HD-MAX Echo Sounder User Guide
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"Beacon difference": Automatic search, artificial settings and data options are
optional beacon ways. If you are not clear about the most recent
measurement areas, please select automatic searching and click [Apply].
Search beacon station with a
beacon
receiver automatically; If the beacon
frequency and rate of the measurement area are known, please select manual
mode. Click "Application"; if you are clear of the name of beacon station at
the measuring area, please select station and click [Apply]. Manual mode of
beacon station setting can reduce the time of automatic searching. If it is set
as automatic beacon station searching, beacon 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 automatic
mode, it will switch between several beacon stations ceaselessly
which will lead to unstable location data. At this moment, try to set
up the beacon station manually and to make the beacon receiver
being locked at a specified beacon station.
(2) Set output data format
Beacon receiver output data format: NMEA-0183 and binary system.
Generally, set the format as NMEA-0183. Click [Advanced] to customize
data output format and time interval of NMEA-0183 data.
