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Simrad ES60 Technical specification

Simrad is engaged in continuous development of its products and reserves the right to alter specifications without prior notice.

Display

  • Type: Colour LCD monitor
  • Monitor size: 15, 18 or 20-inch
  • Minimum resolution: 1024 x 768 pixels
  • Commercial displays may be used

Operation

  • Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP
  • Main user interface: Trackball (traditional computer mouse can be used)
  • Menu languages: English, Spanish, French, Icelandic, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Turkish, Russian, Greek, Italian

Internal memory

  • Harddisk recording limited by disk size
  • Typical capacity: 400 pages of echogram

Printing

  • Colour printer: Optional

Supply voltages

  • Computer: 115 or 230 Vac
  • ES60 Marine Computer: 115 to 230 Vac, 12 to 30 Vdc
  • Display monitor: 95 to 265 Vac
  • Transceiver: 95 to 265 Vac or 12 Vdc, 50 to 100 W

Interfaces

  • Inputs. NMEA 0183 (Bottom output to sonar, trawl system, chart plotter etc), Ethernet LAN
  • Outputs: NMEA 0183 (Trawl depth, trawl height, position, catch monitoring information etc)

Range

  • Minimum: 5 meters
  • Maximum: 15.000 meters (depends on operational frequency and transducer type)
  • Range features: Manual range, Auto start, Auto range

Phasing

  • Manual or automatic

Bottom expansion

  • Minimum: 5 meters
  • Maximum: 7.500 meters

A-Scope

  • Screen, Layer or Expanded area

Sound velocity

  • Variable, 1400 to 1700 meters/second

Operating frequencies

  • Number of frequencies: 1 or 2
  • Split beam frequencies: 18, 38, 70, 120 or 200 kHz
  • Single beam frequencies: 12, 18, 27, 38, 50, 70, 120 or 200 kHz

Power output

  • 12 kHz: Variable up to 2 kW
  • 18 kHz: Variable up to 2 kW
  • 27 kHz: Variable up to 2 kW
  • 38 kHz: Variable up to 4 kW
  • 50 kHz: Variable up to 2 kW
  • 70, 120 and 200 kHz: Variable up to 1 kW

Dynamic range in receiver

  • 140 dB

System units

  • Processing unit: ES60 Marine Computer (Commercial computer can be used)
  • Transceiver unit: Simrad General Purpose Transceiver (GPT)
  • Transducer: Appropriate transducer(s) must be chosen to match frequency and application