PISCATUS^3D Hardware Specifications

To run PISCATUS^3D successfully you need to have a computer with keyboard and mouse, screen, GPS and sounder both of which need to output NMEA standard data strings.  

Computer specifications

The minimum system requirements for running PISCATUS^3D successfully are outlined below.  However, for performance reasons, we strongly suggest you obtain a system that encompasses the recommended requirements.  

Minimum system requirements:

• Intel P4 2.8 GHz CPU
• 512 MB of DDR Ram
• nVidia 5 series 128 MB graphics card
• Screen resolution of 1024x768
• 40 GB 7200 RPM hard drive
• 2 x COM ports
• 2 x USB ports
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP Professional

Recommended system requirements:

• Intel P4 3.2 GHz hyper-threading CPU
• 1024 MB of DDR Ram
• nVidia 6 series 256 MB graphics card or higher
• Screen resolution 1280 * 1024. Dual screens if Plotter used on same hardware. 
• 80 GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA hard drive
• 2 x COM ports
• 2 x USB ports
• Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Computer screen

PISCATUS^3D is best viewed at a screen resolution of 1280 x 1024 pixels.  The minimum screen resolution you can use with PISCATUS^3D is 1024 x 768, anything smaller than this and the toolbars will not fit on your screen.

Electronic equipment on your boat

PISCATUS^3D will take information directly from most sounders and any GPS.  PISCATUS^3D DeepSea Pro will take additional information directly from a Furuno CN22 & CN24, Scanmar depth sensor, Simrad ITI or NetView 3D. Seabed Discrimination devices supported are; SeaScan, RoxAnn and JRC JFC-130. 

PISCATUS^3D expects an $SDDBS or $SDDBT NMEA sentence for echo sounder data and an $IIDBS for net depth data.  The DM24 Multiplexer from Pacific Micro Systems is the preferred choice and this will convert Furuno CIF data to an $IIDBS and do all the combining you could ever think of.

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