NaviScan and Sonar Display

Author: MKB and AFA

Last update: 22-10-2018
Version: 1.0
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Overview 4
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1.1 Introduction 4
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1.2 Installation 4
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1.3 NaviScan SonarDisplay 5
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1.4 NaviScan Target 6
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1.5 NaviScan SonarControl 7

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2 SonarDisplay Project File 10
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2.1 Survey Settings 11
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2.2 Settings 11
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2.3 Network Settings 12
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2.4 Data File Settings 14
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2.5 Target Database Settings 14
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2.6 Target Historical Database Settings 17
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2.7 Options 17

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3 SonarDisplay Views 20
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3.1 SonarDisplay Waterfall 20
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3.2 SonarDisplay Target Toolbox 22
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3.3 SonarDisplay Navigation 23

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4 SonarDisplay Playback 24
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4.1 Indexing 24

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5 NaviScan Target 29
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5.1 NaviScan Target Database 30
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5.2 NaviScan Target Tools 32
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5.3 NaviScan Target Manager 33
5.3.1 NaviScan Target Export
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5.4 NaviScan Target Classification 36
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5.5 NaviScan Target Measurements 37

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6 Getting Started 41
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6.1 Getting Started SonarDisplay Online 41
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6.2 Getting Started SonarDisplay Offline 42
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6.3 Getting Started NaviScan Target 43

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Index 44

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 1 Overview
The overview paragraph provide an introduction to the NaviScan SonarDisplay including its
individual components used for target processing and sonar control.

Starting with a brief introduction and install instructions this section also provide an overview
description of the SonarDisplay including waterfall views, the Target processing application
and the SonarControl application. Both Target and the SonarControl applications are available
from the Tools main menu entry of the SonarDisplay application.

1.1 Introduction
NaviScan SonarDisplay and NaviScan Target are add on applications to EIVA NaviScan. The
applications are distributed as part of the NaviScan installer.

The NaviScan SonarDisplay is used for waterfall display of sidescan data and can be operated
either online or offline. NaviScan Target used for target processing.

NaviScan SonarDisplay can operate in two modes, Online or Offline. During online operation
where NaviScan Online is logging sidescan data to a SBD file, the SonarDisplay can act
either as a local or as a remote waterfall display. In Offline mode the SonarDisplay can be
used for playback and target selection. The processing of each target is facilitated by
NaviScan Target.

The SonarControl is accessible from the SonarDisplay application. It provide special control
capabilities for the supported sonars.

Both the NaviScan Target and the SonarControl are available from the Tools main menu entry
of the SonarDisplay application.

1.2 Installation
NaviScan SonarDisplay is distributed as part of the NaviScan installer version 8.4.4 or later.

The NaviScan SonarDisplay is basically a supplement to NaviScan. It contains waterfall

display as well as target selection and processing capabilities. No demo data are distributed
with the installer. However, demo data for sidescan sbd files are available from the EIVA
Demo Data installer. Subsequent to installation the various applications are available from the
Windows start menu, EIVA NaviScan:

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 The SonarDisplay and Target applications are written in C# for .NET 4.0. If not already
installed a full version of the .NET Framework 4.0 must be installed too. The installer will
attempt to download and install the .NET framework if required given the PC is on a network.
Alternatively, the .NET framework can be downloaded from Microsoft manually from
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa569263.aspx or installed directly from the
EIVA DVD.

Download
The EIVA NaviScan installer can be downloaded from the EIVA software download website.

DemoData are accessible from the EIVA DemoData installer which can be downloaded from
the EIVA software download website too.

1.3 NaviScan SonarDisplay

The NaviScan SonarDisplay consist of a main menu bar, a tool bar, the projects tree with a
property view and waterfall views. Multiple waterfall views are supported. Each waterfall view
has its own set of toolboxes for configuring gain, TVG, palettes and other display settings. A
typical playback setup is illustrated below, where a single waterfall display is shown:

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 1.4 NaviScan Target
NaviScan Target can be used as a standalone target processing tool operating on a
predefined NaviScan target database or it can be used for processing targets selected in the
SonarDisplay, either when operating in Online mode or during playback.

NaviScan Target facilitate standard image processing tools such as contrast and brightness,
measuring tools. Also, the user has an option for adding classification info and descriptive text
associated with the target being processed.

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 1.5 NaviScan SonarControl
The NaviScan SonarDisplay supports comes with SonarControl functionality. The
SonarControl application which can be used to control supported sidescan sonars e.g.
changing range, power the sonar on/off etc.

