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1. Introduction

I. Welcome to HYPACK® MAX HYPACK® MAX Interface

Welcome to HYPACK® MAX. This manual provides details regarding the modules of HYPACK® MAX. It contains the sections regarding the Survey Preparation (Chapter II), Survey (Chapter III), Single Beam and Multibeam Processing (Chapters IV & V), Final Products (Chapter VI) various Utility Functions (Chapter VII) and DREDGEPACK® (Chapter VIII).

HYPACK® MAX is delivered with different modules, depending on which package you ordered. Different modules include:

Module Packages Included

Single Beam and Side Scan Survey Module

Preparation and Data Collection

Multibeam Survey Module Preparation and Data Collection

Single Beam and Side Scan Processing Module

Editing and Reduction of Single Beam and Side Scan Data

Multibeam Processing Module Editing and Reduction of Multibeam Data

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Module Packages Included

Final Product Module Generation of Final Products

DREDGEPACK® Module Monitoring and data collection specialized for dredge operations

II. HYPACK® MAX Minimum System Requirements • 32-bit Operating System including Windows 2000 and XP. • 166MHz (or faster) Pentium-based computer • RAM depends upon the operating system and whether you will be

using the HYSWEEP® programs (multibeam and multiple transducer systems).

Operating System HYPACK® HYSWEEP®/ Side Scan

Windows 2000 32Mb RAM 32Mb RAM+1Mb video RAM

Windows XP 128Mb RAM 128Mb RAM

HYSWEEP® also requires 1MB video RAM. These are the minimum requirements to run these programs. Increased RAM will speed the performance of many programs significantly. We recommend at least 128Mb RAM and, in this case more is better.

These are the minimum requirements to run these programs. Increased RAM will speed the performance of many programs significantly. We recommend at least 128Mb RAM and, in this case more is better. • Hard disk space is not a factor for single beam surveys and normal

hard drives (2Gb and larger) should suffice. For multibeam surveys, you will collect upwards of 8Mb of data per hour and provisions should be made to move the data off the collection computer.

• Monitor: HYPACK® HYSWEEP®/

Side Scan

Resolution 800 x 600 1024 x 768

Colors 16-bit 16-bit • Dual screen support (Optional) is accomplished through special

video cards. HYPACK® MAX can use “virtual screens” which cross several monitors, provided the hardware is correctly installed. This enables you to have a “Survey” monitor and a separate “Helmsman” monitor.

• Standard Windows® communication drivers: Multiple serial device support is performed at the hardware level. Users of multi-port serial cards should ensure the cards have driver support for the operating system.

• HYPACK® Hardlock Key: HYPACK® MAX will run in demo mode without a hardlock key. There are several types of hardlock


keys, depending on what package you have purchased. (You can determine your key type by running the HARDLOCK TEST in the Utilities Menu.) A Universal key will run all program modules while others enable only selected modules according to the package you have purchased. A listing of key types and the modules they run can be found in the Appendix of this manual. For more information regarding key types and prices, contact HYPACK®, Inc..

III. Network System Requirements Users with HYPACK® MAX version 4.3 can share project data across a network. You can elect to share projects on your computer with other users on your network or you can use a designated computer as a central storage facility and all users can access projects from that location.

Unless you specify otherwise, HYPACK® still defaults to the same directories in your Hypack\Projects\ProjectName directory so, if you prefer, you can continue using HYPACK® in the same manner as previous versions, without the network capability.

Note: If you decide to have a computer act as your storage location, that computer does not need a HYPACK® hardlock. Only computers that actually run HYPACK® MAX require a hardlock.

The network capability was developed to access and share your projects in the office. During SURVEY, it is possible to load a network project and save the data directly back to the network computer. HOWEVER, we recommend that you only log data to the same computer that is running the Survey program.

Details about how to do this within HYPACK® MAX will be outlined in the sections that follow.

There are some system rules that must be followed for this to work completely. All further references in this manual to working with projects over the network will assume that these conditions have been met. • All computers to which the project refers must stay on the

network. If your project refers to a computer that has been disconnected from the network, those files will be listed in the Project Files and Data Files lists, but they will be marked with a red 'X' to indicate that they are unavailable. Of course, if the computer with the project file is off of the network, no one can open the project at all!

• All computers with files included in the project must share those directories with both read and write capabilities through the Windows® operating system. An unshared directory is as unavailable as if the computer was turned off. A read-only file can not interact with the other files in the project in order to do the work that you are trying to accomplish.


• All files included in the project must remain in the same location. If you move files, you must reload them to your project. Otherwise, the file will be marked with a red X indicating that it is "unavailable".

IV. Installation HYPACK® MAX is delivered on a CD-ROM. To install the package, place the CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive. If you are using Windows® XP or Windows® 2000, you must be in administrative mode and have the password to proceed with the hardlock installation.

Auto-start: Many computers will “Auto Detect” the presence of the CD-ROM and automatically begin the installation process.

Manual start: Some computers do not automatically detect the CD-ROM. 1. Select START MENU-RUN. The Run dialog will appear. 2. Click [Browse]. 3. Select the "Setup.exe" file from the CD-ROM Directory and

click [OK]. The installation program will begin.

Note: You cannot properly install the package by copying files from one computer to another. Many of the programs need to be registered in the Windows® Registry and will not operate unless they have been installed using the normal installation routine.

V. HYPACK® MAX Interface


All of the programs of HYPACK® MAX can be accessed from the unified user interface.

Programs can be started from either the icon bar or from the menu bar. The icons and menu selections are enabled according to the type of license (and therefore the type of hardlock key) you have. (A table of the hardlock types and the programs that they support may be found in the Appendix section of this manual.)

Note: If you launched HYPACK® MAX without a hardlock attached, you can attach your hardlock then select SETTINGS-RECHECK HARDLOCK. When HYPACK® MAX detects a key (or a key of a different type), the corresponding programs will be enabled.

Located along the top of the screen, the menu bar selections are grouped into basic functional areas.

The icon bar quickly starts programs with a click on the icon. If you leave the cursor on top of an icon for a second, a text box will appear which describes the function of the icon (e.g. “Tide Programs”).

The editing programs may also be accessed by double clicking the file you wish to edit in the Project Files list to the left. HYPACK® MAX will open the appropriate editor for the file type and load the file into it. HYPACK® MAX takes care to warn you of any unsaved data already in the editor and offers you the opportunity to save the data.

HYPACK MAX Icon Bar

The Icon Bar enables you to quickly access various HYPACK® MAX functions and programs. The Icon Bar can be turned On/Off under the View menu. As with all icon bars in HYPACK® MAX, the function of each icon can be displayed by moving the cursor over it.

Note: Icons are enabled/disabled according to the HYPACK® package you have purchased (governed by the hardlock key).


A. HYPACK® MAX Files List Full Paths Displayed in Tree View

Along the left-hand side of the user interface you will see a tree view listing of the files associated with each project. From here you can • Control which files are loaded to your project and displayed in the

area maps. ▪ Red Icons File is enabled in your project (drawn to the

screen). ▪ White Icons File is disabled. ▪ Red X's File is not available on the network.

• Open any file in NotePad by right clicking and selecting Open in Notepad.

• Open Windows Explorer to the directory where any file in your project is stored by right clicking and selecting Open in Explorer.

• Collapse/expand the tree view based on your needs by clicking the plus and minus signs on the left.

• Include/exclude the full path name for each file in the project by selecting DRAW-FULL PATHS IN TREE.

• Widen the display area by clicking and dragging the right border horizontally across the screen.


B. HYPACK® MAX Screen Control Bar

The Screen Control Bar, located along the right-hand side of the HYPACK® MAX screen, enables you to quickly control the HYPACK® MAX screen display. The cursor position is displayed in the status bar.

