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Chapter 5: Sonar Mode Operation

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The frequency of the transducer

The same target will appear differently when the transducer frequency is 
changed. Generally, the lower the frequency the broader the image.

Using White Line

The White Line feature separates echoes from fish near the bottom and the 
bottom itself. When the White Line is switched on, the sounder displays the 
echoes differently. 

On color LCDs, the strongest echoes are displayed in the background color with a 
thin line on top. All other echoes remain unchanged.

On monochrome displays, the weakest echoes continue to be displayed in the 
background color (white), but colors for the other signal are reversed. Thus, from 
the strongest to the second weakest the colors are: light gray with a thin black line 
on top, dark gray, black.

To switch the white line feature on and off:

1. Press the 

MULTI

 key (knob). The WHT LINE soft key is displayed.

2. Press the WHT LINE soft key to toggle the white line feature ON or OFF.

Adjusting Display Gain (Sensitivity)

The sounder provides controls for GAIN, COLOR GAIN, and STC. These controls, 
accessed from the 

GAIN

 key (or 

GAIN

 knob on radar CRT units), are used to 

reduce background noise and determine how different strength echoes are 
shown. You can set automatic adjustment of each of these parameters or 
manually adjust the settings using the trackpad.

            

Note:  

Automatic Gain settings take advantage the hardware’s advanced digital technol-

ogy. As a result, the sounder typically performs better in automatic mode than manual. For 
better performance Raymarine recommends selecting AUTO mode for all Gain options.

If you change the settings, the new GAIN, COLOR GAIN, or STC values and mode 
(auto or manual) remain set even when you turn off the display.

MULTI

WHT LINE

OFF ON

GAIN

ADJUST

200 50

75%

CRUISING

COLR GAIN

STC

MANUAL

AUTO

45%

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Содержание DSM300

Страница 1: ...DSM300 Digital Sounder Module Operation with hsb2 PLUS Series Displays Document number 81249 1 Date November 2004...

Страница 2: ...Autoseastate Autotrim Bidata Marine Intelligence Maxiview On Board Raychart Raynav Raypilot Raystar ST40 ST60 Seaclutter Smart Route Tridata and Waypoint Navigation are trademarks of Raymarine Limite...

Страница 3: ...electing Repeater Mode 15 2 5 Sonar Mode Display 16 2 6 Operating Modes 18 Horizontal Half Screen Window Options 18 Vertical Half Screen Window Options 18 Sonar Options 19 Sounder Functions 20 2 7 Sim...

Страница 4: ...n Serial Numbers 38 Chapter 4 Basic Display Controls 39 4 1 Introduction 39 Simulator 39 4 2 Setting Color and Brightness 39 Lighting and Contrast Monochrome Displays 39 Brightness and Color Settings...

Страница 5: ...5 Adjusting Display Gain Sensitivity 65 Color Gain 67 5 3 Using VRM 70 5 4 Waypoints 71 Placing a Waypoint 72 5 5 MOB 73 Appendix A List of Abbreviations 75 Index 79...

Страница 6: ...6 DSM300 Operation with PLUS Series Displays...

Страница 7: ...st be installed and operated in accordance with the instructionscontainedinthismanual Failuretodosocanresultinpersonalinjury and or navigational inaccuracies In particular CAUTION High Voltage The DSM...

Страница 8: ...R The soft key functions menu names and options are shown in normal capitals for example SCREEN Operating procedures which may consist of a single key press or a sequence of numberedsteps areindicated...

Страница 9: ...es that fish and bottom structure are presented in superb detail and optimal colorallocation The DSM300 digital bandwidth adaptation adjusts the receiver band width dynamically from very wide to very...

Страница 10: ...ditional data Position data requires GPS 1 3 How to Use this Handbook This handbook describes how to operate a DSM300 with your hsb2 PLUS Pathfinder Series display unit Instructions for operating the...

