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CruzPro PC Sonar/ Fishfinder

for Win98, WinXp, Win2000 & Vista

PcFF80 User’s Manual

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Page 1: ...CruzPro PC Sonar Fishfinder for Win98 WinXp Win2000 Vista PcFF80 User s Manual...

Page 2: ...be periodically placed on the CruzPro website at the location Corrections suggestions for improvements and additions are welcome www cruzpro com pcffman pdf Copyright 2005 CruzPro Ltd New Zealand PCF...

Page 3: ...re Installation 14 USB Driver Installation 15 Regional Options 20 Connecting a GPS 20 Operation 21 Initial Installation 21 Operator s Console 23 Right Click Screen Settings 23 Right Click on the Color...

Page 4: ...ver Ground 28 Range Gate 28 Help Menu 28 Console Settings and Their Effects 29 Full Split Screen 29 Manual Auto Mode 29 Sound ON OFF 30 Clutter Filter 30 Console Settings and Their Effects Continued N...

Page 5: ...e 36 Depth Range 37 Depth Offset and Zoom 38 Import data From Export Data To 38 Manual Settings 38 Transmit Pulse Width 38 Fixed Analog Gain 38 Analog Time Varying Gain 39 Digital Processor Type 1 and...

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Page 7: ...ground if a GPS is connected to your PC All displayed data can be saved to logfiles for later playback The PcFF80 software is easy to learn and uses an intuitive Windows interface with drop down menu...

Page 8: ...200kHz 1500 Feet or more at 50kHz Operating temperature 0 to 50 deg Celsius 32 to 122 deg Fahrenheit Interface Box 100 x 80 x 50 mm 4 x 3 2 x 2 inch Powder Coated Aluminum Extrusion Interface RS 232 1...

Page 9: ...Selectable Intensity Color pallets 5 Selectable background colors Feet Meter Fathoms selection Degrees F and Degrees C Temperature selection Simple On screen Temperature calibration Speed of Sound adj...

Page 10: ...2 cable connected to a DB 9 nine pin COM port or a standard USB port The transducer comes supplied with a 6 pin Conexal female connector that plugs into the 6 pin male Conexal connector on the Interfa...

Page 11: ...berglass or metal hulls Never install a plastic Thru Hull housing into a wooden boat hull The swelling of the wood may cause a fracture to occur Bronze housings are recommended for wood or fiberglass...

Page 12: ...nsducer face be free of air bubbles caused by turbulence If the hull is not parallel to the water then a suitable fairing block should be used to insure that the transducer is mounter perpendicular to...

Page 13: ...marine adhesive sealing compound around the lip of the housing that contacts the hull The compound should also extend up the sidewall of the housing higher that the combined thickness of the hull and...

Page 14: ...or D if your CD ROM is on another drive than D Click OK and follow the instructions Use the defaults unless you have a good reason not to If the installation was successful you should see If you conne...

Page 15: ...e USB driver software Leave the distribution CD in the CD ROM drive and plug a USB cable into the Interface Box and your PC USB port When you tun on the power to the Interface Box Windows will detect...

Page 16: ...cify a loca tion type D drivers substitute your CD ROM drive letter for D and click Next Depending on your operating system Windows will select a driver from the distribution CD Click Next and the cor...

Page 17: ...nager before you can use the new driver To get into the Windows Device Manager In Win98 Click START Settings Control Panel System Device Manager In WinXP Click START Settings Control Panel Performance...

Page 18: ...d select USB Serial Port COMx Click the Properties button to bring up the USB Serial Port properties page Click on Port Settings set Bits per second to 115200 and set Flow control to None Click the Ad...

Page 19: ...tions Disable PNP checked Click OK until you get to the Device Manager and close it and any other open windows such as the Control Panel This completes the USB driver installation and setup If using t...

Page 20: ...ting GPS The PcFF80 Windows software will display GPS latitude longitude and Speed Over the Ground SOG if a GPS is connected to your PC on COM1 to COM8 There are numerous ways to connect a GPS to your...

Page 21: ...der program The first time you start the program it will display the Interface Box Com munications Port selection menu Be sure that the Interface Box is attached to your PC and that 12VDC power has be...