The connection string, socket://<server ip>:<server port>, can only be updated when
disconnected. After specification of a connection press "Connect". A message dialog will
inform the operator about the connection state. Also, the current connection state is
displayed in the status bar of the SonarControl application.

When a connection has been established to the topside and the sonar is detected as being
online the SonarControl request current settings from the sonar and initializes its settings
accordingly. Alternatively a manual refresh can be invoked by the operator by clicking the
Refresh button.

Automatic Reconnect
Checking the "Automatic Reconnect" check box, enable automatic reconnect by attempting
to connect to the server specified in the connection string. In order to change the connection
string, uncheck "Automatic Reconnect" and press the Connect/Disconnect button is already
connected.

In case of a server drop out or shutdown the connection state will change to Disconnected.
When the server has been restarted the SonarControl will reconnect automatically and change
its connection state to Connected.

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 Supported sidescan sonars are listed in the Sonar Control combo box.

Status information
The status bar provide information about connection to the specified topside, specified by the
connection string as well as the sonar status. The status bar illustrated above inform the
operator that a connection to the topside has been established and that the sonar subsystem
is online. Hence, control commands can be send to the sonar. If the sonar is offline, no
control commands will be executed, despite the successful connection to the topside.

Sonar Support
Currently, the following sonars are supported:

EdgeTech
The sonar control provide options for controlling pulse modes, mono-puls or multi-puls, as well
as powering sonar on/off as well specifying the range. Power and range settings are support
for both the LF and HF channel.

When operating in multi-puls mode, only the LF channel can be controlled.

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 The Refresh button is used for fetching current settings of the sonar, Settings can only be
fetched if a proper connection has been established.

Supported sonars:
· EdgeTech 4200
· EdgeTech 4700

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 2 SonarDisplay Project File
When NaviScan SonarDisplay is launched its settings gets primed with default project
settings. Settings which subsequently can be modified and saved as a project file by the user
for further use. The project file has extension .nsproj. It is written in XML format. In addition to
the file name a logic name for the project can be specified too.

Project files can be created (New), loaded (Open) and saved (Save) from the File main menu
as well as from the Standard toolbar:

In addition to the project file a number of global settings, not part of the project file, can be
accessed from the main menu Tools\Options.

Different elements of the project file will be described in subsequent sections as well as
settings available from the Options dialog.

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 2.1 Survey Settings
From the Survey node in the project tree the user can specify two descriptors for the survey:

· Survey Name (default = empty string)

· Survey Description (default = empty string)

Both parameters are optional.

Illustration of Survey Settings properties:

2.2 Settings
From the Settings node in the project tree the user can maintain palettes used by the
waterfall views.

Palettes
By default a number of palettes are provided by the installer.

Creation of a palette
The user can create own palettes by right clicking the Palette node and select "Create
Palette...". A dialog for palette creation and editing is show.

Deletion of a palette
Select the palette to delete, right-click and select Delete.

The palettes are stored in a simple text file in the EIVA pal format. The pal format consists of
a list of comma separated RGB values as illustrated below:

#VERSION 1
#R, G, B
52, 131, 58
88, 180, 100
...
...

Each RGB value are withing the range of [0.255].

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 Illustration of the dialog used for creation of palettes:

2.3 Network Settings

NaviScan SonarDisplay can be used online along with NaviScan for visualization of sidescan
data during logging. The SonarDisplay run either on the local NaviScan PC or on a remote PC.
The latter could be a dedicated display on the bridge of the vessle.

Connection
NaviScan online connection parameters:
· Sidescan connection string. The format must follow the syntax socket://<ip number of
NaviScan PC>:<communication port>. The default port used by NaviScan is 4444. In case
of port conflict this value can be changed by modifying the

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 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\EIVA\NaviScan\NaviScan\UIDistributorPort registry
database value.
· Reconnection. By setting Reconnection to True the NaviScan SonarDisplay will
automatically attempt to connect to NaviScan Online, based on specified network settings.
· Timeout, specify the connection timeout in ms.

Target
Options for Target distribution via the EIVA SceneServer or UDP is supported too.
· UDP, specify the UDP adress and port according to the syntax: socket://<ip number of
host PC>:<communication port>
· UDP Enabled. Set to true for populating target packages via UDP (default=false)
· SceneServer, specify the SceneServer adress and port according to the syntax:
sceneserver://<ip number of sceneserver host>:<communication port>
· SceneServer Enabled. Set to true for populating target packages via the SceneServer
(default=false)

Illustration of the Network settings properties, where the connection to NaviScan is setup to
run on the local PC along with NaviScan. NaviScan and NaviScan SonarDisplay communicate
on the non-default port 4450.

