iXBlue OCEANO RT2500S Series, User Manual

Page 1: ...OCEANO RT2500S RT5000S Series LF Transponders User Guide...

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Page 3: ...ll warranties either express or implied included but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose with respect to this product and documentation iXBlue res...

Page 4: ...malfunctions or damages caused by improper use or inadequate maintenance of the product Under no circumstances shall iXBlue be due to provide repair or replacement under this warranty in order a to r...

Page 5: ...hat you should enter from the keyboard the proper names of disk Drives paths directories programs functions filenames and extensions italic Italic text is the result of an action in the procedures The...

Page 6: ...Frequency CR Carriage Return CAF Common Acknowledgement Frequency CRF Common Reply Frequency FSK Frequency Shift Keying IIF Individual Interrogation Frequency IRF Individual Reply Frequency LF Line Fe...

Page 7: ...Container Assembly 5 II 3 Transducer 5 II 4 Transponder Mode 6 II 5 Acoustic Commands 7 II 5 1 Release Operation 8 II 5 2 DIAGNOSTIC Command 9 II 5 3 ACOUSTIC RESET Command 9 II 5 4 RESPONDER Mode 10...

Page 8: ...General Description 24 VI 5 2 Tools Menu 25 VI 5 3 Parameters Settings Menu 26 VI 5 3 1 Transponder Transmission 26 VI 5 3 2 Transponder Reception 27 VI 5 3 3 Pinger Mode 27 VI 5 4 Command Menu 28 VII...

Page 9: ...rtcut Keys 50 C Internal Serial Link Cable for RT8x1 50 D Connection Cable for RT8x1 R 51 E Recommended Mooring for a Fixed Point Transponder 52 F Mechanical Drawing RT861CS 53 G Mechanical Drawing RT...

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Page 11: ...T861CS 386 9001 RT861B2S 386 9100 RT861B1S 386 9200 RT861DS 386 9300 I 2 Technical Characteristics Stainless steel RT8x1 transponders use the principles and as far as possible the mechanical standards...

Page 12: ...ater mateable connectors of the deep immersion SUBCONN circular type BH XX OM XX model or equivalent with plastic locking sleeves Connectors are protected by dummy plugs Table 4 Connections HD option...

Page 13: ...Mechanical specifications Model OCEANO RT2500 S Light OCEANO RT2500 S Side Bar OCEANO RT2500 S Universal OCEANO RT5000 S Ref RT861CS RT861B1S RT861B2S RT861DS Safe Working Load SWL 2 500 kg 2 500 kg...

Page 14: ...for Deep sea applications consisting of a tight caisson comprising Cylindrical tube housing rated to 624 bar pressure An upper end cap that supports the transducer with protection cage An internal str...

Page 15: ...61S or PET661S ISOL with galvanic isolated configuration II 2 2 ASSEMBLED AND EQUIPPED LOWER END CAP The lower end cap is integral with the internal structure that supports the electronic assembly It...

Page 16: ...le from 1 to 31 s in 1 s increments on NMEA command via serial link 10 ms CIF and IIF interrogation pulses tonal frequency CIF and IIF reception frequencies are only factory configurable CIF interroga...

Page 17: ...face The elapsed time T between the transmission of the ARM code and the reception of CAF acoustic reply allows the remote control unit to measure the RANGING D between the surface and the transponder...

Page 18: ...mmon Acknowledgement Frequency The CAF is NMEA programmable tonal frequency between 7 5 and 18 kHz by increments of 0 5kHz 12 kHz by default or M FSK code code 22 by default II 5 1 RELEASE OPERATION A...

Page 19: ...50 the delay is displayed as follows 5195 If the equipment is not in this cone of verticality the delay between the two CAF is increased by 10 seconds and it is displayed as 5 1 9 5 In order to deduc...

Page 20: ...al link The activation of one channel in Responder mode inhibits the Transponder mode on the same channel The responder mode RT8x1 units must be set to ENABLE state to make active the responder input...

Page 21: ...F frequency Common Interrogation Frequency common to all transponders of the network to which a transponder responds with its IRF Individual Reply Frequency The IIF frequency Individual Interrogation...

Page 22: ...c Transmit level 191 4 dB re 1 Pa at 1 m within 8 to 16 kHz bandwidth 193 2 dB re 1 Pa at 1 m 12 kHz ANY CHANGE OF OPERATING MODE PULSE TYPE PULSE FREQUENCY CODE PULSE WIDTH IS STORED IN THE CURRENT O...

