SonarMite DFX v1.20 (c) Lymtech 2016
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INSTALLATION & USE
This chapter describes how the SonarMite Portable Echo Sounder would normally be installed
and used. The typical way in which the device can be used for hydrographic surveying
applications, is as a „Dumb‟ echo sounder connected via a serial cable/Bluetooth Link to a PC or
PDA running data logging and display software. Another option is to use both data streams with
the serial output data for real time processing and the parallel Bluetooth output for graphic depth
display.
Typical bow transducer mounting
Switching the System On
To turn the system on the user ensures the system is connected to a battery then connect the
transducer to the „Txr‟ connector on the front panel, the green LED alongside the Bluetooth
antenna will then illuminate.
Data Collection Techniques
When not used as a „Dumb‟ echo sounder in conjunction with a data logging package the
SonarMite can be used in conjunction with the following data types to create full XYZ
hydrographic data using the SonarW7 software package….
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Total Station XYZ data plus Time
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XYZ data from RTK GPS plus Time
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XY data from DGPS plus Tide plus Time