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 2.4 Data File Settings
The data file settings dialog is used for controlling the mode of operation for the NaviScan
SonarDisplay. The SonarDisplay can operate in two modes, online mode or playback mode.
In addition to specification of the mode of operation, a path to the active SBD datafile directory
must be specified. In playback mode the directory specification is mandatory, while in online
operation it is optional. Update parameters for the Data directory can be specified too.

Settings
· Data Directory, full quallified path to the survey database containing sbd files
· Mode, Online or Playback. Change mode to Online is NaviScan SonarDisplay is used
during online operation along with NaviScan Online. When operating online ensure that a
proper connection string to NaviScan Online has been specified, see Network Settings. In
playback mode NaviScan SonarDisplay can be used as a stand-alone application used for
Playback of existing SBD files and for target processing. In playback mode the Data
Directory must point to a survey database containing the sbd files being processed.

Update
· Auto Update, set to true for automatic update of data file listings for the survey database
specified. The auto update is based on the filter settings specified in the Update Filter
property.
· Update Filter, case in-sensitive filter specification for the auto update functionality.

Illustration of the Data File Settings properties during Playback operation:

2.5 Target Database Settings

NaviScan SonarDisplay supports target selection in online as well as playback mode.

In order to utilize target processing either a new target database must be created or the
operator must attach to an already created database.

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 By right clicking the Targets node in the project tree, the operator has the option to create a
new or attach to an existing database:

The NaviScan target database consist of a directory with an xml file containing target meta
information in addition to target images and related geo encoding files.

Attach existing target database

In order to attach an existing database click the Browse button and select the target database
to attach. When a proper directory is selected, target database information is listed, as
illustrated below:

Press OK to accept database attachment.

Create new target database

The first step in creation of a new target database is specify a directory in where the target
database will be created. Next specify Survey Name and Description including Instrument
Vendor and sonar Model for the sonar used to collect the side scan data files.

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 Press OK to create the database.

Target Manager
Launch the Target Manager from where targets can be processed.

Illustration of properties for the target database:

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 2.6 Target Historical Database Settings
Currently not supported.

2.7 Options
The Options dialog is available from the Tools/Options main menu. From the Options dialog
numerous settings such as data cache size, colors for grid and labels in waterfall view, path
to tools etc. The settings has been grouped into three Genaral, Display and Tools settings,
each having its own set of properties.

General - Settings related to data handling and processing

Playback
Specify path and connection string to the SBDParser used for indexing sbd files prior to doing
Playback.
The SBDParser is either available from the NaviScan installation directory or from the
SonarDisplay installation directory.

Proxy
Setting of cache size expressed in number of scans for Online operation as well as during
Playback.
By default the Auto Cache Size is checked. In order to apply a reduced cache size, e.g. to
reduce the memory consumption, toggle Auto Cache Size to false and enter the new size in
the property Cache Size.

Scan Handling
Specify how scans are handled.

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 Display - Waterfall display settings

Coordinate system
Specify color for fonts, labels and grid lines for the waterfall view. These settings are only

Display
Background color for zero intensities. Normally, zero intensities are colored according to the
selected palette. By setting the Background color and threshold a dedicated color can be
used to mark
Also, a threshold value for zero reference can be specified, e.g. by setting this value to 10 and
specifying a background color of red, all intensities below 10 will be drawn in red despite the
palette selected.

The label font and color properties are used for specifying head line text show on the waterfall
view. This text is shown in the upper left corner of the display.

Settings
Refresh rate specify the maximum update refresh rate for the waterfall displays.

Down scaling properties are used for down sampling raw scan intensities prior to usage by
filters, gain and display operations.

Tools - Target and Sonar Control tools

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 Sonar Control
Path to the SonarControl application launched from the Tools Main Menu of the NaviScan
SonarDisplay application. By default this path is set to the EIVA SonarControl application
locate in the installation folder of the NaviScan SonarDisplay.

Tools
Path to the NaviScan Target processing application. The target processing application can be
launched either from the Tools Main Menu. In this case the target to process must be
selected manually by selection via the TargetManager. The NaviScan target application can
also be launched from a selected target. In this case the application is initiated with current
meta information for the target selected, ready for measuring and classification.

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 3 SonarDisplay Views
The SonarDisplay support a number of views for data visualization. The views supported are all
available from the view main menu or the displays toolbar. Toolbars can be toggled on/off from
the view/toolbars main menu, in order to provide the operator with an option for maximizing the
waterfall display area. All views in NaviScan SonarDisplay supports docking.

