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INTRODUCTION-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-1
I. License Manager- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-1
II. HYPACK® Interface - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-2
A. HYPACK® Files List - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-3
1 HYPACK® Menu Bar - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-5
2 HYPACK® Icon Bar - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-5
3 HYPACK® Screen Control Bar - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-6
B. HYPACK® Area Map- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-6
1 Display Settings in the HYPACK® Control Panel - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-7
2 Sounding Color Settings in HYPACK® - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-17

III. Projects in HYPACK® - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-19

A. Creating a New Project - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-20
B. Managing Files in your Project - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-20
C. Loading Files to your Project - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-21
IV. Raw Data Files - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-22
V. HYPACK® Project Files - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-22

PREPARATION- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-1
I. Work Flow - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-1
II. Entering your Geodetic Parameters - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-2
III. Hardware Setup in HYPACK® - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-5
A. Mobiles and Mobile Settings - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-6
B. Specifying Devices in HARDWARE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-7
C. Connection Information in HARDWARE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-8
1 Configuring Connections for HYPACK® Devices - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-8
2 Testing Serial Communication with WCOM32 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-12
3 Testing Network Communication for All Network Devices - - - - - - - - - - - 2-15
D. Measuring Hardware Offsets - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-15
E. Offsets and Latency - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-16
F. Assigning the Tracking Point in HARDWARE - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-18
G. Configuring your Devices - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-19
1 Configuring the GPS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-19
2 Configuring your Echosounder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-23
H. Calibrating your Hardware - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-24
1 Bar Checks - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-25
2 Measuring GPS Latency in Single Beam Configurations - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-27
3 Finalizing Hardware Offsets Using Calibration Test Results - - - - - - - - - - 2-30

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IV. Planned Survey Lines - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-32

A. Spacing Planned Lines - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-33
B. Offset Patterns for Planned Lines - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-33
C. Creating 2-D Planned Lines Using the Cursor and Offset Technique 2-34

SURVEY- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-1
I. SURVEY Interface - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-2
II. Windows in SURVEY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-2
A. Area Map in SURVEY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-3
B. Left-Right Indicator in SURVEY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-7
C. Data Display in SURVEY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-8
D. Alarms in SURVEY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-9
III. Corrections in SURVEY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-10
A. Tide Corrections in SURVEY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-10
B. Draft Corrections - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-12
IV. Navigating Planned Lines in SURVEY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-14
A. Selecting Survey Lines in SURVEY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-15
B. Logging Data in SURVEY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-16
V. Raw Data Files - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-19
VI. Survey Keyboard Shortcuts- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3-19

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CHAPTER 1 Introduction

HYPACK develops Windows®-based software for the hydrographic

and dredging industry. It provides hydrographic surveyors with all
of the tools needed to design their survey, collect data, process it,
reduce it, and generate final products.

Whether you are collecting hydrographic survey data or

environmental data or just positioning your vessel in an
engineering project, HYPACK® provides the tools needed to
complete your job. With users spanning the range from small
vessel surveys with just a GPS and single beam echosounder to
large survey ships with networked sensors and systems,
HYPACK® gives you the power needed to complete your task in a
system your surveyors can master.

This manual is intended to introduce you to the HYPACK®

interface and step you through the most common requirements for
preparation and data acquisition in a single beam survey.

LICENSE MANAGER
The LICENSE MANAGER reads your HYPACK® license
information from your dongle and displays your dongle status.

To run the dongle test select SETTINGS-LICENSE MANAGER.

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FIGURE 1. LICENSE MANAGER

The LICENSE MANAGER display includes the following:

• All dongle types detected are listed under Products.
• Maintenance Plan Ends: The expiration of your Maintenance
Plan. HYPACK® continues to function, but any program
updates after this date will not run. You can arrange with our
Sales department (Sales@hypack.com) to renew your
Maintenance Plan over the Internet.
• Leased: Leased licenses are usually for short-term use. The
dongle will not be recognized and HYPACK® will not run on
leased keys after the expiration date.
• Term/Subscription: The license renewal is paid annually. The
Dongle will not be recognized and HYPACK® will not run on
leased keys after the expiration date.

[Rescan] repeats the test.

HYPACK® INTERFACE
The unified HYPACK® user interface displays the data and project
files included in your project.

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FIGURE 2. HYPACK® User Interface

Title Bar
Menu Bar
Toolbar

Panels:
• Project Manager
• Project Items List
• Color Editor
• Web Maps

Status Bar

Color Bar Area Map Map View Tools

All of the HYPACK® programs can be accessed from the

HYPACK® shell. Start programs from either the toolbar or from the
menu bar. The icons and menu selections are enabled according
to your type of license (dongle).

NOTE: Some programs are available in both 32- and 64-bit

versions. Where the interface of both versions are the
same, HYPACK® provides only one icon or menu selection
and launches the version according to your operating
system.

HYPACK® FILES LIST

The HYPACK® user interface includes a tree view listing of the
files associated with the current project, and each file location,
called the Project Items list.

To display the Project Items list, select VIEW-PROJECT ITEMS

or click the Project Items tab.

In the Project Items list, you can do any of the following:

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• Control which files are loaded to your project and displayed

in the area maps.
> Checkbox checked: File is enabled in your project (drawn
to the screen).
> Checkbox clear: File is disabled.
• Rename files via a right-click menu. HYPACK® does not allow
you to rename S57, S63, ARCS or VPF charts.
• Collapse/expand the tree view based on your needs by
clicking the plus and minus signs on the left side.
• Customize the folders displayed using the Options menu
selections:
> Folder Visibility: Select the project file folders to include in
the File List. With these options you can omit folders that
are not applicable to your project.
> Hide Empty Folders: Choose to show all folders selected
under Folder Visibility, or only those that currently contain
project files.
> Folder Icons: Choose traditional Windows® folder and file
icons or just checkboxes.
• Sort the display order of files in each folder. Right-click on
the folder and select Sort by and your choice of sort method: By
name, date or file type.

NOTE: These sort settings remain only until you leave the
project or close HYPACK®.

To widen the display area drag the right border horizontally

across the screen.

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FIGURE 3. Project Items

HYPACK® TOOL BARS

The menu and toolbars in the HYPACK® shell access the program
modules and display controls. You can toggle the toolbars on and
off through a right-click menu or drag the toolbars to whatever
position you prefer—even outside of the HYPACK® window.

The screen controls in each Area Map window remain docked in

the window, but you can dock it to any side.

HYPACK® MENU BAR

The HYPACK® menu bar selections group all of the component

programs into basic functional areas.

In addition, the File, View and Settings menu items provide tools
with which you will manage your project and its display settings.

HYPACK® ICON BAR

The toolbar quickly launches a program with a click on its icon. As

with all toolbars in HYPACK®, if you hover the cursor over an icon,
a tool tip appears which describes the function of the icon.

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FIGURE 4. HYPACK® Toolbar

To turn the toolbar display on/off, right-click in the toolbar area

and select/deselect ‘HYPACK® toolbar’.

HYPACK® SCREEN CONTROL BAR

The map view tools enable you to quickly adjust the HYPACK®
screen display. Many of its functions are also found in the Draw
and View menus for each Map window.

Zoom In/Out: When this option is selected, a left-click

decreases the scale (zoom in) and a right-click
increases the scale (zoom out).

Zoom Window: Select this option and drag a rectangle

in the window to define the extent of your desired view.
The program redraws the screen to display the defined
area optimally.

Zoom Extents: Draws the display at a zoom scale that

displays all enabled data.

Pan: Select this option, then click in the window and drag
the cursor to the position where that point should be
displayed. As you drag, the program displays the distance
and azimuth of the cursor motion. When you release the
mouse button the display updates accordingly.

HYPACK® AREA MAP

The area map displays your project items. It enables you to
preview your map display as you prepare to begin a project, and to
view the results of many of the files generated in post-processing.

The Map window may optionally include one or more widgets:

• The color bar reflects the project colors set in the Color Editor
panel.
• The status bar below the map displays the current cursor
position in X,Y and Lat./Lon. (Local Grid) coordinates, and
indicates the rotation, tilt, scale and Z-scale of the area map
display.

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• The geodesy bar above the map displays the project geodesy
according to current options in the GEODETIC PARAMETERS
program.
• The pan/zoom/rotate control to adjust your map
display with your mouse.

• A north arrow

HYPACK® provides numerous tools and settings that

enable you to optimize the display of enabled project files.
These settings are configured in one or more locations in the
HYPACK® interface.
• In the menu and Map View tools for each Map window
• In the Control Panel
• In the Project Items List
• In the COLOR EDITOR

DISPLAY SETTINGS IN THE HYPACK® CONTROL

PANEL

Select SETTINGS-SETTINGS (F9) to control the presentation in

the area map.

Your control panel display settings are interactive with your

schemes. When you make a change through the control panel, the
change will also affect the current scheme. Likewise, changes in
the scheme will affect your control panel settings.

There is an additional ‘twist’ to this interaction. When you change a

setting in the control panel, the corresponding change is made to
the current scheme, but you will not see that change until you have
either left and re-entered HYPACK®, opened a different project
with the same scheme, or loaded a different scheme then the
original one again. Any of these actions causes HYPACK® to re-
read the scheme record and modify the display accordingly.

[Apply] enables you to preview your settings before exiting the

Control Panel.

Set as Default saves the current settings and uses them any time
you create a new project.

GENERAL The General Tab sets the display colors of several features.
DISPLAY
SETTINGS

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FIGURE 5. Control Panel—General Tab

Data Color Control enables you to select various file types and
click [Color] to specify the color used on the screen.

Default Display determines the Lat/Lon format for data input and
in the HYPACK® status bar.

Automatic Searching options are used when you return to the

main HYPACK® screen from one of the program modules.
• Search Data Files loads all Raw, Edited and Sorted data files
in the project that are not currently loaded to the HYPACK®
display.

NOTE: To save time, it loads but does not enable HS2 or HSX
files.

• Search Project Files tells HYPACK® load all project files in

the project to the HYPACK® display.
• If you also check the Scan Project When Opened option,
HYPACK® reloads the files indicated by the first two options
when you enter the project.

Tip: These options are selected by default; however, if you have an

excessive number of files in your project, you may want to manage
the files loaded to your display manually. To do this, deselect one
or both of the search options and the Scan Project option, then
manually draw or remove them in the display as needed using the
Load and Remove options in the right-click menu for each file type
of the Project Items list.

GRID DISPLAY The Grid Tab enables you to specify how HYPACK® displays
SETTINGS projection grids and latitude-longitude (lat./lon.) grids. HYPACK®
displays the lat./lon. of the local datum.

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FIGURE 6. Grid Tab

Plot toggles the grid display on and off.

Automatic Spacing is the default setting to determine the spacing

between projection grid lines. HYPACK® automatically changes
the spacing as you zoom in/out.

Fixed Spacing specifies the meters (or feet) between projection

grid lines and seconds of arc between lat/lon grid lines. This will be
kept constant while you zoom in/out.

