Page 3 - SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
i SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Do not place liquid-filled containers onthe top of the surface processor unit. Fire or electrical shock can result if a liquidspills into the unit. Immediately turn off the power at theswitchboard if the surface processorunit is emitting smoke or fire. Continued use can cause f...
Page 4 - ii; TABLE OF CONTENTS
ii TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD ........................................... iii SYSTEM CONFIGURATION ................... iv OPERATIONAL INFORMATION .............. v 1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW................. 1 1.1 Surface Processor Unit ........................... 1 1.2 Underwater Unit ....................
Page 5 - iii; FOREWORD; Introduction; Notice
iii FOREWORD Introduction FURUNO Electric Company thanks you for considering and purchasing the TS-331A Wired Trawl Sonar. We are confident you will discover why the FURUNO name has become synonymous with quality and reliability. The TS-331A is a wired trawl monitoring system designed to improve con...
Page 6 - iv; SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
iv SYSTEM CONFIGURATION PC Monitor (User supply) Surface Processor Unit Winch Power source 100-240VAC1 φ , 50-60 Hz Underwater Unit Catch Sensor (option) (4 max.) : Standard supply: Optional supply: Local, user supply Cable Block UNDERWATER SECTION SHIPBOARD SECTION Mouse Keyboard System configurati...
Page 7 - OPERATIONAL INFORMATION; Cannot restore unit of temperature measurement to Celsius; Remedy
v 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 fil...
Page 9 - OVERVIEW; Surface Processor Unit
1 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 (ins...
Page 10 - Unit; Components of the underwater unit; system
1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 2 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 tr...
Page 11 - Mounting the underwater unit on the trawl
1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 3 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 to...
Page 12 - Starting Up, Shutting Down; up; down
1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 4 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 bri...
Page 14 - Layout
1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 6 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 dial...
Page 15 - bar
1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 7 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 beturned on or off. Options menu, Echo Sounder selected 1.5.1...
Page 18 - Windows
1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 10 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...
Page 19 - OPERATION; Choosing a Sonar Mode; mode
11 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 dis...
Page 22 - Choosing the display range
2. SONAR OPERATION 14 2.2 Adjusting the Sonar Image from the Vertical Sonar Settings Dialog Box The vertical sonar settings dialog box contains all the controls for adjustment of the sonar image. To display this box if it is not displayed, click the sonar image with the left mouse button and then ch...
Page 23 - HOLD; REV
2. SONAR OPERATION 15 2.2.2 Adjusting gain Adjust the gain from the Data Gain combo box. The gain range is 0-100(%). Data gain is used to increase or decrease the intensity (color levels) of the vertical sonar and sounder images. 2.2.3 Choosing train angle Select the scan train angle from 0° to 360°...
Page 26 - Drawing Lines and Symbols; symbol; line
2. SONAR OPERATION 18 2.4 Drawing Lines and Symbols Using the draw tool bar or the Draw menu, you can draw lines and symbols on the sonar display (to mark important echoes). This can be done from the Draw menu or with the Draw toolbar. 2.4.1 Drawing a symbol Choose Symbol from the Draw menu or click...
Page 27 - Choosing line/symbol color; Clearing line/symbol art
2. SONAR OPERATION 19 2.4.3 Choosing line/symbol color The default line/symbol color is white. However, you may choose line/symbol color as desired. Choose Line/Symbol Color from the Draw menu, and the dialog box shown below appears. Choose the desired color and then click the OK button. Color dialo...
Page 29 - Choosing Display Color
2. SONAR OPERATION 21 2.7 Choosing Display Color You may choose the color arrangement for the vertical sonar image. Open the Color Table menu and check color desired. Color Table menu Color table menu description Normal High: This scale maps echo data amplitude to 118 colors, ranging from black (low...
Page 30 - Choose Shadow Color:
2. SONAR OPERATION 22 2.8 Grid You may configure the grid on the vertical sonar display as desired from the Grids menu. Grids menu, Scale Options, Scale Text Size selected Grids menu description Circular grid: Check to display a circular grid. Square grid: Displays a square grid. Circular grid Squar...
Page 32 - Recording Sonar Data; To stop recording sonar data,; Playing Back Sonar Data
2. SONAR OPERATION 24 2.11 Recording Sonar Data You may save real-time data to a file. To save real-time data, do the following: 1. Choose Record Sonar Data from the File menu. The Save as dialog box appears. 2. Choose location where to save the file and enter file name. 3. Click the Save button to ...
Page 34 - Saving, Loading System Configuration; Saving system configuration
2. SONAR OPERATION 26 2.13 Saving, Loading System Configuration 2.13.1 Saving system configuration You may save sonar settings, window layouts and sensor status to a configuration file (file extension .cfg). You may then load the settings into the system. This is convenient for setting up the equipm...
Page 35 - ECHO SOUNDER OPERATION; Echo Sounder Image
27 3. ECHO SOUNDER OPERATION 3.1 Echo Sounder Image The echo sounder image is displayed in the echo sounder window at the right side of the screen. Ground ropeof trawl Fishin trawl VERTICAL SONAR IMAGE ECHO SOUNDER IMAGE Fishin trawl Groundrope oftrawl Echo Sounder: Range: 50 M, Gain:10 dB Sonar set...
