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Simrad SD570
Fishery sonar

Operator manual

A L W A Y S A T T H E F O R E F R O N T O F T E C H N O L O G Y

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Page 1: ...Simrad SD570 Fishery sonar Operator manual A L W A Y S A T T H E F O R E F R O N T O F T E C H N O L O G Y www simrad com...

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Page 3: ...Simrad SD570 Fishery sonar Operator manual 850 160368 Rev B...

Page 4: ...disclaims any responsibility for damage or injury caused by improper installation use or maintenance of the equipment Copyright E 2004 Simrad AS ISBN 82 8066 017 8 The information contained within th...

Page 5: ...sonar 2 Modes of operation This section describes the different modes of operation 3 Operation This section contains descriptions of all control knobs and menu systems of the SD570 sonar as well as st...

Page 6: ...ader This operator manual is intended to be used by the system operator He she should be experienced in the operation of positioning systems or should have attended a Simrad training course Note This...

Page 7: ...02 04 RBr EGJ ESB Sect Title File P no Rev 0 Cover and contents 850 130368 B 1 System familiarization 850 160137 A 2 Modes of operation 850 160138 A 3 4 Operation Maintenance 850 160139 850 160140 A...

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Page 9: ...System familiarization I 850 160137 A 850 160137 AA000 3 14 SD570 System familiarization This section contains a description of the SD 570 sonar...

Page 10: ...Simrad SD570 II 850 160137 A Document revisions Rev Date Written by Checked by Approved by A 13 01 97 CL S J S J B C D The original signatures are recorded in the company s logistic database...

Page 11: ...SD 570 UNITS 2 2 1 Introduction 2 2 2 Sonar Control Unit 4 2 3 Transceiver Unit 5 2 4 Hull Unit 7 2 5 Auxiliary equipment 8 3 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION 9 3 1 Introduction 9 3 2 Functional principles 9 3...

Page 12: ...Simrad SD570 IV 850 160137 A Document history The information on this page is for internal use Rev A Original issue...

Page 13: ...clear and noiseless echo presentation also gives the system a far greater range than traditional single frequency sonars The multi element transducer allows the sonar beam to be trained and tilted ele...

Page 14: ...1 Introduction Figure 1 shows a system diagram for the SD 570 sonar and as can be seen it consists of only three main units Sonar Control Unit Transceiver Unit Hull Unit A short description of each u...

Page 15: ...System familiarization 3 850 160137 A Figure 1 SD 570 Sonar system diagram...

Page 16: ...stable and flicker free picture In addition to the sonar picture the CRT also displays the user menu for the interactive operation In order to ease the situation comprehension certain specific colour...

Page 17: ...d side in figure 3 Eight equal transceiver boards TRB 32 Signal processor board SPB 31 Transceiver Interface Board TIB Power supply High voltage unit The Transceiver Unit performs most of the main fun...

Page 18: ...Simrad SD570 6 850 160137 A Figure 3 The SD 570 Transceiver Unit...

Page 19: ...sed or lowered by a hand crank The motor control unit which is mounted on the Hull Unit contains the control electronics for the raising lowering motor The optional sensor for the electronic stabiliza...

Page 20: ...owing auxiliary equipment can be connected to the sonar Simrad echo sounder types EQ 50 EQ 55 EQ 100 ES 380 700 or ES 500 Gives depth readout in the menu and a bottom plot on the catch data page Simra...

Page 21: ...ms in 360 around the vessel have the same tilt angle The beam can be tilted from 10 up to 90 down where 90 is formed by one single beam straight down like an echo sounder Figure 4 The OMNI beam Note t...

Page 22: ...be switched ON and OFF in the menu The OMNI vertical combination is used in several display modes to give the best situation overview for both purse seiners and trawlers In these presentations the sei...

Page 23: ...beration Controlled Gain RCG is sensing the noise level reverberation propeller noise etc adjusting the gain individually for each of the 64 receiver beams to eliminate the noise on the display The st...

