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- Page 1 Reference manual Simrad ES60 Fish finding echo sounder www.SIMRAD.com M A X I M I Z I N G Y O U R P E R F O R M A N C E S E A...
- Page 3 857-160970 Simrad ES60 Fish finding echo sounder Reference manual...
- Page 4 The information contained in this document is subject to change without prior notice. Simrad Horten AS shall not be liable for errors contained herein, or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this document.
- Page 5 Reference manual Chapters System description This chapter presents a general description of the echo sounder system. Refer to page 1. Display views This chapter explains the layout of the echo sounder display presentation. Refer to page 12. Getting started This chapter provides an operational example to get you started with the operation.
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Page 6: Table Of Contents
Simrad ES60 Table of contents SYSTEM DESCRIPTION ........ - Page 7 Reference manual Environmental parameters ........Navigation interface .
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Page 10: System Description
System description SYSTEM DESCRIPTION Introduction This chapter provides a brief introduction to the Simrad ES60 fishery echo sounder system. Related topics Overview, page 2 → ES60 System drawing, page 3 → Wave propagation, page 4 → Bottom echo, page 6 →... -
Page 11: System Overview
Simrad ES60 System overview Key facts The Simrad ES60 echo sounders is designed for the professional fishery community implementing the latest innovations. • The ES60 system is flexible and easy to configure due to the modular design. • Echo sounders ranging from relatively low-cost single beam to large multi-frequency systems containing several split-beam channels can be realised. - Page 12 System description System diagram: (A) = LCD monitor (B) = Processor Unit (C) = General Purpose Transceiver (GPT) (D) = Transducer 857-160970 / Rev.H...
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Page 13: Wave Propagation
Simrad ES60 Wave propagation The velocity of sound wave propagation in the sea varies slightly with temperature, salinity and pressure. The velocity varies between 1440 and 1520 m/s in shallow sea water, while a velocity around 1480 m/s can be expected at 1000 m depth. In shallow fresh water the velocity is approximately 1430 m/s. - Page 14 System description Propagation losses due to absorption are much higher in sea water than in fresh water. Absorption also increases with frequency. At 38 kHz the absorption is 0.5 dB/km in fresh water and 10 dB/km in sea water. At 200 kHz the absorption is 10 dB/km in fresh water and 50 dB/km in salt water.
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Page 15: Bottom Echo
Simrad ES60 Bottom echo A hard flat bottom reflects the transmitted signal as if it were a mirror. The transmitted pulse hits the illuminated bottom area at nearly the same instant, and the echo from different parts of this area arrive back at the surface also at nearly the same instant. - Page 16 System description The bottom detection algorithm locks to the first good bottom return. The depth at point A rather than the depth along the transducer axis will be output for a sloped bottom. The detected depth value is always smaller than the depth along the transducer axis implying that a safety margin is automatically included.
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Page 17: Split- -Beam Operation
Simrad ES60 Split-beam operation The ES60 uses the split-beam technique for assessment of the size distribution of individual fish. A split-beam transducer is electrically divided into four quadrants. All four quadrants are excited in parallel during transmission. However, the received... - Page 18 System description the received echo strength alone will not be too successful. A split-beam echo sounder measures the position of the fish within the beam. The sounder corrects for the difference in transducer sensitivity and computes the true size of the fish. The split-beam measurement technique only works for echoes originating from one single fish since the electrical phase will be random if echoes from multiple individuals at different positions...
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Page 19: Observation Range
Simrad ES60 Observation range Absorption increases dramatically with frequency in salt water. For maximum observation range you should select a low operating frequency, a large transducer and the maximum transmit power. Figure 4 Observation range Maximum detection depth Transducer Frequency,... - Page 20 60 centimeter cod down to 800 meters, and bottom detection works down to 3800 meters. However, with the Simrad 200-7F transducer (200 kHz, 7x7 degrees, 1000 W) you can only observe that same cod down to 260 meters, and bottom detection becomes unreliable below 500 meters.
