Supported echosounders, sonars and data file formats

Supported echosounders:

Single, split and dual beam echosounders

BioSonics Model 102, DE4000, DE5000, DE6000, DT4000, DT5000, DT6000 and DTX series of echosounder
Furuno FQ80 and ETR-30N echosounders
HTI Models 241/243/244 split beam digital echosounder system
Kaijo KFC-500, KFC-1000, KFC-2000, KFC-3000, and KFS
Precision Acoustic Systems PAS-103 Single-beam and PAS-103 Split-beam echosounder
Simrad EK60, EQ60, ES60, EY60, EK500, EA500, EY500, EA600, and EA400 echosounder
SonarData EchoListener
SciFish 2100 combined single-beam broadband/split-beam narrowband sonar

Multibeam sonars

DIDSON Dual-frequency IDentification SONars
BlueView 2D imaging sonars
Kongsberg EM 3002, EM 3002D and EM 710 multibeam echosounders
Kongsberg Mesotech SM20 multibeam echosounder
Reson SeaBat 6012, 7000 and 8101 and 8125 multibeam echosounders (equipped with the optional hardware extension for digitized sonar images)
Simrad Mesotech SM2000 FR multibeam echosounder with recording kit
Simrad ME70 multibeam echosounder

Scanning sonars

Furuno FSV-30 (Research version)
Kongsberg Mesotech MS 1000 scanning sonar
Simrad SH80 scanning sonar
Simrad SP70 scanning sonar

ADCP sounders

RD Instruments Workhorse series of ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers)

Supported data file formats:

ASCII data files (*.CSV) - typically values from other file formats that have been exported as ASCII data. Specific formats supported are:
- Single beam Sv files (*.sv.csv)
- Single beam TS files (*.ts.csv)
- Single beam angular position files (*.angles.csv)
- Single beam linear variable files (*.linear.csv)
- Single beam target files (*.target.csv)
- Multibeam Sv files (*.sv.mb.csv)
- Multibeam TS files (*.ts.mb.csv)
- Multibeam linear magnitude value files (*.mag.mb.csv)
- Multibeam phase files (*.phase.mb.csv)
- Multibeam dB value files (*.db.mb.csv)
- Multibeam boolean files (*.boolean.mb.csv)
- Multibeam color files (*.color.mb.csv)
- Multibeam targets files (*.targets.mb.csv)
- Multibeam bottom detections export files (*.bottom.mb.csv)
- GPS fix files (*.gps.csv)
- Heading files (*.heading.csv)
- Pitch files (*.pitch.csv)
- Roll files (*.roll.csv)
BioSonics files (*.dt4)
BlueView (*.son) output by Blueview SDK 3.1.4913 and earlier Blueview SDK versions.
CSIRO data files (*.raw)
DIDSON data files (*.ddf)
- DDF_03 format
- DDF_04 format
Furuno
- FQ80 files (*.hac)
- FSV-30 (Research version) files (*.fsv)
- ETR-30N ping data files (HF*.bin/LF*.bin)
- ETR-30N position data files (LL*.bin)
- ETR-30N phase data files (PhHF*.bin/PhLF*.bin)
Kaijo
- KFC-500 files (*.050)
- KFC-1000 files (*.100)
- KFC-2000 files (*.200)
- KFC-3000 files (*.100)
- KFC-5000 files (*.100)
- KFS files (*.FS3)
Kongsberg
- EM 3002 format (*.all)
- EM 3002D format (*.all)
- EM 710 format (*.all)
Kongsberg Mesotech
- MS 1000 format (*.smb/*.nnn)
- SM20 (*.smb/*.nnn)
HAC (*.hac) data files containing:
- generic echosounder and channel tuples
- Simrad EK500 echosounder and channel tuples
- BioSonics model 102 echosounder and channel tuples
- Split beam detected single target tuple
HTI
- raw echo files (*.raw)
- tracked echo files (*.ech)
- physical echo files (*.bot)
- integration output files (*.int)
- sample files (*.smp)
- sample files with calibration and settings (*.smp)
Precision Acoustic Systems
- HARP format (*.ts4)
RD Instruments
- Workhorse Output Data format (*.nnn)
Reson
- SeaBat 6012 files (*.sbi)
- SeaBat 7000 series files (*.s7k)
- SeaBat 8000 series files (*.sns/*.raw)
SciFish
- SciFish 2100 files (*.sfd)
Simrad
- BI500 files (*-ping, *-vlog, *-data, *-info, *-work)
- EY500 files (*.DGn)
- EK500 data logged with EP500 software (*.DGn)
- Ex60 raw files (*.RAW)
- ER60 files containing EK500-compatible telegrams (*.DG)
- SM2000 FR raw data (*.raw/*.nnn)
- SM2000 FR beamformed data (*.bfm/*.bmf/*.nnn)
- ME70 raw data (*.raw)
- SH series data files (*.dtz/*.dat)
- SP series data files (*.dzt/*.dat)
SonarData
- EchoListener (*.ELD)
Echoview utility
- Echolog 500 (*.EK5)
- Echolog 60 (*.EK60 and .EK6)
- Echolog SM (*.SM2000)

Client specific formats can be supported (the CSIRO raw data format, for example, is specific to the CSIRO). Please contact Echoview support with a request to support your data format if needed. We will require a complete specification of the data format in order to evaluate the proposal.