Note: The Lat-Long grid is displayed in the Lat-Long of the local datum.

The cursor can also be used to measure the distance and azimuth between two points in the area map. Just click and drag between the two points on the map and the measurements will appear in the status bar. Editor Mode returns you to cursor mode in the editors after you have used the zoom or pan function. Color Mode launches standard HYPACK® Colors dialog, which enables you to specify colors for different sounding intervals. (See "Sounding Color Settings in HYPACK® MAX".)

C. HYPACK® MAX Area Map Settings

1) Adjusting the Area Map View The View menu options enable you to control the main display window.

Color Bar toggles the Color Settings display. Hold the mouse over any color and the depth range for that color will appear.

FOLDERS toggles the display of project and data files on and off.

Screen Controls toggles the screen control icon display (located along the lower right-hand side of the HYPACK® MAX screen) On/Off.

Icon Bar toggles the Icon Bar display (located under the HYPACK® MAX Main menu) On/Off.

Zoom In/Out changes the cursor to the Zoom tool, where a left click zooms in about the screen center and a right click zooms out about the screen center.

Zoom Window changes the cursor to the Zoom Window tool. You can then click-and-drag an area on the Area Map and HYPACK® MAX will zoom in on the area.

Zoom Extents tells HYPACK® MAX to zoom to fit all of the current files into the view window.

Pan invokes the pan tool. The display will center on the point selected with the pan tool.

Info Query is used to display attribute information about objects in S-57, C-Map or other electronic chart formats. The cursor changes to an


Interrogate tool. It then displays the attribute information for any object within 2mm of where you click on the screen.

Default Cursor changes the cursor back to the default arrow used for most general HYPACK® MAX operations.

Rotate Counter Clockwise and Rotate Clockwise rotate the chart 5 degrees.

Rotate to Northup sets the map to position north at the top of your screen.

Rotate to Degrees rotates the Map window counter-clockwise by a user-specified amount.

Note: Draw-Undo Screen Control reverses the last change made with an icon on the Screen Control Bar or through the View menu.

2) Sounding Color Settings in HYPACK® MAX The Color Settings Dialog

The Sounding Colors function enables you to specify colors for different sounding intervals. 1. Select SETTINGS-SOUNDING COLORS or the Color Mode icon

in the Screen Controls to display the Color Settings Dialog. 2. Select your color options.

▪ RGB Color uses a rainbow spectrum, automatically distributing the colors over the specified depth range.


RGB Colors Dialog

3. Edit the color for any step in the range by selecting the step from

the list at the left and clicking [Edit]. A color dialog appears to select a color for the selected step. You can interpolate through several steps by selecting them (they will be highlighted by a dark background) and clicking [Smooth].

4. You can also edit a color band by clicking on the band in the diagram to the right. The same color dialog will appear for you to choose a color. It will be inserted in the selected position and smoothed into the neighboring colors. ▪ DXF Color works in similar manner to RGB Color. Color

selection is limited by the AutoCAD Color dialog and colors cannot be smoothed.

DXF Color Dialog

Note: If the number of bands exceeds 96, it will repeat colors in sequence again.

▪ Spectrum automatically calculates a preset range of colors over the depth range. The individual depth colors cannot be edited,


but the bands of colors that create the spectrum can be customized. Just click on the color you want to change in the color bands display and select your preferred color. The spectrum will automatically substitute your new color in the spectrum.

▪ Relief and Chart automatically calculate a preset range of colors over the depth range. The individual colors cannot be edited.

▪ DXF Spectrum distributes a DXF compliant rainbow spectrum over 18 bands (16 between the minimum and maximum depth and 1 at each end for depths outside of the defined range).

5. Select a depth range. You may set the range: ▪ Manually: Set the range with minimum depth, maximum depth

and the depth increment. Click [Apply] and the different zones will appear in the left-hand portion of the window with colors according to the selected color option.

▪ Automatically: Let HYPACK® MAX set the range and distribute the colors accordingly by checking Autoscale.

Note: You can fine tune the range to fit your soundings by shifting it up and down by a user-defined increment by using the Adjust feature. Enter the increment then click the [Up] and [Down] to shift the range. (The number of steps in the range remains constant.)

Once the colors have been set for a project, they are saved as a part of the project. They are also stored as the "Default" color scheme. If you begin a new project, the colors will default to the way they were last set.

To customize and save multiple color schemes: 1. Edit the RGB or DXF color scheme to suit you. 2. Select FILE-SAVE AS and name the HYPACK® Colors File.

The settings will be saved to the HYPACK® directory with the HCF extension.

To select your custom color schemes, select FILE-OPEN and select the HCF file.

3) Display Settings in HYPACK® MAX Select SETTINGS-CONTROL PANEL to control the presentation of grids and other project data.

[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.


(a) General Display Settings Control Panel--General Tab

The General Tab sets the display colors of several features.

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

Lighting enables you to set the display colors to improve viewing under different environmental lighting conditions. Click the description that best describes your environmental lighting. HYPACK® MAX will adjust the color scheme. Not all background files can adjust the color scheme when colors other than Bright Day are selected. Check Include Window Elements to affect these changes on the whole screen.

Note: This option does not affect SURVEY color schemes which are created in Scheme Builder and loaded from SURVEY'S Options menu.

Automatic Searching Options are used when you return to the main HYPACK® MAX screen from one of the program modules. • Search Data Files loads all Raw, Edited and Sorted data files that

are not currently loaded to the MAX display. • Search Project Files tells MAX load all project files in the project

file to the HYPACK® MAX display.

The default setting for these is "checked". 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, uncheck one or both of these 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 Data Files and Project Files lists.

Preview Drawing: Each time the HYPACK® MAX window updates, it draws each enabled file to the screen as soon as it is available. If this option is cleared, HYPACK® MAX will update the display only when all enabled files are ready to draw. This setting is strictly a matter of personal preference.


(b) Grid Display Settings The Projection Grid Tab

Lat/Lon Grids Tab

The Grid Tabs enable you to specify how projection grids and latitude-longitude (Lat- Lon) grids are displayed in HYPACK® MAX.

Note: The Lat- Lon grid is displayed in WGS-84 in HYPACK® MAX versions 5A and earlier. Later updates and versions display the Lat- Lon of the local datum.

Plot To Screen toggles the grid display on and off.

Automatic Spacing is the default setting to determine the spacing between projection grid lines. HYPACK® MAX will automatically change 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 MAX screen you wish to have the projection labels placed.


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

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.

(c) Soundings Display Settings The Soundings Tab

The Soundings Tab under the Control Panel enables you to set how the soundings are presented and plotted in HYPACK® MAX. You can toggle the display of the soundings by right clicking the data file folder in the list at the upper left, and selecting Enable Soundings. • Orientation draws XYZ data at a user-specified angle. 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 is

drawn relative to the map window. (It is unrelated to the map orientation.). Any angle from -360 to +360 is permissible

Sounding Style enables you to write your sounding with the Decimal Point on the Mark (USACE), in Cartographic (IHO), in Spanish Navy (IHM) or to represent the location of each sounding with a color-coded Pixel (dot) of a user-defined size.

Resolution enables you to specify soundings to either one 1 Decimal (Tenths) resolution or 2 Decimal (Hundredths) resolution.

Color is another place to define sounding color settings for loaded data files. You can draw soundings: • All in black .


• Using Hypack® Colors. The accompanying button accesses the standard Hypack® Color Settings dialog if you want to modify the color scheme. (See Sounding Color Settings in HYPACK MAX.)

• Using the predefined ECDIS colors. • By Catalog: A series of several colors is used in rotation, one color

for each catalog file. • By File: A series of several colors is used in rotation, one color for

the soundings of each enabled file.

Truncation 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.

