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HD-MAX Echo Sounder User Guide

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Page 1: ...all read the Manual carefully For more information about the system please visit the official website of HI TARGET www hi target com cn en Security technology prompts Attention Special operation needs special attention Please read the contents carefully Warning Very important prompts Operations not following the warning contents will cause instrument damage data loss system collapse and even will ...

Page 2: ...n the following Rev Technology and services For any questions encountered during the operation process please contact our technical personnel We will promptly answer your questions Your suggestions If you have any suggestions and opinions regarding this Manual please provide feedback to us Your feedback can significantly improve the quality of the Manual ...

Page 3: ...ost 13 Back Face of the Host 14 Side Faces of the Host 14 Other Accessories 15 Basic Operations 20 Startup Shutdown 21 Buttons 21 Interface at the backside 23 Software Introduction 26 Software Overview 27 Technical Parameters 30 Installation of Software 30 Simple Operation Process 37 Main Interface 38 Simple Operation Process 38 Conclusion of This Chapter 41 Project Management 42 Project Settings ...

Page 4: ...3 Conclusion of This Chapter 65 Ship Design 66 Ship Design 67 Conclusion of This Chapter 68 Plan line design 69 Plan line preparation 70 Plan line edit 72 Plan line routing 75 Plan line import export 81 Shortcut key 81 Other functions 81 Conclusion of This Chapter 82 Electronic Chart 83 Sea Chart Import 84 Sea Chart Display 87 Sea Chart Inquire 89 Conclusion of This Chapter 89 Engineering Base Map...

Page 5: ...g Sampling 118 Basic Functions Introduction 120 Sounding Correction 121 Sounding Sampling 122 Conclusion of This Chapter 124 Data Correction 125 Introduction to this Chapter 125 Transformation Parameters Correction 127 Delayed Correction 127 Water Elevation Correction 128 Draft Correction 129 Conclusion of This Chapter 129 Tide Level Correction 130 Introduction to this Chapter 130 Tide Station Dat...

Page 6: ...is Chapter 159 Utilities 160 Coordinate Transformation Parameters Calculation 161 Coordinate Transformation 168 Distance Orientation Calculation 168 Unit Conversion 169 Coordinates library 170 Conclusion of This Chapter 170 Software Registration 171 Software Registration 172 Software Dongle 172 Conclusion of This Chapter 172 Software Upgrading 173 Local Upgrading 174 Online Upgrading 175 Conclusio...

Page 7: ...HD MAX Echo Sounder User Guide 7 C H A P T E R 1 Overview Introduction to this Chapter Navigation Overview Principle of Echo Sounder Product Features Technical Parameters ...

Page 8: ...oting navigation of geophysical prospecting and hydrocarbon exploration and staking of seismic shot and other measurement fields Thus a measuring software which can realize multiple functions is needed The software is compatible to a variety of import and domestic GPS receivers It is a measuring tool software integrating measurement editing and other multiple functions with task based operating mo...

Page 9: ... on how to track the real underwater echo signal from numerous clutters Water bottom gate tracking technology time gate tracking technology Since variations at water bottom are relatively flat the sounding changes between two times of depth sounding about 0 1s are not too big Assuming that the variation of secondary depth is 10 a time gate will be set between 10 Z before the last correct echo to t...

Page 10: ...too high Otherwise it will also filter out weak echo signal Different thresholds can affect sounding accuracy to a certain extent Thus selection of appropriate signal threshold is in favor of interference inhibition and stable tracking Gain control Gain control technology is to control amplifying circuit and reduce the gain in case of too high echo signal to prevent too much interfering signals by...

Page 11: ...on High strength engineering plastic and reinforced structure design are adopted to replace traditional metal shell Chart display control and various information query functions are available to realize intuitive display as well as convenient operation High equipment integration information integration and functional integration Technical parameters Table 5 1 Technical parameters of HD MAX series ...

Page 12: ...ho Sounder User Guide 12 C H A P T E R 2 Hardware Introduction of HD MAX Introduction to this Chapter Front Face of the Host Back Face of the Host Side Faces of the Host Other Accessories Installation size chart ...

Page 13: ...splay as well as convenient operation Measuring functional keys area Include locking line changeover recording marking and other commonly used functional keys for measuring Sounding functional keys area Include depth sounding playback automatically and other commonly used functional keys for measuring USB interfaces area Open the cover you can see three USB interfaces available Display screen Meas...

Page 14: ... Figure 2 2 The back interfaces of HD MAX series products include DC10 30V power interface high frequency transducer interface serial data transport interface SDTI VGA display output interface and GPS antenna interface Side Faces of the Host Back interfaces ...

Page 15: ...Accessories Keyboard The product is equipped with portable and convenient p p USB interface keypad which is characterized by good stability exquisite appearance flexible use as well as excellent hand feeling It is easy for operation on the ship Mouse The product is equipped with p p USB interface mouse with good stability It is easy for operation on the ship AC power adapter Bracket fixing screw ...

Page 16: ...put voltage range It can be applied for 10 30V DC nominal input voltage DC24V power supply The standard output is 20V High frequency transducer Figure 2 5 The high frequency transducer is to connect 7 core socket in back interface board of HD MAX product Receiving antenna 1 ...

Page 17: ...tenna is to connect to ANT POS at rear interface board of HD MAX products to receive GPS signal GPS measuring version of HD MAX series products VGA patch cord Figure 2 10 VGA patch cord is used to connect external computer monitor for sub screen display ...

Page 18: ...serial port serial port line Figure 2 11 Second full serial port serial port line is used to external connected to two RS 232 serial ports DC power supply cable Figure 2 12 Host installation size chart Equipment shell size is as shown in Figure 2 7 ...

Page 19: ...o not plug nor unplug the power when powered on It is more possible to facility a DC stabilized power supply of 10 30V c Confirm that there is enough space behind the host in order to install the plug and cable d Non professional personnel shall not disassemble the equipment For any question please contact the retailer as soon as possible ...

Page 20: ...HD MAX Echo Sounder User Guide 20 C H A P T E R 3 Basic operations Introduction to this Chapter Buttons Keyboard Startup Shutdown USB Interface Rear panel Interface ...

Page 21: ...he whole process of starting up takes about 1 minute The system interface after starting up is as shown in the Figure below Figure 3 1 Shutdown a Shutdown Click Start Shutdown The software system shall shutdown b Long press the power button for 5s After the power supply indicator light is off loosen the button and the system will shutdown mandatorily Buttons Measuring function keys ...

