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  • Page 1 Seine Sensors Service Manual...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Technical Specifications........................... 11 Main Parts..............................14 Installation Steps..............................15 Sensor Configuration..............16 Installing Mosa2..............................16 Connecting the Sensor to Mosa2........................17 Seine Explorer Specific Settings........................19 Sounding Modes............................19 Configuring the Uplink, Up (Side) and Down Settings............... 20 Uplink..............................20 Up/Down Soundings........................21 Target Strength..........................23 About Time Variable Gain........................
  • Page 4 Adding the Sensor to the Receiver..................46 Configuring the Sensor Settings....................47 Configuring Data Display on Scala/Scala2....................50 Installation..................57 Installing the Seine Sensor on a Purse Seine..................... 57 Maintenance and Troubleshooting..........60 Interference Check..............................60 Spectrum Analyzer Display....................60 Checking Noise Interference....................61 Checking Noise Interference....................

  • Page 5: Legal

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Legal Legal History 03/09/18 First release • New troubleshooting topic: Sensor cannot connect in wireless connection on page 69 07/06/18 • Interference Check on page 60: more detailed information about Spectrum page. • Frequency Plan...
  • Page 6 • Now documents Scala2 version 02.04 and Mosa2 version 02.07. • In Technical Specifications on page 11, corrected the battery lifetime of the Seine Explorer. • Replaced term Configuration Plug by Configuration Cable. 07/05/21 • Connecting the Sensor to Mosa2...

  • Page 7: Copyright

    Marport. “Marport”, the Marport logo and Software Defined Sonar are registered trademarks of Marport. All other brands, products and company names mentioned are the trademark and property of its respective owners only. Marport is a division of Airmar Technology Corporation.

  • Page 8: Introduction And Presentation

    Tip: Click Marport logo at the bottom of pages to come back to the table of contents. Introduction The Seine sensor is mounted on the lead line of a purse seine in a robust protective steel framed housing. It relays data back to the wheelhouse from the moment the purse seine is shot away and during the fishing operation.

  • Page 9: Applications

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Introduction and Presentation Applications Here are some examples of data received from Seine sensors displayed in Scala/Scala2. Seine Explorer and Seine sensors with depth and height 1. Temperature 5. Seabed 2. Battery level 6. Seabed (echosounder) 3.
  • Page 10 Seine Sensors | V7 | Introduction and Presentation 1. Distance from the water surface to the 3. Seabed head line 4. You can see missed schools of fish if seine 2. Lead line is pulled in too fast...

  • Page 11: Safety Guidelines

    Install and use this product in accordance with this user manual. Incorrect use of the product may cause damage to the components or void the warranty. Only qualified Marport dealers can do maintenance and repairs on internal components of the sensors.

  • Page 12: Description

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Introduction and Presentation Description Firmware There are four different Seine sensors. Each sensor has a different firmware and different features. • Seine sensor with depth: Depth FIRM010 • Seine sensor with depth and temperature: Depth with Temp FIRM011 •...
  • Page 13 Light model's weight In water (with housing) 3.3 kg Warranty 2 years (Sensor & Battery)** *Reference only. Depends on functions enabled. / † Depends on sensor uplink power and options / ‡ Based on average charging time. / **Marport Standard Marine Limited Warranty | 12...
  • Page 14 Seine Sensors | V7 | Introduction and Presentation Seine Explorer Beamwidths Beamwidth for uplink pings is omnidirectional. Beamwidth for down pings: Beamwidth @ 125 kHz @ 160 kHz @ 200 kHz -3dB 26° 24° 22° Beamwidth for side pings (if applicable): @ 360 kHz -13°...

  • Page 15: Main Parts

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Introduction and Presentation Main Parts External View 1. Pressure sensor 5. Negative charge 2. Temperature sensor 6. Shoulder bolts 3. Water switch 7. Down transducer 4. Positive charge CAUTION: • Do not put foreign objects into pressure sensor opening or try to open it.

  • Page 16: Installation Steps

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Introduction and Presentation Installation Steps Tip: Click an installation step to jump directly to the corresponding section. Note: You can customize the display of data on Scala/Scala2 at any time. | 15...

  • Page 17: Sensor Configuration

    Installing Mosa2 About this task Note: We now recommend to use Mosa2 application instead of Marport Tools. Moreover, Marport Tools is not compatible with computers using macOS Catalina. Important: If the computer is under OS X Mavericks, Yosemite or El Capitan, use Mosa2 version 02.03.

