Simrad PI50 - REV A Quick start guide

Quick start guide

TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES

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Simrad PI50

Catch monitoring system

SimradPI50

Quickstartguide

Thismanualprovidesyouwiththebasicinformation

requiredtogetyoustartedwiththeSimradPI50.Foramore

detaileddescriptionoftheoperation,seetheSimradPI50

Operatormanual.Ifyouwishtoinvestigatethecomplete

functionality,includingmenusandallparameters,referto

theSimradPI50Referencemanualortheonlinehelp.

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Rev.A—Notreleased

Rev.B2013-01-10FirstreleasewithSWversion1.3.0IdentiedwithasrevisionBto

matchtheotherendusermanuals.

Rev.C2015-02-09ChangedtodescribeSWversion1.3.1.InformationaboutnewPI60

SensorReceiverwith10channels.

Licenseinformation

WhenyouhaveobtainedthenecessarylicensestooperatethePI50,westronglyadvicethatyou

writedownthehardwareIDandthelicensecodesonthispage.

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HardwareID:N/A

Licensecode

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Disclaimer

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stated,butdoesnotacceptliabilityforanyerrorsoromissions.

Warning

Theequipmenttowhichthismanualappliesmustonlybeusedforthepurposeforwhichitwas

designed.Improperuseormaintenancemaycausedamagetotheequipmentand/orinjury

topersonnel.Allusersmustbefamiliarwiththecontentsoftheappropriatemanualsbefore

attemptingtoinstall,operate,maintainorinanyotherwayworkontheequipment.

KongsbergMaritimeASdisclaimsanyresponsibilityfordamageorinjurycausedbyimproper

installation,useormaintenanceoftheequipment.

Supportinformation

Ifyourequiremaintenanceorrepair,contactyourlocaldealer.Youcanalsocontactususingthefollowing

address:[email protected].Ifyouneedinformationaboutourotherproducts,visithttp:

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Quickstartguide

Tableofcontents

ABOUTTHISMANUAL.......................................................5

SIMRADPI50....................................................................6

Important..................................................................................................................7

WhenthePI50isnotused.............................................................................7

Ifsomethingbreaksdown..............................................................................7

WhenyouswitchoffthePI50........................................................................7

Systemdescription...................................................................................................8

Systemunits.............................................................................................................9

Colourdisplay..............................................................................................9

ProcessorUnit..............................................................................................9

SensorReceiver............................................................................................9

Hydrophones..............................................................................................10

Catchmonitoringsensors............................................................................11

Supportinformation...............................................................................................11

GETTINGSTARTED..........................................................13

Poweron/offprocedures.........................................................................................14

PoweringupthePI50..................................................................................14

PoweringoffthePI50.................................................................................14

Operatingprinciples...............................................................................................15

Cursor........................................................................................................15

Mouse........................................................................................................16

Trackball....................................................................................................16

Presentationoverview............................................................................................16

Displayorganization...................................................................................17

TitleBar.....................................................................................................18

Themenusystem........................................................................................19

Themenubuttons.......................................................................................20

Startingnormaloperation.......................................................................................21

Selectingmenulanguage.............................................................................22

ChoosingPI50factorydefaultsettings.........................................................22

Selectingwhichsensorstouse.....................................................................23

Savingthecurrentusersettings....................................................................26

Calibrationofthedepthsensors...................................................................27

Sensorviews...........................................................................................................29

“BottomContact”sensorviewdescription....................................................29

“Catch”sensorviewdescription..................................................................30

“Depth”sensorviewdescription..................................................................30

“Height”sensorviewdescription.................................................................31

“Spread”sensorviewdescription.................................................................31

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“DualSpread”sensorviewdescription.........................................................32

“Temperature”sensorviewdescription.........................................................32

“Geometry”sensorviewdescription............................................................33

“Height/Depth”sensorviewdescription.......................................................34

“Pitch”sensorviewdescription...................................................................34

“Roll”sensorviewdescription.....................................................................35

Contextsensitiveon-linehelp................................................................................35

Initialinstallationandsetupprocedures.................................................................36

InstallationofthePI50software...................................................................36

ObtainingandinstallingthePI50softwarelicense........................................37

SettinguptheinterfacebetweentheProcessorUnitcomputerandthe

SensorReceiver..........................................................................................38

THEMENUSYSTEM.........................................................40

Mainmenu..............................................................................................................41

Operationmenu......................................................................................................42

Displaymenu..........................................................................................................43

Setupmenu.............................................................................................................44

Installationmenu....................................................................................................45

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Aboutthismanual

Purpose

Thepurposeofthisquickstartguideistoprovideanintroductiontosafeandefcient

useoftheSimradPI50.

