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Reference manualSimrad ES70Fish nding echo sounderTECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE FISHERIESwww.simrad.com

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SimradES70SettingupthedepthoutputtoaSimradsonarThisprocedureexplainshowtoconnecttheES70toaSimradsonarsystem.Thecurrentdepthfromadenedtransceiverchann

Operationalprocedures3ClickDepthOutputtoopentheDepthOutputdialog.TheDepthOutputdialogisusedtosetuptheoutputofdepthdatafromtheES70toadedicatedcommunica

SimradES70Supportedtelegramformatsforspeed:→RMCRecommendedminimumspecicGNSSdataonpage270→VHWWaterspeedandheadingonpage271→VTGCourseoverground&gro

Operationalprocedures2ClicktheSetupicon.ThisiconislocatedundertheMainmenu.ItisusedtoopentheSetupmenu.→Setupmenuonpage1523ClickNavigationtoopentheNavig

SimradES70bOntheseriallinesocketontheES70computer,connectanRS-232cableasfollows:•ReceivesignalRxonpin2.•TransmitsignalTxonpin3.•CommonGroundonpin5.cOn

Operationalprocedures12Checkthedataowontheinputcommunicationline.Inordertomonitorthisdataow,theperipheralsystemmustbeactiveandtransmittinginformatio

SimradES70Therststep(withsub-steps)inthisprocedureexplainshowtodothephysicalcablingusingaseriallineoranEthernetconnection.Theremainingstepsdescribeho

OperationalproceduresImportantTheASCIIdatagramwiththeexternalannotationmustbeconnectedtothesameseriallineasthenavigationsystem.Thefollowingtelegramsar

SimradES70TestandmaintenanceTheseproceduresareprovidedforon-boardtestandmaintenanceoftheSimradES70.Neitherthecomputernorthetransceiver(s)containanyuse

Operationalprocedures7OntheEchogramtab:aSetTVGtoPower(NoTVG)bSetEchogramTypetoSurface8ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.9ClicktheOperat

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SimradES702ClicktheInstallationbuttontoopentheInstallationmenu.Onthemenu,clickTransceiverInstallationtoopentheTransceiverInstallationdialog.Thepurpose

Operationalprocedures6OpentheLogfolder.ThefoldercontainsallrecentloglescontainingtheES70messages.7Usingthefunctionalityprovidedbytheoperatingsystem,c

SimradES70CleaningthetransducerfaceWheneveropportunityarise,forexamplewhenthevesselisdrydocked,thetransducerfacemaybecleanedforshellsandothermarinefou

OperationalproceduresApprovedanti-foulingpaintsfortransducersThisisSimrad'slistofapprovedantifoulingpaintsonpolyurethanetransducerhousing.Pleasen

SimradES70DisplayviewsThedisplayviewsprovidedbytheSimradES70arebasedontheawardwinningdesignoftheSimradME70multibeamechosounder.Themenusystem,presentat

DisplayviewsDisplayorganizationBydefault,theES70displaypresentationcoverstheentirescreenview.AtypicalES70displaypresentationisshown.ATitleBarTheTitleB

SimradES70Ifyouclickinanechogram,theechogramisselectedtobe“active”.The“active”echogramisidentiedwithathickborder.Ifyouchangeparametersrelatedtotheech

DisplayviewsTitleBarTheES70TitleBarislocatedonthetopofthedisplaypresentation,anditisstretchedfromthefarlefttothefarrightside.Topics•Purposeanddescript

SimradES70FDepthAlarmsThiseldshowsyouthecurrentlychosendepthalarms.Whenthealarmistriggered,theDepthAlarmseldchangescolourtored.Thewarningisalsoprovi

DisplayviewsClickthisbuttononcetocreateascreencaptureofthecurrentechogrampresentation.Toviewtherecordedimage,clickScreenCaptureontheTaskBartoopentheim

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SimradES70TheSimradES70offersseveralinformationpanestoprovideadditionalanddetaileddatafromtheechogram.Thepanesareopenedandclosedusingtheinformationpan

DisplayviewsRelatedtopics•BottomHardnessinformationpaneonpage138ColourScaleClickthisicontoopenandclosetheColourScaleinformationpane.Thispaneshowsyouth

SimradES70EchoPositionClickthisbuttontoopenandclosetheEchoPositioninformationpane.Thispaneshowsyouthepositionwithinthebeamofthedetectedsingleechoes.Th

DisplayviewsGeographicallocation(latitudeandlongitude)TheGeographicallocationinformationisprovidedintheNavigationFieldontheTitleBaratthetopoftheES70di

SimradES70ThedepthalarmsprovidedbytheSimradES70fullstherequirementsmadebytheInternationalMaritimeorganization(IMO)fornavigationalpurposes.Analarmwill

DisplayviewsHelpbuttonTheHelpbuttonislocatedattherightsideoftheTitleBaratthetopoftheES70presentation.ClickthisbuttontoopentheES70contextsensitiveon-li

SimradES70ReplaybarTheReplayBarispositioneddirectlybelowtheTitleBar.ItisautomaticallyopenedonceyouselectReplaymode.AStop:Clickthisbuttontostoptheplayb

DisplayviewsTheMainmenuprovidestheparametersmostfrequentlyusedduringnormaloperation.Belowthemainmenu,dedicatediconsareusedtoopentheothermenus.Theseare

SimradES70SurfaceechogramThisechogramisrelatedtotheseasurface.Startdepth(upperechogramboundary)andverticalrange(acrossechogram)aremanuallyselectedbyth

DisplayviewsIfyouhavelimitedyourverticalrange(usingtheRangeandStartRangesettings),theresultingareaisusedforthebiomasscalculation.Iftheseabedisclearlyd

AboutthismanualAboutthismanualPurposeThepurposeofthisreferencemanualistoprovidethedescriptions,proceduresanddetailedparameterexplanationsrequiredtoall

SimradES70Example10StartRangeandRangeinbottomrelatedechogramInabottomechogram,settheStartRangevalueto–5meters.Thiswillmaketheechogramstartfrom5metersa

DisplayviewsTrawlsensorsystems(typicallySimradITIandPI)communicateheadropedepth,aswellasthedistancefromtheheadropetothefootrope(trawlopening),totheES7

SimradES70•Biomasslineonpage132•Rangescalesonpage133•Verticalticksonpage133•Annotationsonpage134BottomlineThislinemarkerisenabledintheEchogramdialogon

DisplayviewsHardnesslineThislinemarkerisenabledintheEchogramdialogontheActivemenu.Thebottomreectivity(how“hard”itis)maybemonitoredusingtheHardnesslin

SimradES70VariabledepthlineThislinemarkerisenabledintheEchogramdialogontheActivemenu.Whenenabledahorizontaldepthlineisplacedwhereveryouclickintheechog

DisplayviewsThechangesmadeintheCalculationIntervaldialogwillnothaveaneffectontheBiomassline.RememberthatyoucanalsomeasurethebiomassusingtheBiomassinfo

SimradES70cDistanceThisoptioninsertsashortverticallineisdrawnintheupperpartoftheechogramonceeveryspeciednumberofnauticalmiles.dAnnotationsSelectTexto

DisplayviewsInordertoopenaninformationpane,youmustrstclickinanechogrampresentationtomakeit“active”.Bydoingthisyouselectthefrequencychannel(transducer

