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1. Direction des navires oc anographiques et de l Intervention Sous marine Departement Equipements Scientifiques et Informatique embarqu e Service D veloppement de Logiciels Embarqu s Laurent Berger Christophe Durand Claude Marchalot November 2002 DNIS ESI DLE DTI 00 051 gt Movies User Manual version 4 1 MOVIES User Manual IFREMER Tous droits r serv s La loi du 11 mars 1957 interdit les copies ou reproductions destin es a une utilisation collective Toute repr sentation ou reproduction int grale ou partielle faite par quelque proc d que ce soit machine lectronique m canique a photocopier a enregistrer ou tout autre sans le consentement de l auteur ou de ses ayants cause est illicite et constitue une contrefa on sanctionn e par les articles 425 et suivants du Code P nal IFREMER All rights reserved No part of this work covered by the copyrights herein may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means electronic graphic or mechanical including photocopying recording taping or information and retrieval systems without written permission March 2003 Type de rapport Document Technique d Ing nierie Num ro d identification du rapport date de publication DNIS ESI DLE DTI 00 051 November 2002 nombre de pages Diffusion libre _ restreinte Xx interdite a2 bibliographie Valid par le Groupe de suivi Out Non illustration s Oui Nen langue du rapp
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3. 13 7 Printing reduces speed of the processing To avoid it you can try another printing quality 13 8 Time Time is not right Movies uses GMT time For a right use e Computer time must be GMT time e Time zone must be adjusted according to this time You can use the configuration panel of Windows to adjust the date hour and the time zone 13 9 Zoom capture it doesnt work The zoom capture window has a minimal size So if the selected area is smaller than this minimal size you will have the feeling that the enlargement doesn t work Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 14 Limits and Restrictions 14 1 limits of software Maximum number of scrolled pings according to number of samples displayed and RAM capacity of your computer Maximum number of depth layers 40 Maximum width of a echo integrated layer 800 m Standard mode Maximum width of a echo integrated layer 6000 m Advanced mode 14 2 Archiving changing parameters Archiving parameters used at a precise instant are shared by all the current acquisitions So you are not able to use specific thresholds for each sounder or to use a specific strategy for a sounder in case of lost of seabed 14 3 Display of depth layers When the limit of depth layers are changed the display is modified from its beginning and not from the time you changed these limits Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003
4. Multi frequency analysis using Movies software Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 56 9 Display tools 9 1 Calibration The document Acoustic calibration on a standard spherical target describes the procedure to calibrate a sounder with Movies 9 2 Zoom and capture This chapter presents all the functions accessible from the menu Jools Zoom Capture These functions allow you to perform the following operations e capture part of the screen enlarge this part adjust to real proportions 1 e with the height and width to the same scale correct the seabed correct invalid echoes make manual classification of aggregate backscattering cross section save in the form of MatH files the matrix of the amplitude in volts of all the echoes of the zoom importable into Matlab excel etc e calculate the total aggregate backscattering cross section captured possible at any time before or after corrections 9 2 1 Capture window On selection of the function Zoom Capture the shape of the cursor changes into a cross You can use the mouse to select the area to be viewed by clicking on its top left hand corner and dragging down to the bottom right The capture window then opens and usually represents the exact image of the area selected unless this area is smaller than the minimum size of the window When you close the capture window a phantom remains in echogram to show you the last region zoomed Ifreme
5. windows as necessary easily change their size and convert to icons without stopping any processing underway e A non ambiguous working with e a specific tool bar created for each window to prevent any confusion between tool bars and windows e all the information relative to the working context survey current directory and file available in the window title e the status of sounders and their active channels available at any time during acquisition and replay e the numerous configuration parameters are all centralized in a single index box Access is therefore fast and easy with the various index tabs enabling rapid location of a given parameter group e there are three parameter saving modes software survey or in a user defined file e adaptation of display to lighting conditions by switching background colour between black and white e ability to duplicate pings display to improve data legibility 1 4 Multisounders and multichannels functioning In real time when several frequencies can be used with the sounder Movies is able to display into adjoining windows samples issued from the different channels related to these frequencies In the same way Movies can take in account data issued from several sounders The archived data can be replayed with a perfect synchronization The maximal number of acquired channels depends on the capacity of the microcomputer and the size of its screen There is no limits issued fr
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8. Closes the active window e Survey Path Opens another survey e Print Setup Adjusts printer e Exit Quits Movies Files may also be opened from the list of the last accessed files 3 6 2 Sounder for real time acquisition Sounder is used to access acquisition functions and includes the following choices e Start Starts acquisition e Stop Current Sounder Stops acquisition on current sounder ie the one corresponding to the active window e Stop All Sounders Stops acquisition on all sounders 3 6 3 Configuration to set up software Configuration is used to set the software s parameters refer to the section entitled Setting up software page 46 3 6 4 Log for managing events Log 1s used to access the event log e View visualizes one event Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 e New event creates an event must be used only during acquisition 3 6 5 Tools to calibrate capture zoom Tools is used to access these functions e Calibration calibrates one sounder e Zoom Capture captures a part of the screen in order to save correct zoom look at in true proportions e Tomography shows a thomographic view of the selected echoes e Identify when active each time the user clicks in the echograms windows a tool tip containing information about the selected echo 1s displayed e Display results display echo integration results in the oscilloscope window 3 6 6 View to clear or display tool
9. Sequences inactive fremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 a 7 Setting up the software 7 1 Parameter groups Six parameter groups allow to adapt software to many different situations They include 1 display parameters colour map echo integration by shoal echo integration by depth layers echo integration by trawled layers Ts analysis Ra These parameter groups are accessible via the Configuration dialog box Configuration Display Color map Shoal Depth layer Haul Ts Analysis Parameters control Apa sink channel parameters wisualized ea F Fe a Initial depth ral Figure 17 control dialog box 7 2 Parameters management These parameters are saved by group in ini files at the following levels e software into the movies ini file generally stored in the C Windows directory e survey into the campaign ini file stored in the survey directory e session into the session ini file stored in the directory of the session e user freely defined by user 7 2 1 Parameter management at the survey level e The survey directory is initialised when the File Survey Path dialog box is used for the first time with the survey directory see the paragraph relative to the Data management page 28 e When a new survey is initialised all the configuration parameters archived at the software level in the movies ini file are used by default and copied at the survey level in the campaig
10. a session of a survey When the archiving is running Movies adds into the title e the name of the survey here pegase97 e the name of the session here RUNO18 e the name of the current file here 001097NM The title of the secondary window contains too the name of the sounder and the channel here Ossian 1500 sounder and 38 Khz channel 3 5 4 During replay of hac files The title contains the Replay word Then as soon as the replay is started Movies adds in the title e the name of the survey here pegase98 e the name of the session here RUNO13 e the name of the readen file here 001456NM The file can contain data from several sounders and channels In this case a window is opened for each channel The title of the secondary window contains the sounder name and the channel name too here Ossian 500 sounder and 12 Khz channel Ifremer MOVIES User Manual Marne a 3 6 Main menu Main menu functions depend on whether the software was just started or whether an acquisition or a replay is in progress Main menu after software is started File Sounder Log View Help Main menu during acquisition File Sounder Play Log Tools View Window Help Main menu during replay Fie Sounder Play Log Tools View Window Help These menus offer the following functions 3 6 1 File to replay files File is used to access replay functions and includes the following choices e Replay Starts a replay e Close
11. area captured 11 display this window total aggregate backscattering cross section 1n square metres 12 display the aggregate backscattering cross section for the D1 and D4 classes 13 display the aggregate backscattering cross section for the D2 and D5 classes 14 display the aggregate backscattering cross section for the D3 and D6 classes 15 save the D1 D6 classes in a text file 16 scrollbar to change visualisation minimum threshold oo ee a 9 2 2 1 Seabed correction To correct the seabed you can use alternatively the point tool the line tool or the Automatic depth correction algorithm Point tool select ping by ping the new location of the bottom Line tool select the first point with the mouse left button then add each vertex To end the line press the right button and select the validate bottom correction menu item The line can be canceled with the Cancel menu item Automatic depth correction To compute this algorithm select the polygon tool Draw a polygon around the seabed you want to correct Press the mouse left button and click on the Automatic depth correction menu Firstable you have to choice the algorithm s parameters in the parameters window Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 Automatic Depth Correction Parameters Minimum level 0 0 dE a J Maximum between depths 1 0 meters oe oO l Cancel To process the algorithm click on the Comp
