COLOR SCANNING SONAR
MODEL CSH-53
00080807301 00080807301
OME13070E00 OME13070E00
Pub. No. OME-13070
DAMI CSH-53
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Do not open the equipment
Do not disassemble or modify the equipment
Do not place liquid-filled containers on the top of the equipment
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
FINE TUNING THE PICTURE
FOREWORD
FUNCTION KEYS
ADVANCED LEVEL OPERATION
PORT/STARBOARD, HORIZONTAL SLICE DISPLAYS
SAVING, REPLAYING PICTURE
MAINTENANCE
WARNINGS
SELF TESTS
INPUT DATA SELECTION
Features
FOREWORD
A Word to CSH-53 Owners
System Configuration
STANDARD
OPTION
Control Layout on Display Unit, Processor Unit and Remote Control Box
CONTROL DESCRIPTION
Figure 1-1 Display unit, processor unit and remote control box
Same as Sub-panel
Main Panel
Figure 1-2 Main panel
Main panel control description
Control
Control
Function
Sub Panel
Figure 1-3 Sub panel Sub panel 1 control description
Control
Function
Sub Panel 2 data setting window
7 8
+ + +
+ + +
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Setting
Setting
Main
Setting
Setting
Main
Description
Remote Control Box
Figure 1-5 Remote control box
Turning the Power On/Off
Adjusting Screen Brilliance, Control Panel Backlighting
Turning the power on
Turning the power off
Selecting a Display Mode
Table 2-1 Display mode description
Mode
Description
Setting the Tilt Angle
Selecting a Display Range
Seabed echo and tilt angle
How to discriminate fish echoes from the seabed
Figure 2-1 Fish echo and tilt angle
Points to consider
Tilt angle for surface fish
Figure 2-2 Tilt angle and sea surface reflections
Suitable tilt angle
Figure 2-3 Tilt angle and beam coverage
Adjusting the Gain
Figure 2-4 Gain settings and resulting picture
Measuring Range and Bearing to a Target
Figure 2-5 Location of range and bearing indications
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FINE TUNING THE PICTURE
How to adjust TVG
Eliminating Unwanted Feeble Echoes
Figure 3-1 Principle of TVG
4. When sea surface reflections or plankton layers disturb the picture, decrease appropriate TVG option by one or two steps by pressing - minus key
AGC data setting window SIGNAL, SIGNAL PROCESS
Pulselength data setting window TVG TX, PL
2AGC data setting window SIGNAL, SIGNAL PROCESS
Suppressing Seabed Tail
Data setting window TVGTX, OUTPUT
Suppressing Seabed and Sea Surface Reflections in Shallow Waters
Rejecting Sonar Interference and Noise
Identifying noise source
Interference rejector data setting window SIGNAL, SIGNAL PROCESS
Changing Tx cycle data setting window TVGTX CYCLE
Figure 3-3 How CYCLE works
Setting F-shift data setting window SONRBEAM SONAR
Noise limiter data setting window SIGNAL, SIGNAL PROCESS
MARKS AND DATA
Marks, Data and Display Mode
Normal display mode
Figure 4-1 Marks and data appearing in the normal display mode
Normal display mode w/text
Figure 4-2 Marks and data appearing in the normal display mode w/text
Echo sounder combination display
Figure 4-3 Marks and data appearing in the echo sounder display mode
Permanently Displayed Marks and Data
History display
Figure 4-4 Marks and data appearing in the history display mode
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Erasable Marks and Data
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Mark/Data
Description
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Mark/Data
Description
Latest Fish Mark
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Mark
Description
Estimate mark
Mark
Description
10 pts. max
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MENU OVERVIEW
USER Menu Operation
Figure 5-1 USER menu
Figure 5-2 HIST DSP/GRPH menu
Menu screen location and display mode
Figure 5-3 Menu screen location and display mode
USER Menu Description
Table 5-1 User menu description
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Menu
Menu
Menu Item
Description
SYSTEM Menu Description
The SYSTEM menu can be displayed by pressing MENU + c
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Menu
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Menu
Description
Menu
Description
DATA SET Menu Description
Color curve setting is completed
To cancel change and close the menu, press END key