  • Page 18: Connecting The Sensor To Mosa2

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Sensor Configuration e) Close the terminal. f) Open Mosa2 and check if the script has worked. If Mosa2 does not open, it means the script has not worked. Repeat the procedure and make sure you enter the correct command line.
  • Page 19 Seine Sensors | V7 | Sensor Configuration Results The sensor configuration page is displayed. Note: You can keep the Configuration Cable continuously connected by USB, and virtually eject or connect it when Mosa2 is in discovery mode. Click Menu > Eject Config Plug or Connect Config Plug.

  • Page 20: Seine Explorer Specific Settings

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Sensor Configuration Seine Explorer Specific Settings You need to set these settings for a Seine Explorer sensor. Sounding Modes The sensor can send pings according to three different sounding modes. Down 1 Sensor sends pings towards down direction (1) only.

  • Page 21: Configuring The Uplink, Up (Side) And Down Settings

    • If your Seine Explorer has only a down sounding (product number 46-134-1-01), ignore the settings for up sounding. • If your Seine Explorer has down and side soundings, configure the side sounding via the up sounding settings. Remember: Always click Apply after you change a setting and make sure there is a green...

  • Page 22: Up/Down Soundings

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Sensor Configuration Note: If you select Config1 or Config3, the echogram image will be irregular. Note: There is no pitch and roll on Seine sensors. Up/Down Soundings Procedure 1. From NBTE Setup Options, select the sounding mode (see...
  • Page 23 3. From Trawl Opening, enter 0. The opening needs to be lower than 20 m to have the autorange feature. Otherwise this setting is not useful for a Seine Explorer. Important: If you use Down 1 + Down 2 sounding mode, enter 20 m or more to deactivate the autorange feature because it creates wrong data on the echogram.

  • Page 24: Target Strength

    Ping frequency is an important setting for the calibration of the sensor. If you change ping frequency on a sensor calibrated for target strength, it will have to be returned to a Marport sales' office for target strength calibration. Target Strength...

  • Page 25: About Time Variable Gain

    You can choose between three different TVG modes: • 20 log: use to focus on the bottom, footrope or a school of fish (recommended for Seine Explorer).

  • Page 26: Configuring The Noise Floor

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Sensor Configuration Configuring the Noise Floor Even when the sensor is in a silent environment, a small level of noise is detected. You need to measure this level of noise so that the sensor ignores it when operating, otherwise it could have effects on the echogram.

  • Page 27: Calibrating The Sensor For Target Strength Value

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Sensor Configuration 5. Click Apply and make sure there is a green check mark Calibrating the Sensor for Target Strength Value For V3 version of the sensor, you need to calibrate the sensor to offset the variability of the sensor transducer and of sound transmission.

  • Page 28: Calibrating The Sensor In Mosa2

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Sensor Configuration • To calibrate the down sounding: 1. Sensor, half in water 2. Water tank 3. Ping pong ball 4. Fishing line 5. Counterweight Recommended lengths • To calibrate the side sounding (if applicable): A.
  • Page 29 Seine Sensors | V7 | Sensor Configuration • Down 1 + Up: go to Ping Down Calibration, then repeat the operation in Ping Up Calibration. • Down 1 + Down 2: • Start to calibrate the Down 2 signal: go to Ping Down Calibration and start the calibration.
  • Page 30 Seine Sensors | V7 | Sensor Configuration 6. From the bottom of the screen, click Calibrate. Note: If the sensor is not correctly placed, you may have an error message asking you to correct the pitch and/or roll angle. The sensor sends a series of 5 pings to calculate if the echo is consistent and constant. A new target strength offset is calculated.

  • Page 31: Canceling The Ringing

    On NBTE V2 echograms, there is a ringing coming from the transducer, that appears as a red line on top of the echogram. You can cancel it, but be aware that on a purse seine the ringing is useful to see the location of the sensor relative to the bottom.
  • Page 32 Seine Sensors | V7 | Sensor Configuration The sensor emits 10 pings and you can see a curve on the graph. 4. Select Adjust profile points on top of the graph. 5. From the graph, click and drag red line points above the gray and yellow curves: a) The red line should follow the same curve.
  • Page 33 Seine Sensors | V7 | Sensor Configuration Note: The values below the red line will not appear on the echogram and data above will appear as a red line on the echogram. 6. Click Apply and make sure there is a green check mark...