12. early 1997 a first version Version 1 was made available to the scientific community in December 1997 The software has been frequently upgraded since 1997 Version 4 1 was released in March 2003 and is described in this manual Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 1 2 Major functions Movies software is used for the acquisition and scientific processing of fishing echo sounder data on Windows 95 Windows 98 and Windows 2000 Movies functions are the following Real time data management e acquisition of data transmitted by various types of fish echo sounders including Micrel Ossian Simrad EK500 and EK60 e echo sounders calibration support e synchronized multisounder and multichannel archiving of the acquired data in HAC standard format e optimized archive disk space a threshold may be used to limit the archived samples and archiving can be limited to a given number of samples under the bottom e recording of automatic or manual log events Offline data management e offline replay of archived data with various speed ping by ping normal fast or blind no display e interactive data cleanup including bottom noise and shoal correction Echo integration e available in real time and replay except for trawled layers echo integration e simultaneous integration of the energy levels of received echoes Four types of echo integration are available 1 depth layers usually up to ten adjacent surface lay
13. the list of events in the log E Acquisition ibts 2 Date Time Code ident Comment 1998 02 05 16 46 39 000 Debut premiere radiale echos interessants 1996 02 05 15 48 27 000 file cable pas de pb detections int ressantes 1998 0205 15 49 04 000 virer 1996 02 05 15 50 06 000 Panneau Figure 27 the log dialog fremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 65 10 3 Annotating the display of pings using events Every time an event is created a discreet marker in the shape of a star is inserted in the display of pings at the top of the window E Acquisition ibts 0551AN1500 38 RIC vie seki bliala EEE sem gt gt gt a 8 55 55 10 20 30 40 54 27 894N 005 09 149E HEADING 267 0 SPEED 0 6 DEPTH 35 4 DATE 1998 02 05 15 51 45 Z Figure 28 events markers in the acquisition window A double click on one of the markers will open the log window if it is not already open and will take you directly to the event concerned in this window The event selected will then appear in the window highlighted E Acquisition ibts 2 1996 02 06 15 46 39 000 Debut premiere radiale echos interessants 1998 02 05 15 48 27 000 Chalu file cable pas de pb detections int ressantes 1999 02 05 15 43 04 000 Chalu wi 1996 0205 15 50 06 000 Chalu Panneaux fremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 66 11 Printing 11 1 Continuous printing The icon 5 gives access to the contin
14. to examine the occupied space by Movies in the computer BE 32 2 27 ms ej m e 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 starts the acquisition of a sounder chosen in the list of the sounders recorded in the software configuration 2 starts a replay 3 opens the events log 4 records an event into the log 5 displays general information about Movies 6 access the on line help 7 occupied disk space a warning blinks when less than x is available x is defined in the settings of the survey 8 occupied internal memory a warning blinks when less than 10 of the current disk is available 3 9 Replay tool bar This tool bar consists of On Off push buttons a VCR bar and different thresholds i aema oo oo mM gt gt 44 4 1 2 3 45 67 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 The On Off push buttons allow the following operations prints the contents of the window displays the configuration dialog stops starts display in order to optimise or not the speed of the processing starts stops the automatic printing starts stops the echo integration by shoal starts stops the echo integration by depth layers starts stops the TS analysis starts stops the echo integration by trawled layers SS ee es ee e thresholds display in dB with from left to right e archiving threshold fremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 e minimal and maximal values of the displayed echoes e minimal and max
15. 3 st 7 7 3 Displaying deviations shoal contour and Multiple Bottom Echoes In the Screen panel 1 Deviation the type of deviation displayed must be selected ESU distance bars and labels will be printed in red for the chosen echo integration Do not forget to also assign a value to the deviation coefficient that adjusts the deviation s y scale 2 shoal contour set the check box to choose your option 3 bottom zoom not operational 4 Multiple bottom echoes set the check box to choose your option Warning in order to display multiple bottom echoes at a valid depth the transducer depth needs to be set correctly see transducer depth field in tuple channel in the sounder control window 7 7 4 Adjusting the distance bars and labels If the distance bars overlap due to a high speed of the boat combined with a low ping rate you can avoid it with this tool In the Screen panel adjust the Distance Label parameter 7 7 5 Defining the number of pings printed per page This number can be adjusted thanks to the dedicated edit box 7 7 6 Displaying or not sounder and channel tuples If Display Sounder amp Channel Tuples information about sounders will no longer be printed in the sounder control window 7 7 7 Setting echo resolution Each ping display may be magnified up to 10 times using the magnifying bar to improve display on monitors with excessively fine resolution or to easily detect empty pings 7 7
16. 73 3 260 4 3 9 1 449 5 552 7 038 8 709 QG 05 10 882 N Echo Depth 314 50 76 0 10 0 00 21 0 00 0 12 0 00 0 00 0 11 0 00 Oe be 315 50 95 0 00 0 11 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 13 0 00 0 16 0 46 0 26 316 51 15 0 00 0 00 0 00 Oo 00 0 00 O 12 0 00 0 16 0 60 0 18 317 61 34 O 12 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 00 D 00 0 13 0 14 0 82 0 41 318 61 53 0 11 0 00 0 16 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 15 0 10 Lis 1 53 315 5l 73 9 00 0 00 0 00 a 00 0 11 9 15 9 11 9 17 1 19 1 71 320 61 92 0 00 0 00 O12 0 00 0 00 0 14 0 28 Q 22 1 62 2 00 321 62 11 0 00 0 00 a 00 a 00 0 0 0 14 eae 0 41 2 24 2 34 3 4 2 62 31 0 00 0 13 0 00 0 00 0 11 0 00 0 30 0 29 3 69 1 65 343 62 50 O 11 09 14 a 00 0 00 0 10 Q 23 0 52 eS 2 O4 re 3 24 62 64 D 14 D 1 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 25 D 89 1 64 2 45 1 16 325 62 89 0 10 0 00 Oo 00 0 12 0 18 O 25 0 83 1 57 1 4 Sut a 326 63 08 0 00 0 O00 0 00 0 14 D 14 J 21 0 68 2 03 0 i7 3 45 327 63 27 0 00 0 00 0 00 a 00 0 00 0 00 0 39 1 45 1 50 3 69 328 63 4 0 20 0 O00 0 0 0 00 0 00 O 14 0 37 D 83 2 14 3 36 329 63 66 0 17 0 00 0 13 0 00 0 00 0 12 O 42 0 91 1 97 Zee 330 63 65 0 00 0 17 0 00 0 00 0 00 O 16 O 19 0 71 1 75 1 23 331 64 05 0 16 0 19 0 00 0 00 0 12 0 51 0 50 0 17 1 57 4 33 334 64 24 0 00 0 12 0 00 0 00 0 16 0 55 0 98 9 92 2 14 2 64 333 54 44 0 00 0 00 0 00 Oss 0 14 0 34 0 95 1 21 3 11 O 42 3 34 64 63 0 00 0 00 0 00 0 20 O 16 0 00 0 82 1 28 3 14 0 39 335 54 2 0 10 0 12 0 11 Oe 0 12 0 15 0 26 O 3 1 36 0 02 336 65 02 0 14 0
17. 8 Adjusting the ping display refreshing frequency At normal speed a latency time of 50 to 1000 milliseconds between the processing of each ping is provided both for acquisition and replay This parameter may in particular be used during replay to speed up or slow down processing During acquisition it may be used to decrease your computer s workload if necessary particularly at slow cadence rates The replay tool bar also has means of immediately modifying this latency time Refer to the Slow and Fast buttons red vertical arrow and green vertical arrow respectively Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 52 7 8 Setting colour palette parameters Configuration x Display Color map Shoal Depth layer Haul Ts Analysis Threshold Link Mobile Minimum threshold Color Width Maximum threshold al og 5564 dB Es 4 J O0dE 120 dE 105 30 I 0 45 30 15 0 dE Archive Visualization Click on the color to change it C Fixed Minimum threshold Color width Maximum threshold EJ dE Ei 2j dE 105 30 fo B0 45 30 17 Click on the color to change it Annuler Recopy Aide Figure 20 Colour map configuration dialog 7 8 1 Linking thresholds When checked this check box assigns the same low and high threshold for e display e echo integration by depth layers e echo integration by shoal e echo integration by trawled layers Ifremer _ MOVIES User Manual Mar
18. Help press F1 NUM ee Figure I example of a Movies screen showing EK500 data replay and shoal echo integration Data display and printing e each channel is displayed in a dedicated window split into three parts a scrollable echo history of an adjustable ping number the most recent pings and an oscilloscope view of the last ping see figure 1 e recorded events appear on the screen and can be accessed with a simple click e Print is available in two modes automatic page by page or interactive snapshot e user actions include ping and shoal information display screen capture zoom and bottom or samples correction Ifremer _ MOVIES User Manual March 2003 Easy installation e InstallShield based automatic install program e Movies connection to a sounder requires an Ethernet card and a cable e each sounder must be declared in the Movies initialization file in order to record its parameters IP address port number number of channels etc A dedicated install program guides you during this process See the Program movies utilities movies ini utility entry from the Start menu 1 3 High quality ergonomics Here are a few examples of Movies ergonomic features e The user may use all Windows windowing features and may either work with a full screen split a window between a historic part a current part and an oscilloscope part move within the historic part using the scroll bar open as many
19. To dialog box 6 4 2 Supervised replay Use the Configuration Run Sequence menu to choose the sequences you want to replay and with possibility to apply echo integration on This function applies only to the active channel You can choose up to ten sequences defined in ping or time but only of the same kind as the files cf supra for Go to You can save these information into a spr file Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 05 09 2002 Sr 09 00 00 09 15 00 05 09 2002 11 00 00 EE _ Figure 15 Sequences monitoring dialog box Choosing Display Only Sequence will show only the selected sequences otherwise the whole pings will be shown but those not contained in a sequence will be displayed in black and white Echo integration concern only the pings in sequences fremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 tF movies Replay estecla RUNOO3 03061211_HAC EK500 1 Z File Sounder Configuration Log Mavigation Took View Window Help z jaj x Be of PAS a EAN iki ai ns E jp w CT M iy i abr e tlh at 300 4 300 5 300 6 300 7 300 8 300 9 301 0 301 1 301 2 301 3 307 4 301 5 301 6 301 7 301 6 47 05 994N 00523 37 Din FING 162216 HEADING 95 5 SPREE 8 4 DEPTH 159 0 DISTANCE 301 887 DATE 2001 02 17 06 15 51 For Help press F1 D Figure 16 Running sequences with Display Only