ROK Rules and HYPACK® Rules use Republic of Korea and International Hydrographic Organization rounding rules respectively to present the soundings. If either of these last two options is selected, you must specify the depth level at which soundings are presented rounded to the nearest tenth and to the nearest half. In the example above, soundings below 40 meters are written to the tenth. Soundings from 40 to 100 are written to the half and soundings above 100 are written to the meter.

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).

The Plot Depth options are used to tell the plotting program which depth to present. • Plot Depth 1 plots depth 1, which is usually the high frequency

depth. • Plot Depth 2 plots depth 2, which is usually the low frequency

depth. • Plot Depth 2-Depth 1 may provide a general idea of the thickness

of bottom material. • Plot Depth 1 Below XXXX. If 100 is specified for the Plot Depth 1

Below 100, then all Depth 1 (normally high frequency) values are plotted when the bottom is less than 100 meters deep and Depth 2 (normally low frequency) values are plotted when the bottom is 100 meters or deeper. This is only used for Dual Frequency equipment.

• Plot Time enables you to plot times, instead of depths.

[Font] displays the Windows® font dialog for the sounding display.


(d) Seabed Identification Settings The Seabed Identification Tab

The Seabed ID Matrix options affect the colors used to display seabed–type matrix files in the HYPACK® window only. The matrix will display colors according to the seabed ID and the corresponding colors defined in the SIX file if you have: • Used TIN Model to create a Matrix file with Seabed ID

information, and • Selected Seabed ID from the right click menu of the Matrix folder in

the Project Files List.

Click […] to select the Seabed Square File (*.SIX) which defines the project's seabed identification colors.

.Note: In Seabed Identification Matrix files, the Survey Depth is replaced by seabed ID information. If you select Survey Depth in the right click menu, it is the same as selecting Seabed ID. Depth information can be viewed by selecting the Dredge Depth option.

Show Legend displays a labeled color bar describing your seabed classifications. Select one of the options for its placement on the main screen.

(e) Track Line Display Settings The Track Lines Tab


The Track Lines Tab affects the drawing and labeling of events and track lines. You can toggle the display of track lines to the screen by right clicking the data file folder in the list at the upper left and selecting Enable Track Lines.

Event Display Options Draw Event Symbol instructs the program to draw the event symbol at points where the SURVEY program generated event marks.

Label Increment defines how often the event marks will be labeled. An increment of 1 means every event mark is labeled. An increment of 5 means every 5th event mark is labeled.

Labels tells the program whether to label Events with Event Number or Event Time.

Label Orientation sets the angle at which event labels will be drawn. Elect to label events Perpendicular or Parallel to the planned line, or define another angle. Fixed Angle is the angle the text is drawn relative to the map window. (It is unrelated to the map orientation.)

[Font] is used to determine the color and font of the event labels.

Track Line Display Options

Draw File Name enables you to label the track lines with its file name.

File Name Orientation affects track line labels in the same manner as the Label Orientation affects the event labels.

Additional Track lines enables drawing the track lines of up to 7 vessels (positioning systems) to the screen. We all know that towfish don't follow the same track of the vessel towing it. Now you can see both track lines accurately displayed. Track line 1 will always belong to the vessel designated as the main vessel in Survey. (See "Specifying the Main Vessel" under Boat Features in the Survey Chapter.)

(f) Chart Display Settings The Charts Tab provides display options for background charts.

The Charts Tab

Soundings Display: Safe Contour works together with the Hide Soundings/Depth Contours. Soundings greater than the Safe Contour value will be displayed. In C-Maps, this also toggles the display of the contour shading.


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.

C-Map Options:

Contours: C-Map sets certain depth contour ranges in their charts. The water will be colored a darker shade to the upper limit of the range within which the Safe Contour value falls. Overscale Lines tell you that you are viewing the chart at a smaller scale than that in which it was created. An overscale Chart will appear with diagonal, white-dotted lines.

S-57 Chart Options:

[S-57 Options] displays the ECDIS Display Options dialog.

Symbols: Choose between Traditional and Simplified.

Boundaries: Choose to have them marked with symbols (Symbolized) or as plain lines (Plain).

Safety Depth displays depth labels in different colors above and below this depth.

Safety Contour, Shallow Contour and Deep Contour define different depth ranges which will be displayed with backgrounds of different shades of blue. Note: This option is overridden by the Two Depth Shades option.

Scale Minimum displays different map features and symbols at varying zoom scales according to S-57 standards. This option prevents your Map window from becoming overly cluttered. If this option is clear, everything will be displayed regardless of the zoom scale.

Two Depth Shades uses only two shades to display depths greater than and less than the Safety Contour.

Shallow Pattern draws a pattern in the areas of the map where the depth is shoaler than the safety contour.

Full Sector Lights includes data regarding direction and color of lights. If this is off, you will see only the position of the light source.

Light Descriptions toggles the labels for light features on and off.

Show Soundings toggles the display of chart soundings.


HYPACK® Soundings Display: This option was meant for use if the S-57 Editor was integrated into the HYPACK® MAX interface. You can ignore it when the Editor is standing alone

DXF/DGN Drawing Option

You can draw any DGN or DXF file "as is", in black, or in white regardless of whether the original chart is in color. This setting can be overridden from the HYPACK® MAX window by right clicking on the file name in the project files list, then selecting Display Override and your desired setting. You can return to the setting in the Control Panel by selecting DISPLAY OVERRIDE-PROGRAM SETTING.

Z-Order The Z-order determines the order in which files will be drawn in your current project. The HYPACK option draws all files in the default HYPACK® order which, in most cases, draws them in an order that prevents one file from hiding another in the display.

The User option enables you to customize the draw order. 1. Select User and click [Modify]. The Z-Order Settings dialog will

appear with the files in your project listed in the current draw order. (If you have just selected this option, the order will be listed in HYPACK® order.)

Z-Order Settings Dialog

2. Select the file that you want to move in the draw order then use

the [Sooner] or [Later] to relocate it to draw sooner or later in the draw order.

3. Click [Apply] to preview the results in the HYPACK® MAX window.

4. When you are satisfied with the display, click [Close] to return to the Control Panel.

These settings affect the displays in the HYPACK® MAX main window and in HYPLOT MAX. When you exit the project, the most recent settings will be saved so that they can be restored when you re-enter the project.

Raster Options Hide Border allows you to draw ARCS and BSB charts without the border visible.


(g) Target Display Settings Target Display Settings

Target Display sets the display method in the HYPACK® MAX main window. SURVEY's display settings are set independently. • Circle displays a plain target. This option includes a user-defined

number and size of circles to be drawn around the target. • Alarm includes a flag with the target name. Its background changes

color according to the Alarm Distances settings. In SURVEY, alarm flags also display distance and bearing from the vessel origin to the target.

Alarm Distances: If you display the alarm flags, you can set them to change color according the distance between the targets and the boat origin. In the previous figure, the alarm flag will turn green when the vessel comes within 500 survey units of the target, yellow when it is within 200 units and red when it reaches 50 units from the target. These are the default colors and may be changed in Survey using the SCHEME BUILDER program.

Draw Target Label toggles the display of the target name of circle targets on and off.

Orientation sets the angle at which target labels will be drawn when the circle target display is selected. Elect to label targets Perpendicular or Parallel to the planned line, or define another angle. Fixed Angle is the angle the text is drawn relative to the map window. (It is unrelated to the map orientation.)

Note: When the Alarm display method is selected, the orientation of the alarm flag is set in SURVEY through the Target Properties dialog.

Target Label Color and Font can be set through a Windows® Font dialog. Just click […] and make your changes. The alarm flag will automatically resize to fit the label information. (If your labels are too large, try a smaller font.)

