The purpose of this publication is to provide the descriptions and procedures required to allow for efficient use of the ST90 system. The manual does not contain detailed information about functions, dialog boxes and operating parameters.
By default, the display presentation covers the entire screen. The display presentation provided by the ST90 system consists of specific visual elements that work together. The visual elements provide you with the echo information you need, they help you to control the functionality needed to understand this information, and finally, they allow you to control the operational parameters.
During replay, the dedicated replay bar is shown immediately under the top bar. The replay bar allows you to retrieve saved files, and to control the playback.
All echoes offered by the ST90 system are shown in rectangular views. Combinations of these views are organized in presentation modes. Each presentation mode offered by the ST90 system provides a selection of views in a predefined pattern. You must first find the presentation mode that meets your operational requirements, then you can change the size of the individual views.
The Horizontal view presents the 360 degrees area around your vessel from a bird’s eye view. The current bearing is shown with a solid line pointing out from the vessel position.
The Vertical view is oriented perpendicularly to the horizontal plane. The Vertical view shows you a "vertical slice" of the echo data. The direction of the vertical slice is indicated and controlled by the bearing line in the Horizontal view. The area covered by the vertical beam is shown as a triangle in the Horizontal view. The upper horizontal line in the view represents the water surface.
The ST90 system offers three inspection beams. Each inspection beam is presented using an Inspection view. If you use several Inspection views, you can train and tilt the beams individually, and independent of the beams displayed in the other views. You can use the Inspection view to study single fish, schools and bottom conditions in detail.
The Plane view presents the echo data in a horizontal sector ("fan"). The sector direction can be changed in both vertical and horizontal directions.
The Echogram view shows a time based history for a selected beam. Horizontal dotted lines show the depth intervals. The beam used to provide data is identified in the top left corner of the view.
Use the information in the Catch view to monitor the progress of the purse seine operation. The view does not offer any echo data.
The 270 Vertical view is designed for purse seining. The presentation combines a horizontal "bow up" presentation with a vertical slice.
Under normal use, the ST90 system presents several different echoes simultaneously. Some of these are clearly more interesting than others. It can be a challenging task to tell these echoes apart. It can also be hard to keep track of the different echoes as both echoes and your own vessel move. To ease the identification of these echoes you can use markers.
The phrase target is used to identify an echo in the display presentation that you wish to act upon.The echo may be from a material item, a shallow, reef or rock, or from fish, fish schools or mammals.In most cases, the target will move and continuously change its position relative to your own vessel.You must decide which echoes that shall be classified as targets, and whether you shall start manual or automatic target tracking. A position track permits the ST90 system to automatically control the tilt and bearing based on the movements of your vessel.
The bottom bar is located at the bottom of the display presentation and stretches from the left side to the right side. The tabs on the bottom bar allow you to choose presentation mode.
The functions and dialog boxes provided in the ST90 user interface are not described in this publication.
The technical specifications summarize the main functional and operational characteristics of the ST90 system. They also provide information related to power requirements, physical properties and environmental conditions.
The ST90 system can send and receive information to and from several different peripherals. All transmissions take place as datagrams with data sentences. Each datagram has a defined format and length.