Page 22: ... are as shown in the Figure include locking line changeover recording as well as marking Sounding functional keys Figure 3 3 Commonly used functional keys for depth sounding are as shown in the Figure include depth sounding playback automatically shift up and shift down Confirm Cancel keys ...

Page 23: ... click the depth The probe can enter the working position Pin definition Pin 1 2 6 3 5 Wiring definition Ground High and low frequency High frequency Low frequency Cable characteristics Shielded wire White line Red line Blue line Power interface DC The power supply system is an important part of the system The stable operation of the instrument is owed to the excellent power supply system The rate...

Page 24: ...ch the satellite signal and the beacon signal VGA interface VGA video output interface can connect video display such as projector monitor etc After the system is defaulted as startup VGA port has output available You only needs to connect to the device directly No other setting is required Pin definition Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wiring definition BLUE PCGND SCL NC NC RED GREEN Pin 8 Wiring definition SD...

Page 25: ...d to communication pin as RX TX and GND The other control pin is not connected You just need to plug in your RS 232 serial port Figure 3 6 Table 3 1 Interface description Pin Pin definition 1 TXD2 2 RXD2 3 RTS1 4 RXD1 5 DSR1 6 DCD1 7 DTR1 8 PCGND 9 TXD1 10 CTS1 Initial setting of GPS mainboard Detailed information is as shown in the software section ...

Page 26: ...HD MAX Echo Sounder User Guide 26 C H A P T E R 4 Software Introduction Introduction to this Chapter Software Overview Technical Parameters Installation of Software ...

Page 27: ...re upgrade From the perspective of customers the software pursuits more precise measurement more humanized operation as well as more abundant functions to realize a variety of measurements The software has the following characteristics 1 Parameters setting Support to import the conversion parameters of Hi RTK handheld software to realize seamless converting of sea survey parameters and land measur...

Page 28: ...tent with the output of Echo sounder Support patterns of middle ship position and ship heading Support to display electronic chart DXF engineering map and support electronic chart feature query Support point line curve fitting surface marks as well as inland waterway common schema tags which can be exported to DXF format Soundings display supports multiple color modes such as monochrome two color ...

Page 29: ... delay correction water surface elevation correction as well as draft correction Support mono station correction regional multiple correction fixed difference correction and a variety of tidal correction methods Support depth contour and in depth pseudo color rendering generated by achievement database Support achievement data export Support to export XYZ DAT and other common data formats Support ...

Page 30: ...tform CPU Not smaller than 1GHZ The internal storage shall not be less than 1GB Operating system WindowXP or Windows7 Language environment Support Chinese and English Installation of Software Double click software installation package A language selection dialog box will popup Figure 4 1 Installation language selection Click Confirm to enter the next step ...

Page 31: ...HD MAX Echo Sounder User Guide 31 Figure 4 2 Install the initial interface Click The next step Figure 4 3 License agreement Select I accept the Click Next ...

Page 32: ...X Echo Sounder User Guide 32 Figure 4 4 Installation directory Click Change to change software installation directory Figure 4 5 Installation directory setting Modification completed Click OK and click Next ...

Page 33: ...HD MAX Echo Sounder User Guide 33 Figure 4 6 Start installation Click Install to start installation Figure 4 7 Start installation After complete the installation click Finish and exit the interface ...

Page 34: ...of starting the software and uninstall the software are available Software uninstall There are two methods to uninstall the software 1 Run the built in uninstall program Under the secondary menu Hi MAX of Start Menu the shortcut icon Uninstall Hi MAX of uninstall program is available Figure 4 9 Start uninstall Click Yes to continue and No to exist current operation ...

Page 35: ...4 10 Start uninstall program 2 Program uninstall of the system Find out the Hi MAX software in Add or remove programs Figure 4 11 Add or remove programs Click Remove to uninstall the software directly Select Change to enter uninstall interface ...

Page 36: ...HD MAX Echo Sounder User Guide 36 Figure 4 12 Modify the program Click Next to continue Figure 4 13 Software maintenance Select Modify Repair or Remove to perform relevant operations ...

Page 37: ...HD MAX Echo Sounder User Guide 37 C H A P T E R 5 Simple Operation Process Introduction to this Chapter Main Interface Simple Operation Process Conclusion of This Chapter ...

Page 38: ...r automatic measurement and the measurement interface can be entered automatically after next startup Select Chinese or English Environment Software is to switch between languages At the lower right corner is the current software version Module buttons are available on the main interface Click it to enter corresponding module interface Simple Operation Process 1 Click Project to create new project...

Page 39: ...known instrument it can be connected to the software based on international NMEA0183 standard format 4 Click BoatShape and select hull lines model Set length width position transducer GPS antenna and other parameters Description In this step only the deviation parameter of GPS antenna position and transducer position will affect measuring results The parameters need accurate measurement and then i...

Page 40: ...ayed correction surface elevation correction and draft correction Description At data acquisition if the coordinate transformation parameters input wrongly coordinate transformation parameter correction can be adopted to correct them 11 Click Tide to input water level information of tide station And then perform tide level correction for result data of Sounding sampling Description For RTK operati...

Page 41: ...es upgrading 5 In the case of After the software launch the survey starts automatically being selected the software will automatically enter Survey functional module at software starting Conclusion of This Chapter The software interface is simple efficient and easy to understand The complete modularization design has greatly facilitated operation Users can complete basic operations of marine surve...

Page 42: ...HD MAX Echo Sounder User Guide 42 C H A P T E R 6 Project management Introduction to this Chapter Project Settings Conclusion of This Chapter ...

Page 43: ...erface if it prompts any failure please choose whether delete it or not Establish a project Click New and the interface to input a new project name will show up as shown in Figure 6 2 Input the name of a new project Click OK to establish a new project Click Cancel to exist new project operation Figure 6 2 Establish a project Template application First of all select the project in the list Click Ap...

Page 44: ... delete the project specific data Conclusion of This Chapter After the software starting up it will open the project that opened at last time automatically Only when you need to open the other projects Open functional key will be used for the first time of running the software the software will automatically create a default project The project will be named after a date for project construction T...

Page 45: ...HD MAX Echo Sounder User Guide 45 Coordinate parameters Introduction to this Chapter Coordinate Transformation Parameters Settings Conclusion of This Chapter CHAPTER 7 ...

Page 46: ... coordinate transformation parameters of current project including ellipsoid parameters projection parameters ellipsoid transformation parameters plane transformation parameters elevation fitting parameters points transformation parameters and plane grid parameters Figure 7 1 Coordinate parameters Import coordinate transformation parameters Click Add Predefined The dialog box of opening the file w...