Style enables you to draw your projection grid using either lines or
tics.

Label Projection enables you to assign which sides of the

HYPACK® screen you wish to have the projection labels placed.

Font enables you to assign the font of the projection grid labels.
Standard Windows® Color Selection and Font Selection dialogs
are presented for your choices.

NOTE: Select only true type fonts to achieve the correct rotation.

Color sets the color for your projection grid lines and labels.

The Latitude-Longitude Grid has an additional setting to those

found under Projection Grid. Format enables you to specify how
the lat./lon. labels are written in the grid and in the HYPACK®
status bar.

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SOUNDINGS The Soundings Tab enables you to set how the soundings are
DISPLAY presented and plotted.
SETTINGS
To toggle the display of the soundings, right-click the data file folder
and select ‘Enable Soundings’.
FIGURE 7. Soundings Tab

Orientation draws XYZ data at a user-specified angle relative to

the first LNW file listed in the project files list. Elect to plot
soundings:
• Perpendicular to the planned line,
• Parallel to the planned line
• At a user-defined Fixed Angle. This is the angle the text
appears relative to the map window. (It is unrelated to the map
orientation.) Any angle from -360 to +360 is permissible

Style: Choose the format with which to write your sounding.

• Decimal Point on the Mark (USACE) option places the
decimal point at the location of the sounding and writes a
normal size fraction.

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• Cartographic (IHO) centers the integer portion of the sounding

at the sounding location and then writes a smaller, lower
fraction.
• Spanish Navy (IHM) places the decimal point at the location of
the sounding and then writes a smaller, lower fraction.
• Pixel: represent the location of each sounding with a color-
coded Pixel (dot) of a user-defined size.
• Russian: The sounding location is marked with a dot with the
sounding value from the TIN MODEL Input file to its right. If you
have a second TIN model, the depth from the Additional file
appears left of the sounding position.

Resolution enables you to specify soundings to either one 1

Decimal (Tenths) resolution or 2 Decimal (Hundredths) resolution.

Rounding enables you to determine how the soundings are

presented.
• None displays the soundings decimal places according to the
resolution setting.
• Truncate to Tenth just leaves off the hundredth digit. For
example, 6.97 is written as 6.9.
• HYPACK:
> Depth below Nearest Tenth value: Round to nearest tenth
using a x.05 rounding point (e.g 12.46 -> 12.5)
> Depth below Nearest Half value: Round using 3 rounding
points:
<x.3 =x.0 (e.g 42.28 -> 42.0)
<=x.8 = x.5 (e.g. 42.6 -> 42.5)
> x.8 = (x + 1).0 (e.g. 42.83 -> 43.0)
> Depth above Nearest Half value: Round to a whole
number using x.8 rounding point (e.g. 123.7 -> 123.0, but
123.8 -> 124.0).
• ROK Rules (Republic of Korea):
> Depth < the specified Nearest Tenth threshold, it is
displayed at the specified decimal resolution.
> Depth >= 31, it is truncated to a whole value, otherwise it is
truncated to the first decimal.

NOTE: The rule stated 31 meters as the whole value threshold

but, if you are using depths in feet, the threshold will be
interpreted as 31 feet by the sounding engine.

• UKHO Rules (United Kingdom Hydrographic Office):

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> Depth < 0: Drying Heights are rounded nearest tenth using
a x.03 threshold.
> Depth below Nearest Tenth value: Round to nearest tenth
using a x.08 threshold.
> Depth below Nearest Half value: Output x.0 or x.5 using a
x.5 threshold.
> Depth above Nearest Half value: Round to a whole
number using a x.75 threshold.
• NOAA (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration):
> Depth < 0: Drying Heights are rounded to nearest whole
number using a x.5 threshold.
> Depth below Nearest Tenth value: Round to nearest tenth
using a x.075 threshold.
> Above Nearest Tenth (Nearest Half not used) Round to a
whole number using a x.75 threshold.
• AHOI (Australian Hydrographic Office):
> Depth < 31: (designed for meters) Display in Tenths, round
at a x.065 threshold.
> Depth >= 31: Display as a whole number, round at a x.65
threshold.

[Test Rounding] provides a quick test platform to aid in

understanding how your current settings affect your sounding
display, and to ensure that the rounding rules have been
implemented correctly. Just enter any sounding value in the dialog
provided and see the display value based on the current option set.

The Options settings contain the following items:

• Negative Soundings get "+" does just that. If you have
processed your sounding data in elevation mode (z values are
negative), this setting will display them on the screen in depth
mode (z values are positive).
• Hide Soundings Above a user-defined level plots only
soundings deeper than the specified depth.
• Hide Soundings Below a user-defined level plots only
soundings shoaler than he specified depth.
• Depth 1 Text and Depth 2 Text (HYPACK® Control Panel
only) are the terms by which you, personally, call the depths in
a dual frequency data string. If you prefer a term other than
’Depth 1’ and ‘Depth 2’, enter them in the fields provided. Your
terms will then replace ‘Depth 1’ and ‘Depth 2’ in this and other
HYPACK® dialogs.

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NOTE: These labels have not been fully implemented . They

occur initially in the HYPACK® and HYPLOT Control
Panels, and in the SB SELECTION program.

• Hide Above CHN Design Depth Plus this Value: Omits

soundings that are more than the user-defined distance from
the channel template.

Color: Defines predefined sounding color settings (Black or

ECDIS) or the value HYPACK® is color-coded according to a user-
defined palette.
• Black: HYPACK® ignores the project colors and draws all
soundings in black.
• Color By File enables you to set specific colors for each
catalog or individual file through the right-click menus in the
Project Items list. Files loaded as part of a catalog all inherit the
color of the catalog. When you assign a color to a file, the file
name appears in the same color in the Project Items list.

NOTE: To color individual files, you must first load them to

the project separately.

• ECDIS Colors: HYPACK® ignores the project colors and

draws all soundings according to ECDIS convention.
• Color by Depth colors your data based on the Z-values.
Configure your palette according to your expected Z range.

Draw Mode: Select a method and set the corresponding

parameters.

Fonts: [Font] displays the Windows® Font dialog where you can
set font, and font size. (Ignore the remaining options; HYPACK®
does.)
• Prevent Sounding Overwrites When you are drawing
soundings with Windows® fonts, this option plots soundings
gridded with sufficient spacing to make them readable. To
accomplish this, the number of soundings displayed in a given
area changes with the zoom range. This is for display purposes
only. It does not thin your data.

Vector options: Set the Vector Scale at which you expect to plot
your survey, then enter a Vector Size that appears as you wish.

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More Information:
• Sounding Color Settings in HYPACK® on page 1-17

PLANNED LINE The Planned Lines tab includes checkboxes where you can
DISPLAY choose whether to display the lines and the labels.
SETTINGS
Click [Line Color] to access a color dialog where you can choose
the color that the planned lines will display.

The Label Orientation and [Font] options are the same a track
line options.

Draw Template Points: If you have a planned line with template

information, HYPACK® draws small circles at each template
inflection point in the area map display.
FIGURE 8. The Planned Lines Tab

CHART DISPLAY The Charts Tab provides display options for background charts.
SETTINGS

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FIGURE 9. The Charts Tab

Raster Options When you enable raster charts in your project, HYPACK®
generates an IMG file for display. This process can take significant
time and hard drive space; however, you can save the IMG file and
display the chart instantaneously after that.

NOTE: Mr. Sid and ARCS charts are excluded from these options.

Hide Border displays only the map part of the chart file, omitting
the text, scales and other ‘extraneous’ information around the
outside.

Keep IMG Files saves the IMG file in your project folder and
display time going forward is fast. Deselected, disabling a chart
also removes its IMG file, and it must be regenerated each time
you enable the chart.

Tip: IMG files tend to be very large compared to the raster charts they
represent. Consider selecting this option while you are actively
using your project to save time as you enable and disable charts.
When you want to archive or transfer your project, deselecting this
option reduces the size of your project.
BSB Options Convert to TIF: When you load BSB charts to your project,
HYPACK® compares the chart geodesy against your project
geodesy. If they do not match, it first re-projects the chart to the
project geodesy before it generates the IMG file for display. Select
this option to generate a compressed Geo-TIF, which displays
when you enable the source BSB chart. The Geo-TIF generates its
own IMG file (*.KAP.TIF.IMG), but a bit faster than the BSB
because no re-projection is required. The TIF is also much smaller
than an IMG file for project storage and transfer purposes.

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Creating Geo-TIFs offers a compromise between the best display

speed and the smallest project size offered by the Keep IMG Files
option.

TABLE 1. BSB Chart Scenarios—After the First File Load

Keep IMG Files Convert to TIF After the Chart First Enabled...
Display Speed Inactive Project Sizea
• Slowest. • No added files to
• Requires re- store
No No
projection and IMG
generation.
• Faster than source • Each Geo-TIF is
BSB by re- moderately larger
No Yes projection time. than its source
• Only generates IMG BSB.
• Instantaneous • Each IMG very
Yes No much larger than its
source BSB
a. Inactive Project Size refers to space required to store or transfer. When the project is inactive,
HYPACK® deletes the IMG files unless the Keep IMG Files option is selected. In an active project,
all enabled raster files also require the IMG files, which require added memory.

NOTE: You would not select both options. Keeping the IMG file of
the BSB would make the Geo-TIF unnecessarily redundant.

Despeckle quickly fills scattered pixels that were unfilled by the re-
projection process.
CAD Drawing Display Normally (default) draws your chart using the colors
Option specified in the file.

Display All Black and Display All White override the chart colors
in the HYPACK® display.

To override the setting in the Control Panel, right-click on the

file name in the Project Files list, and select DISPLAY OVERRIDE
and your desired setting.

To return to the setting in the Control Panel select DISPLAY

OVERRIDE-PROJECT SETTING in the right-click menu.
Additional Chart Hide Soundings above Safe Contour displays soundings, other
Options than those in the Project Items list, greater than the Safety Contour
value in the S57 Options.

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Overscale Lines tell you that you are viewing the chart at a
smaller scale than that in which it was created. An over scale chart
will appear with diagonal, white-dotted lines. These appear on
ARCS chart displays.

Show Text includes item labels in the display. If you have several
labeled items in a small area or if you are viewing a large area at a
small zoom scale, the labels may become confusing. If this is the
case, clear this option to display only the symbols.

Color Zones shows the channel zone colors assigned in

ADVANCED CHANNEL DESIGN. Otherwise, it only outlines the
channel faces.

SOUNDING COLOR SETTINGS IN HYPACK®

The Color Editor enables you to specify your project colors the
HYPACK® programs use to code your data. Most often, you color-
code your displays by sounding depths, but the project colors may
also represent other values. Your project color settings are
reflected in the color bar, which can be displayed in the HYPACK®
interface by selecting WIDGETS-COLOR BAR in the map window
menu.

If your current color palette does not reflect the values you want,
you can customize the zones, colors and bands for your purposes.

