Marport Scala2, User Manual

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Contents
Legal................................................................................................. 5
History...........................................................................................................................................................................5
Copyright......................................................................................................................................................................7
Disclaimer.................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Introduction and Presentation..........................................................8
Introduction................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Overview of the System....................................................................................................................................... 10
Overview of Scala2..................................................................................................................................................11
Mac Basics................................................................................................................................................................. 12
Installation......................................................................................14
Installing Scala2......................................................................................................................................................14
Automatically Opening Scala2 at Start Up................................................................................................... 16
Opening Scala2.........................................................................................................................................................17
Changing the Language Settings of Scala2.................................................................................................. 18
Changing Scala2 Appearance............................................................................................................................. 18
System Configuration..................................................................... 20
Configuring the System.......................................................................................................................................20
Defining a Hydrophone...........................................................................................................................20
List of Marport Hydrophones............................................................................................................... 22
Defining a Trawl Gear Type.................................................................................................................. 25
Adding a Sensor..........................................................................................................................................25
Trawl Gears and Sensor Locations..................................................................................................... 26
Configuring the Sensor Settings..........................................................................................................30
Configuring Trawl Positioning System.............................................................................................. 31
Calculations for Positioning System...................................................................................................33
Exporting a Summary of the Receiver Configuration..................................................................34
Applying Filters on Incoming Data.................................................................................................................35
Types of Filters...........................................................................................................................................36
Applying Filters.......................................................................................................................................... 38
Adding NMEA Data from External Devices................................................................................................. 40
Receiving Warp Lengths from Scantrol............................................................................................42
Outputting NMEA Data to Other Systems....................................................................................................43
Displaying Trawl Positioning from Scala2 on Olex......................................................................45
Displaying Trawl Positioning from Scala2 on MaxSea Version 12..........................................50
Displaying Trawl Positioning from Scala2 on MaxSea TimeZero...........................................56
Displaying Trawl Positioning from Scala2 on SeapiX..................................................................61
Outputting Scala2 Symmetry Data to Scantrol..............................................................................64
Displaying Bathymetric Data from GEBCO Database.............................................................................. 65