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