Kongsberg Simrad MF90, Installation Manual

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converters will introduce some latency. They may also introduce jitter in the
communication. The amount of jitter depends on the quality of the converter.
2 Open the
Setup
menu.
3 On the
Setup
menu, select
Installation
.
Observe that the
Installation
dialog box opens. This dialog box contains a number of
pages selected from the menu on the left side.
Note
If you want to use a serial line to interface the motion sensor, and no COM ports are
available, you must first release a port on the
I/O Setup
page. If you choose a serial COM
port to interface the motion sensor, make sure that you do not put the same COM port to
other use on the
I/O Setup
page.
4 Release an unused serial port (COM) port.
a On the left side of the
Installation
dialog box, select
I/O Setup
.
b Observe that the available serial interface ports on the Processor Unit are listed.
c If you have a vacant COM port, select it, then select
Remove
to delete it from
the list.
d At the bottom of the page, select
Apply
to save your settings.
e Close the
Installation
dialog box.
f Restart the MF90 system.
Restarting allows the Processor Unit to "free" the port.
g When the MF90 system has started, proceed to the
Motion Reference Unit
page
to put the communication port to use.
5 On the left side of the
Installation
dialog box, select
Motion Reference Unit
.
6 Set up the interface.
If you select to use the LAN port, the MF90 system will automatically use the built-in
motion sensor. Select
COMx
to connect to the external motion sensor. "COMx" is the
serial port to which the motion sensor is connected. Select
None
to disconnect the
MF90 system from both external and internal motion sensors.
a Select the Ethernet port or serial port you want to use.
b Select which protocol (datagram sentence) you want to use.
c If you are using a serial line, define the baud rate.
Simrad MF90 Installation Manual