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SimradPI50SimradPI50StudythischaptertofamiliarizeyourselfwiththeSimradPI50.Topics•Importantonpage8•Systemdescriptiononpage9•Systemdiagramonpage10•Syst

SimradPI50ReceiversettingsThissectionprovidesproceduresrelatedtoreceiversensitivity,interferenceandreceiverlters.Topics•Howtoadjustthereceiversensiti

OperationalproceduresDuringspecialoperationswhereextremerangeisrequired,andtheinterferencesourcesareminor,theparametermaybesetto8.Ifinterferenceispres

SimradPI50AlarmsandmessagesThissectionprovidesproceduresrelatedtoalarmsandmessagesgeneratedbythePI50.Topics•Howtoreadandacknowledgealarmsandmessageson

OperationalproceduresEachsensorhasanindividualalarmsetting.Toenableanalarm,youmustdeneminimumandmaximumlimitswithinthesensor’srange,andclicktoenablem

SimradPI50ThisprocedureassumesthatyouarefamiliarwiththeMicrosoft®XP®and/orMicrosoft®7operatingsystemutilitiesforlehandling.1ClicktheDisplayiconundert

OperationalproceduresSoftwareproceduresThepurposeofthisinformationistoguideyouthroughtherequiredtasksrelatedtosoftwareinstallationand/orupgradingonthe

SimradPI50HowtoobtainthePI50licenseThePI50requiresavalidlicensetooperate.WithoutalicenseyouwillnotbeabletocommunicatewiththePI50Receiver.NoteIfyourepl

OperationalproceduresUnlessyouhavemadeanyhardwarechangesonyourcomputer,theexistingsoftwarelicensewillbeused.HowtoremovethePI50softwareYoumaywishtoremo

SimradPI50ThemenusystemMenunavigationemployedbythePI50issimilartotheotherKongsbergMaritimeapplicationswhichfollowthenewuserinterfacestandardsdeveloped

ThemenusystemFigure41Sub-menuiconsFromleft:•Operationmenu•Displaymenu•SetupmenuButtontypesEachmenucontainsseveralmenubuttons.Eachbuttonshowsthefunctio

SimradPI50SystemdescriptionTheSimradPI50isdesignedfortheprofessionalsherycommunityimplementingthelatestinnovations.Thecatchmonitoringsystemallowsyout

SimradPI50Howtoselectanumericalparameterbymeansofthescrollwheel1Placethecursoronthemiddleofthebutton.2Spinthescrollwheelineitherdirectiontoincreaseord

ThemenusystemMainmenu[6]ThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailablefromtheMainmenu.1TheUserSettingsdialogallowsyoutosavethecurrentusersettings(para

SimradPI50OperationmenuThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailablefromtheOperationmenu.ClickonceontheiconundertheMainmenutoopentheOperationmenu.Cli

ThemenusystemDisplaymenuThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailablefromtheDisplaymenu.ClickonceontheiconundertheMainmenutoopentheDisplaymenu.Clicko

SimradPI50SetupmenuThefollowingfunctionsandparametersareavailablefromtheSetupmenu.ClickonceontheiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupmenu.Clickonemoretim

IndexIndexAAboutthismanual,7Accesslogles,101messageles,101AcknowledgeallMessages,100Alarmprocedures,100AlarmLimitsdescription,101procedure,100Alarms

SimradPI50accesslogles,101accessmessageles,101adjustinterferencemeasures,99adjustreceiversensitivity,98calibrateDepthsensors,24,92changepalette,69ch

Indexsetup,76trendview,59PIdeDistancia/ProfundidadMaestropresentacióndetendencia,62PIDepthpurpose,39sensorview,40setup,78trendview,60PIGeometrypurpose

SimradPI50RReadverticalgeometryprocedure,97Receiversensitivityprocedure,98ReceiverUnitdescription,12Reectionsremove,95Remotesensorpurpose,43Remote/De

IndexPITemperature,62PITemperature/Depth,62PITwinSpread,61TwinSpreadsensorview,45trendview,61TwinSpreadsensorpurpose,44setup,89UUnitsmain,9procedure,7

SimradPI50SystemdiagramFigure1SystemdiagramAbasicsystemdiagramisprovided.Interfacecapabilitiesandpowercablesarenotshown.ADisplayUnitBProcessorUnitCSen