  • Page 34: Configuring Seine Sensor Telegrams

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Sensor Configuration Configuring Seine Sensor Telegrams If you have a Seine sensor with depth and other options, you need to configure the telegrams it transmits. This does not apply to Seine Explorer. About this task Telegrams are used to define the acoustic communication between the sensor and the receiver.

  • Page 35: Height

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Sensor Configuration Height Only for Seine sensor with height option (FIRM020). Procedure 1. Click the tab Height. 2. From Height Boat Code/Channel Code, choose a frequency. 3. From Height Telegram, choose between: Sends data Telegram Max.

  • Page 36: Down Sounding

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Sensor Configuration Down Sounding For Seine sensors with height option (FIRM020) you can change the default settings of the down sounding if needed, but it is recommended to keep default settings. About this task Note: Any testing of the sounding should be done in water, because signal attenuation is too high in the air.

  • Page 37: Configuring The Uplink Power

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Sensor Configuration Configuring the Uplink Power You can increase the uplink power of the sensor to increase the power of the signal transmitted. It is useful if you have interferences or if the sensor is far from the vessel.

  • Page 38: Testing Measures

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Sensor Configuration Recommended Sensor Conditions Estimated Battery Life Uplink Powers approx. 650 hours (27 Works for most conditions. 1800 / 43% days) The more you increase • Sensor is far from vessel (e.g. Seine sensor...

  • Page 39: Updating The Sensor

    You can update the firmware of the sensor to the latest available version. Downloading the Firmware About this task Note: Marport offices only. Only Marport offices can download new versions of firmware. Dealerships need to ask their local Marport office to get the firmware. Procedure 1.

  • Page 40: Updating The Sensor

    The board ID is written on Mosa2. 4. From the firmware section: • Seine Explorer: Narrow Band Trawl Explorer 400Hz V2 or V3 • Seine with depth: Depth • Seine with depth and temperature: Depth with Temp •...

  • Page 41: Exporting Sensor Configuration Settings For Record Keeping

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Sensor Configuration 7. Connect and disconnect the sensor to a charger to restart the sensor and validate the update. Exporting Sensor Configuration Settings for Record Keeping You can export in a *.txt file all the settings configured for the sensor (such as ping length, frequency, range, TVG...).

  • Page 42: Exporting Sensor Configuration Settings For The Receiver

    • Or, click Copy to clipboard, then press Cmd + V on a word processor like Pages to paste the contents. 5. Marport offices only: you need to add the contents of this file on the DealerWeb. a) Click Copy to clipboard.
  • Page 43 Seine Sensors | V7 | Sensor Configuration • Or, click Copy to clipboard, then press Cmd + V on a word processor like Pages to paste the contents. 5. Change the name of the XML file saved on your computer.

  • Page 44: System Configuration And Display

    Adding the Sensor to the Receiver You need to add Seine sensors to the receiver in order to display sensor data on Scala/Scala2. Seine sensors compatible with the following M3/M4/M5/M6 receivers and Scala versions:...

  • Page 45: Adding The Sensor With A Configuration File

    Seine Sensors | V7 | System Configuration and Display 5. From the Trawl Gear List, select Port Seine Gear if you shoot your purse seine on the port side of the vessel or Starboard Seine Gear if you shoot it on the starboard side.
  • Page 46 • Middle of the lead line (recommended for Seine Explorer): around 910 for port seine purse / 811 for starboard • First quarter of lead line: around 905 for port seine purse / 805 for starboard • Three-quarters of lead line: around 915 for port seine purse / 816 for starboard 6.

  • Page 47: Adding The Sensor Manually

    Seine Sensors | V7 | System Configuration and Display Adding the Sensor Manually You can add the sensor to the receiver from Scala/Scala2, by entering the same settings as the ones in Mosa2. Adding the Sensor to the Receiver You can add the sensor to the receiver from Scala/Scala2, by entering the same settings as the ones in Mosa2.