Page 22: ...Page 22 The program will communicate with the Interface Box on the COM port you specify and the following default screen is displayed...

Page 23: ...up further menu screens or right click on the Color Bar to access other color schemes for the data In order this user s manual will first discuss the data screen right click options the right click Co...

Page 24: ...the operating frequency type of signal processing used by the Interface Box zoom to a range of interest by changing the range and depth offset of the displayed data and control the transmitter pulse w...

Page 25: ...explained in the Screen Settings and Their Effects sec tions of this manual Right Click on the Color Bars When you right click on the color bars the Color Bars selection and editing menu appears You c...

Page 26: ...d only with the New command The Save Settings As command is used to save the current settings with a name you want to give the current settings With this command you can create a library of favorite s...

Page 27: ...Measure Set Alarms select screen colors and turn ON or OFF features such as recording or playing of data log files The selection of some of these menu items will result in sub menus being displayed o...

Page 28: ...dividually turned ON or OFF with the click of the mouse Page 28 The Help menu is used to display some help text and details about the PC Fishfinder program and Interface Box If you find it necessary t...

Page 29: ...data You can display data for the same frequency 200kHz or 50Khz in two different ways or display data for both the 50Khz and 200Khz frequencies simulta neously There are three separate sets of screen...

Page 30: ...d with the Sound ON OFF feature This prevents you from having to turn off each alarm separately using the Options pull down menu multiple times Even with the sound turned OFF the alarm warnings will s...

Page 31: ...he screen In deep water the maximum chart speed will be reduced automatically because it takes a minimum amount of time for the sonar pulse to reach the bottom and return back to the depth transducer...

Page 32: ...ized to a value from 1 to 16 When a screen pixel representing an acoustic signal is painted onto the display screen it is painted in the color representing the signal strength A very weak signal might...

Page 33: ...r Position Whenever the mouse cursor is located on the data display area the depth of the cursor is displayed in the Cursor box near the right bottom of the screen In split screen mode the correct dep...

Page 34: ...ilable to the PC Fishfinder then the current Latitude and Longitude will be displayed in these two boxes unless you are playing back a prerecorded log file If you are playing back a prerecorded logfil...

Page 35: ...formation and will show smaller bait fish than can be detected by using 50kHz The selection of 50kHz will show data for a larger area because the beam pattern of the 50Khz signal is much wider 45 degr...

Page 36: ...ocessing Type You can select from four different methods to process the returned sonar signal Each method has its advantages and disadvantages Analog Fixed Gain is the easiest to understand and means...

Page 37: ...strong enough signal return to work properly Each of the two DSP modes Type 1 and Type 2 provide different advantages Digital Processor Mode 2 offers the highest level of signal improvement but works...

Page 38: ...this section on Screen Settings and Their Effects can be copied between the Full Left and Right screens using the Im port and Export commands When you Import or Export the settings between screens al...

Page 39: ...t the gain to increase as a function of time In DSP mode selecting Digital Processor Type 1 or Digital Processor Type 2 will result in your having to supply only a single DSP Gain value The Transmit P...

Page 40: ...FF When ON is selected the PcFF80 will send the depth sea water tem perature and GPS position and ground speed data out to a serial port or USB port of your choice A sample of the data sent to the out...

Page 41: ...mode until the unit has locked onto the bot tom The settings above should work well between a depth of 3 4M 10 feet to 50M 150 feet In deeper water you will want to increase the output power to compe...

Page 42: ...gain initially at the surface and then allow the gain to increase as a function of time depth If you use time varying gain be sure that you still use enough gain to see the bottom or the digital depth...

Page 43: ...u are not seeing fish when you know that they are directly below you then you may be using too little power or too little receiver gain It could also be that you have the noise threshold set too high...

Page 44: ...Engine Hours Elapsed Time Gauges l Digital Oil Pressure Gauge Alarm l Digital Water Temperature Gauge Alarm l One and Three Bank Digital Volts Gauges l Digital Amps Gauge l Volts Amps Amp Hour Gauges...

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