Page 47: ...eters plane transformation parameters elevation fitting parameters points transformation parameters and plane grid parameters The setting of these parameters shall follow strict sequence The parameters that have to be set up frequently include projection parameters plane transformation parameters elevation fitting parameters and points transformation parameters Saving coordinate transformation par...

Page 48: ...ne rectangular coordinate system Choosing different projection methods will obtain different plane coordinates correspondingly The most frequently used projective modes include Mercator Transverse Mercator Gauss define and so on Figure 7 5 Projective modes Major parameters of projective modes setting include central meridian north with constants east with constants scale etc Generally north with c...

Page 49: ...te the transformation from source ellipsoid space rectangular coordinate system to local ellipsoid space rectangular coordinate system The most frequently used transformation methods include Bursa Wolf Molodensky One touch etc Figure 7 7 Transformation model Set up parameters based on the selected ellipsoid transformation model or acquire the parameters through Utilities such as seven parameter ...

Page 50: ...oordinate system 2 Molodensky It is a simplifying form of Bursa Wolf method only with transformation parameters at spatial vector It is a transformation method with lower precision It can calculate from a given point It is applicable to transformation from WGS 84 to national coordinate system 3 One touch Combination of transformation rotation scale parameters as well as plane transformation parame...

Page 51: ...utting Plane transformation Plane transformation parameters refer to transformation from plane coordinate system to local ellipsoid plane coordinate system after completing source ellipsoid projection The frequently used conversion methods include 2D Helmert TGO Grid etc Figure 7 9 Plane transformation model Set up parameters based on the selected model or acquire the parameters through Utilities ...

Page 52: ...erformed from the known coordinates of two arbitrary coordinate systems 2 TGO A plane transformation method of TGO software Comparing to 2D Helmert origin of coordinate north and origin of coordinate east are increased 3 Grid Call in the edited grid file format to WGS 84 coordinate transformation to grid coordinate 4 FreeSurvey It is a plane transformation method self defined by THALES Comparing t...

Page 53: ...ce Equations are obtained through inputting parameters or elevation fitting algorithm of UtilityTools such as parameter fitting and plane fitting Figure 7 12 Fixed difference correction Description of several commonly used elevation fitting parameters 1 Geometric Surface Constant correction Take GPS measured elevation and the fixed constant as operational elevation Only a starting point is require...

Page 54: ...of north and the origin of east 3 Grid fitting Grid fitting requires to select grid file fitting to support Trimble ggf HI TARGET zgf Geoid99 bin which can be compatible with egm 9 model Generally grid fitting files are great in size Thus it may require more time for reading The grid fitting is rarely used in China at present If grid fitting and the other four elevation fitting methods are applied...

Page 55: ...t the plus minus signs of input value are opposite dx dy and dh can be entered as translation parameter directly Or you can obtain accurate translation parameter through point translation parameter calculation tools in UtilityTools Figure 7 14 Points translation Attention The points translation parameters of the software are consistent with that of Hi RTK hand book software However the fixed corre...

Page 56: ...n of This Chapter Coordinate parameter setting is an essential link for measurement setup which determines local coordinate precision directly Generally there are two types of coordinate transformation methods seven parameter and four parameter plus elevation fitting If transformation parameters of local coordinate system are provided the user only needs to input corresponding parameter If not it ...

Page 57: ...HD MAX Echo Sounder User Guide 57 C H A P T E R 8 Device Connection Introduction to this Chapter GPS setting Auxiliary equipment settings Conclusion of This Chapter ...

Page 58: ...Echo sounder and subsidiary sensors can be set up Communication tests can be performed as well for communication parameters GPS Settings Serial port setup Select the serial port and baud rate for GPS connection You can click to detect baud rate automatically Figure 8 1 GPS serial port setup Instrument type setup Select GPS instrument type of current connection ...

Page 59: ...2 GPS instrument type If the current GPS instrument type can not be detected in the instrument type drop down list please select other models of GPS NMEA 0183 Connect to the GPS device following general international NMEA 0183 standard protocol ...

Page 60: ...etup Figure 1 1 Figure 8 3 Antenna height 1 Input antenna height Input antenna height directly at antenna height input box 2 Calculate antenna height Select Calculate By Antenna Type to enter calculation interface Figure 8 4 Antenna height calculation ...

Page 61: ...ed method to obtain antenna height on oceanographic instrumentation First of all measure the water level elevation when the water surface is calm secondly try to keep the surface elevation and GPS acquisition time in synchronization without great time interval Communication test Click Test Start and the serial port will be opened to receive and parse data The text box will display the received dat...

Page 62: ...Figure 8 6 ASCII code display Select Hex Serial data will display in the form of hexadecimal digits you can view the GPS output binary information Figure 8 7 Hexadecimal digit display Select Result Perform data analysis for serial data and display resolved results including date time longitude and latitude elevation computational state satellite data Figure 8 8 Results form displayed ...

Page 63: ...on GPS and other auxiliary measuring sensors After setting serial port and Baud rate select access sensor types Serial port setup Select auxiliary measurement sensors connected to serial port and baud rate Figure 8 9 Serial port settings of auxiliary sensors Instrument types setup Select instrument types according to the actual access sensors or connect sensors in TSS1 TSS3 standard communication ...

Page 64: ...t received data Read the sounding information showed in the results box Show the comprehensive assessment of test results at lower right There are three status of Conclusion 4 No data Serial port not received any data 5 Normal data Correct serial port setting Moreover the selected instrument type is matching with the connected Echo sounder device 6 Abnormal data Data received at the serial port Ho...

Page 65: ...nt type Based on serial port raw data and resolved results displayed the incorrect parameter setting or existing problems of serial port can be determined properly The auxiliary sensors are to avoid influence on measuring results caused by hull pitch and swing thus to improve the accuracy of data acquisition The auxiliary sensors include gyrocompass attitude indicator directional GPS et al ...

Page 66: ...HD MAX Echo Sounder User Guide 66 C H A P T E R 9 Ship Design Introduction to this Chapter Ship Design Conclusion of This Chapter ...

Page 67: ...ht Side or Custom are optional The self defined settings will select green squares to move forward as shown in the schematic diagram Set the deviation between GPS antenna position to transducer Instrument installation parameters will affect the measured result data thus they should be measured accurately Attention At positions near to bow there are more waves and bubbles which will generate great ...