Page 23: ...emetry Pressure Calculation Case of a LBL configuration if CRF is Tonal The 12 bits of the measurement are totally transmitted by pulse to pulse time modulation T1 time coding of the value of the 12 b...

Page 24: ...2 The coding unit used to transmit the pressure measurement is 2 dbar Pressure 2 x M in dbar The NMEA pressure string sent via serial link is PMEVL XP MEA 8 CCCCC CK CR LF XP product number CCCCC pres...

Page 25: ...he main battery pack when open voltage is less than 6 5 V Alkaline or 21 0 V Lithium Change the 9 V back up battery when open voltage is less than 7 V III 2 Optional Power Supply External power supply...

Page 26: ...wledgment pulses Acoustic standby listening R20 alkaline batteries LSH20 Lithium batteries At 20 C Up to 50 months Up to 96 months At 0 C Up to 32 months Up to 84 months 10 000 Telecommand interrogati...

Page 27: ...ED IN SEA WATER NEVERTHELESS A LONG TIME DEPLOYMENT IN AGGRESSIVE WATER CONDITIONS SUCH AS TEMPERATURE 15 C OR VEY HIGH SALINITY FOR EXAMPLE CAN GENERATE A LOCALIZED DEPASSIVATION RESULTING IN CREVICE...

Page 28: ...by iXBlue VI 1 2 MINIMUM SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION The minimum software configuration required to operate MMI BALI is Windows 95 from release B 98 NT 4 0 2000 and XP operating systems VI 1 3 INSTALLING B...

Page 29: ...ed under the form of icons MMI BALI is designed to allow the operator to either use the keyboard or mouse to select the menus or commands These selections are performed in a conventional manner and th...

Page 30: ...on displayed see hereafter The text of the message This text must always be read with attention One two or three buttons depending on the context e g OK or OUI plus NO etc Depending on the nature of t...

Page 31: ...on validation parameters CIF Common interrogation signal validity IIF Individual interrogation signal validity Blanking time Lock out time after an interrogation Transmit frequencies or codes Codes or...

Page 32: ...operator Open RT8X1 unit as described in section 6 1 and connect RT8X1 PCB with 930 0142 cable to PC computer as shown hereafter Figure 9 Configuration of ET8x1 Port mapping is defined through the dia...

Page 33: ...cted the following dialog box appears Figure 11 Adding a transponder You have to select directory which contains the definition file of transponder to add Then the transponder is added to your existin...

Page 34: ...erial number of transponder you want to suppress Then the transponder is suppressed from your fleet VI 5 Interactive Programming of the Transponders VI 5 1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION The interactive programm...

Page 35: ...ory file will contain all the NMEA 0183 commands sent to the transponders either per unit through the Send commands or globally through the Command Transponder Load menu The information is stored as f...

Page 36: ...and CAF pulse areas the following texts Combination N Frequency kHz or Code N as well as the related windows are dynamically updated depending on the selected pulse type These windows contain In the c...

Page 37: ...s of 14 frequencies 16 frequencies less bits 0 and 1 of the acoustic remote control issued from the PRB file Simultaneous validation Enable of the IIF and CIF frequencies in responder mode is not allo...

Page 38: ...requesting transponder status through serial link for the single purpose of retrieving the address of the connected transponder in order to directly aim at the connected transponder in the main dialog...

Page 39: ...mote measurement sub routine of MMI BALI VII 2 Measurement on Individual Interrogation IIF VII 2 1 SELECTION OF THE DATA TRANSMISSION LINK The Parameters update Main cycle settings sub routine of the...

Page 40: ...smitted followed by the KF1 pulse that encodes the 4 LSB of pressure measurement This graph illustrates the acoustic transmission of pressure measurement Figure 20 USBL transmitting cycle CRF Synchron...

Page 41: ...t cycle is carried out after measurement encoding Every transmission is followed by a pressure measurement acquisition and this value will be transmitted at next interrogation This implies a shift bac...

Page 42: ...easurement in the Commands Remote measurement Pressure sub routine just as battery measurement and other optional analog channels Figure 23 Remote measurement The pressure measurement is transmitted a...

Page 43: ...tery replacement the time release parameters are set as follows Current date and time 1999 12 31 at 23 59 00 Release date 1999 12 31 at 23 58 00 This configuration means that if the user does not modi...