SimradES70Relatedtopics•Transparencyonpage179DepthinformationpaneToopenthisinformationpane,clicktheDepthiconontheTitleBar.TheDepthinformationpanedispl

Displayviews•LowerEchogramThisbiomassvalueiscalculatedfromtheshechoesfromthebottomechogramforthechosenchannel.Bydefault,thisisabottomechogram.•ZoomTh

SimradES70RegisteredtrademarksWindows®,Windows®XP®,andWindows®7areeitherregisteredtrademarks,ortrademarksofMicrosoftCorporationintheUnitedStatesand/or

SimradES70BottomHardnessinformationpaneToopentheBottomHardnessinformationpane,clicktheBottomHardnessiconontheTitleBar.ImportantPleasenotethatbottomhar

DisplayviewsThelargenumberabovethehistogramshowstheaveragesizeofalltheshesinthehistogram.ThevalueispresentedintheunityouhavechosenintheUnitsdialog.Fo

SimradES70TheSizeDistributiondialogallowsyoutoshapethehistogramintheSizeDistributioninformationpaneltoyourownrequirements.Youcansetupthemode,theuppera

DisplayviewsEchoPositioninformationpaneToopentheEchoPositioninformationpane,clicktheEchoPositioniconontheTitleBar.ImportantTheEchoPositioninformationp

SimradES70Example13ZoominformationpaneAZoominformationpaneBZoomedarearectangleInthisexample,thezoomedarearectangleispositioneddirectlyabovetheZoominfo

DisplayviewsExample14HistoryinformationpaneATheoriginal“active”echogrampresentationBTheoriginalscopeviewpresentationCTheHistorypresentationDClickthisb

SimradES70CScreenCapturesThistabontheStatusBarhidesthecurrent“live”echogramsfromview,andallowsyoutoseetheechogramimagesyouhavepreviouslysavedusingtheS

DisplayviewsScreencapturesTheES70providesabuilt-inscreencapturefunctiontocreatesnapshotsoftheechogrampresentation.TheES70alsoprovidesadedicatedbrowser

SimradES70ThemenusystemThemenunavigationemployedbytheES70issimilartotheotherSimradapplicationswhichfollowthenewuserinterfacestandardsdevelopedbySimrad

ThemenusystemdTheActivemenuhasitscontentlinkedtothecurrentactiveitem(vieworobject).Useittoaccessspecialfeaturesavailablefortheselectedvieworobject.But

SimradES70SimradES70StudythischaptertofamiliarizeyourselfwiththeSimradES70.Topics•Importantonpage14•Systemdescriptiononpage15•Systemdiagramonpage17•Ne

SimradES70Howtoselectanumericalparameterusingthekeyboard1Clickthemiddlesectionofthebuttontoopenatexteld.2Enterthenumericalvalueintothetexteld.Ifthen

ThemenusystemMainmenuThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailablefromtheMainmenu.1UserSettingsTheUserSettingsdialogallowsyoutosavethecurrentusersett

SimradES70OperationmenuThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailablefromtheOperationmenu.ClickonceontheiconundertheMainmenutoopentheOperationmenu.Cli

ThemenusystemDisplaymenuThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailablefromtheDisplaymenu.ClickonceontheiconundertheMainmenutoopentheDisplaymenu.Clicko

SimradES70SetupmenuThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailablefromtheSetupmenu.ClickonceontheiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupmenu.Clickonemoretim

Themenusystem8DepthOutputTheDepthOutputdialogisusedtosetuptheoutputofdepthdatafromtheES70toadedicatedcommunicationportonaspeciedformat.→DepthOutputon

SimradES706BottomDetectorThepurposeoftheBottomDetectordialogistodenetheupperandlowerdepthlimitsmostlikelytobeusedduringtheES70operation.Inthisdialog,

FunctionsanddialogsFunctionsanddialogsThischapterpresentsadetaileddescriptionofeachfunctionanddialogusedbytheES70.Wheneverapplicable,referencesaremade

SimradES70Mainmenu;functionsanddialogsThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailablefromtheMainmenu.1UserSettingsTheUserSettingsdialogallowsyoutosavet

FunctionsanddialogsDescriptionThisdialogisusedtostoretheES70settingsfordifferenttypeofsheries,orindividualuserrelatedsettings.Youcancreateasmanyuserp

SimradES70ImportantAswithallotheradvancedinstruments,thereareafewimportantthingsthatyoumustbeawareof.Topics•WhentheES70isnotusedonpage14•Whenyouaredoc

SimradES704RenameThisbuttonisusedtorenameoneofthesavedsettings.Torenameasetting,clickthesettingname,andthenthisbutton.Adedicateddialogopenstoacceptthe

FunctionsanddialogsDescriptionTherangesettingdeneshow“deep”youwishtheES70todetectechoes,thatistheverticaldistancebetweenthe“top”andthe“bottom”oftheec

SimradES703ApplytoallCheckthisboxtoapplythenewrangesettingtoallcurrentechogramsofthesametype.Example17ApplytoAllIfyouhaveselectedabottomechogramwhenyo

FunctionsanddialogsParameters1StartRangeThisparametercontrolsthestartdepthofyourechogram.Example18StartRangeandRangeinbottomrelatedechogramInabottomec

SimradES703ApplytoallCheckthisboxtoapplythenewstartrangesettingtoallcurrentechogramsofthesametype.Ifyouhaveselectedasurfaceechogramwhenyouchangedthest

FunctionsanddialogsTipDonotconfusethisGainfunctionwiththeTVGfunction.Parameters1GainThescaleallowsyoutochangethegainfrom20to120.2ApplytoallCheckthisbo

SimradES70Operationmenu;functionsanddialogsThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailablefromtheOperationmenu.ClickonceontheiconundertheMainmenutoopen

FunctionsanddialogsOperationTheOperationfunctionisavailablebyclickingtheOperationbuttonontheOperationmenu.PurposeThepurposeoftheOperationfunctionistoc

SimradES70TipDonotconfusetheRecordfunctionwiththeautomaticHistoryfunction.TheHistoryfunctionrecordstheechogramimagesautomaticallyontheharddisk,andonly

Functionsanddialogsechosoundersthepenspentalongtimeontherearsideofthepapertray,andthatreducedthepingrate.TheES70isalotfaster,andyoumaysendoutapingeven

SimradES70TransducerhandlingNoteAlltransducersmustbehandledasdelicateitems.Anywrongfulhandlingmaydamagethetransducerbeyondrepair .Donotactivatethetran

SimradES70Parameters1SinglestepThisoptionallowstheES70totransmitsinglepings.Totransmitasingleping,clickthepingsymbolontherightsideofthePingbutton.→Pin

FunctionsanddialogsTipWhenyouopenthismenubutton,youwillonlybeabletoenteravalueifakeyboardisconnectedtoyourES70.However,youcanclickthebutton,holdthemou

SimradES70Parameters1ChannelThiscolumnspecieswhichtransceiver(s)youareusing.Thetextstringprovidesthefollowinginformation:•TransceiverID•Transceiver&a

Functionsanddialogs3PulseDurationThiscolumnspeciesthecurrentdurationofthetransmittedpulse.Youcanmanuallyselectadifferentduration.IfyouclickAuto,theES

SimradES705DepthThisisthedepthofthetransducerfacerelativetothewatersurface.Inordertomeasurecorrectwaterdepth,theES70needstoknowtheverticaldistancebetw

