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Operator’s  Console

The main Operator’s Console (shown on the last Page) allows for imme-
diate control of a number of important functions with a click or two of the
mouse:

u

Pause/Run the fishfinder hardware

u

Clear the display screen of all previous data

u

Select Full or Split screen operation

u

Select Automatic or Manual operation mode

u

Enable or Disable the alarm sound (On/Off)

u

Select the desired level of Surface Clutter filtering

u

Select the desired value of Noise Filtering

u

Adjust the Chart Speed

u

Adjust the transmitter Power

u

Access a number of Drop-Down menus

Additionally you can right-click in the data display area to bring 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 Color Bars options and then the
drop-down menu items in turn.

Right Click Screen Settings

If you right-click the mouse button with the mouse positioned in the data
area of the display screen a “Screen Settings” menu will appear.  Clicking
on the “Full” screen will bring up the “Full Screen Settings” menu.  If the
display is in split screen mode, then right-clicking the mouse when the
mouse pointer is located in the right-hand of the split screen will result in
the “Right Screen Settings” menu being displayed.   Right-clicking the
mouse when the mouse cursor is on the left side of the split screen display
will result in the “Left Screen Settings” menu being shown.

Содержание PcFF80

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 6: ...Page 6...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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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