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Connecting Viva controller to SonarLite CS10/CS15 Settings - Introduction The new Leica Geosystems Viva CS10 and CS15 controllers can be connected to an Echo Sounder by Bluetooth or by serial cable. The Ohmex ‘SonarLite’ legacy echo-sounder has a serial cable connection only;...
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Connecting Viva controller to SonarLite CS10/CS15 Settings 1. Switch on, choose GPS, and go to main screen. 2. Highlight option 3, Instrument.
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Connecting Viva controller to SonarLite CS10/CS15 Settings 3. Choose option 2, ‘Instrument connections’ (or ‘Connect to Instrument’ if using icons)
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Connecting Viva controller to SonarLite CS10/CS15 Settings 4. Choose option 2, ‘All other connections’...
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Connecting Viva controller to SonarLite CS10/CS15 Settings 5. Highlight ‘ASCII Input’, then Press F3, ‘Edit’.
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Connecting Viva controller to SonarLite CS10/CS15 Settings 6. Tick ‘Receive ASCII data..’ 7. At ‘Connect using’, Choose ‘CS RS232 Port’. (7a. To use the SonarMite via Bluetooth, select an unused ‘CS Bluetooth’ port) 8. Press F5 ‘Device’.
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Connecting Viva controller to SonarLite CS10/CS15 Settings 9. Press F6 to page to ‘Others’ and highlight ‘RS232’. 10. Press F2 ‘New’.
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Connecting Viva controller to SonarLite CS10/CS15 Settings 11. Create new ‘Name’, eg ‘Sonarlite’. 12. Choose ‘Baud rate’ as 9600 or 4800 or 4800 13. Press F1 ‘Store’.
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Connecting Viva controller to SonarLite CS10/CS15 Settings The new device will appear. 14. Press F1 ‘OK’.
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Connecting Viva controller to SonarLite CS10/CS15 Settings 15. For ‘End of message’ choose ‘CR/LF’ (do not press OK yet) (15.a If using Bluetooth, press F4 ‘Search’, identify the SonarMite, and press F1 ‘OK’ to accept the device)
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Connecting Viva controller to SonarLite CS10/CS15 Settings 16. Press F6 and page to the tab ‘Annotation 1’. 17. Tick the box ‘Store ASCII data..’...
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Connecting Viva controller to SonarLite CS10/CS15 Settings 18. In the ‘Message desc’ box, enter a description, eg ‘Depth’. 19. Press F1 ‘OK’. 20. Press F1 ‘OK’ again to return to the opening screen.. And you have finished! You can now use the ‘Star’ (favourites) key, scroll down to ‘Hot Keys..’...
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