20. aeeeesaaeeeeesaaes 72 Table of figures Figure 1 example of a Movies screen showing EK500 data replay and shoal echo PMCS OT ALOU Ne ne un Mestre vedas S 12 Pioure 2 tine SEU OCTO D Ed de diet Rodin Ce tait 16 Figure 3 a single acquisition window 20 Figure Cascade M ITdONS LE nd Lu 20 Figure 5 tiled windows four simultaneous acquisitions with two frequencies for CAC SOURCES ne ed Ne este 21 Figure o the Survey pale Sd tenons 28 Foue the Survey AIO se M NE er 32 Figure 8 Window of the acquisition program cccccccccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 35 Figure 9 Movies Window during acquisition 36 Figure 10 The acquisition window 37 Figure 11 Control window of the sounder 39 Figure l4 Go 16 dialog box in ne tarte seat te crane 43 Figure 15 Sequences monitoring dialog box 44 Figure 16 Running sequences with Display Only Sequences inactive 45 Figure 177 Control didloe DO Re RS TR ne 46 Figure 18 Copy to from parameters dialog cccccccccccssecceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 48 Figure 19 Display configuration parameters cccccccccccccceessseesesssssteeeeeseseeees 50 Figure 20 Colour map configuration dialog cccccccccccsceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 52 Figure 21 capture window after enlargement by four 57 Figure 22 Capture window after adjusting to the rea
21. are acquisition window This window has to be enlarged first 4 files telegrams acquired from the system 5 alters the time delay between two reads 6 reads a ping from a telegram file 1 8 100 150 250 stops the software help MOVIES User Manual March 2003 no 13 Frequently asked questions 13 1 Acquisition Error creating socket When you start an acquisition if a message Error with creation socket is displayed please verify you have not already started a still active acquisition with this sounder Reminder The task bar shows all the active tasks If it is the case it is not useful to start again a second acquisition If this active acquisition is not connected to the server use the Acquisition Quit menu to stop this task 15 2 Archiving a 000000nm hac file is created It occurs if data are divided by distance and if the first distance is not initialized by Movies In this case if the archiving is On before the sounder delivers a distance value on the network the data acquired will be archived in a 000000nm hac file until a distance value is available And all will be correct as soon as this first distance will be received 13 3 Archiving a Run900 directory is created With the automatic session option a Run900 directory is created and it 1s not the 900 day of the survey This number 900 is used when a problem occurs with the date The problem generally com
22. aries may be performed either according to distance elapsed time or number of echo sounder pings This is based on a three level system of data organization according to survey session and file The user may use these levels during most non real time processing to either restrict played back data to a specific session or file or extend it to a survey The data organization system may be modified Movies archiving functions allow the user to reorganize data as desired for example to merge data from various surveys into a single survey whose organization he or she will redefine 1 6 HAC format compatibility Movies archiving and replay format 1s HAC standard developed from a workshop managed by the Government of Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans and discussions with various echo sounder users and manufacturers throughout the world Simard 97 this format evolves through the ICES Planning Group on HAC data exchange format Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 15 1 7 Data security Like any software used on shipboard under extreme conditions Movies makes sure to protect users from their own mistakes During non real time replay it is also necessary to protect the initial data set from untimely corrections The following simple principles ensure the integrity of captured data e Processing i e echo integration may be replayed as many times as necessary It does not modify the initial data e When editing echo da
23. bars View is used to display or hide tool bars and the status bar e Toolbar hides or display the toolbar e Status Bar hides or display the status bar e Log display the events log in a window 3 6 7 Windows to organize windows Windows is used to organize the main window and the secondary windows e New window Opens a new windows and copies the active window e Cascade cascades windows e Tile splits the main window into sub windows of equal size e Arrangeicons aligns window icons at the bottom of the main window e Split divides the active sub window into two parts history and current 3 6 8 Help on line assistance Help is used to access on line help and general information concerning the software e Help topics on line help is not yet fully implemented e About Movies shows general information about Movies 3 7 Lower bar information 2001 05 28 10 10 49 DISTANCE 3062 08 SPEED 8 7 GPS 6916 1235N 002 08 661 HEADING 57 1 PING 446742 DEPTH 39 4 EA This bar displays the following information associated to the last ping received e date in yyyy mm dd format and time in hh mm ss format e distance travelled in nautical miles e vessel speed in knots e position indicated in degrees minutes and hundredths of minutes Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 26 e heading in degrees e ping number e depth in meters 3 8 Main tool bar This tool bar allows to access to the main functions and
24. between the PCs with a crossed link with RJ45 or with a minihub for instance 4 The configuration and the tuning of the interface between the sounder software and Movies Ifremer _ MOVIES User Manual March 2003 ag The three first steps are classical Step 4 depends on the sounder used the document Acquisition specifications for echo sounders in the Movies software describes the configurations for EK500 EK60 and Ossian sounder Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 ag 3 Main uses principles 3 1 The two ways to use Movies There are two ways to use Movies e acquisition in real time e offline replay of hac files generally issued from the real time acquisition Acquisition in real time The user starts the acquisition of a sounder with the Movies Sounder Start Menu If several frequencies are activated the software will automatically open a window for each acquired frequency If only one frequency is used only one window is opened During this acquisition in real time data can be archived into the hac format If several frequencies from one or several sounders are archived they are stored into the same set of files So in this set the same file can contain data issued from different channels or sounders making very easy the synchronization of channels during replays Replay of hac files During the replay of hac files a set of files related to a single survey is opened This
25. ch 2003 l e TS analysis When this option has been chosen a modification of a threshold in a box automatically involves the same modification in the associated boxes 7 8 2 Mobile palettes The user specifies the value of the echoes he wishes to display by determining their minimum and maximum This range is automatically divided into 16 smaller equal intervals for example from 70 4 to 67 8 dB from 67 8 to 65 2 dB etc and a different palette colour is assigned to each interval This palette is referred to as mobile because the colour scale automatically adjusts to the colour interval the user wishes to display 7 8 3 Fixed Palettes The user specifies the value of the echoes he wishes to display by determining their minimum and maximum This range is automatically divided into 16 smaller equal intervals for example from 70 4 to 67 8 dB from 67 8 to 65 2 dB etc and a different palette colour is assigned to each interval This palette is referred to as fixed because the colour scale does not adjusts to the colour interval the user wishes to display If the user specifies a threshold of visualization superior of the archive threshold the colors between both thresholds are replaced by white color 7 8 4 Changing the proposed palette colours 1 click on the colour to be modified and the following colour table will be displayed 2 select one of the colours from the basic colours grid by clicking on it It will the
26. ch time the acquisition of a channel starts e moving and resizing windows directly with the mouse e cascading of secondary acquisition or replay windows e splitting of Movies window into secondary acquisition or replay windows of equal size conversion of the Movies application or secondary windows to icon form e maximizing of Movies windows e maximizing of a secondary acquisition or replay window to fill the entire Movies window e creation of history sub windows in replay or acquisition windows e scroll bar movement in history windows e etc Window tool bar pull down menu and mouse characteristics are identical to those of your computer s most common applications These characteristics are briefly reviewed below 3 4 Using the mouse to manipulate windows 3 4 1 Closing minimizing and maximizing These functions are performed the following standard 3 buttons fremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 3 4 2 Oscilloscope and history display The oscilloscope window may be opened closed and sized by clicking the mouse on the right edge of the acquisition and replay windows The history window may be opened closed and sized by clicking the mouse on the left edge of the acquisition and replay windows The scroll bar positions the display Open the history by draging the lett edge to the right side Open the oscilloscope by draging the night edge to the lett 46 06 50M 0I 3 5 Title bar informatio
27. ds to the data acquired on the 3 survey day starting at 11h 10min 0 sec RUNOO3 PEGASE98 003 19980521 111000 PEGASE98 003 19980521 121000 PEGASE98 003 19980521 131000 3 or according to the number of pings received Example of a division every 5000 pings RUNOO4 PEGASE98 004 19980522 0125KP KP stands for Kilo Pings PEGASE98 004 19980522 0130KP PEGASE98 004 19980522 0155KP 4 3 Creating a new survey This paragraph explains how use the dialog box Survey Path page 28 This dialog box is systematically proposed at the first time the user archives data 1 First of all a directory must be created using the Windows Explorer Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 a 2 The Survey Path dialog box is then used to select this directory by navigating in the sub window provided for this purpose the directory path will then be displayed in the survey path field note this field cannot be directly written into 3 Clicking on the Starting time and starting date edit boxes will automatically update them This survey start date is mainly used to calculate the survey day number which is included in the name of the directory for this day 1f this directory is automatically managed 4 A comment can help to identify the survey edit box Comment 5 The Session management option buttons are used to choose between the two modes for the management of sessions automatic or manual 6 The Files management frame is useful w
28. earch requirements 1 6 HAC format compatibility cc ceccceseeeeeeseeeeeeeaeeeeees Vets Daa SECU e a a N 1 8 Modern software architecture 1 9 THE MOVIES FAOOIKRIL sen en rasta nantais 2 Software installation ccccscseeseseeeeeeeseeeeneneeeeeeees 2 1 Checking your computer s characteristics 2 2 Installing the SOMWalC aan a a 22 1 Movies program installation 22252 Movies conii guration datent 2 3 Connection to a sounder a 3 Main uses principles ssssssssnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 3 1 The two ways to use Movies 3 2 Multi windowing examples 3 3 Operations about windows 3 4 Using the mouse to manipulate windows 3 4 1 Closing minimizing and maximizing 3 4 2 Oscilloscope and history display 3 5 Title bar information seirer nan 3 5 1 When Movies t is Started iii 3 52 After an acquisition is started 3 5 3 Dune AR CI VANS 5s al des 3 5 4 During replay of haies sn ses 3 05 MAIN GNU ESS AR M sn 3 6 1 T Lo RE DIAY To oraaa ae ced 3 6 2 Sounder for real time acquisition 3 6 3 Configuration
