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Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM Handling of Electrostatic-Sensitive Devices ................................................................................5 Warranty Statement ........................................................................................................................6 Technical Support ..........................................................................................................................7 Option 1:........................................
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM Handling of Electrostatic-Sensitive Devices Attention Observe Precautions for handling Electrostatic Devices Caution Handling of Electrostatic-Sensitive Devices Certain semiconductor devices used in the equipment are liable to damage due to static voltages.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM Warranty Statement Tritech International Limited herein after referred to as TIL TIL warrants that at the time of shipment all products shall be free from defects in material and workmanship and suitable for the purpose specified in the product literature. The unit/system warranty commences immediately from the date of customer acceptance and runs for a period of 365 days.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM Technical Support Contact your local agent or Tritech International Ltd Mail Tritech International Ltd. Peregrine Road, Westhill Business Park, Westhill, Aberdeen, AB32 6JL, UK Telephone ++44 (0)1224 744111 Fax ++44 (0)1224 741771 Email support@tritech.co.uk Web www.tritech.co.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM OPTION 1: A) SEAKING SCU 3 AUXILIARY I/O CARD The SeaKing SCU has 2 built-in serial COM ports; COM1, COM2. COM2 Port is used for the RAT communications whilst COM1 is available for Serial Data input / output to Survey computers, GPS devices… etc. It is often a requirement to have more than one serial COM port and Tritech supply a Card that will plug into the SCU and provide an additional 2 x serial COM ports; COM3, COM4.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM Section 1: Installing Quatech DS-100 Card using Win 3.11 • • • Insert the Quatech DS-100 serial adapter card into a spare ISA slot on the motherboard and start-up the SCU. 386/486 requires no BIOS set-up of serial ports (NB: 95% of Winson SCU-3’s are 386/486). Pentiums will require BIOS set-up in the same way as a Win 9x installation. Installation 1. Double click Main => double click Control Panel => double click Ports. 2.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM Part 2: Changing Resources using Device Manager 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Start => Settings => Control Panel. Double click on System. Select the Device Manager tab. Double click on Multi-function adapters. Highlight Quatech DS-100: 2 RS-232 Ports and click on Properties. Select the Resources tab. Ensure that there are two input/output ranges set at ‘03E8 – 03EF’ and ‘02E8 – 02EF’ respectively.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM Section 3: Installing Quatech DS-100 Card using Win 9x (without driver disk) • • Insert the Quatech DS-100 serial adapter card into a spare ISA slot on the motherboard and start-up the SCU. Ensure that Interrupts 5 and 11 are allocated for ISA bus use in BIOS (NB: Non Plug and Play/PCI). Installation 1. Start => Settings => Control Panel. 2. Double click on Add New Hardware => Click on Next => Click on Next. 3.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM B) SEANET SCU AUXILIARY I/O CARD The Seanet SCU has 2 built-in serial COM ports; COM1, COM2. Generally both are available for remote comms use since the Pointer on the Seanet RAT is PS2. However if extra ports are required the LAVA PCI card is supplied by Tritech to provide 2 more. Installing Lava PCI RS232 AUXilliary ports to SeaNet SCU under Win 98. Fit the card to the central PCI slot of the 5 on the SCU motherboard Switch on SCU.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM To change the ports from COM 5 and 6 to COM 3 and 4 you must use the utility from the LAVA utility disk. Locate the program REDIRECT.EXE either from the Seanet backup ZIP disk or from the Floppy disk supplied with the card.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM Run the program by double clicking with the pointer. The panel above shows the current setup on the left, allows you to set a new port using the drop down list in the middle and once the “redirect” button is pressed the new assignment to apply will be shown on the right. Highlight Port A in the left box as shown below and set the drop down list to COM 3 as shown.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM COM 3 will now be marked in the right box as shown below. Repeat for the Port B to set it to COM 4 Once both have been set ensure your screen matches with the panel below. Especially the right hand box :-”Reassigned ComPort names” Now press the APPLY button for the changes to take effect The following confirmation will appear as the software closes.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM Re enter the Control panel as instructed at the start of the program and ensure the COM port layout is now as below with the LAVA ports assigned to COM3 and COM4. If this is not the case repeat the redirection process again to ensure that no steps have been missed.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM OPTION 2: PIPETRACKER SURFACE INTERFACE This is a one-way communications between the Pipetracker Surface Console and the SeaKing SCU. The telemetry link between them is a 2-wire (RS-232 Tx, RS-232 Gnd) serial cable to transmit the pipe position data from the Pipetracker Console to the SCU COM Port. SeaKing surface software V1.40 onwards has provision to accept serial data strings from 3 types of Pipetracker system… 1. TSS 340 2. TSS 350 3.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM Referring to the 'Remote Comms Setup' menu shown on previous page, set the correct COM port settings to match the Pipetracker Console. Ensure that the COM port is enabled (= 'True') and that the Status Indicator back on main screen is Blue (see screen image below).