Views supported are

· Waterfall. Multiple waterfall views are supported.
· Navigation view

Illustration of the displays toolbar from where an instance of the low frequency (LF) or high
frequency (HF) waterfall as well as a Navigation view can be instantiated:

3.1 SonarDisplay Waterfall

The NaviScan SonarDisplay support multiple waterfall views for visualization of sidescan data.
NaviScan SonarDisplay supports dual frequency sonars, where the LF waterfall view will
display the low frequency (LF) channel and the HF waterfall view will display the high
frequency (HF) channel. Each view is dockable and can be configured individually in terms of
palette, display, filter and gain settings. However, only one configuration setup can be saved
for each LF and HF view.

Illustration of LF and HF waterfall display;

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 The configuration of each waterfall view is controlled from the waterfall toolbar. Some settings
are controlled directly such as toggling of grid lines and labels on/off, where as other settings
are controlled via toolboxes. Each type of control is described in the text below.

Illustration of the waterfall toolbars:

Palette
Toolbox providing options for selection of palette and intensity range. A graphical window
provides a histogram over intensities provided as a tool for defining the range settings for the
palette.

Display
Provide at tool box from where the number of scans in display can be specified as well as
toggling of sea floor detection, slant range etc.
Also, option for specifying the scan range for the waterfall view can be specified. All ranges
must be specified in meters. Port side must be specified as a negative numbers.

Display of Labels and Grid lines

The grid line buttons act as check buttons used for toggling grid and test information on/off

Print
Print selected waterfall view by utilizing the default windows printer.

Load/Save
Press Save to save current settings for the waterfall view. Load will reset settings to last saved
settings.

Target
Toolbox used for target selection. Target selection can be toggled on/off form the target
toolbox or by clicking the target button, see SonarDisplay Target Toolbox.

AGC
Automatic Gain Control, AGC can be toggled on/off, the applied filter length in ms can be
changed. When AGC is enabled, the operator can not use Gain and TVG tools.

Gain
Provide a toolbox from where the operator can apply gain to current scans. The gain is
specified in dB.

In order to apply gain manually, the AGC filter must be disabled.

TVG
Provide a toolbox from where the operator can apply time varying gain, TVG to current scans.
Two types of TVG is supported. Standard TVG is specified in dB/50 meter where as the

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 custom TVG is specified as three constants a,b and c, where TVG = a + b R + c log(R). R is
the travel time.

In order to apply TVG manually, the AGC filter must be disabled.

Raw Scan
Toggle a view on/off showing the raw scan and the scan adjusted by the filters and gain
settings applied.

3.2 SonarDisplay Target Toolbox

The target toolbox accessible via the toolbar of the waterfall display. By clicking the Target
button the Target toolbox is launched.

From the target toolbox a number of setting regarding target selection is configured. However
one one setting per channel e.g. LF or HF can be saved.
Target selection can be enabled or disabled, either by clicking on the red target cross located
in the toolbar of the waterfall display, illustrated above or by changing the Enabled checkbox
visible in the target toolbox.

Target Name ID
User defined prefix for target names. When a target is selcted by a double click on the
waterfall view the target name generated is <Target Name ID>_dd_mm_yyyy_hh_hh_ss
dd=day;mm=month;yyyy=year;hh=hour;mm=minute;ss=second, e.g.
target_13_07_2012_16_22_08 (Default=target_).
From the NaviScan target application target names can be modified later on.

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 Target Symbol
Specify the symbol associated with the target. The symbol is used when exporting wpt2 files
(Default=square).

Target Selection Area

Specify the target size. The two numbers specify the width and height in waterfall display
units, e.g. distance,scan.

The area specified is illustrated in the waterfall view by e red square in case target selection is
enabled.

3.3 SonarDisplay Navigation

Navigation display providing information about position, heading, speed made good, altitude,
scan number and time as well as the sound velocity applied.

The text scales according to dialog size. In order to save a configure, right click and press
Save. Last saved settings can be loaded by right click and press Load.

Illustration of Navigation information:

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 4 SonarDisplay Playback
NaviScan SonarDisplay can operate in two modes, either Online or Playback. This section
describes how SonarDisplay is configured for playback and how the waterfall views can be
operated during playback in order to enhance the display of the sidescan data being
displayed.

With reference to section Getting Started SonarDisplay Offline a few steps are involved in
setting up the NaviScan SonarDisplay for playback.

