SIS Software Install Instructions Cookbook Multibeam Advisory
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Contents How to install SIS software Configure the datagram
distribution software NOTE: These are directions for installing the
SIS software. If you are doing this to replace a corrupt database,
please see the SIS Configuration Backup and SIS Software Uninstall
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SIS Software Install Insert the SIS software DVD. If a window
does not automatically open, browse to the DVD using a file
explorer and double click on the start.html file. Click on the SIS
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SIS Software Install Once this SIS Software Installation opens
up, click on the Press here to install Seafloor Information System.
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SIS Software Install If a security warning pops up click run to
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SIS Software Install Choose your install language. 6 Multibeam
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SIS Software Install Click on the Next button to continue
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SIS Software Install Verify that this is the version and build
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SIS Software Install Make sure that SIS is selected as an
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SIS Software Install Choose where you want to store you raw
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SIS Software Install Define the IP number or hostname of the
Database server. If the database is going to be on the same machine
you are running SIS (the normal operation mode) enter localhost. 11
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SIS Software Install Choose the install location for the SIS
software. The default value of C:\Program Files\Kongsberg
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SIS Software Install If you want Shortcuts to be put under the
Start menu in a SIS folder simply click Install. Otherwise define a
different folder name or click Do not create shortcuts. Multibeam
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SIS Software Install During the install process a dialog box
will appear asking about installing a MATLAB compiler runtime,
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SIS Software Install After the install is done Reboot the
machine to finish the process. Multibeam Advisory Committee March
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SIS Software Install Restart SIS and reconnect with the TRU
through the pulldown menu. If the TRU does not appear, Rescan, and
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SIS Software Install It is now time to import your PU settings
(offsets, device settings, etc). Under the File menu select Import
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SIS Software Install A dialog box will appear. Browse to the
location you saved you PU parameters (normally in the
E:/sisdata/common/pu_param directory. Select your saved file and
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SIS Software Install Dont worry if you see plenty of blinking
red fields after doing this. Go to the File menu and select
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SIS Software Install Start up SIS again and connect to the TRU
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SIS Software Install It is now time to import all of you user
settings such as screen layouts, datagram subscribtions, external
sensors, etc. Go the the File menu and select User settings.
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SIS Software Install You should only load user settings from a
machine with the same number of hard drives. This is not normally a
problem as the usual is to load settings from the same machine.
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SIS Software Install The Import User Settings dialog box will
appear. Click on the file selection box for User Parameters
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SIS Software Install Select the User Settings parameters file.
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SIS Software Install Click on the file selection box for
Datagram subscriptions. Multibeam Advisory Committee March 21, 2012
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SIS Software Install Select the Datagram subscriptions file.
This file will end in a.dgmsubs suffix. Multibeam Advisory
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SIS Software Install Click on the file selection box for Survey
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SIS Software Install Select the Survey template file. This file
will end in a.srvtpl suffix. Multibeam Advisory Committee March 21,
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SIS Software Install Click on the file selection box for
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SIS Software Install Select the Projections file. This file
will end in a.proj suffix. Make sure you DO NOT select the file
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SIS Software Install Click on the file selection box for Frame
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SIS Software Install Select the Frames file. This file will end
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SIS Software Install Click on the file selection box for
External sensor settings. Multibeam Advisory Committee March 21,
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SIS Software Install Select the External Sensors file. This
file will end in a.extsens suffix. Multibeam Advisory Committee
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SIS Software Install Click the Accept button now that you have
filled out all of the fields. Multibeam Advisory Committee March
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SIS Software Install Click the Accept button. If you are
importing these settings from another sounder make sure that you
change the Sounders serial to match the sounder you are importing
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SIS Software Install Click the Ok button, you are done
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SIS Software Install Quit SIS in order to finalize the loading
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SIS Software Install Start up SIS again and connect to the TRU
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SIS Software Install The one parameter that the above method
does not correctly set (apparently) is the grid engines cell size.
To fix this select View -> Tear Off -> New Survey. Multibeam
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SIS Software Install Change the Number of cells in processing
grid: to 128x128 and change the Cell size (m) to 150 for the EM122
and 5 for the EM710. It might be necessary to change to EM710s grid
cell size to 10m depending upon the size of the survey area.
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Datagram Distribution Configuration SIS as part of the install
process wiped out the datagram distribution parameters. Open the
software and add a source port of 4310 for Centerbeam Depth and a
the desired IP and destination port (for the Kilo Moanas EM120 you
should enter 192.168.1.40:5634 and for the EM710 you should enter
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R/V Kilo Moanas EM122 Data Distribution settings. R/V Kilo Moanas
EM710 Data Distribution settings.
