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IMAGENEX TECHNOLOGY CORP.

MODEL 852-GS

GYRO STABILIZED

ULTRA-MINIATURE IMAGING SONAR

(WITH OPTIONAL ECHO SOUNDER)

USER MANUAL

Imagenex Technology Corp.

209-1875 Broadway Street

Port Coquitlam, BC

Canada V3C 4Z1

Telephone: (604) 944-8248

Fax: (604) 944-8249

[email protected]

www.imagenex.com

Summary of Contents for 852-GS

Page 1: ...RO STABILIZED ULTRA MINIATURE IMAGING SONAR WITH OPTIONAL ECHO SOUNDER USER MANUAL Imagenex Technology Corp 209 1875 Broadway Street Port Coquitlam BC Canada V3C 4Z1 Telephone 604 944 8248 Fax 604 944...

Page 2: ...Revision History Number 430 048 Revision Date Description 0A 09 Feb 21 For internal review 0B 20 Apr 22 1st Draft edits...

Page 3: ...3 4 Main Sonar Display 16 2 3 5 Acquiring Targets 18 2 3 6 Mouse Cursor Heading Range Bearing 19 2 3 7 Compass Display 19 2 3 8 ROV Overlay 20 3 Software Menus 21 3 1 File 21 3 1 1 File Connect to Son...

Page 4: ...3 4 1 System Choose COM Ports 26 3 4 2 System IP Address 26 3 4 3 System Diagnostics 26 3 4 4 System Sound Velocity 26 3 4 5 System Sonar Orientation 26 3 4 6 System Sonar Type 27 3 5 Options 27 3 5...

Page 5: ...n Range 30 3 6 9 Profile Auto Profile 31 3 6 10 Profile ES Profile 31 3 7 GPS 32 3 7 1 GPS Enabled 32 3 7 2 GPS Track Plotter 32 3 7 3 GPS Erase GPS Tracks 32 3 7 4 GPS Zoom In 32 3 7 5 GPS Zoom Out 3...

Page 6: ...4 Additional Information 16 Figure 5 Acquiring Targets 18 Figure 6 Compass Heading and Mouse Cursor Location 18 Figure 7 Compass Tape Display 19 Figure 8 ROV Overlay 19 Figure 9 Sonar Mounted Vertica...

Page 7: ...Doc No 430 048 0B Page 7 of 34 Tables Table 1 General Features 9 Table 2 Shortcut Buttons 14 Table 3 Playback Control 15 Table 4 Reference Table 17 Table 5 Colour Table 25...

Page 8: ...Current GB Gigabytes GPS Global Positioning System IP Internet Protocol kbps Kilobits per second kHz Kilohertz m s Meters per second NMEA National Marine Electronics Association PC Personal Computer...

Page 9: ...to a 360 sector with a maximum range of 50 meters The sonar is controlled by a Windows based program that displays and records data ROV information such as pitch roll and heading are available and the...

Page 10: ...85 serial port or a USB to RS 485 converter The cable is then connected to either of the echo sounder ports and the remaining echo sounder port is connected to the 852 GS scanning sonar by a 6 pin to...

Page 11: ...ort is selected System COM Ports and depending on the RS 485 serial I O card installed in your computer select AUTO Enable or RTS Enable Request To Send As the software supports multiple sonar types e...

Page 12: ...ms available at https imagenex com support 2 2 SOFTWARE SETUP The latest version of the Win881AL_GS_vxxxx exe program is available from the Imagenex website https imagenex com interior page software d...

Page 13: ...rious functions of the Win881AL_GS_vxxxx software Note The Win881AL_GS_vxxxx software is used for multiple types of Imagenex sonar systems including the 852 GS Ensure the correct sonar is selected by...

Page 14: ...ettings toolbar Places the sonar into a sidescan view mode which disables sonar rotation and displays a Side Scan type image showing intensity of return Pauses real time or playback the letter H on th...