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Page 21: Display Views
Simrad ES60 DISPLAY VIEWS Introduction This chapter provides a brief overview of the information displayed by the ES60, and how it is organised. Related topics Display layout and main view, page 13 → Moving boundary lines, page 14 → Direct access to dialog boxes, page 15 →... -
Page 22: Display Organisation
Display views Display organisation Main view The ES60 display is organised as follows (from top): • Menu bar • For each transceiver channel: - Two echo frames • Status bar A single channel display is shown below as an example. (CD10202) (A) Main menu (B) Header view... -
Page 23: Moving The Boundary Lines
Simrad ES60 Menu The Menu bar contains the echo sounder’s main menu. A single click on one of the menu names will provide a new drop-down menu where additional choices can be made. Header For each channel, the Header view contains the current operational mode and frequency, the current depth, and the colour scale. -
Page 24: Direct Access To Dialogue Boxes
Display views Direct access to dialogue boxes Several dialogue boxes are directly accessed from the various views on the display. Position the cursor, and right-click on the... • Mode and frequency information in the Header view to open the Transceiver Settings dialogue box. •... -
Page 25: Menu Bar
Simrad ES60 Menu bar The ES60 Menu bar contains the Main menu (CD10204) (A) Main menu (B) Menu bar The main menu has the following options: • File • View • Options • Install • Step! • Help To operate, click on the menu name and observe the drop-down menu. -
Page 26: Header View
Display views Header view The ES60 Header view is shown directly above the two Echo frames. The top Header view is thus located just below the Menu bar. The Header view contains the following information. (CD10205) (A) Transceiver settings: Current mode and frequency (B) Bottom detection: Current depth (C) Colour Scale The Header view is a part of the channel. -
Page 27: Echo Frames
Simrad ES60 Echo frames Overview The ES60 Echo frames are the main information bearer on the echo sounder display. The Echo frames are usually presented in pairs with two echo frames for each channel. The Echo frame contains the following views:... -
Page 28: Echogram And Range
Display views If you place the cursor in the coordinate system, a small yellow label will appear to give you a detailed readout of the target strength in dB at the cursor’s position. This target strength indicates the fish length (in cm or inches) or fish weight (in kg). Related topics Getting started, page 31. -
Page 29: Scope
Simrad ES60 Scope The Scope view is the rightmost view and shows a oscilloscope view of the last ping corresponding to the settings in the Echogram view. This view draws a range of horizontal symmetrical colour lines. The distance from the vertical centre axis and the line colour reflects the received echo amplitude. -
Page 30: Status Bar
Display views Status bar The ES60 Status bar is located at the bottom of the display. It contains the following information: Note that the water temperature read-out will only be available if a sensor is connected to the echo sounder. Also, navigational information requires that the applicable position information is connected to the echo sounder. -
Page 31: History And Printer Views
Simrad ES60 History and printer views Overview The echogram information provided on the display will differ slightly from the information provided on the printer and in the History files. This is because the annotation settings differ between the two media. -
Page 32: Display Example
Display views Display example The first illustration shows an excerpt of the display view as it appears during normal operation when several annotations have been added. The annotations are not displayed with all the information they contain, they are merely added as vertical red lines. Figure 5 Display presentation... - Page 33 Simrad ES60 (CD10210) Figure 6 History and printer presentation (4) One Event annotation with both navigational and time information added. This annotation is controlled by the parameters in the Annotation dialogue box. It will only appear on the printer output and in the History when you press the Event number in the Status bar.
- Page 34 Display views (8) One Event annotation with no additional information added. The number shown (”0006”) is the event number. The annotation appears on the printer output and in the History when you press the Event number in the Status bar . (9) One depth annotation.