FunctionsanddialogsDescriptionYoucansetuptheES70torecordtheunprocessedtransducersignalsontheinternalharddisk,orotherrecordablemedia.Thesereplaylesmay

SimradES70ImportantThesearethedefaultdirectoriesforrawdata:WindowsXPc:\documentsandsettings\allusers\applicationdata\simrad\ES70\dataWindows7c:\progra

FunctionsanddialogsDisplaymenu;functionsanddialogsThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailablefromtheDisplaymenu.ClickonceontheiconundertheMainmenut

SimradES70ColourSetupTheColourSetupdialogisopenedbyclickingtheColourSetupbuttonontheDisplaymenu.PurposeThepurposeoftheColourSetupdialogistocontrolthep

FunctionsanddialogsParameters1PaletteThePalettefunctionprovidesyouwithoptionsforthecolourschemeusedontheES70display.Selectthebackgroundcolourandbright

SimradES70ThenewzoomfunctionprovidedbytheSimradES70isinnovative,efcientandveryeasytouse.Usingthetrackballyoucanestablishanareaontheechogram.Theinform

SimradES70ScreenBrightnessTheScreenBrightnessfunctionisopenedbyclickingtheScreenBrightnessbuttonontheDisplaymenu.PurposeThepurposeoftheScreenBrightnes

FunctionsanddialogsDescriptionTheES70ispreparedtoworkwithseveralstandardsforunitsofmeasurements.UsetheUnitsdialogtosetupthevariousunitsofmeasurementsy

SimradES70DescriptionTheinformationpanesprovidedbytheES70canbeplacedanywhereontopoftheechogram.Inordernottolooseinformation,thepaneshavebeendesignedso

FunctionsanddialogsParameters1LanguageThechosenlanguagewillbeusedonmenusanddialogs,butnotnecessarilyintheon-linehelp.Bedefault,alllanguagesareidentie

SimradES702ChannelEachlinerepresentanechogramchannel(transceiver/transducercombination).Eachchannelisidentiedwithitstransceivertypeandidentity,thetra

FunctionsanddialogsRelatedtopics•Displaymenu;functionsanddialogsonpage175•ColourSetuponpage176•Layoutonpage181DisplayOptions;GeneralThepurposeoftheGen

SimradES707UTCTimeClickthisoptiontoseeUTCtimeatthebottomrightcornerofthedisplaypresentation.CoordinatedUniversalTime(UTC)isatimestandardbasedonInterna

FunctionsanddialogsDescriptionEveryES70softwarereleaseisuniquelyidentied.TheAboutdialogidentiestheES70softwarereleasewiththeversionandthereleasedate

SimradES70Setupmenu;functionsanddialogsThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailablefromtheSetupmenu.ClickonceontheiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetup

Functionsanddialogs8DepthOutputTheDepthOutputdialogisusedtosetuptheoutputofdepthdatafromtheES70toadedicatedcommunicationportonaspeciedformat.→DepthOu

SimradES70SystemdiagramTwobasicES70systemdiagramsareprovided.Interfacecapabilities,powersuppliesandpowercablesarenotshown.Figure1Systemdiagramwithasin

SimradES70NoteSimultaneoustransmissionofmorethanonehydrographicsystemcanonlytakeplaceifthesystemsoperatewithdifferentfrequencies!•Stand-aloneThissynch

Functionsanddialogs3SynchronizationportThisistheinterfaceportcurrentlyusedtotransmitorreceivesynchronizationsignals.Youcanselectoneofthefollowingports

SimradES70DescriptionSeveraldifferentannotationtypesmaybeaddedtotheechogram.Theannotationsdenedarestoredwiththerawdataasannotationdatagrams.Theyaredi

FunctionsanddialogsbTextUsethisfeaturetoselectwhichitemstobeincludedintheeventgeneratedannotationstring.Youcanalsoaddatextstringtobeincludedateveryeve

SimradES70DescriptionIftheinformationintheSizeDistributioninformationpaneappearstobeinaccurate,ortheinformationdoesnotcorrespondwiththeactualcatch,the

FunctionsanddialogsParameters1TimeThisoptionallowsyoutocalculatethebiomassandshdistributionbasedontheechodatacollectedduringthelastelapsedsecondsormi

SimradES701Position:Setupinterfaceportandparametersforinputfrompositioningsystem(typicallyaGPSsystem).2Speed:Setupinterfaceportandparametersforinputfr

FunctionsanddialogsbGGAThistelegramcontainstime,positionandxrelateddatafromaglobalpositioningsystem(GPS).→GGAGlobalpositioningsystemxdataonpage267cG

SimradES70Navigation;SpeedtabTheparametersonthisNavigationtaballowsyoutocontroltheinterfacewithexternalspeedsensors.ThesearetypicallyGPSsystemsordedic

Functionsanddialogs4TalkerIDIfyouwishtospecifyadedicatedTalkerIDonthetelegramformat,itcanbeselectedhere.TheTalkerIDisthersttwocharactersintheNMEAsent

SimradES70•Thelikelihoodthatanyremoteconnectionwilldoanyoftheabove.•Thedamagedoneifaremoteconnectionsucceedsdoingthis.BecauseKongsbergMaritimehasnoinf

SimradES70cSensorInputThedistanceinformationisreceivedusingappropriatedatagram(s)fromanexternalsource.2PortSelectwhichserialorEthernetporttouseforthis

FunctionsanddialogsNavigation;HeadingtabTheparametersonthisNavigationtaballowsyoutocontroltheinterfacewithexternalheadingsensors.ThesearetypicallyGPSs

SimradES70eVHWThistelegramcontainsthecompassheadingtowhichthevesselpointsandthespeedofthevesselrelativetothewater.→VHWWaterspeedandheadingonpage2714Ta

FunctionsanddialogsTosetuptheinterfaceparametersbetweenthetrawlorcatchmonitoringsystemandtheES70,usetheIOSetupdialog.→I/OSetuponpage208TipYoumaywishto

SimradES70DescriptionTosupportprogramswhichusedatafromtheSimradEK500echosounder,theES70canoutputasubsetoftheEK500deneddatagrams.Thisdialogallowsyouto

Functionsanddialogs6CommunicationmodeChooseBroadcastorPoint-to-Point.BroadcastmodeenablesdatatobesentfromtheES70toanynumberofremotesystems.Dataisthere

SimradES70→DBSDepthbelowsurfaceonpage266→DBTDepthbelowtransduceronpage266→DPTDepthonpage267→SimradEK500Depthtelegramonpage273→Atlasdepthtelegramonpage

FunctionsanddialogsfAtlasThisproprietaryAtlasdepthtelegramcontainsthecurrentdepthfromtwochannels.→Atlasdepthtelegramonpage281gPSIMDHBThisproprietarySi

SimradES70InstallationTheOperationfunctionisavailablebyclickingtheInstallationbuttonontheSetupmenu.PurposeTheInstallationfunctionopensasmallsub-menuwi

FunctionsanddialogsDescriptionInordertoobtainaccuratedepthreadingsandshechoes,itisveryimportantthatthesoundspeedthroughthewaterissetcorrectly.IntheEn

SimradES70SupportinformationIfyouneedtechnicalsupportforyourSimradES70youmustcontactyourlocaldealer,oroneofoursupportdepartments.Alistofallourdealersi

SimradES70•Setupmenu;functionsanddialogsonpage186•DisplayOptionsonpage182•Installationonpage206I/OSetupTheI/OSetupdialogisopenedfromtheI/OSetupbuttonm

