Technical information

SimradEK60
4Double-clicktheEK60icononthedesktoptostarttheprogram.
5WaitwhiletheEK60programstartsonthecomputer.
6ObservethattheEK60presentationllstheentirescreen.
7IftheLogindialogappears,enterusernameandpassword.
8Oncetheechosounderisrunning,startpingingbypressingtheStartbuttonon
thetoolbar.
9ObservethattheEK60starts.
TheEK60startsupusingthesameoperationalparametersasthelasttimeyouused
it.Iftheseparametersareacceptable,continueoperation.Ifyouwishtoalterbasic
operationalparameters,seethededicatedprocedures.
WhentheEK60starts,itisveryimportantthatitdetectsthebottomcorrectly.In
mostcasesthiswilltakeplaceautomatically.However,wehaveexperiencedthat
largeschoolsofshordifcultbottomconditionshavedeceivedtheEK60todisplay
thewrongdepth.Inthesecasesthesoundermaydisplaythebottomat0,0meters.In
ordertoaidtheEK60tolocatethecorrectdepth,observethededicatedprocedure.
Relatedtopics
•LogInonpage84
•NormalOperationonpage76
PoweringofftheEK60
ThisprocedureexplainshowtopowerofftheSimradEK60.
Note
YoumustneverswitchofftheEK60onlybymeansoftheon/offswitchonthecomputer .
Thismaydamagethesoftwareortheinterfaceparametersforexternaldevices.You
mustALWAYSusethisprocedure.
Procedure
1ClickFile→Exit.
2ObservethattheEK60applicationclosesdown.
3Ifthecomputerdoesnotswitchitselfoffautomatically,usethefunctionality
providedbytheoperatingsystemtoswitchitoffmanually.
4Switchoffthecolourdisplay.
Ifrequired,refertotheinstructionsprovidedbythedisplaymanufacturer.
5Switchoffthetransceiver(s).
TheGeneralPurposeTransceiver(GPT)isnotprovidedwithanon/offswitch.
Unlessadedicatedsolutionhasbeenprovidedduringtheinstallationtofacilitate
poweron/off,youcanleavethetransceiver(s)on.However,ifyouknowthatthe
EK60isnottobeusedforalongerperiodoftime,disconnectthepowertothe
transceiver(s).
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