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Page 35: Getting Started
Simrad ES60 GETTING STARTED Introduction This chapter will guide you through the main operations of the ES60 by the use of an operational example. The intention with this chapter is to provide you with an overview of the main functions in the echo sounder, and to demonstrate how the ES60 may be used in a realistic operational situation. -
Page 36: Before You Start
Getting started Before you start Before you start the ES60, make sure that the necessary hardware items are correctly installed and connected. The transducer(s) must also be defined in the ES60 software on the computer. Related topics ES60 Installation manual →... -
Page 37: Start- -Up
Simrad ES60 Start-up Overview This chapter provides the basic procedure required to power up the echo sounder and start the pinging. Power-up procedure After these initial preparations you can open the ES60 program on the computer. The “power on” procedure... -
Page 38: Navigation Interface
Getting started Navigation interface To link acoustical data with navigational data the ES60 must be able to receive data provided by a GPS or another positioning system. The Navigation Interface dialogue box is used to define the parameters to achieve this. Open the Install menu, choose the Navigation command to open the Navigation Interface dialogue box. -
Page 39: Operation
Simrad ES60 Operation Overview This chapter describes a few of the most common functions used during normal operation. Selecting operational mode You are now ready to start the actual operation of the ES60 echo sounder. The first thing to do is to choose operational mode. -
Page 40: Bottom Detector Settings
Getting started Note that if you operate in Replay mode, the transceiver settings can not be changed. Additional information about the transceiver settings are available if you press the Advanced button in the Transceiver Settings dialogue box. Bottom detector settings The Header view on the display is also used to present the current depth. -
Page 41: Echogram And Range View
Simrad ES60 • The upper right corner of the view shows the s value calculated using the integration values in the Echogram and Range view. Position the cursor in the Single Echo view, click the right mouse button to open the Echo Trace dialogue box. - Page 42 Getting started Range field The Range field allows you to read and specify the range used in the Echogram field. The current range is displayed on the range axis. In the Range dialogue box you can define the area of interest for the echogram.
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Page 43: Scope View
Simrad ES60 • In a surface related echogram you will modify the range, while for a bottom related echogram, you will change the start range. • If you press the left mouse button while using the mouse wheel, the surface echogram will change its start value, while the bottom related echogram will change its range. -
Page 44: Data Storage
Getting started Data storage Overview This chapter presents a brief description of the data storage functionality. Note that you can not perform all the operations described here if your echo sounder does not have a keyboard. Define storage parameters It will often be beneficial to store some of the echo information recorded during an operation. - Page 45 Simrad ES60 To stop data recording click the Line field again. The red colour indicates that data recording is active. When the recording stops, the colour is changed back to black. The file names used for the stored data are determined by the survey line number and the date and time when recording started.
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Page 46: Operational Procedures
Operational procedures OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES Overview This chapter contains a number of specific procedures to be used with your ES60 echo sounder. Topics Power on/off, page 38 → Basic operations, page 40 → Transceiver installation, page 44 → Record and playback, page 46 →... -
Page 47: Power On/Off
Simrad ES60 Power on/off Use the following procedures to switch the ES60 echo sounder on and off. Power on It is assumed that the echo sounder’s hardware and software are properly installed and configured. Switch power on. - The location of the power switches are individually assigned. - Page 48 Operational procedures Related topics Operation, page 102 → Layout, page 99 → Transceiver Settings, page 119 → Transceiver Installation, page 117 → Options menu, page 61 → 857-160970 / Rev.H...
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Page 49: Basic Operations
Simrad ES60 Basic operations Overview This chapter presents a number of common procedures frequently carried out on the ES60 echo sounder. Changing the echogram settings To change the echogram settings: Position the cursor in the Echogram field. Click the right mouse button. -
Page 50: Changing The Transmit Power
Operational procedures To change the pulse length: Position the cursor over the frequency information in the Header view, and click the right mouse button. - The Transceiver Settings dialogue box opens. Move the pulse length slider to the desired pulse length value. -
Page 51: Enabling The Depth Alarms
Simrad ES60 Related topics Header view, page 17 → Bottom Detector, page 78 → Enabling the depth alarms You can set individual alarms for minimum and maximum depth. You can also enable an alarm to sound off if the bottom track is lost. - Page 52 Operational procedures a Enter the desired annotation text into the Text box. A keyboard must be connected to the echo sounder to allow this. b Click OK. c The text you entered is displayed immediately, but it will not be repeated. To add the current time as an annotation: a Under Time, click Active.
