Auxiliary Sensors; Time Synchronization - Teledyne Echotrac E20 Operator's Manual

INSTALLATION
4.4.2

Auxiliary Sensors

(a) If auxiliary sensors are connected to the serial ports of the echosounder, power up the
sensors and ensure that they generate data on the serial or UDP interface.
The inputs to the E20 are defined as follows.
COM 1 is Position.

 COM 2 is Motion.
(b) Follow these steps in the SBES UI:
(i) Select the Sensor tab.
(ii) Select the format of your data via
the Format drop-down menu.
(iii) Click on the Serial port button to
configure the port on the E20 to
match the settings of the sensor
output.
The default configuration is
115200, 8, n, 1. This can be reset
at any time by clicking the Set
Defaults button in the Serial port
dialog.
If using UDP, click on the UDP port
button to set the receiving port.
The IP address can be set to the
PC transmitting or to 0.0.0.0 to
listen to all subnet addresses.
(iv) Enable/disable the input via the
radio button under Position and/or
Motion. You will see the data
parsing/updating in the preview
windows for each sensor.
4.4.3

Time Synchronization

There are three ways to control the time in the E20:
o
Synchronize to the SBES PC.
o
Use an NTP Server.
o
Use a GPS receiver with PPS output.
Echotrac E20 Operator's Manual8
Version 8
Valid time sources are indicated with a
blue icon next to the source name.
The active source is indicated with a
green icon.
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November 25, 2020