Agoodunderstandingofsystemfunctionsandcontrolsisessentialtofullytake

advantageofthefunctionalityprovided.Seaconditionsvary,sometimesdrastically,

anditisnotpossibletoidentifysettingsthatwillprovidethebestdataatalltimes.

Carefulstudyoftheinformationinthismanualishighlyrecommended,preferably

whileexploringthesystem’sfunctionality.

Ifyouneedmoredetailedinformationaboutthisproduct,refertotheSimradPI50

OperatormanualortheSimradPI50Referencemanual.

Targetaudience

ThemanualisintendedforallinexperiencedandnewusersoftheSimradPI50.

Weassumethatyouarefamiliarwiththebasicacousticprinciplesofsoundinwater,and

thatyouhavesomeexperiencewiththeoperationofcatchmonitoringsystems

Click“Help”!

InstalledonyourSimradPI50youwillndacomprehensiveon-linehelpsystem.

Youmaynotnditinyourlanguage,buteverythingyoucanreadintheSimradPI50

Referencemanualcanalsobefoundinthecontextsensitiveon-linehelp.

Toaccessthisinformationclick[?]ontheTitleBar,orthe[?]buttoninoneofthe

dialogboxes.

Onlineinformation

Licenseinformation

TheSimradPI50isalicensedproduct.Inordertoobtainalicense,contactyourlocal

dealer.

Registeredtrademarks

Windows®,WindowsXP®,andWindows®7areeitherregisteredtrademarks,or

trademarksofMicrosoftCorporationintheUnitedStatesand/orothercountries.

Simrad®,SIMRAD®andtheSimrad®logoareeitherregisteredtrademarks,or

trademarksofKongsbergMaritimeASinNorwayandothercountries.

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SimradPI50

StudythischaptertofamiliarizeyourselfwiththeSimradPI50.

Topics

•Importantonpage7

•Systemdescriptiononpage8

•Supportinformationonpage11

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Important

Aswithallotheradvancedinstruments,thereareafewimportantthingsthatyoumustbe

awareof.

WhenthePI50isnotused

WhenyoudonotusethePI50,switchoffthedisplayandthecomputer.

IfyouknowthatyouwillnotusethePI50foralongtime,werecommendthatyoualso

switchoftheSensorReceiver.Sincethisunitisprovidedwithapowerswitch,you

mustdisconnectthepowercable.

Relatedtopics

•PoweringoffthePI50onpage14

Ifsomethingbreaksdown

Ifyoubelievethatsomethinghasbrokendown,contactyourlocaldealer.Hewillbe

abletoassist.

Alistofallourdealersisprovidedonhttp://www.simrad.com.Ifyouareunableto

contactadealer,observethesupportinformationinthischapter.

Relatedtopics

•Supportinformationonpage11

WhenyouswitchoffthePI50

YoumustNEVERswitchoffthePI50bymeansoftheon/offswitchonthecomputer.

YoumustALW AYSexitthePI50applicationbyclickingtheExiticonon

theTitleBar.

IfyoupowerdownthePI50bymeansofthecomputerswitchyoumay

damagethesoftwareapplicationandtheinterfaceparameterstoexternal

devices.

Important

Observetheprocedure!

Relatedtopics

•PoweringoffthePI50onpage14

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Systemdescription

Toknowhowyourgearbehavesisvitalforefcientshing.TheSimradPI50system

givesyouallthedetails.

TheSimradPI50isdesignedfortheprofessionalsherycommunityimplementingthe

latestinnovationsandtechnology.

Thesystemprovidesyouwithessentialinformation,suchasthestabilityofthetrawl

doors,theamountandqualityofyourcatch,thebehaviourofyourbottomorpelagic

trawl,orthecorrecttimingofapurseseine.

Assuch,thecatchmonitoringsystemallowsyoutostayinfullcontrolofthegearand

itsbehaviour.

Thesystemisdesignedtobeequallyusefulforallshingtypes.Bottomtrawlers,

pelagictrawlers,purseordanishseiners-whateverkindofgearyouuse,allvesselscan

takeadvantageofthefunctionalityprovidedbythePI50.

AlargeselectionofwirelesssensorsisavailablefortheSimradPI50.Placedonthe

trawl,purseseineordanishseinetheywillprovideyouwithvaluableandaccurate

informationaboutthegear,itsbehaviourandtheenvironment.

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Systemunits

TheSimradPI50comprisesthefollowingmainunits.