FunctionsanddialogsI/OSetup;SerialportsParameters1SerialPortsThislistdisplaystheavailableserialportsonthecomputer.Thelistisautomaticallypopulatedther

SimradES709RemoveOncetheES70hasidentiedandlistedalltheavailableseriallinesonthecomputer,thesecannotbeusedbyanyothersoftwareapplicationsonthesamecompu

Functionsanddialogs3RemoteIPThisistheInternetProtocol(IP)addressofaremotecomputer.Ifyouwishtoexportinformationtoanothercomputer,youmusteitherdenethis

SimradES7011MonitorIfyoususpectthatthecommunicationontheportisineffective,faultyormissing,youcanmonitortheowoftelegrams.Clickoneofthelistedportstosel

FunctionsanddialogsbTransceiverinformationonpage214cTransceiverbrowsingonpage216TipOntheES70,theparametersrelatedtotransmissionandtransducerdepthareco

SimradES70Parameters1TypeThisisthetypeoftransceivercurrentlyavailableonthenetwork.GPTmeansGeneralPurposeTransceiver.2EthernetAddressThisistheEtherneta

Functionsanddialogs2DownloadTransceiverSoftwareItispossibletoupdatethesoftwareintheGeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT).Thisupdateisonlynecessaryifnewfuncti

SimradES708AvailableThisparameteridentiesiftheselectedfrequencychanneliscurrentlyavailableforusewiththeES70.Ifitisavailable,thestatusisidentiedasTru

Functionsanddialogs4BrowseThisbuttoninitiatesasearchonthenetworkforavailabletransceivers.Thetransceiversthatarefoundareautomaticallylistedinthechannel

SimradES70GettingstartedThischapterdescribeshowtogetstartedwiththebasicoperationoftheSimradES70.Itcontainsanbriefoverviewofthebasicsystemoperationandp

SimradES70eSupportforGPTcommunicationThissoftwarefunctionallowstheES70computertocommunicatewiththetransceiver(s).ThissoftwarelicenseisessentialforES70

FunctionsanddialogsActivemenu;functionsanddialogsThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailablefromtheActivemenu.ClickonceontheiconundertheMainmenutoo

SimradES70EchogramTheEchogramdialogisopenedbyclickingtheEchogrambuttonontheActivemenu.PurposeTheEchogramdialogallowsyoutosetuptheparameterscontrolling

FunctionsanddialogsEchogram;LinestabTheLinestabintheEchogramdialogallowsyoutocontrolthehorizontalandverticallinesusedtoenhancetheechogrampresentation.

SimradES70dHardnessThecurrenthardnessofthebottomisshownbelowthedetectedbottomdepth,usingacolourcode.→BottomHardnessinformationpaneonpage1382Horizontal

FunctionsanddialogsdBiomassThisoptionwritesacurveontheechogramindicatingthemeasuredbiomassforeachindividualping.Youcanchangethescaleofthecurvetotthev

SimradES70•Monitoringthecurrentbiomassonpage77•Annotationsonpage189•TVGgainonpage291•Activemenu;functionsanddialogsonpage219Echogram;EchogramtabTheEch

FunctionsanddialogsdTargets(40logTVG)Basically,thissettingusesthesameTVGamplicationasFish,butadditionallteringandcompensationisimplemented.Onlyechoe

SimradES70bBottomTheechogramisrelatedtothedetectedbottom.Stopdepth(lowerechogramboundary)andverticalrangearemanuallyselectedbytheStartDepthandRangebut

FunctionsanddialogsEchogram;HorizontalAxistabTheHorizontalAxistabintheEchogramdialogallowsyoutochoosethehorizontalscaleoftheechogram.Thiscontrolshow“f

GettingstartedPoweron/offproceduresTheseproceduresexplainhowtoswitchtheES70systemonandoff.NoteWhenyoupoweruptheES70fortheveryrsttime,observetheproced

SimradES703ApplytoallClickthisoptionifyouwishtoimplementyourchangestoalltheechogramspresentlyinuseontheES70.TVGTheTVGfunctionisactivatedbyclickingtheT

FunctionsanddialogseTargetMix(40logTVG)Basically,thissettingusesthesameTVGamplicationasFish,butadditionalbeamcompensationisimplemented.Echoesdetected

SimradES70b2of3Forthecurrentechotobeshown,thesameechomustbepresentinatleasttwoofthepreviousthree pings.c2of2Forthecurrentechotobeshown,thesameechomust

FunctionsanddialogsSizeDistributionTheSizeDistributiondialogisopenedbyclickingtheSizeDistributionbuttonontheActivemenu.PurposeTheSizeDistributiondialo

SimradES705Max(imum)percentageThisfunctioncontrolstheverticalresolutionoftheSizeDistributioninformationpane.Relatedtopics•SizeDistributioninformationp

FunctionsanddialogsDescriptionTheBottomDetectordialogprovidesseparatelimitsforminimumandmaximumdepth.Theselimitsmaybeusedtoobtain”bottomlock”onthedept

SimradES70-50dB-70dB-30dB(CD010217-003)TheBottomBackstepparameterallowsyoutomanuallymodifywhereonthebottompulsethedepthshallbedetected.Thesettingdo

Functionsanddialogs•Adjustingthebottomdetectiontondseagrassonpage73•Activemenu;functionsanddialogsonpage219•Bottomslopesonpage288338106/C235

SimradES70SecondaryfunctionsanddialogsThedialogsdescribedinthissectionareallopenedfromwithintheotherES70dialogs.Theyarethusnotopeneddirectlyfromthemen

Functionsanddialogs9ReplayFileThepurposeoftheReplayFiledialogistochoosethele(s)tobeusedforplayback.Thelenameslistedhavebeengeneratedautomaticallydur

SimradES706Chooseusersettings.Duringtheprogramload,adialogappearstoletyouchoosefromthecurrentusersettingsavailableontheES70.Thedialogisonlyvisibleafew

SimradES70DescriptionTheDepthAlarmsdialogallowsyoutodenelimitsforminimumormaximumdepths.ThedepthalarmsprovidedbytheSimradES70fullstherequirementsmad

Functionsanddialogs2MaximumDepthAlarmTheMaximumDepthAlarmallowsyoutosetthemaximumdepthtotriggerthealarm.IftheES70detectsthatthecurrentdepthisdeepertha

SimradES70LANPortSetupTheLANPortSetupdialogisopenedfromtheLANPortSetupbuttoninthefollowingdialogs:•Annotationsonpage189•Navigationonpage193•DepthOutpu

Functionsanddialogs3RemoteIPAddressSelecttheInternetProtocol(IP)addressfortheremotecomputer.Ifthedatacommunicationissetuptoreceivedataonly,thisparamet

SimradES70Figure3IPaddressingandUDPportprinciples(C) (C)(D)(D)(E)(F)(G)(F) (E)(E)(E)(D)(D)(A) (B)(CD0191 12-002)ALocalsystemBRemotesystemCEthernetinte

Functionsanddialogs2RemoteIPAddressIfyouwishtosetupdatabroadcasttoallperipheralsonthesystem,selectRemoteIPAddress255.255.255.255.Ifyourtransmissionisd

SimradES70SerialPortSetupTheSerialPortSetupdialogisopenedfromtheSerialPortSetupbuttoninthefollowingdialogs:•Externalinterfaceproceduresonpage93•Annota