To configure your color palette, do the following:

1. Open the COLOR EDITOR. Select VIEW-COLOR EDITOR (or
SETTINGS-SOUNDING COLORS).

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FIGURE 10. COLOR EDITOR

2. Select a color palette from the Colors menu.

3. Select your color style.
4. Customize your zones. (Optional) This option is unavailable
for some color styles.
5. Generate an initial color palette. You define the range and
increment for the values represented in the palette. The
COLOR EDITOR evenly distributes the color zones over the
user-defined color range, then “smooths” (interpolates) the
colors for the bands (value increments) between each zone
color.
6. Customize your color bands by setting the value range
and increment. Once the initial color palette is established,
you can further customize your settings by adding and deleting
bands.
7. Click [Apply]. This updates your displays with the new color
palette and stores your current palette in the corresponding
HCF file.
8. Save your color palette for future use. (Optional) Select
OPTIONS-SAVE COLOR FILE and name your file something
other than the default file names: color.hcf, and
clr01.hcf,clr02.hcf, clr03.hcf and clr04.hcf. This allows you to
load the same color palette at a later time by simply loading the
HCF file to the selected palette (OPTIONS- OPEN COLOR
FILE).

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PROJECTS IN HYPACK®
A project is a folder, with a user-defined project name, and all of
the information about your survey it contains. Each time you open
HYPACK®, it opens the most recently used project and displays
the project name in the title bar.

NOTE: The first time you open HYPACK®, or if you have removed
the project folder from the hard drive, the title bar says “No
Project Loaded” and most menus and icons are disabled.

Every time you begin a new survey in HYPACK®, you create a new
“project”. Under the project folder, HYPACK® creates a series of
subfolders:

The project file group is a folder that stores one or more

HYPACK® projects. HYPACK® stores projects, by default, to the
HYPACK 2020\Projects folder. Projects stored there are known as
local projects.
FIGURE 11. Project Manager

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CREATING A NEW PROJECT

Each time you begin a new survey, you should create a new
project. HYPACK® enables you to name your project and then
stores all of the information about that survey in the project folder.
1. Select FILE-NEW PROJECT and the New Project dialog
appears.
FIGURE 12. Setting the New Project Name and Location

2. Name the project and select a folder where the project will
be stored.
> Project Name: Enter a name that will remind you of the
location and the date of the survey. Project names may not
contain periods, back or forward slashes, question marks,
less than or greater than signs, or bars.

TABLE 2. Invalid Characters

. / \ ? < > |
> Project Folder: Enter the project group folder where your
project should reside. We recommend you use the default
project folder (HYPACK 2020).
The software creates a folder in the specified location using the
project name.
3. Click [OK].

FILE-SAVE PROJECT saves all of the settings and files used in

the current project. When you re-open a project, it will restore all
features as they were when you last saved the project.

MANAGING FILES IN YOUR PROJECT

Several types of files may comprise your project data. These files
are listed in the Project Items lists. The Project Manager provides a

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number of tools with which you control the files used in your project
at any one time.

Loading: You must load files that you want to use in your project,
but do not yet appear in your project items. The process tells
HYPACK® the name of the file and where it is stored on your
system.

Enabling and Disabling: Generally, enabled files are drawn to

your map window. By enabling and disabling select files, you
control the combination of files displayed in the map window at any
one time.

Renaming files in the Project Items list and on your hard drive
simultaneously from the HYPACK® interface.

Removing files unloads them from your project, but does not
remove them from your hard drive. If you change your mind, you
can reload them to you project.

Deleting files unloads them from your project and moves them to
the Windows® Recycle Bin.

LOADING FILES TO YOUR PROJECT

Files that you create while working in a project are saved, by
default, to the project folder, enabled (drawn) on the screen, and
added to the Project Items list. HYPACK® attempts to draw your
data in an order which will optimize the display of all enabled files.
Occasionally, modifications to the draw order or transparency are
required.
1. Right-click the folder in the Project Items list that
corresponds to the file type you want to load in the Project
Items list.
2. Select Add File or Add File & Copy and choose the file. The
loaded program becomes enabled in the Project Items list.
> Add File reads the file from its current location but does not
copy it to the project folder. This can be useful if you are
using very large files (eg. charts) that take excessive space
on your hard drive in multiple projects.
> Add File & Copy allows you to select a file from outside the
project folder. It then imports the file from its current location
to the project folder and enables it in the project.

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BEWARE! Saving the project folder does not save a file that has not been
copied into the project folder. When you only add a file to the
project, it must remain where it is on your system so HYPACK®
can find it when you open the project.

This manual assumes that you store all project files in the project
folder.

RAW DATA FILES

Raw files are the data files that result from the SURVEY or
DREDGEPACK® program. Every time you log data, a new Raw
data file is created. They are ASCII format files that contain the
header information and time-series information for each survey
device.

By default, they have the RAW extension and, in a standard

HYPACK® project, are stored in the HYPACK
2020\Projects\ProjectName\Raw folder.

A list of individual data files is provided in a catalog (*.LOG) file.

You can quickly draw or process a group of files by specifying the
*.LOG name, instead of entering the name of each data file.

The SINGLE BEAM EDITOR reads RAW format files, merges the
data with Tide and other corrections and outputs the results as
Edited All format files.

HYPACK® PROJECT FILES

The Project Files list includes files, other than data files, used in the
project. In single beam projects, these typically include planned
survey lines and background charts.

Planned survey lines (*.LNW) define where you want your vessel
to go. The line file contains the grid coordinates and names for
each planned line in your project area and can also contain cross
section template information. Line files are typically created in the
LINE EDITOR program.

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FIGURE 13. Sample Planned Survey Lines

Background charts provide context and navigational reference for

your work. HYPACK® displays several types of electronic charts in
the area map and in the data collection and editing programs.

NOTE: Charts drawn in XY (DGN, DXF, DIG, TIF and SHP) must
be in the same geodesy as your project to be positioned
correctly. Charts drawn in WGS-84 (S57, VPF), the
SURVEY or DREDGEPACK® program will transform the
data files to the local datum, using the datum
transformation parameters in the GEODETIC
PARAMETERS program, before converting them to your
projection. This allows you to use these file formats on any
projection.

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Work Flow

CHAPTER 2 Preparation

WORK FLOW
The following flowchart shows the general work flow in a
HYPACK® project. The blue items are part of the preparation
phase; you can do them all ahead of time in the office. The green
items are in the HYPACK® SURVEY program.

Tip: Click on any step in the flowchart to jump to the corresponding

information in this manual.
FIGURE 1. SURVEY Work Flow

Before you begin your work in your project area, there are several
tasks to consider:
1. Create a new project. You can create a new project and all of
the files in it by using the FILE-NEW command.
When you create a new project, it inherits the last settings for
geodesy and hardware.

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2. Check your Geodesy. If you have not previously specified

your geodesy, enter the GEODETIC PARAMETERS program
and configure your geodesy.
3. Configure and calibrate your hardware. If you have not
previously specified your sensors, configure your equipment in
the HARDWARE program.
4. Create your planned survey lines. (Optional)
If you are working on a new survey project, you typically
create planned survey lines to assure even coverage. Create
planned lines in the LINE EDITOR.
5. Prepare and load other support files as needed. These may
include:
> Background charts
> Corrections files

Tip: Click on any step in the flowchart to jump to the corresponding

information in this manual.

ENTERING YOUR GEODETIC PARAMETERS

Geodesy is the science of positioning objects on the earth's
surface. Even though you don't need to be a master of geodesy to
run HYPACK®, some basic geodetic knowledge can make the
difference between obtaining a correct position and having your
boat plot elsewhere.

Most GPS equipment outputs your position in WGS-84. HYPACK®

receives the Latitude, Longitude and Height information based on
the WGS-84 ellipsoid, and transforms it into a Latitude, Longitude
and Height on the Local Datum. It then performs a grid conversion
to calculate an X (Easting) and Y (Northing) on the specified
projection.

The GEODETIC PARAMETERS define your local grid. This

enables HYPACK® to correctly calculate your XY position on your
local grid from your GPS data (typically WGS84).

You must define the following geodetic parameters for your local
grid.
• The reference ellipsoid.
• Any necessary datum transformation parameters: If your local
grid is not based on the WGS-84 ellipsoid, datum transform

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parameters are required. (Consult your project specifications.

Refer to the full HYPACK® User Manual or Help for detailed
directions.)
• The projection parameters: Automatic when you choose one of
the pre-defined grids.

Tip: If you don’t know the correct geodesy settings, choose the correct
pre-defined UTM grid and zone. The UTM grid is based on the
WGS-84 ellipsoid so no datum transform parameters are required
and the data can be converted to the proper geodesy later.

The grid, zone, ellipsoid and survey units are displayed in the
HYPACK® status bar above the area map.
1. Start the GEODETIC PARAMETERS program by selecting
PREPARATION-GEODETIC PARAMETERS.
FIGURE 2. Geodetic Parameters Dialog

2. Select your Ellipsoids and Projection Parameters. Many

grids have been built into HYPACK®. Just select the correct
grid and zone, and your projection parameters are
automatically loaded.

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NOTE: If your ellipsoid is other than WGS-84, you must also

enter datum transformation parameters. Consult your
project specifications. The HYPACK® User Manual and
Help files include directions for calculating datum
transformation parameters.

3. Select your Distance Units. Notice that you can set your
vertical and horizontal distances to be measured in different
units if you wish.
4. Set your Datum Transformation values.
5. Choose your degrees format. Select OPTIONS-DEGREES
FORMAT and the format you want to use.
6. If you are logging RTK (Real-Time Kinematic) tides, set
your vertical correction settings according to the following
table. When you make your RTK Tide Calculation selection,
the dialog updates to display the other relevant options.
(Please refer to the full version of the HYPACK® User Manual
or your Help files for the full details on RTK tide corrections.)

Configuring your Geodesy for RTK Tide Corrections

Enter Enter Chart

Area Description RTK Selection Geoid? KTD File? Datuma?
• US Coastal Waters N from Geoidb, Yes No Chart
K from VDatumc Datum
• Geoid Present N from Geoid, Yes No Height of
• Constant Separation of K from user value Geoid
Geoid - Chart Datum above Chart
Datum
• Geoid Present N from Geoid, Yes Yes No
• Changing Separation of K from KTD Geoid above
Geoid - Chart Datum Chart Datum
values
• No Geoid Present (K-N) from user No No Height of
• Constant Separation of value Ellipsoid
Reference Ellipsoid- above Chart
Chart Datum Datum
• No Geoid Present (K-N) from KTD No Yes No
• Changing Separation of Ellipsoid above
Reference Ellipsoid- Chart Datum
Chart Datum values
a. The related fields are enabled and disabled according to the RTK selection.

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b. If you use the 2012 Geoid, you must also use the 2012 VDatum files. Otherwise, use the previous version of
VDatum with Geoid 2009.
c. When using the VDatum database, you must use one of the pre-defined chart datums. If you enter a user-
defined chart datum level, the VDatum database is ignored.The Vertical Datum field is written to the header
of your file, but HYPACK® doesn’t use it for anything else.

