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Furuno FE-700 Software Manual

Data recording software for pc
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DATA RECORDING SOFTWARE FOR PC
This application software is used for collecting data of date, time, depth, draft, latitude,
longitude, speed and course from the Navigational Echo Sounder FE-700.
The interconnection between the FE-700 and PC is as follows.
FE-700
DISPLAY
UNIT
FE-701
1. INSTALLATION
1.1 Installing the program
System Requirements
The DATA RECORDING SOFTWARE FOR PC runs under Windows 95/98/ME or Windows
NT4.0/2000, and also 64 MB and more of RAM are recommended.
Procedure
1. Insert the program floppy disk supplied with the DATA RECORDING SOFTWARE FOR
PC kit into your floppy disk drive.
2. Double-click the floppy disk drive icon to display files in the floppy disk.
3. Double-click the Setup.exe icon. The installation program starts and guides you through
the installation process.
4. Follow the instructions displayed on the screen. DATA RECORDING SOFTWARE FOR
PC will be installed in the folder /Program Files/Fe700/Fe700 on default.
5. Keep your original floppy disk in a safe place.
(FE-700 Optional Kit)
DISTRIBUTION
BOX FE-702
EIA232-TD
EIA232-RD
GND
Figure 1 Interconnection between FE-700 and PC
TB1
Cable *
4
5
6
Connect to COM port.
(Either port will do)
*: Local supply
PC*
COM
< <
<2< RXD
<3< TXD
<5< GND
< <
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  • Page 1 DATA RECORDING SOFTWARE FOR PC This application software is used for collecting data of date, time, depth, draft, latitude, longitude, speed and course from the Navigational Echo Sounder FE-700. The interconnection between the FE-700 and PC is as follows. FE-700...

  • Page 2: Setting Up The Program

    2. Select the port (COM 1 to COM 6) which has been connected to the PC. 3. Press OK button. 2. OPERATION PROCEDURES Note: If you open the system menu 1, 2 or 3 of the FE-700 during downloading, “Communication error!” will appear. Press the OK button and repeat from beginning.

  • Page 3: Downloading Data

    2.1 Downloading data To download real time data (1 second intervals data) from the FE-700, press the Start button on the toolbar, or select Download - Start from the menu bar. Also, pressing F9 key on your keyboard downloads real time data. The data is downloaded at 1 second intervals and displayed in log (Log mode) or graph (Graph mode) form.
  • Page 4 To download one hour of data (1 second intervals data) or 24 hours of data (5 seconds intervals data) in the RAM of the FE-700 (accumulated at the Echo Sounder FE-700), select Download - Loading Option - 1h Data or 24h Data. The Download dialog box appears, showing "Now downloading"...
  • Page 5 The file is named as “userfile.dat”. Not saving: Data received from the FE-700 is displayed on the screen, but not saved to the hard disk of the PC. Time Interval option Select time interval to extract received data.
  • Page 6 To open the Graphic dialog box, select Option - Option on the menu bar and click the Graphic tab if it is not already selected. The Graphic dialog box appears. Figure 7 Graph tab on the Option dialog box Scale option: Select an appropriate depth scale for graphics, between 5 m to 800 m.

  • Page 7: Opening A File

    2.4 Opening a file There are two methods to open a file: File option and Time Selection option. To open a file and display it on the text screen, select the File - Open -File from the menu bar (or Ctrl +O) or click File Open button The normal Windows Open File dialog box appears.

  • Page 8: Saving A File

    Remedy Match the “serial port” setting (section 1.3) with the COM port connection of the PC. Confirm the connection between FE-700 and COM port of PC. No data Delete unnecessary files. Try to specify date/time again. (less than 12 hours).

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