· A number of sbd files containing sidescan data must be available within a single directory
· Indexing of sbd files
· Select the sbd file for display and open the appropriate view LF/HF
· Control playback from the toolbar, press the green play button for initiating play back or the
pause button for pausing. Speed can be controlled by pressing the up or down arrows or the
short cuts Ctrl - + or Ctrl - -

4.1 Indexing
Prior to indexing sbd files. NaviScan SonarDisplay must be configured for Playback.

Select the DataFiles node in the project tree and toggle the Mode to Playback in the
properties view. Modify the Data Directory property to the directory where the playback sbd
files are located. If Auto Update is set to true and the Update Filert to *.sbd, then all sbd files
located in the directory specified will be listed under the DataFiles node, as illustrated below:

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 To index the sbd files in the directory specified right click on the file to index and select
Indexing from the context menu as illustrated below.
Note that the playback tool buttons are disabled. This indicate that the sbd file selected has
not yet been indexed for playback.

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 When indexing is initiated a progress bar is shown in the lower left corner of the main window.
By expanding the combobox a %-progress indicator is displayed:

If the file size of the sbd file selected is sufficiently small the indexing process is carried out
very rapidly, causing the progress indicator not to be displayed.

Currently, NaviScan SonarDisplay only support indexing of one sbd file at a time. Hence,
subsequent to indexing one sbd file, repeat the above steps for indexing another sbd file.

When the file has been indexed succesfully and the sbd file has been selected from the
DataFiles node of the project tree, the playback tool buttons are enabled and playback can be
initiated by clicking the green play button or by pressing Ctrl-p. Select the low frequency (LF)
or high frequency (HF) tool button to open a waterfall view. Below is an illustration of the view
with a succesfully indexed sbd file J239N004 ready for playback:

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 Indexing Properties
The indexing of sbd files are facilitated by the application SBDParser.exe located in the
NaviScan installation directory.

Hence, in case problems occur during indexing, those are most likely related to the
interaction problems between the SonarDisplay application and the SBDParser application.
Settings for the SBDParser can be modified from the Tools/Options dialog by selecting the
General settings:

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 · Playback Parser - The property must be pointing to a valid SBDParser application. Default
pointing to the SBDParser.exe loacated in the NaviScan installation directory, e.g. c:
\Eiva\NaviScan\bin\SBDParser.exe
· Playback Connection - Specify the url to use for SBDParser connection. Normally the loop
back IP adress should be used, followed by a valid port number. Default
socket://127.0.0.1:4445. If the port number specified is already in use, the the indexing
process might fail. Also, ensure that the port is not blocked by a local firewall running on
the PC.

Indexing errors and trouble shooting

If problems occur while indexing a SBD file please verify settings for the SBDParser.exe as
described above.
· Valid path to SBDPArser.exe
· Valid IP number for the connection specified
· Valid Port number specified for the connection specified. Ensure that the port is not in use
by other applications running on the PC and that the port is not blocked by a software
firewall running on the PC.

Note: subsequent to indexing a sbd file, it might be necessary to deselect and

reselect the file in order for the playback toolbar to become enabled.

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 5 NaviScan Target
NaviScan Target can be used as a standalone target processing tool operating on a
predefined NaviScan target database or it can be used for processing targets selected in the
SonarDisplay, either when operating in online mode or during playback. Prior to using
NaviScan Target, a new target database must be created or an existing database must be
attached.

NaviScan Target facilitate standard image processing tools such as contrast and brightness,
measuring tools. Also, the user has an option for adding additional classification information,
a symbol and descriptive text associated with the target being processed.

Below is an illustration of a target selected in NaviScan SonarDisplay and processed

subsequently in NaviScanTarget:

In the following chapters, topics such as the Target Database, holding target meta information
and target images, Target tools used for image enhancing, Target Manager, used for target
browsing and selection, as well as Target Classification and Measuring tools, will be
discussed.

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 NaviScan Target consists of a number of views used when targets are being processed:

· Mini View - Target bitmap overview

· Main View - View of target affected by tools applies, e.g. contrast, measurements etc.
· History View - Show a action list of target bitmap operations. From this dialog undo/redo
operation can be executed.
· Measurement - View used for target measurement. Press the Apply button to save
measurements to target database.
· Classification - View used to classify the target selected (not shown above). Press the
Apply button to save measurements to target database.

In order to complete classification, the operator must fill out all relevant information in the
Measurement and Classification views.

5.1 NaviScan Target Database

The NaviScan Target database is essential a directory with a number of data files.

· <my target database>.xml, The database file containing meta information for all targets
selected
· <mytarget GUID>.png and <mytarget GUID>.pgw, Target bitmap and geo reference file. All
target bitmaps has a unique GUID file name.
· SurveyInfo.txt, A text file containing survey information

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 A new database can be created from either NaviScan SonarDisplay or NaviScan Target.
However, normally the database would be created when creating the Online or Playback
project file for the SonarDisplay.