FunctionsanddialogsRelatedtopics•Externalinterfaceproceduresonpage93•Annotationsonpage189•Navigationonpage193•DepthOutputonpage203•I/OSetuponpage208Ad

SimradES70DescriptionThePortMonitordialogprovidesonetexteldforincomingmessages(Rxdata),andoneforoutgoing(Txdata).Usetheseeldsandyourownknowledgeofth

FunctionsanddialogsSelectInputsTheSelectInputsdialogisopenedfromtheInputbuttonintheI/OSetupdialog.PurposeTheSelectInputsdialogallowsyoutoselectinforma

GettingstartedRelatedtopics•Startingnormaloperationonpage23•Checkingthebottomdetectorsettingsonpage26•Operationmenuonpage150•UserSettingsonpage156•Pin

SimradES70bAMLThisistheinputfromamotionsensor.Thefollowingtelegramformatsaresupported:→SimradSounder/TSS1Motionprotocolonpage278→KongsbergEMAttitude10

FunctionsanddialogshDistanceLogThisisinputfromaperipheralsystemprovidinginformationaboutsaileddistance.Thefollowingtelegramformatsaresupported:→RMCRec

SimradES70DescriptionIntheSelectOutputsdialog,allavailableoutputsignalsarelistedinthelefttexteld.Toenableanoutput,clickonitintheleftcolumntoselectit,

Functionsanddialogs2SelectedOutputsThiseldliststheselectedoutputsignalstotherelevantcommunicationport.3CongureOutputSomeoftheoutputsmaybesetupbytheE

SimradES702Systemalarms:ThesearemessagesrelatedtotheES70system,ortomajorsoftwarecomponents.3Operationalalarms:Thesearemessagesrelatedtoenvironmentcond

FunctionsanddialogsReplayFileTheReplayFiledialogisopenedfromtheReplayFilebuttonontheOperationsub-menu.TheOperationbuttonislocatedontheOperationmenu.Pu

SimradES70ThelesystemontheES70computercanbeopenedifyouclicktheScreenCapturestabatthebottomofthedisplaypresentation,andthenclicktheOpenImageFolderbutt

Functionsanddialogs•EK500Datagramonpage257FileOutput;DirectorytabUsetheparametersinthisdialogtodenewhere(onwhichdiskandfolder)therawdatalesshallbest

SimradES70bFileNamePrexTypeanynameintothetextbox.Thechosennamewillbeusedasprexinalltherawdatalenames.cRangeUsethisspinboxtodenewhichrangetocollect

Functionsanddialogs2EK500DatagramsClickthisbuttontoopentheEK500Datagramdialogtosetuptheindividualdatagrams.→EK500Datagramonpage257Relatedtopics•Saving

SimradES70→Installingfrequencychannelsonpage304TheseproceduresarepartlyprovidedtogetyouacquaintedwiththebasicfunctionalityprovidedbytheES70,andpartlyt

SimradES70EK500Datagram;DatagramUsethistabtospecifywhichdatagramstooutputtoleand/orontheEthernetline.Parameters1DatagramAlistofallavailableoutputdata

Functionsanddialogs2BottomRangeClickthisbuttontochoosethebottomrangeforthedatagrams.ThebuttonopenstheBottomRangedialog.TheBottomRangedialogisusedtospe

SimradES70DescriptionTheparametersdenedinthisdialogareonlyimplementedforbottomrelatedechogramdatawhenexportedbytheES70inEK500datagrams.TipSimilarpara

FunctionsanddialogsDescriptionTheparametersdenedinthisdialogareonlyimplementedforsurfacerelatedechogramdataexportedbytheES70.Theparametersdenedinthi

SimradES70DescriptionSeveralspecicparametersareavailableforstudiesofsinglesh.Inordertodetectsingleshcorrectly,theseparametersmustbedenedtosuitthet

TelegramformatsTelegramformatsThischapterdetailsthestandardNMEA,thirdpartyandproprietarySimradtelegrams,aswellas–ifapplicable–dedicatedleformatsforda

SimradES70Topics•NationalMarineElectronicsAssociation(NMEA)onpage264•NMEAtelegramprinciplesonpage264•StandardNMEA0183communicationparametersonpage264•

TelegramformatsNMEAsentencestructureThefollowingprovidesasummaryexplanationoftheapprovedparametricsentencestructure.$aaccc,c—c*hh<CR><LF>1

SimradES70•VHWWaterspeedandheadingonpage271•VLWDualground/waterdistanceonpage271•VTGCourseoverground&groundspeedonpage271DBSDepthbelowsurfaceThist

TelegramformatsDPTDepthThistelegramcontainswaterdepthrelativetothetransducerandoffsetofthemeasuringtransducer.Positiveoffsetnumbersprovidethedistancef

Gettingstarted2ClicktheDisplayicon.ThisiconislocatedundertheMainmenu.ItisusedtoopentheDisplaysub-menu.→Displaymenuonpage1513ClickthemiddleoftheLanguag

SimradES7012g.g,M=geoidalseparationinmeters13r.r=ageofdifferentialGPSdata14cccc=differentialreferencestationidentication,0000to1023Relatedtopics•Navi

TelegramformatsHeadingconversionsToobtainmagneticheading:Addeasterlydeviation(E)tomagneticsensorreading,orsubtractwesterlydeviation(W)frommagneticsens

SimradES70HDTHeading,trueThistelegramisusedtotransferheadinginformationfromagyro.Format$--HDT,x.x,T*hh<CR><LF>Formatdescription1––=talkeri

TelegramformatsVHWWaterspeedandheadingThistelegramcontainsthecompassheadingtowhichthevesselpointsandthespeedofthevesselrelativetothewater.Format$--VHW

SimradES70Format$--VTG,x.x,T,y.y,M,z.z,N,g.g,K,a*hh<CR><LF>Formatdescription1––=talkeridentier2VTG=telegramidentier3x.x,T=courseovergrou

TelegramformatsProprietarytelegramsandformatsThesearetheproprietarytelegramssupportedbytheES70.ThesetelegramformatshaveallbeendenedbySimrad.Thetelegr

SimradES70longTransducerNumber[4];floatAthwartShips;};Ethernetformatdescription1Header#=canbeD1,D2orD3forchannels1,2or3.2Separator=“,”3Time=currenttim

Telegramformatsisusedinsidethesysteminalldatadisplaysandinloggeddata(atransformationisappliediftherollisgivenwithrespecttothehorizontal).4Notethatheav

SimradES704ThisformathaspreviouslybeenusedwiththeEM950andtheEM1000withtherstsynchronisationbytealwaysassumedtobezero(Datagram“KongsbergEMAttitude1000

TelegramformatsNoteThisdescriptionisnotcomplete.Forfurtherinformation,contactSimrad.Format$PSIMP,D,tt,dd,M,U,S,C,V,Cr,Q,In,SL,NL,G,Cb,error*chksum<

SimradES704Checkthatallapplicabletransceiversandtransducersareconnectedandoperational.Foreachtransceiver,thisisindicatedbythegreenlabelwithtext“Instal

SimradES7017Cb=cablequality:•0=cableisnotconnected•1=cableisOK•2=ashortcircuit,orthehydrophonecurrentistoolarge18error=errordetected–0whennoerrorisdet

TelegramformatsThedenitionoftheattitudeanglesinthisformatisdifferentfromtheEuleranglesdenitionusedelsewhere.Thedifferenceappearsintherollangle,where