Page 44: ...preventive maintenance operations to perform on the RT8x1 PM01 Opening the Transponder PM02 Replacing the Batteries PM03 Checking Prior to Closing PM04 Closing the Transponder PM05 Testing after Closu...

Page 45: ...ES THEY ALSO REQUIRE PROTECTION DURING MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS Step Action 1 Lay the device down horizontally 2 Refer to the User Manuel of the release hook mounted on the RT8x1 transponder to get acce...

Page 46: ...nds on the operation of the instrument and is described in user manual The backup battery is only used as a safety feature It allows the listening circuits of the instrument to work for a few months a...

Page 47: ...tion 3 Tilt the instrument to remove used batteries 4 The new batteries must be inserted positive pole first by slightly tilting the device to prevent shocks 5 Re install the battery printed circuit b...

Page 48: ...ck its correct operation Step Action 1 Connect the transducer head back to the electronic package 2 Test the correct operation using surface acoustic remote control unit unit or direct cable link and...

Page 49: ...horizontally 5 Insert the internal structure lower end cap assembly through the lower opening of the tube marked by the identification label 6 Install the equipped upper end cap on the upper face of...

Page 50: ...to individual data sheet of the device select type of device RT8xx then the type of transmission generally ARM CMD 8 Press on key panel the ARM code of the device to be tested check on the label stuck...

Page 51: ...ranging information is displayed 3 End of procedure Part 4 Release operation Step Action 1 Choose the RELEASE or RELEASE with PINGER code as the CMD code 2 Proceed through step 1 use Release or Releas...

Page 52: ...e 3 To switch the Pinger mode off repeat the step 5 replacing PINGER ON settings by PINGER OFF and use Other CMD as type of command 4 Acoustic device should stop the free running transmitting mode 5 E...

Page 53: ...onfirm the selection by pressing ENTER key If Manual is chosen the RECEIVE SETTINGS display opens skip to step 6 5 If AUTO has been chosen in the previous step then you have to enter the transmission...

Page 54: ...NG DISTANCE or Elapsed TIME using SCROLL key and press ENTER key to confirm Then TT801 opens the TX RX display for sending the TRANSPONG interrogation 9 End of procedure RT8x1 transponder channel of i...

Page 55: ...he device with fresh water 2 The transducer cap must not be greasy clean with liquid soap to remove any grease or deposits Do not use alcohol or petrol based solvents on the neoprene casing 3 It is ad...

Page 56: ...ies installed during storage it is recommended to inhibit PINGER ON function The storage with batteries removed is the advised storage mode for long storage periods Refer to the previous paragraphs to...

Page 57: ...STOMER SUPPORT HELPLINE FOR NON EMERGENCY SUPPORT support ixblue com FOR GENUINE EMERGENCIES ONLY North America NORAM 1 781 937 8800 Europe Middle East Africa Latin America EMEA LATAM 33 1 30 08 98 98...

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Page 59: ...r upon request from the receiver The essential phases are summarized hereafter Each message consists of a maximum of 79 ASCII printable characters codes 20 through 7F placed between the line start and...

Page 60: ...cation port assignments F9 Interactive programming of the transponders C INTERNAL SERIAL LINK CABLE FOR RT8X1 Serial Link RS232 Cable Reference 9300142 Computer Connector 10 pins COHE10 2X5FDC DB9 Fem...

Page 61: ...OCEANO RT2500S RT5000S Series User Guide D CONNECTION CABLE FOR RT8X1 R MU RT8x1 AN 001 Ed M September 2013 51...

Page 62: ...OCEANO RT2500S RT5000S Series User Guide E RECOMMENDED MOORING FOR A FIXED POINT TRANSPONDER MU RT8x1 AN 001 Ed M September 2013 52...

Page 63: ...OCEANO RT2500S RT5000S Series User Guide F MECHANICAL DRAWING RT861CS MU RT8x1 AN 001 Ed M September 2013 53...

Page 64: ...OCEANO RT2500S RT5000S Series User Guide G MECHANICAL DRAWING RT861B2S MU RT8x1 AN 001 Ed M September 2013 54...

Page 65: ...OCEANO RT2500S RT5000S Series User Guide H MECHANICAL DRAWING RT861B1S MU RT8x1 AN 001 Ed M September 2013 55...

Page 66: ...OCEANO RT2500S RT5000S Series User Guide I MECHANICAL DRAWING RT861DS MU RT8x1 AN 001 Ed M September 2013 56...