Creating a new Target Database

Right click the Target node:

Click Create new target database, this will launch the dialog:

Press the browse button and brows to the new target database folder. In the example
illustration above, a new target database TargetDBDSR is created in folder c:\temp.

Fill out the survey and instrument information fields and press OK.

Attaching to an existing target database

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 NaviScan SonarDisplay and Target applications, does also provide an option for attaching to
an existing target database.

Click Attach existing target database, browse to the target database folder. When selected
Survey and instrument information will be shown.

Press OK to attach database.

In NaviScan Target, options for attaching or creating target databases are provided via the File
main menu or the Toolbar.

5.2 NaviScan Target Tools

When a target has been loaded into NaviScan Target a number of bitmap enhancing tool are
available:

· Brightness
· Contrast
· RGB adjustment
· HSV adjustment

When applying an effect created by the tool selected, undo and redo operations are available
from the History View by pressing the left/right arrow buttons.

All tools are available from the Tools main menu or from the toolbar.

NOTE:
None of the tool effects are persisted, but are provided as tools used for enhancing the target
bitmap in order for the operator to measure and classify the target properly.

Tool Brightness - adjust brightness of target image

Tool Contrast - adjust contrast of target image

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 Tool RGB adjustment - adjust RGB channels of target image individually.

Tool HSV Adjustment - adjust hue, saturation and light of target image

5.3 NaviScan Target Manager

The Target Manager is used for browsing and maintaining targets in the selected target
database. The Target Manager is available from NaviScan SonarDisplay (Right click the Target
node and select Target Manager) as well as the NaviScan Target applications (Select
File/Target Manager).

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 Along with meta information for the target database selected the Target Manager provide a list
of all targets in the database, read only information about the target selected e.g. size,
position etc, along with a bitmap representation of the target.

Also the Target Manager provide an option for deleting targets. Select the target to delete and
press the Delete button.

When a Target is selected the NaviScan Target load the Target automatically. The target can
the be processed.

The Refresh button will refresh all target information.

Target Import and Export

The target database can be exported as files, either as wpt or wpt2 format. In addition,
individual targets can be exported as geo referenced tiff or png files. Refer to NaviScan Target
Export for further description.

Import of 3rd party target databases are currently not supported.

5.3.1 NaviScan Target Export

Targets can be exported to a number of formats from the Target Manager. The supported
formats are:

· WPT NaviPac Waypoint file format. All targets in database are exported to file.
· WPT2 NaviPac Waypoint version 2 file format. All targets in database are exported to file.

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 · Geo referenced png. Selected target is exported to a geo referenced png file. Two files are
generated MyTarget.png containing the raster and MyTarget.pgw containing geo reference
information.
· Geo referenced tif. Selected target is exported to a geo referenced png file. Two files are
generated MyTarget.tif containing the raster and MyTarget.tfw containing geo reference
information.

For further reading, please refer to World file description from WikipediA

Example on how to export a target from a target database:

Open the target database by attaching NaviScan Target to an existing database.

Subsequently open the Target Manager.

From the target listbox, select the target to export, e.g. Container and click the "Export..."
button:

Click "Export..." and from the displayed Export Targets to File dialog, browse to the export
directory, enter the name of the target export files and select the type:

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 A full list of supported export filters are listed by expanding the Save as type combo box from
the dialog, as illustrated above.

Finally, press "Save" and the export file will be created.

The exported files can be imported into other EIVA software packages such as NaviPac
Helmsmans Display and NaviModel.

5.4 NaviScan Target Classification

When the target has been selected for processing, either from the NaviScan SonarDisplay of
from the Target Manager, classification information has to be specified in the Classification
view.

· Target Name - By default populated with the Default Target name configured in the
NaviScan SonarDisplay. Name must be a non empty string.
· Target Description - Additional descriptive text. Default empty.
· Target Classification - Classification string, e.g. manta mine.
· Target Type - Target type, e.g. mine, debris
· Target Symbol - Symbol associated with target. Currently only NaviPac default symbols are
supported.

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 · Taget Color - Color associated with target. Currently all target are displayed in Red only.

When relevant target information has been entered, press Apply to persist changes. The Save
button can be pressed too. Pressing the Save button will persist classification as well as
target measures to database.

Example of classification information entered by the operator:

5.5 NaviScan Target Measurements

When the target has been selected for processing, either from the NaviScan SonarDisplay of
from the Target Manager, target measures has to be specified in the Measurement view.

The Measurement view provide a number of tools for measurements.