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Color curve setting is completed
To cancel change and close the menu, press END key
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Description
Menu
Description
5-10
INIT SET/TEST Menu Description
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Menu
Description
5-12
Menu
Description
FUNCTION KEYS
Programming the Function Keys
Figure 6-1 FUNCTION KEY menu
Function Key Fine Tuning
Replaying a Function Key
Figure 6-2 REGISTER menu
Saving Function Key Settings to a Memory Card
Replaying Function Key Settings from a Memory Card
Figure 6-2 CARD UTILITY menu
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Figure 7-1 Tilt angle setting
How to find fish school center
ADVANCED LEVEL OPERATION
Finding Fish School Center
Tracking a Fish School target lock
Tracking a fish school
Figure 7-2 Target lock mark and target lock data
Target lock mark appearance
Figure 7-3 Target lock mark appearance
Erasing target lock mark
Choosing target lock mode
Tracking target lock mark
Figure 7-4 Target lock and tilt angle
Setting target lock conditions
Figure 7-5 Target lock menu
Description of target lock items
Detecting Fish Schools Aurally
The Fish Alarm
Figure 7-6 How to set the fish alarm zone
Figure 7-7 How to relocate fish schools
Relocating Fish School for Easy Observation
Comparing of Fish School Concentration
Figure 7-8 Estimate marks and their data
Figure 7-9 How to measure fish speed
Measuring Fish School Speed
The Event Mark
Figure 7-10 Event marks
Entering an event mark
Figure 7-11 Event mark description
Erasing an event mark
True Motion Display
Figure 7-12 True motion display
Plotting Net Location Mark
Figure 7-13 Net location mark
Observing Net Behavior
Figure 7-14 Net behavior
Boosting Tx Power
Reducing Sea Surface Reflections
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Port/Starboard display
Figure 8-1 Port/starboard display
PORT/STARBOARD, HORIZONTAL SLICE DISPLAYS
Horizontal slice display
Figure 8-2 Horizontal slice display
SAVING, REPLAYING PICTURE
Initializing Memory Cards
Saving the Picture
Transferring Echo Data from Internal Memory to Memory Card
Net shooting data contents
Saving Net Shooting Data
How net shooting data is saved
Transferring net shooting data to memory card
Deleting Memory Card Contents
Replaying Saved Data
Whole picture or echo inside estimate mark
Net shooting data
Turning marks on/off through the data setting window
TURNING MARKS, DATA ON/OFF
Turning marks on/off through the user menu
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INTERPRETING THE DISPLAY
Seabed Echoes
Figure 11-1 Seabed echoes
Fish Schools
Figure 11-2 Fish schools
Sea Surface Reflections
Wake
Figure 11-3 Sea surface reflections
Figure 11-4 Wake appearance on the display
False Echo by Sidelobe
Noise and Interference
Figure 11-5 Sidelobe echoes
Figure 11-6 Noise and interference
WARNINGS
Overvoltage Warning
Unretracted Transducer Warning
Figure 12-1 Raise/Lower Control Box of the Hull Unit
12-2
SELF TESTS
DANGER
Opening the Self Test Menu
13-1
Self Test Description
Single test
Figure 13-2 Single test
Continuous test
Panel test
Figure 13-4 Panel test
Color test
Figure 13-5 Color test
Gray test
Figure 13-6 Gray test
SIO test
Figure 13-7 SIO test
Interface Unit CS-120A Self Test
Figure 13-8 Interface unit CS-120A, cover opened
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Figure 14-1 DIP switch settings in the interface unit
INPUT DATA SELECTION
Selection of Data on Interface Unit CS-120A
14-1
Setting Distances Between Net Sonde Transmitters
Figure 14-2 How to measure distances between transmitters
How to set net sonde transmitter distances
Figure 14-3 Data set menu
MAINTENANCE
Display Unit Maintenance
15-1
Figure 15-1 Display Unit Mmaintenance
Hull Unit Maintenance
Figure 15-2 Hull Unit Maintenance
15-2
Replacement of Fuse, Memory Card Battery
Fuse replacement
15-3
How to Replace
Memory card battery replacement
15-4
How to replace the battery in the memory card
MENU TREE
USER Menu
DATA SET Menu
INIT SET/TEST Menu
SYSTEM Menu
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SPECIFICATIONS
1. GENERAL
SP-1
2. DISPLAY
SP-2
4. POWER CONSUMPTION
3. HULL UNIT
5. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION
6. COATING COLOR
INDEX