SimradES706s=asinglecharacterprovidinga“space”characterifthevalueispositive,ora“–”characterifitisnegative7rrrr=roll–fourcharacterdecimalnumberwithroll

TelegramformatsProprietarythirdpartytelegramsandformatsAllthirdpartytelegramformatssupportedbytheES70arespeciedhere.Thesetelegramformatsarecreatedbyt

SimradES70EchosoundertheoryWhenyouuseanechosoundertherearesomebasicknowledgethatyoumaynditusefultopossess.Topics•Conceptsonpage283–Observationrangeon

EchosoundertheoryConceptsObservethefollowingdescriptionsofkeyconcepts.Topics•Observationrangeonpage283•Split-beamoperationonpage284•Bottomechoonpage28

SimradES70Table2Maximumdetectiondepth,splitbeamtransducersTransducerFrequency(kHz)Pulseduration(ms)Bandwidth(hz)Txpower(W)Rangesh(m)Rangebottom(m)ES1

EchosoundertheoryBottomechoAhardatbottomreectsthetransmittedsignalasifitwasamirror.Thetransmittedpulsehitstheilluminatedbottomareaatnearlythesameins

SimradES70Figure6Wavepropagationfromaatbottom(CD010217C)(CD010217G)TheES70transmitshighenergysoundwavepulsesintothesea.Aatbottomreectsthetransmitte

EchosoundertheoryBiomassProvidedthatyouuseanES70withasplitbeamtransducer,orhaveavalidbiomasslicenseonasinglebeamtransceiver,youwillhaveaccesstotheBiom

Gettingstarted2OntheActivemenu,clickBottomDetectortoopentheBottomDetectordialog.ThepurposeoftheBottomDetectordialogistodenetheupperandlowerdepthlimit

SimradES70DynamicrangeanddisplaypresentationTheES70echosounderhasadynamicrangeof140dB.Thismeansthatthesoundercanreceivebothverystrongandveryweakechoes

EchosoundertheoryOnemethodforminimizingthe“bottomslopes”phenomenonistouseatransducerwithnarrowbeam,ortoincreasethepulseduration.Anotherwaytominimizeth

SimradES70Figure10Bottomslopes(CD010217-002)Example28BottomslopesTheedgeofthebeam(A)hitsthebottomrst,andstartstogiveanecho.ThebottomdetectorintheES70

EchosoundertheoryParametersObservethefollowingdescriptionsofkeyparameters.Topics•TVGgainonpage291•Outputpoweronpage293•Pulsedurationonpage295•Rangesel

SimradES70dTargets(40logTVG)Basically,thissettingusesthesameTVGamplicationasFish,butadditionallteringandcompensationisimplemented.Onlyechoesdetected

EchosoundertheoryFigure11TVGprinciple(CD010217-004)20logR40logRA ATheillustrationshowshowthegainclosetothebottom(B)islargerthanjustbelowthetransdu

SimradES70Inordertoknowhowmuchpoweryoucanuseyoumustknowwhatkindoftransduceryouareusing.ProvidedthattheechosounderhasbeeninstalledwithaSimradtransducer

EchosoundertheoryWhenthepeakpressureamplitudeissomewhatgreaterthan1atm,theabsolutepressureforasoundsourceatsealevelwillbelessthanzeroduringtherarefact

SimradES70Figure12Pulsedurationprinciples(CD010217C)C12ABD12ABApulsedurationof1mScovers1,5metersinthewater,andthiscorrespondstoatargetseparationofappr

EchosoundertheoryRelatedtopics•Adjustingthepulseduration(length)onpage82•NormalOperationonpage169RangeselectionForeveryfrequency(channel)youwishtopres

SimradES70ReferencemanualRelease1.2.xThismanualprovidesyouwithreferenceinformationrequiredtooperateandfullyunderstandthecommands,menus,operationalmode

SimradES70ProcedureaClicktheColourScaleicon.ThisiconislocatedontheTitleBar.ItisusedtoopentheColourScaleinformationpane.→ColourScaleinformationpaneonpa

SimradES70Example31StartRangeinasurfacerelatedechogramInasurfaceechogram,settheStartRangevalueto0meters.Thiswillmaketheechogramstartfromtheseasurface(

EchosoundertheoryExample34StartRangeandRangeinbottomrelatedechogramInabottomechogram,settheStartRangevalueto–5meters.Thiswillmaketheechogramstartfrom5

SimradES70InstallationThesearethespecicproceduresrequiredtogetyoustartedwiththeSimradES70.Normally,youwillonlyneedtodotheseproceduresonce.Werecommend

InstallationbConnectpowertothetransceiver(s).cConnecttheEthernetcablebetweenthetransceiverandthecomputer.UseanEthernetswitchifyouhavemorethanonetransc

SimradES708Observetherelevantstart-upprocedure.Relatedtopics•SettinguptheES70transceiver(s)forthersttimeonpage303•PoweringuptheES70onpage21Obtainingt

Installation6Contactyourdealertoorderthesoftwarelicense.Yourdealerwillneedthefollowinginformationfromyoutoplacetheorder:•Vesselnameandcallsign•Vesselt

SimradES70Windows®XP®aClickStart→Settings→NetworkConnections.bClickonthenetworkadapteroncetoselectit.cRight-click,andclickPropertiesontheshort-cutmenu

InstallationThisphraseisusedtoidentifythecombinationofatransceiver,transducersandthefrequenciesoffered.Splitbeamtransceiverscontainonlyonechanneleach.

SimradES70StartingnormaloperationThisprocedureexplainshowtosetuptheES70fornormaloperation.1ObservetheMainmenu.Itisnormallylocatedontherighthandsideoft

IndexIndex12colours,1772of2Ping-pinglter,2302of3Ping-pinglter,2303of3Ping-pinglter,23064colours,177AAboutbottomslopes,288depthvariablegain,291dialo

GettingstartedProcedure1ClicktheSizeDistributionicon.TheiconislocatedontheTitleBar.ItisusedtoopentheSizeDistributioninformationpane.→SizeDistributioni

SimradES70BottomGainfunctiondescription,230Bottomhardnesstelegram,278BottomHardnessinformationpane,137–138Bottomlinedescription,130echogram,221enable,

IndexDaywhitecolourpalette,177DBSenabletelegramformat,204NMEASentence,204telegram,266,276DBTenabletelegramformat,204NMEASentence,204telegram,266Defaul

SimradES70Diagramsystem,17Dialogdescriptionabout,184AddSerialPort,245Annotations,189BottomDetector,232BottomRange,259CalculationInterval,192ColourSetu

IndexHardnessline,131Rangeotherlines,132Rangescales,133Trawlline,131Variabledepthline,132Verticalticks,133Whiteline,130Echogramsequenceaccessles,57Ec

SimradES70description,291Geographicalpositiontelegram,268viewonTitleBar,183Gettingstarted,20GGAenabletelegramformat,195NMEASentence,195telegram,267GLL

Indexinterfacenavigationsystem,99moveboundarylines,58obtainES70softwarelicense,90,302playbackechogramsequences,55playbackrawdata,55poweroffES70,23,47p

SimradES70transceiver,215IP-addresstransceiver,86,214ITIinterfacesetup,94JJotun,111KKildenivådescription,293LLabelechogram,227LANLocalIPAddress,202,21