29. ed this limit can be extended see 4 4 7 The user can move around within it using the horizontal scroll bar This historical part is regularly updated by eliminating the oldest pings An empty space then appears in the left hand side which shrinks as more pings arrive until the time comes to delete another batch of the oldest ones To find out how to display this history see the paragraph Oscilloscope and history display page 22 e the central part displays new pings as they are acquired e on the right the oscilloscope displays the energy levels of the echoes from the latest ping using the current colour palette settings A vertical scrollbar enables you to change the visualized height in each of these three parts of the window Indications of distance in nautical miles to the nearest tenth are displayed at the bottom of the historical window here 1097 2 1097 3 etc Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 g Indications of depth in metres are permanently displayed to the right of the oscilloscope and at regular intervals among the echoes 5 4 The control window of the sounder If you open the control window of the sounder you will see the latest information about the sounder and the active channels Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 wis l a gt gt aP i Mission x Signature l EK500 Ae FO kHz Platform Threshold ETS TS EK500 12 kHz z Platform Threshold E
30. ed at the session level Configuration parameters may also be saved at the survey and software levels or in any file after modification by the user The user may also request that parameters previously saved at these levels be used This is done using the following dialog box which is displayed when Recopy at the bottom of the Configuration box 1s selected Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 Copy To From Soft Survey Level x C Copy To Session gt Soft into movies irl Session gt Survey into campaign ini Session gt File i Copy From T Soft gt Session from movies iri T Survey gt Session from campaign ini File gt Session Figure 18 Copy to from parameters dialog Copy to e session gt survey save with the survey the new parameters are saved in the campaign ini file of the survey s directory e session gt software save in C Windows Movies 1n1 e session gt file save in a user defined file Copy from e Survey gt session copy from the survey ini file of the current survey e Software gt session copy from the software s configuration file the C Windows movies ini file e File gt Session copy from a file saved by the user Copying only affects the parameter category in the foreground when the copy is made At the survey level and at the software level parameters are common for all channels To access configuration parameter save restore
31. ent and the exchanges between users You can exchange 1 All the data of a session copying all its directory plus the ini files of the survey campaign ini into a new survey directory then using the File Survey path menu to change the path and the comment relative to the survey 2 One or some of the files of a session at first create a new survey directory and copy there the ini files of the survey campaign ini create anew RUNOOi directory and copy there the hac files and the nav and evt files then use the File Survey path menu to change the path and the comment relative to the survey Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 s 5 Acquisition 5 1 Preparation Before you can begin to acquire an echo sounder you must first 1 configure the sounder correctly This is explained in the paragraph Connection to a sounder page 17 2 create a directory to receive the data from the current survey 3 initialise this directory and set parameters for archiving This is explained in paragraphs Creating a new survey page 30 and Setting up the survey page 31 5 2 Launching the acquisition of a sounder The menu Sounder Start is used for starting the acquisition of one of the sounders described in the configuration 1 The acquisition window will open If the sounder is operating in multi frequency one acquisition window will open for each active frequency 2 The icon of the control wi
32. entire Movies window e This window is divided into two parts echoes are displayed on the left and the oscilloscope on the right lt movies Acquisition data OSSIAN1500 38 oy x File Sounder Configuration Log Navigation Tools View Window Help DA 2 8 SPR a E fg Acquisition data OSSIAN1500 20 E Acquisition data OSSIAN1500 38 rs wal fie Slee Se el lt me gt gt gt a el 7 Ee ie 1 YE RIE Rs 1100 8 1100 9 A ja de DEPTH 74 3 DATE 1997 06 01 05 4 4 Acquisition 0 X For Help press F1 NUM Z Figure 4 cascaded windows e two simultaneous acquisition 200 kHz channel and 38 kHz channel from the same sounder e windows are cascaded e inthe foreground the window is split in three parts e on the left the former pings are displayed on the right the oscilloscope and between them the last acquired pings fremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 ee movies Acquisition OSSIAN1500 20 File Sounder Configuration Log Tools View Window Help ke SERRE ERR RRR ERERE 4A 25 1 4 5P51 4 6 251 4 7 2514 8 2514 9 2515 0 43 27 24N 002 342 HEADING 150 0 SPEED 7 6 DEPTH SPEED 7 6 DEPTH For Help press F1 NUM Figure 5 tiled windows four simultaneous acquisitions with two frequencies for each sounder 3 3 Operations about windows In summary the following operations are possible e opening a new window ea
33. ers and four bottom layers are computed Advanced users can bypass by this restriction 2 shoals an automatic shoal detection algorithm can be tuned by the user and up to forty parameters describing each shoal are computed Shoal classification based on four selected parameters can then be performed 3 by trawled layers when a detailed description of the trawl geometry 1s available bottom and surface layers can be adjusted relative to the head rope Ts Analysis by layers Ek500 and EK60 only detailed in document eng TS pdf e available in real time and replay e acquired target strength data can be logged and integrated in customised bottom and surface layers e histogram of predefined classes and trajectography of single echoes Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 12 Multi frequency analysis e available in real time and replay e vertical adjustable resampling and smoothing of all channels e choice of four operators o sum difference of several channels o sum one channel with a constant o multiply one channel constant o Mask one channel by another movies Replay essais RUNOO4 OO0087NM_HAC EK500 38 File Sounder Configuration Log Mavigation Tools View Window Help X Ble X1 Bl 2 0 CE RRR w SIMS ES v4 AKEL gt gt gt 31 amp 700 L T eta E o E TE E E E eee E EET E E ce 15 4 143 09 491H O03 50 PING 96442 HEADING 328 0 SPEED 13 4 DEPTH 90 3 For
34. es from the software which was unable to calculate a right day number The day number is calculated from the difference between the date in the data and the date at the begin of the survey You must check this date using the File Survey Path menu 13 4 Display Undisplayed information Movies display uses a bitmap which is the only technology capable of combining speed with immediate display resizing When you reduce the size of the window the data to be displayed must also be reduced to remain within the window During this operation such information as distance scales or echo integration limits may be lost One way of avoiding this is to increase the window size if possible Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 n Another way is to increase the X Scale factor available in Configuration Display This factor serves to repeat the display of each ping and distance scales x number of times 13 5 Installation dll files are missing These files are Windows95 software components that are required by the Movies object program and requested during start up They include the following for example e olepro32 dll e msvert dll If these files are lacking installation was incorrect These files must be installed in the C Windows System directory 13 6 Palette Gray color bars are inaccessible Check that your computer is set up for 16 bit and not 8 bit color Control Panel Display properties Configuration
35. f data sample 0 off axis angles From the split beam analysis 1 power 2 Sy 3 T5 EKSOO transceiver 1 2 or 31 Acoustic Frequency Installation depth of transducer relative to the sea surface 42949672 94 dynamic platform 42949672 95 not Blanking range From the transducer face up to which the receiver output is blanked Unique identifier of the attitude sensor of the installation platform of the transducer D other 1 oval Gwhich includes circular transducer rectangular 3 cross array 4 ring 65535 not available Mechanical offset angle of the transducer face relative to the horizontal in the alongship plane Mechanical offset angle of the transducer face relative to the horizontal in the athwartship plane Mechanical angle of rotation of alongship axis of transducer relative to alongship axis of attitude sensor co ordinat Mechanical offset angle of the main axis of the acoustic beam of the transducer relative to the vertical in the along Mechanical offset angle of the main axis of the acoustic beam of the transducer relative to the vertical in the athw Absorption of sound alpha in the propagation medium used For TYG compensation This Field indicates the selected transceiver specific duration of the transmitted pulse 0 short 1 medium 2 long This Field indicates the selected transceiver specific bandwidth 0 narrow 1 wide Transmit power referred to the transducer terminals The electrical phase angle in degrees f
36. functions click on the Recopy button at the bottom of the index box that presents the configuration parameters Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 9 7 6 Setting up the survey These parameters are explained in the Data Management chapter page 28 7 7 Setting display parameters Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 Configuration x Display Color map Shoal Depth layer Haul Ts Analysis Parameters control T Link channel parameters Visualized area Initial depth m a 4 Visualized height mj 170 H Screen Background color Displayed Deviation Other white i None M Shoal contour Deviation Coefficient i Shoal M Zoom info it displayed C Depth Layer MW Shoal Number 0 1 C Haul MF Multiple bottom echoes C TS Distance Label every n 0 1 mile fi Frinter display Control Number of pings to print by page 1000 MF Display Sounder amp Channel Tuples Resolution and Speed To repeat n times the display of pings Speed to refresh the display of pings in milliseconds AL 1000 Al Annuler Recopy Aide Figure 19 Display configuration parameters 7 7 1 Specifying the displayed depth layers To define the displayed depth layer the layer s initial depth and height must be modified in the Visual area panel 7 7 2 Adjusting the background colour Select the desired colour black or white in the list proposed Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 200
