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Transducer Installation The transducers you want to use with the EK80 system must be "installed" as a part of the software configuration. Which transducers to use depends on the number of transceivers in your system, and the licenses you have for these. Unless you replace a broken transducer, or add a new, you only need to do this once. Transducer Installation page

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Transceiver The Transceiver pages are used to define the settings necessary to connect the computer to each transceiver. Each transceiver is assigned one or more transducers. Two pages are used. The Transceiver Installation page shows you a list of the available transceivers, and allows you to make the connections to the computer, and to the transducers you have installed. The Transceiver IP Address page allows you to control the Internet Protocol (IP) Addresses used by the computer to communicate with the transceivers. Transceiver pages

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I/O Setup To communicate with peripheral devices the Processor Unit offers several serial and/or Ethernet (LAN) ports. The number of communication ports depends on how your Processor Unit is set up and configured. The I/O Setup settings allow you to define which information is imported or exported by the Processor Unit. For each port, you can set up the communication parameters, and monitor the data flow. I/O Setup page

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Sensor Installation For the EK80 system to use and offer correct navigational information, one or more external sensors must be connected. Typical sensors are those providing navigational information (heading, speed or geographical position). Use the Sensor Installation page to define which external sensors your EK80 system will import information from. You must also specify which datagram formats to use. For each relevant sensor you must insert the offset values that define the its physical location relative to the vessel’s coordinate system. Sensor Installation page

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Sensor Configuration With multiple sensors connected to the EK80 system, many of them will provide the same datagrams. We cannot expect that these datagrams provide the same information. The Sensor Configuration page allows you to define a datagram priority, so that the information from the "most reliable" sensor is used by the EK80 system. You can also define manual values in case a sensor is unserviceable, or not installed. Sensor Configuration page

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Synchronization The purpose of the Synchronization parameters is to set up the EK80 system to operate alone, or as a master or slave in a synchronized system. Synchronization is required in order to avoid interference if the EK80 system is used simultaneously with other hydroacoustic instruments within the same frequency range. Synchronization page

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Units The user interface presents many measurements. These measurements are for example related to depth, range and distance. From the Units page you control which units of measurements that are used. Units page

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Trawl When you use a trawl, the EK80 can draw the upper and lower trawl lines in the echogram. In order to this, the EK80 needs to know the relevant trawl parameters. If your trawl system is connected to the EK80, these parameters are automatically available. If the trawl system is not connected, the Trawl options allow you to define the parameters manually. Trawl page

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Annotations When you study an echogram, it is often useful to add personal comments to it. Comments can be used to identify specific events such as specific echoes, unusual bottom conditions, or simply for keeping track of time or distance. The Annotations choices allow you to type comments and annotations into the echograms. The comments are automatically saved when you enable raw data recording. Annotations page

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Remote Control The EK80 can be set up to operate as a "sensor" in a larger scientific system. Everything the EK80 do is then remotely controlled from another computer on the local area network (LAN). The Remote Control settings allow you to set up remote controlled operation. You define how the EK80 can be controlled from a peripheral system, and how the EK80 can export information to this and other systems. Remote Control page

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Client Server Configuration By means of the EK80 Client application, you can monitor the survey operations made on the EK80. The necessary settings required to allow the client to communicate with the EK80 are defined on this page. Client Server Configuration page

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Software License The EK80 system needs one or more software licenses to work. Each software license code "unlocks" one transceiver for operational use with a set of predefined properties. The Software License settings allow you to type a license code (text string) to unlock the EK80 system functionality. Software License page