Processor page

How to open

This page is located in the Diagnostics dialog box. Open the Diagnostics dialog box from the Setup menu.

Description

The information on the Processor page is offered in groups.

Program Version

This information is also found in the About dialog box.

Operation

These boxes provide generic information related to the operating parameters.

Network

Some end users connect the Processor Unit to their local area network (LAN). This group offers generic information about this network. If the Processor Unit is not connected to a local network, these boxes are empty.

Details

Program Version

Each software release for the EK80 system is uniquely identified. The version described in this publication is 21.15. This information is also found in the About dialog box. The About dialog box is located on the Setup menu.

Tip

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Operation

These boxes provide generic information related to the operating parameters.

Ping Count

The Ping Count value is simply a consecutive count of transmissions ("pings") since the EK80 system was turned on and activated.

Ping Interval

The ping interval (1/ping repetition frequency (PRF)) is the ping rate measured in time between each acoustic transmission.

The phrase ping rate is used to describe the parameter that controls how often the EK80 system can or shall transmit acoustic energy (a "ping") into the water. The ping rate is normally limited by the maximum range settings. It also depends on hardware limitations. This may be, for example, how fast your EK80 system can handle the information from each ping, how fast it communicates with external peripherals, or how long time it uses to save data.

Sequential pinging

The Sequential pinging function can be used if you have more than one channel in use on the EK80 system. When activated, each individual transceiver will transmit ("ping") in sequence, one by one. When not activated, all transceivers will "ping" simultaneously.

Network

Some end users connect the Processor Unit to their local area network (LAN). This group offers generic information about this network. If the Processor Unit is not connected to a local network, these boxes are empty.

Name

This text box reflects the name of the local area network (LAN).

Local IP Address

This is the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the Ethernet interface adapter located in your computer. In most cases, each Ethernet adapter has a unique IP address, even when it supports multiple sockets.

MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit)

The MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) value reflects the maximum size of the data packets that can be transferred on the Ethernet line to and from the local area network (LAN).

In computer networking, the maximum transmission unit (MTU) of a communications protocol of a layer is the size (in bytes or octets) of the largest protocol data unit that the layer can pass onwards. MTU parameters usually appear in association with a communications interface (NIC, serial port, etc.). Standards (Ethernet, for example) can fix the size of an MTU; or systems (such as point-to-point serial links) may decide MTU at connect time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_transmission_unit (April 2016)