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Batch Image Export Tips
3/31/17 - Batch image export in SonarWiz sidescan may double your aspect ratio, but this document shows ways to regain the original, as well as easily cropping selected portions of your data, for reports
Gridding Options
10/22/18 - This document explains some of the many ways in which gridded data may be generated by SonarWiz
Heave Compensation Reference
1/11/16 - This document helps any SonarWiz user understand the options with regard to recording and using motion sensor data to apply heave compensation to their sub-bottom data files
Importing NOAA Tide Files
9/7/15 - This document outlines the steps required to import an XML file downloaded from the NOAA Tides and Currents web site
Layback - Cable-Out Tutorial
2/20/18 - This document serves as a supplement to the SonarWiz User Guide and helps clarify Layback & Cable-Out in a tutorial format
Magnetometry Post-Processing Reference
2/19/19 - Learn to process magnetometry data in SonarWiz
Map Corrections Reference
2/17/18 - This feature allows you to re-position sidescan data, per a better reference object, like known-position sidescan contact points, or a multi-beam grid used as a reference basemap
Network Dongle Reference Guide
10/30/2019 - This document explains how to set up SonarWiz Gemalto - Sentinel Network dongles on your network.
Sidescan Nadir Filter Reference
10/14/16 - This signal-processing digital filter option is used to enhance the nadir (central portion) of any sidescan (SS) sonar data
Single-beam Reference
8/31/17 - Learn to process Single Beam data in SonarWiz
Sub-Bottom Core Data Import-Export
3/28/17 - This document explains the long-standing features of core export and the newer import features, which are supported in SonarWiz 5.08.0001, and later versions
SonarWiz Servers
6/30/17 - This document describes revised servers which are intended to be used with SonarWiz 7
Analog Servers Guide
3/1/21 - This document contains instructions for using the CTI 5-BNC 16 bit or 24 bit A/D analog interface box for collection of 1 and 2 channel sidescan or sub-bottom sonar data. This guide replaces these older guides: SonarWiz SB 24 Analog Server, NI Analog SSS SB Real-time Data Acquisition Application Note, KDD Manual, KDD Interface Note.
Edgetech 6205 Discover/SonarWiz Setup Procedure
2/17/17 - This document helps explain set-up procedure for getting real-time (R/T) data acquisition running, using SonarWiz and DISCOVER and an Edgetech 6205 bathymetric/sidescan sonar unit (or a simulated 6205 binned-bathymetry data source).
Edgetech 4125-4200 Real-time Server Setup Procedure
11/4/17 - This document contains the recommend setup procedure and settings for using an Edgetech 4125-4200 with SonarWiz. Check out THIS VIDEO for more information
Navigation Data Formats
5/22/17 - The document contains navigation formats, which are a subset of those supported by SonarWiz, for providing position information during sidescan, sub-bottom, bathymetric, or magnetometry survey (real-time data acquisition)
Layback - Cable-Out Tutorial
2/20/18 - This document serves as a supplement to the SonarWiz User Guide and helps clarify Layback & Cable-Out in a tutorial format
SonarWiz Cable Payout Meter Formats
3/12/18 - This document helps explain the setup and recording of the various cable counter format options
SonarWiz Real-time Recording Example
2/14/17 - This document describes a GPS, sidescan sonar, and magnetometry real-time data acquisition recording scenario, where GPS feed, sidescan sonar, and magnetometry, data are all recorded at once, using SonarWiz
Serial Port Test Utility
1/25/17 - This document gives a brief overview of starting and using MTTTY.exe and explains how to capture and save a serial-port data sample into a text file, which can be very useful for diagnosing SonarWiz errors, or for testing serial navigation sentence format compatibility with SonarWiz
Shot Control Utility
2013-2014 - The Shot Control utility is a standalone windows application that can be used to generate square-wave trigger pulses at a user specified distance interval.