7. If you are working in Elevation mode, do the following:

> Select the Elevation Mode option.
> Enter a user-defined Chart Datum Level above Geoid.
8. Click [OK]. Your geodesy settings will automatically be saved
to your project.

HARDWARE SETUP IN HYPACK®

‘Hardware’ is the term we use for the sensor devices from which
HYPACK® receives data. The hardware configuration describes
what devices you have, how they are connected to the survey
computer, and your logging instructions.

All devices are configured from a common HARDWARE interface;

however, HARDWARE includes three separate sets of
configuration tabs according to the type of project and device—
HYPACK, HYSWEEP® and SIDE SCAN HARDWARE.

A single beam survey requires only HYPACK® devices.

If your equipment does not change, and you are satisfied with
the communication between your equipment and the survey
programs, you don’t have to run HARDWARE again.

If you change survey equipment, you will have to reconfigure

your hardware.
1. Select PREPARATION-HARDWARE SETUP or click on the
Hardware icon. The HARDWARE window will appear with any
configured devices listed on the left. When there are no devices
configured, it lists a “boat” with no devices.
2. Select FILE-NEW. The configuration begins with a single
vessel and no devices. The program asks whether to save the
current configuration. If you want to save it, click [Yes] and save
your configuration file before proceeding with this step. If you
don't need it or have already saved the current configuration,
click [No] and build a new hardware configuration from the
beginning.

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3. Set your mobile settings. Your hardware configuration

includes a mobile for each device position you will track.
For a simple single beam configuration, you need only the
initial boat mobile with the tracking point at the transducer.
Each vessel (mobile) in your configuration has an associated
Mobile dialog which appears when you select the vessel name
in your device list. This is where you can rename the mobile
and set the tracking point.
In the Vessel Shape tab, you may also assign a boat shape
which can be used in place of the simple symbol options to
more closely represent your vessel in SURVEY.
4. Configure each device in your system. This includes
selecting a device driver for each device and configuring the
driver setup options, connection information and the position of
the device relative to a fixed reference point on the mobile
(measured offsets).
5. Test the communication between the devices and your
survey computer.
6. Calibrate your system and correct your offsets.
7. Save your configuration. When you select FILE-SAVE, your
current hardware configuration is stored in the HYPACK
2020\Projects\ProjectName\survey32.ini.

TABLE 1. Saving Your Hardware Configurations

FILE-EXPORT
Device Type Menu Selection INI File
GPS, Single Beam and Hardware Settings survey32.ini
Dredge equipment
Each time you save a your settings in HARDWARE, they are
recorded to this file where it is read by other programs to
enable your data collection, and by HARDWARE itself to
display your settings when you re-open the program.

MOBILES AND MOBILE SETTINGS

A Vessel (also called a mobile) in HYPACK® is any independently
mobile object. If HYPACK® needs to have a position for it, it’s a
vessel. For each mobile, SURVEY displays a symbol or boat
shape at its current position.

HARDWARE always has at least one mobile. One mobile is all that
is necessary for a simple survey. Each mobile has an origin

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(reference point) and a tracking point. You may also assign a boat
shape which can be used in place of the simple symbol options to
more closely represent your vessel in SURVEY.

The vessel origin is the reference by which you position your

devices and tracking point on your vessel. The tracking point and
each sensor is referenced to the origin based on the distance in
survey units it is starboard (X-direction), forward (Y-direction) and
vertically (Z-direction). Vertical offsets are measured from the static
water line, and are always positive downward.

A tracking point is the position used by SURVEY to position the

mobile in the world. It is used to provide left/right guidance, make
automatic “start line” and “end line” decisions, and calculate
horizontal distances between the vessel and features in your
survey area. It is also the location at which Quickmark targets are
marked.

To properly position your data, our hardware configuration

defines the devices, the mobiles, which devices are on each
mobile and each device position relative to the origin of its mobile.

SPECIFYING DEVICES IN HARDWARE

HARDWARE divides devices into three categories: HYPACK®,
HYSWEEP® and Side Scan.

A simple survey configuration uses only HYPACK® devices: a

GPS and an echosounder.

NOTE: To assist in configuring your drivers, you can refer to the

Interfacing notes found in the HYPACK 2020\Help folder.

1. Open the HARDWARE program. Select PREPARATION-

HARDWARE SETUP.
2. For each HYPACK® device:
a. Select the boat in the tree view.
b. Select the Survey Devices tab.
c. Use the View option to sort the device list by driver
name (eg. gps.dll) or description (eg. GPS NMEA-0183).
(Optional)

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FIGURE 3. HARDWARE Drivers—Sorted by Description (left) and by Dll

Name (right)

Use the Available option to list only drivers that record

d.
the desired data type. (Optional)
e. Move the devices in your configuration to the Installed
list. For each device, select the driver in the Available list
on the left and click [Add->]. You must, at least, include a
positioning driver for each mobile.
• Add the GPS driver (GPS.dll) to position your boat or
barge.
• Add the echosounder driver
3. Configure the Connection, Offsets and Driver Setup
options.
4. Save your configuration (FILE-SAVE).

CONNECTION INFORMATION IN HARDWARE

The Connect information provides the device location and
communication parameters to the SURVEY program.

CONFIGURING CONNECTIONS FOR HYPACK® DEVICES

The Connect information tells the SURVEY program the device

location and communication parameters.
1. Select the device in the tree view and open the Survey
Connect tab.

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FIGURE 4. Survey Connect Tab

2. Check the Enabled option.

3. Specify the device connection type for this device.
a. Click [...]. The Device Connection dialog appears.
FIGURE 5. Device Connection Dialog

b. Select the connection type. The default settings

corresponding to the selected type are displayed below the
selection.
c. Enter the port settings or data file you are simulating. If
the default settings are not accurate, they may be edited.
HYPACK® uses the same serial (COM1: through COM50:)
and parallel (LPT1: through LPT4:) drivers utilized by the
Windows® operating systems.

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• The Serial connections (Parity, Flow Control, Baud,

Data Bits, Stop Bits and Flow Control) must be set to
match your equipment or SURVEY will not read the
device data.
FIGURE 6. Serial Connect Options

• Network Connections: Network devices are becoming

more common. Echosounders with network
connections are advantageous in that full scan
information can be recorded instead of only the depths.
FIGURE 7. Network Connect Options

Protocol: Choose between TCPIP, which passes data

between two specific computers or UDP, which
broadcasts to all computers on the local network.
Role: Only valid for TCPIP protocol, it depends the
configuration in the echosounder. You can check your
sounder’s user manual for that information but, the
majority of the time, the sounder will be the Server so
you should configure HYPACK® to be the Client.
Host: This is the IP address of your sounder. Your
sounder should be set to read the IP address of your
survey computer.
Port: The port number is set for each device. It is the
port from which HYPACK® is to read data. (Odom
devices use 1601. Reson devices use 1998.)

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Write Port is only required for the UDP protocol. It is

the port at which HYPACK® should respond to this
device.
• Parallel Connections: The port number is the only
setting required for parallel connections.
• No Connection (None): Analog devices are frequently
found on dredges to measure rotation. They interface
with your survey computer through an Analog to Digital
(A/D) card specific for the kind of input: 4-20mA, 0-
5VDC, 0-10VDC, or -5 to +5VDC
d. Click [OK].
4. Set any of the remaining options where they are
applicable:
> The Limit Update Rate To option is the time interval (in
milliseconds) that the SURVEY program requests
information from the device. The default value is 10, but
you can modify the amount of information passed between
the device driver to the SURVEY program through this
setting.
A millisecond is 1/1000th of a second. If your echosounder
is updating 20 times per second and you specify an update
frequency of 100 milliseconds, the device driver will only
pass the last depth received to the SURVEY program 10
times per second, based on the update frequency setting.
All devices in HYPACK® operate on a “Last Only” basis.
This means if a new piece of information arrives at the
device driver before it has delivered the last update, it
deletes the earlier information and holds only the last
measurements. If you want to get every bit of information
received from a particular device, make sure the update
frequency is quicker than the update rate of the equipment.
> Recording Rate is the rate (in seconds) at which SURVEY
records values for the device when logging. The default
rate is 10 msec.

NOTE: If you attempt configure any recording rate other

than the default for a positioning device, the
program immediately displays a warning
questioning your intentions.

Tip: In most cases, we highly recommend you do not limit the recording
rate. This will give you plenty of data from which to select your final
soundings in post-processing. Remember, it is better to come
home with too much data than with too little.

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> Device Initialization Script sends user-supplied

configuration information to certain echosounders. The
information is sent at the start of HYPACK® SURVEY to
restore the device to exact settings.

TESTING SERIAL COMMUNICATION WITH WCOM32

. When your drivers are configured, you can use WCOM32 to

capture serial data strings to a text file.
1. Make sure the equipment is turned on and actually sending
information. This can be confirmed by attaching a serial LED
line tester to the end of your cable. The Receive Data light
should be flashing (changing state from red to green) at each
measurement transmission. If there are no lights flashing, your
equipment is not transmitting or your cable is grossly wrong. A
serial LED line tester is a great piece of equipment that can be
picked up inexpensively at an electronics store.
2. If you have verified the equipment is transmitting, try to
display or record the data in the WCOM32 program.
HYPACK has included a shareware program (courtesy of
Comtrol Corp., the manufacturer of Rocketport serial cards) in
your HYPACK® install to make this recording process really
easy. Here's how it works.
a. Launch the Wcom32 program by selecting OPTIONS-
WCOM32 in the HARDWARE window. The WCom32
dialog will appear.
FIGURE 8. Connect-Data Window

b. Select PORT-OPEN PORT and select the port from which

you want to capture data.

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FIGURE 9. Selecting the Port

c. Select SETTINGS-PORT SETTINGS and select settings

that match those of your device.
FIGURE 10. Port Settings

d. Repeat the steps 3 and 4 for each device from which you
would like to record data.
e. Select PORT-SAVE TO DISK and wait about a minute. The
data is now recording to files on your hard drive.
f. Select PORT-SAVE TO DISK again (deselecting this
option) to end the recording process.
g. Rename your saved data files by device name. Use
Windows® Explorer to go to the HYPACK
2020\Support\Com directory. The files that you have just
recorded are named KOMx.txt where x is the port number
from which the data was recorded. You can see that a data
file named for the port rather than the device would soon be
mixed up with all of the others that are named in the same
way. Name the file for the device to avoid that problem.

NOTE: This is also the procedure to use if you have

questions or problems regarding your data and or

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Technical Support asks you to send us some

sample data.

