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Service Manual

M6 System
with Mx Computer
and Mac Mini

Summary of Contents for M6 Mx

Page 1: ...Service Manual M6 System with Mx Computer and Mac Mini...

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Page 3: ...r 18 Adding a Virtual Keyboard 20 Disabling Automatic Search of Wireless Keyboard 21 Installing Software Applications 22 Downloading Software Applications 22 Installing Mozilla Firefox 23 Installing J...

Page 4: ...iguration 53 Servicing and Maintenance 54 Interference Check 54 Spectrum Analyzer Display 54 Checking Noise Interference 55 Checking Noise Interference 56 Estimating the Efficiency of Hydrophones 60 T...

Page 5: ...02 03 Scala version 01 06 34 and Scala2 version 02 02 Updated topics Diagram for installation with two Mac minis Changing Mx computer IP Address on page 36 Updating the Receiver Firmware on page 44 E...

Page 6: ...t Marport the Marport logo and Software Defined Sonar are registered trademarks of Marport All other brands products and company names mentioned are the trademark and property of its respective owners...

Page 7: ...is way you do not need an hydrophone selection switch as often used in older types of receivers Thanks to the numerous hydrophones you can have a better reception of the sensors You can receive data f...

Page 8: ...pment carefully read and follow the instructions in this manual Product installation and use Install and use this product in accordance with this user manual Incorrect use of the product may cause dam...

Page 9: ...Blurred Optional elements 1 Screens 8 NMEA multiplexer 2 Mac computer 9 Power supply recommended power supply MEAN WELL HEP 150 24 A 3 Wireless trackball mouse 10 Mx receiver ref M6REC 4 Scala Scala2...

Page 10: ...r 3 HDMI DVI VGA 8 Ethernet switch not provided by Marport 2 Mac mini 2018 x 2 ref MAC 0 01 9 Mx computer 3 Scala Scala2 software dongle x 2 10 Power supply recommended power supply MEAN WELL HEP 150...

Page 11: ...puter System V2 Introduction and Presentation 7 Internet optional 14 Hydrophones ref NC 1 XX Note Only one Mac mini computer can share data with Scantrol or with navigation software such as Olex or Ti...

Page 12: ...to 3 monitors 1 Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS to prevent problems if the mains power fails recommended Size 500VA Additional hydrophone junction boxes 1 test hydrophone that you can keep on board a...

Page 13: ...nical Specifications Receivers Frequency range 33 57 kHz Active bandwidth 24 kHz Max number of Rx Tx channels 6 Max number of hydrophones 6 Bearing to sensor measurement Yes Distance to sensor measure...

Page 14: ...tem V2 Introduction and Presentation Storage humidity 5 95 40 C non condensing Power supply 9 36V with 3 pin terminal block Installation Steps Click an installation step to jump directly to the corres...

Page 15: ...the first time you need to enter setup details Procedure 1 A setup assistant appears when switching on the computer for the first time Follow the instructions 2 From Create a Computer Account you can...

Page 16: ...date c Click Advanced and clear Check for updates Disabling Sleeping Mode You need to change Energy Saver settings Procedure 1 From the top left corner of the screen click Apple Menu System Preference...

Page 17: ...the security and privacy settings to be able to open applications you downloaded Procedure 1 From the top left corner of the screen click Apple Menu System Preferences Security Privacy 2 To be able t...

Page 18: ...pe Terminal b Select Terminal from the results c In the terminal enter sudo spctl master disable d Press enter Anywhere option is now displayed in your Security Privacy preferences 5 Click Privacy Acc...

Page 19: ...Note If you do not give full disk access to them you may see messages asking access to Documents or Downloads folders whenever you start these software and this will block the automatic opening of Sca...

Page 20: ...ab Desktop Click Folders then the add icon from the bottom left corner 4 Select the Downloads folder and click Choose 5 Select Marport wallpaper in the Downloads folder See Downloading Software Applic...