Page 24: ...eceiver so that a school with a given size and density is presented with approximately the same strength on the display inside the regulated TVG range This can also be seen as a filter because it redu...

Page 25: ...Transmitter Output power 3500 W 256 transmitters with electronic beamforming 241 transmitters with electronic beamforming CW or FM transmission Receiver 256 receiver channels with electronic beamformi...

Page 26: ...NI 90 vertical echo sounder Track search functions Automatic position track Automatic manual target track Automatic manual tilt search Automatic manual audio search Auxiliary equipment Speed log cours...

Page 27: ...Modes of operation I 850 160138 A 850 160138 AA000 3 14 SD570 Modes of operation This section describes the different modes of operation of the SD 570 sonar...

Page 28: ...Simrad SD570 II 850 160138 A Document revisions Rev Date Written by Checked by Approved by A 13 01 97 CL S J S J B C D The original signatures are recorded in the company s logistic database...

Page 29: ...of contents 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 MODES OF OPERATION 2 2 1 General 2 2 2 Bow up 3 2 3 North up 4 2 4 True motion 5 2 5 1805 Audio 6 2 6 1805 Echo sounder 7 2 7 1805 Vertical 8 2 8 2705 Vertical 9 2 9 Om...

Page 30: ...Simrad SD570 IV 850 160138 A Document history The information on this page is for internal use Rev A Original issue...

Page 31: ...Note that the SD 570 transducer in its lower position reaches 1 0 meter below the hull and that the maximum speed in that position is 15 knots To ensure the best possible reliability of the sonar it...

Page 32: ...er applications The mode selection is made in the menu and a detailed description of each mode will be given in the following chapters In addition to the symbols shown in the following mode figures di...

Page 33: ...p symbol to the echo ring is equal to the selected range Figure 1 Bow up The movement of the echoes across the screen will be a combination of the ship s course andspeed andthe targets own movement Fi...

Page 34: ...l also here move across the screen relative to the ship s course and speed and as indicated in the figure a course line after the ship and target can be displayed The ship s course and speed and the d...

Page 35: ...will be a true representation of the movements of the targets through the water When the ship symbol reaches the screen edge it will automatically be moved to the centre or to a position determined by...

Page 36: ...recorded echoes are a direct replica of the echoes under the white audio line As the audio channel is recorded over a period of time this mode is especially useful for detection of weak echoes mixed...

Page 37: ...s alternately as a normal sonar and an echo sounder for each second transmission Figure 5 180 Echo sounder When selecting this mode the lower half of the screen will be dark A recording will then be b...

Page 38: ...ertical slice and is always preset to the right in the vertical presentation while the rear part is to the left Most of the vertical settings as range gain etc may be selected separately in the VERTIC...

Page 39: ...ortant information in the presentation Figure 7 shows a typical example of a seine catch situation The horizontal presentation shows the seine circle and the course line of the target and the ship The...

Page 40: ...he trawl symbol can be added into the echo presentation in three different ways Manually from the menu Automatically in correct depth when connected to Simrad FS900 or FS 3300 trawl sonars Automatical...

Page 41: ...e the trawl position is presented in relation to the target and this can be used as a sight in order to optimize the catch In addition to showing the trawl position this page also shows all available...

Page 42: ...is bent because of temperature layers Figure 9 Omni Echo sounder In order to get the school presented in the echo sounder recording the vessel must here pass over the target Figure 9 also shows a typ...

Page 43: ...Operation I 850 160139 A 850 160139 AA000 3 14 SD570 Operation This section contains description of all control knobs and menu commands of the SD 570 sonar as well as start and stop procedures...

Page 44: ...Simrad SD570 II 850 160139 A Document revisions Rev Date Written by Checked by Approved by A 13 01 97 CL S J S J B C D The original signatures are recorded in the company s logistic database...