· None - Selected by default when a new target is selected
· X - Target Width, Click on Main View using left mouse button. Two point must be specified.
Press Esc to delete point

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 · Y - Target Length, Click on Main View using left mouse button. Two point must be
specified. Press Esc to delete point
· Z - Target Height, Click on Main View using left mouse button. Two point must be specified.
Press Esc to delete point
· Position - Target Position in Easting/Northing, Click on Main View using left mouse button.
Two point must be specified. Press Esc to delete point. The default target position when
selected from the NaviScan SonarDisplay is center of image.

Visibility of each measurement can be controlled by toggling the Visible check box.

When relevant target information has been entered, press Apply to persist changes. The Save
button can be pressed too. Pressing the Save button will persist classification as well as
target measures to database.

Example of target measures entered by the operator:

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 6 Getting Started
A number of Getting Started guides are provided below. Basically the Getting Started guides
provides information about configuration and usage of the NaviScan SonarDisplay and
NaviScan Target applications. The guides are written as step by step guides where relevant.

The following guides are currently available:

Getting Started - SonarDisplay Online
Getting Started - SonarDisplay Offline
Getting Started - NaviScan Target

6.1 Getting Started SonarDisplay Online

This Getting Started Guide describes how NaviScan SonarDisplay (NSSD) can be utilized
during online operation, i.e. when NaviScan is setup to log sonar data stored in SBD/XTF
format.

Configuration of NaviScan is outside the topic of this guide. Please refer to relevant NaviScan
documentation.

Install NaviScan and NSSD on the PCs part of the setup. For installation issues related to
NSSD, please refer to Installation section.

NSSD can operate as a remote Display. Prior to installing NSSD as par of a distributed setup
ensure that the all PCs can ping each other and that relevant ports has been opened in the
respective firewalls.

Steps for Online configuration:

1. Start NaviScan Online and ensure sonar data are received. By default port 4444 is used for
external communication with NSSD.
2. Start NSSD. NSSD will by default connect to NaviScan Online. Alternatively, connections
can be established manually. See Network Settings for further details. Alternatively, load a
previous created project file (.nsproj). Note: the mode of operation must be set to Online,
see Data File Settings.
3. Launch relevant views such as the LF waterfall view
4. If required configure the waterfall view in terms of AGC, Gain and TVG as well as palette
settings etc., see SonarDisplay Waterfall for further details.
5. In case target processing is required, ensure that a target database has been setup
properly, see Target Database Settings for further details.
6. Save project file (.nsproj).

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 6.2 Getting Started SonarDisplay Offline
This Getting Started Guide describes how NaviScan SonarDisplay (NSSD) can be utilized for
playback and target processing including a step by step configuration guide.

Install NSSD on the PCs part of the setup. For installation issues related to NSSD, please
refer to the Installation section.

Steps for setting up NSSD for Playback:

1. Start NaviScan SonarDisplay.
2. Toggle mode of operation to Playback, see Data File Settings for further details.
3. Specify data file repository. Note that only SBD files are currently supported by playback.
Data File Settings for further details.
4. When the Data File setting properties have been configured properly and one or more SBD
files are available in the file repository specified, data files available for playback are listed
as child nodes to DataFiles.
5. In case target selection is required, ensure that a target database has been setup
properly, see Target Database Settings for further details.
6. Save project file (.nsproj) for future used.
7. Select the SBD file for playback.
8. Right click and select Indexing. An index cache will be generated for file selected. While
indexing a progress indicator is shown in the lower left corner of the SonarDisplay
application. NOTE: Only single file indexing is currently supported.
9. When successfully indexed, the file can be selected for playback. If an index cache exists
for the file selected and the mode of operation has been set to Playback, the playback
toolbar and main menu is enabled.
10. Start playback by clicking the green play button or press Ctrl-P. Ctrl-P toggle between
play and pause. Refer to the Playback main menu for a list of playback control short cuts.
11. Launch relevant views such as the LF waterfall view.
12. Configure the waterfall view in terms of AGC, Gain and TVG as well as palette etc., see
SonarDisplay Waterfall for further details.
13. Targets can be selected by enable target selection from the waterfall toolbar, see
SonarDisplay Waterfall for further detail. When target selection has been enabled a red
square is displayed when moving the mouse over the waterfall view. The size of the red
square is equivalent to the target area selected. A target will be generated when
performing a left mouse button double click.
14. When a target has been selected it is listed as child nodes to Targets. The target can then
be processed, measured and classified by the NaviScan Target application. Targets can
be deleted, processed and organized from the right click menu, e.g. select a target and
click "Process Target..." in order to load the selected target into the NaviScan Target
application.

