Operation Manual

(306694 / Rev.A / November 2006)
System
• Scientic multibeam sonar
Acoustics
Frequency range
• 75 kHz to 112 kHz
Beams
• Organisation: Matrix
• Total number of beams: 500
• Number of horizontal beams: 25
• Number of vertical beams: 20
Beam opening angles
• Horizontal: 3°
• Vertical: 4°
• Opening angles depend on beem
steering and frequency.
Operating sectors
• Horizontal: 60°
• Vertical: 45°
Motion compensation
• Roll: ±10°
Sidelobe levels and beam
interleakage
• Vertical: -35 dB
• Horizontal: -25 dB
Transmission
• FM with pulse duration 2 to 10 ms
• CW with pulse duration 2 to 10 ms
• Source level: > 206 dB
Receiving
• Receiver dynamic range: 150 dB
(instantaneous)
Calibration
• Calibration software included
• Target: Tungsten sphere
The transducer array set up for test
and calibration at Simrad’s test facility
Technical specication
Note that technical specifications can be altered without prior notification!
Hardware
Transducer
• Number of elements: 800
• Technology: Ceramic polymer
composite
• Housing: Circular
• Housing diameter: 700 mm
Transceiver Unit
• Individual Tx channels: 800
• Individual Rx channels: 800
• Beamforming: Cluster of six
computers
• Communication: 1 Gb Ethernet
• Physical dimensions:
Height: 1921 mm
Depth: 900 mm
Width: 600 mm
Power cabinets
• Quantity: Three cabinets
• Physical dimensions:
Height: 812 mm
Depth: 418 mm
Width: 600 mm
Operator Station
• Type: Commercial workstation
• Operating system: Microsoft®
Windows XP®
Optional systems
• Element data logger
Strandpromenaden 50
P.O.Box 111
N-3191 Horten,
Norway
Simrad Horten AS
Telephone: [phone]
Telefax: [phone]
[e-mail]
www.simrad.com