Page 45: ...orm 22 5 3 Transmission power 24 5 4 Ping sector 25 5 5 TVG Time Variable Gain 26 5 6 AGC Automatic Gain Control 27 5 7 RCG Reverberation Controlled Gain 28 5 8 PP Filter 29 5 9 Markers 30 5 10 Audio...

Page 46: ...mrad SD570 IV 850 160139 A Simrad test 52 5 19 Standard 53 5 20 Test 54 5 21 Course 55 5 22 Speed 56 5 23 Vertical menu 57 5 24 Catch data page for purse seiners 58 5 25 Catch data page for trawlers 6...

Page 47: ...Operation V 850 160139 A Document history The information on this page is for internal use Rev A Original issue...

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Page 49: ...he menu is displayed on the right hand side of the display In order to make the best possible use of the sonar the user must be familiar with all the operating controls and functions It is not possibl...

Page 50: ...tion of each function and for an inexperienced operator it is recommended to try the functions on an operative sonar while reading this chapter Figure 2 The main control panel 1 Cursor joystick 2 Main...

Page 51: ...ykknappen Circle marker positioning when using the CIRCLE MARKER push button Manual target tracking for calculation of the target movement between the two latest selected TARGET MARKERS Selection of p...

Page 52: ...it is switched OFF due to for example power failure with the Hull Unit lowered the Hull Unit must be raised by using the hoisting lowering switch in the motor control unit or by the hand crank refer t...

Page 53: ...ghts in the ON OFF HOIST and LOWER buttons will also indicate the transducer position The ON OFF HOIST button lights with the transducer in UPPER position The LOWER button lights with the transducer i...

Page 54: ...the lower right corner left corner in AUDIO or ECHOSOUNDER modes The calculated result will be displayed for 3 minutes In addition to be used for target tracking this is also useful for distance meas...

Page 55: ...he SIMRAD FS 3000 or ITI trawl monitoring system to the sonar system In the manual mode the trawl symbol will be displayed on the ship s course line with the selected depth and distance If the FS 3000...

Page 56: ...symbol can be selected by moving the cursor to the wanted new position and then pressing the button If position track or automatic target tracking is used in the true motion mode the tracking point wi...

Page 57: ...er 5 10 MAN AUTO GAIN These two push buttons are used to simplify the ON OFF selection of the AGC and the RCG The selection adjusts the AGC and the RCG to the following menu settings AGC OFF AGC MEDIU...

Page 58: ...tracking programme the range selection will go to AUTO when selecting these modes To keep a steady display picture during seine setting the lower automatic range is set to 400 meters Changing the ran...

Page 59: ...o up and down in the menu and the left and right movement is used as an ENTER function When the menu cursoris in the main menu orthe extra menu and the menu joystick is moved to the left a catch data...

Page 60: ...while it changes continually when one of the buttons is pushed and held in position AUTO TILT In auto mode the transducer will automatically tilt in steps within the selected tilt limits When AUTO is...

Page 61: ...manual training the audio channel can be trained continuously in either direction to the wanted bearing The automatic training programme is overridden when the manual training knob is operated When t...

Page 62: ...ow menu chapter 5 13 A line starting at the target s centre of gravity indicates the course and speed of the target The length of the line increases with the speed and one knot is indicated with a sma...

Page 63: ...nu is described MAIN MENU REFER TO CHAPTER SHORT NORMAL FULL CHAPTER MODE AGC RCG PP FILTER COURSE SPEED MODE PULSE FORM TX POWER PING SECTOR TVG AGC RCG PP FILTER COURSE SPEED 5 1 5 2 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 6...

Page 64: ...idden because these functions are seldom used and the system is more easily operated with an uncluttered screen EXTRA MENU REFER TO CHAPTER SHORT NORMAL FULL CHAPTER MARKERS CONSTANTS MARKERS AUDIO SE...

Page 65: ...Adjusts the brightness of the display turn the knob clockwise to increase the brightness 2 CONTRAST Adjusts the contrast on the display Turn the knob clockwise to increase the contrast 3 V CENTER Adj...