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM OPTION 3: PROFILER SERIAL DATA OUTPUT WITH PING TIMES In the standard Profiler system, the "V4" serial output Profiler messages only give information relating to the Slant Ranges for each of the Pings within the Scan. There are 2 formats of "V4" data, these being 'Raw' and 'Processed'. Typically, a profiler scan will have around 100 to 200 Pings generated in each scan (1 Ping produces 1 Point in the Scanned Profile).
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM Profiler System Reply Data Structure Extended with Appended Ping Time Data (Applies to Profiler + Attitude ‘PA’ applications when no valid data from Tritech Roll Sensor) * See Note2 Data Description Head Installation Positions Relative to Vehicle Datum Horizontal X Position in millimetres Vertical Y Position in millimetres Longitudinal Z Position in millimetres Rotational R Position in 1/10 Gradians EchoRanging Time Correction in microseconds Number of
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM Example: Head at XYZR=0, no time correction, 5 * 5metre ranges in microseconds, Start at 199, Ultimate, PRFRT, Vprop = 1500, Scan Start at 15:27:33:02, Duration 33msecs, Orientation Upright, 1st Ping Time at 15:27:34:62, 2nd at 15:27:34:627, 3rd at 15:27:34:634, 4th at 15:27:34:64, 5th at 15:27:34:646.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM OPTION 4: ADDITIONAL BATHY SERIAL MESSAGE OUTPUTS The SeaKing Bathymeter includes 5 additional Serial Output Message types in SeaKing surface software V1.50 onwards. These messages are the same formats that are supported on a UK94 Bathy system (circa June 2000). The additional 5 messages are not enabled as default and the user will only have 4 message types to choose from normally; 1. 2. 3. 4. Winson Raw. Winson Processed. SeaKing Long. SeaKing Short.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM 1. Standard UK90 String Format This format provides a string format that is identical to the original UK90 string format. The following serial data formats are configurable on the UK94 surface unit: a) 4800 baud, 8 data bits, 2 stop bit, no parity. b) 9600 baud, 8 data bits, 2 stop bit, no parity.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM 2. Alternate UK90 String Format This format provides a string format that is very similar to the standard UK90 string format but with the second altitude reading removed. The following serial data formats are configurable on the UK94 surface unit: a) 4800 baud, 8 data bits, 2 stop bit, no parity. b) 9600 baud, 8 data bits, 2 stop bit, no parity.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM 3. MB1000/HB200 String Format This format provides a string format that is identical to the standard MB1000/HB200 string format. The following serial data formats are configurable on the UK94 surface unit: a) 4800 baud, 8 data bits, 2 stop bit, no parity. b) 9600 baud, 8 data bits, 2 stop bit, no parity.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM 4. Alternate 1 String Format This output provides a string format that is compatible with the Ulvertech data format. The following serial data formats are configurable on the UK94 surface unit: a) 9600 baud, 8 data bits, 2 stop bit, no parity.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM 5. Alternate 2 String Format This output provides a string format that is compatible with the Ulvertech data format but with an extra depth digit to allow readings greater than 999.99metres. The following serial data formats are configurable on the UK94 surface unit: b) 9600 baud, 8 data bits, 2 stop bit, no parity.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM OPTION 5: BATHY 2ND SERIAL DATA MESSAGE OUTPUT If the SCU is operated with SeaKing surface software V1.50 or later, it will be possible to transmit 2 different (or same?) Bathy output messages out 2 different serial COM ports. As per usual, the 1st Bathy output message type can be selected in the 'SONV3' software 'Bathy Setup' menu (Bathy spanner icon) and a serial COM port allocated in the 'Remote' panel Setup menu (spanner icon).