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Page 53: Transceiver Installation
Simrad ES60 Transceiver installation Overview Use the following procedures to install, modify or delete frequency channels from the echo sounder set-up. General Purpose Transceivers (GPT) physically connected to the echo sounder’s Ethernet interface are identified automatically by the system. When you open the Transceiver Installation dialogue box from the Install menu, a list will be provided. -
Page 54: To Modify An Ip Address
Operational procedures Click OK to accept the choice and exit the dialogue box. Restart the echo sounder as described below. To modify an IP address This procedure allows you to modify the IP address of the currently selected General Purpose Transceiver (GPT). Select Transceiver on the Install menu. -
Page 55: Record And Playback
Simrad ES60 Record and playback Overview You can set up the echo sounder to record the unprocessed transducer signals on the internal harddisk or other recordable media. This recorded signal may later be injected into the echo sounder’s processing software as if it arrived directly from the transceiver. - Page 56 Operational procedures Start recording Use the Line field in the Status bar to start the recording. Position the cursor over the Line field. Press the left mouse button. The line number increments, and the Line field is presented with a red colour. Stop recording To stop the recording: Click the Line field once again.
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Page 57: Playback
Simrad ES60 Playback When replaying the recorded signal, the ping rate is not limited by the speed of sound in water. Hence, a higher ping rate is possible during replay than during normal operation. The playback is started as follows:... - Page 58 Operational procedures Record To start History recording: Select Operation on the File menu. - Observe the Operation dialogue box appear. Click Save in the History field. Click Browse to select disk directory. Click Ok to start the recording. To stop History recording: Select Operation on the File menu.
- Page 59 Simrad ES60 (A) Press to print current view (B) Press to print multiple views Press the left printer icon (with the sign) in the lower right corner of the History window. Press the Ctrl key on the keyboard and the left mouse button simultanously to select the images to be printed.
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Page 60: Software Installation And Upgrades
Operational procedures Software installation and upgrades Overview The echo sounder is initially delivered with all necessary software installed and configured. Software upgrades are useful if your echo sounder fails, and you suspect a software error. An upgrade is also required whenever the echo sounder software is modified. -
Page 61: Software Upgrade Procedure
The ES60 may operate with a locally purchased computer, provided that this computer meets the minuimum requirements defined by Simrad Horten. If in doubt, consult your dealer. To install the software and operate the echo sounder from a third party computer, you will need to set up the computer correctly, and you will need a separate licence number. - Page 62 Operational procedures Open the Control Panel to access the Network connections. Open the Local area connection. Press Properties. - Observe the Local Area Connection Properties dialogue box appear. Select the General tab, and click on Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Press Properties. - Observe the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialogue box appear.
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Page 63: Size Distribution
Simrad ES60 Size distribution Purpose If your ES60 is equipped with a splitbeam transducer, this procedure will provide you with the means to establish size distribution of anchovies and other pelagic schooled fish such as herring, capelin, sardines, horse mackerel, pilchard and tuna. - Page 64 Operational procedures - Bottom smoothing: On - Alternative bottom detector: Off Right-click on the colour bar in the Header view to open the Colour Scale dialogue box. Make the following settings: - No TVG: 70 - School gain: 70 (or less, depending on fish size) - Fish gain: 70 (or less, depending on fish size) - Bottom gain: 60 - Limit regulation gain: Off...
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Page 65: Adjusting To Obtain Correct Fish Length
Simrad ES60 Adjusting to obtain correct fish length Once an actual catch has been landed, you can adjust the echo sounder reading to obtain correct fish size. On the Install menu, select Fish to open the Fish Select dialogue box. -
Page 66: Reference Guide
Reference guide REFERENCE GUIDE Overview This chapter describes the menus and dialogue boxes in detail. Related topics Echo sounder menus, page 58 → Dialogue boxes, page 68 → Status bar, page 66 → 857-160970 / Rev.H... -
Page 67: Menus
Simrad ES60 Menus Main menu The Main menu contains the following options: File, page 59 → View, page 60 → Options, page 61 → Install, page 63 → Step, described below. → Help, page 65 → Note that a number of dialogue boxes are accessed directly using right-click on certain display fields. -
Page 68: File Menu
Reference guide File menu The following commands are available on the File menu: Operation, page 102 → Store, page 113 → Annotation, page 73 → Print, page 105 → Shutdown, page 90. → Operation This command option opens the Operation dialogue box. -
Page 69: View Menu
Simrad ES60 View menu The View menu contains the following options: Layout, page 99 → History, page 95 → Layout This command opens the Layout dialogue box. Use it to modify the layout of frequency channels on the display. History This command opens the dialogue box. -
Page 70: Options Menu
Reference guide Options menu The following commands are available on the Options menu: Language, page 98 → Depth unit, see below → Temperature unit, see below → Palette, see below → Beeper, see below → Save settings, see below → Restore settings, see below →... - Page 71 Simrad ES60 Restore settings This entry reads parameter settings from static memory into the echo sounder application. No dialogues are provided. Factory settings This entry copies the default factory settings back into the sounder. A proper clean-up of the complete menu system is sometimes required in order to escape from unintentional deadlocks.