Topics

•Colourdisplayonpage9

•ProcessorUnitonpage9

•SensorReceiveronpage9

•Hydrophonesonpage10

•Catchmonitoringsensorsonpage11

Colourdisplay

AcommercialdisplayisusedwiththeSimradPI50system.

NotethatthedisplayisnotastandardpartofthePI50delivery.

ProcessorUnit

TheSimradPI50systemisdesignedtobecontrolled

byacommercialmaritimecomputer.Thiscomputer

mustbebasedontheMicrosoftWindows®7operating

system.Itmustfurtherbedesignedforruggeduse,

andshouldbeabletowithstandthevibrationsand

movementsofavessel.

Thecomputerisnormallymountedinthewheelhouse.

NotethatthecomputerisnotastandardpartofthePI50delivery.Simradmayprovidea

suitablemaritimecomputer.Consultyourdealerformoreinformation.

SensorReceiver

TheSimradPI50usesacustombuiltSensorReceiver.

TwoSensorReceivertypesareavailable:

•ThePI50SensorReceiversupportssixchannels

•ThePI60SensorReceiversupportstenchannels

Itishousedinasmallcabinet.Allnecessaryinputand

outputsocketseasilyavailable.Theunitispoweredby

asmallexternalpowersupply.TheSensorReceiverprovidesthefollowinginterfaces:

•SeriallinecabletotheProcessorUnit.

•Onehydrophone

•Externalpowersupply

ThemaximumlengthoftheseriallinecablebetweentheSensorReceiverandthe

ProcessorUnitis50meters.

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Hydrophones

Twohullmountedhydrophonesareavailable,oneforpurseseiningoperations,andone

fortrawloperations.Youcaninstallboth,andthenselectactivehydrophonebymeansof

aselectorboxonthebulkhead.

Purseseinehydrophone

Thehullmountedhydrophoneforpurseseining

operationshasa90degreeshorizontalbeam

anda30degreesverticalbeamtoprovidethe

PI50withoptimalreceptionfromthesensors

onapurseseine.

Thisspecicbeampatternisespeciallysuited

forpurseseiningandthewidecoveragearea

reducestheneedforcarefulalignment.

Trawlhydrophone

Thehullmountedhydrophonefortrawlingoperationshasa50degreeshorizontalbeam

anda30degreesverticalbeamtoprovidethePI50withoptimalreceptionfromthe

sensorsonabottomorpelagictrawl.

Thisspecicbeampatternisespeciallysuitedfortrawlingandthewidecoveragearea

reducestheneedforcarefulalignment.

Portablehydrophone

Aportablehydrophoneisalsoavailable.Itis

designedasatemporarymeasureuntilaxed

hydrophonecanbeinstalledatthevessel’snext

planneddrydocking.Ithasanomnidirectional

beamanda50meterintegratedcable.

Thecableissheathedinpolyurethaneproviding

robustexternalprotectiontocomplimentits150

kgtensilestrength.

Thecableissuppliedonareelforconvenient

retrievalandstowage,andisequippedwitha

plugforeasyattachmenttotheSensorReceiver.

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Catchmonitoringsensors

AlargeselectionofcatchmonitoringsensorscanbeusedwiththePI50system.The

currentsoftwareversionsupportsthefollowingsensors:

•PXMultiSensor

•PIBottomContact

•PICatch

•PIDepth

•PISpread

•PITemperature

•PIHeight

•PISpread/Depth

•PITwinSpread

•PISeineSounder

•PIGeometry

Supportinformation

IfyouneedtechnicalsupportforyourSimradPI50youmustcontactyourlocal

dealer,oroneofoursupportdepartments.Alistofallourdealersisprovidedon

http://www.simrad.com.

Norway(Mainofce)

•Companyname:KongsbergMaritimeAS/Simrad

•Address:Strandpromenaden50,3190Horten,Norway

•Telephone:+4733034000

•Telefax:+4733042987

•E-mailaddress:[email protected]

•Website:http://www.simrad.no

Spain

•Companyname:SimradSpain

•Address:PoligonoPartidaTorres38,03570Villajoyosa,Spain

•Telephone:+34966810149

•Telefax:+34966852304

•E-mailaddress:[email protected]

•Website:http://www.simrad.es

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USA

•Companyname:KongsbergUnderwaterTechnologyInc/SimradFisheries

•Address:1921033rdAveW,Lynnwood,W A98036,USA

•Telephone:+14257121136

•Telefax:+14257121193

•E-mailaddress:[email protected]

•Website:http://www.simrad.com

Malaysia

•Companyname:KongsbergMaritimeMalaysiaSdn.Bhd

•Address:Unit27-5SignatureOfces,TheBoulevard,MidV alleyCity,Lingkaran

SyedPutra,59200KualaLumpur,Malaysia

•Telephone:+6564117488

•Telefax:+60322013359

•E-mailaddress:[email protected]

•Website:http://www.simrad.com

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Gettingstarted

ThischapterdescribeshowtogetstartedwiththebasicoperationofthePI50.