Страница 11: ...Overview 11 Figure 1 2 DSM300 in an Integrated System MENU CH OK 16 9 HI LO SCAN WATCH SQ WX D7463 1 Power Supply DSM300 Transducer GPS VHF Radio NMEA SeaTalk RS 232 Interface Box Radome PLUS Display...

Страница 12: ...12 DSM300 Operation with PLUS Series Displays...

Страница 13: ...ettingchangetowhen theDSM300placesitinmemory Ifyoupowerdownthesounderlessthanoneminuteafter making a change thesetting is lost 2 2 Powering on the Sounder Module There is no power switch on the DSM300...

Страница 14: ...the DISPLAY pop up then press again to cycle through the modes available shown in Figure 2 1 Figure 2 1 Using the DISPLAY Key The selected mode isshown by an icon with a black monochromedisplay or re...

Страница 15: ...onar data You must tell the display it is to be a repeater for the DSM300 and not a master unit on its own IfyourDSM300isrepeatingitssonardataoveraPLUSSeriesradarorchartplotter display the proper sett...

Страница 16: ...The sonar screen includes a status bar that displays transducer frequency and indicates which auto settings are enabled Gain Color Gain Range Zoom and Frequency and alarm status fish and shallow deep...

Страница 17: ...ZFH 50kHz 0 SD 60 20 40 18 22 38 35 36 33 32 36 37 42 ft Gain Color gain Range Cursor controlled by trackpad Auto Mode Indicators Water surface Frequency Target Depth ID On Alarm enabled Frequency Pow...

Страница 18: ...plits the sounder vertically The left hand window displays data boxes there are three different sets of data A B and C that you can select for display The following information is available only in So...

Страница 19: ...ottom Itprovidesa bottom up view the bottom is used as the reference its image is flattened and depths are displayed here Bottom lock mode is used primarily to filter out the bottom structure and dis...

Страница 20: ...dataisdisplayedinahalf screen window Sounder Functions The DSM300 includes the following functions Automatic or manual selection of scroll speed for bottom graph display Automatic or manual selection...

Страница 21: ...le you can still operate in Simulator mode by connecting the DSM to the display device Then connect the DSM300 and the display unit to a 10 7 32VDC power supply attaching the red wire from the power l...

Страница 22: ...layed 3 Use the trackpad to move the selection bar over the option SONAR SIMULATOR The simulator soft keys are displayed 4 Press the ON soft key to switch on the sonar simulator 5 Press ENTER twice to...

Страница 23: ...Note All settings describedinthis chapterare retained when theunitis powered off However thereis aone minutedelayfromthetimeyoumakethesettingchangetowhen theDSM300placesitinmemory Ifyoupowerdownthesou...

Страница 24: ...Someparametersarecontrolledbya sliderthatisdisplayedabovetwoof the soft keys For some parameters a soft key provides access to a sub menu of further options 4 Press the soft key corresponding to the d...

Страница 25: ...DEPTH COG SOG TIME DATE WIND WAYPOINT CROSS TRACK ERROR HEADING LOG TRIP PILOT VMG TEMPERATURE TIDE SET DRIFT OFF LAT LONG or TDs OFF or ON OFF or ON OFF or ON OFF or ON OFF or ON OFF or ON OFF APPAR...

Страница 26: ...OFF or ON OFF NMEA OUT SET UP APB BWC BWR DBT DPT MTW RMB RSD RTE TTM VHW VLW WPL GGA GLL RMA RMC VTG ZDA OFF or ON OFF or ON OFF or ON OFF or ON OFF or ON OFF or ON OFF or ON OFF or ON OFF or ON OFF...

Страница 27: ...of the graphics can still be seen The ones you select here can be turned on and off as a group during normal operation and you can also move them around the screen individually using the context sensi...

Страница 28: ...range and bearing Alternatively you can show both types of readout in separate boxes or turn the cursor data box off You can also turn the cursor readout box es on and off during normal operation via...

Страница 29: ...the autopilot changes they are displayed in a pop up box Thebox is removedfrom thedisplayaftertwo seconds When Autopilot Pop set to OFF the pop up box is disabled Menu Timeout Period With no timeout s...

