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Kongsberg EM Series Instruction Manual

Multibeam echo sounders
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  • Page 1 Instruction manual EM Series Multibeam echo sounders Datagram formats...
  • Page 3 Kongsberg EM Series Multibeam echo sounder EM datagram formats 850-160692/S May 2015 © Kongsberg Maritime AS...
  • Page 4 Kongsberg Maritime AS. The document, or any part of it, may not be translated to any other language without the written approval from Kongsberg Maritime AS.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Clock ......................27 ZDA format....................27 Sound speed datagrams ..................28 Overview ....................28 Kongsberg Maritime SSP format ..............29 AML Smart Sensor and AML Micro Sensor format ........32 Depth input datagrams from single beam echo sounder ........33 DBS Format ....................33 DPT Format ....................
  • Page 6 Single beam echo sounder depth ..............75 Tide datagram..................... 76 Sound speed......................77 Surface sound speed ................... 77 Sound speed profile datagram ..............78 Kongsberg Maritime SSP output datagram ........... 79 Multibeam parameters ....................80 Installation parameters ................80 Runtime parameters ..................89 Mechanical transducer tilt................98 ExtraParameters datagram ................

  • Page 7: Em Datagram Formats

    EM datagram formats EM 2040C INSTALLATION OFFSETS ......123 HANDLING OF .ALL–FILES ..........125 850-160692/S...
  • Page 8 Kongsberg EM Series 850-160692/S...
  • Page 9 EM datagram formats EM datagram formats The data input and output formats to and from the EM Series multibeam echo sounders are described in this document. The information applies to the Kongsberg Maritime multibeam echo sounders introduced after 1995. Note...

  • Page 10: Presentation Format

    For binary fields, the length is given in number of bytes plus “U” for unsigned and “S” for signed data. Support information If you need technical support on the EM Series system you must contact a Kongsberg Maritime office. A list of all our support offices is provided on http://www.km.kongsberg.com.

  • Page 11: Input Datagrams

    Note The majority of these formats have not been defined by Kongsberg Maritime. Thus, these formats are not controlled by Kongsberg Maritime. Almost all input formats are ASCII. Serial line or Ethernet input to the multibeam echo sounder’s Processing Unit is most common, but some datagrams - which are not time...

  • Page 12: Overview

    Kongsberg EM Series • Tide Input on page 20 • Depth, pressure or height input on page 20 Overview The EM Series accepts position data in the following formats • NMEA 0183 GGA • GGK • PTNL, GGK • SIMRAD 90 •...
  • Page 13 Input datagrams In addition to position data from the GGA or GGK datagrams, speed and course over ground from NMEA VTG datagrams may also be copied into the position output datagram. These values may be useful in filtering of the positioning during postprocessing.
  • Page 14 Kongsberg EM Series GGA Datagram Table 1 GGA Datagram Data Description Format Valid range Note — — Always 24h Start identifier = $ — Talker identifier Capital letters — — Sentence formatter Always GGA, — UTC of position hhmmss.ss, 000000 to 235959.9...
  • Page 15 Input datagrams The GPS manufacturers may have different GPS quality indicators. When the quality factor of a GGA positioning system in use is 4 or 5 a height output datagram is automatically generated, and also if the quality factor is 3 or 8 and the operator has set the GGA position to be an RTK position.
  • Page 16 Kongsberg EM Series PTNL, GGK Local coordinate position datagram Table 2 PTNL Datagram Data Description Format Valid range Note — — Always 24h Start identifier = $ — — Sentence identifier Always PTNL, — — Sentence formatter Always GGK, —...
  • Page 17 Input datagrams Trimble GGK Datagram Table 3 GGK Datagram Data Description Format Valid range Note — — Always 24h Start identifier = $ — Talker identifier Capital letters — — Sentence formatter Always GGK, — Time of position hhmmss.ss, 000000 to 235959.99... —...
  • Page 18 Kongsberg EM Series VTG Datagram Table 4 VTG Datagram Data Description Format Valid range Note — — Always 24h Start identifier = $ — Talker identifier Capital letters — — Sentence formatter Always VTG, Course over ground, degrees true x.x,T, 0 to 359.9...
  • Page 19 Input datagrams Transponder position Table 5 SSB - SSBL Position Datagram Data Description Format Valid range Note — — Start_character — — Address PSIMSSB, — Time hhmmss.ss, — TP code B01, — Status cc_, — Error code — — Coordinate system (always radians) —...
  • Page 20 Kongsberg EM Series Simrad 90 Position Table 6 Simrad 90 datagram Data Description Format Length Valid range Note — — Always 24h Start identifier = $ — Talker identifier Capital letters — — Sentence formatter Always S90, — Date of position...

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