Configuring a PX family sensor for a PI type receiver unit
Catch monitoring sensors are delivered from Kongsberg Maritime readily set up with common default settings. Each individual sensor can be configured to specify its communication channel, which measurements to make and some other relevant operating parameters.
Prerequisites
You need the sensor programming cable.
Context
By means of the PX Configurator dialog box you can select the receiver unit you want the specific sensor to be received on (either PI or SR receiver units).
This procedure applies to the following catch monitoring sensors:
•  PX MultiSensor Mk1
•  PX MultiSensor Mk2
•  PX MultiCatch
•  PX Universal
•  PX Flow
Procedure
1 Connect the sensor to the computer using the programming cable.
2 Double-click the desktop icon to start the program.
3 In the very first PX Sensor Configurator dialog box, select communication port and sensor type, then select Connect.
The dedicated Configurator dialog box opens.
4 In Select Receiver, at the top of the dialog box, select PI type receiver.
5 In Select Gear, at the top of the dialog box, choose the type of gear the sensor you are configuring is going to be mounted on.
When you select the type of gear you are going to work with, the illustration changes accordingly.
6 On the illustration, select where the sensor you are configuring is going to be placed.
The selection you make here may affect the measurements offered by the sensor.
Note
If you program a sensor for one function (or measurement) in one location, it will not work if you install it somewhere else.
7 Select the direction the sensor is going to point to, either to the vessel or to the trawl.
8 Choose the measurements you want the sensor to make and define the relevant parameters.
When interfacing a PI type receiver unit, the maximum number of measurements a sensor can make is two.
9 Select the communication Channel.
This is specially important if you wish to use several sensors to operate on different communication channels. This is also important to avoid interference if several vessels equipped with identical catch monitoring systems are operating simultaneously in the same area.
10 Select Calibrate Sensor.
If you want your sensor to measure the pitch and roll of the trawl doors, you must calibrate it. See the dedicated procedure. When the sensor is mounted on the trawl, you should enter the following values in Door Installation Offsets: Roll 0, Pitch 0, Yaw 0.
11 Once you have defined the settings and measurements, select Program Sensor to apply them to the sensor you are configuring.
12 Disconnect the sensor from the interface cable and the computer.