Страница 30: ...tnoNMEAvariationisavail able then variation is taken from SeaTalk If heading is taken from SeaTalk but no SeaTalk variation is available then variation is taken from NMEA 3 Acalculatedvariationvalue u...

Страница 31: ...ur sounder Forexample if the DPT depth sentence is setON butthe sounder stransducer is designed to sense temperature and speed only the depth value will be transmitted as zero If you also have an ST60...

Страница 32: ...art window Whentheappropriateoptionsareswitchedon eachdisplayshowsitsowncursor plus the cursor of the other display with appropriate cursor text RDR or CHRT to indicateitsorigin Thismeansthatyoucouldm...

Страница 33: ...gmotion of theboat givinga clearerindicationofthe boat scourseand speed The filter does not affect the calculation of the GPS position The velocity vectors calculated from the GPS Signal give an insta...

Страница 34: ...ot change if you change the range although the range rings are adjusted see radar documentation Both provides simulated data and radar picture When the simulator is switched on a SIMULATOR data box is...

Страница 35: ...play Sonar HSB Mode Note ThisparameteronlypertainswhenthedisplaytowhichyouareoutputtingDSM300 imagedata is a PLUSSeries fishfinder If yourdisplay is aPLUSSeries radaror chartplotter display the REPEAT...

Страница 36: ...ustsetthefishfinderdisplaytoREPEATERsothatthereisnoconflictonthehsb2 network the DSM300 is always designated as a master You would only select MASTER when you want to control the PLUS Series fishfinde...

Страница 37: ...sthe numberof data sample columnsthatappearonthe screen at one time The options are SMALL which displays 240 columns of data or LARGE which shows 480 columns Information displayed in a single column u...

Страница 38: ...ion of STC Version Serial Numbers TheareaatthebottomoftheSonarSetupscreengivesversioninformationforthe system This area is informational only it is not editable DISPLAY SW VERSION displays the softwar...

Страница 39: ...rating display controls in Sonar Mode without data from the transducer Section 2 7 describes how to switch the display to simulator mode TheDSM300mustbeconnectedtoanhsb2 PLUSSeries CSeriesorESeriesdis...

Страница 40: ...nless you set the control very low or very high in this case the contrast will be restored as follows Contrast set 30 restored to 30 Contrast set 70 restored to 70 Brightness and Color Settings Color...

Страница 41: ...thedisplayison PressMULTI and thenuse the trackpad to increasebrightness You canalsopress and hold MULTI for one second to set the brightness to 100 Selecting the Background Color Fivecolorsareavailab...

Страница 42: ...A Scope To change the color threshold 1 Press the MULTI key to display the soft key controls 2 Press the COLOR SETTINGS soft key 3 Press the COLOR THRESH soft key The color threshold softkeysaredispl...

Страница 43: ...escribes how to select the mode of operation and switch half screen windows on off The controls are summarized in the laminated Quick Reference card that accompanies this handbook Selecting the Displa...

Страница 44: ...izontal Half Screen Window Options Using horizontal half screens the main operating mode is displayed in the upper window you choose what is displayed in the lower window The following information if...

Страница 45: ...screen Sonar mode press theDISPLAY key The following soft keys are displayed with an image of each available window 2 Set SPLIT to HOR To select a different window press either SELECT WIN DOWS soft k...

Страница 46: ...20 20 10 10 nm nm WPT BRG WPT RNG TTG 1 45nm 23 1nm 01h 13m STEER STARBOARD WAYPOINT 001 351 T SELECT WINDOWS WINDOWS OFF ON SPLIT HOR VER 0 20 40 20 40 ft ft 60 60 60 60 CDI Window BDI Window D6166...

Страница 47: ...each window provides several large format data boxes for specific information as follows Data Window A provides surface temperature with a 30 minute tempera ture graph speed through water and depth Da...