Page 68: ...s well as the width of the hull will not affect the measuring result data Users only need to input approximate values of hull length and width Only the deviation parameter of GPS antenna position and transducer position will affect measuring results The parameters need accurate measurement ...

Page 69: ...AX Echo Sounder User Guide 69 Plan line design Introduction to this Chapter Plan line preparation Plan line edit Plan line routing Plan line import Auxiliary functions Conclusion of This Chapter CHAPTER 10 ...

Page 70: ... be imported Figure 10 1 Main interface of plan line design Plan line preparation Click PlanLine to enter plan line drawing mode Click the screen with a mouse directly to draw point by point And also you can draw the plan line by increasing coordinates into the coordinates list Mouse drawing and coordinates drawing can be performed simultaneously Click Save to save the current plan line and start ...

Page 71: ...an line drawing Coordinates drawing Plan line vertices can be increased by pressing Add and Insert in the coordinates list of coordinates drawing area The coordinate value of a certain coordinate point can be modified by pressing Edit The plan line vertices can be deleted by pressing Delete and Clear key Add To add a coordinate point in coordinates list Insert To insert a coordinate point before t...

Page 72: ... Geodetic Or you can cite directly from the coordinate library 2 Latitude and longitude input mode Figure 10 4 Latitude and longitude input box The input latitude and longitude is as in the form of WGS84 The input mode can be switched among degree degree of minutes and degree of seconds N refers to northern latitude S as southern latitude E as east longitude and W as west longitude Plan line edit ...

Page 73: ...ick DeletePoint and click the vertex to be deleted with the left button of the mouse Modify vertex coordinates Click SetPoint and then click the vertex to be modified with the left button of the mouse A coordinate input box will pop up Input the new coordinate value in the input box Click OK to complete modification to the coordinate Plan line deletion There are three methods can be selected from ...

Page 74: ...elete in the edit toolbar Figure 10 6 Single selection deletion 2 Box selection deletion Select multiple plan lines from selection tool boxes A bubble box of plan lines will pop up Click Delete to delete the selected plan line orange display Figure 10 7 Box selection deletion 3 Scope deletion ...

Page 75: ...ding certain plan lines displayed in the screen range To delete all lines Delete all plan lines Plan line routing Plan line routing can generate a large number of plan lines conveniently and rapidly The frequently used routing models include channel routing area routing vertical routing parallel routing and Sector routing Users can select appropriate routing models to perform rapid routing accordi...

Page 76: ...rdinate points in the list will not change the selected plan line Generation and storage The system will generate plan line according to the baseline and routing parameters save the generated plan line and start the new plan line routing Channel routing Click Channel in the toolbar Draw a base line with the mouse or coordinate or select an existing plan line as axle wire of the channel Set routing...

Page 77: ...axis as well as the width of the plan line Routing interval In waterway survey perform routing vertical to the channel axis as well as the space between the plan lines Area routing Click Area in the toolbar Draw a base line with the mouse or coordinate or select an existing plan line as the border of the area Set routing parameters and click Create and save The system will generate channel plan li...

Page 78: ...tion Layout interval Distance between the plan lines generated Parallel routing Click Parallel in the toolbar Draw a base line with the mouse or coordinate or select an existing plan line as start line Set routing parameters and click Create and save The system will generate channel plan line and start parallel routing Figure 10 12 Parallel routing ...

Page 79: ...tical routing Click Vertical in the toolbar Draw a base line with the mouse or coordinate or select an existing plan line as start line Set routing parameters and click Create and save The system will generate channel plan line and start vertical routing Figure 10 13 Vertical routing Layout interval Distance between the plan line generated Line length at the left side The length of plan line at le...

Page 80: ... then start a new circular sector routing Figure 10 14 Circular sector routing Center Coord The coordinate of the central point of circular sector It can be selected with a mouse or input plane coordinates or WGS84 longitude and latitude Start angle The included angle between the first plan line and the true north direction End angle The included angle between the first plan line and the true nort...

Page 81: ...e the middle mouse button pulley Set mouse position as the center and graph zooming Press the mouse middle button to perform Pan View 3 Right mouse button While performing zoom in zoom out pan view planned routes drawing editing and layout press right mouse button to exit those operations immediately Other functions 1 Can perform chart query and chart management There is no separate introduction a...

Page 82: ...easured data can be more even reducing the occurrence of repeated measurements and missing thus to effectively improve the measurement efficiency The software supports electronic chart display Users can import the electronic chart of the measuring area into the system Take the electronic chart as a reference It is more easy and convenient to perform planned routes arrangement ...

Page 83: ...HD MAX Echo Sounder User Guide 83 Electronic Chart Introduction to this Chapter Sea Chart Import Sea Chart Display Sea Chart Inquire Conclusion of This Chapter CHAPTER 11 ...

Page 84: ...tronic chart data provided by Changjiang Waterway Survey Center can be online imported The successfully imported electronic chart will be displayed in the electronic chart list And display in background graphics under the module of Planned routes design and Marine surveying CWB electronic chart CWB electronic charts are those issued on the website of Changjiang Waterway Bureau They need to be conn...

Page 85: ...ent license code When users buy chart they need to provide the unique identification document of the equipment to electronic chart data provider Activated code files After the users purchasing electronic charts the electronic chart data provider will provide chart authorization documents which include decryption key information of the electronic chart Data directory Chart version information and e...

Page 86: ...nd the software will automatically import the data to the system and will export the imported message in the text box at the right side Figure 11 3 Unencrypted electronic chart Existing electronic chart Figure 11 1 4 Existing electronic chart The basic information of imported electronic chart at Existing electronic chart including electronic chart No block geographical names scale ...

Page 87: ...ronic charts You can also set display parameters of chart 1 Chart list Figure 11 5 Chart list Set electronic chart as visible Click the electronic charts that need to be displayed Click Display The icon will become presenting visible Set electronic chart as hidden Click the electronic charts that need to be hidden Click Hidden The icon will become presenting invisible Delete existing electronic ch...

Page 88: ...e displayed in bright color at day time During nights with dark light however electronic charts shall be displayed in darker color in order not to affect sailing at night Five color patterns are generated respectively namely sunny day pattern day pattern cloudy day pattern evening pattern and night pattern Display elements Electronic charts include abundant information on icons symbols text inform...