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Page 72: Install Menu
Reference guide Install menu The following commands are available on the Install menu: Transceiver, page 117 → Environment, page 89 → Navigation, page 100 → Trawl, page 122 → Purse Seine, page 109 → Heave, page 93 → Temperature, page 116 →... - Page 73 Simrad ES60 BI500 This command option opens the BI500 dialogue box. 857-160970 / Rev.H...
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Page 74: Help Menu
Reference guide Help menu The Help menu contains the following options: • Contents • About the echo sounder Contents This command opens the on-line user manual. This user manual is an HTML based document compiled to the CHM format designed by Microsoftt. The content of the on-line user manual is identical to the first chapters in the printed manual. -
Page 75: Status Bar
Simrad ES60 Status Bar The Status Bar at the bottom of the screen displays status messages, event number, printer active symbol, water temperature, navigational data (latitude and longitude) and time of day. (CD10208) The following information is provided on the Status bar: (A) Information - Various messages are displayed in this field;... - Page 76 Reference guide Related topics Recording procedure, page 46 → Store, page 113 → Print and History, pages 105 → Print Setup, page 107 → 857-160970 / Rev.H...
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Page 77: Dialogue Boxes
Simrad ES60 Dialogue boxes Introduction The following chapters describe in detail all the dialogue boxes used in the ES60 echo sounder. The dialogue boxes are presented in alphabetical order. Advanced Navigation, page 69 Purse Seine, page 109 → → Advanced Transceiver, page 71 Replay, page 110 →... -
Page 78: Advanced Navigation
Reference manual Advanced Navigation The Advanced Navigation dialogue box is accessed from the Navigation Interface dialogue box. The Navigation Interface dialogue box is in turn available from the Install menu. NMEA Sentence These boxes specify which type of NMEA navigation sentence should be automatically interpreted. - Page 79 Simrad ES60 No. of fields - Identify the total number of fields in the ASCII message. Start field - Identify which of the fields in the message is the start field. Field separator - Identify which ASCII character is used to separate the fields in the message.
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Page 80: Advanced Transceiver
Reference manual Advanced Transceiver This dialogue box is accessed from the Transceiver Settings dialogue box. It displays detailed numeric information characterising the channel. This includes transducer parameters, exact transmit frequency and receiver processing parameters. Parameters The parameters shown in this dialogue box are determined during the transceiver installation procedure. - Page 81 Simrad ES60 Absorption [dB/km] - This value describes the absorption of sound in the water. The default values are computed according to Francois and Garrison, Journal of Acoustic Society, December 1982. The most important environmental variable affecting this parameter is found in the Environment dialogue box.
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Page 82: Annotation
Reference manual Annotation The Annotation dialogue box is opened from the File menu. The ES60 echo sounder supports these different types of annotation: • Text - use this function to enter your own text. • Time - use this annotation to automatically generate a time marker at specified intervals. - Page 83 Simrad ES60 Text The annotation text is entered here. Note that you need to have a keyboard connected to the echo sounder. The text can be entered freely, for example ”Dangerous wreck”. When you press the OK button the text is written into the echogram. The next time you open the Annotation dialogue box, the text is cleared, and you must enter new information.
- Page 84 Reference manual A carriage-return and line-feed pair completes the telegram. The ASCII telegram with the external annotation must be connected to the same serial line as the navigation system. Related topics Status Bar, page 66 → 857-160970 / Rev.H...
- Page 85 Simrad ES60 BI 500 The BI 500 dialogue box is opened from the Install menu. The ES60 echo sounder may communicate on an ethernet line with the BI 500 post-processing software. This dialogue box is used to set up the parameters for this communication, and to define which information the BI 500 shall receive.