Страница 48: ...OWS OFF ON SPLIT HOR VER D6191 1 DISPLAY TO SELECT FULL SCREEN OPTION SOFTKEYS TO SELECT WINDOW OPTION CHART SONAR LOG RADAR ZOOM FREQUENCY BTM LOCK A SCOPE AUTO GC F 50kHz 0 DEPTH ft SPEED kts 20 1 1...

Страница 49: ...toggle operating control between the sounder and the chart window using the CHRT SNR soft keys To change the active window when you are displaying the sonar chart horizontal split window press the CH...

Страница 50: ...informationusing anappropriatescrollspeedandrange However controlsareprovidedsoyoucan adjust scroll speed and range You can also select the transducer frequency and select certain data for display Thi...

Страница 51: ...is useful when you are looking for fish if you select a slower speed the information remains on the display for longer Figure 4 7 Effect of the Scroll Speed The DSM300 defaults to manual scroll adjus...

Страница 52: ...NTER to return to the Menu soft keys then ENTER again to return to the default display Selecting the Power Setting The POWER softkey provides adjustment of the transducersignal When AUTO is selected d...

Страница 53: ...bottom and A Scope displays You can also set the shift value to move the image window up or down within the current range The following range shift values are available Table 4 2 Range and Shift Valu...

Страница 54: ...w is shifted up by the selected amount Pressing the SHIFT keys sets the range to MANUAL 5 Press ENTER to return to the default display Selecting the Frequency TheDSM300usesdualfrequencysonar 50 kHzand...

Страница 55: ...soft key The frequency selection soft keys are dis played 2 Press the appropriate soft key 50 KHZ 200 KHZ or SPLIT The scrolling bot tom is displayed in the selected frequency If you choose split the...

Страница 56: ...ttom See Target Depth ID on page 35 To display the Bottom Lock image 1 Press the BTM LOCK soft key The Bottom Lock selection soft keys are dis played 2 Press the BTM LOCK OFF ON soft key to toggle the...

Страница 57: ...he bottom lock image or CLEAR to cancel the operation Using A Scope The scrolling bottom display provides a historical record of sonar echoes Use the A Scope screen to show raw sonar data directly fro...

Страница 58: ...with depth ii Mode 2 in which the image expands to take up the entire A Scope win dow providing greater resolution iii Mode3 inwhichonlythelefthandsideoftheimagedisplayedinMode2 expands to the entire...

Страница 59: ...selectsplitwindows the display issplitvertically with the zoom image in the left hand window and the scrolling bottom display in the right hand window See Figure 4 10 In a split window display a verti...

Страница 60: ...el is selected The greater the zoom the smaller the area you are viewing so the smaller the Zoom Range Bar 6 Press ENTER or CLEAR to select To turn off Zoom 1 Press the ZOOM soft key The Zoom soft key...

Страница 61: ...g the line UP toward the surface moves the Zoom Window DOWN toward the bottom Moving the Zoom Position Line DOWN moves the Zoom Window UP Note If youwish tomove the window beyond whatis displayed youm...

Страница 62: ...oth frequency windows Notes 1 TheverticalZoomRangeBarshowstherangebeingdisplayedinthezoom left side window 2 Thesizeofthiszoomrangeisdeterminedbythezoomfactor 2x 4xor6x 3 Thepositionofthezoomrangeonth...

Страница 63: ...cations using the white line feature and adjusting gain sensitivity Viewing Data Windows Setting up and Using Alarms for fish shallow water and deep water Using a VRM to Determine Depth and Distance f...

Страница 64: ...ths are displayed The color displaysalsoletyouselectthebackgroundcolorandremovethedisplaycolorsfor weaker echoes ThesounderprovidesaWhiteLinefeaturewhichhelpstodistinguishbetweenthe bottom and fish or...

Страница 65: ...line feature on and off 1 Press the MULTI key knob The WHT LINE soft key is displayed 2 Press the WHT LINE soft key to toggle the white line feature ON or OFF Adjusting Display Gain Sensitivity The so...