4) HYPACK® MAX Information Bar The Information Bar displays the current cursor position in X,Y and Lat./Long. (Local Grid). It also indicates the degrees of rotation of the Area Map display. Drag your cursor across the Area Map and the


distance and azimuth are displayed on the left end of the Information Bar.

D. Language Selection

1) HYPACK® MAX Language HYPACK® MAX is available in multiple languages. If you want to use HYPACK® MAX using a language other than English, you must load the languages during installation. HYPACK® MAX will then default to the language set in Windows® if it is available. If the Windows® language is not available, HYPACK® MAX will default to English.

You may change the language designation by selecting your preference from the SETTINGS-LANGUAGE menu. To set your choice as the default, you must then exit and re-launch HYPACK® MAX.

2) Program Module Language The language of each program module will default to the HYPACK® MAX language if it is available. Otherwise, it will be displayed in English. You may change the language of any module individually through the language menu. That change will remain effective until you exit the module.

VI. Projects in HYPACK® MAX Every time you begin a new survey in HYPACK® MAX, you will create a new “Project”. A Project contains all of the information about your survey. Each time you create a new Project, HYPACK® MAX creates a sub-directory under your Projects directory, using the project name.

Project Project Directory

98105 Abu Dhabi \Hypack\Projects\98105 Abu Dhabi

Oct 99 North Balt Harbor \Hypack\Projects\Oct 99 North Balt Harbor

Richmond 1998 Pre-dredge \ProjectStorage\Richmond 1998 Pre-dredge

Note: Beginning with version 4.3, projects can be created anywhere on the network. When you click [New Project], HYPACK® MAX creates the project in the directory currently displayed in the Project Manager. (See the Richmond example above.)

Under the ProjectName directory, HYPACK® MAX creates “\Raw”, “\Edit”, and “\Sort” sub-directories.

All new projects are created using the standard project settings: • All of the project files will be saved to the project directory.


• The data files will be saved to the subdirectory appropriate to their type.

A. Managing Projects When HYPACK® MAX starts for the very first time, is begins with a set of default settings, but there will be no project open. That's because you haven't created one yet so, of course, your first step is to create a project. Once you have done that, HYPACK® MAX will automatically open to the last project you worked on before exiting the previous session.

Over time, as you survey different areas at different times, you will create and work on several projects. To do that, you will change from one project to another according to which set of data you are working with on any given day.

As part of HYPACK® MAX's network capabilities, you may also want to copy projects to and from network locations, or work on data located somewhere other than the default Hypack\Projects directory.

Of course, over time, if you kept every project you ever recorded, the long project lists would become unnecessarily awkward to work with, so you delete them from the project list.

Note: Deleting a project through the Project Manager does not delete the project or any files within the project. HYPACK® MAX does not allow you, or anyone accessing your computer across the network, to delete project data. If you want to delete a project from your hard drive, you must do it using Windows® Explorer and do it manually. Remember to make a back up copy first!

All of these tasks are done through the Project Manager, which is accessed by selecting FILE-PROJECT MANAGER, and through the File menu.


Project Manager

Unless you are creating a new project, the first step is to direct HYPACK® MAX to the project with which you want to work.

If the project you want is in that directory, it will appear in the project list in the Project Manager.

If the project you want is in a different directory, you must first direct HYPACK® MAX to the correct location. • [View Local Projects] lists all projects stored in your

Hypack\Projects directory. • [View Network Projects] lists all projects in the last network

location from which you opened a project. • […] calls a Browse For dialog which allows you to direct

HYPACK® MAX to look in another location on the network and list all project files there.

Once the project is located, all you have to do is select it and click the button appropriate to the action you want to take.

The following sections will discuss how each task is accomplished.

1) Creating a New Project A new “Project” is created through the Project Manager. Select the location where your new project should reside (the Hypack\Projects directory in a standard project), click [New Project] and name your new project. When you create a new project, the following actions take place: • Geodesy: The geodetic parameters from your last project are copied

into the new project.


• Boat Hardware: The hardware configuration from your last project is copied into the new project.

• Survey Parameters: All of the settings from the SURVEY program (Window layout, navigation parameters, alarm settings, etc.) are copied to the new project. This means the SURVEY program will have the same look and feel as in the last survey project.

• Planned Lines: There are no planned lines in a new project. You will have to make them or copy them from an existing project. If you are copying planned lines from another project, it will be easier to create the new project using [Copy Project].

• Background Files: There are no background files in a new project. You will need to select them by right clicking on the “Background Files” item in the file list and then select "Add File" or "Add File and Copy".

• Data Files: There are no data files in a new project. You have to go surveying to get some raw data files.

• Display Settings use the default display settings set from the Control Panel.

2) Opening an Existing Project The Project Manager dialog will appear with a list of available projects in the directory where HYPACK® MAX last accessed a file. That directory path will be displayed in the dialog's title bar.

Direct HYPACK® MAX to the correct directory, select the project and click [Open Project].

HYPACK® MAX restores the screen, geodesy, colors and other settings as when you last saved the project. The project path and name will appear in the HYPACK® MAX Title Bar.

HYPACK® MAX version 4.3 introduces the long-awaited network capabilities. As long as you comply with the network system requirements (described earlier in this chapter) files can be read and written, across the network. Projects can be accessed simultaneously across the network by anyone (with proper network permission). This means that one user can be creating reports from one day's data while another can be editing the next day's data.

Note: Take care that files within a project that are likely to be changed are accessed by only one user at a time. There is potential for one user over-writing the other's work. ("He who saves last wins!")

Note: HYPACK® MAX's network capabilities were originally developed for use in the office. While preliminary testing shows that it is possible to log survey data across the network, we recommend that you only log data to the same computer that is running SURVEY.


3) Copying an Existing Project If you are going to survey an area you have already surveyed before (for example, running a post-dredge survey where you have already performed the pre-dredge), you should create a new project by copying the existing project.

To copy a project, select the project that you want to copy and click [Copy Project]. Name your new project and it will be created in the same directory. You should be able to just hit SURVEY and go!

When you copy a project, the following actions take place: • Geodesy: The geodesy from the original project is copied to the

new project. • Boat Hardware: The hardware configuration from the original

project is copied to the new project. • Survey Parameters: The survey parameters used in the original

project are copied to the new project. • Planned Lines: The planned line (*.LNW) file from the original

project is copied to the new project. • Background Files: The background files from the original project

are copied to the new project. • Data Files: No data files are copied to the new project. • Other Files: All of the other file types (Channel, Matrix, Plotting

Sheet, Target, etc.) contained in the original project are copied to the new project, with the exception of Tide Files.

• Display Settings: The copied project will have the same display settings as the current project.

All files are copied to the new project maintaining their enabled or disabled state.

Note: This is different from creating a duplicate project across the network. See "Creating Duplicate Projects across the Network" to understand the difference.

4) Creating Duplicate Projects across the Network With the advent of HYPACK® on the network, additional capability has been added to create a duplicate copy of a network project to your local Projects directory or vice versa.

This gives you the same result as using Windows® Explorer to copy the project folder across the network, then opening the project in your local Hypack\Projects directory. The result is 2 identical, but independently functioning projects, with the same name but different locations. • [Make Local Copy] (located in the Project Manager when viewing

network projects) copies a network project to your local Hypack\Project directory and adds it to your list of local projects in the Project Manager.


• [Make Network Copy] (in the same location when you view local projects) copies a local project to the last specified network directory and adds it to the list of projects in that location.

Beware! Be careful how you use this feature! The potential for overwriting work is real. We recommend designating one location for project storage, then working on projects over the network, if possible.

5) Saving your Project 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.

6) Compressing your Project There are several options for moving your data files from one computer to another. These include: • Logging directly to a removable hard drive. • Copying the files using standard Windows® tools. • Copying the files using HYPACK MAX's Program Manager. • Compressing files and copying to disk using Zip compression

software.