3. If you are successful in reading the messages in the WCOM32

program, test each device in the HARDWARE program. This
checks that you are using the correct device driver and whether
the communication settings have been properly set.
a. Start the HARDWARE program.
b. Test your first device.
i. Select the device in the configuration list
ii. In the Survey Connect tab, click [Test Device]. The
HARDWARE program launches the TEST program with
a sample device window for that device.
To suspend the display updates so you can view it
more easily, select TEST-PAUSE ALL. Repeat the
same selection to resume scrolling.
To terminate the test, select TEST-STOP ALL.
If you are unsuccessful at this point, you probably have the
wrong device driver specified in the library entry. Contact
HYPACK, and ask for Technical Support.
c. Repeat the test process for each device. When all test
correctly individually, go on to the next step.

NOTE: Once the Test program is open, you can test

remaining devices from within the Test program by
selecting TEST- DeviceName.

d. Test all of the survey devices at once. This determines if

there are hardware conflicts between serial ports. In the
TEST program, select TEST-TEST ALL. A device window
will appear for each device.

If every device is being properly interfaced, you are ready to enter

the HYPACK® SURVEY program.

If all of your devices work when testing them individually, but do not
work when testing them together, you have a problem with your
serial communication hardware. Contact Technical Support at
HYPACK, Inc. for assistance.

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TESTING NETWORK COMMUNICATION FOR ALL

NETWORK DEVICES
If you are using a network connection, you can test your settings to
which you are connecting:

Click [Network Test] on the Connect tab. The Network

Connections dialog automatically displays the connect information
you have entered in the Connect tab.
FIGURE 11. Network Test Dialog

• For TCP/IP connections, click [Ping Device]. If the

designated address is found, the status reads ‘Ping OK’. If not,
it says ‘Time out waiting for a reply’.
• For UDP connections, click [UDP Connect] to attempt to
read incoming data from the UDP port. If the connection is
successful, the status field continuously updates the number of
messages and their size. Each message display in the field at
the bottom, though it will not be text you can read.

MEASURING HARDWARE OFFSETS

The position of everything on a mobile is determined by applying
their offsets to the mobile heading and origin position. For the most
accurate data collection, it is important to measure as accurately as
possible.
Location Mea- Position measurements are the distances, measured in survey
surements units, starboard, forward and vertically from your boat origin to your
device.
• The Starboard and Forward offsets: Use positive numbers for
positions forward and starboard of the origin and negative
numbers for devices aft and port of the origin.

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• The Vertical offset is the distance below the static waterline of

the vessel. Enter the antenna height above the water line as a
negative value. The distance from the waterline to the
transducer head will be positive.
Latency The latency time is the time delay in seconds from when a piece
of survey equipment makes a measurement to when it outputs it to
the survey computer. This allows the HYPACK® SURVEY program
to correctly time-tag information from each piece of equipment.
Values for single beam systems can be determined in the SINGLE
BEAM LATENCY routine.

IMPORTANT: All devices must use the same time basis. If any device sends UTC
time-stamped data, you must synchronize your computer clock
with UTC time using the 1PPS box or the NMEA ZDA message.
(Refer to the full HYPACK® User Manual or HYPACK® Help for
further details.)

OFFSETS AND LATENCY

The best position for the boat origin varies depending on what
sensors are included in your configuration. The following table
provides our general recommendations for the position of the
origin.

TABLE 2. Recommended Vessel Origin Placements

Vessel Type Recommended Origin Location

With MRU:Single or Multibeam At the MRU location
Single Beam without MRU At the Sounder location (XY).
Vessel with sensors other than a sounder Vessel Center of Mass
and no MRU

Tip: Install your GPS directly above your transducer and set your origin
at the transducer to eliminate horizontal offsets.

When you have carefully measured your position offsets, enter

your measurements for each in the Offsets tab of HARDWARE.

NOTE: You can leave latency set to zero then correct it with the
results from your latency test.

1. Open HARDWARE.

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2. For each device, do the following:

a. Add the device to the appropriate mobile in your
configuration.
b. Select the device in the tree view.
c. Click the Offsets tab.
d. Enter your position offsets and close HARDWARE.
3. Run your calibration tests. For single beam surveys, the
LATENCY TEST measures GPS latency.
4. Reopen HARDWARE and enter the offset corrections
derived from your calibration test.
5. Save your configuration (FILE-SAVE).

Sample Single The following example shows a simple single beam configuration:
Beam Setup FIGURE 12. Sample Single Beam Boat

• The boat origin has been positioned directly over the

echosounder transducer and at the level of the static water line.
(The horizontal and vertical offsets are all zero.)
• The tracking point, used by HYPACK® SURVEY to position
your vessel in the world, is positioned over the transducer. This
assists the helmsman in keeping the transducer head over the
survey line and bases all logging calculations such as start and
end line, alarms, etc on the transducer position.

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FIGURE 13. Tracking Point Coordinates in the Mobile Tab

• The GPS antenna is directly above the boat origin so the port
and forward offsets are zero. The vertical offset is the distance
above the waterline. This value is negative because, in
HYPACK®, the Z axis is positive downward from the waterline.
FIGURE 14. Sample GPS Offsets

ASSIGNING THE TRACKING POINT IN HARDWARE

In addition to the sensors, your hardware configuration must
include a tracking point.

To define the tracking point position, enter its offset distances

from the vessel origin in the Mobile tab.

On a single beam survey, you typically place the tracking point over
the transducer because all of the tracking point functions should be
relative to the transducer.

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CONFIGURING YOUR DEVICES

Once you have specified your devices in HARDWARE, you must
enter the device-specific settings for each one.

CONFIGURING THE GPS

FUNCTIONS When you are configuring HYPACK® devices (not multibeam or

side scan), the Functions list in the Survey Devices tab shows
types of data the selected driver can collect. Select the driver in the
tree view and check the data types that you want to record with the
selected driver. The following are the typical functions selected.
Please refer to the Common Driver Notes document found in your
HYPACK 2020\Help folder for full details.

Position stores position data from this device.

Depth is typically unused by GPS devices. However, it is used in

conjunction with the ‘Record Tide as Depth’ option to, for example,
record waterfront depths using land vehicles.

Use for matrix update: Color-codes a matrix based on the data

received from this device when recording tide as depths.

Heading tells the SURVEY program to use the Course Made Good
from the VTG, RMC or HDT message for the orientation of the
vessel.

BEWARE! If you are using a gyro for heading, you should not select heading
for your GPS. If both were selected for heading, the SURVEY
program would switch between gyro and GPS orientation as each
device updates and you would see the vessel in your SURVEY
Map window twitch at each update. This is because it is unlikely
that the two heading values will be exactly the same.

The Speed box tells the SURVEY program to use the speed
information from the VTG message for the vessel speed.

Tip: The GPS speed is much smoother and more accurate than the
speed the SURVEY program will calculate. We recommend that
you use the speed from your GPS antenna.

DRIVER SETUP The Alarms and GPS Status Codes tabs provide settings to show
alarms based on the quality information in the GGA string.

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NOTE: You can also filter single beam data based on these codes
in the editor programs during post-processing.

Alarms Tab FIGURE 15. GPS Driver Setup - Alarms Tab

In the Alarms Tab:

1. Enter alarm conditions.
2. Check the corresponding Show Alarm box for each
condition to which you want to be alerted.

TABLE 3. Alarm Conditions

Alarm Condition Alarm Shown When

HDOP greater than the value entered. (Recommended
Maximum HDOP
Value = 4)
Number of satellites less than the value entered.
Number of Satellites
(Recommended Value = 5)
Difference between the computer time and GPS time
Maximum Synchronization at any sync. attempt is greater than the value entered.
Error
(Recommended Value = 100ms)
Distance between GPSs configured for OTFGyro is
Maximum Baseline Error greater than the distance entered. (Recommended
Value = 2m for DGPS or 0.5 m for RTK.)

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GPS Status FIGURE 16. GPS Driver - GPS Status Codes Tab
Codes

In the GPS Status Codes Tab:

1. Select a GPS Status Code according to your GPS output.
> If you select either the NMEA 2.1 or NMEA 3.0 option, the
status fields will automatically reflect the correct values.
> If your GPS does not conform to either of these standards,
select the Custom option and define your own status codes.
2. Check the corresponding Show Alarm box for each
condition to which you want to be alerted. Alarms will show
when the status codes equal the selected status.

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Advanced FIGURE 17. GPS Advanced Options

Used sentences: Instructs which strings the driver should read

from your GPS output. Select one position string and at least one
string for each of the other functions selected in the Device Setup
(heading, speed, etc).

NOTE: In general we recommend that you configure the GPS

receiver to output only the messages that you need and
leave all the other check boxes unchecked.

Tip: For all DGPS applications, we prefer to receive the GGA and the
VTG messages.

Ignore Checksum: Some devices use a different checksum

calculation than we do. In this case, you may get a lot of bad
checksum errors when the data is good. Check this option to skip
the checksum routine and assume the data is good.

GPS Most GPS devices today are network devices. Please refer to
CONNECTION Configuring Connections for HYPACK® Devices .

GPS OFFSETS Install your GPS directly above your transducer and set your origin
at the transducer to eliminate horizontal offsets.

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CONFIGURING YOUR ECHOSOUNDER

ECHOSOUNDER The functions for most Echosounders are all the same: the
DEVICE SETUP function, logically, is Depth and Use for Matrix Update. (If your
echosounder supports annotation, the Paper Annotation option is
available to be selected.)

ECHOSOUNDER Driver Setup dialogs are customized according to the individual

DRIVER SETUP device capabilities and the information that HYPACK® needs to
access and use them. They may define anything specific to the
driver:
• Display properties of the Device Window in SURVEY
• Annotation settings
• Device settings

The following figure shows the Driver Setup for the NMEA driver.
Please refer to the Common Driver Notes document found in your
HYPACK 2020\Help folder for full details on this and other
echosounder drivers.
FIGURE 18. Sample Echosounder Driver Setup

ECHOSOUNDER Single beam echosounders come with many different interface

CONNECTION connections. Please refer your echosounder manual and to
Configuring Connections for HYPACK® Devices .

ECHOSOUNDER In a simple, single beam configuration, set your origin at the

OFFSETS transducer to eliminate horizontal offsets. The latency between the
echosounder and GPS is entered only for the GPS.

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Depth sent to the computer is sum of the measured depth from

the transducer to the bottom transducer and the static draft
correction.

The ‘Static Draft’ represents the vertical offset of the transducer

beneath the static waterline when the vessel is not moving.
FIGURE 19. Static Draft

In HYPACK®, static draft (and dynamic draft) are measured

positive downward. The deeper the transducer is beneath the static
waterline, the larger (more positive) the static draft correction.

Static draft can be corrected in one of two methods in HYPACK®.

• Enter the static draft adjustment into the echosounder and
set the vertical offset for the echosounder to 0.00 in the
HARDWARE program. Most surveyors use this method. The
echosounder will then output a sounding that incorporates the
static draft.
• Set a static draft adjustment of 0.00 in the echosounder
and enter the static draft as the vertical offset into
HYPACK®.

BEWARE! Do one or the other, but not both. Otherwise, you will be double-
correcting for the static draft.

