Sounding Better!

Configuring the Kongsberg EA440 in HYPACK®

By John Lindberg

HYPACK has recently updated the KONGSBERG NETWORK driver (KongsbergNetwork.dll)

to work with the EA440 single beam echosounder. Previously, it worked only with the EA400
sounder. In addition to the digitized depths, the driver saves the echogram and side scan
data (if you have the side scan option). You have to set up the sounder properly in order for
HYPACK® to read the proper datagrams. This article describes how to set up both the
sounder and the driver.

EA440 SOFTWARE
1. Set Operation to Inactive mode.
2. Create a LAN Port.
a. In the Installation dialog, select I/O Setup and click [Add].
FIGURE 1. Adding a LAN Port

b. Highlight LAN Port 2, click [Setup].

c. Configure your port and click [OK]:
• Choose the Local IP address for your PC
• Note the Local and Remote Ports. (Local will be your write port in HYPACK®.
Remote will be your read port.)

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FIGURE 2. Setting the Local IP Address

3. Set Operation to Normal.

4. Under the Operation tab, click Output.
a. Select Processed Data Output.
b. Choose Echogram, click [ADD].
FIGURE 3. Adding the Echogram

c. Configure the output in the Processed Data Output Configuration dialog and click
[OK].
FIGURE 4. Processed Data
Output Configuration
Dialog

• Choose Port as
Output Destination.
• Select the LAN port
you set up earlier.
• Select
echosounder
channels available.
• Click [OK].

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5. While still in Output dialog, configure the Depth Output.

FIGURE 5. Configuring the Depth Output

a. Highlight Depth Output.

b. Select SimradBinary and click [ADD].
c. Configure the depth output in the Processed Data Output Configuration dialog and
click [OK].
• Under Depth Output Configuration, choose Port as Output Destination and select
the LAN Port your set up earlier.
• Select an available channel.
d. Repeat for multiple channels.

HYPACK® HARDWARE
1. In HARDWARE, add the KONGSBERG NETWORK driver (KongsbergNetwork.dll).
FIGURE 6. Adding the Kongsberg Network Driver to the HYPACK® HARDWARE Configuration

2. Click [Setup] and select appropriate channel options.

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FIGURE 7. KongsbergNetwork.dll Driver Setup Dialog

3. Set the connection options in the SURVEY CONNECT tab:

a. Select Network, UDP Client.
b. Use 127.0.0.1 for Host.
c. Enter port info noted from the EA440 software setup.
d. Click [OK].
FIGURE 8. KongsbergNetwork Connection Options

4. Test the configuration. Click [Test Device] to see the SURVEY display and verify
everything is working properly.

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FIGURE 9. Sample KongsbergNetwork Display

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