Note: We do not recommend logging across the network.

Use the HYPACK® MAX Compress Project program to compress selected files to a self-executing zip file and copy to a disk.

The COMPRESS PROJECT program lets you choose the file types you want to include and compresses them to a self-extracting Zip file. If your file is large, COMPRESS PROJECT can save the data over several disks. 1. Start the COMPRESS PROJECT program by selecting FILE-

COMPRESS PROJECT. The COMPRESS PROJECT window will appear.


The COMPRESS PROJECT Window

2. Select your files you want to include by checking the boxes

corresponding to the listed items. 3. Elect whether to compress all files of the selected types or only

those that are enabled. The default setting is to Compress Only Enabled Files.

4. Click [Compress] to begin the compression process. You will be asked to name your file then the data will be compressed and saved to a self-extracting Zip File.

7) Deleting and Restoring your Project Deleting and Restoring your project through the Project Manager is different deleting and restoring in your operating system, or in versions of HYPACK® MAX preceding version 4.3.

(a) Deleting your Project [Delete Project] appends "(deleted)" to the project name and removes the project from the list in the Project Manager. It does not delete the project or any files within the project.

HYPACK® MAX does not allow you, or anyone accessing your computer across the network, to delete project data. If you want to delete a project from your hard drive, you must do it using Windows® Explorer and do it manually.

(b) Restoring your Project You can restore a project from "deleted" status and return it to the list using [Restore Deleted Project]. 1. Click [Restore Deleted Project] and a Project Restore dialog will

appear with a list of "deleted" projects in the current folder.


2. Check the project or projects that you want to restore and click [Restore].

3. Click [Close] to return to the Project Manager.

This simply reverses the effects of [Delete Project].

B. Loading and Unloading Files to your Project

1) Loading Files Files that you create while working in a project will be saved by default to the project directory, enabled (drawn) on the screen, and added to the Project Files or Data Files list at the left.

You can load pre-existing files for the same result by: • Right clicking the file type at the left, selecting Add File and

choosing the file to load. You can choose a file from outside the project directory, but the file will remain only in the original directory. This is handy for very large files, like certain background files, that can really fill up your hard drive.

• Right clicking the file type at the left, selecting Add File & Copy and choosing the file to load. If choose a file from outside the project directory, this option will copy the file to your project directory.

We prefer this option when possible because it keeps all of the files related to this project in one place. If something on the network changes, you still have the files on your computer and it reduces the opportunity for confusion and error.

Note: C-Maps and VPF charts require special procedures before you can load them. These procedures are detailed in the Preparations chapter.

Enable individual files by right clicking the file at the left and selecting Enabled.

DRAW-REDRAW refreshes the screen. This can also be accomplished by using the Ctrl-R key command or by clicking the Redraw icon in the Screen Control Bar.

2) Unloading Files HYPACK® MAX provides two levels of unloading files. You can:

"Disable" your files which keeps the file in your project file list, but omits it from the Area Map. • DRAW-DISABLE PROJECT FILES erases all except the

sounding files in the current project. They are not deleted, but just omitted from the screen view. This includes all of your planned lines, background files, etc.

• DRAW-DISABLE DATA FILES erases just the data files in the current project. They are not deleted, but just omitted from the screen view.


• Disable one type of Project File (ex. matrix files, target files, etc) by right clicking the file type at the left and selecting Disable Folder Files.

• Disable individual files by right clicking the file at the left and deselecting Enabled.

"Remove" individual files from the Project Files list and the Area Map by right clicking on the file in the File List and selecting Remove File.

Note: Neither disabling nor removing will delete the file from your hard drive! You can re-enable your file or reload the file to your project.

VII. HYPACK® MAX Data Files The top section of the Available Files area lists the data files.

When data files are enabled in a project, you can choose to: • draw the soundings • draw the track lines or • draw both to the area map.

Make your choice by right clicking on the data folder and selecting Enable Soundings or Enable Track lines (or both). Other display settings are made in the Control Panel.

Data files are grouped into three types: Raw, Edited and Sorted

A. Raw Data Files These are the data files that result from the SURVEY program. Every time you go “On Line”, 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 extension “*.RAW” and, in a standard HYPACK® project, are stored in the \Hypack\Project\Raw directory. You may choose a naming format or an alternate directory (or both) in the SURVEY program under OPTIONS-PROGRAM INFORMATION.

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.

B. Edited Data Files Upon editing the raw data files to remove outliers and to apply tide and sound velocity corrections, you save the result to an “Edited” Data file. (Requires the Single Beam Processing or Multibeam Processing modules.) In a standard HYPACK® project, edited data files are stored in the “\Edit” directory under the current project. Edited data files of single beam data are stored in an ASCII format (HYPACK® “ALL” Format). Edited data files of multibeam and multiple transducer data are


stored in a binary format (HYPACK® “HS2” Format) or the ASCII XYZ format.


C. Sorted Data Files After running the edited data files through a sounding selection routine, you save the resulting data files to a “Sorted” Data file under the current project. In a standard HYPACK® project, sorted data files are stored to ASCII XYZ format, although one of the routines saves to HYPACK® “ALL” Format. You need the Single Beam Processing or Multibeam Processing modules to get access to the sounding selection programs.


D. Catalog Files (*.LOG) A Catalog File is an ASCII document that lists a series of other files. As Sounding data is collected during SURVEY, the data from each survey line is saved to its own data file in the Raw directory and the data file name is appended to the catalog file. For example, if you are surveying on December 27th, a Catalog file named “RAW_1227.LOG” will be created. If you shut down the SURVEY program and re-start it during the same day, it will re-open any existing Catalog file and append the names of new Raw data files to it.

The Catalog file is handy when processing or performing batch operations on the data files. Instead of having to enter the name of 50 different data files, you need to only enter the name of the Catalog (*.LOG) file.

Catalog files are named using the identifier “LOG” and the date of survey. They are written to the same directory where your data files are stored. (All data files must be in the same directory.)When you edit the data files, the edited files are stored to the Edit directory and a new catalog file of the edited files is created. The same applies to sorting files. The sorted files are stored to the Sort directory and a catalog file of the sorted files is created.

1) Creating a New Catalog File On occasion, you may want to create a Catalog file that is different from one automatically created by HYPACK® MAX. The procedure is simple. 1. Right click on the project data folder in the Data Files List and

select CREATE NEW LOG FILE from the drop-down menu. A dialog will appear with a listing of all data files in the data folder.


Creating a New Catalog File (Before)

If there are multiple file extensions represented in the directory, you can choose to list only files with the extension of your choice by selecting it in the drop-down list at the bottom left. 2. Select the file names you wish to include and click [Add].

Creating a New Catalog File (After)

3. Save your Catalog File by clicking [Save] and naming your file.

HYPACK® MAX will save your file with the LOG extension in the same directory (Raw, Edit or Sort) that you originally chose.

2) Merging Catalog files You can also merge the files contained in multiple Catalog Files together. 1. Right click on the project data folder in the Data Files List and

select Merge Log Files from the drop-down menu. A dialog will appear with a listing of all catalog files in the data folder.


Merging Catalog Files

2. Select the file names you wish to include by holding the control

key while making your selections. 3. Click [Merge] and name your new file. HYPACK® MAX will

save your file with the LOG extension in the same directory (Raw, Edit or Sort) that you originally chose.

3) Editing Catalog Files Edit Log File Dialog

You can also edit existing Catalog files. 1. Right click on a LOG File in the Data Files list and select EDIT

LOG FILE from the drop-down box. A dialog will appear listing the files in the catalog and other files available in the project.

2. Delete line files from the list by selecting them then clicking [Remove].

3. Add available line file(s) by selecting them then clicking [Add].

4) Show Lines Report for Catalog Files Right click on a catalog file (or on an individual survey data file) and select Show Lines Report. An ASCII text file listing each of the lines in the catalog (or the selected line) and distance traveled while logging (--the distance surveyed).