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SimradPI50SystemunitsEachsystemunitisdescribedinmoredetail.ColourdisplayAnycommercialcolourdisplaycanbeusedwiththeSimradPI50systemprovidedthatthedispl

SimradPI50•Memory:2Gb•Freeharddiskspace:30Gb•Chipset:Intel•Graphicadapter:DirectX9.0ccompatiblewithDirect3dandOpenGL[2]•Interfaces:–Oneserial(RS-232)i

SimradPI50HydrophoneTwohullmountedhydrophonesareavailable,oneforpurseseiningoperations,andonefortrawloperations.Youcaninstallboth,andthenselectactiveh

SimradPI50CatchmonitoringsensorsAlargeselectionofsensorscanbeusedwiththePI50system.Thecurrentsoftwareversionsupportsthefollowingsensors:•BottomContact

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SimradPI50GettingstartedThischapterdescribeshowtogetstartedwiththebasicoperationofthePI50.Topics•PowerOn/Offproceduresonpage16•Usingthetrackballonpage

GettingstartedThePI50startsupusingthesameoperationalparametersasthelasttimeyouusedit.Iftheseparametersareacceptable,continueoperation.Ifyouwishtoalter

SimradPI50Astandardcomputermousecanalsobeused.Ifyouwishtouseamouse,werecommendthatyoundoneequippedwithacontrolwheel.SensorpresentationsThePI50canbeus

GettingstartedStartingnormaloperationOnceyouhavepoweredupthecompletePI50system,youarereadytostarttheactualoperation.Whenstartedup,thePI50willautomatic

SimradPI502ClicktheUserSettingsbuttontoopentheUserSettingsdialog.3IntheUserSettingsdialog,clickoneofthefactorysettingsinthetoptexteld:•SimradFactoryD

Gettingstarted8IntheSelectSensorsdialog,observetheitemsintheSelectedSensorslist.NoteTheorderofthesensorsinthislistisalsoreectedtotheorderofthesensorv

SimradPI50CChooseUpdateRate.aUpdateRateThisparameteriusedtoselectthesensor’supdaterate.ThisishowoftenthePI50canexpecttoreceiveinformationfromthesensor

GettingstartedFObservetheOffsetvalue.aOffsetSensorsmeasuringspreadanddepthcanhaveanoffsetvalue.Theoffsetvalueforthedepthsensorsaredeterminedduringcali

SimradPI50HowtocalibratethedepthsensorsOnlydepthsensorscanbecalibrated.Thepurposeistomakesurethatthedepthreportedbythesensorisasaccurateaspossible.Thi

GettingstartedTitleBarThePI50TitleBarislocatedonthetopofthedisplaypresentation,anditisstretchedfromthefarlefttothefarrightside.TheTitleBarprovidesbutt

SimradPI50ThemenusystemThissectionprovidesashortintroductiontothemenusystem,andexplainsthebasicuseofthePI50menubuttons.Formoreinformationaboutthemenus

GettingstartedHowtoselectanumericalparameterusingthe+/-buttons1Movethecursortoeithersideofthebutton,andobservethatthebackgroundcolourchanges.aClickont

SimradPI50OperatormanualRelease1.0.1ThismanualprovidesyouwiththebasicinformationrequiredtooperatetheSimradPI50.Foramoredetaileddescriptionoftheoperati

SimradPI50Howtoselectaparameterusingasub-menu1Clickthemiddlesectionofthebuttontoopenasub-menu,thenclicktherequestedparametervalue.Thechosenvalueisappl

DisplayviewsDisplayviewsThedisplayviewsprovidedbytheSimradPI50arebasedontheawardwinningdesignoftheSimradME70multibeamechosounder.Themenusystem,present

SimradPI50DisplayorganisationAtypicalPI50systemdisplaypresentationisshown.Figure10SensorpresentationexamplewithsensorviewsandtrendviewsshownATitleBarT

DisplayviewsDMainmenuTheMainmenuisbydefaultlocatedontherighthandsideofthepresentation.Toopenanyofthesub-menus,clicktheicons.TohideorretrievetheMainmen

SimradPI50MenusystemFigure11TheMainmenu(top)withtheDisplaymenubelowThePI50menuislocatedattherightsideofthedisplay.Adetailedbreakdownofthecommandsandpa