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NaviScan Target can be utilized for target processing, either as a stand alone application or
part of NaviScan SonarDisplay.

Steps required for using NaviScan Target from NaviScan SonarDisplay:

1. Launch NaviScan SonarDisplay
2. Right click the Target node in the project tree, and select Create/Attach database. Browse
and select the target database folder.
3. During Playback or when operating online, pick target. Targets picked are listed below the
Target node.
4. Right click target, and select Process Target for process the target.
5. Target Bitmap and meta information is displayed in NaviScan Target
6. Process target by filling out relevant information in the Classification and Measurement
View. Press the Apply buttons or the green Save tool button to commit changes to the
target database selected.
7. Close NaviScan Target.

Steps required for using NaviScan Target for stand along target processing:
1. Attach to an existing target database.
2. Launch the Target Manager and select the target to process.
3. Process target by filling out relevant information in the Classification and Measurement
View. Press the Apply buttons or the green Save tool button to commit changes to the
target database selected.
4. Select next target to process or close NaviScan Target application when done.

NOTE:
NaviScan SonarDisplay and NaviScan Target are individual applications. Hence, it might be
necessary to refresh the target database subsequent to have made an changes, in order for
the changes to be updated properly.

From NaviScan Target the Refresh is available from the Target Manager. From the
SonarDisplay right click the Target node and select Refresh.

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 create 14
Index Create new target database 14, 30
Creation of a palette 11

-D-
-.- Data Directory 24
.nsproj 10 DataFiles 24
.pal 11 deleting targets 33
Deletion of a palette 11
description 11
-<- descriptive text 6
<my target database>.xml 30 Display 17, 20
<mytarget GUID>.pgw 30 docking 20
<mytarget GUID>.png 30 dual frequency sonars 20

-4- -E-
4200 7 EdgeTech 7
4700 7 EdgeTech 4200 7
EdgeTech 4700 7
EIVA Demo Data 4
-A- EIVA pal format 11
AGC 20 EIVA software download website 4
altitude 23
Apply 36
attach 14 -G-
Attach existing target database 14, 30 Gain 20
auto update 14 Geo referenced png 34
Automatic Gain Control 20 Geo referenced tif 34
Getting Started 41
global settings 10
-B-
Brightness 32
browsing and maintaining targets 33 -H-
heading 23
HF 20
-C- high frequency 20
Classification 6, 29 high frequency (HF) 20
Classification and Measurement 43 History View 29, 32
Classification view 36 HSV adjustment 32
Contrast 32
Coordinate system 17

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 -I- -P-
image processing 6 pal 11
index cache 42 Palette 20
indexing 24 palettes 11
Indexing errors and trouble shooting 24 playback 17, 24, 42
Indexing Properties 24 playback mode 14
Installation 4 playback tool buttons 24
position 23
prefix for target names 22
-L- Print 20
Lables and Gridlines 20 Process Target 43
LF 20 project file 10
Load 20 Proxy 17
logic name 10
low frequency 20
low frequency (LF) 20 -R-
Raw Scan 20
Refresh 33, 43
-M- RGB 11
Main View 29 RGB adjustment 32
Measurement 29
Measurement view 37
measuring tools 6 -S-
Mini View 29 Save 20, 36
Mode 24 SBD file 24, 42
mode of operation 14 SBDParser.exe 24
Scan Handling 17
scan number and time 23
-N- SceneServer 12
Navigation display 23 Settings 17
navigation view 20 Sidescan connection string 12
NaviScan installer version 8.4.4 and later 4 Sonar Control 17
NaviScan SonarDisplay 29 SonarControl 7
NaviScan Target 29, 42 sound velocity 23
speed made good 23
survey settings 11
-O- SurveyInfo.txt 30
online connection 12
online mode 14
Options dialog 17

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 -T- -X-
Taget Color 36 X - Target Width 37
Target 14, 20
target area 42
Target Classification 36 -Y-
target database 6, 14, 30, 42 Y - Target Length 37
Target Description 36
Target distribution 12
Target Export 34 -Z-
Target Import and Export 33 Z - Target Height 37
Target Manager 14, 33, 34, 43
Target Name 36
Target Name ID 22
Target Position 37
target selection 42
Target Selection Area 22
target size 22
Target Symbol 22, 36
Target Type 36
time varying gain 20
Tools 17
TVG 20

-U-
UDP 12
UIDistributorPort 12
using NaviScan Target for stand along target
processing 43
using NaviScan Target from NaviScan
SonarDisplay 43

-W-
waterfall display 20
waterfall toolbar 20
waterfall view 20
WPT 34
wpt file 33
WPT2 34

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