Page 89: ...isplayed by the electronic chart will be highlighted Figure 11 7 Sea Chart Inquire Conclusion of This Chapter There are two methods to obtain electronic charts Chart data service provider such as bureau of maritime affairs The others If purchasing electronic chart data from a chart data service provider the user shall provide equipment license code to ensure that the electronic chart can only be d...

Page 90: ...er Guide 90 electronic charts can be set as background reference to facilitate planned route design and marine navigation Furthermore electronic charts also show existing sounding points as reference base of sounding survey ...

Page 91: ...HD MAX Echo Sounder User Guide 91 Engineering Base Map Introduction to this Chapter Engineering Base Map Management Engineering Base Map Display Conclusion of This Chapter CHAPTER 12 ...

Page 92: ...engineering base map Click Import DXF button and the document dialog box will pop up Select the file type and select the basemap to be imported Click Open If the base map is opened successfully the document will be displayed in the documents list on the left Import the sounding point Click to import the sounding point CASS dat Hypack XYZ or other files in user defined formats can be imported Selec...

Page 93: ...e engineering base map In the file lists select the items to be deleted with the mouse and the items will be highlighted Click Delete Engineering Base map Display At the engineering base map interface click the engineering base map to be displayed and exit the interface ...

Page 94: ...will show graphic elements of DXF such as circular arc straight line line broken line polyline text and fitted curve etc It can display sounding points of DAT format as well Engineering base map presenting as base map in marine surveying and planned route interface assists on planned route layout as well as marine surveying ...

Page 95: ...HD MAX Echo Sounder User Guide 95 C H A P T E R 13 Depth Measurement Introduction to this Chapter Common Functions Introduction Parameters Setting Data Acquisition Conclusion of This Chapter ...

Page 96: ...g Playback To look back sounding status of record data Shift up To increase the sounding range Shift down To decrease the sounding range Figure 13 1 Marine surveying interface After entering the interface the system will automatically enter the following operation 1 Automatically connect serial port and read serial port data 2 Automatically load the designed ship form data 3 Automatically load the...

Page 97: ...med out If local shrinking is required you can drag a box in the view or click left mouse button to zoom out with the position pointed by the mouse as the center Overall graph zooming Click ZoomAll The view will display planned route engineering basemap measurement data points marking and other elements according to the maximum range Mouse pulley When push the pulley forward in the view the image ...

Page 98: ...left side Ship position locking and heading 1 Ship position locking In the process of measurement keep the ship position at the middle section of the screen by real time moving view background which is equivalent to locking the ship at the middle section of the screen It is known as ship position locking for short Ship position locking Click Unlock to shift to ship position locking mode The icon w...

Page 99: ... up to shift to North up mode The icon will change to The view will automatically rotate to keep North up pointing to upward direction of the screen Planned route drawing Click PlanLine to enter planned route drawing mode Specific operations shall refer to Section I of Chapter VII Planned route drawing Graphic symbol During marine surveying process some marks are required to be done such as markin...

Page 100: ... mouse Select the shape display display size proportion of the mark and click mouse drawing button A dot mark will be completed at the position pointed by the left mouse button in the view Adding marks with coordinate Select the shape display display size proportion of the mark and click mouse coordinate adding button A dialog box of coordinate input will pop up Input the correct coordinate in the...

Page 101: ...nged by choosing a color the display proportion of the dot mark also can be setup Click Exit or the right mouse button to complete dot mark edit Figure 13 4 Dot marks edit Dot marks deletion Click deletion button Select the dot mark to be deleted with a mouse and delete it Dot marks export Click Export button and a dialog box will pop up Select the export path 2 Line mark Attribute parameters of l...

Page 102: ...rk edit toolbar will show up as shown in Figure 10 6 Move Drag the vertex position of selected line mark with a mouse DeletePoints Delete the vertex position of the selected line mark Point coordinates setup Modify the vertex coordinates of the selected line mark Delete Delete the selected line mark In addition under edit status select the line type and modify the line type of the selected line ma...

Page 103: ...nput correct point coordinates in the pop up dialog The two method can be performed alternatively as well Surface mark edit Click Edit The mouse will select the surface mark to be edited and enter to edit mode The line mark edit toolbar will show up as shown in Figure 10 8 Move Drag the vertex position on border line of selected line mark with a mouse DeletePoints Delete the vertex position on bor...

Page 104: ...raphics that can be edited include planned route and marking Use Select to select planned route or marking thus to enter planned route or marking edit mode immediately The system will show corresponding edit toolbar depending on the selected objects such as if a planned route selected it will show planned route editor toolbar And if a dot mark selected it will show dot mark editor toolbar Specific...

Page 105: ...rk and surface mark Delete plan Lines Delete the selected planned route Delete All Delete all selected planned routes and marks Figure 13 9 Box selection deletion Distance and angle measurement Click Measure to click the screen with a mouse Perform angle and distance measurement consecutively Double click the mouse after measurement it will show the sum of multiple broken lines as shown in Figure ...

Page 106: ...t and angle measurement Survey line management Figure 13 11 Survey line management Display hidden Check the survey line Click display hide to set the selected survey line as display or hidden Self defined export Click the survey line and export the user defined format ...

Page 107: ...ment parameter which will affect measuring results to certain extent Display parameters are mainly to set style and color of sounding including display control of coordinate grid and path line System parameters mainly include display units of velocity and distance latitude and longitude display format alarm time zone and so on Click Settings and then a parameters setting dialog box will show up at...

Page 108: ...ired to be applied on a sounder to control marking process marking mode has to be set up The methods for controlling and transmitting marking commands include following time interval actual traveled distance and manual press space key On aspect of marking measurement point display a circle one times bigger than common sounding points will be applied for marking According to time interval Send a ma...

Page 109: ...ion delay Since during actual measurement the users take different GPS motherboards and cablesis different therefore GPS delay time are different as well At present the best solution is to introduce hard synchronized PPS during the measuring process thus to effectively eliminate GPS data delay Survey line size To set the size of each survey line document If the document size of current survey line...

Page 110: ...dient display 2 Display method of sounding points There are three display methods of sounding points round cakes diamonds and sounding values The size can be set up If the display size is set as 0 it will be displayed as the Min size 3 Other settings You can set up if to show path line coordinate grid scaling number and if start up automatically capturing planned routes System parameters Figure 13...

Page 111: ... in case of any data acquisition anomaly such as insufficient positioning data accuracy no data available at Echo sounder serial port or other circumstances leading to data acquisition anomaly Alarm sound volume Set the volume size If a loudspeaker is available on the hardware equipment it will affect the volume of the loudspeaker 3 Others Time zone settings default time zone GMT 08 00GPS adopts U...