Sample Show Lines Report

VIII. HYPACK® MAX Project Files The middle section of the left-hand area contains a list of files used in the project. Files can be added by right-clicking on the desired file type. These contain the following available items:

A. Advanced Channel Design Files (*.CHN) The Advanced Channel Design program uses these files for generating surface models of complex channels and disposal areas. They are only used in the Final Product Module.

B. Background Files HYPACK® MAX can draw several different types of background data to the area map in HYPACK® MAX and in the SURVEY program. These include:

1) ARCS Chart Files The Admiralty Raster Chart Service (ARCS) is the digital reproduction of Admiralty charts for use in electronic navigational systems. The ARCS charts installation includes a geo-referencing routine to align your charts properly according to the geodesy settings in your project. To display these charts, your Hardlock must be specially encrypted for this purpose. Keys issued before January 2004, must be updated with this encryption.

2) ArcView Shape Files Line and polyline shape files (*.SHP) are available from ArcView and ArcInfo. For each SHP file, you can specify the line color, the fill color and the fil type. Currently, we do not draw the text or allow access to any attribute data. We are studying the format to determine how we can improve the use of these files.


3) BSB Chart Files (*.KAP) BSB Chart Files are commercially available raster chart files. These files contain electronic chart information and are based upon a particular ellipsoid and projection. For proper alignment of these charts, the geodetic parameters of HYPACK® MAX should be set to match those of the BSB chart.

BSB Chart in HYPACK® MAX

4) C-Map Chart Files C-Map files are commercially available vector chart files. These files contain electronic chart information in vector format and are encoded a simplified Mercator projection, based on WGS-84. HYPACK® MAX re-computes the WGS-84 position for each object, transforms it to the local datum and then computes the X-Y coordinate on the local projection. This enables you to accurately display C-Map data on any projection..

HYPACK® MAX supports the display of C-Map CM93 Edition 2 charts. Due to changes in C-Map’s encryption scheme, we are unable to support Edition 3 C-Maps.

Viewing a C-Map in HYPACK® MAX


5) DGN Microstation (*.DGN) Microstation is a CAD package, similar to AutoCAD. It saves its data in DGN (Design) files, which is a vector-based binary format. HYPACK® MAX can display most point, line, circle, arc, polyline and text objects from a DGN file. DGN stores its information in an X-Y coordinate system. The X-Y coordinate systems of your DGN drawing must be based upon the projection system selected in the GEODETIC PARAMETERS program of HYPACK® MAX. Otherwise, your data will not be properly located on the screen.

You can choose to display selected layers of your DGN File. 1. Right click the file in the Background Files list and select DGN

Layers. The DGN Layer Control dialog will appear.

DGN Layers Dialog

2. Check the layer numbers that you want to display and click

[OK].

6) DGW HYPACK (*.DGW) The DGW format digitized hydrographic information created in the HYPACK® CHART and DGW EDITOR programs.

7) DIG HYPACK (*.DIG) The DIG format was used in HYPACK® in version 5.9 and previous versions (DOS included) to store digitized hydrographic information. It is also used in the MANUAL SHORELINE program where you can manually enter the coordinates for shoreline and basic hydrographic features.


DIG file in HYPACK®MAX

8) DXF Drawing Exchange Format (*.DXF) DXF is a standard format that can be output by many different CAD packages. DXF stores its information in an X-Y coordinate system. The X-Y coordinate systems of your DXF drawing must be based upon the projection system selected under the Geodetic Parameters section of HYPACK® MAX. Otherwise, your data will not be properly located on the screen.

DXF File in HYPACK® MAX

9) S-57 Version 3 (*.000) S-57 is the International Hydrographic Organization’s Transfer Standard for Digital Hydrographic Data. It is an object-oriented format that contains both spatial and attribute information for chart features. This information is stored in WGS-84. HYPACK® MAX can transform the


position to the user's local datum and then draw it correctly on the local projection. Objects are displayed only when you are zoomed in closely enough to avoid excessive clutter in the display.

S-57 Chart in HYPACK® MAX

10) SHP Charts (*.SHP) These digital charts are available through Environmental Research Systems Institute, Inc. (ERSI.Inc.). We currently only support drawing the main chart file, which define points, lines and areas in HYPACK® MAX. (There are no attributes drawn.) In HYPACK® MAX, you can enhance the chart display by assigning colors and textures and line weights.

SHP files in HYPACK® MAX

11) TIF Orthophoto (*.TIF) HYPACK® MAX can also draw Orthometric Photo data that is stored in registered TIF format. Each TIF file must have an accompanying *.TFW file which contains the number of pixels (x vs. y) and origin information for the photo. Both files come from the same source and must be stored


together in the same directory. The X-Y information must be on the same datum and projection as specified in the Geodetic Parameters of HYPACK® MAX. TIF files may be obtained commercially or created from HSX format side scan data in the HYSCAN program.

TIF Photo in HYPACK® MAX

12) VPF Vector Product Format VPF is a vector-based format, developed and used by the U.S. Department of Defense. It contains WGS-84 based chart features that are displayed in the HYPACK® MAX overlay and during the SURVEY program. HYPACK® MAX will transform the WGS-84 coordinates to the local datum before converting it to X-Y coordinates on your projection. VPF files require special routines and are found under the “Draw” menu of HYPACK® MAX. They are not accessed from the Background Files section as the other file types.

VPF File in HYPACK® MAX

C. Border files (*.BRD) Border Files (*.BRD) are used to clip survey lines and XYZ data files to fit within a coastline or unorthometric survey area. They may be used in SURVEY or DREDGEPACK® to edit defined areas in a matrix. They


also define areas in MULTIBEAM MAX where search and filter options will or will not be applied. They are created in the BORDER EDITOR and saved to your project directory.

D. Channel Plan Files (*.PLN) These files are used in the creation of 3-dimensional Planned Line Files. They are created in the CHANNEL DESIGN program and saved with the PLN extension to your project directory. Channel Plan Files contain grid coordinates for the channel centerline, left-toe and right-toe lines, and turning basins.

E. Kinematic Tidal Datum Files (*.KTD) These files are used in the SURVEY program when determining real time water levels using an RTK GPS system. They provide information regarding the separation between the reference ellipsoid surface and the local chart datum for a large geographic area.

F. Matrix Files (*.MTX ) Matrix File in the SURVEY Program

Matrix files (*MTX) are rectangular areas which are composed of many individual cells. The cells can be filled with depth information in realtime in the SURVEY program. This provides a coverage diagram and is very useful for multibeam and multiple transducer surveys.

Empty Matrix files are typically created in the MATRIX EDITOR and are saved with the MTX extension to the project directory. Create HYPACK® Matrix Files for use in SURVEY and HYSWEEP® Matrix files for multibeam surveys.

They can be filled in the SURVEY program and DREDGEPACK® or filled in post-processing using the MBMAX, XYZ TO MATRIX or TIN MODEL programs. They can also be used to perform sounding selection in the MAPPER program. Matrix Files can be plotted in HYPLOT MAX, the smooth-sheet plotting programs of HYPACK® MAX.

Filled Matrices can be used in DREDGEPACK® to monitor dredging progress and to compare pre-and post-dredging depths. Matrices used in this manner can also be displayed in the HYPACK® MAX design


window showing “As Surveyed” data, “As Dredged” data or the difference between the two depths if you have a DREDGEPACK® or Universal hardlock.