- Page 86 The Echogram, Echo trace and Vessel log datagrams are identical to the corresponding datagrams transmitted by the Simrad EK500 echo sounder. Distance Use this parameter to (re)set the internal log distance counter. The current value of the log distance counter is shown at the time the BI 500 dialogue box was opened.
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Page 87: Bottom Detector
Simrad ES60 Bottom Detector The Bottom Detector dialogue box is opened when you right-click on the numeric depth value in the Header view on the display. This dialogue box is used to define the upper and lower depth limits most likely to be used during the echo sounder operation. - Page 88 Alternative Bottom Detector - This bottom detector resembles the Simrad ES 380 bottom detector algorithm. This function may be useful in a steep bottom slope situation. 857-160970 / Rev.H...
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Page 89: Bottom Range
Simrad ES60 Bottom Range The Bottom Range dialogue box opens if you click the right mouse button in the range field in the Echogram and Range view while operating with a Bottom Range echogram. The different echograms are explained in the Echogram dialogue box. -
Page 90: Colour Scale
Reference manual Colour Scale The Colour Scale dialogue box is opened when you right-click on the colour scale in the Header view. This dialogue controls the mapping of echo strength into one out of 12 colours, light blue for weak signals and dark brown for strong signals. - Page 91 Simrad ES60 Limit gain regulation - Due to the high dynamic range in the ES60 echo sounder, invidious gain settings may result in unwanted noise. This will also cause the fish size estimates to be erroneous. This gain regulation setting will limit the receiver gain to maximum 100 dB.
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Page 92: Depth Output
Reference manual Depth Output The Depth Output dialogue box is called from the Heave Sensor, Trawl Interface and Navigation Interface dialogue boxes. These are in turn accessed from the Install menu. It allows you to control the depth data output. Parameters Depth output - Check to enable the depth output. -
Page 93: Echo Trace
Simrad ES60 Echo Trace The Echo Trace dialogue box is opened if you right-click in the Single Echo view on the display. For each detection of a single fish the ES60 estimates the target strength. Approximate formulas are used to convert target strength to fish length and weight. -
Page 94: Echogram
Reference manual Echogram The Echogram dialogue box is opened by right-clicking on the echogram in the Echogram and Range view on the display. This dialogue is used to control the type and presentation of the echograms. Echogram Surface - Manual - The echogram is related to the sea surface. Start depth (at the upper echogram boundary) and vertical range (across the echogram) are manually selected in the Surface Range dialogue box. - Page 95 Simrad ES60 Surface - Auto Start - The echogram is related to the sea surface. Vertical range is manually selected in the Surface Range dialogue box. The ES60 performs automatic adjustment of the start depth keeping the bottom echo inside the visible echogram.
- Page 96 Reference manual Show echograms - In mode 1x to 5x the centre echograms can be chosen by selecting the transducer number in the waterfall view. Example: If 3x is chosen and echogram 5 is centre, the echograms 4 and 6 will be displayed in each side of echogram 5. Bottom: •...
- Page 97 Simrad ES60 Fish - The echogram displays target strength above the detected bottom and surface backscattering strength below the detected bottom. Target strength is suitable when observing individual fish, and surface backscattering strength is suitable when studying the properties of the bottom.
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Page 98: Environment
Reference manual Environment The Environment dialogue box is available from the Install menu. Many other echo sounders are calibrated to a sound velocity of 1500 m/s. If the ES60 is used together with other sounders it is advantageous to adjust the sound velocity on the ES60 as well, in order to have the same depth readings. -
Page 99: Shutdown
Simrad ES60 Shutdown The Shutdown command is available from the File menu. Select this command to terminate the echo sounder program. Note You must always use this command before you turn off power! Related topics File, page 59 → 857-160970 / Rev.H... -
Page 100: Factory Settings
Third, the echo sounder is restarted using the default settings chosen by Simrad Horten. These are considered generic, and they are the same settings as when you first switched on the echo sounder. -
Page 101: Fish Select
Simrad ES60 Fish select The Fish Select dialogue box is accessed from the Install menu. The settings in this dialogue box allows you to modify the fish size distribution manually. If the information in the Single Echo view appears to be inaccurate, or the information does not correspond with the actual catch, the values can be modified. -
Page 102: Heave Sensor
Reference manual Heave Sensor The Heave Sensor dialogue box is accessed from the Install menu. If you wish your echogram and detected bottom depth to be heave corrected, you need to connect the ES60 to a heave sensor. Source Selection Off - Disregard all heave input. - Page 103 Simrad ES60 Serial Line - Heave sensors with a serial line output are connected to a RS-232 port at the rear of the echo sounder’s processor unit. Protocol - These options are only available when Serial Line has been chosen. Use these to select serial line input format. The...