CALIBRATING YOUR HARDWARE

For single beam systems:
• The latency test measures the GPS latency offset. Enter the
results in HARDWARE.
• The bar check measures the static draft for your echosounder.

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> To output depths from the surface, enter this distance

and adjust the sound velocity in your echosounder.
> To output depths from the transducer, enter this distance
as the vertical offset for the echosounder in HARDWARE,
so SURVEY corrects the depth for static draft.

BEWARE! Do one or the other, but not both. Otherwise, you will be double-
correcting for the Static Draft.

Tip: You can collect your latency test lines as part of your first survey,
then correct the survey data with the calculated latency during
post-processing.

BAR CHECKS
Most single beam, dual frequency and multiple transducer
systems are calibrated by lowering a plate a fixed distance below
the transducer then adjusting the draft and sound velocity settings
on the echosounder. The procedure is summarized in the following
example where we will use 5 and 25 foot depths.
FIGURE 20. Bar Check Calibration

1. Lower a bar or disk directly below the transducer to a

predetermined depth. (Keep the bar close enough to the
transducer so that sound velocity errors don’t enter into this.)
2. Adjust the Draft setting on your echosounder until the
paper chart/digitizer reads the correct depth. In this
example, the depth is 5 feet.

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This incorporates the static draft into your echosounder

readings; the vertical offset for your echosounder in
HARDWARE will be ‘0’.
3. Lower the bar/disk to a depth that is approximately the
depth of your channel. In our example, we have lowered it to
25 feet.
4. Adjust the Sound Velocity setting until your echosounder
reads 25 feet.
5. Return the bar/disk to 5 feet and check the depth. It may
have changed, since you just changed the sound velocity.
> If the depth has not changed, your echosounder is
calibrated and you may begin work.
> If the depth has changed, repeat the process (steps 1-4)
until the sounder accurately reports the 5-foot and 25 foot
levels.

Using this process, you now have an echosounder that is

calibrated at 5 feet and 25 feet. Assuming the sound velocity is
constant through the water column, it should also be calibrated for
the depths between this range. If sound velocity is not a constant
through these ranges, your intermediate depths may have small
errors.
FIGURE 21. Slight depth errors occurring due to sound velocity factors

NOTE: Another method used for calibrating your echosounder is to

set the sounder for a fixed velocity (for example 1500m/s or
4800 ft/s) and then use a sound velocity profile to adjust the
depths in real time or post processing. The sounder is first
calibrated using the process described above. This finds
the electronic draft of the sounder. After calibration, the
velocity is then set at a recommended level. Measured
depths are later adjusted based on the initial setting and the
sound velocity profile to determine the final measured
depth.

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MEASURING GPS LATENCY IN SINGLE BEAM

CONFIGURATIONS
We calculate latency by comparing data from pairs of reciprocal
lines over a changing bottom and enter the results as the GPS
Latency offset in HARDWARE.
1. Log your test data. Run the same line up and down over a
sloping bank or over a prominent bottom feature.
2. Open the program. Click UTILITIES-CALIBRATION-
LATENCY TEST.
3. Select FILE-OPEN SOUNDING CATALOG and select the
LOG file containing your latency test lines.
4. Click [OK]. A list of files will appear.
FIGURE 22. Sounding Catalog in LATENCY TEST

5. Click on the two files to be used for the latency calculation

and click [OK]. After the first file header is read, the Read
Parameters dialog appears.
FIGURE 23. Latency Read Parameters Dialog

6. Set your Read Parameters and click [OK] to continue. A

cross section graph will display the profiles of your two survey

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lines. You may notice the sections are not "aligned" meaning
there is an error in the latency time setting.
> Select the devices whose data you are using. Make sure
you have selected the single beam echosounder. If your
data files were collected over an area of fluff, use Depth 2
for the calculation.
> Choose a Tide Correction method. If you collect your test
data at slack tide, you should be able to get fairly accurate
results without accounting for tide.
FIGURE 24. Graph Displaying the Results of Coarse Adjustments

7. Select FILE - ADJUSTMENTS (or click the wrench icon) to

display the Adjustments dialog.

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FIGURE 25. Latency Adjustments Dialog

8. Set Filters to omit obvious bad soundings. You can set

filters for minimum and maximum depth or elevation, and for
soundings farther off line than the user-defined limit.
9. Perform Coarse Adjustments.
a. Select the coarse adjustment settings. Click [Coarse]
and the settings are automatically calculated.
b. Begin calculations. Click [Start]. When the calculations
are complete, a graph will appear showing the results.
c. Return to the Adjustments dialog. Click [Close] .
10. Perform Fine Adjustments.
a. Click [Fine].
b. Click [Start] to test using the Fine settings. The graph
reappears with a new value, listed as the final offset, to be
used as your latency offset.

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FIGURE 26. Latency Value

Manually Testing You can also use the LATENCY TEST to test the results of a
Latency Adjust- latency value of your choice:
ment Values 1. Enter your value as the Position Latency.
2. Click [Recalc]. The program redraws the profiles using your
latency value so you can see how closely they align.

FINALIZING HARDWARE OFFSETS USING CALIBRATION

TEST RESULTS

Calibration tests calculate adjustments that must be made in your

hardware offset settings to collect accurate depth and position
data. The values calculated should be used as follows for maximal
accuracy of your hardware offsets.

In the HARDWARE program:

1. Click on the DEVICE menu and select your position device.
2. In the Offsets tab, enter your latency in seconds.
In single beam configurations, subtract the value calculated in
the LATENCY TEST program from the current latency value.

If you run your calibration test before the survey, and the calculated
adjustments made in the hardware setup, data should not have to
be adjusted. We all know, however, that things happen and we may
need to adjust survey data. When it is required, existing data files
are fixed in the editing program.

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If you have already collected survey data with incorrect offsets, the
LATENCY TEST value can be used to adjust data files as they are
read into the editor program.

When the editor reads your raw data, the Read Parameters dialog
displays the offsets for each device as they were set in your
hardware configuration during SURVEY. (Select the Offsets tab in
the SINGLE BEAM EDITOR. )

The dialog displays settings for each device in your project. Select
the device of interest from the drop-down box and enter the correct
offsets (as they should have been during SURVEY). These offsets
are applied to all currently selected files in place of those in your
hardware configuration during Survey.

NOTE: Editing the offsets in this manner affects only the edited
data. It does not affect raw data.

FIGURE 27. Offsets Tab in the Single Beam Editors

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FIGURE 28. Device Information in the 32-bit HYSWEEP® EDITOR

PLANNED SURVEY LINES

Planned survey lines (*.LNW) define where you want your vessel
to go. The line file contains the grid coordinates and names for
each planned line in your project area and can also contain cross
section template information. Line files are typically created in the
LINE EDITOR program.

Planned lines are saved with an LNW extension and are saved in
the project folder. You should give each set of planned lines a
unique name which will allow you to determine for what area the
survey lines were created.

Although it is possible to collect survey data without planned lines,

it will make the editing process more logical and assure your
required coverage if you have referenced some kind of survey lines
in your area.

LINE EDITOR creates planned line files. Create each line

individually, or create one line then additional lines offset in a
choice of patterns. There is no limit to the number of waypoints per
line or lines per file.

Additionally, planned lines may be exported to a selection of third-

party plan files.

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Alternatively, the LINE EDITOR Import dialog enables you to

extract data from ASCII text files and use it to populate the fields of
the LINE EDITOR to generate single-segmented planned lines.

SPACING PLANNED LINES

Line spacing for single transducer surveys is somewhat arbitrary,
because full bottom-coverage is almost never practical. For sweep
surveys, where full bottom-coverage is practical, line spacing is
usually chosen to insure full coverage.

If your boat is equipped with a multibeam system, where the

coverage of a single sweep varies depending on water depth, line
spacing will often change from one survey to the next. Some
simple trigonometry gives the coverage relationship with water
depth.
• Port Coverage = Water Depth x Tan(Port Theta)
• Starboard Coverage = Water Depth x Tan(Starboard Theta)
• Sweep Coverage = Port Coverage + Starboard Coverage

It is tempting to orient the sweep transducer with somewhat side-

looking geometry, as this increases the coverage per sweep. Be
careful about this because the trade-off is decreased data quality in
the outer beams.

OFFSET PATTERNS FOR PLANNED LINES

Planned lines can be created in any one of several patterns using
the Offsets function. All of the following patterns are available when
you generate lines in the LINE EDITOR.

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TABLE 4. Sample Planned Survey Line Offset Patterns

Parallel
Offsets
Parallel lines
on either side
of the initial
line.

Center Line
Offsets
Perpendicular
lines at user-
defined
spacing along
the initial line.

CREATING 2-D PLANNED LINES USING THE CURSOR AND

OFFSET TECHNIQUE
In the LINE EDITOR Import dialog you can extract data from ASCII
text files and use it to populate the fields of the LINE EDITOR to
generate single-segmented planned lines. Alternatively, you can
interactively create planned survey lines in the LINE EDITOR:
1. Open a Background File of your survey area.

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FIGURE 29. Sample Background File

2. Open the LINE EDITOR. Select PREPARATION-EDITORS-

LINE EDITOR.
3. Create your initial planned line. Click the Cursor
icon and the LINE EDITOR will minimize.
4. Click in the area map to mark each waypoint in
the initial line.
5. Restore the LINE EDITOR by clicking [Line Editor] in the
toolbar. You can review the points of your first line, and then
continue.
6. Create your Offset Lines.
a. Click the Offsets icon. The offsets dialog will
appear.
b. Select the pattern of lines you wish to use by
selecting the corresponding tab.
c. Enter the number of offsets to be created as well as the
distance or angle between them. For Parallel and Center
line Offsets, imagine you are standing at the start of the
initial line looking toward the end to determine which way is
left or right (port or starboard).
d. Choose whether to allow line renaming.
e. Click [OK]. HYPACK® will create the additional offset lines
and display your filled spreadsheet.
7. Preview your lines by clicking the Extents icon. The
LINE EDITOR spreadsheet minimizes and the area map
zooms in to the line file.

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FIGURE 30. Planned Lines Preview on HAL.DIG

8. Return to the LINE EDITOR. Click [Line Editor] in the toolbar.

9. Save your Line File. Select FILE-SAVE or FILE-SAVE AS and
name your file. Your data will be saved, by default, with an LNW
extension to your project folder and enabled in the project files
listing.

More Information
• Loading Files to your Project on page 1-21

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The survey programs provide you with information to monitor

survey data collection and to assure full coverage of the survey
area. Customize the real-time displays and set the navigation
parameters to suit your normal needs and preferences then use
the easy keyboard commands to manually guide your data
collection.

HYPACK® SURVEY provides navigational data and logs single

beam, sub-bottom and magnetometer data.