G. Planned Line Files (*.LNW) Planned survey lines are used to define where you want the vessel to go. A Planned Line File contains the grid coordinates and names for each planned line in your survey. Planned lines are most commonly created in the LINE EDITOR program (2- or 3-dimensional lines) or in the CHANNEL DESIGN program (3-dimensional lines). 3-Dimensional lines contain depth information, which is used to construct the cross section channel template for each survey line. You may also import Planned Lines from a DOS *.LIN, a *N83 file or a DXF file. Planned Lines are saved with an LNW extension and are normally saved in the project directory.

Once you have a line file loaded to HYPACK® MAX, you can generate a listing of the distances along each survey line and their total by right clicking on the Line File name in the Project File list and selecting Show Lines Report.

A Sample Lines Report

H. Plotting Sheet Files (*.PLT) Plotting Sheet Files are usually in the PLOTTING SHEET EDITOR. They contain origin coordinates, scale, rotation, and sheet dimensions for plotting on smooth sheets. You can plot, in real time, in the SURVEY program or, in post-processing, on final smooth sheets in the HYPLOT program. Details regarding the creation of plotting sheets are contained in Chapter II. Details with plotting in real time in the SURVEY program are contained in Chapter III.

I. Sound Velocity Files (*.VEL) Sound Velocity files are created in the SOUND VELOCITY PROGRAM and are stored with the VEL extension to the project directory. They contain information on depth vs. measured sound velocity and are used to correct both single beam data (Single Beam Processing module) and multibeam data (Multibeam Processing module).


J. Target Files (*.TGT) Targets in SURVEY

A Target File contains name and position information for a series of objects. Targets can be marked in the SURVEY program and saved to a *.TGT file. You can also create a *.TGT file manually, using the TARGET EDITOR and then import it into the SURVEY program. This enables you to navigate to pre-determined locations to take bottom samples or water quality samples, etc. or away from areas dangerous for navigation. Target display settings are defined in the Hypack Control Panel and in Survey through the target properties and parameters. Information on the Target Editor may be found in the Preparations Chapter. Details about working with *.TGT files are given in the Survey section.

K. Template Files (*.TPL or *.TMP) Template Files, created in the Template Editor of CROSS SECTIONS AND VOLUMES, contain the channel cross-section design information. They can be displayed in the Profile windows in SURVEY or DREDGEPACK® or used in the CROSS SECTIONS & VOLUMES program. A more detailed description is included in the Final Products chapter.

L. Tide Files (*.TID) Tidal correction files (*.TID) contain tide correction information for every minute of the day. The SURVEY program can read predicted *.TID files and apply the predicted corrections while on-line. Post-processing programs in the Single Beam Processing module or the Multibeam Processing module can apply final tide corrections to RAW survey data files during the editing process.

You can display a graph of any TID file in your project by right clicking on the file in the Project Files list and selecting Graph. Print the graph by selecting FILE-PRINT SCREEN.


Graphing a Tide in HYPACK® MAX

IX. Preparing for your Survey

A. Channel Design The CHANNEL DESIGN program creates 3-dimensional planned lines that contain the channel cross-section information.

B. Editor Programs The editing programs may be accessed from the menu or by double clicking the file you wish to edit. HYPACK® MAX will open the appropriate editor for the file type and load the file into it. HYPACK® MAX takes care to warn you of any unsaved data already in the editor and offers you the opportunity to save the data.

3D SHAPE EDITOR enables you to create 3-dimensional objects which can be imported to enhance the display in the 3D TERRAIN VIEWER program.

BOAT SHAPE EDITOR describes the shape of your boat and anchor positions in 2 dimensions. The resulting *.SHP file is used in SURVEY to show real time boat position in the area map.

BORDER EDITOR describes polygonal areas used to clip planned lines.

KTD TIDE EDITOR creates ellipsoid-chart datum separation files for real time water level determination in SURVEY.

LINE EDITOR creates 2-D or 3-D planned survey lines.

MATRIX EDITOR creates empty Matrix Files.


PLOTTING SHEET EDITOR creates Plotting Sheet Files.

TARGET EDITOR creates and edit Target Files.

XYZ COLLECTOR creates an XYZ data file. This can be useful if you want create a soundings file based on the data on a raster chart.

TITLE BLOCK EDITOR creates custom title blocks that can be saved as *.BMP files and imported as graphics to HYPLOT.

C. Geodetic Parameters Program GEODETIC PARAMETERS sets the ellipsoid, projection and datum transformation details for your survey.

D. Hardware Programs These programs are used to configure your hardware (survey equipment) used in the survey. • HYPACK® HARDWARE is primarily used for single beam and

dual frequency surveys. • HYSWEEP® HARDWARE is for most multibeam and multiple

transducer surveys. Side scan devices can also be configured through HYSWEEP® HARDWARE.

• SIDE SCAN HARDWARE configures side scan devices when they are used in SIDE SCAN SURVEY. Side scan devices are also supported by HYSWEEP® HARDWARE and HYSWEEP® SURVEY. If you are collecting multibeam data with your side scan data, you would typically include your side scan devices in the HYSWEEP® configuration.

E. Transducer Offsets This program specifies the transducer offsets for multiple transducer systems which are still supported under HYPACK® HARDWARE and HYPACK® SURVEY.

F. Calibration Programs Under the UTILITIES menu item are the following programs.

LATENCY TEST determines the combined timing delay between your positioning system and your echosounder. Details are provided in Chapter II. This program is a part of the HYPACK® MAX Survey Module.

PATCH TEST determines the mounting errors and timing delays for multibeam systems. It is found under TOOLS in MULTIBEAM MAX.

BAR CHECK in HYSWEEP® SURVEY verifies calibration in real time by positioning your multibeam system over a flat, known depth. This program is a part of the HYPACK® MAX Multibeam Processing Module.


G. Scheme Builder The SCHEME BUILDER program enables you to create Schemes which are customized color settings for use in SURVEY only. With the exception of the sounding colors, HYPACK® MAX color settings remain unchanged. You can create different color combinations to suit changing lighting and weather conditions or the personal tastes of different helmsmen, and change them as necessary throughout your survey.

X. Collecting your Data The Survey menu options launch the SURVEY, HYSWEEP® SURVEY, SIDE SCAN SURVEY and DREDGEPACK® programs. See the Survey and DREDGEPACK® chapters of this manual for details regarding these programs.

The WINDOW BROADCAST and Shared Memory programs, launched from the SURVEY, enable you to display and export information from the SURVEY program.

WINDOW BROADCAST transmits user-selected survey windows to the network where they can be observed on any other network computer using the WINDOW VIEWER program.

The Shared Memory Programs include: • MEMORY VIEWER is used to monitor items from the SURVEY

program. It also provides for scrolling DOP and # of Satellites graphs which can be useful while surveying.

• MEMORY OUTPUT is used for those who need to save specific data from the HYPACK® SURVEY program out the serial or parallel ports or to a file. You can select which items to export from a set-up window and format the chosen items according to your needs.

• ECHOSOUNDER DISPLAY enables you to configure and view a graph of the depth sounding in real time during SURVEY.

• NMEA OUTPUT enables you to export user-defined NMEA strings from the SURVEY program.

• ODOMETER enables you to monitor the distance traveled. This is only for on-screen viewing; there is no data output. The program allows you to view up to 3 different configurations.

• GRAPHICAL MRU shows Heading, Pitch and Roll in a real time, visual display.

ADCP LOGGER collects and provides real time displays of water current data (magnitude and direction). The data is stored to the project directory in HYPACK's ADCP file. ADCP LOGGER is launched from the SURVEY menu.


XI. Processing your Data The PROCESSING menu launches the programs used to edit and process the data collected from the SURVEY program. You must have either the Single Beam Processing Module or the Multibeam Processing Module for some of these items to function.