Itcontainsabriefoverviewofthebasicsystemoperationandprocedures.Ifyouarea

rsttimeuser,werecommendthatyoureadthroughthischapterwhileoperatingthe

PI50sothatyoucanfamiliarizeyourselfwiththemenus,dialogboxesanddisplay

presentations.

AreyougoingtopoweruptheSimradPI50forthersttime?

IfyouareabouttoswitchonyourSimradPI50systemfortheveryrsttime,seerst

Initialinstallationandsetupproceduresonpage36.Itprovidesrelevanthardwareand

softwareproceduresforinitialstart-upandconguration.

Topics

•Poweron/offproceduresonpage14

•Operatingprinciplesonpage15

•Presentationoverviewonpage16

•Startingnormaloperationonpage21

•Sensorviewsonpage29

•Contextsensitiveon-linehelponpage35

•Initialinstallationandsetupproceduresonpage36

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Poweron/offprocedures

TheseproceduresexplainhowtoswitchthePI50systemonandoff.

Topics

•PoweringupthePI50onpage14

•PoweringoffthePI50onpage14

PoweringupthePI50

Purpose

ThisprocedureexplainshowtopoweruptheSimradPI50system.

Procedure

1PoweruptheSensorReceiver.

TheSensorReceiverisnotttedwithanon/offswitch.Y oumayleavetheunit

permanentlypoweredup.IfyouarenotusingthePI50foralongperiodoftime,

disconnectthepowersupply.

2Powerupthecolourdisplay.

Ifrequired,refertotheinstructionsprovidedbythedisplaymanufacturer.

3PoweruptheProcessorUnit(computer).

Waitfortheoperatingsystemtostartup.

4Double-clickthePI50icononthedesktoptostarttheprogram.

5Waitwhiletheprogramstartsonthecomputer.

6Chooseusersettings.

Duringtheprogramload,adialogboxappearstoletyouchoosefromthecurrent

usersettingsavailableonthePI50.

Thedialogboxisonlyvisibleafewseconds.Youdonotneedtomakeachoice

here.YoucanselectusersettingatanytimebymeansoftheUserSettingsdialog

boxontheMainmenu.

7Observethattheprogrampresentationllstheentirescreen.

PoweringoffthePI50

Purpose

ThisprocedureexplainshowtopowerofftheSimradPI50.

Note

YoumustneverswitchoffthePI50onlybymeansoftheon/offswitchon

thecomputer.Thismaydamagethesoftwareortheinterfaceparametersfor

externaldevices.YoumustALWAYSusethisprocedure.

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Procedure

1ClicktheExitbuttonintheprogram.

Itislocatedonthetopbarinthetoprightcornerofthedisplaypresentation.

2Observethattheprogramclosesdown.

3Ifthecomputerdoesnotswitchitselfoffautomatically,usethefunctionality

providedbytheoperatingsystemtoswitchitoffmanually.

4Switchoffthecolourdisplay.

Ifrequired,refertotheinstructionsprovidedbythedisplaymanufacturer.

5SwitchofftheSensorReceiver.

TheSensorReceiverisnotttedwithanon/offswitch.Y oumayleavetheunit

permanentlypoweredup.IfyouarenotusingthePI50foralongperiodoftime,

disconnectthepowersupply.

Operatingprinciples

Likemostcomputerizedapplications,thePI50isoperatedusingamouse(ortrackball)

andanoptionalkeyboard.

Important

Inthismanual,thephrase“click”meansthatyoushallplacethecursoroverthespecied

button,eldorfunction,andpresstheleftmouse(ortrackball)buttononce.Thephrase

“double-click”meansthatyoushallpressthemousebuttontwicerapidly.

Thephrase“press”meansthatyoushallpressaphysicalbuttonwithyournger,for

exampleacharacterbuttonortheEnterkeyonthekeyboard.

Relatedtopics

•Themenubuttonsonpage20

Cursor

Themouse(ortrackball)controlsthecursormovementonthePI50presentation.By

movingthecursoroverthevariousinformationprovidedonthedisplay,andclickingthe

leftmousebutton,youareabletocontrolalloperation.

