DATASONICS SIS-1500, System Manual

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SIS-1500 Seafloor Imaging System 3-25
SECTION 3 Setup and Deployment System Startup
1. Turn on the Chirplink II Digital Multiplexer by switching the ON/OFF
switch to ON. The indicator in the switch will light.
2. Turn on the high voltage power supply by turning the HIGH VOLTAGE
key switch on the multiplexer to the right. The HIGH VOLTAGE indicator
will light and the XMIT LED indicator will flash, indicating that the tow
vehicle’s transducer arrays are transmitting. The indicator flashes once
for each transmission. The DATA LOCK LED will flash for a few seconds
and then illuminate continuously, and the TELEM LOCK LED will flash
for about 30 seconds and then illuminate continuously.
3. Select File from the menu bar, and then choose Start System. The
SIP-150 Sonar Image Processor begins acquiring data, and in the
Display area of the Main window the tow vehicle Pitch and Roll, Heading
and Course, and Altitude displays, and the Port Sidescan and Starboard
Sidescan displays shown in Figure 3-14 open.
Figure 3-14 Pitch/Roll, Heading/Course, Altitude, and Sonar Displays
WARNING Do not allow the tow vehicle to transmit continuously on deck
for more than one half hour.
Tow Vehicle
Port Sidescan
Sonar display Starboard Sidescan
Sonar display
Tow Vehicle Pitch
and Roll display
Tow Vehicle Heading
and Course display
Altitude display