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Through-hulls are recommended for displacement hulls and boats with straight-shaft inboard
engines. You'll also need a fairing block that allows the transducer to be mounted properly.
Through-hull transducers must be installed with a fairing to ensure proper alignment and a secure fit.
Through-hull transducers must be positioned in front of the propeller, rudder, keel or anything else
that may create turbulence. They must be mounted in a position that is always underwater and
angled straight down.
When considering application of a through-hull transducer(s), please contact the Desert Star Systems customer service to
discuss such applications. The STM surface station is equipped with a proprietary socket for a sonar transducer connection.
Desert Start Systems will purchase the through-hull transducer(s) separately to meet your specific vessel requirements and
perform custom-wiring so that transducer(s) can be pugged in to the STM surface station.
If your STM surface station came equipped with an optional GPS unit, make sure to connect the
GPS unit to a power source as appropriate as well as connect the GPS unit to STM surface station.
Make sure to keep GPS unit energized and connected to the STM surface station during the
deployment of the ARC unit(s) in order to retain GPS coordinates of the deployment site.
6. Software Overview
Acoustic Release Control Software v1.0
The remote control of the ARC unit(s) is done via Desert Star Systems software - “Acoustic Release
Control” is installed on the portable Personal Computer (PC) supplied by Desert Star Systems with
your purchase. The software is custom written by the Desert Start System developers and designed
specifically to facilitate the data management operations, between the PC, STM surface station, and
the ARC underwater unit.
● Management role of the software includes:
○ Identifying each ARC unit by the unique Serial Number embedded in the ARC
unit hardware
○ Keeping a list of all ARC deployment information, including:
■ Serial Number of the ARC station
■ Latitude/Longitude, (GPS coordinates of the launch site)
■ Comments entry field
■ Time and Date of the deployment
■ Range between ARC station and the STM's surface station sonar
transducer
■ Battery charge status expressed %
○ Relating commands to the ARC station and receiving confirmations
○ Remote monitoring of the submerged ARC station including “Current status”
of the station: