Category: SurvCE|PC / SurvCE / Equipment | ||
Topic ID: 609 | ||
Title: Depth Sounder Summary | ||
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This is in regards to using Carlson SurvCE with a Robot or GPS receiver to do hydrographic surveys using a Depth Sounder. Click here for a PDF document: Depth Sounder Summary.pdf !!! PLEASE NOTE: For SurvCE 2.62 and higher we offer a "Generic NMEA" option with NMEA 0183 DBT and NMEA 0183 DPT support !!! If the depth sounder has a 9pin female RS232 cable and it can send out a generic NMEA 0183 string in a DBT or DPT format then we should be able to support it in SurvCE to combine the depth sounder readings with GPS or Robotic equipment. If the manufacturer, dealer or customer can email support@carlsonsw.com an Ascii Text sample of the NMEA 0183 Output or Sample Output from the Depth Sounder using a laptop with Hyperterminal connected on Com1 to the Depth Sounder we can usually tell if these strings of code are supported by Carlson. Generally speaking most people would need to use a data collector with 2 DB9 Com ports such as the Carlson Surveyor+ unless they have a Bluetooth GPS or Robot solution in which case they can use Bluetooth to connect to the GPS or Robot then use the Com1 9pin cable to connect to the Depth Sounder. ***Generic NMEA {requires SurvCE Version 2.50 and higher} Sample String: $SMDBT,39.5,f,12.0,M,6.5,F*09 $SDDBS,39.5,f,12.0,M,6.5,F*09 $SDDBK,39.5,f,12.0,M,6.5,F*09 $SDDPT,12.0,0.0*65 $XXDBT,xx.x,f,xx.x,M,x.x,F In this sample the 2nd and 3rd "XX" characters are always ignored and the x's are the depth reading - this string contains all three values for Feet, Meters and Fathoms $XXDPT,xx.x,0.0*65 The 2nd and 3rd characters "XX" are skipped and ignored and the x's are the depth reading - this string only contains values in Meters **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** ***Hydrotrac HT97001 Depth Sounder {DESO25 I/O format} Sample string: DAxxxxx.xx_mCRLF DBxxxxx.xxftCRLF DA00018.10 m DB00022.70ft "DA" is skipped, x's are the depth reading, ft or _m is the setting for Feet or Metric to determine what mode the depth sounder is in, "CRLF" is a carriage return line feed ***Please Note: In SurvCE 2.53 or higher we allow the Hydrotrac to be set for "High Frequency" to accept only the "DA" values or "Low Frequency" where it only accepts "DB" information ***Horizon Depth Sounder {generic NMEA 0183} 2 Sample Strings: $SDDBT,xxx.x,f,xxx.xx,M,xx.x,F | ||
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