Once you have set up your project, you are ready to set up your
SURVEY options. The consider the following tasks before you
begin to collect data:
• Set the correct geodesy settings.
• Test and calibrate your hardware. Do this before you are far
from shore with pressing deadlines.
• Configure the size, position and features of the display
windows.
• Load and configure planned survey lines. (Optional)
Recommended for survey projects.
• Set the Navigation Parameters.
• Input the Project Information.
• Configure your Boat Features.
• Load and configure any Targets. (Optional)
• Load and configure any Matrix Files. (Optional.) )
• Preset your Tide Corrections information. (Optional)
• Automate your Draft/Squat. (Optional)

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SURVEY INTERFACE
To launch HYPACK® SURVEY, select SURVEY-HYPACK®
SURVEY or click the icon.

Tip: Smart Launch Survey icon in the HYPACK® toolbar

launches one or more survey programs according to your
current hardware configuration.
• Single beam, sub-bottom or magnetometer configurations
launch only HYPACK® SURVEY.

The HYPACK® SURVEY program loads the information from the

current project. The program reads geodetic information and
hardware information from the project initialization files. It loads the
most recently used planned survey line file (*.LNW) from the
current project, as well as any background files and matrix files that
are currently ‘Enabled’.

HYPACK® SURVEY functions can be executed through the menus

in the shell, the (optional) toolbar, or through keyboard shortcuts.
FIGURE 1. Toolbar

The toolbar is a row of icons that duplicate the function of several

of the menu selections. To determine each icon's function, hold the
cursor over the icon and a tool tip will appear.

WINDOWS IN SURVEY
The SURVEY display is comprised of the ‘shell’, with a menu bar,
toolbars and alarm indicators, as well as your choice of several
independently-displayed and configured windows:
• Area Map:This is a plan view of your project area. It displays
any enabled project files along with the position of the vessels
and their track lines.
• Left-Right Indicator: Shows the position of the boat relative to
the current planned line segment.
• Data Display: Shows real-time, textual information regarding
your logged content.

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You may reposition and size all windows, in one or more monitors,
using the cursor to drag the title bars and window edges.

Once you have configured, sized and placed the windows on the
screen, the SURVEY program remembers and restores them to
the same status and location each time you start the SURVEY
program.

AREA MAP IN SURVEY

The Area Map window contains a plan view of your survey area
that includes all files active in HYPACK® when you start SURVEY
and a symbol representing each mobile in your hardware
configuration.
FIGURE 2. A Sample Area Map

Sounding colors are determined by the project’s color settings. The

position of the survey boat is updated on the Area Map at an
interval defined by the GPS Update Frequency in the HARDWARE
program.

Each area map includes the standard zoom and pan controls.

NOTE: The Range setting in the Area Map toolbar enables you to
set the zoom at any of a series of preset zoom scales.

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A tracking setting other than "No Tracking" overrides the

effect of the pan tool.

When you exit the SURVEY program, it records the status of the
items in the Area Map and restores the same configuration when
you re-start the program.

AREA MAP LAYER In addition to your project files, you may also include chart
MANAGER features, such as a legend, scale, north arrow, and projection and
lat./lon. grids, in your area map display.

To set the files displayed and their draw order:

1. Access the Layer Manager by selecting SETTINGS-LAYER
MANAGER.
2. Check the files and features you want to display.
3. Set the draw order. You can click and drag the files in the list
or select one and reposition it with the Up and Down buttons.
Items at the end of the list are drawn first and will be overlaid by
any in the list above them that are selected.
4. Click [OK].
FIGURE 3. A Sample Area Map

AREA MAP GRID Grid Properties set how the projection and lat/long grids are
PROPERTIES presented. Select SETTING-GRID PROPERTIES to access the
Grid Setup dialog. As in the HYPACK® Control Panel, you can
choose automatic or fixed spacing and the style of the labels.
Labeling is available on all four sides of the map.

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NOTE: The Lat/Lon grid is displayed in Lat/Lon of the local datum.

FIGURE 4. Grid Setup Dialog

AREA MAP Tracking and Orientation options automatically re-adjust the

TRACKING AND screen when the boat leaves the display area and to rotate your
ORIENTATION map to your preferred orientation.
OPTIONS
Vessel track points are limited to one per second.
FIGURE 5. Tracking and Orientation Dialog

Select SETTINGS-TRACKING/ORIENTATION from the menu and

the Orientation and Tracking dialog appears.

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Vessel Tracking • In Center returns the boat to the center of the screen as it
nears the edge. The Edge Dist to Win Size Pct option
determines when the centering will occur based on the
distance between the vessel and the edge of the area map
(expressed in percentage of the Area Map window size with an
allowable range of 5-25%).

NOTE: If you enter a value outside the 5-25 range, the program
resets the value to 5, if you have entered a value less
than 5, or 25 if you have entered a value greater than
25.

• Look Ahead moves the boat further back from the center to
maximize the amount of space displayed ahead of the vessel.
• Vessel and Target keeps the boat and the current active target
in view. The map automatically zooms to fit as you approach.
• All Vessels: The map automatically zooms to fit to keep all
mobiles in view.
• No Tracking allows you to move the screen anywhere you
want without having it zoom back to keep the boat in view.
(Press the Home key to center the vessel on your screen.)

The toolbar displays the current tracking method. If you set

your preferred method of tracking, you can quickly toggle
between this setting and “No Tracking” by clicking the
toggle tracking icon (Ctrl+T) or selecting SETTINGS-
TOGGLE TRACKING.
Map Orientation • Vessel Up aligns the Area Map with the current vessel
heading. Define a threshold (in degrees) to determine how
much the vessel heading must change to cause the map
orientation to adjust. This prevents constant (annoying)
updates of the map orientation with only small changes in
vessel heading.
• Line Up draws the screen so the current line segment is
directly “up” the screen. If you are in the “Line Up” orientation,
the boat should be progressing up the screen. If your boat is
going “down” the screen, you need to “whip” the line ends
(change the start-line and end-line points) by using the Ctrl-W
key command or the LINE–SWAP menu item.
• User-Defined Rotation draws the Area Map according to the
specified degrees. Zero degrees will orient the map with North
up.

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LEFT-RIGHT INDICATOR IN SURVEY

The Left-Right Indicator window only appears when you have
planned lines loaded into the SURVEY program. It shows the
position of the main vessel relative to the planned survey line, as
well as certain information of particular interest to the helmsman:

TABLE 1. Left-Right Indicator Statistics

Logging
Status Display
Distance and Timea to the end of the current survey
Logging
line.
Not Distance and Time* to the start of the next survey
Logging line.
Always Logging status, uncorrected depth and tide
a. Times are calculated based on distance and current speed.

To load additional displays, select WINDOW-NEW- LR

INDICATOR.

Configuring the You can display the cross track error using either of two scales,
Scale and expand and contract the either scale to suit your purposes.

To choose the type of scale, select or deselect the Logarithmic

Scale option in the Options menu.

To contract the scale:

• Click ‘Contract’ on the menu bar.
• Use Ctrl-C (Contract) from the keyboard.

To expand the scale:

• Click ‘Expand’ on the menu bar.
• Use Ctrl-V (Expand) from the keyboard.

NOTE: These keyboard commands only work with the focus on the
Left-Right Indicator window.

Configuring the The cross track error label is a real-time display of the distance off
XTE Label line. The font and float properties can be configured to meet the
needs of different operators.

To modify the font, select OPTIONS-FONT in the indicator menu.

The Windows® Font Dialog appears for you to make your

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adjustments. Only the font, style and size apply. These settings
override the current scheme until you exit SURVEY.

The label can float above the pointer in the indicator or remain
centered over the graphical display.

To toggle the float setting, select and deselect the OPTIONS-

FLOATING TEXT menu option.
Setting the XTE SURVEY alerts you that your vessel is too far off the currently
Alarm Distance selected survey line. You can decide the distance at which you will
be alerted.

To set a “Cross Track Error Alarm” distance:

• Drag the tab indexes in the left–right indicator window. The
tab indexes are small gray bars, equidistant from center on the
indicator scale.
• Set the XTE limit in the Navigation Parameters dialog (in
the Options menu).

When this setting is changed, all other Cross Track Error displays
update accordingly.

When the boat travels outside this range, the frame around the
cross track label turns either red (planned line is to starboard) or
green (planned line is to port), and the ‘XTE’ alarm appears in the
shell. This has no effect on the data logging; it is only a visual
alarm to the helm to steer toward the survey line.

DATA DISPLAY IN SURVEY

The Data Display window in HYPACK® SURVEY shows textual
information about the survey.

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FIGURE 6. The Data Display Window

When you first start the SURVEY program, the display does not
contain any items. Use the menu in the Data Display window to
configure the Data Display. You can select the items to display, the
font of the displayed items, or change the style of the display.

ALARMS IN SURVEY
Alarm windows are located along the bottom of the SURVEY
screen. They are used to denote error conditions to the operator.
When the criteria are met, the alarm window turns red and the
Windows® exclamation alarm sounds. You can turn off the audio
alarm by pressing the Escape key. This will also change the alarm
boxes to yellow until the reason for the alarm has been corrected.

The SURVEY program can generate the following alarms:

TABLE 2. Survey Alarm

Alarm Text Displayed Reason Documented

Time Out Generated when a device has not Survey Log
Time Out reported an update within the last 5
seconds.
XTE Generated when the tracking point is Trace Fileb
outside the limit set in the Navigation
Track Error
Parametersa dialog or the Left-Right
Indicator.

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Alarm Text Displayed Reason Documented

Min Depth Generated when the measured depth Survey Log
Minimum Depth drops below the value defined in the
Navigation Parametersa dialog
Max Depth Generated when the measured depth Survey Log
Maximum Depth is greater than the value defined in the
Navigation Parametersa dialog
Drift = Current If the heave value differs from the Survey Log
Drift Value average of the last 100 heave
Heave Drift
readings by more than the “Alarm
Threshold” set in the Vessel Setup.
a. Select OPTIONS-NAVIGATION PARAMETERS.
b. The Trace file is named RAW date.txt (eg RAW0927.txt) and saved in your project folder. It contains basic
information about which files you are using as you survey, as well as data about events, targets, logging, etc.
You can read it with any text editor.

CORRECTIONS IN SURVEY
Tide and sound velocity corrections affect the accuracy of the
depth and positioning data. During acquisition, SURVEY logs these
corrections in the header of each raw data file when you start
logging, and in a correction-specific record any time a correction
changes during your data collection.

TIDE CORRECTIONS IN SURVEY

In HYPACK®:
Final Depth = Measured + Tide + Draft + Sound Velocity
Depth Correction Correction Correction

Since the tide correction is normally added to the measured depth,

it will normally be a negative value in HYPACK® (unless the tide
drops below the chart datum).

For example, if the water level is 1.3m above the chart datum, the
tide correction in HYPACK® would be “-1.3”.

You can display one or more of the following data affected by tide
in the Data Display:
• Current tide correction

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• Measured depth from the echosounder

• Corrected depth

Since the tide correction is applied to all vessels, it is displayed in

Black in the Data Display window.