37. g Channel parameters 47 7 4 47 7 5 Specific saving and copying of configuration parameters 47 7 6 Setting up the survey RS nn um nee 49 7 7 Setting display parameters ss 49 Tele Specifying the displayed depth layers ccsccccseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeaeeens 50 elds Adjusting the background colour 50 4 153 Displaying deviations shoal contour and Multiple Bottom Echoes 51 7 7 4 Adjusting the distance bars and labels 51 poy Defining the number of pings printed per page c seceseeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeees 51 7 7 6 Displaying or not sounder and channel tuples nnennnnennennnnenennnnnenennnnne 51 ERT Seine echo TESOMMION Sun a E 51 7 1 8 Adjusting the ping display refreshing frequency 51 7 8 Setting colour palette parameters 52 7 8 1 kikino thresholds assie A nina 52 7 8 2 Mobile PAIE Sn a anna din 53 7 8 3 Fixed Palestine ennemie nent 53 7 8 4 Changing the proposed palette colours 53 7 8 5 Usme 4 custom Pale Me aoras r a a N 54 8 PTOCESSINO sentir nn lieu 55 9 Display 10018 sienne tiens aa a eaa 56 OA Calibrat ON Sd E a en 56 9 2 ZOOMMANG CAPUWN Cisse tice ea a ee ta Seared ae 56 9 2 1 Capture NID ON RU eererr mene One Meer ETA 56 9 22 Tie capre tool bars a Ne RS ETA 58 9 3 Tomography ER nt venetian ne nd aaiac as Migneanney a eutaneea atmnadetae 62 TOS
38. he bottom of the application window e Ifthe file contains data from several sounders and channels then each time data issued from a new channel or a new sounder are read a new window opens and its title contains the name of the concerned sounder and channel as they are declared in the configuration e The display in all the windows is synchronized and the operation on a VCR toolbar has repercussions on all the windows e A control window of the sounder is available It contains information about the sounder and the active channels Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 43 6 2 The replay window This window is displayed after a replay has been started and its data selected It is identical to the acquisition window except for the tool bar which 1s explained below 6 3 The tool bar and the functions available The tool bar consists of a set of on off buttons and a set of thresholds for a complete description refer to paragraph Replay tool bar page 26 6 4 Replaying facilities 6 4 1 Go to You can move quickly to a specific location in a RUN and then start the replay using the Ah uton You can set the start value in the limits extend of the RUN this value can be define in ping or time I Go To Dialog Box d X Limits Extend Start Limit 05 09 2002 05 30 51 Erid Limit 05 09 2002 21 51 27 Golo Number of Pings E1024 or Time HH MM 0570972002 fos 30 51 Figure 14 Go
39. hen files are cut by distance or ping In these cases user can choose between a manual initialisation of the distance or the number of pings and an automatic management of these values Thanks to the Manual initialisation check box users can select this option With the manual initialisation the naming of the first file takes in account the distance value or the ping value written in the edit box If the value involves an existing file this file will be appended 4 4 Setting up the survey The second part of the dialog box titled Survey is used to define the archiving options archiving threshold how archive the bottom options to cut files Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 Survey path Survey Archive Archive Bottom None or Archive threshald 20 0 dE Allthe bottom or El z f Bottom samples Size of files Use it M Nautical Miles or kilo Pings Mas Depth meters 400 0 or Time HH MN Distance correction for replay only Coefficient 1 00 Speed Origin F History view length Tuple Position or l Nb pings 2000 f Tuple Navigation or Manual Speed i 0 0 storage Elementary Free space alarm threshold 5 Sampling T C SA o Distance Upit Display of energy in oom window Sigma 4G Annuler Recopy Aide Figure 7 the Survey dialog 4 4 1 Setting the archiving threshold The archiving limit restricts archive storage to s
40. ignificant echoes only This enables users to save considerable archiving space This parameter must of course be carefully determined during acquisition since unarchived echoes are irrecoverably lost 4 4 2 Setting bottom archiving Selecting between optional total or limited bottom archiving is another powerful way to optimise your archiving requirements 4 4 3 Selecting and defining file divisions This parameter is used to both select the file division method and specify the maximum file size in a proper unit Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 a The Management data chapter introduces to the different ways to cut files 4 4 4 Controlling the speed Movies can use either the position longitude latitude or speed included in tuple navigation of HAC format to process echo integration The manual speed allows to simulate the moving of the vessel for instance during calibration operations 4 4 5 Maximal depth Two strategies are available to manage the loss of bottom e ifthe Use it check box is not set the last bottom depth value given by the sounder will be used as a virtual depth by the echo integration algorithms e if the Use it check box is set the value defined in the edit Max Depth will be used as the maximal virtual depth by the echo integration algorithms In this case also when EK500 algorithm does not recognise bottom and gives a 0 as depth Movies takes this Max Depth as the bottom depth Anyho
41. ilable The tool bar consists of a set of on off buttons and a set of thresholds The tape recorder controls are not accessible for a complete description refer to paragraph Acquisition tool bar page 27 5 6 Halting acquisition Acquisition must be halted via the commands Sounder Stop Current Sounder and Sounder Stop All Sounders If there are several sounders acquired by Movies at this moment Stop current sounder will halt acquisition of the sounder which has an active window acquisition or control This command closes all the windows relating to the sounder It also stops the acquisition program and its windows will also disappear 5 7 The acquisition program In normal use this program operates transparently being run and stopped automatically by the Movies software In case of problems advanced users have access to control and frame archiving functions which will give detailed help with diagnosis Other users may appreciate the option of simulating the acquisition of sounders on shore For further information on these options refer to the section 12 1 Acquisition Software the example of Ossian sounders Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 6 Replay Movies can replay acquisitions at various speeds step by step normal and fast and the user can then rapidly redo echo integration calculations The user may use all of the features enabled by the data organisation sy
42. imal values of the echoes integrated by layers e minimal and maximal values of the echoes integrated by shoal 10 starts stops the archiving 11 pause 12 reads the next ping 13 reads at normal speed 14 reads at high speed 15 goes directly to a specific location in the file p 6 scrollbar to change the visualisation minimum threshold Tip During the reading of the files at normal or accelerated speed the space bar alternatively pauses restarts the reading in the same way than a Pause button in a VCR 3 10 Acquisition tool bar This tool bar consists of the same On Off push buttons followed by the different thresholds The VCR push buttons are not available dese de DCE MILLER 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 The On Off push buttons allow the following operations prints the contents of the window displays the configuration dialog stops starts display in order to optimise or not the speed of the processing starts stops the printing starts stops the echo integration by depth layers l 2 3 4 5 starts stops the echo integration by shoal 6 7 starts stops the TS analysis 8 thresholds in dB with from left to right e archiving threshold e minimal and maximal values of the displayed echoes e minimal and maximal values of the echoes integrated by layers e minimal and maximal values of the echoes integrated by shoal 9 starts stops the archiving 10 scrollbar to change the
43. l scale of a shoal 57 Figure 23 selecting an area for tomography 62 Fioure 24 tomography WIM GOW ssccieeveieractientttatunctaiesacaicndtarenernadentanotancsaie annika 62 Fisure 25 the IO OSV CI dialo cota sr dette tete 63 Fioure 20 the IOS dAlOS ere ae 64 Figure 27 events markers in the acquisition window ccceseeesssetneeeeeeeeeeees 65 MOVIES User Manual March 2003 no 1 General description of Movies software 1 1 Project background Movies software is based on MoviesB software which was part of the Ines Movies system developed by the Institut Fran ais de Recherche pour l Exploitation de la Mer Ifremer in the 1980 s and which has been regularly improved since Movies uses modern technology to extend the possibilities of previous software and provide users with a user friendly and ergonomic interface Developed through co operation between the Fish Technologies TMSI TP office and the Scientific Equipments and Onboard Software DNIS ESI office it relies on Ifremer s long experience in hydroacoustic technology applied to the fishing industry and its know how in developing software for scientific research vessels The participation of scientists from Ifremer and IRD in the Follow up Group and their valuable advice throughout the project were very helpful in developing a highly effective product that is easy to use both onboard vessel and in the laboratory Movies project was launched in
44. member that there is no need to be familiar with the functions offered by the acquisition software in order to be able to use Movies easily The functions offered are at the disposal of those responsible for the installation to be able to check that the software is properly installed You can however benefit from the simulation options to familiarise yourself while ashore with how the software will behave at sea Acquisition is run from Movies via the command Sounder Start The client server architecture The acquisition program is known as the client of the program Movies and Movies is said to be the server of the acquisition programs because Movies provides the acquisition programs on request with the services for displaying archiving and echo integrating the acquired data 12 1 1 The main menu of the acquisition client OSSIAN1500 movcli El Acquisition Tools Tuning View 7 12 1 1 1 Acquisition Acquisition gives access to the acquisition command functions e Quit stops the program independently of the Movies server reminder normally acquisition is stopped by means of the command Sounder Stop in Movies e ReStart restarts acquisition after a stop e Stop suspends acquisition on the system Acquisition can then be simulated from a frame file and subsequently restarted Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 69 12 1 1 2 Tools Tools is used to control the main functions of
45. mer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 16 2 Software installation 2 1 Checking your computer s characteristics e Colour must be encoded with 16 bits check the Control Panel e 256 Mb RAM is strongly recommended for multi channel acquisition e A sufficient disk space must be available in order to archive data Of course it is depending of your archiving strategy archiving threshold archiving of the bottom or not Use the configuration panel of your PC to set these parameters 2 2 Installing the software Since version 3 1 Movies installation procedure is handled by an automatic Setup program located on the CD ROM and run automatically when the CD ROM is inserted into the player 2 2 1 Movies program installation Step 1 Insert the CD ROM and wait for the Installation program to start If necessary run manualy the program Setup exe from the CD ROM base directory The following screen should appear Figure 2 the Setup screen Step 2 Read the license agreement and press Yes if you accept it Step 3 Select the installation directory for the programs the default is C Program Files Ifremer Movies Step 4 Select the installation directory for the sample data the default is C data Step 5 Select the type of Install typical full compact without data and documentation or Custom Typical is recommended Step 6 Select the name of the program folder default is Movie