DisplayviewsTitleBarThePI50TitleBarislocatedonthetopofthedisplaypresentation,anditisstretchedfromthefarlefttothefarrightside.TheTitleBarprovidesbutton

SimradPI50OperationbuttonsMenubuttonClickonceontheMenubuttontohidethemenu,andonemoretimetobringitbackagain.Whenthemenuishidden,itwilltemporarilybeshow

DisplayviewsVesselspeedProvidedthataGPSorspeedlogsystemisconnectedtothePI50,thiseldontheTitleBarwilldisplaythevessel’scurrentspeed.Thecommunicationwi

SimradPI50MinimizebuttonClickthisbuttontominimizethePI50displaypresentation.Thisisanoperatingsystemfunction.Torestorethepresentationtoitsprevioussize,

DisplayviewsSensorviewsEachsensorprovidinginformationtothePI50systemusesadedicatedrectangle–aSensorview–todisplaythisinformation.Theserectanglesaredyn

RevisionstatusDocument:328457/ISBN-13:978-82-8066-121-0/Rev.ARev.A09.11.2010FirstreleasewithSWversion1.0.1.LicenseinformationWhenyouhaveobtainedthenec

SimradPI50Figure13BottomContactsensorviewASensoridentier:TheidentieristheLabelIDparameter,thesensornameistheSensorValueNameparameter.Youcancontrolth

DisplayviewsTomonitorthellingrate,werecommendthatyouuseminimumtwosensors.Placetherstsensoratthefarendofthecod-end,itwilltellyouthatthetrawlisactuall

SimradPI50•Onabottomtrawl,youwillusethesensortoachievefullcontrolwhenshooting,andtopositionthetrawlontheslope.•Duringpelagictrawling,youknowhowimporta

DisplayviewsEPulselampandTrendviewicons:ThegreenPulselampiconasheseverytimeasignalisreceivedfromthesensor.ClicktheTrendviewicontoopen(andclose)theTre

SimradPI50•Onapelagictrawl,placethesensorbehindthefootrope.Y ouwillthenknowatonceifthetrawlapproachesthebottom.Ifyouuseasecondsensorbehindtheheadrope,

DisplayviewsPISpreadsensorviewThepurposeoftheSimradPISpreadsensorsystemistomeasurethedistancebetweenthetwotrawldoors.ThePISpreadsensorwillalwaysrequir

SimradPI50DHistoryeld:Whenthesizeofthepresentationrectanglepermits,ahistoryeldisshown.Theeldoffersagraphicalpresentationofthesensorinformationforth

DisplayviewsASensoridentier:TheidentieristheLabelIDparameter,thesensornameistheSensorValueNameparameter.YoucancontroltheseparametersintheSelectSenso

SimradPI50ThePISpread/Depthsensorthuscontainsbothapressuresensortomeasurethewaterdepth,andaspreadsensortomeasurethedistancetotheRemotesensorontheother

DisplayviewsCSpreadchanges:Thisdigitshowsthespreaddistancechangesrecordedbythesensor,andthustheincreasingordecreasingdistancebetweenthetwotrawldoors.T

OperatormanualTableofcontentsABOUTTHISMANUAL...7SIMRADPI50...

SimradPI50Figure22PISpreadsensorviewASensoridentier:TheidentieristheLabelIDparameter,thesensornameistheSensorValueNameparameter.Youcancontrolthesepa

DisplayviewsNoteThisisa“dual”sensor .ItwillseizetwocommunicationchannelsonthePI50.Figure23PITemperature/DepthsensorviewASensoridentier:Theidentieris

SimradPI50GTemperaturechanges:Thisdigitshowstemperaturechangesrecordedbythesensor.Thevalueisshowninunitsperminute.Thedirectionofthetemperaturechangeis

DisplayviewsFigure24PIGeometrysensorview(dualchannel)ASensoridentier:TheidentieristheLabelIDparameter,thesensornameistheSensorValueNameparameter.You

SimradPI50FPortlength:ThisisthelengthofthewirebetweentheheadropeandtheportMini-Rtransponder.Thecurrentmeasurementunitisshown,aswellastwobluearrowheads

DisplayviewsNoteThePIGeometryDifferential(DF)sensorversionsareboth“single”sensors.TheotherPIGeometryversionsareall“dual”sensors.Theywillseizetwocommun

