Simrad EQ60 - Manual (Page 83)

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The annotation text is entered here. Note that you need to have a
keyboard connected to the echo sounder. The text can be entered
freely, for example ”Dangerous wreck”. When you press the
OK button the text is written into the echogram. The next time
you open the Annotation dialogue box, the text is cleared, and
you must enter new information.
Time
Click Active to activate automatic time annotation. Enter the
desired time interval between the annotations. When activated,
the sounder automatically generates annotations containing the
current time at the chosen interval.
Event
Each event annotation is identified with an individual event
number. The event annotation is then generated every time an
event is generated. The event number is initially chosen here,
and thereafter automatically incremented or decremented every
time a new event is generated.
To generate an event, click Event in the
Status bar
.
The Event annotation can include current time and/or current
longitude and latitude. Click applicable Add Time or Add
Navigation to select. Without time or position data selected, the
annotation message will simply contain the event number.
External events
External annotations may be input via the serial port for
navigation as an NMEA telegram. The Annotation dialogue
box does not support direct control of this function.
The external annotation has the following format:
$??ATS,this is a test<CR><LF>
The telegram header consists of:
1 the $ character
2 two letters ?? (disregarded by the echo sounder, identifies
the sender of the telegram)
3 three letters ATS (Annotation Text String - identifies the
type of NMEA telegram).
4 a comma (NMEA separation character).
5 Text string (The echo sounder handles the string as an
ordinary text. You can not use commas in the text string.)