Page 21: ...you do not have a keyboard you can add a virtual keyboard to the screen and type words using the mouse Procedure 1 From the top left corner of the screen click Apple Menu System Preferences Keyboard 2...

Page 22: ...Results A virtual keyboard is displayed on the screen You can change its size by dragging its corners Disabling Automatic Search of Wireless Keyboard You need to disable the Bluetooth Setup Assistant...

Page 23: ...low are the connection settings Trouble If using FileZilla make sure you have the latest version 2 From M6 M6_software_installation copy the following files and paste them in your Downloads folder Fir...

Page 24: ...indicated Results Firefox is now installed on the computer and accessible via the Launchpad Drag its icon to the Dock if you want a quicker access Installing Java About this task Important The Java v...

Page 25: ...e with the following macOS versions OS X El Capitan macOS Sierra macOS High Sierra macOS Mojave macOS Catalina About this task For more information about using Scala Scala2 refer to Scala Scala2 User...

Page 26: ...Procedure 1 Double click the installation zip file 2 Click the dmg file 3 From the installation window that appears drag Mosa2 icon to the Applications icon Mosa2 is added to the Launchpad 4 From the...

Page 27: ...e the computer so that Scala Scala2 automatically opens when the computer is switched on Procedure 1 From the top left corner of the screen click Apple Menu System Preferences Users Groups 2 Click the...

Page 28: ...Scala2 version 6 In the part Comments click Edit to add any additional information type of fishing types of hydrophones Creating Computer Backups with Time Machine You can create backups of the Mac co...

Page 29: ...M6 Mx computer System V2 Installation Installation Read this section to learn how to connect and configure the equipment of the M6 system 28...

Page 30: ...system USB key M4 or M6 2019 09 A screen with VGA or HDMI cable A keyboard with QWERTY layout About this task Marport offices only Procedure 1 Only connect the screen and keyboard to the Mx computer...

Page 31: ...ssorDisk sh 6 Press Enter and wait for the installation to complete The process takes approximately 30 minutes When the system installation is complete the start screen is displayed Trouble If you pre...

Page 32: ...n M6 system you need to begin the installation by the following steps Procedure 1 Connect the screen and keyboard and plug in the system USB key 2 Press to switch on the Mx computer then immediately p...

Page 33: ...system Procedure 1 Check that you have all the items needed for the installation See Equipment List on page 11 2 Install the hydrophones and their cables or find the cables from hydrophones that have...

Page 34: ...applicable 8 Connect the Mac Mx computer and receivers according to System Cabling on page 34 9 You can switch on the computer 10 Configure the networks and the receivers 11 Connect the hydrophone cab...

Page 35: ...100 240V AC power supply 2 Up to 3 screens HDMI or thunderbolt cable 3 Loudspeakers if applicable 4 Connection to an Ethernet switch if you need to be connected to both an Internet connection and exte...

Page 36: ...omputer using CAT5e network cable 9 Connection to Mx receivers using CAT5e network cables 10 Power supply recommended power supply MEAN WELL HEP 150 24 A We recommend to use an Uninterruptible Power S...

Page 37: ...omputer IP Address You need to change the IP address of the Mx computer if the Mac computer is connected to another network that has the same subnet as the Mx computer About this task Note If the Mac...

Page 38: ...pen VMware Fusion then click Virtual Machine Shut Down in the toolbar Cancel the automatic opening of VMware Fusion Apple Menu System Preferences Users Groups Login Items and remove VMware from the li...

Page 39: ...too short you can replace it by a longer Ethernet cable The new Ethernet cable must have the following specifications Category cat 5e minimum Length 100 meters maximum Shielding U FTP When replacing...

Page 40: ...r 2 It is up to you to choose which is 1 or 2 Updating the Mx Receivers Procedure 1 Open Scala Scala2 2 Connect receiver 1 to the Mx computer 3 Wait between 3 seconds and 3 minutes and click OK to the...

Page 41: ...r 1 When the update of receiver 2 is complete the receiver page looks like below Note It is normal that the page is the same as for receiver 1 It is because both receivers have the same IP address so...