SimradPI50PIHeight/DepthsensorviewThepurposeoftheSimradPIHeight/Depthdualsensoristoachieveaccuratemeasurementsofboththewaterdepthandthedistancefromthe

DisplayviewsThetwoarrowheadsindicatethecurrentverticalmovementofthesensor;upordown.Inthisexamplethesensorisslowlyincreasingwith5meterseachminute.Ifthe

SimradPI50NoteThisisa“dual”sensor .ItwillseizetwocommunicationchannelsonthePI50.Figure27PISeineSoundersensorviewASensoridentier:TheidentieristheLabe

DisplayviewsFCurrentdepth:Thisthecurrentdepthmeasuredbythesensor.Thecurrentmeasurementunitisshown,aswellasabluearrowhead.Thearrowheadindicatesthecurre

SimradPI50PICatchsensorview...38PIDepthsensorview...

SimradPI50Placethesensoronthetrawlbellybehindthefootrope,anduseittodetectifthetrawlisdamagedbyrocksorotheritemsonthebottom.Ifthisisdetected,youcanimme

DisplayviewsTrendviewsTheTrendviewisopenedbyclickingtheiconinthetoprightcorneroftheSensorviewrectangle.Theviewcomprisesagraph.Thegraphdisplaysthehisto

SimradPI50PIDepthtrendviewFigure32PIDepthtrendviewThePIDepthtrendviewshowsthedepthvaluesrecordedbythesensor.aTheverticalscaleisdenedbythesettingsmade

DisplayviewsPISpreadtrendviewFigure34PISpreadtrendviewThePISpreadtrendviewshowsthedistancebetweenthetrawldoors.aTheverticalscaleisdenedbythesettingsm

SimradPI50PISpread/DepthtrendviewElPIdeDistancia/ProfundidadMaestroproporcionadospresentacionesdetendenciasseparadas,unaparaladistanciayunaparalaprofu

DisplayviewsPIGeometrytrendviewFigure37PIGeometrytrendviewThePIGeometryprovidestwotrendviewsthatcanbeopenedindividually.Theshowsthedistancebetweenthec

SimradPI50PIRemote/DepthtrendviewThePIRemote/Depthprovidesadepthgraph.Forinformation,see:→PIDepthtrendviewonpage60PIRiptrendviewThePIRipprovidesacatch

DisplayviewsScreencapturesThePI50providesabuilt-inscreencapturefunction.Tosavealltheinformationonthecompletescreen,clicktheScreenCapturebuttonontheTit

SimradPI50OperationalproceduresThischaptercontainsseveraloperationalproceduresexplaininghowyoucanputyourSimradPI50touse.MenunavigationemployedbySimrad

OperationalproceduresUsersettingsThePI50allowsyousaveanunlimitednumberofusersettings[4].AllparametersyouhaveenteredtosetupthePI50tosuityourpreferences

OperatormanualHowtoselectandsetupthesensors...72Genericprocedure...

SimradPI50HowtousepreviouslysavedsettingsIfyouhavesavedsensorcongurationsdedicatedfordifferentgearsordifferenttasks,youcanretrievetheseforfastandefc

OperationalproceduresUserpreferencesThissectionprovidesproceduresrelatedtouserpreferencesandindividualcustomising.Topics•Howtoselectmenulanguageonpage

SimradPI501ClicktheDisplayiconundertheMainmenutoopentheDisplaymenu.→Displaymenuonpage1112ClickthemiddleofthePalettebutton,andobservethechoices.3Clickt

Operationalprocedures3Makethenecessaryadjustments.4ClickOKtosavethecurrentsettingsandclosethedialog.HowtocontroltheorderofthesensorviewsYoucancontrolt

SimradPI50HowtoselectandsetupthesensorsThissectionprovidestheprocedurestosetupthevariousPIsensorssupportedbythePI50.Agenericprocedureisoffered,aswella

Operationalprocedures3ClicktheSelectSensorsbuttontoopentheSelectSensorsdialog.4ObservetheAvailableSensorseldontheupperleftsideofthedialog.Itlistsallt

SimradPI50BChooseLabelName.•LabelNameBydefault,theLabelNameisthesameasthesensornamelistedwiththeAvailablesensors.Clickintheeldtoenteranothername.Ifyo

OperationalproceduresEChooseChannelNumber.aChannelNumberThisisthecommunicationchannelusedbetweenthesensorandthePI50system.NoteTheChannelNumberparamete

SimradPI503ObservetheAvailableSensorseldontheupperleftsideofthedialog.ItlistsallthesensortypessupportedbythePI50.4ClickonceontheBottomContactsensorin

Operationalprocedures1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupmenu.→Setupmenuonpage1122ClicktheSelectSensorsbuttontoopentheSelectSensorsdialog.

