Simrad PX Catch Monitoring Sensor Overview
Recommended For:
- Commercial Fishing
- Coastal Fishing
The Simrad PX catch monitoring sensors provice you with a set of modern cost effective tools for monitoring your catch. With a series of multifunctional sensors using state of the art software, meaning that the tasks you previously needed several different catch monitoring sensors to do can now be done using one single sensor. Each sensor by default, can make two measurements, and you decide which measurements each sensor shall do. By adding a softare licence, the sensors can make additional measurements. When the sensors are connected to the Simrad TV80 software you have the latest and most complete solution to show you all the information about your current fishing operation
Each PX sensor can easily be configures by connecting it to a computer, and running the PX Configurator program.
Each Simrad PX sensor is equipped with minimum two transducers. One transducer sits on the tip of the sensor, and communicates with the catch monitoring system on your vessel. This communication is mage using coded acoustic pulses. Both operating frequency and coding are compatible with previous Simrad catch systems. This allows the PX sensors to be used by Simrad PI30, PI30 and PI50.
The other transducer(s) in the sensor work with a higher operating frequency, and communicate with the other seonsors on the trawl. These transducers are located on the side, under or on the top of the sensor. The different catch monitoring sensors in the PX family are set up with different transducer configurations to provide the requested measurements.
By means of special 'sensor lids' the basic functions of each sensor can be extended to include measurements of depth, temperature or catch. This means that a sensor set up to measure the distance between the trawl doors can also measure depth or temperature, for example.
The PX sensors must be charged between operations. Each sensor is equiped with a custom made Li-Ion batterpackage. With this battery, the sensor offers significantly longer operation when compared with previous generations of Simrad sensors.
The sensor is charged using the dedicated PX charger. This charger is provided with a special plug that prevents shortcuts or incorrect connections. Charging is fully automatic. When the sensor is fully charged, the charging current is limited to ensure long battery life.
Recommended charging temperature is between +5 and +45º C(+41 to +113F)
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