IndexMessagesAcknowledge,252Acknowledgeall,252CurrentMessage,252Delete,252Deleteall,252dialogdescription,251MuteMessageSound,252MinimizeButtondescript

SimradES70Setupmenu,152,186OutputEthernet,93LANport,209,211serialport,209,211OutputEK500,202Outputformatdepth,250echosounder,250PINMEA,250PISensor,250

Indexchangeechogramcolourscale,59changeIPaddress,86changepalette,50changepingrate,61changepulseduration,82changescreenbrightness,51changesizeofdisplay

SimradES702Clickoneofthetransducertabs.Observethatonlytheechogramfromtheselectedfrequencychannelisshown.Bydefault,twoechogramsareshownforeachfrequency

SimradES70echogram,222Rangeotherlinesdescription,132Rangescalesdescription,133Rangeselectiondescription,297Rawdataaccessles,57adjustlesize,173defaul

IndexOutput,209,211Protocol,209Remove,210Resource,209setup,210SerialPortSetupdialogdescription,244SettingActivateSelectedSetting,157Settingshowtosave,

SimradES70NMEA0183standard,264Start-upprocedureinitial,83,303Startatvesseldistanceleoutput,256Startdepthautomatic,70procedures,70select,70Startrangea

IndexTimeCalculationInterval,193horizontalaxis,227StatusBar,40,144viewUTCformat,184Timemarkerechogram,133,223TimeV ariedGain(TVG)description,291Timede

SimradES70VerticalpresentationStatusBar,39,143Verticalrangecheckparameters,32select,71Verticalticksdescription,133VesselCoursedescription,121Vesselnoi

SimradES70323338106/C

ISBN-13:978-82-8066-116-6©2012KongsbergMaritimeAS

Simrad ES70 Fish nding echo sounderReference manualSimrad ES70 Fish nding echo sounderReference manualSimrad ES70 Fish nding echo sounderReference

GettingstartedThisechogramcoverstheverticalopeningofthetrawl.Theechogramisonlydrawnwhentrawlpositioninformationisavailable.→Trawlonpage200Thebiomassca

SimradES7012ClicktheHorizontalAxistab.TheHorizontalAxistabintheEchogramdialogallowsyoutochoosethehorizontalscaleoftheechogram.Thiscontrolshow“fast”the

GettingstartedExample3StartRangeinasurfaceechogramInasurfaceechogram,settheStartRangevalueto10meters.Thiswillmaketheechogramstartfrom10metersbelowthes

SimradES705Youcanalsochooseadifferentname.IfyouhaveakeyboardconnectedtotheES70computer,youcanclickinthetexteld,removethesuggestion,andenteranyname.Ti

Gettingstarted•Movethecursorovertheechogram,andobservethetooltipthatprovidesdetailedinformationabouttheechoinformationatthedepthindicatedbythecursorlo

SimradES70EchosounderpresentationsAtypicalES70displaypresentationisshown.ATitleBarTheTitleBaridentiesthemanufacturer’sandproductlogo,andprovidessever

GettingstartedIfyouclickinanechogram,theechogramisselectedtobe“active”.The“active”echogramisidentiedwithathickborder.Ifyouchangeparametersrelatedtoth

RevisionstatusDocumentno:338106/ISBN-13:978-82-8066-116-6/Revision:CRev.A03.02.2010Firstversion.Rev.B17.12.2010RevisedforSWversion1.1.x.Rev.C11.04.201

SimradES70TitleBarTheES70TitleBarislocatedonthetopofthedisplaypresentation,anditisstretchedfromthefarlefttothefarrightside.ThepurposeoftheTitleBaristo

Gettingstarted•Exit:ClickthisbuttontoclosedowntheES70application.Relatedtopics•Logoandproductnameonpage116•Menubuttononpage116•ScreenCapturebuttononpa

SimradES70CScreenCapturesThistabontheStatusBarhidesthecurrent“live”echogramsfromview,andallowsyoutoseetheechogramimagesyouhavepreviouslysavedusingtheS

GettingstartedThemenusystemThemenusystemontheES70isbydefaultplacedontherighthandsideofthedisplaypresentation.Y oucanhowevereasilymovethemenutothelefts

SimradES70Howtoselectanumericalparameterusingthe+/-buttons1Movethecursortoeithersideofthebutton,andobservethatthebackgroundcolourchanges.aClickonthele

GettingstartedHowtoselectparametersusingadialog1Clickanywhereonthebuttontoopenaseparatedialog.338106/C43

SimradES70OperationalproceduresThischaptercontainsaselectionofproceduresexplaininghowyoucanputyourSimradES70touse.MenunavigationemployedbySimradES70is

OperationalproceduresPoweron/offproceduresTheseproceduresexplainhowtoswitchtheES70systemonandoff.NoteWhenyoupoweruptheES70fortheveryrsttime,observeth

SimradES707ObservethattheES70presentationllstheentirescreen.ImportantWhentheES70programhasstarted,theiconfortheOperationmenuwillashtoremindyouthat“p

OperationalproceduresPoweringdowntheES70PurposeThisprocedureexplainshowtopowerofftheSimradES70.NoteYoumustneverswitchofftheES70onlybymeansoftheon/offs

ReferencemanualTableofcontentsABOUTTHISMANUAL...11SIMRADES70...

SimradES70UsersettingproceduresTheES70allowsyousaveyourusersettings.Y oucansaveasmanysettingsasyoulike,thenumberisonlylimitedbythesizeofyourharddisk.A

OperationalproceduresUsingpreviouslysavedsettingsIfyouhavesavedsensorcongurationsdedicatedfordifferentgearsordifferenttasks,youcanretrievetheseforfas

SimradES70UserpreferenceproceduresThissectionprovidesproceduresrelatedtouserpreferencesandindividualcustomizing.Topics•Selectingmenulanguageonpage50•C

OperationalproceduresThePalettefunctionprovidesyouwithoptionsforthecolourschemeusedontheES70display.Selectthebackgroundcolourandbrightnesstosuittheamb

SimradES70UsetheUnitsdialogtosetupthevariousunitsofmeasurementsyouwishtoworkwith.TheES70willusetheseinallpresentations.Normally,youwillonlyneedtodene

OperationalproceduresSaveandrecallechogramsTheseproceduresexplainhowtosaveandrecallechogramimagesandrawdata.Topics•Savingasingleechogramimageonpage53•

SimradES70aBitmapimagesaresavedwheneveryouclicktheScreenCapturebuttonontheTitleBar.TheseimagesarerecalledbymeansoftheScreenCapturebuttonontheStatusbar

Operationalprocedures5Tostart recording,youhavetwochoices:aIntheRecordbutton,selectOn.bOntheTitleBar,clicktheRecordbutton.Whenactivated,theRecordbutto

SimradES703ClickReplayFiletoopentheReplayFiledialog.ThepurposeoftheReplayFiledialogistochoosethele(s)tobeusedforplayback.Thelenameslistedhavebeengen

Operationalprocedures3Inthebrowser,clickOpenImageFoldertoopenanoperatingsystemfolder.4Usethefunctionalityprovidedbytheoperatingsystemtonavigatetothel

SimradES70PoweringuptheES70...45PoweringdowntheES70...

