HydroLite F.A.Q
Home / Support / F.A.Q Q: Can I walk on land with the transducer held out over the top of the water? A: No, transducer must be submerged. Q: Is the sonarmite compatible with Survey Pro? A: No. Survey Pro does not currently support echosounder devices. Q: What software is the sonarmite compatible with? A: Survey Controller, Terrasync (do NOT check serial box), Topcon (need to contact dealer for script), Carlson software, Lieca (need proprietary cable and null modem in line). Q: Can I change the rate at which the sonarmite pings? A: No, it only outputs twice a second, you can specify logging parameters within your logging software. Q: Can the sonarmite output a NMEA string? A: Yes, as well as ASCII format. Q: What can I change internally on the sonarmite? A: Output format and Sound Velocity. Q: How do I calibrate sound velocity? A: You can use either a standard bar check or a digital sound Velocimeter. Q : If the surface of the water is frozen, can I get a depth? A: No, the transducer must be in water. Q: Can the transducer ping through a metal hull, if there is water in the hull? A: No, you will only get the depth of water that is inside your boat. Q:Do I bring in sounding and GPS over the same COM port? A: No, you cannot use the same port twice, at the same time. Q: My Geo series datalogger just froze, what happened? A: Your internal GPS antenna lost view of the sky, you will need to wait for it to unfreeze or turn it off manually (after waiting about 5 minutes). Q: How do I know the sonarmite is working? A: Red flashing light indicates sonarmite is on and pinging, blue light indicates active bluetooth connection. Q: How do I know if the transducer is pinging? A: Red flashing light and series of faint ticking noises when transducer is next to ear. Q: I’m connected to the echosounder but I’m getting all zero’s out of the unit. A: The transducer needs to be in water in order to get a depth value out of the echosounder Q: When pairing the echosounder Bluetooth with my data collector, the system is asking for a pass code A: The default pass code for the Sonarmite echosounder is 1234. Older units have also used 1111 and 0000 values. Q: I use Trimble Survey Controller on a TSC2 data collector, will the Hydrolite work with this setup and is any other software required? A: As long as you are using Survey Controller version 12.41 or later, no additional software is required. |