  • Page 48: Configuring The Sensor Settings

    Seine Sensors | V7 | System Configuration and Display Sensor Product Category Product Name Seine Gear Location Seine sensor with Depth Depth • Middle of the lead line depth (FIRM010) (recommended for Seine Explorer): around 910 for Seine sensor with...
  • Page 49 Seine Sensors | V7 | System Configuration and Display Sensor name displayed in Scala/Scala2 and its features. This setting helps detecting the signal of the sensor among other sensor or echosounder signals. Change default setting only if you have issues receiving data.
  • Page 50 Click Apply when you have finished. Seine sensors with depth and other options Note: The picture below shows a Seine sensor with height, depth and temperature options. Sensor name displayed in Scala/Scala2 and its features. This setting helps detecting the signal of the sensor among other sensor or echosounder signals.

  • Page 51: Configuring Data Display On Scala/Scala2

    Mx. Data title should be Trawl Explorer for a Seine Explorer and Depth or Height for the other Seine sensors. The title is followed by the node where the sensor was placed when added to the system. Data displayed (e.g. depth, temperature, echogram) depend on the firmware installed.
  • Page 52 Seine Sensors | V7 | System Configuration and Display 3. If your sensor has a side-looking sounding, right-click the echogram and click Down only to see only the area below the lead line. 4. To clearly see the descent of the lead line, right-click the echogram and select True Mode.
  • Page 53 Seine Sensors | V7 | System Configuration and Display 5. To clearly identify the lead line and sea bottom, right-click the echogram and select Draw Bottom Line. White lines follow the lead line and sea bottom. Without bottom line With bottom line 6.
  • Page 54 Click History Plot in Choose new Gauge Type. Depth is displayed in a history plot. c) Again, click + hold Depth data from another seine sensor and drag it above the history plot you have created. | 53...
  • Page 55 Seine Sensors | V7 | System Configuration and Display Depth data from both sensors are displayed together. If you have other depth data from seine sensors, repeat the steps. 8. If you have an echosounder on the hull of the vessel and receive its data on Scala/Scala2, you...
  • Page 56 Seine Sensors | V7 | System Configuration and Display The seabed is displayed (yellow). This way, you can see if the sensor is close to the seabed. If on the plot, the line of the depth sensor goes under the seabed line (depth below transducer), you need to put an offset to the echosounder's depth.
  • Page 57 Seine Sensors | V7 | System Configuration and Display a) From Sensors Data / Mx, click+ hold data from a sensor and drag it to the page. b) From Choose new Gauge Type, choose a type of display. Note: • Depth: distance from the head of the sensor to the water surface.

  • Page 58: Installation

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Installation Installation Learn how to install Seine sensors on the trawl gear. Installing the Seine Sensor on a Purse Seine Procedure 1. Attach two separate chains on the 2 front attachment lugs of the sensor using snap hooks.
  • Page 59 5. Down sounding 4. Ideally, you can place three sensors at different locations on the lead line of the purse seine: one on a quarter of the length, one in the middle and one on three-quarters of the length. If you have a Seine Explorer, we recommend to install it on the middle of the length.
  • Page 60 Seine Sensors | V7 | Installation 5. If the net stays on the deck for a long time after hauling, dry the end cap of the sensor to make sure it does not continue to operate. | 59...

  • Page 61: Maintenance And Troubleshooting

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Maintenance and Troubleshooting Maintenance and Troubleshooting Read this section for troubleshooting and maintenance information. Interference Check You can check if there is noise interfering with the reception of signals. Spectrum Analyzer Display The following picture explains the main parts of the spectrum analyzer page on Scala/Scala2.

  • Page 62: Checking Noise Interference

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Maintenance and Troubleshooting Checking Noise Interference You can use the spectrum analyzer to check the noise level of the hydrophones and check for interference. About this task Spectrum Analyzer Display on page 60 for details about the spectrum analyzer display.

  • Page 63: Checking Noise Interference

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Maintenance and Troubleshooting 6. To see the maximum, mean and real time measures of noise level at a specific frequency, select Marker on the left side of the screen and move the mouse over the graph.
  • Page 64 Seine Sensors | V7 | Maintenance and Troubleshooting 5. The spectrum analyzer is displayed. You can display up to 6 spectrum analyzers at the same time. Below is an example of a page with two spectrum analyzers. The FFT plot shows three levels of noise in dBV: 1.
  • Page 65 Seine Sensors | V7 | Maintenance and Troubleshooting • RealTime: the latest highest level of noise (dBV) recorded and its frequency. • Max: the highest level of noise recorded since the beginning of the spectrum and its frequency. 8. Check that there is more than 12 dBV between the maximum noise level (dark blue line) and the average noise level (cyan line) on the peak of sensor frequencies.

