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