A. Single Beam Max The SINGLE BEAM MAX reviews single beam and dual frequency survey data.

In SINGLE BEAM MAX, you can: • Merge tide and sound velocity corrections with your data. • Graphically examine and edit the track line and the profile. • Use the cursor and various search and filter techniques to quickly

edit the data file. • View and export text data about each record in a spreadsheet that

displays the information about any selected point in the graphs.

B. Multibeam Max MULTIBEAM MAX reads sounding files containing multibeam and multi-transducer data collected in HYPACK® MAX or XTF format. It applies tide and ray-bending corrections to the soundings to find corrected depth or elevation. It displays all measurements graphically and provides a number of editing methods. When editing is complete, MULTIBEAM MAX saves the corrected and cleaned data for further work in HYPACK® or export to CAD or Modeling programs.

MULTIBEAM MAX includes a Patch Test program and two quality control tests:

PATCH TEST is used to calibrate the offset settings of your echosounder, an essential step toward accurate positioning of your soundings.

BEAM ANGLE TEST compares multibeam check lines to a reference surface and estimates the depth accuracy of the multibeam system at different angle limits. The estimated accuracy can be used to determine if the multibeam system meets survey specifications.

SINGLE BEAM TEST provides a statistical comparison of multibeam to single beam data.

C. Sounding Selection Sounding Selection programs are used to thin edited data sets for faster creation of final reports. These programs take edited data files from the Edit directory and save final soundings to the Sort directory.


SORT: Sorts based to create a cartographic set that represents minimum soundings with no overwrites.

CROSS SORT: Sorts to prevent overwrites and enables you to plot the sorted files perpendicular to the planned line.

MAPPER: Intended for multibeam and multiple transducer data, this is a binning program that uses a Matrix File and saves either the minimum, maximum, average, depth closest to center or strike depth.

SOUNDING REDUCTION: Intended for multibeam and multiple transducer data, this program saves a sounding subset, based on changes in bottom inflection, which can be used to accurately model the original data set.

D. Tide Corrections The Tide programs function for the SURVEY module and Processing modules.

HARMONIC TIDES generates tidal correction files using harmonic predictors supplied in British Admiralty Manual 203.

MANUAL TIDES generates tidal correction files from either manual observations or from high-low water times and heights.

TIDE ADJUSTMENTS program has been incorporated into the editing programs. It is for surveys where there are multiple gauges along a river or shoreline. Tide adjustments will interpolate tide correction values, based on the distances between gauges.

E. Sound Velocity Corrections The Sound Velocity programs work with the Processing programs which are explained in Chapter IV (Single Beam Processing) and Chapter V (Multibeam Processing).

SOUND VELOCITY program is used to create a Sound Velocity file for correcting the effects of ray bending on Raw Sounding data.

SOUNDING ADJUSTMENT enables you to apply sound velocity corrections to edited All format files.

F. Hyscan HYSCAN enables you to generate an ortho-TIF of the side scan and HYSWEEP SURVEY XTF data. The program reads the data and allows you to adjust the brightness, contrast and gain values. It then suggests a 'cell' size and generates a TIF by mapping the side scan returns to a large mosaic. The resulting ortho-TIF can be drawn in MAX, plotted in HYPLOT or exported to your CAD-GIS package.


XII. Creating your Final Reports The FINAL PRODUCTS menu options launch programs that present your data in various report forms.

A. Cross Sections & Volumes This is the program used to draw and export cross section graphs and calculates volumes based on lines run across the channel.

B. Exporting to Other Formats This program exports HYPACK® MAX data to other formats, including DGN and DXF.

C. Plotting Survey Data HYPLOT MAX defines the features to be plotted and sends the information to the plotter.

D. TIN Model TIN MODEL program generates surface models of survey data. Once the model is created, you can compute volumes, generate contours, fill matrices, cut sections through models using Planned Line Files or display/print 3-D models.

XIII. Utility Programs

A. Advanced Channel Design This program enables you to describe complex channel templates. You can define planar surfaces by entering the locations of “nodes” and then describing how the nodes are connected into “faces”. The resulting Channel (*.CHN) files can be used when computing volumes of survey data vs. channel in the TIN MODEL program.

B. Digitizing Programs Under the UTILITIES-DIGITIZING menu item are the following programs.

CHART which digitizes chart data to S-57 Version 3 format.

ECHOGRAM is used to digitize analog echograms so the depth data can be merged with positions in SINGLE BEAM MAX.

SHORE MANUAL and DGW EDITOR are used to manually enter hydrographic features. The resulting *.DIG or *.DGW file may be displayed as a background file.


C. File Work Programs Under UTILITIES-FILE WORK menu item are the following programs.

DATA ADJUSTMENTS enables you to adjust Raw data files.

MANUAL ENTRY enables you to create your own depth readings along a planned line file and store it in HYPACK® MAX’s ALL format. This utility was designed for you to enter tag-line distance and depth information.

METADATA enables you to create Metadata files that describe the survey data.

METRIC FILE CONVERTER converts foot-based survey data to metric equivalent values. It converts X-Y-Z data.

RE-MAP enables you to enter XYZ data and map it to MAX’s ALL format, using a planned line file.

PATHFINDER reads the positions from the user-selected sounding files and creates a Planned Line file (*.LNW) that defines the trackline of the survey boat.

MERGE XYZ enables you to add XYZ data to edited All format files. The program creates a new catalog of All format files that include the data from the XYZ files.

D. Geodesy Programs The UTILITIES-GEODESY menu section contains the following programs. Descriptions are provided in Chapter II of the Survey manual. These programs are distributed with all HYPACK® MAX modules.

DATUM TRANSFORMATION enables you to calculate the three- and seven-parameter transformation parameters.

GRID CONVERSION converts from WGS-84 lat-long to local datum lat-long to X-Y and reverse.

INVERSE computes the geodetic distance and geodetic azimuths between two lat-long points.

TRAVERSE computes an open traverse along the ellipsoid.

UNIT CONVERSION converts different angular and distance units.

The PROJECT CONVERTER can convert the project files, and edited and sorted data files in a project with one set of geodetic parameters to a new project with different geodetic parameters.

E. ADCP Processing Programs

1) ADCP Profile The ADCP PROFILE program reads ADCP files and HYPACK® All format files and displays color-coded flow data with the channel cross section. It can send print or plot the resulting cross section graphs. The


ADCP PROFILE program also creates textual discharge reports that you can save and print.

2) ADCP to DXF The ADCP to DXF program converts ADCP data to a DXF format file. Using the resulting files, you can: • Display current vectors as background files in HYPACK® MAX • Plot current vectors to smooth sheets in HYPLOT • Import them to other packages such as AutoCAD.

F. Other Utility Programs HARDLOCK TEST detects the presence of your HYPACK® dongle. The program searches for the different types of hardlocks distributed in the HYPACK® and HYSWEEP® packages. The type of key found will be listed under the Hardlock Type box. Status will either be Active Mode or Demo Mode.

SEABED STATISTICS is the routine where you can define a Seabed ID Square—the classifications for your project area and their corresponding E1 and E2 ranges. If you have a seabed ID echosounder, the Seabed ID Square is used with the SeabedID device driver to apply classification numbers to each sounding record.

STATISTICS enables you to compute and display the sounding difference between intersecting survey lines. The program provides a statistical report showing the standard deviation distribution and average error. The output report contains detailed information for every intersecting point.

CHANNEL CONDITION REPORTER is special utility developed for USACE-New England District to generate CHANNEL CONDITION reports.

XYZ TO MATRIX program simply does as it says, it converts XYZ data files to a filled HYPACK® type Matrix.

XIV. External Programs You can launch programs that are not part of HYPACK® MAX through the Tools menu item. Select TOOLS -SETUP to configure which programs you want access. This process adds a menu item to this menu for each program that you configure. You can then launch the external program from the Tools menu. A detailed description of the configuration process may be found in the Appendix of this manual.

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