Operation Manual
FarSounder, Inc.
F31552 (Rev. 2.6.1)
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Figure 15. System Status display window
Figure 15, “System Status display window” shows the System Status display with three indicators and a
hydrophone (receiver) waveform display. The first indicator shows that the Sonar Processor is properly
configured and is in the middle of processing a ping.
The second indicator shows that the software is listening for NMEA messages over the serial port. The
status of that component shows that it is listening on COM1 at 9600 baud. If more than one serial port is
enabled, multiple ports would be listed here and the baud at which they are connected. These ports are
configured under the Configuration Manager's NMEA Settings menu.
The third indicator shows that SonaSoft™ is currently connected to the Sonar and is awaiting data from the
sensor. It also indicates the sonar's current roll and pitch orientation relative to the earth in degrees. This
indicator may display a yellow or red status if there are problem connecting to the Transducer Module.
The Hydrophone Data display is somewhat different. It is a graphical display of hydrophone data. This
display is very useful for debugging purposes and to confirm the presence of echo sounder interference.
In this display, the waveform of a single receiver channel is shown on the left with the start of the echo's
timeseries at the far left. On the right portion of this display is a graphic of the receiver's transducer array.
Each box represents the spatial location of an individual hydrophone. Clicking on one of the boxes, selects
that channel for the waveform display. Note that the four corner channels are always blank.
SonaSoft™ Help
The help button icon is a circle with a question mark in the middle. Clicking this button brings up the SonaSoft
documentation.