Страница 66: ...the settings takeeffectimmediately youcannotrevertto the previous settings bypressingCLEAR 5 When you have set all the controls to the levels you desire press ENTER or CLEAR to return to the default d...

Страница 67: ...ee monochrome or seven color bands to correspond with each shade of gray color Thecolorbarontherighthandsideofthedisplay whensettoONintheSonarSet Up menu see Section 3 4 shows the colors being used wi...

Страница 68: ...mance transducers You maywanttousetheshallowanddeepwateralarmswhenyouareanchored Setthelimits to justabove and below your anchordepth the sounder triggers an alarm if the anchor drags and the boat mov...

Страница 69: ...hese alarms by pressing any key No other action is taken except to silence the alarm To set an alarm 1 Press the ALARMS key The alarms soft keys are displayed 2 Fortheshallowordeepalarms presstheSHALL...

Страница 70: ...ow The VRM distance units correspond to the depth units assigned in the system set up parameters you have assigned for your display unit as follows The distance from boat continues to update as your b...

Страница 71: ...ff or Move the cursor over the VRM until the textVRM appears then press CLEAR 5 4 Waypoints The MARKS key lets you to place up to 998 waypoints A waypoint is a position normally entered on a chart as...

Страница 72: ...E WPT AT CURSOR or the PLACE WPT AT VESSEL soft key The waypoint is added to the waypoint list and tagged using the next available number Thewaypointsoftkeysaredisplayeduntilyoumovethecursorawayfromth...

Страница 73: ...he Waypoint List and named with the next available number To return to the default soft key display press ENTER or CLEAR twice For fulldetailson working withwaypoints referto the handbook foryourdispl...

Страница 74: ...laystheMOBdatabox showingthebearinganddistancefromyourboat to the MOB waypoint position and the elapsed time since the MOB was initi ated Figure 5 1 Sounds a 4 second alarm pattern every 30 seconds Se...

Страница 75: ...ent Lamp CDI Course Deviation Indicator COG Course Over Ground CPA Closest Point of Approach DC Direct Current DSC Digital Selective Calling DSM Digital Sounder Module EBL Electronic Bearing Line EMC...

Страница 76: ...Long Longitude Man Manual MARPA Mini Automatic Radar Plotting Aid MPH Miles per hour nm Nautical Mile NMEA National Marine Electronics Association RTE Route s seconds SHM Ships Heading Marker sm Stat...

Страница 77: ...Appendix A List of Abbreviations 77 UTC Universal Time Constant VMG Velocity Made Good VRM Variable Range Marker WPT Waypoint XTE Cross Track Error...

Страница 78: ...78 DSM300 Operation with PLUS Series Displays...

Страница 79: ...r Gain 67 Gain 65 Range 53 Scroll Speed 51 STC 68 Cursor Readout 25 28 Reference 25 28 Cursor Data Box 50 Cursor Echo 26 32 D Data Box 25 27 50 COG 25 47 Cross Track Error 25 Date 25 Depth 25 47 Group...

Страница 80: ...y 75 GPS SOG COG Filter 27 33 H Half Screen Windows 46 Horizontal 18 44 Vertical 18 47 Heading 31 74 Heading Data Box 25 Help 25 28 High Voltage 7 Horizontal Half Screen Windows 18 44 K Key Beep 25 29...

Страница 81: ...ock 19 55 White Line 64 65 Zoom 19 59 Echoes 16 40 Signal Strength 64 Functions 20 HSB Mode 35 Mode 18 44 Full Screen 18 Set Up 23 34 Simulator 21 22 35 38 39 Switching Control Between Sounder and Dis...

Страница 82: ...47 Database List 71 73 Placing 71 White Line 64 65 Wind Data Box 25 Window Options BDI 18 44 46 CDI 18 44 46 Chart 18 44 46 Depth Temp 18 44 46 Full Screen 18 44 Horizontal Half Screen 18 44 Nav Data...

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