46. n The titles of the windows provide an information about the context of the processing current survey status of the archiving which channel and sounders are used The title of the application window repeats the contents of the title of the active window active ie this one which appears in a stronger blue This active window is the last window in which you made an operation opening of the window selection from a menu Example ere movies Acquisition pegaseS OSSIANT500 38 File Sounder Configuration Log ayigation Tools View Window Help Uhr TTL DEORE 45 32 530N 002 04 MEINE 60 0 SPEED a DEPTH fa FLE DATE 199 4 For Help press F1 fremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 3 5 1 When Movies is started ere movies l Es The title of the application window is empty excepted the Movies reference There is no other secondary window 3 5 2 After an acquisition is started fee Acquisition data OSSIAN1500 38 The title contains Acquisition Then as soon as Movies has identified which sounder and which channel is used their names are written in the title Here Ossian 1500 sounder and 38 Khz channel These names are given by user when a sounder is created with the Sounder New menu They are stored in the movies ini file 3 5 3 During archiving En Acquisition pegase97 RUNOIS O01097NM OSSIAN1500 38 The archiving is made into a file of
47. n ini file Ifremer _ MOVIES User Manual March 2003 e At the survey level parameters are common for all channels The true persistence of the parameters ie the saving of the campaign ini file occurs when exiting the survey 7 2 2 Parameter management at the session level e When a new session is initialised all the configuration parameters archived at the survey level in the campaign ini file are used by default and copied at the session level in the session ini file e At the survey level parameters for each channel of each sounder are saved separately The true persistence of the parameters ie the saving of the session ini file occurs when exiting the session While archiving is not launched parameters of each channel are kept in memory until they can be saved in a session 7 3 Linking channel parameters All the settings of one channel except the name of the result files can be extended to all the other channels thanks to the link channel parameters function available in the display parameters window If the check box is set when a change occurs fore one setting of the checked channel it applies to all the other channels You can then still personify the channels not checked It enables you to make a global setting for all the channels and then personify one specific channel 7 5 Specific saving and copying of configuration parameters The modification of a parameter group is systematically sav
48. n replace the colour to be modified Couleur Ei Couleurs de base ADE E E a E E EEEN ELLE E Couleurs personnalis es vTTT TT TT Tene ET Rouge 0 BEER Hm Wert 255 D finir les couleurs persannaltees gt gt Couleur nie Lum i 20 Bleu 255 Annuler Ajouter aus couleurs personnalis es Ifremer __ MOVIES User Manual March 2003 se 7 8 5 Using a custom palette e Define each of the sixteen custom colours one by one e select the first box of the custom colour grid e select its characteristics by clicking on the desired color in the right palette adjust its characteristics using the keyboard if necessary red green and blue intensity shade saturation and brightness e click on Add to assign the colour to the first box of the grid e proceed this way to define the other colours assigned to the 16 custom colour boxes e then assign each custom palette colour to the Movies colours using the same procedure as for the basic colours grid Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 gg 8 Processing The five main processes of Movies are described in separate documents EI shoal Echo integration by shoal using Movies software EI layer Echo integration by depth layers using Movies software ET trawled layers Echo integration of trawled layers using Movies software TS analysis TS data analysis using Movies software Multi frequency analysis
49. ndow of the sounder appears at the bottom of the application window 3 The sounder acquisition program will be run and its window reduced to the minimum appears alongside the Movies window This window can be reduced to an icon OSSIANT500 movcli OR x Acquisition Tools Tuning YWiew 7 Figure 8 Window of the acquisition program Ifremer _ MOVIES User Manual March 2003 File Sounder Configuration Log Havigation Tools View Window Help 35 0 ae gt A 2 gt aie aly As ol et el 70 0 70 0 71 0 60 C 0 0 10 C 5 0105 14 11 4 1997 06 Control window of the sounder Acquisition x a z For Help press F1 Figure 9 Movies Window during acquisition fremer MOVIES User Manual NUM March 2003 5 3 The acquisition window lt movies EK500 Acquisition PEL2001 E a e x T File Sounder Configuration Log Tools View Window Help la x Z 2h M O ue ej aG selam 0 oo 00 en gt l aj z Man MA ATE rte B hy N pa meu tl oi nh CATT 2346 1 2346 2 2346 3 2346 4 2346 5 2346 6 2346 7 2346 8 2346 9 2347 0 gt 4 2001 05 23 05 56 19 DISTANCE 2347 73 SPEED 9 6 GPS 45 22 799N 001 32 614W HEADING 227 8 PING 2920302 DEPTH 44 6 x Figure 10 The acquisition window This window consists of three parts e on the left a historical part on which the last 3000 pings can be display
50. ng acquisition When you select the Tomography function the shape of the cursor changes to a cross Using the mouse select the area to be viewed by selecting the top left hand corner and bottom right hand corner The Tomography window will then open to the standard size of a Windows window fi Replay pegase97 RUNO18 001097NM HAC OSSIAN1500 38 1 1096 6 1096 7 1096 8 1096 9 1097 0 1097 1 1097 2 1097 3 Figure 25 tomography window fremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 63 10 The log The log gives you the option of recording significant events during acquisition The events recorded allow you to annotate the display of the pings by using markers in the display This log is accessible at any time 10 1 Creating an event You insert a new event with the command Log New Event or with the icon 0 in the tool bar A dialogue box is then opened enabling you to fill in the appropriate fields Hew Event Cancel Code Ident Comment Interu chalu Interu planc Interu hydro Reprise chalu Figure 26 the log event dialog The codes and identifiers proposed in the two scroll down lists are those recorded in the file evt_fr ini You are therefore perfectly free to adapt the contents of this file as required Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 10 2 Consulting the log The log is opened by the command Log View or by the icon 24 A window then appears presenting
51. ntents erases all echoes values inside the polygon Null values 120 dB are assigned to these echoes Save sigma ag to save the aggregate backscattering cross section of the echoes inside the polygon in one of the six classes and display it in the window toolbar the aggregate backscattering cross section below the seabed is not taken into account Cancel cancels the operation and remove the polygon 9 2 2 3 Manual classification The capture window enables you to make manual classification of aggregate backscattering cross section and then for each ESU to save them in a text file To do classification you can either use the Save sigma ag to command of the polygon tool or save the content of a shoal when doing echo integration by shoal When doing echo integration by shoal the command to save sigma ag into one class is available with the right button of the mouse when no tool is selected in the capture window This classification has to be done ESU by ESU after having classified one ESU use the save button of the toolbar to save in a text file the properties of the ESU the one corresponding to the first polygon or shoal saved and the aggregate backscattering cross section of each class 9 2 2 4 Saving the corrections When closing the window you will be invited to confirm your corrections Corrections are automatically stored into a temporary file called modified hac The modified hac file must be stored in the director
52. om the software and Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 a for instance up to 6 frequencies issued from 3 sounders are acquired on board Thalassa vessel without any problem The configuration of one channel can be extended to all the other or not in order to set a common configuration and then to adjust the settings of one particular channel 1 5 Adaptability to research requirements With Movies it is the user and not the software who determines how the work and data are organized The user may choose to work in daily or manual sessions In the first case Moviest will automatically switch to a new directory each new acquisition day In the second case the user will decide when to create new directories by starting or stopping the software Of course in the event of restarting after failure the previous directory may be recovered Movies can thus adapt to both isolated work requirements i e manual sessions or to the routine operations of major surveys for which directories will be automatically managed each day Using echo integration to assess fishing resources requires that acquired data be consistent in terms of distribution and density Here again Movies can adapt to various contexts and methods It offers the user the choice of organizing echo sounder data either according to distance elapsed time or the number of echo sounder pings Similarly echo integration calculations and the associated summ
53. or one mechanical phase angle in degrees in the fore and aft direction The electrical phase angle in degrees For one mechanical phase angle in degrees in the starboard and port direction Half power 306 beamwidth of the transducer in the alongship plane Half power 306 beamwidth off the transducer in the athwartship plane Equivalent two way beam opening solid angle 10 log G1 82 1 S600 where G1 and GE are the longitudinal an Peak transducer gain used during computation of the data sample corresponding to the above selected type of da Volume backscattering level For the bottom detector s back search Function Minimum depth For bottom detection window Maximum depth For bottom detection window Character string comment up to 30 characters This Field could be used to store the transducer serial number Space to allow the next Field to be aligned on an address that is a multiple of 4 Figure 11 Control window of the sounder The contents of this window exactly match those of the items sounders and channels recorded in the hac files Each time one parameter changes a beep indicates this change if the button fremer MOVIES User Manual A is pressed March 2003 OOO OdrF Oooo io a 150 150 150 Fa fi 5 I wo oocooMWowoooorFoaog wo oo 655239 4 2949 e 009 4294 97 3 3 le 006 3999 99 429497 65535 65535 180 180 180 20 0 S00 5 5 The tool bar and the functions ava