Datum Align Reference
1/11/17 - SonarWiz SBP Datum Align (SBP DA) utility is a function for computing the datum separation between a reference surface such as a multi-beam bathymetry grid, and one or more sub-bottom profiler files in your SonarWiz project - this guide describes the processes for using this utility
NavInjector Pro User Reference
4/2/19 - The NavInjectorPro7 application is a special utility for injecting navigation from an external ASCII data file into a standard sonar data files such as CSF, JSF, SDF, SEG (SGY) or XTF
Tide Editor Manual
5/22/17 - The SonarWiz Tide Editor application is designed to help you load or import tide table data, so that the tide effects on a survey can be used during bathymetry post-processing, to correct the processed bathymetry to a local vertical datum
ZEdit Utility Tutorial
2/13/18 - Use ZEdit to make minor anomaly edits in CMF or CSF files
Vessel Editor Tutorial
2013-2014 - The Vessel Editor application is designed to create and modify survey vessel definitions, as well as provide 3D visualization of the survey vessel.
Sound Velocity Editor
2015 - Sound Velocity Editor application is designed to create and modify the acoustic path data of the sonar beam and correct for angular changes of sound through water as the sound velocity changes with water depth, as well as provide 2D visualization of dependency
Vessel Editor Tutorial
2013-2014 - The Vessel Editor application is designed to create and modify survey vessel definitions, as well as provide 3D visualization of the survey vessel.
CTI Geodesy Tool
1/22/15 - The CTI Geodesy Tool is a utility program that allows users to add, edit, import and export coordinate systems
XTF Datum Shifter
1/26/14 - The XTF Datum Shift Utility is a simple multi-threaded utility program that will convert the coordinates in XTF file from one coordinate system and datum to another coordinate system and datum
StrataBox ODC to SEG-Y Converter
5/4/10 - The Chesapeake ODC to SEGY converter is a simple multi-threaded utility program that will extract the sub-bottom packets from any StrataBox ODC data file and create a second 16-bit fixed point SEG-Y file
CSF to XTF Converter
7/27/09 - The CSF Converter application is a special utility for converting SonarWiz CSF files into standard XTF files
VPrint Reference
4/5/09 - The VPrint application is a special utility for printing sidescan and sub-bottom data from the SonarWiz.MAP application to any supported Windows printing or plotting device
Importing JSF Files
5/25/2017 - This technical note describes the recommended technique for importing Edgetech JSF files containing sidescan or sub-bottom sonar data into a SonarWiz project.
Importing Kongsberg Backscatter as Sidescan
5/2/2017 - This technical note describes the recommended technique for importing Kongsberg ALL files containing backscatter data, as sidescan, into a SonarWiz project.
Importing SES Files
3/16/2017 - This technical note describes the recommended technique for importing Innomar SES files containing sub-bottom sonar data into a SonarWiz project.
Importing XTF Files
2/22/2017 - This technical note describes the recommended technique for importing generic XTF files containing sidescan sonar data into a SonarWiz project.
SonarWiz 6 Sub-Bottom Import Advice
12/21/2016 - This document explains changes that occurred in the ways Sub-Bottom data is imported in SW6.04 and beyond
Importing Low Gain XTF Files
1/30/2013 - Learn how to import low gain xtf files in older versions of SonarWiz
Contact Database Editing Techniques
4/2/2018 - This document explains a few of the tables in the contact database file, and how to manage them
Contacts Merge Tutorial
3/1/2018 - This tutorial provides some examples of the GUI view of multiple projects, where you want to combine (merge) the contacts from both projects, into a single, master project.
Batch Contact Creation
12/29/2016 - This document explains the options in SonarWiz for performing a batch-contact-capture event in your project.
Freespan Contacts
8/10/2016 - Learn to measure Freespan Contacts. Check out THIS VIDEO for more information.
Contact Rationalization
5/1/2015 - Learn how to rationalize contacts when the same contact appears in different locations on separate lines
Linear Contacts
4/11/2015 - Learn how to capture poly-line contacts
SonarWiz 6.5 User Guide PDF
Archived copy. SonarWiz 6.x is no longer supported. Please contact Sales to update your license(s).
SonarWiz 6.0X - 7.0X Upgrade Issues & Solutions
7/17/2017 - Review this helpful guide before upgrading from SonarWiz 5 or SonarWiz 6 to SonarWiz 7
SonarWiz 6 FAQ's
12/12/2016 - Answers to some of the most commonly asked questions regarding SW6
SonarWiz 64-bit Notes
4/26/2016 - What to expect from the 64-bit Version SonarWiz
Repair SonarWiz Utility
11/12/17 - Repair SonarWiz 7 is a tiny utility application that can restore functionality to a broken SonarWiz 7
system.