  • Page 66: Charging The Sensor

    14. Right-click the IP address of the receiver in the status bar and click Stop Spectrum. Charging the Sensor Charge the sensor at any battery level with either Marport Basic Sensor Charger or Marport Medusa II Multi-charger. About this task The sensor uses lithium-ion batteries.

  • Page 67: Cleaning The Sensor

    Results Once charged, the operational life time can be up to approximately 24 hours for a Seine Explorer and 744 hours for a Seine sensor. The operational life time depends especially on the uplink power of the sensor, but also on the sounding range, uplink frequency and options activated.

  • Page 68: Maintenance Checklist

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Maintenance and Troubleshooting Maintenance Checklist We recommend you to follow this maintenance schedule for better performance and to avoid any trouble with the equipment. Before use • Check that all attachment equipment are not worn or torn. Replace when appropriate.

  • Page 69: Troubleshooting

    The firmware has the wrong board ID. • Check that the last set of numbers in the name of the firmware file corresponds to the board ID of your sensor. If not, Marport offices need to download the correct firmware file from the DealerWeb.

  • Page 70: Sensor Cannot Connect In Wireless Connection

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Maintenance and Troubleshooting Sensor cannot connect in wireless connection When trying to connect to the sensor by wireless connection, the sensor appears on Mosa2 discovery area but you cannot click it OR the sensor does not appear on the discovery area.

  • Page 71: Echogram Is Fixed And Blue

    • Make sure the three pins are fully inserted inside the sensor. Mosa2 does not automatically open when connecting the Configuration Cable. • Check that you see Marport Captain icon in the desktop taskbar. If you do not see it: close, then open Mosa2. The icon should appear in the taskbar.

  • Page 72: Data In Scala/Scala2 Is Wrong

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Maintenance and Troubleshooting 2. If not, from Trawl Explorer sensor data, click + hold Range of Sonar Data and drag it to the page. The sounder in the transducer is damaged. • Contact the support service for repair.

  • Page 73: Support Contact

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Maintenance and Troubleshooting Support Contact You can contact your local dealer if you need maintenance on your Marport products. You can also ask us at the following contact details: FRANCE ICELAND Marport France SAS Marport EHF 8, rue Maurice Le Léon...

  • Page 74: Appendix

    Seine Sensors | V7 | Appendix Appendix Frequency Plan It is important to carefully plan the setup of your sensors before adding them to the system. You can create a table with a list of frequencies and complete it when you add sensors.
  • Page 75 Seine Sensors | V7 | Appendix C-4/CH5 42700 C-4/CH6 43300 C-5/CH1 42024 C-5/CH2 41690 C-5/CH3 41285 C-5/CH4 41060 C-5/CH5 42900 C-5/CH6 43400 C-6/CH1 39062 C-6/CH2 39375 C-6/CH3 39688 C-6/CH4 40000 C-6/CH5 40312 C-6/CH6 40625 C-7/CH1 38906 C-7/CH2 39219 C-7/CH3 39531...
  • Page 76 Seine Sensors | V7 | Appendix Frequencies and intervals The diagrams below show the bandwidth of the different types of Marport sensors and intervals you must respect when adding other sensors. Figure 1: PRP sensors (e.g. Catch sensor, Trawl Speed, Spread sensor...) Example: If the frequency of the sensor is 40kHz, there should be no sensors between 39.9-40kHz...
  • Page 77 Seine Sensors | V7 | Appendix Examples of frequency allocations • We recommend to allocate frequencies between 34 and 56 kHz for wideband hydrophones and between 41 kHz and 44 kHz for narrowband hydrophones. • Echosounders are usually placed around 38 kHz, make sure to allow enough distance with them.
  • Page 78 Seine Sensors | V7 | Appendix | 77...

  • Page 79: Index

    Index | 78 Index Depth with Temp Error message Battery life Height Boat code NBTE V1 NBTE V2 NBTE V3 Calibrating Update Target Strength Frequency Channel code Frequency plan Charger Maintenance Plugging Cleaning Add sensor to Compatibility Maintenance Mosa Schedule Operating System Measures Config Read...
  • Page 80 Index | 79 Configuration file Web page Ringing cancellation Scala Adding sensor Configuring sensor Displaying in Trawl gear location Sounding Double Down Down Settings Side Spectrum System requirements Technical specifications Telegrams Trawl opening TVG (Time Variable Gain) Uplink power Water ingress...

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