SimradPI50Displaymenu...111Setupmenu...

SimradPI50HowtosetupthePIDepthsensorThisprocedureexplainshowtosetupthePIDepthsensorforuse.NoteThisprocedureisalsousedtosetupthePIRemote/Depthsensor .1

OperationalproceduresTheoffsetforthesensoriscalculatedautomaticallybymeansofthecalibrationprocedure.Ifyoualreadyknowtheoffsetvalue,youcanenteritdirect

SimradPI507Clickoneofthe[▲]or[▼]buttonstomovethesensorupordownonthelistintheSelectedSensorseld.Theorderinthislistalsocontrolstheorderinwhichthesensor

Operationalprocedures4ClickonceontheSpreadsensorinthelist,thenclickthe[►]buttontocopythesensortotheSelectedSensorslist.TwoSpreadversionsareavailable.T

SimradPI5011Ifthisistheonlysensoryouwishtosetup,orthelastsensor,clickOktosavethesettingsandclosethedialog.Relatedtopics•PISpreadsensorviewonpage43•PIS

Operationalprocedures→PITemperaturesensorviewonpage47eChannelNumberNoteItisveryimportantthattheChannelnumberandUpdateRateparametersdenedforeachsensor

SimradPI507Clickoneofthe[▲]or[▼]buttonstomovethesensorupordownonthelistintheSelectedSensorseld.Theorderinthislistalsocontrolstheorderinwhichthesensor

OperationalproceduresTheDF(Differential)GeometrysensorsettingwillonlyuseonechannelonthePIsystem,butwillnotprovidedextendedrange.TheCoarseorFinesetting

SimradPI50ThenamesyouenterareshownintheSensorviews.→PIGeometrysensorviewonpage50eChannelNumberNoteItisveryimportantthattheChannelnumberandUpdateRatepa

Operationalprocedures7Clickoneofthe[▲]or[▼]buttonstomovethesensorupordownonthelistintheSelectedSensorseld.Theorderinthislistalsocontrolstheorderinwhi

AboutthismanualAboutthismanualPurposeThepurposeofthisoperatormanualistopresentthedescriptionsandproceduresrequiredtooperatetheSimradPI50inasafeandefc

SimradPI50NoteThisisa“dual”sensor .ItwillseizetwocommunicationchannelsonthePI50.1ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupmenu.→Setupmenuonpage1

OperationalproceduresTheoffsetforthespreadsensormustbeenteredmanuallybasedonyourknowledgeaboutthesensorinstallationandthepropertiesofthegear.Youcanent

SimradPI505ObservethatanerrormessageappearsifyoutrytoaddtoomanysensorstotheSelectedSensorseld.ThePI50canhandlemaximumsixsensors.Rememberthatdualsenso

OperationalproceduresHowtosetupthePIRipsensorThePIRipsensorissetupasaPICatchsensor.→HowtosetupthePICatchsensoronpage76328457/A91

SimradPI50SensorpresentationproceduresThissectionprovidestheprocedurestocalibratesensors,resettimers,applyltersandsetupspecialpresentations.Topics•Ho

Operationalprocedures6ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupmenu.→Setupmenuonpage1127ClickCalibration.8IntheCalibrationdialog,clickStartCalib

SimradPI501ClicktheSetupiconundertheMainmenutoopentheSetupmenu.→Setupmenuonpage1122ClickReceivertoopentheReceiverdialog.3ChangethestatusoftheCatch/Bot

OperationalproceduresHowtoremovenoisefromthesensordataTheMultipathFilterisdesignedtoremedyforreections,spikesandtime-laginthesensordata.Theseproblems

SimradPI50Figure39V erticalgeometrymeasurementsProvidedthatthesensorsaremountedonthetrawldoors,theverticalgeometrymeasurementscanbemadeusinganyofthefo

OperationalproceduresHowtosetupdepthandheightsensorstomeasuretotalwaterdepthIfyouhavebothadepthsensorandaheightsensormountedonthegear,youcanmakethePI5