Si-tex ES502, User Manual

Page 1: ...inted in Italy No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means or stored in a database or retrieval system without prior written permission of the publisher ES...

Page 2: ...ensive exposure to heat may result in damage to the ES502 Connection to the power source with reversed polarity will damage the ES502 severely This damage is not covered by the warranty The ES502 cont...

Page 3: ...Fish page 17 2 2 6 Fish Finder and Radar pages ONLY FOR COLOR MAX 11 COLOR MAX PRO COLOR MAX WIDE E COLOR MAX WIDE I COLOR MAX SEALINK I COLOR MAX SEALINK E EXPLORER II PLUS COLOR MAX 15 TRAWL PLOT 1...

Page 4: ...24 3 1 12 2 Depth Water 25 3 1 12 3 Temperature Upper 25 3 1 12 4 Temperature Lower 25 3 1 12 5 Temperature Rate 25 3 1 12 6 Fish Alarm 25 3 1 13 Load Settings from User C CARD 25 3 1 14 Save Setting...

Page 5: ...to the following chart plotter models see the following table Whenever it is necessary a note has been inserted for those models with operational differences CHART PLOTTER NAME DESCRIPTION SOFTWARE C...

Page 6: ...GPS Receiver EXPLORER II Plus Controller for Color Display XSegSWctcj External Smart GPS Receiver NOTE To connect the unit below s n 4129999 before February 2005 please contact your local dealer to ma...

Page 7: ...onverted into a voltage and is amplified by the receiver processed and sent to the display The speed of sound in water is roughly 4800 ft sec so the time lapse between the transmitted signal and the r...

Page 8: ...for best performance Alarms Handling Shallow Alarm Depth Water Alarm Fish Alarm Tem perature Upper Temperature Lower NOTE On specific software version available 1 2 SELECTING THE FISH FINDER PORT If t...

Page 9: ...on of terms listed in the previous Fig 2 1 Warning Message Flashing label Simulation when the echo sounder is in Simulation mode Echogram window Graphic presentation of sonar soundings recorded as a c...

Page 10: ...ng the depth of a target Zoom Bar Bar located on the left side of the Depth Ruler showing the portion of the Echogram currently represented in the zoomed window on the left part of the screen It is tu...

Page 11: ...ructures located near the bottom In this way it is easier to tell the difference between a hard and soft bottom and even to distinguish fishes and structures located nearby the bottom For example a so...

Page 12: ...Radar FF Chart Nav Data See the Radar User Manual for more information ONLY FOR COLOR MAX 11 COLOR MAX PRO COLOR MAX WIDE E COLOR MAX WIDE I COLOR MAX SEALINK E COLOR MAX SEALINK I EXPLORER II PLUS C...

Page 13: ...EXPLORER II PLUS COLOR MAX 15 TRAWL PLOT 12 TRAWL PLOT 12 SD 2 2 2 Fish Finder Full page To display the Fish Finder Full Page Echogram follow this procedure MENU PAGE ENTER FISH FINDER ENTER Full ENT...

Page 14: ...display the Fish Finder Dual Echogram follow this procedure MENU PAGE ENTER FISH FINDER ENTER Dual Fre quency ENTER COLOR MAX 11 COLOR MAX PRO COLOR MAX 15 DATA FISH FINDER ENTER Dual Frequency ENTER...

Page 15: ...on the unzoomed Fish Finder Echogram The ZOOM IN and ZOOM OUT keys When in this page pressing ZOOM IN changes to Zoom 4X pressing ZOOM OUT changes to Zoom 2X 2 2 5 Chart Fish page To display the Char...

Page 16: ...PLORER II Plus COLOR MAX 15 TRAWL PLOT 12 TRAWL PLOT 12 SD To display the Radar page on the left half of the screen and the Fish Finder Echogram on the right half of the screen follow this procedure M...

Page 17: ...n the Variable Depth Marker VDM at the center of the screen NOTE Pressing CLEAR hides the Depth Cursor and if the Fish Finder is in Auto Range or Bottom Lock mode switches into Bottom Lock Zoom mode 2...

Page 18: ...tion on the Fish Finder Library row and on the Fish Finder module row XXXX V X yy R GG MM YYYY 8 BBFF 50 200 V2 1 333 2000 B 18 01 2008 Fig 2 5 System Information page 2 5 1 The System Update menu The...