Page 112: ...hing 9 Water level water surface elevation bottom elevation 10 Survey line name name of current recording survey line acquisition status record spots total number of current measuring records 11 Alarm including shallow water alarm ship speed alarm data acquisition anomaly alarm alarm according to parameter settings Sound will be available if there is any audio device in place 12 Measuring scale Se...

Page 113: ... as 0 at the first time and BB will be as 1 at the second time Date YYYYMMDD Specific date Time hhmmss Specific time Table 2 Survey line name Example Ln10_1_20130830_164040 Refers to Aug 30 2014 16 40 40 Performed a second measurement for the planned route numbered 10 2 Planned route capturing The system will automatically capture the nearest planned route close to the ship and display it in highl...

Page 114: ...ed route automatically And then the ship will travel according to planned route A Click Record to record the data to the corresponding survey line document A_0_YYYYMMDD_hhmmss of planned route A After completion of the measurement when the ship gets close to the planned route B the system will capture the planned route B automatically Click Switch and then the system will create a new record file ...

Page 115: ...eters include high and low frequency setting high and low frequency setting gain scheme underwater topography and pulse width setting As shown in the Figure below Attention Generally depth sounding parameters remain as default value While in special water area such as various and complicated underwater topography poor echo status parameters are to be adjusted according to actual circumstances Disp...

Page 116: ...e can obtain real time sound velocity by setting serial port parameters as well as adjusting the sound velocimeter Scale setting For scale setting the users can select automatic scale or manual scale as well as adjust scale range and initial scale of the scaleplate Effective area Setting up the effective areas can help the software to better capture the correct depth For example if the known sound...

Page 117: ...help you to check the distance and orientation of two points measuring parameter can set up acquisition and marking conditions display parameters can set sounding points and methods system parameter can set display units system alarm and time zone At the information bar GPS information Echo sounder information of echo sounder attitude information data acquisition information alarm information seri...

Page 118: ...HD MAX Echo Sounder User Guide 118 C H A P T E R 14 Sounding Sampling Introduction to this Chapter Basic Functions Introduction Sounding Correction Sounding Sampling Conclusion of This Chapter ...

Page 119: ...ing lines are numbered Original fathom curve The connection wire between original high frequency depth points as the reference line of correction data Fathom curve correction Manual or automatic correction data line according to original soundings The fathom curve that manually corrected present as blue and that automatically filtered as red Sampling line Mark the sounding as sampling point Measur...

Page 120: ... variation curve while expanding interval can be convenient for manual sounding correction 3 Display hide measuring range line Click Scope and then the texts will change to red which means to display measuring range line Click it again and the texts will change to white which means to hide measuring range line Measuring range line is the auxiliary line of sounding scale Users can now the general d...

Page 121: ...ction as well as automatic filter wave correction will be introduced as below Manual correction Click EditLine and the text will change to red At this moment the mouse is under sounding edit status Drag to correct the fathom curve blue line with circle to perform sounding correction Click EditLine once more to exist sounding edit status and the texts will recover to white If the survey line is dou...

Page 122: ...oint as the sounding value of the point according to certain proportion Statistics method Calculate the sounding value after correction according to principle of statistic as well as depth value varying pattern Attention The manually corrected fathom curve and those automatically filter corrected are mutual independent When determining to adopt automatic filtering data please click Use Auto Data A...

Page 123: ...s have to be increased manually to reflect the sounding variation at the region Click Sampling and the texts will become red The mouse is under manual sampling mode at this moment Click the sounding point requiring sampling then the sounding point will be marked with a sample line If you want to cancel a sampling sounding point click it and the sampling line of the point will disappear Click Sampl...

Page 124: ...select Yes the previous sampling results will be covered Conclusion of This Chapter During sounding sampling process generally perform sounding correction at first and then automatic sounding sampling followed by manual sounding sampling Save the sampling data There are two sounding correction methods namely manual correction as well as automatic filter wave correction ...

Page 125: ...Echo Sounder User Guide 125 Data Correction Introduction to the Chapter Transformation Parameters Correction Delayed Correction Water Elevation Correction Draft Correction Conclusion of This Chapter CHAPTER 15 ...

Page 126: ...surface elevation correction and draft correction Figure 15 1 Data Correction Among them Transformation parameters correction Correct the influence caused by preliminary translation parameters setting Delay correction Correct the errors caused by GPS locating data and sounding data matching delay Water surface elevation correction Change the points with great elevation variation Draft correction C...

Page 127: ...ameters setting method is the same with that of coordinate transformation parameters setting in the main interface No unnecessary details will be described in the manual Click the survey documents requiring correct in the documents list Click Correct Delayed Correction Figure 15 3 Delayed Correction Transformation parameters Files list ...

Page 128: ...tic filtering for automatic filtering or input a fixed difference correction value Click Correct and click save to save the corrected data Description of toolbar Zoom in zoom out Can perform measuring range zoom in zoom out Broadening narrowing The interval between points can be broadened or narrowed Display hide sample line Set whether to display sampling line or not Files list Sampling line Elev...

Page 129: ...to remove all data 2 If a fixed difference correction is selected perform direct data correction value 3 Click the file and click Start Correct to correct the file Conclusion of This Chapter All corrections are for post processing files of the module The results are for reference only Please pay attention to careful operation in practical operation If any problems detected after correction perform...

Page 130: ...HD MAX Echo Sounder User Guide 130 Tide Level Correction Introduction to this Chapter Tide Station Data Regional Correction Settings Data Correction Conclusion of This Chapter CHAPTER 16 ...

Page 131: ...ut the geographical coordinates and water level information of tide station at first and then select the survey line documents for correction 2 Regional correction Input the geographical coordinates and water level information of multiple tide stations at first and then create correction area as well as set tide station of the area Eventually select the survey line documents for correction 3 Fixed...

Page 132: ...tide station information Step I Edit current tide station information Select the tide station to be edited in the tide station list Click Edit and a window modifying the local coordinates of the tide station will pop up Set the new coordinates of the tide station and click OK to complete modification to tide station coordinates If only water level information of the tide station has to be modified...

Page 133: ... to ensure water level information at each measuring points Regional Correction Settings Regional correction refers to precise correction for one or more specific areas Regional correction parameters are not required for single station correction and fixed difference correction Figure 16 4 Regional Correction Settings 1 Create correction areas Step I Build tide stations combination at the correcti...