SimradES704Usethefunctionalityprovidedbytheoperatingsystemtonavigatetothelefolderwiththerawdatales.ThisisthefolderyouselectedintheFileOutputdialog.I

Operationalprocedures2Clickontheleftmousebutton,andkeepitdepressed.3Movethemouse–orrollthecontrolwheel–andobservethattheborderlinemoves.4Releasethemou

SimradES70Bydefaultyouhave64or12coloursavailabletopresenttheechograms,andaselectionofpalettes.ThecolourscalecanberetrievedanytimebyclickingtheColourSc

OperationalproceduresProcedure1ClicktheColourScaleicon.ThisiconislocatedontheTitleBar.ItisusedtoopentheColourScaleinformationpane.→ColourScaleinformat

SimradES70echosoundersthepenspentalongtimeontherearsideofthepapertray,andthatreducedthepingrate.TheES70isalotfaster,andyoumaysendoutapingevenbeforethe

OperationalproceduresTipOntheES70youcanchoosefromseveralechogrampresentations.aSurfaceTheechogramisrelatedtotheseasurface.Startdepth(upperechogramboun

SimradES70Procedure1ClicktheActiveicon.ThisiconislocatedundertheMainmenu.ItisusedtoopentheActivemenu.→Activemenuonpage1532ClickEchogramtoopentheEchogr

OperationalproceduresProcedure1ClicktheActiveicon.ThisiconislocatedundertheMainmenu.ItisusedtoopentheActivemenu.→Activemenuonpage1532ClickEchogramtoop

SimradES70Procedure1ClicktheActiveicon.ThisiconislocatedundertheMainmenu.ItisusedtoopentheActivemenu.→Activemenuonpage1532ClickEchogramtoopentheEchogr

OperationalproceduresbSchool(20logTVG)Thisgainsettingoffersweakeramplicationclosetothebottom.Ithasbeendesignedtoprovidethebestechoesforschools.Thephy

ReferencemanualSettingupthedepthalarms...74Sizedistribution,biomassandshdensit

SimradES704ChooseyourTVGsetting.TipThechangesmadeherewillbydefaultonlybeappliedtothecurrentlyselected“active”echogram(identiedwithathickborder).Ifyou

OperationalproceduresProcedure1ClicktheOperationicon.ThisiconislocatedundertheMainmenu.ItisusedtoopentheOperaitonmenu.→Operationmenuonpage1502ClickNor

SimradES70RangeproceduresTheseproceduresexplainhowtochangetheverticalrange,thatishowtocontrolthedepthtobeshownbytheechogram.Topics•Choosingstartdeptho

OperationalproceduresExample7AutomaticStartDepthIfyousetRangeto20metersandenabletheAutomaticStartDepthfeature,yourechogramwillalwaysbedrawntomakethebo

SimradES70DeningmaximumandminimumdepthsWhenyouusetheES70itisveryimportantthatitdetectsand“locks”onthecorrectdepth.Normallythiswillhappenautomatically

Operationalprocedures1ClicktheActiveicon.ThisiconislocatedundertheMainmenu.ItisusedtoopentheActivemenu.→Activemenuonpage1532OntheActivemenu,clickBotto

SimradES703DecreasetheBottomBackstepleveltoalowervalue(makeitmorenegative).Atypicalsettingwouldbeapproximately-60dB,butyouwillneedtoexperimenttondthe

Operationalprocedures2Toactivatethealarms:aDenevaluesforminimumandmaximumdepth.bClicktoenableUseAlarmSoundifthisisdesired.cInthetableatthebottomofthe

SimradES70Thelargenumberabovethehistogramshowstheaveragesizeofalltheshesinthehistogram.ThevalueispresentedintheunityouhavechosenintheUnitsdialog.Fora

OperationalprocedurescMakethenecessaryadjustments.dClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.AdjustingtheshlengthforcorrectcalculationsTheES70

SimradES70Recordbutton...117Eventbutton...

SimradES703Tochangethetransparencyoftheinformationpane,opentheDisplaymenu,andclicktheTransparencybutton.→Transparencyonpage1794Clickonthehistogramtitl

OperationalproceduresAdjustingthesignalgainThisprocedureexplainshowtochangethesignalamplication.Procedure1ObservetheMainmenu.Itisnormallylocatedonthe

SimradES70cFish(40logTVG)Thisgainsettingprovideslargeramplicationclosetothebottom.Ithasbeendesignedtoprovidethebestechoesfromsinglesh.dTargets(40log

OperationalproceduresChoosingpassivemodeofoperationInordertocheckhowmuchnoisetheES70isreceiving,setittopassivemode.ThismeansthattheES70isnottransmitti

SimradES703Fortherelevanttransducerchannel,setPower[W]torequestedvalue.→Outputpoweronpage2934ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.Adjustin

OperationalproceduresSystemsetupandsoftwareinstallationproceduresTheseproceduresexplainhowtoinstallafrequencychannel,andhowtomodifytheIPaddressifident

SimradES70bClickChangeadaptersettingsontheleftmenu.cClickonceonthenetworkadaptertoselectit,andclickPropertiesontheshort-cutmenu.dOnthelistofconnection

Operationalprocedures2ClicktheInstallationbuttontoopentheInstallationmenu.Onthemenu,clickTransceiverInstallationtoopentheTransceiverInstallationdialog

SimradES704Onthefrequencychannelyouwishtodisconnect,setthetransducertypetoNone.5ObservethatthestatusfortherelevantfrequencychannelschangestoAvailable.

Operationalprocedures8EnteranewIPaddressTipChangeonlythelastdigitintheIPaddress.TipIfyoudonothaveacomputerkeyboardconnectedtoyourES70system,clicktheKe

ReferencemanualDisplaymenu...151Setupmenu...

SimradES70aClicktheHelpbuttonontheTitlebartoopentheon-linehelp.bIfnecessary,clickthe[+]symbolinthemenuonthelefthandsideofthehelppagetoopenthetableofco

OperationalproceduresTopics•HowtoinstalltheES70softwareonpage90•HowtoobtaintheES70licenseonpage90•HowtoupgradetheES70softwareonpage91•HowtoremovetheES

SimradES70HowtoinstalltheES70softwareUsethisprocedurewhenyouwishtoinstalltheES70softwareonacomputer.NoteNotethatminimumhardwareandsoftwarerequirements

Operationalprocedures2ObservetheMainmenu.ItisnormallylocatedontherighthandsideoftheES70presentation.3ClicktheSetupicon.ThisiconislocatedundertheMainme

SimradES70HowtoupdatethetransceiversoftwareThisprocedureexplainshowtoupgradethetransceiversoftware.ItispossibletoupdatethesoftwareintheGeneralPurposeT

OperationalproceduresExternalinterfaceproceduresThissectiondescribeshowtosetupthevariousinterfacesprovidedbytheES70.Theinterfacesaresetuptotransmitand

SimradES70aLocatetheEthernetportyouwishtouse.IfnoEthernetportisavailable,anEthernetswitchmaybeinsertedbetweenthecomputerandthetransceiver.bConnectanEt

OperationalproceduresTherststep(withsub-steps)inthisprocedureexplainshowtodothephysicalcablingusingaseriallineoranEthernetconnection.Theremainingstep

SimradES709IntheSerialPortSetupdialog,entertherelevantparameterstosetuptheport.→StandardNMEA0183communicationparametersonpage26410ClickOKtosavethecurr

OperationalprocedureseOnthePI50computer,useaseriallineconnector.Connectthecableasfollows:•ReceivesignalRxonpin2.•TransmitsignalTxonpin3.•CommonGroundo