Page 42: ...t side of the receiver page click Hydrophones and from Rx Tx turn all the hydrophones off 2 On the receiver press the button and hold until the blue LED changes from H1 to H2 Note If you pressed the b...

Page 43: ...t the Mx computer All modules have green checks The IP address of H1 H2 H3 Module ends by 44 4 The IP address of H4 H5 H6 Module ends by 44 3 6 Click Identify to see which module corresponds to which...

Page 44: ...e also allows you to add a TE SC sensor to the system Procedure 1 In Firefox web browser version from 22 to 51 enter your receiver IP address to access the receiver web page On the receiver page you c...

Page 45: ...system with Mx computer DO NOT INSTALL M4 M3 Processor Application patches lower than version M4 F604 06 00 15 DO NOT INSTALL M4 M3 Processor System patches or you will need to format the Mx computer...

Page 46: ...on and system firmware that have been installed on the receiver 8 In the Application table click then select the bz2 file in the firmware folder you downloaded and unzipped The firmware file is added...

Page 47: ...M6 Mx computer System V2 Installation 46...

Page 48: ...Typical current consumption Cable NC 1 05 Passive wideband hydrophone no preamplifier Vessel with very low level of noise below 110 dBV Sensors close to the vessel approx 300 m For positioning systems...

Page 49: ...nfigurable Low or High Filters configurable 38 and or 50kHz 30 60 KHz 25 29 mA Yellow NC 1 08 Active wideband hydrophone integrated preamplifier Vessel with normal level of noise below 100 dBV Large n...

Page 50: ...le of the junction box to a hydrophone input on the receiver Connect to the NTC hydrophone input H1 or H2 to be able to receive water temperature from Marport hydrophones Note H3 hydrophone input allo...

Page 51: ...la Scala2 click Menu Expert Mode and enter the password copernic 2 Click Menu Receivers 3 Right click the IP address of the receiver at the bottom of the page then click Configure Receiver 4 From the...

Page 52: ...eral LEDs stay green after the boot sequence there is a problem with the receiver Contact your local support service PoE LED You can refer to the PoE LED color to know if the receiver is correctly con...

Page 53: ...M6 Mx computer System V2 Installation No light no configured hydrophone 52...

Page 54: ...ocuments Marport Mosa2 The file is saved on the computer 4 To import an existing configuration file MxF into this receiver a Click File to Mx b Click Browse to select the configuration file c Choose i...

Page 55: ...e interference 3 Pulses of the sensors PRP 4 Narrow band HDTE signals 5 Door sounder signals 6 Pause spectrum analyzer 7 Select hydrophone 8 Drag to adjust color scale 9 Reset the Max line 10 Marker d...

Page 56: ...o update the list 5 From the top left corner of the screen click Start Spectrum The graph at the bottom of the page shows three levels of noise in dBV 1 RealTime white level of noise recorded in real...

Page 57: ...ck Reset Max to reset the dark blue line showing the maximum level of noise 10 To save data recorded by the spectrum in a txt file click Save FFT The FFT file lists for the entire bandwidth used by th...

Page 58: ...noise floor 3 Max dark blue shows the latest highest level of noise recorded It is useful to see on which frequencies are the sensors The acceptable average level of noise depends on the conditions di...

Page 59: ...ue line showing the maximum level of noise 10 To check the maximum mean and real time measures of noise level at specific frequencies a Right click the FFT plot and click FFT Marker b Click and drag t...

Page 60: ...puter System V2 Servicing and Maintenance 13 Right click the spectrum analyzer and click Hide FFT to hide the FFT plot 14 Right click the IP address of the receiver in the status bar and click Stop Sp...

Page 61: ...elow 110 dBV 2 SNR SNR is correct above 20 fro PRP sensors above 10 for NBTE sensors Below these levels SNR is low causing a discontinuous signal 3 Period of data This is the interval between 2 signal...

