New in Echoview 3.20
for users of data from RESON echosounders

This page summarizes the new features, improvements and other changes that have been implemented Echoview 3.20 which specifically affect the use of data from RESON echosounders.

See also: New features in Echoview 3.20 for a description of changes that may affect you but are not specific to data from RESON echosounders.

RESON SeaBat 8101 and 8125 snapshot format support

Echoview now supports data derived from SeaBat 8000 series snapshot files (.raw).

These files contain data that was collected from a SeaBat 8000 series multibeam echosounder operating in the Snapshot/Acquire mode. Only snapshot files with the .raw file extension are supported; snapshot files with the .rdf file extension are not supported.

Five new variables are provided based upon the data in these files. See Raw variables derived from RESON data files for further information.

See: RESON 8000 series snapshot data files (.raw) for further details.

Note: Support for these files is in beta testing in Echoview 3.20

Heading variables derived from RESON SeaBat 8000 series snapshot data files (.raw)

Echoview can also derive a heading variable from RESON 8000 series snapshot data files (.raw) to which heading data was logged. Echoview will not use heading data from these variables by default and will instead use heading data it derives from a platform's cruise track. If you want Echoview to use heading data from a heading variable, you must select the variable as the Heading source on the Attitude page of the Platform Properties dialog box.

See: About heading data for details on what is affected by heading data.