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WIRED TRAWL SONAR
TS-331A
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Your Local Agent/Dealer Your Local Agent/Dealer 9-52 Ashihara-cho, 9-52 Ashihara-cho, Nishinomi Nishinomiy ya 662-8580, JAPAN a 662-8580, JAPAN Te Telle ep phone : hone : 0798-65-2111 0798-65-2111 Fa Fax x 0798-65-4200 0798-65-4200 :: F FIRST EDITION : IRST EDITION : JA JAN N.. 2005 2005 Printed in Japan Printed in Japan A All r ll riig ghts reserved. hts reserved. Pub. No. Pub. No. OME-13210 OME-13210 **00015138400 00015138400** **00015138400 00015138400** ( ( DAMI DAMI ) ) TS-331A TS-331A
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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING WARNING Do not place liquid-filled containers on ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAZARD the top of the surface processor unit. Do not open the surface processor unit. Fire or electrical shock can result if a liquid spills into the unit. Only qualified personnel should work inside the equipment. Immediately turn off the power at the switchboard if the surface processor Do not disassemble or modify the unit is emitting smoke or fire. equipment. Continued use can cause fatal damage t
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 2.13 Saving, Loading System Configuration. 26 FOREWORD ...........................................iii 2.13.1 Saving system configuration... 26 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ...................iv 2.13.2 Loading system configuration . 26 OPERATIONAL INFORMATION ..............v 3. ECHO SOUNDER OPERATION......... 27 1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW.................1 3.1 Echo Sounder Image ............................ 27 1.1 Surface Processor Unit........................... 1 3.2 Adjusting
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FOREWORD Some of the main features are Introduction • High resolution net profile FURUNO Electric Company thanks you for • Graphic presentation of net attitude considering and purchasing the TS-331A Wired Trawl Sonar. We are confident you • Three display modes: polar (0°-360°), will discover why the FURUNO name has locked (echo sounder) and sector (0°- become synonymous with quality and 180°) reliability. • Four catch sensors (option) may be mounted on the codend to monitor ca
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SYSTEM CONFIGURATION PC Monitor (User supply) Power source 100-240VAC Surface Processor Unit 1φ, 50-60 Hz Mouse Keyboard Winch Cable Block SHIPBOARD SECTION UNDERWATER SECTION Underwater Unit : Standard supply : Optional supply Catch Sensor (option) : Local, user supply (4 max.) System configuration iv
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OPERATIONAL INFORMATION The following may occur during operation. Follow the recommended procedure to restore normal operation. Cannot restore unit of temperature measurement to Celsius Remedy 1. Choose Load Configuration from the File menu. 2. Find the file Default.cfg in the Imagenex program files and click Open. If Fahrenheit is selected and Save Configuration is executed, the file Default.cfg will be overwritten, which will prevent changing of unit of temperature measurement. I
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.1 Surface Processor Unit The Surface Processor Unit (sometimes referred to as “Processor”) has a built-in ® PC mother board, Windows XP * operating system, and a hard drive with at least 2GB disk space. The system provides a control and display application TS331A.exe (installed on the Processor), which is a very convenient tool for users to control system parameters such as acoustic operating range, scan speed, scan area, etc. It also displays real-time data su
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.2 Underwater Unit 1.2.1 Components of the underwater unit The underwater unit mainly consists of a red polyurethane case and three transducers. The vertical sonar transducer is the cylindrical red housing which extends from the back of the case. The (gray) echo sounder transducer is mounted near the front of the unit. The catch sensor receiver transducer is located at the back of the unit, to the right of the vertical sonar transducer. Vertical Sonar Transducer
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.2.3 Mounting the underwater unit on the trawl Usually the underwater unit is fixed either on the head rope of the trawl or on the belly just above the ground rope. The advantage of the former position is that the underwater unit is held horizontal almost throughout the towing operation and consequently a good, stable image can be expected. Its disadvantage is that it is difficult to detect the ground rope, especially in bottom trawling since the ground rope in
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.3 Starting Up, Shutting Down 1.3.1 Starting up 1. Check the connection between the underwater unit and the winch. 2. Mount the underwater unit on the trawl, referring to paragraph 1.2.3. 3. Shoot the trawl. 4. Turn on the processor unit and the monitor. Adjust display brilliance referring to the owner’s manual of the monitor. ® 5. Push the Windows Startup switch on the Processor to start up Windows . ® The system will start up loading the Windows XP* operating
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.4 Catch Sensor CS-400 (option) Mounted on the cod end of the trawl, the catch sensor monitors the catch of fish. Four catch sensors may be mounted. The data from each catch sensor is transmitted to the underwater unit via the acoustical link and sent to the Processor. Tx frequency for each sensor is selectable with an internal jumper block. The catch sensor is powered by three “D” alkaline batteries. If they have not been installed, see page 44 for how to ins
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.5 Screen Layout The fully configured TS-331A provides five viewing windows (Vertical sonar image, Depth/water temperature information, Echo sounder image, Catch sensor information, and Pitch/roll information) plus a Settings dialog box*. * The Vertical Sonar Settings dialog box is initially shown. 8 File View Color Table Grids Draw Mode Communication Diagnostics Sonar Options Help 1 2 Sonar settings: Range: 30 M, Gain: 70%,
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW Note 2: Certain devices or sensors can be manually disabled by turning them off from the Options menu. See the figure below. The vertical sonar image cannot be disabled; it is always displayed. These displays can be turned on or off. Options menu, Echo Sounder selected 1.5.1 Menu bar The menu bar is the horizontal strip below the title bar at the top of the screen and it contains the titles of the TS-331A’s drop-down menus. To open a menu, sub menu or choose
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW Tool Function Main Toolbar Connects to sonar head. Opens an existing .331 data file to play back. Saves real-time acquired sonar data to a .331 file. Stop saving real-time data. Increases operating range by one level. Vertical sonar range: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 80, 100, 150, 200, 250 (meters) or equivalent feet/fathoms. Echo sounder range: 50, 100, 150, 200, 300 (meters) or equivalent feet/fathoms. Decreases operating range by one level. Increases
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.6 Display Indications Below are all the indications which appear on the display screen. Asterisk(blinking) FURUNO logo Blinks when depth/water appears here. temp. data is received. Sonar settings Color Depth Temp. Range, gain, indicator scale scale speed, mode, frequency Settings dialog box File View Color Table Grids Draw Mode Communication Diagnostics Sonar Options Help Item not available with Sonar settings: Range: 30 M, Gain:
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1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 1.7 Pop-up Windows The TS-331A provides convenient pop-up windows from which to conduct various operations for the vertical sonar window, echo sounder window, depth/temperature window, pitch/roll window and catch sensor window. To activate a pop-up window, place the cursor in the window corresponding to the pop-up menu you want to use and then click the screen with the right mouse button. Vertical sonar Echo sounder
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2. SONAR OPERATION 2.1 Choosing a Sonar Mode The TS-331A has three sonar display modes: polar, sector and locked. Choose desired mode from the Mode menu. 2.1.1 Polar mode This mode is used for operating the sonar to scan a 360° area. The transducer location is in the middle of the sonar image display with the zero heading vertically down on the display. Fish in trawl Ground rope of trawl Polar mode display Polar mode concept 11
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2. SONAR OPERATION 2.1.2 Sector mode This mode is used for operating the sonar to scan in a sector area. The transducer location is in the middle of the sonar image display with the zero heading vertically down on the display. The user can adjust the scan sector size by selecting the desired sector size from the Sector combo box in the Vertical Sonar settings dialog box. Sector size can be from 0° to 360° in 10° increments. The user can move the mid-point of the sector to any angle in 10°