Page 19: ...0 STC Short if Freq 200kHz and Mid if Freq 50kHz Scrolling Speed 10 Fish Symbols Echo A Scope On Surface Noise Filter 4 3 1 2 Gain Mode Selects Auto or Manual MENU GAIN MODE ENTER 3 1 3 Range Mode Se...

Page 20: ...he Frequency selected MENU SENSITIVITY ENTER Fig 3 1 9 Fish Finder Sensitivity menu NOTE The Frequency value is only displayed to select the desired frequency see the previous Par 3 1 7 3 1 9 1 Freque...

Page 21: ...nd Gray Scale and Reversed Gray Scale NOTE Only Gray Scale and Reversed Gray Scale are available on the 11 Gray Levels chart plotters 3 1 10 2 Scrolling Speed Adjusts the chart scrolling rate Note tha...

Page 22: ...ge between 10 to 10 will be applied to the water speed from the trans ducer 3 1 11 4 Calibrate Water Temperature Allows the calibration on the Water Temperature sensor Using the readings from a precis...

Page 23: ...Medium Big and Huge The alarm sounds if the set size or bigger is detected 3 1 13 Load Settings from User C CARD Load the complete settings from the User C CARD and changes the active menu settings I...

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Page 25: ...213m Max Typical 600 Ft 183m 500W 50kHz 5Ft 1 52m to 1500Ft 457m Max Typical 1350 Ft 411m NOTE This is not a guaranteed specification The actual maximum depth capability of the system depends on the...

Page 26: ...7 62 55 50mm 2 19 174 30mm 6 87 55 50mm 2 19 Fig 4 2 ES502 Dimensions 4 3 MOUNTING THE FISH FINDER The ES502 should be preferably mounted in a dry and well ventilated location Do not mount it where i...

Page 27: ...elow OFF The ES502 is not powered or maintenance update routines are running ON CONTINUOUSLY There is no communication with the chart plotter and no transducer is connected 1 long flash every 2 second...

Page 28: ...30 User Manual plotter a warning window is shown select CANCEL and press ENTER the ES502 is not sending any signal 4 5 EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS Fig 4 5 ES502 External Wiring...

Page 29: ...hart plotter is turned off thus the need for a switch In the example below you will notice the positive DC power connection is run through a switch and a fuse before connecting it to the ES502 and the...

Page 30: ...cture Chart Plotter Female 8 Pin Power I O cable of Chart Plotter Male 8 Pin POWER I O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 X X POWER I O CONNECTOR GND COMMON PWR 10 35 Vdc INPUT 1 COMMON OUTPUT 2 OUTPUT 1...

Page 31: ...that transmits and receives sound waves into the water The active component inside the transducer is commonly referred to as an element but actually is a piezoelectric ceramic material Please refer to...

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Page 33: ...Once the screws are removed pull out the panel and the Printed Circuit Board PCB Unscrew the cables from the PCB Panel PCB GPS Chart Plotter cable Power I O cable Cap Grommet Cap Fig 6 1a The BB 50 2...

Page 34: ...ses however in extreme situations the auto modes may fail and thus it is necessary to switch to the Manual mode 6 6 What are extreme situations in which auto modes may fail When the bottom is very dee...

Page 35: ...waters To clean up the surface clutter without degrading the digital depth readout algorithm functionality there are two modes 1 if Sur face Declutter OFF it is possible to set the STC value to custo...

Page 36: ...MANUAL GAIN mode and fine tune the GAIN to a fixed setting 6 13 In very deep waters even setting the Gain to its maximum value I cannot see the bottom what shall I do Try decreasing the NOISE LEVEL If...

Page 37: ...gram display 12 ENTER key 16 External Buzzer 27 External Wiring 30 F Features 9 Fish 9 21 36 Fish Alarm 10 25 Fish Finder 9 Fish Finder Combo pages 18 Fish Finder page 11 Fish Symbol 10 23 Fishes 13 f...

Page 38: ...13 37 Surface Noise Filter 23 System Information 20 System Update menu 20 T Temperature 12 23 27 Temperature Lower 10 25 Temperature Rate 25 Temperature Upper 10 25 Thermoclines 13 Transducer 9 10 24...

Page 39: ...altered except by an authorized SI TEX dealer or service center are not warranted in any respect Transducer software update battery microphone magnetron and microwave components and water damage on wa...