DIDSON Flashcards

1
Q

Connections on the DIDSON sonar are cleaned with what?

A

Silicone

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2
Q

What Horizontal Field of view for the DIDSON
What is the Vertical Field of view for the DIDSON?

A

26 Degrees
14 Degrees

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3
Q

What is the Depth Rating for the DIDSON

A

90M

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4
Q

What is the High Frequency operating range?
Operating Range?

A

1.8 MHz
0.3 Degrees H by 14 Degrees V
96 Beams
1M-15M

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5
Q

What is the Low Frequency operating range?
Operating Range?

A

1.1 MHZ
0.5 Degrees H by 14 Degrees V
48 Beams
1M-35M

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6
Q

How many feet of cable does the DIDSON have for remote operation?

A

100ft

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7
Q

On the DIDSON
What does a red light indicate?
What does an amber light indicate?
What does a flashing amber light indicate?

A

Red Light- Charging
Amber Light - Charging is on; no batteries connected
Flashing Amber- a faulty or over charged battery

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8
Q

What do you do if the DIDSON sonar has less than 1 hour remaining on the batteries? More than 1 hour?

How long do you charge batteries for during the Quarterly Inspection?

A

Run sonar to 1 hour if “time remaining” is greater than 1 hour

If “time remaining” is less than 1 hour charge batteries

30 Minutes

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9
Q

How long for 1 battery to fully charge how about two batteries?

A

3.2 hours
6.4 hours
They charge sequentially

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10
Q

How long can the DIDSON run for while on surface?

A

NO more than 30 minutes; overheating may result and equipment damage

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11
Q

To view captured images on a PC from the DIDSON what do you need?

A

The PC must have the DIDSON topside software installed

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12
Q

How to turn off DIDSON?

How to do a hardware shutdown?

A

F1 & F3 - off

F1 & F4 - hardware shut down

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13
Q

What are all the buttons do on the DIDSON?
F1
F2
F3
F4

A

Zoom F1
Capture (Mode) F2
Range F3/F4

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14
Q

How do you image objects on the bottom?

A

1-2m above the bottom
Tilted 15 degrees

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15
Q

How do you remove the bubble in the front lens?

A

At room temperature
Remove lens fill screw, press diaphragm depressor in the diaphragm well, use the syringe and adding more lens fluid, re-insert fill screw.

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