Supported File Types & Sonar Interfaces
1/28/20 - A list of file types and sonar models supported for real-time acquisition and post-processing SonarWiz
Getting Started with SonarWiz
4/3/17 - A beginner's guide to SonarWiz
Vacuum DB Utility
2014-2015 - The SonarWiz VacuumDB utility is a small special-purpose utility designed to provide maintenance on
the SonarWiz Digitized Features database.
SonarWiz Hot-Keys
A list of keyboard shortcuts in SonarWiz
Norbit iLiDAR Laser configuration and usage notes
7/17/17 - This document describes how to configure and process the iLiDAR system in SonarWiz.
Bathymetry Post-Processing Guide
11/28/16 - Review this guide for a step-by-step workflow for processing bathymetry data in SonarWiz
GeoSwath Bathymetric Processing Notes
1/20/15 - This document details the processing of the Kongsberg GeoAcoustic LTD, GeoSwath Plus wide-swath sonar
Bathymetry Navigation Replacement Technique 1
5/26/15 - This guide details one of many techniques for replacing navigation data in bathymetry files
Edgetech 6205 Bathymetric Processing Notes
12/16/14 - This document details the processing of the EdgeTech 6205 combined bathymetry and side scan sonar in SonarWiz
EDGETECH 6205 DISCOVER/SONARWIZ SETUP PROCEDURE
2/17/17 - This document helps explain set-up procedure for getting real-time (R/T) data acquisition running, using SonarWiz and DISCOVER and an Edgetech 6205 bathymetric/sidescan sonar unit (or a simulated 6205 binned-bathymetry data source)
Edgetech 4125-4200 Real-time Server Setup Procedure
11/4/17 - This document contains the recommend setup procedure and settings for using an Edgetech 4125-4200 with SonarWiz. Check out THIS VIDEO for more information
GeoSwath Bathymetric Processing Notes
1/20/15 - This document details the processing of the Kongsberg GeoAcoustic LTD, GeoSwath Plus wide-swath sonar
SonarWiz SEG-import and SEISEE Tutorial
1/22/19 - This document describes techniques for viewing and repairing trace headers of SEG files with the SEISEE utility software and importing SEG files successfully into SonarWiz
Image To SEGY User Guide
2/17/20 - This document describes to how to use the evaluation or full version of ImageToSEGY.
Image to SEGY Usage Techniques
2/17/20 - This document describes additional tips for using the evaluation or full version of ImageToSEGY.
SEGY Datum Shifter Utility
11/11/09 - The Chesapeake SEGY Datum Shift Utility is a simple multi-threaded utility program that will convert the coordinates in SEG-Y file from one coordinate system and datum to another
SEGY Re-Time Utility
9/4/13 - The Re-Time utility is a tool that can be used to assign a complete date and time stamp to each SEG-Y trace in a conforming SEG-Y file
SEGY Re-Ping Utility
9/4/13 - The Re-Ping utility is a tool that can be used to reassign ping numbers (shot numbers) to each SEG-Y trace in a conforming SEG-Y file
SEGY File Splitter Converter
3/25/11 - The Chesapeake SEGY Channel Splitter is a simple multi-threaded utility program that will batch split large SEG-Y files into smaller SEG-Y files of the size specified by the user
SEGY Channel Splitter Converter
6/26/09 - The SEGY Channel Splitter is a simple multi-threaded utility program that will batch split large SEG-Y files into smaller SEG-Y files of the size specified by the user
Seabed Classification Advice
6/9/17 - This document contains advice given to a user where CMAX CM2 sidescan data had been imported, mosaic'ed , then classified - but it is applicable to many other file formats as well
Seabed Characterization User Guide
5/30/17 - The Seabed characterization tool in SonarWiz is used to delineate image classes as vector polygons in acoustic imagery from bathymetry (backscatter) and sidescan sonar data - this guide describes best practices for using this utility. To learn more check out THIS VIDEO.