Page 134: ...ck Library and input regional vertex coordinates in the coordinates list successively In the measurement area view the polygon at current regions are presented in red And those not in current region are to be presented in blue There is a section number at the top left corner of polygon as shown in Figure 12 6 Figure 16 6 Polygon at zone boundary 2 Edit correction area Step I Edit the tide station ...

Page 135: ...ition with a mouse If the boundary coordinates of current region have to be modified click Library and edit the vertex coordinate in the coordinates list windows as shown in Figure 13 7 If you need to insert a line after a certain line click the number and select it Click Insert to insert a blank line Input the coordinate in the blank line If you need to delete a line click the number and select i...

Page 136: ...orrection it is necessary to input tide station parameter in advance For regional correction it needs to input tide station data and regional correction parameters in advance Figure 16 8 Data Correction Step I Select correction mode If select single station correction it is necessary to select the tide station file For regional area correction it is necessary to set regional correction parameters ...

Page 137: ...st During data correction process if it is prompted that the measuring point not within the correction area or water level information period of the tide station please check water level information input and regional correction setup before performing correction Generally it is not permitted to continue modification forcibly Conclusion of This Chapter At beacon difference or SBAS difference proce...

Page 138: ...HD MAX Echo Sounder User Guide 138 Achievements Preview Introduction to this Chapter Data Preview Data Output Conclusion of This Chapter CHAPTER 17 ...

Page 139: ...or tide level correction to redo the steps until obtaining satisfactory results At main interface of the software click Results to enter the achievements preview interface as shown in Figure 17 1 Figure 17 1 Achievements preview interface Data Preview Step I Select the measuring files to be previewed You can perform quick selection operation with Select all or Unselect all Step II Set contour inte...

Page 140: ... defined format files Input the file name and click Start Attention If no sounding sampling process performed for survey line files it will not be displayed in survey line files list In case of no tide level correction performed for survey line files the system will calculate the bottom elevation based on water level elevation measured by GPS In case of tide level correction performed for survey l...

Page 141: ...HD MAX Echo Sounder User Guide 141 the satisfied results Users can export the final outcome data which is convenient for being imported to mapping software ...

Page 142: ...HD MAX Echo Sounder User Guide 142 Serial Port Debugging Introduction to this Chapter Satellites Information Data Debugging Base station setting Rover setting Conclusion of This Chapter CHAPTER 18 ...

Page 143: ...ion windows will be pop up as shown in Figure 15 1 Set up serial port Baud rate and instrument type And click Connect to establish connection between the software and GPS instrument After GPS connection you can check GSP information debug serial port data set up base station and Rover Figure 18 1 Instrument connection Satellites Information Satellite information will display the current latitude a...

Page 144: ...difference information Generally the difference age of RTK fixed solution is 1 2 and that of beacon receiver or SBAS is less than 6 Attention GPS receiver shall output the satellites information data before checking satellite information If there is no satellite distribution chart nor satellite information list available please send out GSV mainboard command at DataDebug to make the GPS export sat...

Page 145: ...data debugging the mainboard commands will be different according to connected GPS models Several frequently used mainboard commands will be introduced as below 1 K5 K7 mainboard command Figure 18 4 K5 K7 mainboard command Item No Mainboard command Description 1 JOFF Close all information output 2 JASC GPGGA 1 Locate information output command 1time s ...

Page 146: ...T 2 Set up heading direction information 1time 500ms 9 JASC HDT 5 Set up heading direction information 1time 200ms 10 JMASK 15 Set up satellite altitude cutoff angle 11 JSAVE 11 JSAVE Save the settings During marine surveying generally K5 K7 only needs to output positioning information date time information and heading direction information to send command sequence Close all information output JOF...

Page 147: ...0 Pseudorange error statistics output commands 1time s 4 GSA 1000 Active satellite information output commands 1time s 5 RMC 1000 RMS locate information output command 1time s 6 VTG 1000 Navigational speed information output command 1time s 7 HDT 1000 Navigational direction information output command 1time s 8 HDT 500 Navigational direction information output command 1time 500ms 9 HDT 200 Navigati...

Page 148: ...en applying V60 V30 K10 and other types of instrument as base station click SetBase to perform parameters setup for base stations After the setup of base station is completed click OK Figure 18 6 Base station setting 1 Antenna height setting Click Detail and the antenna height setting dialog box will pop up as shown in Figure 18 7 Select antenna type and input the measured antenna height And then ...

Page 149: ...f coordinate input methods namely latitude and longitude as well as local plane coordinates if the base station is erected at a unknown point click Smooth and a smooth record dialog box will pop up as shown in Figure 18 8 Calculate correct WGS 84 coordinates as site coordinates in a smooth way Figure 18 8 Smooth record Start Clear smooth sampling data and re start smooth data sampling Stop Stop sm...

Page 150: ... chain of base station External Device To apply the small five core output differential data at GPS bottom Built in Wireless To apply GPS built in GPRS module to transfer differential data to network server Figure 18 9 Wireless connection settings Network types Set based on the GPS network modules applied GPRS CDMA and GSM are optional APN When apply GPRS input CMNET And when apply CDMA input card...

Page 151: ... number is required to be less than 255 VPN setting Click button Input network user name and password Built in Radio To apply GPS built in radio module to transfer differential data radio signals When choose a built in radio the radio channels have to be set up 3 Other settings of the base station Other setting parameters of base station include differential mode difference cables altitude cutoff ...

Page 152: ...solving Attention Click Apply If a dialog box is shown as successful setup has been made please check whether the base station host will transmit differential signal or not If the differential signal can not be transmitted normally please repeat the Apply button If a dialog box is shown as setup failure please check whether all parameters are setup wrong Rover Setting Commonly used mobile GPS inst...

Page 153: ...rential mode setting Differential mode include SBAS differential mode and beacon station differential In the near coastal areas select beacon difference When it is away from the shore where can hardly receive the beacon signal select SBAS difference SBAS Setting Star standing difference model is classified of customization and automatic mode Under customization mode two satellites with poor star s...

Page 154: ...eacon will automatically choose the best beacon signal After setting the beacon station click Close to exit the dialog box Figure 18 13 Beacon receiver setting Attention If the positioning data runout of beacon receiver is intensive and far exceeding the beacon precision an intersection region with more than two beacon signals exists within the measuring region When the beacon receiver is set as a...

Page 155: ...7 as GPS instrument type After GPS connection click Set Rover to enter beacon receiver parameter settings interface as shown in Figure 15 15 After setting differential mode output format and altitude cutoff angle and orientating instrument parameters click Apply Figure 18 15 Beacon positioning and orientating instrument The setup operation of differential mode data output format and altitude cutof...