Page 62: ...n of data Received data are used in Scala Scala2 DELETED Data are received but they are not used in Scala Scala2 7 Console Select to see hydrophone messages 8 Filter Use to filter messages Troubleshoo...

Page 63: ...ort 2 See System Cabling on page 34 The receivers have the same IP address 1 Disconnect the Mx receiver 2 from the Mx computer Only the receiver 1 is connected to the Mx computer 2 Check that the rece...

Page 64: ...and the system web page is empty or with red crosses If the system web page looks like the picture below it means the Mx computer is off 1 Check that there is a light on the front of the Mx computer I...

Page 65: ...puter networks is wrong 1 From the top left corner of the screen click Apple Menu System Preferences Network 2 Make sure that the network called Ethernet 2 is at the top of the list then is followed b...

Page 66: ...to be Java 7 or lower Note If you updated Java version read I cannot click on some items in the system web page on page 66 to know how to downgrade to version 7 or lower If you have the following mess...

Page 67: ...ly I cannot click on some items in the system web page When you open the system web page on Firefox web browser you cannot click on items such as Start Spectrum or Open Import Export Application in th...

Page 68: ...message In this case you need to downgrade Java version Marport offices only 1 First check the version of Java application 1 Click Apple Menu System Preferences Java 2 In Java Control Panel click Java...

Page 69: ...f Mozilla Firefox installed on the computer is other than versions 22 to 51 This happens if you updated Firefox version via an error message In this case you need to downgrade Firefox version Marport...

Page 70: ...Causes Interferences Sonihull Ultrasonic Antifouling System causes important noise interference You can see below an example of spectrum on a hydrophone when Sonihull system is off 1 and when it is s...

Page 71: ...er to the support team by giving them the ID and Password displayed under Allow Remote Control Recording Audio Files If there are issues with the reception of sensor data or with noise interference th...

Page 72: ...act details FRANCE Marport France SAS 8 rue Maurice Le L on 56100 Lorient France supportfrance marport com ICELAND Marport EHF Fossaleyni 16 112 Reykjavik Iceland supporticeland marport com SPAIN Marp...

Page 73: ...hen you configure boat codes make sure to respect the correct interval between frequencies see table above Codes BC CH Frequency FID Scanmar C 1 CH1 42833 45 C 1 CH2 41548 32 C 1 CH3 41852 35 C 1 CH4...

Page 74: ...5 CH2 41690 33 C 5 CH3 41285 30 C 5 CH4 41060 28 C 5 CH5 42900 46 C 5 CH6 43400 51 C 6 CH1 39062 3 C 6 CH2 39375 7 C 6 CH3 39688 11 C 6 CH4 40000 15 C 6 CH5 40312 19 C 6 CH6 40625 23 C 7 CH1 38906 1...

Page 75: ...2 NBTE sensors e g Speed Explorer Trawl Explorer Catch Explorer Door Sounder Example If the frequency of the sensor is 40kHz there should be no sensors between 39 8 40kHz and 40 40 6kHz Figure 3 HDTE...

Page 76: ...ency allocations We recommend to allocate frequencies between 34 and 56 kHz for wideband hydrophones and between 41 kHz and 44 kHz for narrowband hydrophones Echosounders are usually placed around 38...

Page 77: ...r Example of a system with Spread sensors with positioning Catch sensors Trawl Explorer and Catch Explorer Example of a system for purse seining with a Seine Explorer and depth Seine sensors Bandwidth...

Page 78: ...pes 47 Hydrophone modules 39 I Internet No access 64 IP address 37 J Java Downgrade 66 Error message 64 Installing 23 Version 64 66 K Keyboard Virtual 20 M M5 system Upgrade to 43 Mac pro Installation...

Page 79: ...matic search wireless keyboard 21 Automatic updates 14 Desktop wallpaper 18 Screen saver 18 Security Privacy 16 Sleeping mode 15 Software Download 22 Sonihull Interference 69 Spectrum 54 55 System Pat...

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