54. ort anglais Titre et sous titre du rapport Movies user manual Titre traduit Manuel Utilisateur du logiciel Movies Auteur s principal aux Organisme Direction Service laboratoire Laurent Berger DNIS ESI DLE Christophe Durand Claude Marchalot No l Diner TMSI TP Collaborateur s nom pr nom Organisme Direction Service laboratoire Travaux universitaires dipl me discipline tablissement de soutenance Titre du contrat n de contrat Ifremer Organisme s r alisateur s nom s d velopp s sigle s adresse s Organisme commanditaire nom d velopp sigle adresse Responsable scientifique Cadre de la recherche Programme Convention Projet Autres pr ciser Campagne oc anographique nom de campagne ann e nom du navire R sum Ce document constitue le manuel d utilisation du logiciel Movies Movies est un logiciel de traitement des donn es de sondeurs de p che vocation scientifique Il permet d valuer les quantit s d nergies r trodiffus es et donc in fine de biomasse par tranches d eau et par bancs de poissons Ces bancs font l objet d une caract risation pouss e morphologique et g ographique afin de permettre l identification autant que faire se peut de l esp ce concern e Il permet galement l analyse des index de r flexion des cibles individuelles de poissons ainsi que leur trajectographie Abstract This documen
55. r 120 kHz Platform Threshold Generic Echosounc 49 kHz i Platform g F 4 tuple byoe channel_ident sounder ident sampling interwal sample _type trscy_channel_nb acoustic Freq transducer depth blanking_range sensor_ident transducer shape alongship_ a_o_trsd athwartship aio robation_angle alongship 4 ob athwartship ao sound absorp pulse length mode bandwidth mode max_power alongship_angl_s athwartship ang alongship 3dB_ bw athwartship 3dB 2 Way _beam_an ey _brsdu_ gain bottomn_rmin_ level bottom window botkom window remarks space 2001 43 23090 333 LO0000 2 1 30000 O 0 0 0 0 0 32705 T 25 agg 1 1 2000 15 216 669 600 2100 e610 000 450 15000 unitless unitless unitless 0 00 unitless unitless Hz 0 01 m 0 00 unitless unitless 0 1 deg 0 1 deg 0 01 0 01 Q 01 0 01 unitless unitless wakt 0 1 deg 0 1 deg 00l 00l 0 01 dE 0 01 dE 0 01 dE 0 01 m 0 01 m unitless unitless Rep EK500 EK500 EK500 EK500 EK500 Generic Echosounder EXACHAO2 RUNO11 11133301 HAC This is the tuple type code for the Simrad EKSO0 raw data Unique identifier For this software data channel Identification number For the parent echosounder document fie the group of channels to which this data channe Sampling interval For this channel The nominal sampling rate can be derived From this Field and the mean sound speed Type o
56. r MOVIES User Manual March 2003 il EK500 38kHz Replay PEL2001 RunO2 7 00234600 d a xlali Le siielo a EN From 2346 62 bo 2348 65 nm 55 8 L x 16 0 CH meters wt Figure 21 capture window after enlargement by four The length and height in metres of the area captured is given in the left low corner l0 x ii EK500 38kHz Replay PEL2001 Run027 002348nm hac 2 0 000000 O000000 0 000000 x1 x2 xaft FSi Al E 0 000000 O0 000000 0 000000 El w E El from 2348 62 to 2348 65 nm 55 8 L x 16 0 H meters Figure 22 Capture window after adjusting to the real scale of a shoal Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 ss 9 2 2 The capture tool bar xi x2 xaft lele o A E Disons ononon aooo ooo 12345678 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 the capture window is on the same scale as the area selected unless that area is smaller than the minimum window double the scale of the capture window enlarge fourfold adjust the window to actual proportions correct the seabed echo using a point tool correct the sea bed using a line tool correct the echoes average of a rectangle borders polygon tool used to delete echoes or compute a polygon total aggregate backscattering cross section save the contents of the window as a MatH file 10 calculate or recalculate after corrections the total aggregate backscattering cross section of the
57. s Press Ok after the summary display all the files are copied on disk in the target fremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 17 directory and an entry is created in the Start menu named Movies by default The target directory for programs C Program Files Ifremer Movies contains four directories Movies exe contains the programs see The Movies toolkit page 15 Movies dico contains the data dictionaries required to generate data in HAC format Movies doc contains all the documentation for the software Movies ini contains the sounder setup program The following menu is added to the Start menu el Sounders setup Movies Microsoft Excel Movies documentation Microsoft PowerPoint el Uninstall Movies Movies 2 2 2 Movies configuration Step 7 The Movies ini installation program is then run automatically this program will help you configure Movies and in particular describes the echo sounders It can also be started from the Start menu entry Movies Utilities Movies ini utility Step 8 Use this program to add a new sounder edit or remove an existing sounder from the Movies configuration file 2 3 Connection to a sounder The main steps are 1 The installation and configuration of an Ethernet card on the sounder 2 The installation and configuration of an Ethernet card on the PC Movies The network installation
58. set can be issued from different channels and sounders According to the choice of the user this set is e either related to all the files of the survey e or related to the files of an acquisition session e or related to one and the next files of an acquisition session During replay the software automatically opens as many windows than there were different data channels or sounders to produce these data Wrong data can be corrected during the replay 3 2 Multi windowing examples The software opens as many windows as there are processes in progress The user may position these windows as he or she wishes 1 e in cascade tile or other form Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 gt movies Replay ibts_98_2_ 204 RUNOO1 001452NM_HAC OSSIAN1500 38 Z Eile Sounder Configuration Log Navigation View Window Help l x Tools 2 ke RRRRREREE ERENT S SRE wle lt lt fm gt gt 1 a 75 55 758 o0 ris a oe eg DES Fi sf et TE ge TE i A I ify w fi yO a F LT A Li Fa i l k 1j gu if a _ ni ia a My pe fi or le rd yy TE Mu 41 4 dr l BeF ve eli UR oy 1452 1 54 27 894N 005 09 139E HEADING 260 0 SPEED 0 5 DEPTH 352 DATE 1998 02 05 15 52 25 For Help press F1 NUM DA Figure 3 a single acquisition window e Replay in a single secondary window expanded to fill the
59. stem including full survey replay replay of one or more sessions replay of one or more session files 6 1 Launching the replay You can open files in three different ways e with the File Replay menu the proposed dialog box allows to open hac file e By selecting one of the files in the list of the last opened files proposed at the end of the File menu e By double clicking on an HAC file from the Windows Explorer Movies replay can work at the following three levels e Survey the files from the different sessions of the survey will be automatically put in chain To do that you must open the empty file survey hac after starting Movies e Session all the files from the selected session will be automatically put in chain You must open the empty file RUNOOi hac after starting Movies e File you must open a hac file after starting Movies the next files in the session will be automatically put in chain and processed at the end of the selected file What happens then e After the opening of files a replay window opens Its title contains the Replay word the name of the survey the current session and the name of the current file followed by the name of the sounder The VCR tool bar allows to start reading e When you start reading an HAC file Movies asks whether you wish to replay only this file or this file and the following files e As during acquisition the icon of the control window of the sounder appears at t
60. t describes how to use the Movies Software This software allows the user to process data issued from fishing echo sounders The back scattered energy can be evaluated in different depth layers defined by the user or by shoals These shoals are characterized in order to allow the user to identify as much as possible the concerned species The software allows TS data analysis and trajectory representation of single echoes Mots cl s Logiciel Movies Manuel utilisateur cho sondeur de p che cho int gration Keywords Movies software user manual fishing echo sounder echo integration Commentaire Document revisions Version Date Updated Comments chapters 15 02 99 First version V2 1 1 20 04 99 2 The connection to the EK500 sounder paragraph is added 12 The Ossian importation utility chapter The whole chapter 1s reviewed 5 and 6 Text in english in the bmp Reorganization V 4 1 05 03 03 7 7 9 2 2 4 2 3 Update in palette addition of multiple echoes and automatic bottom detection and validation of correction change in HAC files naming rules change in goto and run sequence functions Table of contents 1 General description of Movies software like Project background cze a t2 Malor IUCTIONS EE RAR a teen 1 3 High quality ergonomics cccccceeeeeseeeeeaeeeeeaeeeeseeeeesees 1 4 Multisounders and multichannels functioning 1 5 Adaptability to res
61. ta for correction the initial file 1s saved in a protected BAK file before the user makes any modification e Original frames sent over the vessel s network by the echo sounders may also be saved 1 8 Modern software architecture Movies was developed using C object oriented language In compliance with Microsoft s Application architecture it was developed using MFC Microsoft Foundation Classes libraries The Component Object Model COM which is the foundation of Microsoft s OLE Object Linking and Embedding inter applications communication system enabled the development of a powerful modular and open ended architecture in which the data programs communicate with a processing and display server object program Thanks to this architecture there is no consequence about the other parts of the software when a new sounder is taken in account by Movies You only must develop a new acquisition executable which will be able to get the server to display echo integrate and archive the acquire data if the interface specification with this server are satisfied 1 9 The Movies toolkit r acquire data from EK500 sounders launched from Movies Sounder Start Menu acquire data from EK60 sounders launched from Movies Sounder ee E E Ae ee ern acquire data from Ossian sounders launched from Movies Sounder LEPIPRENEEEEEEEEE SSP EEE ER EEE TEE EEEOEEEREETEREREEENEREEEEENRnE GE EEE EEE Ifre
62. the oa day of the survey An empty file called RUNi HAC is also created at the same level than the RUN directory When you will select this empty file during survey you will replay automatically all the files of the session It 1s the only use of this file This operating mode makes it possible to operate the software without operation throughout the survey It of course allows the software to be started and stopped repeatedly during the survey 4 2 2 Manual sessions In this case a new RUNi directory is created whenever the archive is started except if you wish to continue working in the current directory after an incident in this case you must choose Restart with previous Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 o 4 2 3 File management The user may divide a session directory into as many files as he or she wishes All Hac files names have the same prefix Survey name Run number date 1 then either according to the distance travelled the files names then reflect the number of miles travelled and the division method The user selects the division unit and may also redefine the counter s initial value whenever the software 1s started Example of a division every 10 miles RUNOO I PEGASE9S 001 19980519 O100NM NM stands for nautical miles PEGASE98 001 19980519 O1I0NM PEGASE98 001 19980519 0120NM 2 or according to time UTC Example of a division every hour The 1 directory correspon