Page 156: ...tween the two antennas shall be measured accurately After adjusting the baseline distance check the previous baseline distance If the current input baseline distance is the same with the previous one it means that it has been set up successfully About 5 minutes after setting the baseline distance check the currently adopted baseline distance If the difference between them is over 2cm it indicates ...

Page 157: ...r setting 1 Setup data chain External Device To apply the small five core receiving differential data at GPS bottom Built in Wireless To apply GPS built in GPRS module to receive differential data from network server Figure 18 9 Wireless connection settings ...

Page 158: ...y the existing server address information Remove Delete the existing server address information Network Include ZHD and CORS If a HI TARGET server is used please select ZHD and input the grouping number as well as sub grouping number If CORS is selected source node user name and password have to be input Grouping number and sub grouping number They are in 7 digit and 3 digit respectively The group...

Page 159: ...eceive satellite signals It can be adjusted in 5 20 GGA transmission When CORS network is connected it is necessary to report the Rover position to the computer host and obtain differential data based on interpolation If such network is utilized select GGA transmission as needed and choose transmission time interval The default interval is 1s Start Glonass Set whether to start up Glonass satellite...

Page 160: ...er User Guide 160 Utilities Introduction to this Chapter Coordinate Transformation Parameters Calculation Coordinate Transformation Distance Orientation Calculation Unit Conversion Conclusion of This Chapter CHAPTER 19 ...

Page 161: ...lculation 1 Select calculation methods Ellipsoid transformation parameters calculation methods include Seven Boolean Sally method Morrow s three parameter model one step method and four parameter elevation fitting 2 Calculation point coordinates Add point coordinates Click Add and a coordinate input windows as shown in Figure 16 2 will pop up Add the coordinates of already known source points and ...

Page 162: ...one point is needed for Morrow s three parameter model at least three groups of coordinates are needed for one step method two groups of coordinates are needed for fixed difference correction of four parameter elevation fitting three and six groups of coordinates are needed for plane fitting and surface fitting respectively Select the coordinate points involved in calculating Click Resulve and per...

Page 163: ...evation fitting parameters are different it is necessary to perform plane transformation parameters calculation as well as elevation fitting parameters calculation Figure 19 4 Plane transformation parameters 1 Calculation point coordinates Add point coordinates Click Add and then a coordinate input windows will pop up as shown in Figure 16 5 to add already known source point and target point coord...

Page 164: ...the coordinate points involved in calculating at least two groups of coordinates Click Resolve and perform calculation by adopting the selected coordinate points for conversion parameters calculating Click Apply to apply the calculated parameters to coordinate transformation parameters setting of current project Figure 19 6 Four parameter calculation Elevation fitting parameters calculation In som...

Page 165: ...urface fitting 2 Calculation point coordinates Add point coordinates Click Add and then a coordinate input window will pop up as shown in Figure 19 8 to add already known source elevation and target point elevation Click OK Figure 19 8 Add point coordinate Edit point coordinates Select a line in the coordinate list Click Edit and input the coordinates of the point in the coordinate input window Cl...

Page 166: ...ick Apply to apply the calculated parameters to coordinate transformation parameters setting of current project Figure 19 9 Elevation fitting parameters calculation Point transformation parameters calculation Point transformation is used for calculation of plan and elevation transformation parameters between two coordination system It is mainly applied for certain engineering survey Through a give...

Page 167: ...onditions including single point positioning finite difference solution and fixed solution For example if finite difference solution is selected smoothing computation can only be performed only when the GPS calculation accuracy reaching to finite difference solution or above 3 Transformation parameters of calculation points Click Smooth to collect GPS measuring coordinates Perform smoothing comput...

Page 168: ...ure 19 12 Coordinate Transformation Select source coordinates type and local coordinates type Input source coordinates or local coordinate values according to transformation requirements 1 Click to transform from source coordinate to local coordinate 2 Click to transform from local coordinate to source coordinate Distance Orientation Calculation The distance and azimuth angle can be calculated bet...

Page 169: ...een the direction from the starting point to end point as well as true north direction Distance The slant distance from the starting point to end point 1 Click to calculate distance and orientation from current starting point to ending point 2 Click to calculate end point coordinates based on current starting point distance and distance azimuth Unit conversion Figure 19 14 Select the unit type Cho...

Page 170: ... pressing Add Insert Delete and Edit Csv files or DXF files can be imported or exported Conclusion of This Chapter Utilities include coordinate transformation parameters calculation coordinate transformation distance and orientation calculation unit conversion and other functions which have been greatly convenient for daily work of users ...

Page 171: ...HD MAX Echo Sounder User Guide 171 Software Registration Introduction to this Chapter Software Registration Software Dongle Conclusion of This Chapter CHAPTER 20 ...

Page 172: ... didn t detect any Hi MAX Sounder Software Dongle If the current validity is shown as permanent code it means that the current Software Dongle has been registered as permanent And it is not subject to time limitation any longer Software Dongle Hi MAX Sounder Software Dongle is a dedicated Software Dongle for the software The software can not identify other types of Software Dongle If users need to...

Page 173: ...HD MAX Echo Sounder User Guide 173 Software Upgrading Introduction to this Chapter Local Upgrading Online Upgrading Conclusion of This Chapter CHAPTER 21 ...

Page 174: ... download center of the official website of HI TARGET http www hi target com cn en Step II Uninstall the previous Hi MAX sounder software Step III Run the new Hi MAX Sounder software installation package for program installation 2 Download the latest update file Step I Download the latest Hi MAX sounder software upgrade file from download center of the official website of HI TARGET http www hi tar...

Page 175: ...de through upgrade files You can only upgrade the low version of the software to higher version But reverse upgrade is not permitted Online Upgrading If the current software operating environment can be connected to Internet users can upgrade the software through online upgrading At main interface of the software click Software upgrading to start up software upgrade wizard system Select Network up...

Page 176: ...he system automatically to get the latest version of the software as shown in Figure 17 4 And then click Next to complete upgrading Figure 21 4 Obtain upgrading file Attention If the latest version of the software are issued software upgrading can be performed through online upgrading ...

Page 177: ...he latest installation or upgrade software from the official website You have to get access to Internet for online upgrading During software installation please close related antivirus software to avoid unnecessary troubles for software installation For any questions please consult local agencies of HI TARGET We will provide you with services wholeheartedly ...

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