Page 66: ...red 4 If the sonar is connected to a course gyro with stepper or synchro output the menu on the display will now blink with the text ADJUST COURSE to remind you to adjust the course readout on the son...

Page 67: ...to the left is also used as an ENTER function and when the menu cursor is in the main menu or the extra menu this ENTER function will bring up a catch data page see chapters 5 24 and 5 25 TRANSD POS...

Page 68: ...d press ENTER to complete the operation The submenu will disappear and the new setting will now appear in the main menu Note that the cursor will stop in upper or lower position in the menu field when...

Page 69: ...ystick once more to select the desired operational mode The selected mode will then be displayed When pressing ENTER the submenu disappears and the cursor goes back to the main menu The various modes...

Page 70: ...ance with chosen range The table below shows the different pulse lengths for CW and FM The pulse length is given in milliseconds ms RANGE meters CW PULSE LENGTH ms FM AUTO meters SHORT NORMAL LONG AUT...

Page 71: ...total pulse length of 10 ms FM 8 Transmits eight frequency pulses with a total pulse length of 40 ms The chosen number of frequencies are transmitted in one ping and the receiver unit undertakes a sp...

Page 72: ...ent power settings in addition to OFF passive TX POWER FULL MEDIUM LOW OFF The output voltage which can be checked on the voltmeter in the transceiver unit has the following values FULL 90 V MEDIUM 40...

Page 73: ...ing The size of the sector can be selected between 360 OMNI and 11 single beam PING SECTOR OMNI 11 When choosing 11 the current bearing will be the centre of the beam Furthermore the beam can be turne...

Page 74: ...R 15 LOG R 20 LOG R 25 LOG R 30 LOG R In addition to OFF the TVG can be selected with five different curve slopes each having different gain regulation The line in the menu marked with an asterisk sh...

Page 75: ...sult is a filter effect reducing noise and reverberation AGC OFF WEAK MEDIUM STRONG As shown in the menu the AGC has four different settings OFF no adjustment WEAK slow adjustment MEDIUM medium fast a...

Page 76: ...RCG OFF WEAK MEDIUM STRONG As shown in the menu the RCG function has four different settings It is difficult to tell which is the best for extreme varying sonar conditions but with experience and by...

Page 77: ...4 MEDIUM or 8 STRONG pings it will take this selected amount of pings to make a stable presentation when changing most of the sonar functions When selecting PP Filter an extra interference filter will...

Page 78: ...the bottom line shows the position data of the moveable marker cross If automatic tracking is used a T will show the position data for the tracking circle As the numbered markers are locked geographic...

Page 79: ...in the audio channel The size of the sector can be selected from the menu AUDIO SECT 11 33 55 77 99 When using AUTO SEARCH for audio search the step of the search will be equal to the selected audio s...

Page 80: ...n selected the tilt step function is used to decide by how many degrees the tilt angle is to be changed for each ping TILT STEP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The limits for the tilt searches are set by the til...

Page 81: ...om locking to surface or bottom echoes close to the desired echo The window is automatically centred on the strongest part of the echo The size of the window is normally set to MEDIUM but if the targe...

Page 82: ...es the warmest colours orange red If desired the number of colours may be reduced In that case one starts with the colour representing the weakest echo The number of colours that can be reduced depend...

Page 83: ...Display gain increases or decreases the colour threshold on the screen DISPL GAIN 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Display gain only controls the presentation on the screen it is the gain control on the front pan...

Page 84: ...ence from otherequipment on board the sonar s trigger pulse can be synchronized with the other equipment s trigger pulse The external trigger pulse must then be connected to the sonar EXT SYNC OFF ON...

Page 85: ...ON CURSOR RING ON CURSOR BEAR ON BOW MARKER ON COURSE LINE ON MINUTE MARK ON WIND MARKER ON VERT RING ON Similar to other menu selections desired cosmetics are stored in a battery operated memory The...

Page 86: ...f the target With SLANT presentation the distance to the target is measured along the tilt angle Figure 4 Display cosmetics The rest of the submenus for cosmetics have normal ON OFF functions 1 Bearin...

Page 87: ...for distance measurements 5 The CURSOR BEARING is a yellow line from the ship symbolthrough the yellowcursorcross andcan be usedfor bearing measurements 6 The BOW MARKER is a white dashed line which...

Page 88: ...function The arrows show how to choose both ways with the right left operation of the menu joystick COSMETICS CONSTANTS STANDARD TEST CONSTANTS TIME GEAR SHOAL DATA MENU ALIGNMENT OPTIONS BEARING UNIT...

Page 89: ...nues even if the sonar is switched OFF To change the setting the TIME function is used TIME YEAR 1997 MONTH 10 DAY 15 HOUR 10 MINUTE 7 SECOND 31 Setting of year month etc is done by increasing decreas...

Page 90: ...right size and position of the gear symbol on the display GEAR NET 1 NET 2 NET 3 TRAWL1 TRAWL2 TRAWL3 When the fishing gear has been selected a menu for setting of relevant equipment data will appear...

Page 91: ...E SET 1 FOR AUTO WITH DEPTH SENSOR THROW SIDE STARB PORT TRAWL DATA TRAWL 1 DISTANCE M 0 M DEPTH M 0 M HEIGHT M 0 M WIDTH M 0 M DISTANCE M 0 M SET TRAWL DISTANCE INCREASE DECREASE SET 1 FOR AUTO WITH...

Page 92: ...Simrad SD570 44 850 160139 A HEIGHT M 0 M SET TRAWL HEIGHT INCREASE DECREASE SET 1 FOR AUTO WITH TRAWL SONDE WIDTH M 0 M SET TRAWL WIDTH INCREASE DECREASE SET 1 FOR AUTO WITH TRAWL SONDE...

Page 93: ...n be selected Assumed value for all five types can be adjusted according to experience by use of the menu below CAPELIN 10 INCREASE 25 TONS PER 1000M2 DECREASE Estimation of volume is based on tons pe...

Page 94: ...NT 0 10 MINUTES 0 OFF It is here possible to estimate the position of the school at a given time from one to ten minutes The basis for the calculation is the motion of the bulk of the school Estimated...

Page 95: ...dard settings which will perform well for most conditions NORMAL This menu contains all changeable sonar parameters All settings are equalforboth the horizontalandthe verticalpicture except for the ra...

Page 96: ...cedures in the Installation Manual ALIGNMENT 123 360 0 To increase the angle press the joystick upwards and to decrease the value press the joystick downwards When the alignment is checked to be corre...

Page 97: ...equipment the sonar system must be told what has been connected This is done by using the menu for options as shown below OPTIONS ECHOSOUND ES500 TRAWL SYST ITI DEPTH SENS NONE ECHOSOUND NONE EQ50 EQ...

Page 98: ...irection Markers bearing in the MARKERS menu Target position bearing on the catch data page The following data is permanent and will not change when selecting relative or true bearing The bearing of t...

Page 99: ...FEET VERTICAL METER FATHOMS FEET Note that the sonar has been designed with METERS as the basic unit formeasurements By selecting FEETorFATHOMS the scale for range may produce some strange values as t...

Page 100: ...d with English menu texts By using the LANGUAGES menu any listed language can be selected LANGUAGE ENGLISH FRENCH SPANISH ICELANDIC RUSSIAN NORWEGIAN Language is normally selected at installation Simr...

Page 101: ...assistance if one has got lost in the settings STANDARD NO YES SET ALL VALUES TO NORMAL POSITION When STANDARD is selected the settings of the sonar willrevert to normal preset mode which will perform...