Tip

Ifyouareleft-handed,theWindowsoperatingsystemallowsyoutoredenethemouse

buttons.Youcanthenchoosetoclickwiththerightbutton.

Theshapeandpurposeofthecursorchangedependingonitslocation.

•MovethecursorovertheTitleBaratthetopofthepresentationandStatusBaratthe

bottom,andleft-clicktheiconsandbuttonstoaccessthefunctionalityprovided.

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•Movethecursoroverthemenuandmenubuttons,andclicktoaltertheoperational

parametersandopendialogboxes.Observethattheshapeofthecursorchangesover

themenubuttonstoindicateswhichchoicesyouhavetocontroltheseparameters.

Mouse

ThecomputermousecanbeusedtocontrolthefunctionalityprovidedbythePI50.

Themousecontrolsthemovementsofthecursor,andthebuttonsareusedtoclickon

buttonsandselectparameters.

Trackball

C

D

A

B

(CD010216A)

AllPI50functionscanbecontrolledwiththe

trackball.Theballcontrolsthemovements

ofthecursor,andthebuttonsareusedtoclick

onbuttonsandselectparameters.Trackballs

comeinseveralshapesandsizes.Ageneric

versionisshownasanexampleonly.

AControlwheel(notused)

BTrackball,usethistocontrolthecursor's

locationonthescreen

CRightmousebutton(notused)

DLeftmousebutton

Presentationoverview

ThedisplaypresentationofferedbytheSimradPI50systemprovidesanumberofsensor

views.ItalsoprovideaTitleBarandamenusystemtofacilitateoperationusinga

computermouseoratrackball.

Topics

•Displayorganizationonpage17

•TitleBaronpage18

•Themenusystemonpage19

•Themenubuttonsonpage20

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Displayorganization

AtypicalPI50displaypresentationisshown.

Notethatthepresentationismadeusingarticialsensordatafromthebuilt-insimulator.

ATitleBar

BSensorviews

Theinformationfromeachsensorispresentedinarectangle.“Dual”sensorsuse

twochannels,andtheyusetworectanglesforpresentation.TheSensorviewholds

thekeyinformationprovidedbysensor,aswellasaHistoryeld.Thisisthe

smallrectanglewithintheSensorview.Itoffersthechangesinthesensordata

forthelast20minutes.

CTrendviews

Foreachsensor,youcanalsoopenaTrendview.Thisisagraphprovidingthe

historicvaluesfromthesensor.Boththeverticalandhorizontalresolutionsofthe

graphcanbeadjusted.

ClickRangeandRangeStartontheMainmenutocontroltheverticalresolution.

ClickTrendHistoryLengthontheDisplaymenutocontrolthehorizontalresolution

(5to1440minutes).

DMenusystem

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ESubmenus

Thesubmenusareopenedandclosedbyclicking

thebuttonsatthebottomoftheMainmenu.

Thepresentationofthevariousviewsaremade

automatically,andthesizeofeachviewdependsonthespaceavailable.WhennoTrend

viewsareopen,theSensorviewswillstretchfromthelefttotherightedgeofthe

presentation.WhenaTrendviewisopened,itwillpositionitselfontheleftside,and

thesizeoftheSensorviewswillbereducedbyremovingtheHistoryeld.Ifadditional

Trendviewsareopened,theywillbepositionedontopofeachother,andthevertical

sizeofeachviewisadjustedautomatically.

TheorderoftheSensorviewsisdenedbythesettingmadeintheSelectSensorsdialog

box.ThelocationoftheTrendviewsdonotfollowhisorder.Thersttrendviewlls

theentireverticalspace,thenextareplacedontopoftherstinthesameorderthey

areopened.

Relatedtopics

•TitleBaronpage18

•Themenusystemonpage19

•Themenubuttonsonpage20

TitleBar

ThePI50TitleBarislocatedonthetopofthedisplaypresentation,anditisstretched

fromthefarlefttothefarrightside.

ThepurposeoftheTitleBaristogiveyoufastaccesstokeyfunctionalityand

navigationalinformation.

ALogoandproductname.

ThiselementidentiestheSimradasthemanufacturerofthePI50,andtheproduct

name.

BMenu

Clickthisbuttontohideorrecallthemenusystem.

CScreencapture

Thisbuttonisprovidedtomakeiteasytomakeascreencapture.

DNavigationeld

Thesearenotbuttons,butinformationeldsprovidingcurrentdatarelatedtothe

vesselmovements.

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