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Shanghai HuaCe Navigation Technology Ltd.
CHC D230 Depthfinder
User Manual
Revision 1.0
April 2015

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  • Page 1 Shanghai HuaCe Navigation Technology Ltd. CHC D230 Depthfinder User Manual Revision 1.0 April 2015...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Shanghai HuaCe Navigation Technology Ltd. CONTENTS 1. About the Hardware ....................1 1.1. Power Port ....................1 1.2. Operation Indicator ................... 1 1.3. Power Indicator ..................1 1.4. Data Output Port ..................1 2. Preparation for Bathymetric Surveying ..............2 2.1.

  • Page 3: About The Hardware

    Shanghai HuaCe Navigation Technology Ltd. 1. About the Hardware Power Indicator Operation Indicator Data Output Port Transducer Port Power Port 1.1. Power Port Support the 220 V AC power supply (with a power adapter) or the 12 V DC power supply. 1.2.

  • Page 4: Preparation For Bathymetric Surveying

    Shanghai HuaCe Navigation Technology Ltd. 2. Preparation for Bathymetric Surveying 2.1. Computer The computer is required for at least two RS-232 serial ports, which can be realized by the extension through multi-serial-port card. 2.1.1. For Notebook Computer 2.1.2. For Desktop Computer 2.2.

  • Page 5: Hydrosounder Software

    Shanghai HuaCe Navigation Technology Ltd. 2. Click “Device Manager”. 3. Unfold “Ports (COM & LPT)”, and then the available serial ports and their corresponding COM port numbers are displayed. 2.3. HydroSounder Software Install the bathymetric software – HydroSounder on your computer and register it.

  • Page 6: Survey Software And Dongle

    Shanghai HuaCe Navigation Technology Ltd. Note: The software version is 3.0, which is the specified version for D230. 2.4. Survey Software and Dongle Install the survey software – HydroNav and dongle drive on your computer, and make sure the corresponding dongle has been registered.

  • Page 7: Power Supply (12 V Vehicle Battery)

    Shanghai HuaCe Navigation Technology Ltd. 2.5. Power Supply (12 V Vehicle Battery) The power supply should be prepared to supply power for GPS, depthfinder, computer, etc. Note: The 12 V 56 AH power supply can guarantee continuous operation for 24 hours.

  • Page 8: Inverter (Dc-To-Ac Inverter)

    Shanghai HuaCe Navigation Technology Ltd. 2.6. Inverter (DC-to-AC inverter) The inverter is used to convert the 12 V DC to 220 V AC for feeding power to notebook and depthfinder...

  • Page 9: Installation Of The Software Programs

    Shanghai HuaCe Navigation Technology Ltd. 3. Installation of the Software Programs 3.1. Installation of Bathymetric Software Copy the HydroSounder installation package to your computer, and then run the Sounder.exe file. In the menu bar of HydroSounder, click “Help” menu  click “Register” submenu ...

  • Page 10: Setting Procedure Of Bathymetric Software

    Shanghai HuaCe Navigation Technology Ltd. 4. Setting Procedure of Bathymetric Software Connect the D230 depthfinder with computer and power it on  run the Sounder.exe file. 4.1. Parameter Settings 1. Click “Settings” menu  “Parameter settings”. 2. In the pop-up “Parameter settings” window, configure the parameters of waterline and sound velocity.
  • Page 11 2. In the pop-up “Communication settings” window, select “Huace-D330” from the dropdown list of “Type” field  select the COM port number which you used to connect the D230 with the computer from the dropdown list of “Output COM” field  click “Exit” button.
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  • Page 13: Setting Procedure Of Hyprosurvey Software

    Shanghai HuaCe Navigation Technology Ltd. 5. Setting Procedure of HyproSurvey Software 5.1. Create a New Project 1. Connect the Rover receiver that is sending GPGGA data with your computer  run the Sounder.exe file. 2. Click “Project” menu  click “New project” submenu  choose “Project overview”...

  • Page 14: Select Communication Port

    Shanghai HuaCe Navigation Technology Ltd. 4. Select “Project” tab  select the project method and configure the related parameters  click “OK” button. 5.2. Select Communication Port 1. Click “Settings” menu  “COM configuration”.

  • Page 15: Data Format Setting

    Shanghai HuaCe Navigation Technology Ltd. 2. In the pop-up “Set communication port” window  choose “GPS Receiver” tab  configure the COM port that used to connect the Rover receiver with computer  select the corresponding Baudrate  tick “Start instrument” option ...
  • Page 16 Shanghai HuaCe Navigation Technology Ltd. 2. In the pop-up “Data format settings” window  choose “Positioning instrument” tab  select “NMEA-0183 $GPGGA” from the dropdown list. 3. Change to “Echo Sounder” tab  select “Huace-D330”  click “OK” button.

  • Page 17: Signal Test

    Shanghai HuaCe Navigation Technology Ltd. 5.4. Signal Test 1. Click “Settings” menu  “Positioning instrument port monitor”. 2. In the pop-up “GPS COM monitor” window  click “Start” button  check whether the GPGGA data continuously appear in the display window which means the Rover receiver has successfully output the GPGGA data to the software ...

  • Page 18: Drawing A Route

    Shanghai HuaCe Navigation Technology Ltd. 3. In the main interface, the water depth is also displayed to the left side which means the water depth data has been successfully transmitted from the bathymetric software. 5.5. Drawing a Route 1. Click “Working Mode” menu  “Drawing mode”.
  • Page 19 Shanghai HuaCe Navigation Technology Ltd. button on the tool bar  successively enter the coordinates of the 2. Click points that can form a region covering your planned route (also, you could move the cursor to define those points) after enter the last coordinates  right click and choose “closure”...
  • Page 20 Shanghai HuaCe Navigation Technology Ltd. button on the tool bar  move the cursor on the outline of the 3. Click coverage area and click on it  the “Regional line deployment parameter setting” window will pop up  configure the azimuth angle (unit: degree) and gap between the two line (unit: meter) ...

  • Page 21: Carry Out Measurment

    Shanghai HuaCe Navigation Technology Ltd. 5.6. Carry Out Measurment 1. Click “Settings” menu  click “Record control settings” submenu. 2. The “record control setting” window will pop up  determine the record method.
  • Page 22 Shanghai HuaCe Navigation Technology Ltd. 3. Click “Settings” menu  click “Adjustment of antenna deviation” submenu. 4. The “Antenna deviation adjustment” window will pop up  configure height from the antenna phase center of Rover receiver to the water level  click “OK” button.
  • Page 23 Shanghai HuaCe Navigation Technology Ltd. 5. Click “Working Mode” menu  “Measurement mode”. button on the tool bar  the “confirm scan line name” window will 6. Click pop up  configure the line name that you want to start record  click “OK” button ...
  • Page 24 Shanghai HuaCe Navigation Technology Ltd. 7. When you finish the data recording on one line  click button on the tool bar to change to another line  the “confirm scan line name” window will pop up  configure the line name that you want to start record  click “OK” button ...
  • Page 25 CHC - Shanghai HuaCe Navigation Technology Ltd. Building C, NO. 599 Gaojing Road, Qingpu District, 201702 Shanghai, China Tel: +86 21 542 60 273 Fax: +86 21 649 50 963 Email: sales@chcnav.com support@chcnav.com Website: www.chcnav.com...

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