewin

ThemenusystemOperationmenuThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailablefromtheOperationmenu.1Normal(operation)ThepurposeoftheNormalOperationdialogist

SimradEK60ViewmenuThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailablefromtheViewmenu.1ToolbarsTheToolbarsfunctionallowsyoutoshoworhidethetoolbars.→Toolbars

Themenusystem6SaveSettingsTheSaveSettingsdialogissaveoperationalsettings.→SaveSettingsonpage94InstallmenuThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailabl

SimradEK607RemotingTheRemotingdialogallowsyoutocontroltheremotelycontrolledoperationoftheEK60,bothhowtheEK60canbecontrolledfromaperipheralsystem,andho

ThemenusystemWindowmenuThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailablefromtheWindowmenu.1NewChannelTheNewChannelfunctionisusedtodisplayanewchannelwindo

ReferenceManualEchogramshort-cutmenu...70Scopeshort-cutmenu...

SimradEK60ShortcutmenusThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailablefromtheshort-cutmenus.Theshort-cutmenusareopenedbyclickingtherightmousebuttonwhen

ThemenusystemSingleTargetPositionshort-cutmenuTheSingleTargetPositionshort-cutmenuallowsyoutocontrolthepropertiesoftheSingleTargetPositionview.Italsop

SimradEK602SingleTargetDetectionTheSingleTargetDetectiondialogisusedtosettheoperationalparametersfordetectingsingletargets.→SingleTargetDetectiononpag

Themenusystem3RangeTheBottomRangedialogisusedtospecifytheverticaldepthrangefortheEchogramviewinbottomrelatedechograms.TheSurfaceRangedialogisusedtospe

SimradEK602PrintPreviewThePrintPreviewdialogallowsyouchecktheprintoutbeforeyousendthejobtotheprinter.→PrintPreviewonpage1573CongureWindowTheCongureW

ThemenusystemNumericalshort-cutmenuTheNumericalshort-cutmenuallowsyoutocontrolthepropertiesoftheNumericalviewandthecurrentlayers.Italsoprovidescommonf

SimradEK60FunctionsanddialogsThischapterpresentsadetaileddescriptionofeachfunctionanddialogusedbytheEK60.Wheneverapplicable,referencesaremadetotheOper

FunctionsanddialogsOperationmenu;functionsanddialogsThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailablefromtheOperationmenu.1Normal(operation)Thepurposeoft

SimradEK60NormalOperationTheNormalOperationdialogisopenedfromtheOperationmenu.PurposeThepurposeoftheNormalOperationdialogistoofferyouanoverviewofthecu

FunctionsanddialogsTipIfyouwishtoinvestigatetheambientnoise,choosePassivemodeintheNormalOperationdialog.Anynoiseordisturbanceinthewater–withinthetrans

SimradEK60CloseAll...135Helpmenu;functionsanddialogs...

SimradEK604PowerThisparameterdisplaysandcontrolsthetransmitter’soutputpower.Outputpowerislimitedeithertothemaximumratingofthetransducer,orthemaximumra

FunctionsanddialogsDescriptionTheEK60isprovidedwithafewexamplelesforplayback.YoucanalsocreatelesbymeansoftherecordingfunctionontheEK60.Thedialogallo

SimradEK60PingControlThePingControldialogisopenedfromtheOperationmenu.PurposeThedialogPingControlisusedtocontroltheEK60pingingduringbothnormalandrepla

FunctionsanddialogsNumerousparametersettingsonyourEK60systemmayalsoreducethepingrate.Ifthepingrateisslow,youshouldcheckifthebottomdetectionsettingsare

SimradEK60DataSourceTheDataSourcedialogisopenedfromtheOperationmenu.Thefunctionsprovidedareonlyapplicableonperipheralcomputersthatareremotelyconnected

FunctionsanddialogsParameters1NameThiscolumndisplaystheinstallationnameoftheechosounderprogramentry.Anasterisk(*)infrontofanentrymeansthatthisentryisc

SimradEK60LogInTheLogIndialogisopenedfromtheOperationmenu.Thedialogwillalsoappearautomaticallywhenyouswitchontheechosounder.PurposeTheLogIndialogallow

FunctionsanddialogsLogOutTheLogOutfunctionisopenedfromtheOperationmenu.PurposeTheLogOutdialogallowsyoutologoutoftheEK60program.DescriptionClickOperati

SimradEK60Viewmenu;functionsanddialogsThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailablefromtheViewmenu.1ToolbarsTheToolbarsfunctionallowsyoutoshoworhidet

FunctionsanddialogsTable6NormaloperationtoolbarToolbarbuttonEquivalentDialogSelectchannel——SelectmodeModeNormalOperationParameters1EasyOperationClickt

ReferenceManualDBTDepthbelowtransducer...178DPTDepth...

SimradEK60•Currentvesselrollindegrees•Currentvesselheaveinmeters•Eventnumber•Currentheading•Currentvesselspeedinknots•Distanceinnauticalmilesormeters•

FunctionsanddialogsOptionsmenu;functionsanddialogsThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailablefromtheOptionsmenu.1ColoursThepurposeoftheColourdialog

SimradEK60DescriptionTheColourSetupdialogprovidesthreeelds.•TheNo.ofColourseldallowsyoutochoosehowmanycoloursyouwishtouse.•TheColourScaleeldallowsy

Functionsanddialogs•ColourScaleonpage143TooltipTheTooltipdialogisopenedfromtheOptionsmenu.PurposeTheTooltipdialogisusedtoselectwhichinformationyouwish

SimradEK60DescriptionThebiomassandsizedistributionvaluesarecalculatedbasedontheechodatacollectedbytheEK60.UsingtheCalculationIntervalfunctionality,you

FunctionsanddialogsDescriptionWheneverrawdataisrecorded,theGMTtimeoftherecordingisincludedintheles.Inadditiontothat,anoffsetvalueisrecorded.Thisoffse

SimradEK603DeleteFileSelectasettingle,thenclickthisbuttontodeletethelefromtheharddisk.Relatedtopics•Optionsmenu;functionsanddialogsonpage89•SaveSett

FunctionsanddialogsInstallmenu;functionsanddialogsThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailablefromtheInstallmenu.1Transceiver(Installation)Thepurpos

SimradEK608UsersandPasswordsTheUsersandPasswordsdialogisusedtoaddandremoveusers,andtosetandedituserpropertiesandpasswords.→UsersandPasswordsonpage1179

FunctionsanddialogsTipOntheEK60,theparametersrelatedtotransmissionandtransducerdeptharecontrolledintheNormalOperationdialog.→NormalOperationonpage76Ea