Create your Bathy Chart Faster than Ever

Connect the WASSP Sounder via Ethernet to your computer running TIMEZERO Catch in order to get started. Once you add the TZ WASSP Plus Pack to your software, a range of powerful integration features are unlocked between the two systems.
Unlike sounders that detect only the depth directly beneath the boat, the WASSP Sounder registers 120 different points in multiple directions around your vessel. This means that your TIMEZERO software can create a bathymetric chart for a much wider area after just one pass.
WASSP detects 120 points at a time, allowing TZ Catch to record a very wide area in one pass.
WASSP integration with TIMEZERO Catch: the above screen shot shows the width of the bathy data that is recorded after passing through this area just once

WASSP Sounder Integration Functionalities

The WASSP Sounder comes with a dedicated computer as standard. However, you will exponentially enhance the WASSP system by connecting a second computer running TZ Catch to the sounder.
In doing so, you will benefit from a much more powerful and detailed display of the sounder as well as the ability to view additional types of information. Take your WASSP Sounder to a new level of functionality by integrating it with TIMEZERO.
By connecting a WASSP Sounder to TIMEZERO Catch, you will have much greater display resolution and better 3D presentation. You will also have access to all of the advanced features of TZ Catch such as Depth Shading, Discrete Color Shading, Contour Lines, Marks Management, etc. See more information about the features available in TZ Catch here.

Extreme Precision

If for any reason you believe that any of the bathy points in your chart are incorrect, it is possible to delete the individual points in TIMEZERO by using the Delete PBG tool by drawing a free-hand area on the screen.

TZ Catch also uses various quality filters, based on boat speed, water depth etc. that you can configure to automatically reject any bathy data that appears to be incorrect.

Backscatter Data for Bottom Hardness

In addition to sending 120 depth readings at the same time, WASSP also sends TIMEZERO Catch “Backscatter” data. This Backscatter provides information about the Bottom Hardness of the area. This means that when you integrate a WASSP Sounder with TZ Catch, you will have 3D data and bottom hardness information (that can also be displayed in color directly on your TIMEZERO chart).

Backscatter data can be displayed in either manual or automatic mode, according to your configuration. This additional information further enhances your commercial fishing system, letting you find the best fishing spots with increased precision.

Further Information on WASSP Sounders:

TZ Catch is compatible with all WASSP models, including the legacy range, with the exception of the older “Survey” version.