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM OPTION 6: PROFILER SERIAL OUTPUT OF MEAN ALTITUDE This feature is available in SeaKing surface software V1.51 onwards. It will operate with a Single or Dual Head Profiler system. At the end of each scan, a Mean Seabed Altitude will be calculated from the profile and transmitted out of the SCU serial port in the format of a TSS Altitude string.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM The 2nd line is used to set the Gating value that will apply filtering to remove spurious points within the scan; Gating = x Where; x = Gate Value in millimetres, used to distinguish whether the current profile point is within +/- 'x' millimetres of the preceding point. This will eliminate spurious points and spikes present in the profile to achieve a more accurate Mean Seabed calculation.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM Enable ('x') the 'Continuous Data Output' check-box for both Master and Slave to include these head's scan data in the Mean Seabed Output. If both heads are disabled then this will effectively disable the transmission of the Mean Seabed Output string. Step 3: Click on the 'Remote Comms Setup' button in the Setup page to assign a COM port for the Serial Channel selected for 'Mean Seabed' output… … In the above example, the default settings are shown.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM 'Mean Seabed' Output String Format In Version 1.51 -> 1.53 software, there is only one string format supported and this replicates the TSS Altimeter output. Upon request, further data formats may be inserted and these will be selectable within the SONV3SO.INI file (see earlier). 1. TSS Altimeter String Format Rxx.xx Where; R = String Header Character xx.xx = Mean Seabed Range in metres = String Terminator N.B. "R00.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM OPTION 7: "NMEA 0183" GPS MESSAGE INPUTS These have been available in the SeaKing surface software since V1.26 and until recently were pre-configured at Tritech. In V1.53 they have been included in the Appsetup drop-down list for Sonar and Sidescan Sonar usage whilst other Applications can still be configured by Tritech on request.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM GPS Display Panel The following display will appear in this Panel on 'SONV3' startup when there are no serial messages received from a GPS device; With an active GPS input, the display Panel will change to display the specifics of the message. For example, receipt of any of the NMEA 0183 messages (GGA, GLL or RMC) will display the Co-ordinate information in the display area, as follows: Versions up to V1.50 Versions later than V1.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM OPTION 8: SETTING SCU CLOCK VIA SERIAL NMEA MESSAGE This option is available in SeaKing surface software V1.53 onwards and now supports a number of NMEA 0183 message formats; 1. 2. 3. 4.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM OPTION 9: CONNECTING SERIAL DEVICE TO SONAR AUX PORT It is possible to configure the ‘Aux’ port on a SeaKing Sonar for input of RS232 / RS485 serial message packets. These serial messages may be from devices such as a Gyro Compass or GPS or Altimeter. ASCII messages received through the Sonar ‘Aux’ port do not require a header or Identifier but must be terminated with a Line Feed ().
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM Configuring Seaking Comms Board for AUX Serial I/O Step 1: Before opening the Sonar head to access the Comms board jumpers, using the 'V3Setup' Utility Program configure the following check box settings. These are needed to enable the 'Aux' port; Check the 'Has Aux or Compass' box to enable the Aux Port. Check the 'AuxComm 1 Sec Rate' box to restrict only 1 message per second processing.
Tritech International Ltd NET SeaKing System Options OM NET AUX JP1 AUX JP1 JP2 JP2 (Enable RS232 Altimeter on Aux port) (Enable RS485 altimeter on Aux port) GV3 / V5 Comm Boards c) RS485 Altimeter GV3/V5 Comm Board d) RS232 Altimeter V5 Mod A Comm Board e) RS485 Altimeter V5 Mod A Comm Board f) RS232 Altimeter Issue 3 TIL – Eng – Spec – 040 Page 38 of 44
SeaKing System Options Manual Page 39 of 43 Software Settings Once the Sonar head has been correctly set the following settings are required in the run-time Sonar (‘SONV3’) and Setup (‘V3SETUP’) programs. Do not run these programs at the same time. Step 3: Running ‘SONV3’, first select application "S_RV4" (using 'Menu' – 'AppSetup') and close down and restart the ‘SONV3’ program.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM For display of Sonar 'Aux' data on screen, the 'SysMsg Slot 16' must be set to channel 'DDE1' with 'Remote Data Input' checked, as shown below.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM OPTION 10: AUTO-SETTING BATHY MANUAL VALUES WITH AUTO CALC'S This option is available in SeaKing surface software V1.53 onwards. The purpose of this feature is to automatically set the manually entered 'Manual' (sometimes called 'System') values for Density & Velocity of Sound with the Auto-updated values calculated from CT Probe readings.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM OPTION 11: SIDESCAN ALDEN PLOTTER INTERFACE The SeaKing Sidescan system has the ability to send the Sidescan data out to an Alden Thermal Parallel-Port Printer. With this interface, there are a number of additional functions including Annotation that have been added into SeaKing surface software V1.52 and later. Any suggestions or requests for new features not currently included in the latest software should be issued to support@tritech.co.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM Click on the 'Remote Comms Setup' button and configure the allocated channel… …In this example Channel 1 has been assigned and this is allocated with the COM1 port as default. Ensure this COM port is Enabled (=True) and configured to match the Terminal that is sending the annotate messages. Sidescan Plotter Menu controls When the Alden Plotter control has been enabled in the "SONV3SO.
Tritech International Ltd SeaKing System Options OM PaperType - This drop-down list selects the type of paper used in the Printer; ▪ Panel 0 (i.e. Adopt Printer Panel setting) ▪ Plastic 1 ▪ Plastic 2 ▪ Plastic 3 ▪ Fibre 4 ▪ Film 5 Chan Select - This drop-down list selects which Sidescan Channels to plot.