63. the software simulation archiving etc e Configuration consult the acquisition configuration this information is not modifiable it is read only e Archive telegramsfiles the telegrams acquired on the system Check checks the telegrams by displaying them in the acquisition software window The window must first be enlarged Simulate simulates acquisition by reading telegrams from a file Stop Archiving stops archiving Stop Checking stops checking Stop Simulating stops simulating 12 1 1 3 Tuning Tuning is used to adjust the operation of the software e Tempo50ms sets the time delay between two reads on the system or from a telegram file at 50 ms the time delay of 50ms is the normal time delay for acquisition from the system e Tempol00ms sets the time delay between two reads on the system or from a telegram file at 100 ms e Tempol50ms sets the time delay between two reads on the system or from a telegram file at 150 ms e Tempo250ms sets the time delay between two reads on the system or from a telegram file at 250 ms 12 1 1 4 View e Toolbar turns the tool bar display on or off e Status turns the software status bar display on or off 12 1 2 The acquisition client tool bar This tool bar gives direct access to the main software functions SAAIE Je 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 restarts acquisition after suspension 2 simulates acquisition by reading telegrams from a file 3 checks telegrams by displaying them in the softw
64. tion If you want to use continuous paper please select the mode manual banner Printing is limited to the n samples below bottom depth if defined for the survey see paragraph Setting up the survey page 31 Reminder The number of pings printed per page is adjustable See the paragraph Setting display parameters 11 2 Printing the contents of a window The icon iil is used to print the current contents of an acquisition or replay window It is run in the same way as the real time printing 11 3 Printing a captured screen The contents of a capture window can be printed This window needs to be the active window of Movies i e the top margin is dark blue To make it active click on it The command File Print then runs the printing Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 8 12 Advanced users tools 12 1 Acquisition software the example of OSSIAN Real time acquisition of sounder frames is handled by a separate program which detects frames turn them into HAC tuples and transfers tuples to the movies exe program for display and archiving Since each sounder delivers specific frames formats specific acquisition programs must be developed Today only SIMRAD and OSSIAN sounders are supported but acquiring new sounders is easy All acquisition programs use the same architecture and the practical differences between them are minimal Acquisition using Ossian sounders is presented here as an example Re
65. to set up software eceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 3 6 4 Log for managing events 3 6 5 Tools to calibrate capture ZOOM 3 6 6 View to clear or display tool bars 3 6 7 Windows to organize windows 3 6 8 Help on line assistance sers emissions 3 7 Lower bar information ccccccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeaeeeeeesaees 02 MAI OO DATES a Gude Replay OO DAT 2 ne nero 3 10 Acquisition tool DATE 2 25 te 4 Data management 4 1 Survey Path the working directory 4 2 Session management 42 Automatic SESSIONS cccccecceceeceeceeeececeeseeeeeeeseeseeseees 42 2 Manual Sessions Re nn M tn MOVIES User Manual March 2003 4 2 3 FPilemanicemeni aorpinrn n eebaeraindiidaddsandarnellacens mals 30 4 3 Creating a new SUIVEY ccccceeeccccseseeeccesseecceaseesssaeeecseseecsaueesssaseeessageees 30 AA Setting Up the SUINVGY srievet nn nn niale 31 4 4 1 Setting the archiving threshold sissies ou luenn t s anse Guess 32 4 4 2 Setting bottom AICHIV ING ys sivas eccai cord anti int mit al 32 4 4 3 Selecting and defining file divisions ccccceeeceeeeeeeeeceeeeseeeeneeeeaeeeaeeens 32 4 4 4 Controlling Me Spec seed einen end nas 33 4 4 5 Maximal SD asian mOn mouns 33 4 4 6 COTE CHING The GISTAN CS sm Nan Rome lune 33
66. uous print function The usual dialog box appears Impression Imprimante Nom Propri t s Etat Imprimante par d faut Pret Tope wur Ou MMditide leur Cornment T Imp dans fichier Etendue d impression f Tout Copies Hombre de copies 41 C Pages de a l f S lection pi Assami Annuler You may well need to alter the page orientation portrait or landscape Ei Ed Propri t s lwr Papier Graphiques Postscript Taille du papier 44 209 9 297 0 mm a 1 BA US H k A d OS Letter US Legal Onentation Portrait cal Source de papier AutoSelect Tray Copies i one non imprimable A propos de Restaurer options par d faut Annuler Appliquer If printing is laborious interferes with acquisition and slows down the operation of the machine it is generally possible to speed it up though with some loss of quality You can select the quality level via the dialogue box Properties Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 a This box is accessible when you run the print option it can also be opened via the command File Print SetUp Pages are numbered Each printed page contains the information necessary to identify the pings date and time of the start and end of page e position at the start and end of page palette and display thresholds used value of the standard devia
67. ute button A statistic window appears to help you in your choice Automatic Depth Correction Statistics Pings computed Pings modified Average modification Winimum modification Maxinum modification Cancel The new bottom appears in purple color I f you want to validate the new seabed click on the validate button 9 2 2 2 Echoes correction and measurement To average echoes use the rectangle tool draw a rectangle surrounding the echoes to be modified and they will be replaced by the average of the echoes surrounding them Warning if the averaged echoes are lower than the display threshold they will be displayed in white but the values archived are not null 120 dB The polygon tool can also be used draw the polygon vertex with the mouse left button and press the right button a popup menu appears Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 60 Compute the polygon total sigma ag Automatic Depth Correction Delete the polygon contents Save sigma ag to Save sigma ag to D1 Save sigma ag to D2 Cancel Save sigma ag to Ds Save sigma ag to D Save sigma ag to Ds Save sigma aq to DA m g g Compute the polygon total sigma ag displays the result in the window toolbar the aggregate backscattering cross section below the seabed is not taken into account Automatic depth Correction Compute the algorithm of automatic depth correction Delete the polygon co
68. visualisation minimum threshold Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 4 Data management 4 1 Survey Path the working directory The File Survey Path menu available at any time allows through the following dialog box e To identify the current survey e To change the current survey e To initialise a new survey 19 05 1998 02 00 00 o Fil ele 10 Figure 6 the Survey path dialog e The comments are associated with the survey and stored in its campaign ini file e The survey start time and date are required to number survey runs according to a daily basis e The survey path must be that of an existing directory In acquisition mode this directory will be used to archive your sounder data hac and evt and files fremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 4 2 Session management To simplify management survey data is divided into survey runs and each session is in turn broken down into sub divisions as decided by the user either according to travelled distance elapsed time or number of pings Survey x Run Files HAC 1 file EVT Run 2 Files HAC 1 file EVT Run n 4 2 1 Automatic sessions These sessions may be managed automatically In this case a new session directory 1s automatically created each survey day with the name RUN where 1 is the number of the day counted from the beginning of the survey For example the RUNOOS directory contains all of the data acquired during
69. w all the bottom echoes acquired by the sounder can be archived So in case of bottom loss 1f you have chosen to archive all the bottom echoes during acquisition you can change your strategy during replay and for instance choose another Max Depth value 4 4 6 Correcting the distance This coefficient is used to correct the distance travelled in the event of speed over ground bias caused by the speed log or the current It is used to display the distance scales and to calculate the echo integration when they are based on distance 4 4 7 Number of pings in history This setting defines for each channel the number of pings to display in history 4 4 8 Free space alarm threshold This setting defines the ratio of free space allowed on current disk a blinking button informs you if less space is available 4 4 9 Display of energy in zoom window You can choose to display energy in zoom window either in terms of o or s for a predefined ESDU elementary sampling distance unit you may want when wanting to combine shoal and layer echo integration for stocks assessment Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 al 4 5 Saving the survey settings All these settings are stored at the survey level ie in the folder of the survey in the campaign ini file most of them cannot be changed if data has already been archived in this survey 4 6 Exchanging data The data division in sessions and files makes easier the files managem
70. y of the survey concerned by these modifications Please check the current survey with the File Survey Path menu before making corrections in order to verify that the current survey is the concerned survey After confirmation of your corrections they will be integrated in a safe way to the hac files The file modified hac will be automatically deleted Ifremer MOVIES User Manual March 2003 ot For security reason before first correction validation the original file is copied into a bak file and a new file receive corrections 9 2 2 5 Matrix of amplitude export You can use this tool to export a matrix of amplitudes corresponding to the zoom The file exported is a text file which contains for each ping gt ping number given by Movies during acquisition this number is unique for one channel and increments for each ping received ground speed in knots surface speed in knots ping interval in second distance from the beginning of the zoom in nautical miles VV VV WV and then for each depth its amplitude expressed in milli Volts This file can be imported in Matlab or Excel ij test MatH Bloc notes a A x Fichier Edition Format N Ping 2956858 2956863 2956868 2956873 2956878 2956883 2956888 2956893 2956898 2956903 Ground 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 9 0 09 0 0 0 0 0 Surface 3 2 aa 3 2 3 2 ne 3 2 3 2 3 Sad See Int O 660 0 660 0 660 0 680 0 650 0 670 0 660 0 650 0 660 0 660 Dist 1 08 2 1

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