Hardware manual
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
2.1. Product Specifications ........................................................................... 14 
2.1.1. Supplied Components .................................................................... 14 
2.1.2. Physicals ......................................................................................... 14 
2.1.3. Environment ................................................................................... 15 
2.1.4. Power requirements ........................................................................ 15 
2.2. Tow Vehicle Interface ........................................................................... 15 
2.2.1. 3100P Topside/Notebook Computer Interfaces ............................. 15 
2.2.2. Laptop Specifications: .................................................................... 15 
2.2.3. Supplied Components: ................................................................... 16 
3.1. Embedded Microprocessor ................................................................... 18 
3.2. Sonar Interface Board (Tiger Boards) ................................................... 19 
3.2.1. SB Carrier Board ............................................................................ 19 
3.2.2. Sub-Bottom Acquisition Board ...................................................... 20 
3.2.3. Sonar/IDE Interface Board ............................................................. 21 
3.3. Ethernet Switch ..................................................................................... 22 
3.4. Ethernet Wireless Bridge ...................................................................... 22 
3.5. Power Amplifier .................................................................................... 23 
3.6. Power Board .......................................................................................... 23 
4.1. Navigation Interface .............................................................................. 24 
4.2. Serial Port Parameters ........................................................................... 24 
4.3. NMEA Approved Sentence Structure ................................................... 25 
4.3.1. Inputs .............................................................................................. 26 
1.  Introduction ............................................................................................... 13
2.  Overview .................................................................................................... 14
3.  3100P Portable Topside Unit Case .......................................................... 17
4.  Notebook Computer ................................................................................. 24