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Page 104: History
Reference manual History The History dialogue box is accessed from the View menu. It displays echogram views previously saved during normal echo sounder operation. This function greatly reduces the need for echogram printout on paper. The presentation is made in a separate window, and the echo sounder operates normally in the background. -
Page 105: Ip Address
As long as the ES60 operates as a stand-alone system using the hardware supplied by Simrad Horten, you will not need to change anything. To access this dialogue box, open the Transceiver Installation dialogue box from the Install menu, select a transceiver, and click Set new GPT IP Address. - Page 106 Reference manual The address class is determined from the high-order bits of the first byte. • The first byte of a Class A address contains a zero and seven network bits. The next 24 bites identify the host. • A Class B address contains a one, a zero, 14 network bits and 16 host bits.
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Page 107: Language
Simrad ES60 Language The Language dialogue box is accessed from the Options menu. Use this dialogue to select operational language. 857-160970 / Rev.H... -
Page 108: Layout
Reference manual Layout The Layout dialogue box is accessed from the View menu. Installed frequency channels are visible on the display or hidden. This dialogue box controls how many frequency channels are visible and their layout on the display. Arrangement Visible frequency channels are vertically or horizontally arranged on the display. -
Page 109: Navigation Interface
NMEA datagrams or user specific ASCII datagrams. Standard NMEA datagrams are automatically interpreted, like the GGA and GLL navigation sentences. Special $??ATS or CS datagrams (defined by Simrad Horten) may contain an external annotation message. See the Annotation dialogue box for further information about annotations. - Page 110 Reference manual Speed input External - to be used if navigational data is input from an external source into ES60. The current vessel speed value is shown (when external speed input is selected) Manual - only to be used if external speed data is unavailable or unreliable.
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Page 111: Operation
Simrad ES60 Operation The Operation dialogue box is accessed from the File menu. This is the main dialogue box for operational control. You can select operational mode and ping rate, and you can initiate recording of the echo sounder information. The sounder has two functions to greatly reduce the need for echogram printout paper: Store/Replay and History. - Page 112 Reference manual The History function is equivalent to the print function. The echo sounder continuously saves echogram ”printouts” or echogram pictures to the internal harddisk. These can later can be recalled on the display. The horizontal width of each echogram picture roughly corresponds to the width of the display.
- Page 113 Simrad ES60 History Echogram pictures are saved continuously to the harddisk when the Save box is checked. To select folder for the saved files, click Browse. Ping rate These settings are used to define how fast the echo sounder shall transmit (“ping”).
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Page 114: Printer And History
Reference manual Printer and History The Printer and History dialogue box allows you to control the output to the system’s colour printer. The dialogue is accessed by the Print command on the File menu. Print Check this box if you want the echogram printing to be active. If the printer is switched on and active, a small printer symbol is shown inside the Status bar. - Page 115 Simrad ES60 Text background Click to select either opaque or transparent text background on the annotation printouts. Echogram speed Select any of these values to slow down the printout relative to the echo sounder speed. The ping rate will not be changed.
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Page 116: Print Setup
Reference manual Print Setup The Print Setup dialogue box is accessed from the Printer and History dialogue box. Note that this dialogue box is a part of the operating system, and the language displayed is that of the operating system. The ES60 echo sounder uses the print mechanism of the Microsoftt operating system when sending the echogram to a printer. - Page 117 Simrad ES60 Properties - This button activates the Properties dialogue box. This is a printer specific dialogue for entering special purpose printer parameters. You do not need to enter this dialogue box during normal operation of the echo sounder. The Properties dialogue box is part of the operating system.