You can set the initial value of the tide correction by clicking the
TIDE–SET menu item. This value will be assigned to all soundings
logged until you set a new value. Update this value often,
especially if the tide level is changing quickly.
FIGURE 7. Setting the Tide Value

The Tide Increase (Alt-Y) and Tide Decrease (Alt-Z) can be used to
increase or decrease the current tide value by the current
increment. The increment is set from the OPTIONS–
CORRECTIONS INCREMENT menu item.
FIGURE 8. Setting the Corrections Increments

NOTE: If you use the same time and tide correction information to
create a tide correction file, then use it to apply your
corrections during post-processing, your results will be
more realistic. The editor will interpolate the tide correction
values over time, thus avoiding the sudden changes in tide
correction values.

The tide correction value at the time each raw file is opened will be
recorded in the header of the file. Each time you modify the
correction value, it will be recorded as a TID record and used to
correct soundings taken after that time.

Alternatively, you can record tide corrections from a telemetry tide

gauge:

The SURVEYprogram treats telemetry tide gauges like another

piece of survey equipment. A device driver in the hardware

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configuration receives data from the device and automatically sets

the tide correction to the appropriate value.

DRAFT CORRECTIONS
In HYPACK®, Final Depth = Raw Depth + Static Draft + Dynamic
Draft (+ Tide, SV and Heave corrections)

To log accurate depths, you must correct for both static and
dynamic draft. You have already accounted for static draft in your
hardware configuration, but you correct for dynamic draft during
data collection.

Dynamic draft corrections are logged with the rest of your data
using your choice of the following options:
• Manual Corrections: Use the Draft option in the Vessel Setup
dialog to adjust the correction currently logged in the data file.
The draft correction is logged in the header of each data file
and to a DFT record each time it is changed. This value is also
displayed for each vessel in the Data Display using the Vessel
Perimeter Color associated with each vessel.
• Use the DraftTable Driver: The DRAFTTABLE.DLL allows you
to construct a table of Dynamic Draft Correction versus Speed.
The driver then uses the Speed Over Ground from the GPS (or
the internal speed computed by SURVEY or DREDGEPACK®)
and interpolates a draft correction based on the Speed Over
Ground.

NOTE: On a river, your speed through the water column may

not equal your speed over ground. This could cause
some significant errors in the Dynamic Draft correction
being assigned by the driver.

MANUAL DRAFT Define Draft corrections for each vessel in the Vessel Setup
CORRECTIONS dialog in SURVEY or DREDGEPACK® under "Dynamic Draft".

To set the amount that the arrow keys in the Vessels dialog
increment/decrement the Dynamic Draft, select OPTIONS–
CORRECTION INCREMENT and enter it under "Draft/Squat".

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FIGURE 9. Setting the Corrections Increments

AUTOMATIC Automatically apply draft/squat corrections by installing the Draft

DRAFT Table Driver in HARDWARE. The Draft Table is a listing of draft
CORRECTIONS correction values with their corresponding vessel speeds. This
option enables SURVEY or DREDGEPACK® to automatically
apply dynamic draft/squat corrections based on the speed of the
vessel.

The driver allows for Shallow Water and Deep Water curves.
Shallow depths can affect how the wake forms around the vessel
and it has been shown it can significantly affect the draft. If this is
the case, enter different drafts for shallow and deep water.

If you enter both shallow water and deep water draft values:
• When the depth is less than the Shallow Depth Limit, use
just the shallow water table.
• When the depth is greater than the Deep Depth Limit, use
just the deep water table.
• When the depth is between the Shallow and Deep Depth
Limits, interpolate between the two table values.

NOTE: If there are soundings taken at speeds greater than those

defined in the Draft Table, the driver will assign draft
correction value that corresponds to the fastest speed in
the draft table.

1. In HARDWARE, select DEVICES-ADD DEVICE and select

the DraftTable driver.
2. Click [Setup] and configure your driver for your project.
The Driver Setup is a table defining draft values and their
corresponding vessel speeds. SURVEY interpolates draft
values according to the selected interpolation method and
within the defined speed range and stores a draft correction
value appropriate to the vessel speed with each sounding.
[Graph] plots your corrections over speed on the right.

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FIGURE 10. DraftTable Driver SetupI

3. Click [OK].

NAVIGATING PLANNED LINES IN SURVEY

The Navigation Parameters in SURVEY to help automate the
planned line navigation and data logging. This allows the
helmsman to focus on driving while the program handles the data.

To access the Navigation Parameters, select OPTIONS-

NAVIGATION PARAMETERS.

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FIGURE 11. Navigation Parameters Dialog

SELECTING SURVEY LINES IN SURVEY

The active planned line file in your project will be loaded to the
SURVEY program. You can load a different line file by selecting
LINE-SELECT FILE and choosing the new line file from the file
selection dialog. The program will unload any active line file and
load the selected file. Only one planned line file may be enabled at
a time. (You can unload any active line file and work with no lines
loaded by selecting LINE-UNLOAD.)

When you first enter the SURVEY program, it will select the first
line in the queue as the current active line. When you exit the
program, it writes the current active line to a default file. Next time,
it reads this default file and re-establishes the last active line as the
current active line.

To select the line you wish to survey, use one of the following
methods:
• Right-click on a line handle and then click the “Select”
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point entered when creating the line) and are drawn as little
boxes at the origin of a planned line.
FIGURE 12. Selecting a Line Using "Handles"

• Use the LINE–INCREMENT LINE menu item or Ctrl-I to move

ahead by the number of lines defined under Line Increment in
the Navigation Parameters.
• Use the LINE–DECREMENT LINE menu item or Ctrl-D to
move back by the number of lines defined under Line
Increment in the Navigation Parameters.
• Enter the desired line number under Next Line in the
Navigation Parameters. You may enter either the number or
name (“34+00”) associated with a line.

LOGGING DATA IN SURVEY

Typically, when you set up a survey project, you create a set of
planned survey lines to guide your navigation as you collect data.
They help insure that you achieve the proper coverage of your
survey area. Most surveyors begin on the first line of the line file
and navigate up one line and down the next, logging data for each
line, until they reach the end.

When you begin logging data at the beginning of each planned line
(start line), the SURVEY program opens a data file and begins to
record data. The status in the Data Display window will change to
‘Logging’. This is your indication that you have started line and the
SURVEY program is logging data.
Logging Data You can start line manually or automatically.
• Manually by selecting LOGGING-START LOGGING (Ctrl+S)
• Automatically using the automatic Start Line Gate feature.

The automated Start Line Gate feature begins logging

automatically if the vessel tracking point passes within the
specified distance of the start line point.

The Start Line Gate is specified in the Navigation Parameters

window. Select OPTIONS–NAVIGATION PARAMETERS.

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• Start Line Gate = “0.0”, the feature is disabled and the

SURVEY program only starts and ends logging if you manually
intervene.
• If the Start Line Gate > 0, the program starts logging
automatically when the distance from the tracking point to the
starting point of the planned line is less than the absolute value
of the Start Line Gate. This "trigger area" is shown as a circle at
the beginning of the planned line. A positive Offset shifts the
circle down line by the specified amount, while a negative offset
shifts it backward along the line.
FIGURE 13. Start Line Gate = 25 (left), with Offset=10 (right)

• Start Line Gate < 0, the SURVEY program only starts logging
when the tracking point breaks the perpendicular projection of
the start line point and the distance from the tracking point to
the starting point of the planned line is less than the absolute
value of the Start Line Gate.
FIGURE 14. Negative Start Line Gate

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FIGURE 15. Approach Line Extends 50 Meters from the Start Line

Suspending Log- At any time while logging, select LOGGING-SUSPEND LOGGING

ging (Ctrl+U). The status in the Data Display window will display the
word “Suspended”. A target with the name “Paused” will be placed
on the screen at the tracking point position. You will still receive
screen updates and position information, but the program will not
write information to disk. This is useful if the survey boat needs to
pause for traffic.
Resuming Log- Select LOGGING-RESUME LOGGING (Ctrl+R).
ging
To Abort Logging At any time while “On-Line”, select LOGGING-ABORT LOGGING
(Ctrl+A). SURVEY stops logging data and saves the data logged to
that point with an *.XXA extension. (If this would cause a duplicate
file name, the extension becomes *.XXB, *.XXC...). The aborted
file is not included in the current catalog file.
To End Logging Once logging has been started, it can be ended (end line) as
follows:
• Manually by selecting the LOGGING-END LOGGING (Ctrl+E).
• Automatically if you are using the Start Line Gate. The line will
be ended automatically when the tracking point breaks the a
line projected perpendicular from the end segment point of the
planned line.
To disable the automatic end line, select the Disable End
Line Gate option in the Navigation Parameters dialog. In this

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case, you must stop logging manually, though a start line gate
automatically starts logging.

When the SURVEY program executes an “End Line” event, it

closes and saves the data file and then selects the next line in the
line queue. It determines the start line point based on the Line
Mode in the Navigation Parameters dialog. A small red circle is
drawn about the start line point and arrows indicate the direction of
travel.

RAW DATA FILES

Raw files are the data files that result from the SURVEY or
DREDGEPACK® program. Every time you log data, a new Raw
data file is created. They are ASCII format files that contain the
header information and time-series information for each survey
device.

By default, they have the RAW extension and, in a standard

HYPACK® project, are stored in the HYPACK
2020\Projects\ProjectName\Raw folder.

A list of individual data files is provided in a catalog (*.LOG) file.

You can quickly draw or process a group of files by specifying the
*.LOG name, instead of entering the name of each data file.

The SINGLE BEAM EDITOR reads RAW format files, merges the
data with Tide and other corrections and outputs the results as
Edited All format files.

SURVEY KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

TABLE 3. SURVEY Keyboard Commands

Functions Commands
Decrement line by Line Increment set in the Ctrl+D
Line Functions
Navigation Parameters. (Only when not logging.)
Increment line by Line Increment set in the Ctrl+I
Navigation Parameters. (Only when not logging.)
Swap planned start end Ctrl+W

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Functions Commands
Decrement line segment by 1 Ctrl+B
Increment line segment by 1 Ctrl+F
Logging Functions Start Logging Ctrl+S
Pause Logging Ctrl + U
Resume Logging Ctrl + R
Manual Event Mark Ctrl+N
Abort Logging Ctrl + A
End Logging Ctrl+E
Target Commands Mark target at tracking point F5
Target Properties dialog F6
Marks a Waters Edge Target F7
Tide Corrections Increment by current increment Alt+Y
Decrement by current increment Alt+Z
Map Zoom Commands Zoom In +
Zoom Out -
Move left, right, up and down Arrow Keys
Rotate Starboard Ctrl++
Rotate Port Ctrl + -
Center Map Home
North Up Ctrl+Home
L/R Indicator Contract scale Ctrl+C
Commands
Expand scale Ctrl+V
Profile Window Contract horizontal scale Ctrl+C
Commands
Expand horizontal scale Ctrl+V
Decrease vertical scale Alt+C
Increase vertical scale Alt+V

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