Kongsberg Simrad SU90 Operator's Manual page 29

Tip
With the various beams provided by the SU90 system, it may be difficult to understand
the concepts. How do these beams "behave" in the water? By means of a graphic
presentation, the
Beam Visualization
understanding of how the acoustic beams are transmitted into the water. Open the
dialog box from the
Visualization
Procedure
1 At the bottom of the display presentation, select a suitable presentation mode, and
activate the Horizontal view.
The view presents the 360 degrees area around your vessel in bird's eye view.
The current bearing is shown with a continuous line pointing out from the vessel
position. You can change the angle by means of the
menu. You can also select the bearing line and drag it sideways.
The bow marker is shown as a dotted line drawn from the bow of the vessel symbol.
The line reflects your vessel's current heading. The bow marker can be enabled or
disabled on the
The distance from the vessel symbol in the centre of the circle to the outer ring
corresponds to the currently selected range.
• The current settings for range, gain and tilt are shown in the upper left corner
of the view. When you change the tilt a dotted line presents the requested tilt
while the solid line presents the actual tilt. You can change the tilt angle by
means of the
a Vertical view and drag it up and down.
• The position (bearing and distance) and depth of the cursor location is shown
in the lower right corner of the view. The depth is calculated from the current
tilt and the distance from the vessel.
• The course and speed of the latest marker is found in the lower right corner of
the view. The values are calculated based on the last two markers you placed
and the time between each placement.
• Relevant information about a priority object can be found in the lower left corner
of the view.
The menu controls which graphical elements that are shown.
Cosmetics
2 At the bottom of the SU90 presentation, select a suitable presentation mode, and
activate the Vertical view.
The view shows you a "vertical slice" of the echo data. The slice is made at the
current bearing. The area covered by the vertical beam is shown as a triangle in
the Horizontal view. You can change the bearing on the
select the bearing line in a Horizontal view and drag it sideways.
The upper horizontal line in the view represents the water surface.
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dialog box attempts to give you a better
menu.
Setup
menu.
Visual Objects
function on the
Tilt Main
function on the
Bearing
menu. You can also click on the tilt line in
Main
Getting started
Beam
Main
menu. You can also
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