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Page 118: Purse Seine
Reference manual Purse Seine The Purse Seine dialogue box is accessed from the Install menu. Use the settings from this dialogue to set up the interface to the purse seine system. Depth Output This opens the Depth Output dialogue box. RS-232 This button activates the RS-232 Setup dialogue box. -
Page 119: Replay
Simrad ES60 Replay This Replay dialogue box is accessed from the Operation dialogue box by clicking on the Files button. The Operation dialogue is in turn opened on the File menu. The Store function records the unprocessed transducer signal on the internal harddisk or an other recordable media. - Page 120 Reference manual Loop Check this box if you want the ES60 program to loop through the currently selected replay files without stopping. Save Output Data Check this box if you want to store processed output data. This data are used by post-processing software when generating bottom contour maps.
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Page 121: Rs-232 Setup
Simrad ES60 RS-232 Setup The RS-232 Setup dialogue box is accessed from several other dialogue boxes. It specifies the RS-232 communication settings. Identical settings must be used at the opposite side of the RS-232 cable. Parameters Port - Which RS-232 port do you want to use? Baud Rate - Select communication rate. -
Page 122: Store
Reference manual Store The Store/Replay function records the unprocessed transceiver data on the internal harddisk. The recorded signal can later be injected into the echo sounder processing software as if it arrived directly from the transducer. The Store dialogue is accessed from the File menu. It controls the recording of the unprocessed signal on the harddisk. - Page 123 Simrad ES60 Save Output Data - Check this box if you wante to store processed output data on the internal harddisk; position fixes, bottom detections, annotations. This data are used by the post-processing software when generating bottom contour maps. Line No.
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Page 124: Surface Range
Reference manual Surface Range The Surface Range dialogue box opens if you click the right mouse button in the range field in the Echogram and Range view while operating with a Surface Range echogram. The different echograms are explained in the Echogram dialogue box. -
Page 125: Temperature Sensor
Simrad ES60 Temperature Sensor The Temperature Sensor dialogue box is accessed from the Install menu. Water temperature is shown on the echo sounder display provided a thermistor (temperature sensitive resistor, 10 kohm at 25 deg C) is interfaced to the system. -
Page 126: Transceiver Installation
Reference manual Transceiver Installation This dialogue box controls installation and un-installation of transceivers. The dialogue box is accessed from the Install menu. Prior to this, all echo sounder activity must be stopped. When accessed, an opening dialogue allows you to either: •... - Page 127 Simrad ES60 The frequency channel number identifies individual channels within a multi-frequency channel transceiver. Frequency channels Hence, the echo sounder system consists of a number of frequency channels. Entries in the frequency channel list are shown in black, green colour. Detected channels that are not installed are shown in black.
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Page 128: Transceiver Settings
Reference manual Transceiver Settings The Transceiver Settings dialogue box is accessed from the Header view on the display. Place the cursor on top of the mode and frequency information, and press the right mouse button. This dialogue box controls transceiver and transducer parameters specific to the current frequency channel. - Page 129 Simrad ES60 Test - The transmitter is passive and the receiver is active. Each General Purpose Transceiver board includes a signal generator injecting a weak test signal (-70.0 dBW) into the receiver’s input circuitry. The nominal power reading at the display is -70.0 dBW for channels using one transceiver board (1 kW...
- Page 130 Reference manual Advanced This button opens up the Advanced Transceiver dialogue box containing detailed numeric information about the transducer and the channel. Related topics Advanced Transceiver, page 71 → Heave Sensor, page 93 → 857-160970 / Rev.H...
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Page 131: Trawl Interface
Simrad ES60 Trawl Interface A Simrad ITI (Integrated Trawl Instrumentation) system can be connected to a RS-232 port at the rear of the ES60 computer. Communication with the ITI system is based on NMEA telegrams. The ES60 may transmit depth telegrams to the ITI. - Page 132 Reference manual Depth Output - This button activates the Depth Output dialogue box. Related topics RS-232 Setup, page 112 → Depth Output, page 83 → 857-160970 / Rev.H...
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Page 133: Trawl Range
Simrad ES60 Trawl Range The Trawl Range dialogue box opens if you click the right mouse button in the range field in the Echogram and Range view while operating with a Trawl Range echogram. The different echograms are explained in the Echogram dialogue box. - Page 136 E 2006 Simrad Horten AS ISBN 82-8066-028-3 www.simrad.com M A X I M I Z I N G Y O U R P E R F O R M A N C E S E A...