Knudsen 320M (PKEL HF-LF) (With Annotation) - 01
Description
Driver for decoding water depths from a Knudsen 320M echosounder, providing a $PKEL telegram.
The driver will decode the water depth reading (in meters).
The driver can also output a NMEA annotation telegram. Driver with user-interface, so settings can be changed online, by clicking on system button on taskbar:
The driver window displays the user selections. Notice that decoded values are not shown in the display.
Select the "Knudsen 320M (PKEL HF/LF) (With Annotation)" driver to decode any incoming $PKEL telegrams.
Driver Information
| Driver | Knudsen 320M (PKEL HF-LF) (With Annotation) | Interface Type | Serial | Driver Class Type | Terminated |
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UTC Driver  | No | Input / Output | Input and Output | Executable | DrvAnnotate.exe KNUDSEN |
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System Interfacing
Interfacing Notes
It is important that the wiring of the cable between the echosounder and the COM port is bi-directional, i.e. allows two-way data transfer, so that the Qinsy driver can send the annotation telegrams, if selected.
Qinsy Online
Online
Use Settings - Annotation to select the annotation format and output data content.
Use Options - Direct Annotation to send a fix mark and/or annotation comment directly to the echosounder or side-scan sonar.
Use Context Sensitive Help in the Annotation Dialog to get more information about each specific item.
Knudsen 320 echosounder annotation strings may contain annotation field of maximal 68 ASCII characters.