Page 102: ...ad SD570 54 850 160139 A 5 20 Test TEST NONE BITE SPB1 BITE SPB2 BITE MEM256 BITE TRIF BITE RX The BITE Built In Test Equipment system is normally used for test and service in case of faults in the sy...

Page 103: ...er that the course shown on the screen must be adjustedin accordance with the gyro course COURSE 123 ADJUST COURSE 360 0 To increase the course value press the joystick upwards and to decrease the val...

Page 104: ...mplies with that of the speed log If the speed log system is faulty or if a log is not connected the speed can be set manually as explained in the submenu below SPEED A 12 3KN SET MANUAL 51 KN 0 KN SE...

Page 105: ...sor is moved below MODE VERT MENU RANGE 250 M GAIN 5 PULSE FORM MAIN TVG MAIN AGC WEAK RCG MAIN PP FILTER WEAK In all submenus of the vertical menu the word MAIN in the first line means that the param...

Page 106: ...playedin the menu field There is one catch data page forpurse seiners and one for trawlers stated with the NET or TRAWL selection in the GEAR menu In order to get the school presentation and the schoo...

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Page 108: ...be manually set by the sinking rate in the GEAR menu or automatically when a depth sensor system is connected to the sonar The depth marker line with depth marker readout can be moved up anddown by th...

Page 109: ...the school data the automatic target tracking must be used The vertical distribution of the school is determined by manual or automatic tilting of the sonarbeam Note that the school on the catch data...

Page 110: ...connected the depth at the trawl will also be indicated The depth marker line with depth marker readout can be moved up and down by the menu joystick for depth measurements in the catch data page The...

Page 111: ...Maintenance I 850 160140 A 850 160140 AA000 3 14 SD570 Maintenance This section deals with maintenance work that may be carried out by the user...

Page 112: ...Simrad SD570 II 850 160140 A Document revisions Rev Date Written by Checked by Approved by A 13 01 97 CL S J S J B C D The original signatures are recorded in the company s logistic database...

Page 113: ...IT 2 2 1 Cleaning 2 2 2 Dust filter 2 2 3 Replacing fuses 3 3 TRANSCEIVER UNIT 4 3 1 Dust filter 4 3 2 Replacing fuses 4 4 HULL UNIT 6 4 1 General 6 4 2 Docking the vessel 6 4 3 Cleaning the transduce...

Page 114: ...Simrad SD570 IV 850 160140 A Document history The information on this page is for internal use Rev A Original issue...

Page 115: ...east once a week The ventilation and heating system as well as the bilge pump arrangement should then be checked to be in good working order The spare part box which is delivered with the sonar contai...

Page 116: ...ti glare filter coating Use a soft cloth without any strong solvents when cleaning it 2 2 Dust filter There is a dust filter on the air inlet at the rear wallof the Sonar Control Unit refer to figure...

Page 117: ...3 15A slow blow fuses on the rear wall refer to figure 1 Figure 1 Location of fuses in the Sonar Control Unit Before changing fuses on the Sonar Control Unit make sure that the mains power plug at th...

Page 118: ...washed the filter must be dried thoroughly before being reinstalled 3 2 Replacing fuses The Transceiver Unit is fusedwith two 8A slow blow mainfuses F201 and F202 located on the front of the Power Sup...

Page 119: ...Maintenance 5 850 160140 A Figure 2 The transceiver power system...

Page 120: ...ng the vessel great care must be taken not to damage the sonar trunk and protecting blister On vessels which have been in dock the Hull Unit should be examined and the hoist lower functions should be...

Page 121: ...r normally needs little attention However the transducer face should be inspected and cleaned when docking Do not use strong solvents but a normal synthetic soap and water Marine growth should be care...

Page 122: ...d if the shaft is dry of lubrication or if water tends to force its way up along the shaft Remember to open the pressure let down plug when topping up The shaft sleeve is filled with ESSO CACAR K1 fro...

Page 123: ...Maintenance 9 850 160140 A Figure 4 The Hull Unit...

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