Page 15: ...5 50 m Gain Sets the sonar gain 0 40 dB Adjust until the display is optimized for the target environment Sector Defines the scan sector 0 360 in 3 increments Train Allows for the rotation of the secto...

Page 16: ...852 GS Ultra Miniature Imaging Sonar Doc No 430 048 0B Page 16 of 34 2 3 4 Main Sonar Display Figure 4 Additional Information...

Page 17: ...Enabled Only Sonar position indicator The yellow circle indicates the current sonar unit heading independent of the transducer position In North Up mode the circle will remain at the heading of the s...

Page 18: ...igated at any time while Target Steering mode is active 2 Select the button Acquire Target The mouse cursor will change to 3 Select the desired target on screen The screen will automatically change to...

Page 19: ...ure 6 Compass Heading and Mouse Cursor Location H Sonar heading R Range of the mouse cursor from center B Bearing of the mouse cursor Note Shown Latitude and Longitude data if a GPS is interfaced is d...

Page 20: ...852 GS Ultra Miniature Imaging Sonar Doc No 430 048 0B Page 20 of 34 2 3 8 ROV Overlay Displays the ROV overlay if View ROV Overlay is selected Figure 8 ROV Overlay...

Page 21: ...only Copy Start Stop Playback only Toggles the record state on and off Recording is done as per file the settings below The file format for an 852 GS is 81R 3 1 5 File Set Record Directory RealTime on...

Page 22: ...replayed while the XYZ file is generated in the background RealTime operational mode will stop during this process The XYZ is formatted as dd mm yyyy tab hh mm ss tab X tab Y tab Z cr lf 3 1 9 File Sa...

Page 23: ...ton Zooms out of the sonar display 3 2 7 View Grid Choose between None Rectangular and Polar 3 2 8 View Range Marker Displays hides the range frequency and gain information on the top left of the disp...

Page 24: ...iew Show Sonar Settings RealTime only Toggles a display window on or off that shows various sonar settings and allows the enabling of the sonar and echo sounder as well as setting of the head ID The h...

Page 25: ...nge yellow white and red highest strength level The Colour Table menu offers the following options Normal High Standard colour table used for mapping the echo data amplitude to 256 colours ranging fro...

Page 26: ...t can be set here which will output the heading sensors information on a serial port String format HEHDT A GPS serial input port can also be configured here to read NMEA GPS information The expected s...

Page 27: ...Target Steering and Acquire Target mode 3 5 5 Options Calibrate Gyro RealTime only All gyros are sensitive to the environment i e temperature motion earth s rotation etc and will naturally drift with...

Page 28: ...d environments Do not calibrate the gyro until the internal temperature of the sonar has stabilized which will be approximately 30 60 minutes underwater The procedure below is followed Suspend sonar o...

Page 29: ...e only The geographical local latitude compensates for drift caused by the Earth s rotation Use the Local Lat Compass Declination window to set the Latitude 0 to 90 for northern latitudes 0 to 90 for...

Page 30: ...of the sonar transducer pointing vertically down see Figure 11 below rather than pointing horizontally Figure 9 and Figure 10 below This allows plotting targets in their correct orientation Note that...

Page 31: ...ernal surface of the structure bore Figure 12 Auto Profile See Figure 12 Auto Profile The X Y and Z offsets from the reference point as well as the payout increment are set If for example 0 1 m is set...

Page 32: ...ack of the sonar 3 7 4 GPS Zoom In RealTime only Zooms in on the track plot Meters feet per division is shown in the track plot window 3 7 5 GPS Zoom Out RealTime only Zooms out on the track plot Mete...

Page 33: ...s clicked the video data will be included in the data file recording Note that storing video can generate very large files The software is able to automatically split the recorded file in predefined f...

Page 34: ...852 GS Ultra Mini Scanning Sonar Doc No 430 048 0B Page 34 of 34 APPENDIX A HOT KEYS...

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