Page 39 - DISPLAY; Unit of Temperature, Depth Measurement
31 4. DEPTH/TEMPERATURE DISPLAY The depth and water temperature display graphs depth and water temperature, from right to left across the screen. This display uses a 3-second interrogation timer to determine when to ask the underwater unit for information. When this timer expires, the current interr...
Page 40 - Setting Depth/Temperature Limits; Offset
4. DEPTH/TEMPERATURE DISPLAY 32 4.2 Setting Depth/Temperature Limits You may set the depth and temperature display limits with Depth/Temp Limits on the Options menu. Set low and high limits with the spin buttons and then click the OK button. Set Depth/Temperature Scales dialog box 4.3 Depth/Temperat...
Page 41 - Depth/Temperature Scale Text Size
4. DEPTH/TEMPERATURE DISPLAY 33 4.4 Depth/Temperature Scale Text Size You may choose the size of the depth/temperature scale text with DT Scale Text on the Options menu. Options menu, DT Scale Text selected
Page 43 - DESCRIPTION; Menu
35 5. MENU DESCRIPTION This chapter provides menu information not discussed in previous chapters. 5.1 File Menu Connect to Sonar head Use this command to communicate with the TS331A underwater unit. The control software begins to interrogate the sonar unit for data in real-time through an RS-232 con...
Page 49 - CATCH SENSOR OPERATION; Catch Sensor Dialog Box
41 6. CATCH SENSOR OPERATION 6.1 Catch Sensor Dialog Box The Catch Sensor Setup dialog box provides a tool for you to configure the catch sensors on a trawl net. You can install up to four catch sensors on the TS-331A system. TS-331A program default settings display four catch sensors. You can click...
Page 50 - Catch Sensor Window
6. CATCH SENSOR OPERATION 42 Catch Sensor relative position (edit boxes) Input the relative length between two catch sensors in meters. Total Length of Cod-End Input the total length of the trawl net in meters. Add (button) Add another catch sensor (maximum of 4) in catch sensor display. Delete (but...
Page 51 - Testing for Switch Activation; SALT; Flashing LED Sequence; Catch Sensor Transmission Frequency
6. CATCH SENSOR OPERATION 43 6.3 Testing for Switch Activation To test for proper switch activation, do the following: 1. Submerge the unit in SALT water or short the electrode and trigger bolt. 2. Wait for about 20 seconds, then pull the lanyard for a few seconds and let go. The LED should flash 13...
Page 52 - Installing the Batteries and O-ring
6. CATCH SENSOR OPERATION 44 6.6 Installing the Batteries and O-ring The catch sensor is powered by three “D” alkaline batteries and battery life is about 1,000 hours. When the battery voltage is low, the appropriate (yellow) “active indicator” on the catch status indicator does not appear. When thi...
Page 55 - TROUBLESHOOTING; Maintenance
47 7. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING ELECTRICAL SHOCK HAZARDDo not open the surfaceprocessor unit. Only qualified personnelshould work inside theequipment. WARNING 7.1 General Maintenance This equipment is designed and constructed to provide many years of trouble-free performance when properly op...
Page 56 - Replacement of Internal Battery; Testing the Underwater Unit
7. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING 48 7.3 Replacement of Internal Battery A lithium battery on the Mother Board inside the Surface Processor Unit preserves settings when the power is off. When the voltage of the battery is low, the date and time will be wrong. When this happens, have a qualified t...
Page 59 - Test; Executing the diagnostic test
6. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING 51 7.6 Diagnostic Test The diagnostic test, which is mainly for use by service technicians, checks the equipment for proper operation. If you feel something is wrong with the equipment, run the test and report the results to the service technician, to aid in diag...
Page 60 - Diagnostic test description
7. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING 52 7.6.2 Diagnostic test description Header: Sent by the sonar system (wet end) to tell the Processor what kind of data format it sent, IGX for image data and ITX for normal digital data. Data Type: (same as Run-Type ) sent by the sonar system (wet end) to tell t...
Page 61 - MENU TREE
53 MENU TREE Connect to Sonar Head Open File to Playback Record Sonar Data Stop Data Recording Save Configuration Load Configuruation Print Print Preview Print Setup Exit File Default Window Settings Clear Screen Full Screen Zoom Factor (100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 300, 400) Main Menu Main Toolbar Draw...
Page 63 - FURUNO; SPECIFICATIONS OF WIRED TRAWL SONAR TS-331A
FURUNO TS-331A SP-1 E1321S01A00 SPECIFICATIONS OF WIRED TRAWL SONAR TS-331A 1. GENERAL 1.1 Display PC monitor (SXGA), 1280(H)x1024(V) pixels 1.2 Display Mode Combination with Full Circle (Polar) or Sector 1.3 Presentation Color Nine patterns 2. UNDERWATER UNIT 2.1 Operating Depth 2,000 m 2.2 Vertica...
Page 65 - INDEX
IN-1 INDEX B Battery installation (catch sensor)................ 44 Battery replacement .................................... 48 C Catch sensor battery installation .................................... 44 catch sensor dialog box ........................... 41 description ................................
